Tokuko Watanabe
Acting
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Born: December 19, 1949
Place of Birth: Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
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The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the camera as if she is addressing Tonoyama himself, recollecting events in his life. The film focuses on Tonoyama's alcohol dependence and his various sexual relationships, as well as his film work with Shindo.
Confessions of a Teenage Mother
After having dropped out of school and given birth at age 16, Mako has little choice but to move in with the baby's deadbeat father. Struggling to make ends meet by working at a bar and in constant conflict with her conservative parents, Mako has to find her way in a harsh world.
Hymn
The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel beatings.
Will to Live
It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home for the abandonment of the original. The film won the Golden St. George and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.
Lusty Ama: Stirred-Up Pot
A young woman with an unrequited love for her step brother has their relationship upended when a despondent couple wanders into town.
Tsumatachi no gogo wa yori: kannō no ori
Time passes quietly without incident. Shizue lives peacefully as a wife. Masako, who is Shizue's friend and lives in Nagoya, uses Shizue as an alibi and comes to Tokyo several times a month to have an affair. When Shizue learns that Masako's cheating partner is Akira, a star athlete back in high school, a faint feeling of jealousy runs through her...
Noble Lady Bound Vase
A cruel and sadistic landowner buys a daughter from a noble samurai family who had incurred a large debt. Months later, the landowner's sister comes to visit, and discovers that the new wife is secretly in love with another man. The wife suffers various humiliations for her indiscretions.
The Watcher in the Attic
A shiftless resident in a boarding house spends his days crawling in the attic and spying on the renters below. One day he spies an elegant lady enter a room where a clown awaited her and watched as he pleasured her. But she spotted him watching and it aroused her more. Thus begins a story of two people who find they share similar desires and deadly passions.
Ghost Story: The House Where Butterflies Live
Yoshinari Bessho, the feudal lord of Tanba Province, is a collector of butterflies and has his concubines tattooed with butterflies as well. One day while hunting, Yoshinari sees Gennosuke Akizuki's beautiful wife, Okoto. He kidnaps her, tattoos a butterfly on her shoulder and takes her for his own. Feeling shame for what has happened, Okoto throws herself into a well and commits suicide. She then returns as a ruthless ghost that seeks revenge against Yoshinari and his retainers. Whenever the ghost appears, mysterious butterflies always fly around her...
Postcard
Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the war ends, Keita visits his comrade's wife Yuko and bears witness to the tragic life she has led.
Filmography
as Village chief's lover
as Kyôko Ezaki
as Yôko Katagiri
as Oryô
as Asami
as Saeko Shirayama
as KyôKo
as Sheila
as Natsue
as Oroku
as Female Drug Store Owner
as Yoshiko
as Miki Kitayama
as Kiyomi
as Kumemura
as Kazue Hibata(柴田和江)
as Ao Kaidô
as Ritsuko Misaki
as Reiko Kinomiya
as Suzuko Maejima
as Miyako
as Michiko Hara
as Hikaru
as Shunkin Mozuya