Sumiko Kurishima
Acting
Biography
Sumiko Kurishima (栗島すみ子 Kurishima Sumiko) was a Japanese actress and master of traditional Japanese dance. She is often considered Japan's first female movie star.
Born: March 15, 1902
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Known For
Every-Night Dreams
In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return of her ex-husband, who fathered the child and walked out on her years earlier.
Flowing
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade in the late days of Geisha. But Otsuta will not give up. This film portraits the day time life of geisha when not entertaining customers.
What Did the Lady Forget?
A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Despite being a minor, Setsuko is a liberated woman who does whatever she wants, including smoking. She even convinces Koyima to take her to a geisha house. When she gets rather tipsy, the professor calls Okada, one of his students, to take her home. The wife becomes suspicious of Setsuko when she sees Okada bringing her home.
Crybaby Apprentice
A fatherless boy's mother passes him from one aunt to another.
Gubijinsô
A Primer on Marriage
Bored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds himself embroiled in a series of misunderstandings with his wife, the young woman and her husband. Considered to be a lost film.
Young Lady
Lost film. Two reporters find that they are repeatedly beaten to the scoop by a new female journalist, 'young miss'. They decide to team up with her to investigate a secret club for wealthy voyeurs. Considered to be a lost film.
Where Do Women Go?
Japanese silent film from 1930 with an acclaimed performance by Sumiko Kurishima.
Filmography
as Ohama
as Tokiko
as Omitsu
as Young Lady
as Ogin
as Toshiko, his wife