Shinpachirō Asaka
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Shinpachirō Asaka.
Born: December 1, 1906
Place of Birth: Hakodate, Hokkaidô, Japan
Known For
In Search of Mother
His mother abandoned him as a child, so he had no choice but to live outside society. Even so, he grows up determined to reunite with her. Worried that she might be living in misery, he saves his money to help, only to find that she has married into wealth and social position and has no intention of seeing her outcast Yakuza son...
The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen
Mitsue is a popular stage actress and the lover of a shamisen player named Seijuro. She jealously murders two other objects of his affection: Okiyo, a young woman from a samurai family, and Kuro, a cat. The spirits of Okiyo and Kuro then merge into a vengeful ghost.
A Color Print of Edo
The Color Print of Edo is a 1939 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Kazuo Mori. It is a cheerful period drama, sprinkled with comical scenes and tells the story of a loyal and handsome Edo period servant who fights to help his older brother marry the woman he loves. The star of this film, Utaemon Ichikawa, gained enormous popularity for his portrayal of a cheerful and chivalrous man.
Osaka Elegy
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.
Miss Okichi
Kenji Mizoguchi is credited as “supervisor” on this rare Japanese genre film, which stars the stunning Isuzu Yamada (Osaka Elegy, Throne of Blood) as a professional criminal, part con woman and part martial artist, who falls in love with a young man from the straight world.
Hotta Hayato
Jidaigeki film, only a fragment remains of the original film.
Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki
Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
Directed by Daisuke Itō.
Osaka Woman
When Ochika, from a rich family, marries Danpei, a poor shamisen player, she devotes herself completely to him and takes over her business, to the point of sowing dissensions within the Jōruri troupe in which her husband plays. Considered a lost film.
The Siege of Osaka
The Siege of Osaka
Filmography
as Tokugawa Hidetada
as Hiroshi Murai
as Hanji