Jun Tatara
Birthday: Born in 1917-08-04 in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Deathday: 2006-09-30
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花の生涯
Character: Onoe Kotaro
The story chronicles the life of Ii Naosuke....
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......
世界忍者戦ジライヤ
Character: Gensai Koshimura
The Sorcerers Clan, led by the centuries-old Org Ninja Dokusai, has made its move to retrieve the treasured map of Pako that has been in possession by the Yamaji family for generations. Tetsuzan Yamaji, the 34th grandmaster of the Togakure Ryu Ninpo, entrust his son and daughter, Toha and Mei, to protect the Pako from the forces of the Sorcerers Clan. By donning the Jiraiya Suit inherited from his father, Toha becomes Jiraya, Master of the Togakure School, who must face against the evil Sorcerer...
繭子ひとり
Character: 久作
Kano is known as a "cocoon child" whose father is an agriculturist. Her mother disappeared when she was little and since then Kano has been wondering why her mother left her thus changing the shape of her life....
特警ウインスペクター
Character: Katsuzo Otaguro
In 1999, advanced science and technology enriched people's lives, but the damage caused when they were misused for crimes or went out of control and went out of control was also great. The Special Rescue Police Winspector (abbreviated as WSP) was established to deal with such a situation. Their purpose is not only to investigate crimes and arrest suspects but also to save the lives of those involved in crimes and disasters....
鬼平犯科帳
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Hasegawa is a chief police of big heart who leads a band of samurai police and cultivates reformed criminals as informants to solve difficult crimes....
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Seven Samurai
Character: Coolie A
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food....
The Life of a Horse-Trader
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Hokkaido at the end of the Taisho era is Kitami. On the day his wife died of a dystocia, Bakuro Yonetaro fell asleep after being kicked by a sick woman Yuki at a vague shop after violence....
Striving to Live
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Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee for his younger brother, Reiji, who was in trouble because he had a bonus of 10,000 yen more....
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
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1962 Japanese movie...
A Woman's Life
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A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son....
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Character: Hino Jun'i
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division....
Dotanba
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Dotanba - Last Minute...
The Invisible Wall
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Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto....
Today is Payday
Character: Izumi
Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa...
Riverside Fish Market Empire
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Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki...
A Japanese Tragedy
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At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with their poor standard of living at home. They gradually reject her in search of the material comforts that working as a maid cannot provide. The mother's despair becomes interminable....
Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain
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Drunken Harbor
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Third film of the yoidore hakase series...
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Character: Yamada
Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban....
Three Outlaw Samurai
Character: Yasugorô
Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death....
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
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Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban....
The Emperor's Hat
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A man working in a museum steals the Emperor's hat on display....
一本刀土俵入
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Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
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Domestic comedy produced by Shin Toho Studios directed by Komori Kiyoshi and starring Todoroki Yukiko and Ito Yunosuke....
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
Character: Nihei
A young girl named Oichi is abandoned by her mother and blinded by a lightning strike. When her guardian is killed, she learns to wield a sword from a traveling ronin. As she develops into a master swordsman, her profession becomes that of a bounty hunter. Many test her sword and many die by her skills. She travels throughout the countryside to seek her mother and her revenge....
Edogawa Rampo Theater: The Man Who Travels With Prints
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At the beginning of the Showa era, a man who was captivated by a girl he saw through a telescope locked her in a "painting". Visualization based on Rampo's "Oshie and Traveling Man". Released in 1994 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Rampo's birth....
I Will Buy You
Character: Yûsuke Shima
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers....
Flower Season
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Kitamori Yuki was particular about her promise to her mother-in-law Hana. The promise is that, as the daughter-in-law of Koichi, the eldest son of the Kitamori family, Hana entrusts everything to Yuki, but wants her entire family to come see her on her birthday. At that time, her second son Keisuke's daughter Megumi, who is her private taxi driver, made a mistake, and she was overwhelmed and approached Yuki for advice. Eventually, her mother Kayo of Megumi learned about this, but a period was qu...
Twilight Saloon
Character: Tetsuo Kumishima
Set in a tavern, director Tomu Uchida depicts the joys and sorrows of the people who gather there in an experimental style, weaving in a variety of music in this ambitious ensemble drama....
Scars of Honor
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Japan, 1643, as the Kato clan of Aizu falls from power two brave samurai will settle a dispute in the time-honored tradition of their clan, by drawing their blades in a duel to the death....
Ironfinger
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After being mistaken for an Interpol agent, a man who was just supposed to go on vacation gets mixed up in a war between two gangs intent on winning the favor of a notorious arms dealer....
A Billionaire
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An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes....
Yakuza Official
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Bunkichi disguises himself as a yakuza to solve a mysterious death....
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
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Kensho Yamashita's directorial debut....
元祿美少年記
Character: 寺坂吉右衛門
On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while waiting his turn for seppuku at the Mizuno residence. When news of his lord, Asano Naganori, attacking Kira Yoshinaka in the palace reached Akō, Uemon no Shichi was sixteen. The family elder, Ōishi Kuranosuke, determined to avenge, gathered allies, but Uemon no Shichi's father, Chōsuke, being sickly and considered too young, was not included. Chōsuke committed suicide....
Abekobe dōchū
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The Cast-Off
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The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his world is changing completely : his wife behaves like never before, considering she's now rich and has the right to do whatever she wants, even having an affair. (Also occasionally known in English as “Overflow”)...
Koko ni otoko ari
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Sisters
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Three beautiful daughters grew up in a dog and cat care clinic. The eldest was named Takako (Keiko Tsushima), the second was Tsugumi (Keiko Awaji), and the third was Mihato (Hibari Misora). Mihato was still a pretty seventeen-year-old girl, but she considered herself as mature as her older sisters. Mihato knows that Tsugumi is friends with Ippei Yaguchi (Masao Wakahara) and acts as a love messenger between them, but she didn't know that Takako is also in love with Ippei......
The Red Water
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Comedy drama film...
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
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Jidaigeki by Tai Kato...
限りなき情熱
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Is it the sin of a woman's heart that casts ripples unexpectedly among peaceful people? In the bustling streets of dazzling colors, where revelry abounds, a tale of love and chivalry blossoms into a beautiful flower of emotion....
New Tokyo March
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Follows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter, engineer, boxer, sushi restaurant owner—but whose romantic lives intersect. (MoMA)...
Magistrate Toyama 3: The Whirlwind Magistrate
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One of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no Kinsan investigates the tragic shipwreck of the 'Sadomaru' near Cape Kasumigaseki. The ship carrying gold bars from Sado Island to Edo for the shogunate disappeared into the ocean on a day with clear skies and no wind. While it is conveniently blamed on a surprise tornado or whirlwind, the Sado Magistrate asks his lifelong friend Magistrate Toyama to get to the root of the mystery in order to save his re...
A Wanderer's Notebook
Character: Tamura
Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko Takamine – Phillip Lopate calls it “probably her greatest performance” – and Kinuyo Tanaka as mother and daughter living from hand to mouth in Twenties Tokyo. Based on the life and career of Fumiko Hayashi, the novelist whose work Naruse adapted to the screen several times, A Wanderer’s Notebook traces her bitter struggle for literary recognition in the first ...
An Inn at Osaka
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An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. He takes a room at a small inn and tries to rebuild his life. Notable for its exquisite framing and cinematography, An Inn at Osaka allows its complicated plotlines to disappear behind the minutiae of penury and humiliation that Mito and others suffer during the post-war economic and social reconstruction....
Policeman's Diary
Character: Kurebayashi
Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the officers of this local police station, it‘s part of their daily routine. One day, patrolman Yoshii (Hisaya Morishige) finds an abandoned baby and a six year old girl standing in front of the station. When he's declined by the welfare office, orphanage and local health clinic to take them in, he decides to take care of them himself....
Bot-chan
Character: Nodaiko
1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel....
The Paper Crane
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A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con artists....
The Phantom Goblin
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An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his behalf....
The Horizon Glitters
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5 criminals organize a jailbreak in search of a cache of stolen diamonds....
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Character: Goldfish
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older....
Stakeout
Character: Saga Police Detective
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....
The Tokyo Dame
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A young woman tries to keep her family together after her father disowns her sister....
The Human Wall
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Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home....
The Yen Family
Character: Umekichi
Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together to accumulate a small amount of money, while mixing irony and satire....
Yellow Crow
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In this Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign-Language Film, director Heinosuke Gosho -- a master chronicler of Japanese middle-class life -- presents the story of Kiyoshi Yoshida (Koji Shitara), who feels estranged from both parents after his father returns from war. How the boy adapts to life with the virtual stranger his father has become is the film's focus. Chikage Awashima, Yûnosuke Itô and Yoshiko Kuga also star....
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
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A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his service is up....
Children of Hiroshima
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Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath....
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
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Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father, in postwar Japan....
Black Thief
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Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land....
Dreaming People
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Shinya Ban (Masao Wakahara) returns from the south and is deeply disappointed when he learns that his mutual friend Yuriko (Mieko Takamine) is marrying Toshio (Toshio Hosokawa), the son of Zenpei Hamaguchi (Yoshito Yamaji), for her obligation. He encouraged the unhappy Yuriko and taught her how to make her marriage with Toshio a happy one. He makes a fresh start as an architect under the care of Ryosuke Shibata (Jiro Yanagi), who had taken care of his father, but Ryosuke's daughter Sumiko (Yoko ...
Street of Violence
Character: Yamamoto
An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses....
Born Under Crossed Stars
Character: Jûbei Suzuki
A young man with a strong sense of justice is torn between two girls: the flighty Taneko and the serious Suzuko. With wisdom, courage and honor in a Japanese spirit of manliness he wins the day....
The Revenge and the Death
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A gritty, noirish gangster saga....
Snow Country
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It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous trip, and it seems like love. She's the foster daughter of a local family, almost engaged to the family's son Yukio, now dying of consumption. He's tended by his sister Yuko who's angry at Komako for abandoning her brother. Shimamura returns to Tokyo but promises he will be back soon. In anticipation of his return, Komako breaks with her patron and ...
Seikurabe
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Japanese drama film....
The Bandits
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Friendship between an ambitious young thief and an artist during the Warring States period....
Stakeout
Character: Saga station inspector
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....
Secret of The Golden Spell
Character: Tsuzumi no Yokichi
One of Japan’s most popular folklore characters, Tange Sazen, the one-eyed and one-armed swordsman, must rescue the Yagyu clan from the treachery of a master plotting to take control over a sword fighting school....
Love Fantasia
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A musical comedy....
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
Character: Iwaki
The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constantly bullied by the upper organization and “bleed in vain” in gang wars....
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
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In the third, and final chapter of this epic tale, handsome swordsman Genji helps a vulnerable princess who is in search of a missing scroll that belongs to the Shogun. This is one of the most highly regarded trilogies featuring a youthful Nakamura Kinnosuke in one of his best roles. This was Kinnosuke at the height of his career, with charm, honor and a vicious sword. If you enjoyed the first two films in the series, you can't miss the exciting conclusion. Even without know-ledge of the first t...
Tange Sazen and the Princess
Character: Tsuzumi no Yokichi
Tange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family....
Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
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In this film in the long running series, Tange Sazen and his friends are asked to guard a dragon-shaped incense burner that holds the key to hidden treasures. This is the most exciting film in the series, and contains some of the best action sequences of Otomo's distinguished career. Sazen is the strongest swordsman of his time, and his sense of honor and justice are called upon more than once to set things right....
Tattoo of Love
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The great Okawa Hashizo, in one of his most powerful roles risks his life and limb to help save the lovely Onaka from a terrible lifestyle. Starting out as a down on his luck gambler, Hantaro refuses to accept punishment for running up a 10 ryo debt in a crooked dice game. Forced from his village he must go on the run and learn how to fend for himself. After 3 years on the road, his past finally catches up to him, when he gets spotted by a pair of gang members. The action heats up after he saves...
Hawaiian Dream
Character: Kenji Ohara
Tatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, having flown out of Japan and entered the country illegally for a reason. The two make a living by trafficking pakalolo – marijuana – under the pretext of selling tea leaves, but they are in a foreign land where they don't speak the language well. When they get busted by the chief of police, they're forced to make a deal and and help get a local crime boss masquerading as a benevolent celebrity arrested....
The Hoodlum Priest
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The first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in addition to breaking all the commandments against sex and gambling, opens his own gambling den in direct defiance of the local yakuza boss. Exciting action and a twisty plot this movie breaks new barriers in Japanese cinema. Katsu Shintaro is superb in one of his better non-Zato Ichi roles as he fights off the advances of a love-lorn woman and risks his life to defeat the powerful gambling boss who has a str...
I Sell My Husband
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Japanese comedy film....
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
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Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns....
His Scarlet Cloak
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The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's beauty attracts numerous would-be lovers among whom is the local governor, a timid creature, who is dominated by his high-born and beautiful wife, who dresses in a scarlet battle-tunic, a sign of his family's military merit around which he fabricates fantastic tales of his prowess in war. During the traditional festival when the villagers are released from observance of all social customs and rest...
A Sandcastle Model Family Home
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An opportune salaryman moves his family into a model mansion for 12 months; unfortunately, they must allow prospective buyers to trek through their home during business hours....
Samurai from Somewhere
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Young Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions lead his retainers to think that he has gone mad with blood-lust. Never offering any explanation, he continues his seemingly unprovoked attacks until he is sent away from his domain....
Goblin & "Yuki-Usagi" (Snow-Hare)
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One night a Goblin father came home gave his son a red handball. But the boy was shocked to hear that his father picked it up in front of the house of a girl called Yuki The boy decided to return it to her. Next morning, he ran in the snow to a village and saw many boys and girls singing cheerfully. When he came to a small house, he saw a girl sitting alone on the veranda. She said, "I am Yuki. Who are you?" He handed a ball to her without an answer. She was very glad and said " I was looking f...
Island of the Evil Spirits
Character: Tatsuma Osakabe
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi follows a dying man's words to an enigmatic island, where he meets beautiful twin sisters and tragic events unfold....
Prey
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A rock singer who has returned to the U.S. approaches his former musician friends with the soulful sound of reggae that he encountered during his stay in the U.S. However, his friends lost their old energy and were busy chasing only the songs that would sell, and did not pay attention to reggae. Eventually, the lonely and violent rock singer turns to mass indiscriminate murder out of repugnance to the blurred times and humanity....
A Young Rabble
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When an altercation with a gangster forces Kikutaro to leave Edo, he is sent by his father to Hamamatsu to find a better direction in life. However, trouble seems to follow Kikutaro on the road leading him eventually to come face to face with his rival, Gonkuro....
Maria of the Ant Village
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Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been baptized under the name of Maria, comes to offer her services. However, Ant Village is not just an ordinary vagrants' community but a fine autonomous organization, and as the municipal authorities have long been demanding that the people of Ant Village leave the site, Satoko is utilized to publicize the Village and win public sympathy. While being utili...
Love and Duty
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Each one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She feels many conflicts in living her life between truth and love....
Down Town
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A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of her missing husband....
The Harbor Lights
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Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
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In this exciting sequel to the popular samurai-ninja movie Ukyunosuke On Patrol, his mission to avenge his father's death continues. His discovery of a mysterious note written by his father, Inspector Sena, held a clue to the inspector's murder 18 years ago. As Ukyunosuke continues further with his investigation into the conspiracy to uncover the truth behind his father's death, he must confront those eager to take his life. The great Okawa Hashizo shines in one of his signature roles bringing t...
The Rickshaw Man
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A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly....
Mighty Shosuke
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A comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered to serve the clan lord....
Young Miss Executive
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A President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old granddaughter, Madoka was ordered to be a new head. But Madoka wants to be a stage dancer, so she won't concentrate her office job. Madoka meets Akiyama, a stage director. Akiyama introduce her to his neighbors. In among poor but open minded people, Madoka has changed. Her new ambition is her company provide nice sweets for children. She decide to focus on the office job. But she doesn't know that company...
Carmen's Innocent Love
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Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician....
Happiness of Us Alone
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The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a school reunion, and the film follows their trials and tribulations ... and joys....
Virgin Blues
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A young woman fails her university entrance exam and starts shoplifting....
The Spying Sorceress
Character: Hattori Hansuke
Second part of the series where sex magic skills of female and Iga ninjas clash over enourmous treasure of the Toyotomi family, discovered in connection with the plot to overthrow the shogunate....
The Big Ambition
Character: Tadasuke
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Twice on a Certain Night
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Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to notice the terrible sacrifices made by his wife when she accepts a job at a local inn....
The Street Without Sun
Character: Kuroiwa
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Sex Up And Down
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A con man sets up a consulting firm where he poses as a doctor specializing in curing people of their sexual problems and hang-ups....
Scarred Yosaburo
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The film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with mistress of the gang boss. Despite the physical and emotional scars he now carries with him, Yosaburo falls for a young noblewoman. The rest of the film follows the two as they fend off attacks from gangs and the police....
Speed Crazy
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Revenge for His Lover
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Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta against 17 wicked castle men....
Police Precinct Part 5
Character: Kubota Keizo
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Doctor's Day Off
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Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day a man just back from the war front visits the doctor with a medical emergency, followed by a woman who claims to have been molested. Then a yakuza arrives to ask the doctor to cut his finger off......
Aiyoku no sabaki
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Motoko Fujikawa works in the Seisen Church as an assistant to pastor Maki Inokichi. Motoko falls in love with Inokichi's virtuous character and devotes herself to the rehabilitation of a delinquent girl, gradually finding her job at the institution more worthwhile than the marriage recommended by her parents. Meanwhile, inside Inokichi's heart a flame of unknowing love for the single-minded Motoko begins to burn......
Modern People
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A section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction company. Then a new, young and honest subordinate is assigned to work under the section chief. Once he learns about the shady relationship, however, the new subordinate skillfully conceals the corruption and joins the corrupt, shady relationship....
Dancing Girls of Izu
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A dancer girl in a touring company met a high school boy in a port town. The story is about their first love that is very touching and sorrowful. An adaptation of the Kawabata Yasunari short story....
Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms
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Typhoon
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A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been destroyed and then cashing in on building a new one....
I Want to Be a Shellfish
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On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder....
Traveling with Breeze
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1953 Hiroshi Inagaki movie....
Street of Shame
Character: Yumeko's client
The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law....
Modae
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This unique melodrama depicts the anguish of a new wife whose husband confesses to her his infertility on their wedding night. The virgin wife, who spends her days in a state of unfulfillment, is gradually attracted to a young playboy, but she is unable to cross the line. One day, her husband proposes to have a child through artificial insemination....
Swift Current
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The film follows a young civil engineer, played by Toshiro Mifune, who is assigned to the Tase Dam construction site in what is now Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture, and the human relationships involved in building the dam. A masterpiece by director Senkichi Taniguchi, who has worked on numerous films starring Mifune....
Case of Umon: Red Lizard
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Umon goes on an investigation to unveil the murderer known as Red Lizard....
Tenka no Kaidanji Senpū Tarō
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少年死刑囚
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