Masayuki Mori
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Masayuki Mori (森 雅之 Mori Masayuki, January 13, 1911 – October 7, 1973) Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido prefecture) was a Japanese actor, the son of Takeo Arishima, a Japanese novelist active during the late Meiji and Taishō periods. Mori appeared in many of Akira Kurosawa 's films such as Rashomon and The Idiot. He also starred in pictures by Kenji Mizoguchi (Ugetsu), Mikio Naruse (Floating Clouds) and other prominent directors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Masayuki Mori, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Born: January 13, 1911
Place of Birth: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Known For
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.
Rashomon
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
Ugetsu
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.
The Cannery Boat
Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy.
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.
The Bad Sleep Well
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.
Floating Clouds
A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes.
Forever a Woman
Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and her breast cancer diagnosis. In the last stage of her life, she meets a young journalist from Tokyo who wants to write a story on her life.
Gateway to Glory
A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese navy.
Untamed Woman
A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for success, takes up with a tailor who cannot console himself with her strong personality.
Filmography
as Boss Yamikubo
as Prime Minister Konoe
as 守屋恭吾
as Youth's Father
as Lord Tambanokami Munemasa Hori
as Kuroyanagi
as Professor Shiraishi
as Keijiro Kouno
as Father
as Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi
as Kumakichi
as Yuichiro Sakanishi
as Nobuhiko Fujisaki
as Teizo Noro
as Miyaji, the drum teacher
as Setsuo Katsuragi
as Hamaya, her lover
as Haruki Murakami
as Mori
as Nobuchi
as Emperor Xuan Zong
as Kengo Tomioka
as Masao Wakisaka
as Sankichi Kuraji
as Reikichi Mayumi
as Doctor
as Inokichi
as Genjurô
as Kikuji
as Kuroki no Taro
as Tadao Akiyama
as Kinji Kameda
as Nakanuma
as Takehiro
as Taro
as Kumagai
as Masahiko Anjo
as Seizo Hori, Chauffeur (uncredited)
as Yoshima Dan
as Kawakami