The best Yôko Katsuragi’s movies
We present our ranking of the best Yôko Katsuragi’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Yôko Katsuragi.
Scandal
7.2/10
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.
Late Spring
8.2/10
Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.
Black River
7.2/10
The story follows a university student who moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell the building through illicit means.
A Japanese Tragedy
7.4/10
At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with their poor standard of living at home. They gradually reject her in search of the material comforts that working as a maid cannot provide. The mother's despair becomes interminable.
The Good Fairy
6.5/10
Two journalists and their lovers share an uncertain future.
Glass-Hearted Johnny
7.2/10
Joe Shishido is an ambitious bike racetrack tout who becomes inadvertently involved in a triangle with a vulnerable prostitute (Izumi Ashikawa) and her brutal yakuza pimp (George Ai).
Times of Joy and Sorrow
7.1/10
The story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife.
The Portrait
6.7/10
The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artist paints her portrait.
Apostasy
6.3/10
A teacher at a Japanese school tries to hide his outcast upbringing.
The Tattered Wings
6.7/10
A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she's seen with her intense, no-nonsense childhood sweetheart.
Broken Drum
6.9/10
When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in order to regain financial stability.
Fireworks Over the Sea
6/10
A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.
Typhoon
6.1/10
Shochiku Production on typhoon
Tenya wanya
7/10
Also known as Crazy Uproar.
Umi no Chizu
Akiko Mizushina, a university student, is in love with Keisuke Okazaki, a member of the rugby team at the same university. Sugiura, a brilliant scholarly student, also has feelings for Akiko. During the summer vacation, Akiko thought she was enjoying the joys of youth, but she was filled with a feeling that something was missing.
Beauty of Life
Inochi uruwashi
The Seasons of Love
6.1/10
A family is slowly falling apart: the father is absent from the start, the mother a kept woman thanks to her children, the son is being cheated on by his wife, one daughter is forced to marry an older man against her will, while the other has retreated into smug moral superiority.
A Secret Rendezvous
6.8/10
After witnessing a murder, a married woman and a student agree not to meet and see each other out of fear of exposing their affair.
Love and Duty
Each one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She feels many conflicts in living her life between truth and love.
Ushiwakamaru
