Masao Shimizu
Acting
Biography
Masao Shimizu (清水将夫 Shimizu Masao, 5 October 1908 – 5 October 1975) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in over 110 films between 1931 and 1971.
Born: October 5, 1908
Place of Birth: Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Known For
The Night before Pearl Harbor
The last film in the series brings the tale to the doorstep of Pacific War, with the planning of the bombing of Pearl Harbor dominant in Nakano Spy School.
That Guy and I
Asada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's house, she meets his father Kokichi and his mother Motoko. Motoko is a famous hair dresser, who openly flaunts her lover. When Kokichi and Motoko fight, which they do a lot, he routinely threatens to leave but never quite does. A relationship develops between Saburo and Keiko, but Saburo is shaken when his mother tells Keiko the truth about Saburo's past and the secret of his birth.
High and Low
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Ikiru
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
Admiral Yamamoto
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.
Sansho the Bailiff
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.
The Militarists
The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
Jiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different worlds. Having met by accident, they soon discover a new life together. But their love is ill-fated. Mami's family will not accept her choice, while leading an honest life seems like an unattainable goal for Jiro. Can there be anything else but a tragic ending?
Miniature
Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate.
Lord for a Night
In 1887, two businessmen, Echigo-ya and Kitahara, compete for railroad construction authorization from the government. The minister states that a local noble must not object, and his missing younger brother is the only one who could sway him. Meanwhile, Omitsu, a hotel employee tired of Echigo-ya’s wife’s arrogance, teams up with Kitahara to stage a scheme where a vagrant young man pretends to be the noble’s lost brother, aiming to trick and embarrass the wealthy woman.
Filmography
as Prof. Yunaka
as Saburo Kurusu
as Ichirai Zenba
as Ichihara
as Toyokura
as Sakaki
as Tozuka
as Kurita
as Jiun
as Shintaro Sakamoto
as Shotaro Sakurada
as Koichiro Kobayashi
as Presiding Judge of the District Court
as Shojiro Nozawa
as Lighthouse Chief
as Udagawa
as Shimamura Juzaemon
as Yôsuke Ishiyama
as Prison Warden
as Oyama
as Dr. Daisaku Yoshie
as Misa's father
as Shôichirô
as Kanzo Nagata
as Kikui
as Dr. Tadokoro
as Frank Liu
as Kōki Hirota
as Ryozo Kada
as Kuki
as Shingo Mano
as Mr. Yokokawa
as Uta-no-kami Sakai
as Tatsuzo, Wakako's dad
as Keisuke Miyagawa
as Shibata
as Yamazaki, Yoshi's husband
as Seitaro Tani
as Zoologist Dr. Tadokoro
as Tosuke Kawase
as President Okawa
as Masauji Taira
as Captain Yamaguchi
as Nobuyori
as Commander Kashima
as Juheiji
as Nagase
as Setsuko's father
as Doctor
as Nobuyuki, Kyoko's father
as Toshiaki
as President Mukai
as Kikuoji
as Takurô Shinzeki
as Yoshizaki Art Dealer
as Taniguchi Eisuke
as Takenaka
as Judge
as Mr. Nakano
as Okano
as Nakamura
as Yoshioka
as Oyabun
as Ryûzaburô Shinkawa
as Dance Hall Manager
as Policeman
as Professor Hakozaki
as Section chief (uncredited)
as Police Officer Sugiyama
as Saijô, pilot
as Ecchûmori Katô
as Kenkichi, Owner of Inn