Sumiko Kurishima
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was a Japan
ese actress and master of traditional Japanese dance. She is often considered Japan's first female movie star.
studio in 1921 and debuted in Henry Kotani's adaptation of Sōseki Natsume's The Poppy. Often appearing as the tragic heroine of films directed by her future husband, Yoshinobu Ikeda, she is considered Japan's first popular female movie star, especially considering that male onnagata played female roles in the movies up until the early 1920s. She retired from the screen in 1938 and concentrated on teaching dance, becoming the leader of her own school. She did return to the screen in 1956, however, to appear in Mikio Naruse
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Japan
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ese actress and master of traditional Japanese dance. She is often considered Japan's first female movie star.
Career
Kurishima was the daughter of Sagoromo Kurishima, an actor and newspaper reporter. Her aunt on her mother's side, Fumiko Katsuragi, was also an actress. She learned traditional Japanese dance from an early age and used the name Kakō Mizuki when performing. Also appearing on stage, she entered the ShōchikuShochiku
is a Japanese movie studio and production company for kabuki. It also produces and distributes anime films. Its best remembered directors include Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita and Yōji Yamada...
studio in 1921 and debuted in Henry Kotani's adaptation of Sōseki Natsume's The Poppy. Often appearing as the tragic heroine of films directed by her future husband, Yoshinobu Ikeda, she is considered Japan's first popular female movie star, especially considering that male onnagata played female roles in the movies up until the early 1920s. She retired from the screen in 1938 and concentrated on teaching dance, becoming the leader of her own school. She did return to the screen in 1956, however, to appear in Mikio Naruse
Mikio Naruse
was a Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer who directed some 89 films spanning the period 1930 to 1967.Naruse is known for imbuing his films with a bleak and pessimistic outlook...
's Flowing
Nagareru
is a 1956 Japanese film directed by Mikio Naruse. The black-and-white drama starred Kinuyo Tanaka, Isuzu Yamada, Hideko Takamine, Mariko Okada, Haruko Sugimura, Sumiko Kurishima, Chieko Nakakita, Natsuko Kahara, Seiji Miyaguchi, Daisuke Katō, Nobuo Nakamura, Kumeko Otowa and others....
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Selected filmography
- The Poppy (虞美人草, Gubijinsō) (1921)
- Sendō kouta (船頭小唄) (1923)
- Mizumo no hana (水藻の花) (1923)
- Nageki no kujaku (嘆きの孔雀) (1924)
- Daichi wa hohoemu (大地は微笑む) (1925)
- Kanashiki koi no gensō (悲しき恋の幻想) (1925)
- What Did the Lady Forget?What Did the Lady Forget?is a 1937 Japanese film directed by Yasujiro Ozu.-Plot:Komiya is an affluent, respected and good-natured professor of medicine at a Tokyo university. He has a wife, Tokiko , though they are without children. His niece from Osaka, Setsuko comes recently for a visit to Tokyo...
(淑女は何を忘れたか, Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka) (1937) - FlowingNagareruis a 1956 Japanese film directed by Mikio Naruse. The black-and-white drama starred Kinuyo Tanaka, Isuzu Yamada, Hideko Takamine, Mariko Okada, Haruko Sugimura, Sumiko Kurishima, Chieko Nakakita, Natsuko Kahara, Seiji Miyaguchi, Daisuke Katō, Nobuo Nakamura, Kumeko Otowa and others....
(流れる, Nagareru) (1956)