Ranko Hanai
Acting
Biography
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Born: July 15, 1918
Place of Birth: Osaka, Japan
Known For
Snow-Flake
Five Sisters
The story of five sisters.
Repast
Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.
Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
A man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hunting it.
A Wife's Heart
Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close to the bank clerk (Mifune Toshiro) she's asked for a loan.
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.
Sanshiro Sugata
A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado for discipline and humility. As Sanshirō matures, he proves judo’s spirit against old-guard challengers—including a deadly duel—while falling for his vanquished opponent’s daughter. Based on the novel by Tsuneo Tomita, son of Tomita Tsunejirō, the earliest disciple of judo.
The Shiinomi School
A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Through trial and error, they struggle to open a school for disabled children at their own expense. Based on a true story, it features natural child performances under Hiroshi Shimizu’s skillful direction.
The Way of Drama
The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical styles like those used by amateur actors to dramatise contemporary events.
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial section of Tokyo.
Filmography
as Tsuneko, Kyota’s Wife
as Ayako Uozumi
as Toyoko Hayakawa
as Taeko (Michiru's mother)
as Fumiko Yamamoto
as Kayo Yaoba (Jūbē’s second wife)
as Katsuko Ishibashi
as Yozenin
as Geisha Kotaro
as Kimie Uematsu
as Koyoshi Dohya
as Shizue Sayama
as O-Kume
as Tsuruko
as Okayo
as Haruna
as Yasuko
as Osumi Kodana
as Chiyo
as Osumi
as Kannon
as Fusako
as Oshimo
as Akira