Known For

Momoe Yamaguchi is known for:

  • The Izu Dancer
    In late 1920s Japan, a high school student (Tomokazu Miura) is vacationing in the Izu peninsula and sees a troupe of travelling performers. He becomes intrigued by Kaoru (Momoe Yamaguchi), a pretty and innocent young dancing girl in the group, and he tags along with them on their journeys.
  • Temptation of Angel
    A story of the everyday life of a couple living together, ordinary but full of warmth and love. Starring Miura and Yamaguchi's first movie since making public of their romance--their real-life story on the screen.
  • Sweet Revenge
    Masao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of money. His sister Kiriko makes the long trip to Tokyo, specifically to accost Otsuka, Japan's top criminal defence lawyer, and plead with him to take her brother's case. They live in Kitakyushu which, though a city, she contends that the local lawyers are not up to the job. Otsuka contemptuously brushes her off. A year passes. Masao has suicided in jail, his appeal having failed due to the lack of interest and competence of the local defence lawyer. Kiriko returns to Tokyo, planning revenge on Otsuka for refusing the case and causing her brother's death.

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