Actor Tomoko Naniwa: biography, where starred, where to

一人息子

Yasujirō Ozu

Chōko Iida, Shinichi Himori

A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo to visit her son.

The Only Son

7.7 ⚠️ 1936

Япония, драма

有りがたうさん

Hiroshi Shimizu

Ken Uehara, Michiko Kuwano

In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo,

Mr. Thank You

7.3 ⚠️ 1936

Япония, комедия

腰弁頑張れ

Mikio Naruse

Isamu Yamaguchi, Seiichi Katô

A short concerning an impoverished insurance salesman and his scrappy son, whose fisticuffs with the other boys of their village put his father’s livelihood in jeopardy.

Flunky, Work Hard!

6.7 ⚠️ 1931

Япония, комедия

人生のお荷物

Heinosuke Gosho

Tatsuo Saitô, Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Family drama. A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to raise whom he resents as he was unwanted. (British Film Institute)

Burden of Life

6.6 ⚠️ 1935

Япония, драма

和製喧嘩友達

Yasujirō Ozu

Atsushi Watanabe, Hisao Yoshitani

The remaining fragments of an early Ozu film. It is the simple story of two friends who live together in a poor tenement and who share about everything in life (food, hopes, work...). Everything goes well until they gallantly rescue a young (and pretty) woman injured in a road accident. Since the lady has nowhere to go, the two good-hearted friends invite her to their home. She soon becomes their housemaid and they soon begin to seek her favors. Alas, she falls for a young student she has met in the neighborhood, much to the two friends' dismay.

Fighting Friends

6.0 ⚠️ 1929

Япония, комедия

引越し夫婦

Yasujirō Ozu

Atsushi Watanabe, Mitsuko Yoshikawa

When a woman unfairly suspects her husband of flirting with a shop assistant, she decides to flirt with their landlord to get revenge. Considered to be a lost film.

Couple on the Move

5.6 ⚠️ 1928

Япония, драма

宝の山

Yasujirō Ozu

Tokuji Kobayashi, Yurie Hinatsu

A young man falls for one of the geisha working in the house where he lives. However, the romance doesn't find favour with his father or current girlfriend. Considered to be a lost film.

Treasure Mountain

4.3 ⚠️ 1929

Япония

お嬢さん

Yasujirō Ozu

Sumiko Kurishima, Tokihiko Okada

Two reporters find that they are repeatedly beaten to the scoop by a new female journaist, 'young miss'. They decide to team up with her to investigate a secret club for wealthy voyeurs. Considered to be a lost film.

Young Lady

4.0 ⚠️ 1930

Япония, комедия