Sumiko Kurishima

Sumiko Kurishima was born on Mar 15, 1902 in Japan. Sumiko Kurishima's big-screen debut came with Every-Night Dreams directed by Mikio Naruse in 1933. Sumiko Kurishima is known for Flowing directed by Mikio Naruse, Kinuyo Tanaka stars as Rika Yamanaka and Isuzu Yamada as Otsuta. The upcoming new movie Sumiko Kurishima plays is Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka which will be released on May 04, 1990.

As the first female Japanese film star, Kurishima's pioneering contributions to Japanese film cannot be overlooked. In 1921, she joined Shochiku Kamata Studios and made her debut in Henry Kotani's Bijinso. Her 1923 Sendo Kouta became a big hit and she was dubbed the "Queen of Kamata." She eventually married longtime leading man Yoshinobu Ikeda. In 1935, she starred in Eien no Ai, a film released in commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the founding of Kamata Studios, and retired shortly after, leaving the film world while still a superstar. Later, apart from being called out of retirement a few times for special film appearances, she devoted herself to dancing and became active as head of the Mizuki school of dance, which has tens of thousands of disciples across Japan. Two extant, though incomplete, versions of her films are Fujoki (1922) and Hatachi no Koro (1924).