Michiko Hoshi
Birthday: Born in 1927-01-20 in Tokyo, Japan
Deathday: Alive
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正義のシンボル コンドールマン
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Isshin Mitsuya, a member of the peace organization "Flags of the World", loses his life in the Nevada hinterland to protect the eggs of the Dragon Condor, the guardian deity of the ancient Mu Empire. Dragon Condor dies after seeing the birth of Golden Condor, but old man Taba, a sorcerer, combines Mitsuya Isshin's heart of love and justice, Dragon Condor's steel body, and Golden Condor's relentless fighting spirit to create Superman Condorman......
ジャッカー電撃隊
Character: Shinta Yamamoto's mother
Cyborg warriors were created by the Special Science Investigation Squad to bear nuclear, gravitational, magnetic, and electrical forces. They fight the crime empire known as "Crime"....
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Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Mansion of beauties
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The first work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on the original work of Tatsuro Jinde. Kasumi Ippei is a popular ronin actor, and when he is not on stage he is investigating intricate crimes, in this film Ippei will solve the abduction of seven beautiful young girls....
Police Precinct Part 13
Character: Matsue
On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was determined. Detectives Hayashi, Kaneko, Nagata and Yamagata begin their investigation, suspecting the parents of the murdered child. They use a towel, baby diapers and bruises on the baby's body as clues in the investigation. Who killed the baby?...
腕まくり七色娘
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1961 Japanese movie...
Mermaid Murder Case
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The sixth episode of Hashizo Okawa's "Wakasama Samurai" catch series....
Bad Angel
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One of the earliest of subeban/ girl boss type eiga...
Ōedo no taka
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1962 Japanese movie...
A Man from Akagi
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A Doting Parent’s Lullaby
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Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.２
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1961 Toei comedy...
Police Department Story Pt.19: Landfill
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In the former landfill, where construction is currently underway, the corpse of a middle-aged man with an unusual rosary in his hand was dug up. An autopsy showed that the victim was about 40 years old, 170 cm tall, had bad teeth, and had been strangled about a month ago. The police department begins an investigation, Detectives Hayashi and Kitagawa set out to investigate the origin of the rosary, and Detectives Nagata and Watanabe begin interviewing construction workers. In the end, it turns ou...
Ghost in the Well
Character: Chizuru
Harima Aoyama (Chiyonosuke Azume) was a young hatamoto (samurai bannerman) to the Shogun. He seduced his commoner house maid Okiku (Hibari). He promised that his love was no passing infatuation & she would never suffer for it. She resisted his charms for some while knowing full well that they are of classes that do not intermarry, but in time he broke down her resistance, for how could she help but love him. Political expedience puts the young hatamoto in the way of a marriage with a woman ...
Keishichō monogatari iryū-hin nashi
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Keishichō monogatari gao no nai on'na
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1959 Japanese movie...
Kōmon to yajikita kara su-gumi ihen
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1951 Japanese movie. The characters of Mito Kōmon and Yaji and Kita are brought together...
Lofty Ambitions
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.5
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Fifth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise....
母山彦
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憧れの星座
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旗本退屈男 謎の百万両
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Avalanche
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Chronicle of the Bulbul
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Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato...
Hana to ryû - Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô
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Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô - Kiyoshi Saeki directed movie....
Weak-kneed from Fear of Ghost-Cat
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Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period...
Case of Young Lord 5: Death of a beauty at midnight
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A young lord solves the mystery of multiple murders involving a young couple and a woman....
The Paths of Two Maidens
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Melodrama about two sisters with different mothers....
Roadside Stone
Character: Okami
The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The year is 1910 and the place is a small Japanese village. Goichi is suffering because he wants to go to school, but his family is too poor to afford that luxury. Even when a kind friend agrees to help out, Goichi's father refuses to give in to his son's request for an education. Instead, he sends Goichi off to work as an indentured servant for a cold-he...
With Songs in My Heart
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Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and songs, this story shows how a girl raised on a farm was able to make her dream a reality, with the love of those around her....
Jet Air Base 101
Character: Toshiko Sato
The first batch of flight control officer candidates, full of yearning for the sky, are assembled at the 101st Air Regiment base. Nakata, Sato, and the other cadets undergo intensive training under Captain Kotani, a famous pilot, but gradually begin to resent his strict leadership. A youthful story that vividly portrays the young pilots of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force who place their hopes in the sky. Japan's first full-length film about jet aviation, it was shot on location at the Hamamatsu...
Deep River Melody
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A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant....
Sister with Sister
Character: Toshiko Sakamoto
Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker....
珍説忠臣蔵
Character: Otsuya
A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin....
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
Character: Shimeka
A geisha helps a runaway who looks just like her....
A Warrior's Flute
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Tale of tragic love between samurai and princess during Heian period....
No Advice Taken
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A comical love story between two college students — Hitomi, a strong-willed girl, and Shogo, a handsome, earnest and poverty stricken man....
First Love of Okon
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A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap....
World War III Breaks Out
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The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is ultimately evacuated as the two superpowers invoke the 'nuclear option'....
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Character: Shimecho
A comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to take over a lucrative diamond mine business....
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
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Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved in a robbery of precious diamond....
Song of Kagoshima
Character: Ochika
Yumemi, the president of Shirayuri Tours, visits Kagoshima in an attempt to save the contract with Satsuma Inn. After learning about the abrupt cancellation of the contract with the family-run Satsuma Inn in Kagoshima, Yumemi, launches her own investigation into the matter. Amidst her efforts to resume her company’s contract with the inn, Yumemi finds herself personally involved in the inn’s family affairs and with their guests in a surprising discover of love and friendship....
Heavenly Dragon
Character: Itchubushi Ocho
From the opening theme song to the grand finale, you know that you have found something special as this exciting movie stars the great Misora Hibari in one of her most memorable performances as she plays Shintaro and Oharu, a brother and sister, the children of a lumber dealer who had been murdered by the evil boss Kumagoro who plots to take over Shintaro's family business with the help of a corrupt deputy who has fooled the family into believing that he is on their side....
Gentle Breeze
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A young, feisty woman named Osome searches for her true love in the midst of a family crisis....
Man of Thirteen Eyes
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Japanese mystery film....
The Escape
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Film about the 2-26 Incident....
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
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Japanese comedy film....
A Gang of Five
Character: Okoto
A group of five law enforcers search Edo for a missing sword....
Man of the World
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An upstanding young man who is popular with the ladies takes on a corrupt group of men in his company....
Souls in the Moonlight II
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This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirsty samurai, Tsukue Ryunosuke. Blinded in an explosion and further injured from a fall, the master swordsman is taken in by Otoyo, a woman who falls in love with him. Under Otoyo’s dedicated care, Ryunosuke’s physical and emotional wounds seem to heal. However, deep inside, the demons that drive him to kill yearn to resurface. Meanwhile he is being...
Souls in the Moonlight III
Character: Okimi
Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be served for the lost innocent lives? The conclusion of the famed Jidaigeki series is an amazing film, with a completely different perspective on the story from the later versions. While the international audience is more familiar with the “Sword of Doom” and “Satan’s Sword” versions of Daibosatsu Toge (The Great Bodhisattva Pass), the “Souls in the Moonlight” trilogy casts an entirely different light ...
The Naked Sun
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A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-future, have enough money to get married. As they have agreed on this procedure, it comes as a shock to the young woman to find out from her husband-to-be that he just loaned all the money they had saved to a friend. She is understandably miffed, and a big disagreement results. But after some time goes by, she discovers why the friend needed the money so badly, and the couple are back on solid footi...
Delinquent Girl
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A melodramatic love story, a would-be apprenticeship between the titular bad girl and the optimistic scholar returning from the big city. It is presumed to be a lost film....
A Young Rabble 2
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An adventure of a feisty girl Oyuki and Santa, a homeless child she saves....
Case of a Young Lord 1
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As a result of illness and unemployment, Yamaoka Tatewaki, a "Hatamoto" (or direct vassal of the Shogun), pawned his family heirloom, a valuable Gosu plate for 100 ryo. When, of all occasions, Yokogawa Dewa came to visit and asked to see the Gosu plate on May 5th, Boy's Festival. Yamaoka then sent his steward to borrow the plate back, but the pawnbroker coldheartedly refused. He died soon thereafter of an unknown cause. Soon after that, two warehouses were broken into, but nothing was taken. Whe...
A Pebble by the Wayside
Character: Oni
Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamoto novel, takes place around 1902, was about a young boy brought up entirely by his mother since his drunken father is never home. An intelligent teacher wants to send him to middle school, but instead the father apprentices him to a clothing store to which he is in debt. The mother dies and the boy is forced to quit work when his father insults the store owner. Later the boy goes to Tokyo, but onl...
The Crimson Peacock
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One of the greatest film serials ever to come out of Japan puts together an all-star cast in the search for the key of the Crimson Peacock, a treasure trove that will make whoever discovers it the richest man in the world. The battle lines are drawn between two rival groups, the Swans and the Skulls competing to find the key and the map, while unrequited love for a beautiful woman complicates everything as she is forced to take a potion that gives her an evil heart. It’s edge of the seat excitem...
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
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Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu....
Roughneck From Asama
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When Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss Shohei's Okabe Yakuza family with a merciless gang of raiders, Itaro of Asama was missing. With the courage of a lion he had gone off to face the enemy and settle the score all by himself. As a result he had to take the blame in place of Boss Shohei, and went off to adventures on his own....
Devil's Gold
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1950 Toho film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi...
Case of a Young Lord 2
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After getting permission to dig up the pawnbroker's grave, Young lord samurai was surprised to find the body was missing, as was the Gosu plate. He had a suspect in mind, and was able to use him to learn of the pawnbroker's hideout and try to piece together the parts of the puzzle. A superb and exciting conclusion to a very clever mystery story set during the Golden Age of Japan. With no easy questions and his life hanging in the balance, can Young lord solve the mystery and regain the valuable ...
Case of a Young Lord 3
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Okawa Hashizo as 'Young Lord', the unlikely sleuth sets out to untangle the riddle of what went on at the Inner Palace, where a young woman who had served the Shogun came home in fear for her life. Will the Young Lord uncover the truth of what went on at the Palace, and does it relate to a series of murders that have been occurring just before the festival?...
Case of a Young Lord 4: Bridal Robe in Blood
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A murdered pawnbroker found clutching a blood-soaked wedding gown, the kidnapped daughter of a Shogun vassal, mysterious robberies, brutal killings, a vault with no key, a suspect killed while in police custody. This fragmented trail of clues could well be one of the most baffling cases that Young Lord has ever had to solve as he attempts to unravel the mystery and bring the guilty party to justice....
Kome hyappyo
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Police Precinct
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Speed Crazy
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The Murderer Must Die
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A year ago, Tetsuo Yazaki was unemployed and wanted money, attacked a police box in Kobe, robbed a policeman of his pistol, attacked Hamamatsu OS Theater and Nagoya Shinwa Bank, and succeeded in robbing a large amount of money....
Pure-Hearted Unit
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A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows, and triumphs....
The Great Road
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The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war ....