Known For
Kwaidan
(1965)
Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
The Ballad of Narayama
(1958)
Tamayan
Full Filmography
Acting
The Fourth Lady
(1948)
Carmen Comes Home
(1951)
Yuki Aoyama
The White Orchid
(1951)
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
(1952)
Shige
Carmen's Innocent Love
(1952)
Doctor's Day Off
(1952)
Modern People
(1952)
Beauty and the Thief
(1952)
Kotora
This Way, That Way
(1952)
A Japanese Tragedy
(1953)
Haruko Inoue
Always in My Heart
(1953)
Always in My Heart Part 2
(1953)
Sisters
(1953)
New Tokyo March
(1953)
Late Chrysanthemums
(1954)
Tomi
Three Loves
(1954)
Mother Fumi
Always in My Heart Part 3
(1954)
The Garden of Women
(1954)
The Tale of Jiro
(1955)
Ohama
Ofukuro
(1955)
Sisters
(1955)
Life's Simple Pleasures
(1955)
The Thick-Walled Room
(1956)
Farewell to Dream
(1956)
Yôichi's mother, Oshin
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
(1956)
Rice
(1957)
A Case of Honor
(1957)
Love du Jour
(1957)
The Ballad of Narayama
(1958)
Tamayan
Farewell to Summer
(1958)
The Child Writers
(1958)
Mother
Street of Love and Hope
(1959)
Kuniko
The Song of the Cart
(1959)
Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4
(1960)
Kaachan
(1961)
Wife Oyuki
The End of Summer
(1961)
Farmer's Wife
Kusa wo karu musume
(1961)
Different Sons
(1961)
Mother
Kanashimi wa itsumo haha ni
(1962)
Fumi Ozaki
Kwaidan
(1965)
Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
The Will to Live
(1967)
Red Lion
(1969)
Ume
Directing