Yumiko Nogawa
Yumiko Nogawa, born August 30, 1944, is a Japanese actress born in Kyoto, Japan. She has starred in several movies, notably Gate of Flesh (1964), a Japanese erotic film, part of a trilogy of films she made with director Seijun Suzuki. Including Story of a Prostitute (1965) and Carmen from Kawachi (1966), these films are known as Nogawa's "Flesh Trilogy". Nogawa has appeared in numerous films in Japan, including director Nagisa Oshima's The Pleasures of the Flesh (1965) and Zatoichi & the Fugitives (1968), the eighteenth film in the Zatoichi series. She has also appeared in television series on Nippon Television, TV Tokyo, Fuji TV, and NHK.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 8.311 |
| Birthday | 1944-08-30 |
| Place of Birth | Kyoto, Japan |
| Also Known As | 野川 由美子, |
1969
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
6.694/18
Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a ne...
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Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1965
Story of a Prostitute
6.618/34
Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal...
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Story of a Prostitute
1965
Pleasures of the Flesh
5.7/22
A corrupt businessman blackmails the lovelorn reprobate Atsushi into watching over his suitcase full of embezzled cash while he serves a jail sentence...
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Pleasures of the Flesh
1967
A Certain Killer
6.1/10
A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.
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A Certain Killer
1964
Gate of Flesh
6.614/57
In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining...
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Gate of Flesh
1966
Carmen from Kawachi
6.8/9
Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming a...
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Carmen from Kawachi
1992
A Tale of Youth at Hirosaki High School
4/1
A semi-autobiographical film about a young man from Tokyo who moves to Hirosaki in the early Shōwa era. A straight-to-video production made for the Hi...
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A Tale of Youth at Hirosaki High School
1969
Killer's Mission
6.571/7
Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the hostile Shogun Satsuma. On his mission he meets a co...
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Killer's Mission
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
7.3/37
While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in thei...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1985
Gray Sunset
6.1/6
Grandfather Fuyukichi Takano, a former university professor, gets fired from his museum job when he is affected by Alzheimer's disease, but his afflic...
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Gray Sunset
1971
The Path of the King
6/1
When the aging leader of the yakuza gang Maeda-gumi decides to retire, many of the gang members have no confidence in the young man he has chosen to r...
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The Path of the King
1971
The Gambling Nun
0/0
A young woman, an experienced gambler, enters a nunnery to atone for some of her father's crimes. When the nunnery runs into debt, she resorts to gamb...
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The Gambling Nun
1968
Downtown Blues
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The desires and pretensions of woman of the Ginza are depicted.
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Downtown Blues
1984
Choshichiro's Edo Diaries: The Yagyu Conspiracy
0/0
Rumors are circulating that the shogunate is losing control of some feudal domains. Lord Yagyu Munefuyu is assigned to deal with the problem and the r...
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Choshichiro's Edo Diaries: The Yagyu Conspiracy
1965
Born Under Crossed Stars
6.4/7
A young man with a strong sense of justice is torn between two girls: the flighty Taneko and the serious Suzuko. With wisdom, courage and honor in a J...
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Born Under Crossed Stars
2016
The Book Peddler
8/1
Suzume Akamatsu works at a library in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture. She delivers books by riding a bicycle. Through her work, Suzume grows as a person.
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The Book Peddler
1977
Hokuriku Proxy War
6.8/8
In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasak...
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Hokuriku Proxy War
1966
Golden Ninja
0/0
Just after the Battle of Sekigahara, a pair of children Denji and Kichizo witnessed a team of the defeated forces hide the Toyotomi treasure. When th...
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Golden Ninja
1999
The Geisha House
7.6/5
Set in the late 1950s, when geisha culture was threatened by moral crusades, it tells the story of Omocha (Miyamoto Maki), a young girl who sees the g...
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The Geisha House
1964
Female Ninja Magic
6.9/8
In Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position, fearing Toyotomi's blood descendents would end, he impregnates one of fi...
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Female Ninja Magic
1967
Yanagase Blues
0/0
Jiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase.
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Yanagase Blues
1969
BGs of Ginza
5/4
Story of love, jealousy and hatred among waitresses of a deluxe bar.
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BGs of Ginza
1965
Woman Gambler
6.3/5
Mourning the death of her boyfriend, Yukiko wanders aimlessly from one city to another. During her mourning, she becomes addicted to gambling. One day...
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Woman Gambler
1965
Hoodlum Soldier
7.3/3
A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an e...
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Hoodlum Soldier
1966
The Actress vs. the Greedy Sharks
0/0
Framed by his enemies, Manbe finds himself imprisoned for a murder he didn’t commit. His only hope lies with his daughter Yuki who takes it upon herse...
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The Actress vs. the Greedy Sharks
1971
A Modern Yakuza: Broken Code
6/1
A young yakuza soldier is torn between staying in his current life or leaving his family when his boss refuses to follow their ancient code of ethics.
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A Modern Yakuza: Broken Code
1965
The Start of Life
0/0
A young girl in an industrial town is saving her money to enter college. But her drunken father loses his job, her mother cannot make ends meet, and t...
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The Start of Life
1978
The Okinawa War of Ten Years
5.7/3
After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza prospered. But when Okinawa is returned to Japan, the mainla...
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The Okinawa War of Ten Years
1987
Ellie My Love
0/0
Based on the comic by Mako Takami.
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Ellie My Love
2002
The Sea Is Watching
5.9/20
O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particula...
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The Sea Is Watching
1965
Gambling Kitten
6.7/5
Arikawa runs a transport company. But this is only a front for his gambling house. Yuriko is a regular on the scene, and she is fascinated by the di...
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Gambling Kitten
1966
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
6.2/6
Yukiko is on her way to meet Boss Gunji. Judging by her appearance, no one would suspect that this beautiful young woman, sitting quietly in a suburba...
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Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
1999
Yakuza Ladies 8
0/0
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Yakuza Ladies 8
1968
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
6.9/28
Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.
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Zatoichi and the Fugitives
1971
Onna no hanamichi
0/0
A film commemorating the 25th anniversary of Hibari Misora's performing career. Written by Matsutaro Kawaguchi for Hibari Misora to celebrate her 25th...
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Onna no hanamichi
1969
Port City Blues
0/0
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Port City Blues
1966
Three Wild Cats
0/0
Three women, deceived by a man, make full use of their feminine weapons, replete with daring and unbridled seduction strategies.
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Three Wild Cats
1969
Woman
0/0
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Woman
1964
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
6/2
An exciting and fast-paced entertaining action in which G-Man Joe of Aces (Japanese version 007) challenges a terrible international mafia organizatio...
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Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
1970
The Final Gamble
0/0
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The Final Gamble
1970
Easy Money
0/0
An action-comedy about three men who try to bilk money out of gambling dens.
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Easy Money
1965
A Charming Devil
0/0
Movie adaptation of the TV series.
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A Charming Devil
1993
Human Scramble: Delinquent
0/0
Based on the comic written by Masao Yajima and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane.
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Human Scramble: Delinquent
1968
ドリフターズですよ！冒険冒険また冒険
0/0
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ドリフターズですよ！冒険冒険また冒険
1969
Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
0/0
Nonaka Tetsugoro, a substitute for the Aoi group, held a flower party to celebrate the complete recovery of his boss. However, three rival bosses, try...
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Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
1969
Family Crest: Die Like a Man
0/0
The story of three brothers who, after loosing their parents in the Great Kanto Earthquake, continued their respective yakuza family business and the...
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Family Crest: Die Like a Man
1966
Chivalry Broken from All Sides
0/0
This is a magnificent drama about love and chivalry, telling about the stormy fate of Seiji, nicknamed "The Rising Dragon", who swore never to take up...
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Chivalry Broken from All Sides
1989
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 長七郎 大奥まかり通る
0/0
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長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 長七郎 大奥まかり通る
1967
Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack
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Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack
1971
Kantō tekiya ikka: Goromen himatsuri
0/0
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Kantō tekiya ikka: Goromen himatsuri
1982
The Shogun's Vault II
5/1
A mysterious thief called "Yami no Kiba" (Fang of Darkness), who sneaks into the residences of the shogunate one after another and steals the shogun's...
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The Shogun's Vault II
1969
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
0/0
A flower is a woman or a man is a butterfly... Love and melancholy bloom wildly in the nighttime garden! This is a moody entertainment work depicting...
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Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
1968
Duel in the Storm
0/0
It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in order to begin his life anew as a ferryman. His b...
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Duel in the Storm
1966
Black Curtain
0/0
Nikkatsu drama film
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Black Curtain
1992
Jirocho of Shimizu 3: Man Tears, the End of Ishimatsu
0/0
Jirocho Shimizu has now sealed his family's long sword with a ban on fighting and makes a living as a cargo worker. His zeal is tested when he is plac...
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Jirocho of Shimizu 3: Man Tears, the End of Ishimatsu
1966
Four and A Half Mats
0/0
Fukazawa Shino is a prostitute in the late Meiji period. Shino was deceived by Tatsukichi and sold. One day Shino came to like a thief (Yoshioka) who...
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Four and A Half Mats
1972
The Ghostly Trip
0/0
The 10th film in the travel series. The original work and screenplay is by Kazuo Funahashi, the director is Shoji Segawa, and the cinematography is by...
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The Ghostly Trip
1990
Sea of Wandering
0/0
Set in Osaka just after the end of the war, the story depicts an unconventional merchant who returns from evacuation. The film is based on the novel o...
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Sea of Wandering
クレージーだよ 奇想天外
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クレージーだよ 奇想天外
1966
クレージー大作戦
0/0
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