Hiroko Isayama
Birthday: 1952-08-18 Place of Birth: Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Synopsis
Acting
Yes, I Can't Swim
Yuji Takanashi is a university philosophy professor who can't swim. Making awkward justifications to himself about the relationship between water and people, still he decides on the spur of the moment to enroll in a swimming class. There he encounters the teacher Shizuka Usuhara, who ignores his last-minute hesitation and enrolls him.
The Light Shines Only There
A man has thrown away love and a woman has given up on love. The two souls meet in a brief summer in the northern city of Hakodate.
The Great Passage
Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, The Great Passage. In the eclectic team, he becomes immersed in the world of dictionaries. But the team is overwhelmed with problems.
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
The Life of Chikuzan
A 1977 Japanese biographical film directed by Kaneto Shindo based on the life of shamisen player Takahashi Chikuzan.
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest.
