The best Mariko Kaga’s movies

Mariko Kaga

Mariko Kaga

11/12/1943 (80 años)
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Love Letter

Love Letter
7.9/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 25/03/1995
  • Character: Male Itsuki's Mother
When exchanging letters two women discover new things about a deceased man they used to know.

Kagero-za

Kagero-za
6.9/10
A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.

Boys Over Flowers: Final

Boys Over Flowers: Final
6.8/10
Domyoji holds an extravagant press conference to announce his wedding to Makino the following spring. The press is playing her up like a modern-day Cinderella and everything seems to be going well. Later, the families offer congratulations to the couple. Even Domyoji’s mother, who was formerly opposed to the relationship and tried desperately to break them up at every opportunity is suddenly happy for them. She even offers Makino a family heirloom: a tiara worth 10 billion yen (about $95 million USD) called “Smile of Venus”.r be meddling again, hoping to make it look like Makino carelessly lost the tiara herself? Or is someone at the hotel trying to cover up the crime? Domyoji and Makino are determined to get to the bottom of things and end up going on a wild adventure together which takes them through Las Vegas, Hong Kong, and various places throughout the world.

Pale Flower

Pale Flower
7.7/10
Muraki, a hardboiled Yakuza gangster, has just been released from prison after serving a sentence for murder. Revisiting his old gambling haunts, he meets Saeko, a striking young upper-class woman who is out seeking thrills, and whose presence adds spice to the staid masculine underworld rituals. Muraki becomes her mentor while simultaneously coping with the shifts of power that have affected the gangs while he was interred. When he notices a rogue, drug-addicted young punk hanging around the gambling dens, he realizes that Saeko's insatiable lust for intense pleasures may be leading her to self-destruction.

The Unspoiled Diamond

The Unspoiled Diamond
5.7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 15/05/1982
  • Character: Kazuko Makimura
A college student has an affair with a married, middle-aged teacher.

The Radish and the Carrot

The Radish and the Carrot
6.4/10
  • Release: 03/01/1965
One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his life savings and gives money to his younger brother. He then suddenly disappears…

Modori-gawa

Modori-gawa
6.1/10
  • Release: 16/04/1983
The story of Takeha, a free-spirited genius poet who lived through Taisho Romanticism, and the women who gave themselves over to his ambitions.

Love Letter

Love Letter
5.7/10
Yuko is in love with an old poet who happens to be also a married man. She waits patiently for him and only him, yet she is constantly being lust by others.

Mount Hakkoda

Mount Hakkoda
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 04/06/1977
  • Character: Taeko Tokushima (Captain Tokushima's wife)
Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with Russia.

Silence Has No Wings

Silence Has No Wings
7.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/02/1966
Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this allegorical and oblique first feature film by Kuroki depicts in exquisite images a series of encounters and life's turning points.

Snow Country

Snow Country
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 10/04/1965
  • Character: Yoko
This movie is based on an immortal literary work "The Snow Country," a story about a life of geisha Komako who lives in a region with heavy snowfalls.

Muddy River

Muddy River
7.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 30/01/1981
  • Character: Shoko Matsumoto, Kiichi and Ginko's mother
Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends.

優駿 ORACION

優駿 ORACION
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 23/07/1988
Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is given the name Oracion or "prayer". When Oracion is grown, a factory owner buys the horse. Will he be the key to solving the man's problems? Based on the novel by Teru Miyamoto.

In His Chart

In His Chart
5.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 27/08/2011
  • Character: Kyoko Azumi
Dr. Ichito Kuriharai (Sho Sakurai) works at a clinic in Nagano Prefecture. He rarely has any free time due to the clinic's shortage of doctors and the constant influx of patients. Ichito even sometimes diagnoses patients out of his area of speciality and sometimes goes days without sleeping. He hopes to work at a major hospital where he can get more free time to spend with his wife Haruna (Aoi Miyazaki) and also specialize in his field of study. However, Ichito is also reluctant to add to shortage of doctors at the clinic and break his relationships with the patients. One day, Dr. Ichito Kuriharai clears out the belongings of a terminal cancer patient who passed away. During this time, he discovers a letter made out to him thanking him for the care he provided to her, even though he could not cure her sickness. Dr. Ichito Kuriharai then has a revelation about the medical chart he keeps in his hand - filled with personal observations and concerns ...

Edogawa Rampo's Beast in the Shadows

Edogawa Rampo's Beast in the Shadows
6.7/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 18/06/1977
  • Character: Fumiko Masuda
Multiple murders, red herrings and sadomasochistic sex are the order of the day in this ground-breaking mystery from Edogawa Rampo, Japan's foremost writer of suspense novels. The year is 1930 and the chance meeting of a novelist and one of his fans opens the door to a series of mysterious events culminating in the death of a wealthy industrialist who may have been leading a double life. Aoi Teruhiko and Kayama Yoshiko star along with 2 of Japan's most famous and highly respected actors, Otomo Ryutaro and Wakayama Tomisaburo. In a departure from the samurai genre in which he made his name this is director Kato Tai's masterpiece. A true work of cinema art comes to life in this deadly tale of love and betrayal!

Lovers Lost

Lovers Lost
6.4/10
A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student.

A Legend, or Was It?

A Legend, or Was It?
7.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 11/08/1963
  • Character: Yuri Shimizu
A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the local leader's son, but her siblings disapprove.

A Flame at the Pier

A Flame at the Pier
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 30/09/1962
  • Character: Yuki
Takashi Fujiki stars as a rebel in this drama about life on the Yokohama waterfront by New Wave director Masahiro Shinoda. The rebel works as an errand boy for a shipping company and vents his frustrations by plucking on the guitar. His interpretations of popular trends in music are sometimes right-on, and sometimes not exactly. Bereft of his guitar, the rebel's modes of expression are not as effective in generating interest as the Yokohama docks themselves, a fascinating world in their own right.

Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2

Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2
5.9/10
  • Release: 30/01/1993
Recently released from prison for a murder sentence, a yakuza boss's wife leaves Hong Kong for a fresh start, but a betrayal leads to her return.

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