Mie Kitahara

Mie Kitahara

July 23, 1933 · 93 years old

Mie Kitahara (北原三枝, Kitahara Mie, born 23 July 1933) is a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1952 and 1960. She is best known for co-starring in a series of films with Yujiro Ishihara, one of postwar Japan's most famous stars, starting with Crazed Fruit in 1956. They marrie…

Known For

10 titles
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The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

1952 · 1h 56m · Movie

A childless middle-aged couple faces a marital crisis.

7.7
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Crazed Fruit

Crazed Fruit

1956 · 1h 26m · Movie

Spending their summer on an exotic beach, two brothers fall for the same beautiful girl, whose charm and looks may hide more than they they bargained for.

7.2
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I Am Waiting

I Am Waiting

1957 · 1h 31m · Movie

A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.

7.0
4
Rusty Knife

Rusty Knife

1958 · 1h 30m · Movie

Two friends who witnessed an organized crime murder are threatened by the local mob into keeping quiet.

6.7
5
The Moon Has Risen

The Moon Has Risen

1955 · 1h 42m · Movie

Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. All three daughters become involved in some sort of complicated relationships.

7.2
6
The Balloon

The Balloon

1956 · 1h 50m · Movie

Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress and a new lover who sings at a nightclub. When Murakami's disabled daughter befri...

7.2
7
Red Pier

Red Pier

1958 · 1h 39m · Movie

50s subculture icon Yujiro Ishihara (Crazed Fruit) stars in Masuda's Red Pier as "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent. Shortly after arriving in Kobe, he witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a ...

6.9
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Man Who Causes a Storm

Man Who Causes a Storm

1957 · 1h 41m · Movie

Shoichi is a violent young man just released from jail who aspires to be a drummer. He works his way up by playing gigs in a hip Ginza club, an eventually wins a drumming contest. But what he really desires is the approval of his ...

6.2
9
Hi no ataru sakamichi

Hi no ataru sakamichi

1958 · 3h 34m · Movie

A college aged woman arrives in Tokyo to study while finding work at the wealthy Tashiro family home as a tutor of the daughter, while the two brothers vie for her attention.

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