Reiko Dan
Acting
Biography
Reiko Dan (団 令子 Dan Reiko, 26 March 1935 – 24 November 2003), real name Reiko Hamada (浜田 令子 Hamada Reiko), was a Japanese actress. She appeared in multiple films between 1957 and 1974, such as Sanjuro and Red Beard. She retired in 1974, coming back briefly from the late 1980s to 1990 to support her son, Yuta Dan (1967–2006), who was also an actor.
Born: March 26, 1935
Place of Birth: Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan
Known For
Red Beard
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.
Irresponsible Rascal of Japan
Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan".
Irresponsible Age of Japan
An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.
Little Adventurer
Mickey, a smart student from England, is on his trip to Japan for vacation. He meets with a Chinese girl Lin Fang on the way. They each have the same model of camera. But they have their cameras exchanged without their knowing it prior to their departure.
Procurer of Hell
Tobe is a small-time crook who runs a prostitution business of blonde girls, as well as sells pornographic pictures. He frequents a cafe run by two women, one of them a young widow with a son. They like him and think that he is an ordinary office worker. One day, Tobe accidentally discovers pictures of an acquaintance, Kanzaburo, with a woman and sets out to blackmail him. He soon finds out that Kanzaburo died in a train accident but things may not be what they seem
Pride of the Campus
Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant, singing in a band, and preparing for an important boxing tournament.
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.
Sanjuro
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.
The Age of Assassins
A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin. Surviving somewhat miraculously, he fends off other assassins and with the help of reporter Keiko Tsurumaki and car mechanic Bill Otomo, eventually discovering that a "population control" association is really an assassination squad led by Shogo Mizorogi, who has been training patients of a mental asylum to become killers.
The End of Summer
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.
Filmography
as Kiuchi Masae
as Masae Kiuchi
as Kaori (Gion geisha)
as Kaori (Gion Geisha)
as Keiko Tsurumaki
as Sakura (the third daughter)
as Ocho
as Etsuko
as Rumiko
as Oharu
as Junko Nakanishi (Second Daughter)
as Osugi
as Sakiko Konishi
as Maruko Kanayama
as Toriko Hideyama
as Megumi Miyake (Goro’s wife)
as Okaru
as Mammaru, the geisha
as Sugimoto Kanako
as Ayako
as Kyoko Danno
as Shizuko
as Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter
as Yuriko
as Saeko Higa
as Keiko Matsuura
as Matsuura Keiko
as Konami
as Kinu
as Haruko Sakanishi
as Junko Inchihashi
as Noriko Nozaki
as Awa Ryoko
as Taeko Kusumi
as Ranko Sakurada
as Ranko Sakurada
as Hiroko from Gondola
as Pon, messenger of the Goddess of Mercy
as Toshiko Sonoe
as Junko Tsujii
as Eiko Yamanaka
as Yuki (maid)
as Mariko Muto
as Eiko
as Yukiko Yoshii
as Sumiko Etō (high school student)
as Yamanaka Eiko
as Nakajima Michiko
as Yamanaka Eiko