Yokichi Gotou
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Yokichi Gotou.
Born: March 31, 1930
Place of Birth: Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Known For
The Castle of Sand
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
Crimson Dream
Tetsuji Takechi's third film is based on two short stories by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. The film depicts the lurid and violently erotic dreams of a writer, his wife and his sister, after having spent a night out drinking and visiting sex shows. It underwent extensive censorship before the government would allow it to be released. About 20% of the film's original content was cut and this footage is now considered lost.
The Matsukawa Incident
Satsuo Yamamoto's filmic depiction of the famous 1949 Matsukawa Incident.
The Street Without Sun
Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers at a large printing house and the strikers' steadfastness, which neither hunger nor violence could break. The heroine of this story actively participates in her colleagues' struggle against layoffs, oppression, and police brutality.
Filmography
as Tsutsui
as Husband