Yukichi Iwata
Know for: Acting
Born: 1887-03-23
Place of birth: Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Also know as:
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki (1932)
A Mother Should Be Loved (1934)
A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for...
Poppy (1935)
Based on Soseki Natsume’s 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story of desire and ambition. Fujio is beautiful,...
A Hero of Tokyo (1935)
The story focuses on the widower Nemoto, ostensibly a businessman, who has one son, Kanichi, the hero of the title. Nemoto remarries; his new wife is...
The Loyal 47 Ronin (1932)
This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...
Sôbô (1933)
Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.
Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter (1931)
The film is a lengthy work interweaving characters from different backgrounds and social strata in a narrative centered around the experiences of its...
Our Neighbor, Miss Yae (1934)
Keitaro is a law student and Yaeko is a high school girl. They are neighbors, and their friendship is starting to develop into something more...
Men vs. Women (1936)
A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the era.
New Woman Question and Answer (1939)
Jie (Michiko Kuwano) attended a women's university with the financial support of her geisha sister Oha (Hiroko Kawasaki) and became a lawyer. The...