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Top 10: Japanese Film Stars

By: trolley freak

Over the past couple of years I have become a big fan of Japanese cinema, particularly films from the 1930’s to the 1950’s but now moving on to the New Wave films of the 1960’s and beyond. The following is a list of my favourite Japanese Film Stars (in alphabetical order) with four of my favourite performances of theirs…

Setsuko Hara

Setsuko Hara (Late Spring, Tokyo Story, Sound Of The Mountain, The End Of Summer)

Machiko Kyô

Machiko Kyo (Rashomon, Gate Of Hell, Ugetsu, The Face Of Another )

Toshirô Mifune

Toshiro Mifune (Yojimbo, High And Low, Red Beard, Samurai Rebellion)

Masayuki Mori
Masayuki Mori (The Lady Of Musashino, The Heart, The Bad Sleep Well, Her Brother)

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai (Black River, The Human Condition, Harakiri, Ran)

Chishu Ryu

Chishu Ryu (The Only Son, There Was A Father, Early Summer, Tokyo Twilight)

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura (Drunken Angel, Stray Dog, Ikuru, Seven Samurai)

Hideko Takamine

Hideko Takamine (The Munekata Sisters, Twenty-Four Eyes, Floating Clouds, When A Woman Ascends The Stairs)

Kinuyo Tanaka

Kinuyo Tanaka (Women Of The Night, The Life Of Oharu, Sansho The Bailiff, Alone On The Pacific)

Ayako Wakao

Ayako Wakao (Street Of Shame, Manji, Irezumi, Red Angel)

 

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24Aug11

Nice list, and if you have time you should add pictures as well.

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