Kōju Murata
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Kōju Murata.
Born: February 24, 1899
Place of Birth: Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Known For
The Foghorn
Chiyokichi, a young man, hates Cooper, a white man who looks down on the Japanese. Chiyokichi picks Cooper’s pocket and is caught. He is brought to Cooper’s house and becomes his slave, and a riveting tale of passion, hatred, and revenge unfolds.
Women of the Night
In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law, descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons.
Police Officer
Itami, a young policeman, meets his high school friend, Tetsuo, a gangster, at a roadblock. As they rekindled their friendship, a complex relationship is established between them.
Sweat
Sweat (1929) is a slapstick riff on tendency-film themes, as a bored young millionaire has his clothes stolen by a tramp; dressed in the tramp’s clothes, he has to accept work as a labourer. As the hero ends up building the mausoleum he had himself commissioned.
The Morning Sun Shines
The Morning Sun Shines is a fiction-documentary film by Kenji Mizoguchi and Seiichi Ina. The film is a combination of a drama about a reporter, and documentary footage about newspaper production. Only 25 minutes of footage has survived.
Ishimatsu of the Forest
The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.
Children Hand in Hand
A small-town boy with a learning disability attempts to fit in with his classmates.
Thus the Divine Wind Blows
Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono clan against the Mongol invasion in 1281.
Thirty-three footprints
Fourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka
Metropolitan Symphony
A young woman seduced by a rich man, takes revenge on him with the help of a young idealistic worker. Considered a lost film.
Filmography
as Hospital Director
as Butatsune
as Yamamura
as Senta
as (as Kôju Murata)
as Kusaka