Kyōko Anzai
Acting
Biography
Kyōko Anzai was a Japanese stage and screen actress and dancer.
Born: September 27, 1934
Place of Birth: Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
Known For
An Inn at Osaka
An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. He takes a room at a small inn and tries to rebuild his life. Notable for its exquisite framing and cinematography, An Inn at Osaka allows its complicated plotlines to disappear behind the minutiae of penury and humiliation that Mito and others suffer during the post-war economic and social reconstruction.
Love Letter
A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.
Battle in Outer Space
In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men. In response, a global council meeting is held to determine the source of the attacks and prepare a rocket ship armada for a counter-attack, a true battle in outer space. . . The film is a sequel of sorts to Toho's THE MYSTERIANS in the reprise of the Etsuko Shiraishi character of that film as its heroine. It was edited to 74 minutes for its American release.
The Vampire Moth
The story of a professional nude model stalked by a bizarre, unknown man wearing a hideous mask.
Women in Prison
The woman prison has a cast all with a story of their own and with no dull or routine day. There is an employee who is divorced after her husband had an affair. She loves the jailed criminals and almost sees them as family. One day at a workshop someone faints while working hard to make money because she has a poor boyfriend. Another inmate is knocked up Another is a mother and has her child with her.
Sazae-san's Newlywed Family
Sazae's wish came true and she got married to Masuo. The two ended up living together at Sazae's parents' home, the Isono family. However, the newlywed life that started at the Isono family was a disaster. At the Isono family, where bonito and Wakame pranks and neighbors visit, it is difficult even to be alone.
Sazae-san's Marriage
Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae sends her parents on a silver wedding trip, and eventually heads for Nikko, a travel destination. Sazae is once again overwhelmed by the sight of the newlyweds bustling with sunlight, but...
Sazae's Engagement Trip
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in TohoScope.
This Greedy Old Skin
A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers, including her own son, who makes a meagre living stripping taxicabs.
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
A Japanese artist (Ikebe), who had won the favor of the Cambodian royal family when he rescued their daughter during World War II, returns and falls for the now-grown princess, though neither realizes the other's identity.
Filmography
as Otaka
as Akemi (Jockey Club waitress)
as Etsuko Shiraishi
as Renko Aikawa
as Etsuko Sawada
as Princess Korrat
as Sōda Etsuko
as Reiko
as Sōda Etsuko
as Yoku Murai
as Miyazawa Sensei
as Yoshiko Taki, prisoner
as Namiko Oda
as Kanako Hayasugi
as Junko (Fashion Model)
as Sugino Yumiko
as Kimiko Tokita
as Anna