Isao Suenaga
Known For & Full Filmography24 Titles
Movie - 1959, 2h 15m • as (uncredited)
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts and moves with his newlywed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
Movie - 1959, 2h 15m • as Koizumi Nitôhei
Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against a fellow recruit. He also sees his friend Shinjô defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
Movie - 1960, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.
Movie - 1958, 2h 15m • as Bartender
Wataru's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares her love for a coworker and is adamant to live her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.
Movie - 1964, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A recently released gangster has to cope with the recent shifts of power between gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.
Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • as a newspaper reporter for the Yokohama Times
A young reporter falls for a beautiful waitress, but fate conspires against their burgeoning romance when the latter is involved in a car accident and loses her memory.
Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, and along the way discovers some surprising facts about her husband's past. With only a pair of old photographs among his belongings to go off of, Teiko tries to figure out what has happened to him.
Movie - 1958, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.
Movie - 1960, 2h 15m • as Executive B
Yoshida's first feature follows the lives of young students against a background of jazz, emptiness and boredom. The plot is fairly simple: a "good-for-nothing" from a poor background falls in love with the young secretary of his rich friend's father. The woman senses good in him and tries to lead him on the right path.
Movie - 1959, 2h 15m • as Kôzô's brother
Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were.
Movie - 1956, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
After moving in to their dream home, newlyweds decide to rent out their second floor to save money. They soon discover the woe of being landlords.
Movie - 1957, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A treasury official passed over for promotion and obsessed with careerism interferes in the lives of his three sons, who seek escape from his relentless pressure in the mortal danger of mountain climbing.
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A union-busting Yokohama dockworker learns that the loyalties that rule his life are based on shaky foundations. Believing that his manager was responsible for saving his life as a baby, he falls victim to a manipulative cycle of deceit and revenge.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
This is the second installment in the Shichinin no Keiji police procedural series.
Movie - 1957, 2h 15m • as Maekawa
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A melodrama based on a hit song by Yoshio Tabata. Set on Kikaijima Island, the story depicts the love between a simple-hearted island girl and a down-to-earth island man.
Movie - 1956, 2h 15m • as Reporter
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising baseball player to The Toyko Flowers.
Movie - 1954, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned doctrines.
Movie - 1959, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Terasaki, the new history teacher at the Senior High School, finds encouragement in the words of his Principal. "There are no bad children in this world. Some may be hard to handle but a teacher should never lose courage … never give up." But when put in charge of the third year class C, reputed to be the most incorrigible in the whole school, he is faced with surly opposition from the start. However, Terasaki perseveres. His greatest headaches are three students ... Sanae, who develops a "crush" on him, Nakanishi, who seeks to forget his unhappy home life in rugby, and Nire his pal.
Movie - 1956, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1959, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
1959 Japanese movie
Movie - 1960, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A case of mistaken identity in which a woman assumes the role of widow to a man killed in a train accident.