Mitsuyo Asaka

Mitsuyo Asaka

1928-02-20
92 (2020-12-13)
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

One of three female stars of post-war chanbara theatre (with Oe Michiko and Yoko Fuji)

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

One of three female stars of post-war chanbara theatre (with Oe Michiko and Yoko Fuji)

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New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion 1976 (5.4)

Once again we focus on Nami Matsushima. This time she has a sister who goes missing and after getting too caught up in doing something about it, our innocent heroine is given a fifteen year sentence for a murder she didn't commit. She's sent to an all women prison where she's not exactly welcome. Her fellow inmates torture, humiliate and try to kill her; but the Scorpion prevails long enough to get some justice.
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Fine, with Occasional Murders 1984 (6)

Kanako returns from the USA to a troubled mother who witnessed a man leaving a murder scene and is consequently under persistent threat. For the time being.
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Beijing Watermelon 1989 (6.3)

Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change when he encounters Li, a poor college student from China.