Kayo Matsuo
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is a Japanese actress. She retired from acting following the Kobe earthquake
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Great Hanshin earthquake
The Great Hanshin earthquake, or Kobe earthquake, was an earthquake that occurred on Tuesday, January 17, 1995, at 05:46 JST in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It measured 6.8 on the moment magnitude scale , and Mj7.3 on JMA magnitude scale. The tremors lasted for approximately 20...
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Partial filmography
- Endless DesireEndless Desireis a 1958 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. This was Imamura's third film as director. Imamura had wanted to film his own project, but Nikkatsu assigned him this light comedy instead....
(Hateshinaki yokubo, 1958) - My Second BrotherMy Second Brotheris a 1959 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura.- Plot :The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town. An adaptation of a best-selling book based on the diary of a ten-year-old zainichi girl, it was one of the first films to deal with the subject of zainichi...
(Nianchan, 1959) - Hikaru umi (1963)
- Gate of FleshGate of Fleshis a 1964 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki.-Synopsis:In an impoverished and burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-World War II Japan, a band of prostitutes defend their territory, squatting in a bombed-out building. Somehow they eke out a living together...
(Nikutai no mon, 1964) - Story of a ProstituteStory of a Prostituteis a 1965 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. It is based on a story by Taijiro Tamura who, like Suzuki, had served as a soldier in the war.-Synopsis:...
(Shunpu den, 1965) - Fighting ElegyFighting Elegyis a 1966 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. Filmmaker Kaneto Shindō adapted the script from the novel by Takashi Suzuki. The film has also screened under the titles Violence Elegy, Elegy to Violence, Elegy for a Quarrel and The Born Fighter at various film festivals and...
(Kenka erejii, 1966) - Ketto (1967)
- Tsumiki no hako (1968)
- Nemuri Kyoshiro 12: Akujo-gari (1969)
- Yureiyashiki no Kyofu: Chi O Suu Ningyoo (1970)
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River StyxLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River StyxLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx is the second in a series of six Japanese martial arts films based on the long-running Lone Wolf and Cub manga series about Ogami Ittō, a wandering assassin for hire who is accompanied by...
(Kozure Ōkami: Sanzu no kawa no ubaguruma, 1972) - Yamaguchi-gumi San-daime (1973)
- Hissatsu shikakenin baian ari-jigoku (1975)
- Yami no karyudo (1979)
- Shogun AssassinShogun AssassinShogun Assassin, known in Japan as , is a jidaigeki film made for the British and American markets and released in 1980. In 2006 it was restored and re-released on DVD in North America by AnimEigo....
(1980) - Seiha (1982)
- Kagi (1983)
- Tengoku ni ichiban chikai shima (1984)
- Tsuribaka nisshi 4Tsuribaka Nisshi 4is a 1991 Japanese film directed by Tomio Kuriyama. It was released on 23 December 1991. It is fourth film in Tsuribaka Nisshi series.-Awards:15th Japan Academy Prize*Won: Best Actor - Rentaro Mikuni*Nominated: Best Music - Masaru Satō...
(1991) - Paris Fantasy (Gensō no Paris), 1992)
- Tsuribaka nisshi supesharu (1994)