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Mariko Okada has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1960s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by An Autumn Afternoon.
Summer with Monika
1953
Drama · Romance
Widower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he comes to realize that Michiko should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
Dir. Yasujirō Ozu · With Chishū Ryū, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada
A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.
Dir. Yasujirō Ozu · With Setsuko Hara, Yōko Tsukasa, Mariko Okada
A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes.
Dir. Mikio Naruse · With Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Mariko Okada
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.
Dir. Hiroshi Inagaki · With Toshirō Mifune, Koji Tsuruta, Kaoru Yachigusa
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
Dir. Hiroshi Inagaki · With Toshirō Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni, Mariko Okada
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.
Dir. Hiroshi Inagaki · With Toshirō Mifune, Koji Tsuruta, Kaoru Yachigusa
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