Junzaburō Ban
Birthday: Born in 1908-01-10 in Yonezawa City, Yamagata, Japan
Deathday: 1981-10-26
Junzaburō Ban (伴淳三郎 Ban Junzaburō, January 10, 1910 – October 26, 1981) was a Japanese comedian and actor. His real name was Hirosada Suzuki (鈴木寛定 Suzuki Hirosada).
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いちばん星
Character: 父・英三郎
The 19th NHK Asadora. A dramatization of the life of the singer Chiyako Sato. Michiko Godai replaced Haruna Takase in the lead two months into the series when Takase became ill. Adapted from the novel "Aa Tokyo Koshinkyoku" by Yuki Ryoichi....
寺内貫太郎一家
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ひまわりの歌
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An Urban Affair
Character: Magosaku Gonda
Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawara line, the film takes up the problem of real estate around the expanding Yurigaoka apartments....
The Three Magicians
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Nonsense - Fireball Boy Thief
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The story of a ghostly thief in Edo who calls himself the fireball guy....
Dodes'ka-den
Character: Yukichi Shima
This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances are, each of them—the homeless father and son envisioning their dream house; the young woman abused by her uncle; the boy who imagines himself a trolley conductor—finds reasons to carry on....
Yoku
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Half a Loaf... Avarice / Yoku...
Pineapple Butai
Character: Uncle Masagoro
The story of the role played by Japanese-American soldiers from Hawaii in the Korean War of the 1950s....
Fifty-Fifty
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The final film by Yuzo Kawashima....
A Roaring Trade
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Pachinko
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Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
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1962 Japanese movie...
ひばり姫 初夢道中
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Night Guy
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Tokyo at night. It has another face, different from the daytime. Gorgeous neon lights and dressed-up women decorate the city at night. And then, there are men who live off of these women. This movie depicts the conflict of sex and desire between a procurer, called a "night arranger," and women who live in the neon city seeking money and pleasure....
Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal
Character: Undertaker
A comedy farce depicting the noise that occurs when two unemployed circus participants discover a debt bond in a basket with parrots, which they received instead of pension money. At that time, Hiromi Go and Kirin Kiki, who were gaining popularity, play the main roles, demonstrating an exquisite combination....
Osaka Tough
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The film takes place in a dark area of the giant city of Osaka and tells about a group of people who find themselves at the bottom of society, and about the courage of a man who defies the city of violence in search of his beloved sister....
The Final Gamble
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Modern Sorority
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Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
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Meiko Kaji reprises her role as Nami, a vengeful female gang leader, in the second installment of this high-action series that casts a new actor -- martial arts legend Sonny Chiba -- in the role of Nami's loyal friend Ryuji. This time around, Nami is looking for Hoshiden, the man who murdered her father and shattered her once-hopeful childhood. But living under an assumed name, Hoshiden could stay hidden forever....
Escape from Hell
Character: Chojiro
This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a number of homeless men to a remote island Sado to perform forced labor. Living conditions on the island are terrible and the men soon become rebellious. Based on a short story by Seichō Matsumoto....
Snow Country Elegy
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Woman Boss
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Kigeki: Ohi Kaenasutte!
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Kaoyaku
Character: Akamatsu
A detective is charged with investigating a bank corruption scandal....
Samurai Desperadoes
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A Fugitive from the Past
Character: Yumisaka
Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest....
Your Favourite
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Journey to the West 2: The Great Rampage of Son Goku
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Sequel to "Saiyuki" (1952)...
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
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1962 Japanese movie...
The Beloved Imposters
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1958 Mito Kōmon film....
Utau yajikita kogane dōchū
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1957 Japanese movie...
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
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Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn....
お役者変化
Character: えび六
During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed swords with the Magistrate Kurobane Yatayu, who tried to force himself on Gennosuke's beloved foster-sister, Kikuno. As a result, Gennosuke's younger brother, Shichisaburo, was killed. Separated from his mother, Gennosuke found himself on the run from the officials....
Denshichi Torimonocho: Senryo Human Skin
Character: 獅子ッ鼻の竹
In the era of the twelfth Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, a notorious bandit known as "Shippu" (or "Swift Wind") emerged in Edo. Shippu would send a warning message called the "Thief's Summons" before striking, yet despite the magistrate's desperate search efforts, they couldn't find any leads. One day, a summons was shot into the residence of Ono Ryusai, who was leading a peaceful retirement life with his two concubines, O-Ran and O-Koshi. With the summons, various individuals including O-Ran's broth...
Denshichi Torimonocho: Tattoo Woman Trouble
Character: 獅子鼻の竹
During the era of Tokugawa Ieyasu, one night a carver named Fujijiro was murdered. Immediately launching an investigation, Denhichi, accompanied by Otoshi and Take, toured the entertainment houses of Ryogoku. There, they discovered a connection between an acrobat and the incident. On their way home, Otoshi unexpectedly encountered an old friend, Inosuke, nervously buying a dagger. Inosuke, a clerk at the Kashimaya store, was in love with Oko, a secret lover of Bunzaemon. Amidst this, Seihei, the...
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Character: Magosaku
Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko asks for advice from her childhood friends Kintaro, a textile manufacturer, and Magosaku, an entrepreneur, about a big-shot from Osaka who wants to invest in her shop. However, Kintaro and Magosaku suspect that things are not what they seem......
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
Character: 長六
Hatamoto Ooka Gentaro was deeply committed to a future with a beautiful girl named Omachi, a relationship facilitated by his love of the shamisen. Omachi was stalked by a ronin named Akiyama Kanosuke, and at one point, Gentaro and Akiyama dueled at Matanuiyama, but the confrontation was left unresolved when Omachi, sensing urgency, called the authorities. Meanwhile, Gentaro's uncle, Kii-no-kami, concerned about Gentaro's whereabouts, ordered him to investigate a conspiracy by Tachibana Tadama, a...
Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider
Character: 獅子っ鼻の竹
In the town of Izu known for its hot springs, Den Shichi from Kuromon Town sets off for a healing trip with his companion, a bamboo craftsman with a nose like a lion's snout, at a time when the town is under a tight security network due to a nearby gunpowder depot explosion. Staying at Tsuruya, Den Shichi and his group are investigated by officials whose behavior seems somewhat odd. That night, a man looking like a craftsman is murdered, and gunpowder residue is found at the scene, prompting Den...
Kyūjin ryokō
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1962 Japanese movie...
お役者小僧 江戸千両幟
Character: 戸田竹庵
Okazaki Domain samurai Inaba Gotaro accidentally killed a superior while trying to save his beloved geisha, Ko-en. On the run, they were rescued by the actor Nakamura Utaemon, but Ko-en was taken by the Hatamoto, Ono Issai. Gotaro, who fell off a cliff, was saved by the Dutch-trained doctor, Shibarai Ryokai, and his daughter Oume. While traveling to Edo, they met Utaemon in Mishima, who was suffering from a serious eye disease. Ryokai’s treatment saved Utaemon from blindness, and a strong friend...
It's a Psychic, Gather Everyone!
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A Matter of Valour
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Chushingura has been made into a movie several times before, but this time it will be presented in a widescreen version with all natural colors and a new look. Written by Masato Ide and directed by Tatsuo Osone. This is a magnificent scroll of images that depicts on a grand scale the triumph of the Genroku era that shook the citizens of Edo, the peaceful capital of Japan. The top stars of the film, shinpa, shingeki, and kabuki worlds at the time of production were lavishly cast, and a huge budge...
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1
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The deputy shogun of the realm, accompanied by his loyal and capable aides, makes a stop at Jigokudani, a place along his journey through various provinces. Here, a lively and entertaining tale unfolds, filled with swordplay where heroes and villains clash, intertwined with heartwarming humor....
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2
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At the transformed Fumaden (Demon Subduing) Temple, with the dynamic efforts of Sukesan and Kakusan, and the appearance of the heroic woman Oshin, Lord Kōmon's ingenious strategy swiftly overcomes the wicked bandits in this exhilarating and unrivaled episode....
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
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1962 Japanese movie...
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
Character: Go
The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown....
Yosakoi Journey
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A drama by director Masaharu Segawa....
The Greatest Man in the World
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In the midst of the depression, two ronin rack their brains to come up with a dishonest scheme. Taking a man from the countryside, they fashion him into Ise Isenokami, the finest swordsman under the sun. Pretending to be his followers, they visit various sword fighting dojo. Out of fear upon hearing the name Isenokami, they pay him off and do not let him enter their training halls. The impostor eventually comes face to face with the real Isenokami after rescuing his daughter, Oyae, who is caught...
大江戸出世双六
Character: 大久保彦左衛門
Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the maid Onatsu from punishment after she accidentally broke a plate gifted by Lord Ieyasu. Tired of the strict samurai service, Tasuke moved to the Genbei tenements and opened a fish shop. This tenement housed various characters, including the landlord's daughter Osen who had a crush on Tasuke, the midwife Okan, the blind masseur Oyone and her husband, the carpenter-loving couple Yoshigorō and Ohama,...
The Bride and the Treasure
Character: 獅子ッ鼻の竹
Den Shichi of Kurodomon-chō, the best detective in Edo, captured members of a thief gang called "Kitsutsuki," but let three, including the rōnin Daikoku Yajūrō, Tengai Omachi, and Kasumi no Seiji, escape. Among the captured who were exiled, Genta and Kakuroku broke out and returned to Edo to reorganize the Kitsutsuki gang, starting to wreak havoc in the city. Due to the brutal methods used, Den Shichi suspected Yajūrō and Omachi had rejoined the gang. One day, a child who saw a hairdresser resem...
Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin
Character: 獅子っ鼻の竹
One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya, revealing herself to a beautiful woman. She told the owner, Shigebē, that she had come to collect a life he owed from twenty years ago and then left. The same night, Maruiya Genbē also received a visit from the woman's palanquin, and nearby, a man named Manbē was murdered. The detective Hayanawa Gohē concluded the murder was the work of a fox spirit, but another detective, Den Shichi, skeptical of this t...
花笠太鼓
Character: 牢名主宗右衛門
In early summer in Edo, Sanshirō, known for his beautiful singing, is a devoted son living in a tenement with his blind mother Okura. He works as a delivery boy for the caterer "Yaoyorozu." His brother, Chōjirō, who disliked being a plasterer, ran away from home and became a subordinate of the yakuza Yamashita no Gonsuke. On a delivery, Sanshirō catches a vagrant child, Erippē, stealing a flower hairpin from Ochiyo, the daughter of the wealthy merchant Narumiyaya Bunzaimon. Impressed by Sanshirō...
大当り黄金狂時代
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Topsy-Turvy Journey
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A drama from director Masaharu Segawa....
Sky Scraper!
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A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan....
のど自慢三羽烏
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花吹雪男祭り
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Shin kitsune to tanuki
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1962 Japanese movie...
The Further Adventures of Genta
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Love and the Shop Curtain
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Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan to renovate into a modern hotel before the ‘64 Tokyo Olympics. Maki, the son of the owner of the Benten Hotel, likes Yuri and wants to get closer to her. So, he asks Milton, an American exchange student, to stay at her inn so he can get closer to her. But Yuri is in love with Shin, a cook at her inn. And although Shin likes her too, the two are constantly bickering. Complicating matters more, is ...
Blue Sky Angel
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1950 drama film...
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
Character: Muraki, car shop owner
Reiko Oshida stars as a young wannabe gangster tough girl, just released from reform school. She tracks down one of her classmates fathers, who runs an auto repair shop that the local Yakuza are trying to force out of business and take over, and starts working for him. At the same time a recently released from prison, and now ill Yakuza is trying to make a new life for himself and his girl, a friend of Reiko's, who also just graduated from reform school. A fateful car crash brings the two on a c...
Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure
Character: Bluebeard
A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami....
Mama, I Need You!
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After finishing the course of junior high school, Kazuo comes up to Tokyo, leaving his mother alone in the unproductive northern district. He finds a job in a small laundry in downtown Tokyo and works hard till late at night. At a nearby restaurant a brother and sister are working, and Kazuo becomes friendly with the girl, Yoneko. Love blossoms between the two. However, Yoneko's brother objects to his sister marrying Kazuo....
Denshichi Torimonocho: The Curse of the Silver Snake
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Kofu duty guard Yamauchi Hinata-kami cultivated illegal drugs and had them sold through Omiya, a drug wholesaler in Edo Muromachi. One day, a strange spell descends on Omiya, killing his wife Osetsu, and then his second daughter Okyo as well. After that, there was a rumor that a ghost playing a flute appeared in the town of Edo. Sanshiro Tachibana, a member of the Kitamachi Magistrate Doshin, asked Denshichi to investigate these incident....
Why Not?
Character: Toramatsu
The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji Restoration. It examines the effects of the political and social upheaval of the time, and culminates in a revelrous march on the Tokyo Imperial Palace, which turns into a massacre. Characteristically, Imamura focuses not on the leaders of the country, but on characters in the lower classes and on the fringes of society....
Den nana torimono jō bijo koumori
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The head of Oshu, Harumichi Honma, was ordered by the boat bugyo (Commissioner of the board) Tajima Kuze to extract five gold coins to the Shogun family in Edo, and put it into Ryujin Maru. However, Tajima, who was the chief retainer of the shogunate, said that he was a member of the board, tetsugoro Funabashi, kumiyumi no Kami ichibei, and his son, masakichi, and others, and in the middle of the night, he killed all the members with poison in the night of the storm, threw Masayoshi, who was a f...
Hoshikuzu no Machi
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喜劇 深夜族
Character: 重盛平三
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Hikkoshi yatsure
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Manao Horiuchi movie...
The Sun's Burial
Character: Yotsematsu
In Osaka's slum, youth without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of blood. Alliances constantly shift. Tatsu and Takeshi, friends since boyhood, reluctantly join Shin's....
Unique Sword Technique for Revenge
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Comedy directed by Torajiro Saito about swordsmen in the era of feudal Japan....
Doterai Man
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Business is a game! A theatrical version of the TV drama that became a social phenomenon starring Teruhiko Saigo. Set in a wholesaler town in Osaka, it depicts the activities of the main character Takezo Yamashita who repels adversity with a man's stubbornness and guts....
大安旅行
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Private Second Class
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First film in a series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku....
Denshichi Torimonocho: Mad Skullwoman
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Detective Denshichi is called to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the Kishu family's daughter Teruhime and the activities of a dangerous group dressed as skulls and their female leader....
Shag
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Shiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year-old daughter, with the aid of an Ainu dog summoned by a whistle she gave him....
The Old Bear Hunter
Character: Police Officer
After an old man is attacked by a bear in the snowy mountains of northern Japan, he vows to hunt down the marauder....
The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen
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Mitsue is a popular stage actress and the lover of a shamisen player named Seijuro. She jealously murders two other objects of his affection: Okiyo, a young woman from a samurai family, and Kuro, a cat. The spirits of Okiyo and Kuro then merge into a vengeful ghost....
Denshichi Torimonocho: Silver Snake Spell
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The eleventh episode of the Denshichi Torimonocho series. Around the time of Shogun Ienari, a murderer known as a ghost hikyaku appeared in Edo, raping and killing young girls one after another. One night, a notice was recieved that Oichi, the daughter of Wakasa Kanayu of the small construction group, would be taken away. The mansion was surrounded by ten and twenty layers of people including Denshichi, who was asked to guard the house, and Sesshinsai Ohba, the owner of the dojo. Four seconds la...
The Phoenix
Character: Exorcist
This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai, represented by Prince Susano-O and elderly advisor Sumuke, hire Yumihiko of Matsuro to hunt the phoenix so that Queen Himiko, sister of Susano-O can have eteranal life....
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
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The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schools. However, the flight schools have extremely demanding, harsh training, and once they finally become pilots, they must become suicide bombers and give their lives for their homeland....
Farewell to Spring
Character: Yûkichi Momozawa
Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were....
Firefly Light
Character: Isuke
Set in the 1860s, the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, The Fireflies focuses on Tose (Awashima Chikage), the mistress of the Teradaya, a small inn in the Kyoto suburb of Fushimi. She does not have an easy life. Her husband, Isuke (Ban Junzaburo), is a wastrel who fancies himself a kabuki singer and who is obsessed with cleanliness. Her mother-in-law, Sada (Miyoshi Eiko) dislikes her because of her humble origins (her family are farmers) and because she fears that she will inherit the inn i...
Dimple of Tokyo
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Buntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life. The new secretary, Nobuko, suggested her "shacho-san" (the president) run away from the job. Nobuko took Buntaro to her home and introduced him to her own family as friend, "Sachio-san"......
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Character: Private second class Furuyama
Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private"....
Story of Second Class Private, Sequel
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First sequel to "Story of Second Class Private"....
Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
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Fifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private"....
続二等兵物語 南方孤島の巻
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Second sequel to "Story of Second Class Private"....
Shin nitōhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki
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Second "Pfc. Story" sequel and the ninth and final sequel to "Story of Second Class Private", the only one in both series not directed by Seiichi Fukuda....
Tokyo Profile
Character: Fortuneteller
A motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old girl after she is separated from her mother on the crowded streets of Ginza....
Queen Bee
Character: Police Yamamoto
To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country estate, family secrets and lies dating back several generations must be sorted out once and for all....
Nonsense Boys
Character: Kamezo Ikeda
Japanese comedy film....
珍説忠臣蔵
Character: Kira Kozukenosuke
A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin....
Great Edo Song Festival
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The feudal lord Kisaragi Yae no Kami (Minami Komyo) searches for a child he had with a low-borne woman, that was sent away from his home 16 years ago while carrying a special seal. At that time, Kanda's detective Zenshichi (Ichikawa Kodayu II) had three daughters, the third of whom, Omiyo (Misora Hibari), was a skilled singer and an expert with the lasso....
The Foster Mother
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A human drama about the bond between parents and a child and family love. The daughter leaves her foster parents and ends up with her mother in Kyoto, who divorced her father, but her father in Tokyo, who has another family, takes her to himself out of guilt for breaking up with her. How does the daughter feel?...
Road to Hawaii
Character: Handa
A 1954 film....
The Unbalanced Wheel
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A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community....
Snow in the South Seas
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Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits up and endure the extremely difficult conditions....
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
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Love and Death
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Yuji, a budding writer, meets and starts falling in love with his best friend’s girlfriend, Natsuko. The attraction is mutual but due to the circumstances, they try to not act on their attraction. However, as time goes by, they realise that, perhaps, they cannot be without each other. Will the forbidden love affair move forward and can they finally be with each other?...
Parole
Character: Detective Maeda
Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold....
A Country Boss
Character: Jugoro Okawa
A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage....
There Was a War When I Was a Child
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An award-winning Japanese film about a child's experiences during the Second World War....
My Wife
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Japanese comedy film....
Rainbow Over the Pacific
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Rainbow Over the Pacific is a tale of romance that moves from the streets of Tokyo to the islands of Hawaii as it weaves the story of two star-crossed lovers--Hideo (Yukio Hashi), an aspiring photographer from Japan, and Reiko (Jun Mayuzumi), a beautiful Sansei Cherry Blossom contestant from Hawaii--who are drawn together by destiny, yet appear to be fated to be apart. Will the sun set on their young love, or will it be the dawn of a new relationship?...
浮かれ狐千本櫻
Character: Sato Tadanobu / Kitsune Tadanobu
Japanese comedy film....
Drunkard's Paradise
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A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving behind a fiance…. A unique social satire that focuses on why people drink alcohol....
Incidental Murders
Character: Monzaburo
The daughter of the wealthy Soga family is kidnapped and her fiance is murdered. But the kidnappers, Tatsu and Sanko are unaware that Tatsuko is the heiress to a fortune. Two strong-arm brothers, Kosaka and Takeshi, learn of her identity and join the gang in an effort to shake down the tycoon for ten million yen. Upon joining forces, their first move is to rid themselves of the driver whose identity is known to the police because of a cap which he left behind at the scene of the crime. Upon obt...
Live and Learn
Character: Officer Sakashita
Tetsuko (Eiko Yanami), a high school student, one day, forces Tsuneo, (Kei Wakakura), the brightest boy in her school, to make love to her after school is out and they are caught by the old school janitor. Tsuneo's mother, orders Tetsuko to pay for what she did to her son but Tetsuko blackmails her instead, saying that she is ready to inform a news company of what has happened to Tsuneo and receives one million yen hush money. Expelled from school, she comes to Tokyo, intending to take a round-t...
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
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Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi....
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
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Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries to cure a cat lady by reversing her trauma, and finally, rescues his niece who is about to be lured into prostitution....
The Mayor's Secret
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A mayoral candidate and his love child....
Follow the Girls
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Comedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers....
Graffiti Youth: Sneaker Blues
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3 people are fresh and naive so they try to go from wandering around lonely to becoming a lively young bunch. Tanokin’s youthful energy explodes!...
The Hidden Treasure
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Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama....
Denshichi Torimonocho: The Case of the Golden Goddess
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A samurai detective film....
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
Character: Romanov
This is a paradise of dream and illusion, a country of Raccoon Dogs. The Bat Tribe lives in a neighboring country took a young prince of Raccoon Dogs as a hostage, and try to take a Buddhist saint from the temple by force....
The Three Ginza Rascals
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Three men, all named Masa, join forces to capitalize on each of their unique yet questionable talents against a hyper-competitive Tokyo underworld....
The Black Battlefront Kidnappers
Character: Chôtarô Funaki
A taut, economical policier-cum-gang-hostage thriller....
The Awakening
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A Lively Geisha
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Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes true. When she learns of the trouble Yukichi's business is facing, she stands ready to come to his aid, and thus repay a debt that's long overdue....
The Hotelman's Holiday
Character: Takasawa
Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices....
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Character: Banno Magosaku
#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie Sakai) mentors a group of university hopefuls. Cut to 25 years later, the students have each settled into their careers and cross paths with Professor Sakai's son, a P.E. teacher (also played by Sakai)....
Nippon no obaachan
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Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. With nowhere to go, the two wander around, befriending a cosmetics salesman and a kind waitress who give them beer. This biting social satire starring two memorable grandmothers, scripted by Yôko Mizuki, picked up on Japan’s aging population problem ...
Flower and Dragon
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Kingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the Tamai-gumi, a stevedore group, to vie for work with two other powerful groups. Gingo is Tamai's chief rival who falls in love with the latter's wife and tries to kill Tamai....
Proof of the Man
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When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime....
New Journey of Yaji and Kita
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Based on the comic by Machiko Hasegawa...
The Rickshaw Man’s Son
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A roughneck named Komakichi of Kawachi, Osaka, comes back from a three-year training course to become a chef, hoping to be with his crush Tamae, a daughter of a Japanese restaurant’s owner. His father is not happy because Komakichi has no intention to become a rickshaw man to follow in his father’s footsteps....
Konto 55: Grandson of a Ninja
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A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami....
Angel's Lover
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Comedy about two employees who work against their boss....
The Street Car Game
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Comedy around a motorman and a conductor of a streetcar....
Get Married, Mother
Character: Senzō Sakuma
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The Woman Gambler's Revenge
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Tenth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin....
Flower Cards Chivalry
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A wandering gambler runs into a young swindler woman working with an old man. They are both arrested by a detective. A year later, the gambler is staying with a gangster boss when he comes across the woman and her partner again. The boss lusts for both her and his own daughter, while the boss's crazy yakuza brother loves his daughter, who, in turn, watches the player and wants to destroy the people standing in her way....
Yanagase Blues
Character: Sukeroku Sasagawa
Jiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase....
Every Wife Cannot Stand Still
Character: President Ichimura
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Song of Love
Character: Senzô Kamei
The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people....
Even If Life Withers
Character: Nonagase Kumayoshi
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Blue in Isezaki
Character: Ôkura
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Bikkuri Sanjuushi
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Hobo General
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Jolly Barbers
Character: Danbara Kinsaku
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The Last Judgment
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The last judgment....
Edo no kaoyaku
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A Color Print of Edo
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The Color Print of Edo is a 1939 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Kazuo Mori. It is a cheerful period drama, sprinkled with comical scenes and tells the story of a loyal and handsome Edo period servant who fights to help his older brother marry the woman he loves. The star of this film, Utaemon Ichikawa, gained enormous popularity for his portrayal of a cheerful and chivalrous man....
Dai Abare Tokaido
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An entertainment movie featuring familiar faces of Toyama no Kin-san, Nezumi Kozo, Yaji Kita, and others who traveled around the Tokaido. Written and directed by Kunio Watanabe. A group of samurai rushed into the Sakura Opera Troupe in the mountain village, chasing a young woman named Chiyohime who was promoting dancing around Edo Asakusa area. Suri Nao and Kinshiro Toyama was there and saved her. Meanwhile, the samurai asked the acquaintance Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi to find her. Jirokichi visited...
The Domain: White Blade
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The Domain: White Blade...
Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler
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Japanese crime film...
School for Thieves
Character: Det. Fukuda
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Kawachi fudoki oiro ke hanjō-ki
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1963 Japanese movie...
Big, Big Fellow
Character: Tatsuyoshi Harada
The golden duo of Yoshitaro Mura and Kiyoshi Atsumi brings you a full-on comedy filled with laughter and melancholy set in Kitakyushu. Matsujiro Minamida (Atsumi) plays an uneducated and uncouth local troublemaker who becomes the talk of the town following an unexpected incident....
The Detective Journey
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A comedy directed by Mitsumasa Saito about a pair of clumsy detectives who solve a case they become involved in by chance. Shosuke Ikashima and Ryuji Kabaya, who repeatedly screw things up, encounter a real robbery during a bank robbery simulation training......
Bravo! Five Men
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A parody of the Kabuki play about thieves, "Five Men of the White Waves"....
Six Men Mustered in Great Edo
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A parody based on Kabuki plays about thieves led by the famous Soshun Kochiyama....
Gokudô Petenshi
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A group of one-hit wonder scam artists led by the troubled "Kanpai," dealing with impotence, embark on a lively and poignant societal comedy. They overturn the distorted trends and authorities of modern society through peculiar methods such as taking over temples and creating fake emerging religions....
Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers!
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Saito Torajiro directed this light comic musical about the lives and loves of three cheerful, lively young men on the R University Rugby Club, Toshio (Tsuruta Koji), Kenkichi (Tabata Yoshio), and Shunzo (Kawada Haruhisa)....
Uogashi no senpū musume
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1963 Japanese movie...
新・与太郎戦記
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Noren to hanayome
Character: Jôbei
Romantic comedy...
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
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The 24th and final entry in the Ekimae series, set at Takamatsu Station in Kagawa Prefecture, formerly known for its ferry service to the Seto Inland Sea....
Seizoroi momoiro goten
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1957 Japanese movie...
喜劇・大安旅行
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兵六大臣行状記 漁色のこよみ
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1961 Japanese movie...
名探偵アジャパー氏
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The Wolf of Davao, a death row inmate who escaped from prison to exact revenge on Yamanami Takuzo, who betrayed his former comrade, kidnaps Dr. Shoda, a leading orthopedic surgeon, and disfigures his own face. In an attempt to save Yamanami, who has now reformed and is living a peaceful life, private detective Aji Yahachi falls in love with Yamanami's daughter, Yoko of Valerina, during their great adventures with his assistant Gomi. The disfigured wolf's face looks just like Aji's, so Aji disgui...
やるぞみておれ為五郎
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten
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The 14th film in the Ekimae series, set in Nagano Prefecture, focusing on the love lives of a group of husbands and their wives....
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
Character: Banno Magosaku
15th entry in the Ekimae series, surrounding the then-insanely popular Weekly Shounen Sunday series Osomatsu-kun and Obake no Q-Taro....
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
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Sixth entry in the Ekimae series, loosely based on the folktale of the tanuki and the tea kettle....
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
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The 21st film in the Ekimae series, commemorating the 35th anniversary of Toho. The film is a loose remake of the first film in the series, Ekimae Ryoukan....
Hot Spring Ghost
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Eighth in the Ekimae series, portraying competition between two hot spring resort owners in Yamanashi....
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady
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Seventh in the Ekimae series, detailing the exploits of the landladies around Ryogoku Station in Tokyo, and their sumo clientele....
若社長レインボー作戦
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1967 Japanese movie...
Seishun Tarō
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1967 Japanese movie...
Ukiyo buro
Character: Yohei
Film directed by Keigo Kimura....
Young Guy - The Sky is Ours!
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Yuzo Kayama does skydiving....
3 Raccoon Dogs
Character: Jiihei Murasaki
A conman team swindles through jewel scams, marriage fraud, and fake school admissions. Their schemes bring quick riches but collapse before escape, landing them in prison—while a former mark prospers by stealing their tricks....