The best Mariko Kaga’s movies

Mariko Kaga

Mariko Kaga

11/12/1943 (80 años)
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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
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pleasures of the Flesh

Pleasures of the Flesh
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 29/08/1965
  • Character: Shoko
A corrupt businessman blackmails the lovelorn reprobate Atsushi into watching over his suitcase full of embezzled cash while he serves a jail sentence. Rather than wait for the man to retrieve his money, however, Atsushi decides to spend it all in one libidinous rush—fully expecting to be tracked down and killed.

Twinkle

Twinkle
6.3/10
Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at which a 'good' Japanese woman should marry, and he is in love with a young male college student. The film is less a realistic exploration of gay life than a fairy tale of three young Japanese trying to construct an alternative to the sexual and familial roles given to them by a society turning increasingly emotionally barren.L.

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!

Only on Mondays

Only on Mondays
6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 04/03/1964
  • Character: Yuka
Yuka is a “good-time girl” from Yokohama who is persuaded by her papa to sleep with a foreign business executive so that he can close an important deal. Nakahira presents a shrewdly observed portrait of a modern, sexually assertive woman—an unsettling character for a changing but still patriarchal society.

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.

Sagrada Reset Part 2

Sagrada Reset Part 2
5.4/10
  • Release: 13/05/2017
  • Character: “魔女”
In the town of Sakurada, where about half of the residents have special abilities, Kei Asai (Shuhei Nomura) is a high school student and is able to remember everything. Misora Haruki (Yuina Kuroshima) is also a high school student and she has the power to reset the world by 3 days. If they use both of their powers together, they can go back in time by 3 days and retain their memory. They are watched by the administrative bureau.

Soup Opera

Soup Opera
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 02/10/2010
  • Character: Toba-chan
Sakai plays Rui, a 35-year-old single woman forced to live alone after the aunt who raised her suddenly decides to get married and move out. Through an unexpected set of circumstances, she winds up becoming roommates with an aging ladies’ man named Tony and a timid younger man named Kosuke.

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.

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 ...

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.

Patisserie Coin De Rue

Patisserie Coin De Rue
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/02/2011
  • Character: Yoshikawa
A disillusioned Natsume arrives at Coin de Rue, a popular Tokyo pastry shop, begging for work. Aiming to become a high-calibre pastry chef, she is determined to overcome both her past and the challenges ahead. Pastry critic Tomura is a frequent visitor to Coin de Rue. Moved by Natsume's persistence, he slowly begins to confront his own painful past aided, of course, by mouthfuls of tasty pastries.

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.

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