Eijirō Yanagi
The Life of Oharu
as CounterfeiterIn Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the...
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Red Beard
as Madwoman's fatherAspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is...
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The Idiot
as TohataKameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved...
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The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
as YamauchiThe arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic...
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An Actor's Revenge
as Hiromi-yaIn Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their...
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The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
as Sukegoro HanokaReturning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent,...
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The Tale of Zatoichi
as SukegorôThe adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a...
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Miss Oyu
as EitaroShinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with...
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Admiral Yamamoto
as NaganoAs Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto...
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Battle of the Japan Sea
as Hirofumi ItoJapan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the...
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Taira Clan Saga
as Emperor ShirakawaSpecial Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the...
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The Sands of Kurobe
as FujimuraKitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps...
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Twin Sisters of Kyoto
as Sohei MizukiIn this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a...
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Ginza Cosmetics
as Seikichi KineyaA luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.
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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Gonnosuke ShizutaAfter a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw...
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Rififi in Tokyo
as IshimotoVan Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very...
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Magistrate Ooka’s Legends
as uncreditedA hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic.
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Night Drum
as uncreditedFollowing a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited...
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The Tattered Wings
as Shunsuke's fatherA young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor...
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Stop the Old Fox
as OgoshoHistorical and political detective. The main characters are drawn into court intrigues, and the...
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The Demon of Sendai's Castle
as uncreditedTsunamune Date, the young lord of Sendai Domain, was ordered by the shogunate to stand down...
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Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Naoyuki ShinanoA young woman takes up her new job as the servant of a noblewoman and soon discovers that...
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A Japanese Tragedy
as IwamiAt the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up...
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The Second Bullet is Marked
as uncreditedTsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.
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The Masterless 47
as Naoyoshi AshikagaPart one of The Masterless 47.
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The Mad Fox
as Tadahira FujiwaraA court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope...
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The Phantom Horse
as Hyogoro OnishiFollowing the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in...
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Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
as YanagisawaA modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin...
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The Sword
as KiyohideKiyone Sakurai, an apprentice swordmaker makes a sword for his guardian, Kozaemon Onoda. Onoda...
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A Revengeful Raid
as uncreditedIn this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho,...
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Destiny's Son
as Ooinokami MatsudairaIn Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her...
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Human Torpedoes
as uncreditedStory of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end...
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Deep River Melody
as uncreditedA poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's...
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Miniature
as uncreditedGinko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one...
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The Scent of Incense
as Murata, the landlordAfter her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her...
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Big Shots Die at Dawn
as uncreditedAn early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last...
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Eagle of the Pacific
as Premier Admiral Mitsumasa YonaiAdmiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his...
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Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
as uncreditedOda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history....
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Sky Scraper!
as uncreditedA film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.
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Advance Patrol
as uncreditedIn 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive...
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Diary of a Wandering Lord
as uncreditedTwo thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen.
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Two Lives, Two Yakuza
as Genichiro MatsuhashiAn early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an...
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The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
as uncreditedJapanese comedy film.
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The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
as Fukubara EchigoThe Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter...
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The Yellow Climate
as uncreditedBased on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
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City of Love
as Teppei MurataAiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and...
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Tange Sazen and the Princess
as uncreditedTange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family.
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A Fishwife's Tale
as uncreditedHibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that...
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Denshichi Torimonocho: Tattoo Woman Trouble
as 加島屋文左衛門During the era of Tokugawa Ieyasu, one night a carver named Fujijiro was murdered. Immediately...
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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
as uncreditedIn 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed...
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The Acrobats of Death
as uncreditedSaotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial...
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365 Nights
as uncreditedA touching drama about a love triangle between a young architect, Koroku, and two women, Ranko...
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Doctor's Day Off
as uncreditedHaving completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day...
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Seven Miles to Nakayama
as YasugoroWhen a corrupt magistrate rapes Oshima, Masa (Raizō Ichikawa) avenges her by killing the...
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A Man Explodes
as uncreditedKensaku Muro and his father manage a farm in Sakudaira at the foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains....
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The Naked Executive
as MatsumotoThe executive director of the «Chuo Shoji» company, Hidaka Shiro, is called a "demon of work",...
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Mighty Shosuke
as uncreditedA comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered...
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Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as MoriUshinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film...
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Sasaki Kojiro
as uncreditedDirector Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro....
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Greed in Broad Daylight
as uncreditedAfter a successful robbery the culprits, from very different backgrounds, at once turn on each...
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Ôban
as uncreditedA young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader....
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Records of loyal vassals
as uncreditedIn the 15th year of the Genroku era (1688), the world praised the 47 ronin who avenged the death...
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The Mysterious Purple Hood
as uncreditedThe Purple-Hooded Man, Japan's version of Robin Hood, tries to uncover a corruption scandal in...
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Ejima and Ikushima
as 土屋相模守This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in...
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Mist and Shadows
as uncreditedThe film adaptation of the bestseller of the same name by Tsutomu Mizukami. A large-scale...
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Morning Fog
as uncreditedKyoko and her mother Yuki returned to their hometown of Fukui. Yuki runs a dressmaker's store in...
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Skull Coins
as uncreditedThe mysterious story behind the Skull Coins, which are said to reveal the location of treasure,...
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晴小袖
as 川並人足の親方泉屋喜兵衛A lost film directed by Ushihara Kiyohiko based on a story published in the Mainichi Sunday...
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Always in My Heart
as uncreditedMachiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge...
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Sasaki Kojiro
as uncreditedRonin Sasaki Kojiro pursues his ultimate goal of becoming a master swordsman. Along the way he...
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Rebellion of Japan
as uncreditedSuzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist...
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Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda
as Oda NobuhideA dynamic story depicting the rise to power of Oda Nobunaga. The story of a young man on the...
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Bridge of Japan
as Shinpachiro KasaharaIchikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until...
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No Stronger Swords
as uncreditedFeaturing some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells...
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Kagebōshi
as 遊佐内膳正On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken...
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The Forbidden Castle
as uncreditedFrom an original story by Shibata Renzaburo, the novelist who created such classics as: the...
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Official with a Tattoo
as Zeniya GoheiKinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did...
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Hana no shôgai
as 阿部伊勢守In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times,...
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The Cheating Underworld
as Shinsaku OhwadaGangsters are robbed of five hundred million yens.
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Miki, the Swordman
as uncreditedAfter mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to...
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Rascals! Go to Hell
as uncreditedA boss of underworld helps the police crush an evil gang.
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The Imposter
as 北村内膳正Around the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior...
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Sisters of Nishijin
as uncreditedA family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.
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Works of the Fish Man
as uncreditedKatsujiro the fisherman overcomes his laziness when he learns of his younger sister Okiku’s...
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Sound in the Mist
as uncreditedIn the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko...
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Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
as Sasagawa ShigezôJidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki
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Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
as uncreditedAdventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.
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Road Warriors
as uncreditedA dashing edition with fights , love, and laughter, in which the sorrows and joys of the...
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The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
as uncreditedDetective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.
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八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
as 飯岡助五郎Hatamoto Ooka Gentaro was deeply committed to a future with a beautiful girl named Omachi, a...
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The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
as Abbot TenchuA story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely...
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Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as MoriUshinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. ...
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The Woman Gambler's Supplication
as uncreditedEleventh film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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Farewell to the Highland Station
as uncreditedA young botanical researcher moves to the highlands to collect plants for research, and falls in...
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53 Stages of the Road
as uncreditedAn Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto.
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The Woman’s Reflective Pool
as MinamotoTozai Electric president Minamoto (Yanagi) is about to be pursued by the public prosecutor's...
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King of the Gang
as uncreditedThe 11th and final film in the Gang series. Most of the films had different directors and cast,...
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The Song Lantern
as uncreditedThe title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The...
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Dreaming People
as uncreditedShinya Ban (Masao Wakahara) returns from the south and is deeply disappointed when he learns...
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The Song Lantern
as JirozouA self-absorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer, who then commits suicide. His...
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Kunisada Chuji
as uncreditedKunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the...
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Always in My Heart Part 2
as uncreditedMachiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.
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Lone Rebel
as uncreditedNomi-gumi, who plans to control Tama City, has begun to hurt Takase-gumi. Muraki, an executive,...
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Growing Up
as uncreditedA boy falls in love with a girl. Neither of them know that she's to be sold to a brothel.
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お役者変化
as 能登出雲守During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar,...
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Dice and Swords
as uncreditedThe year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything...
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The Thinking Leaf
as uncreditedBased on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
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Always in My Heart Part 3
as uncreditedMachiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet...
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Passion Fire
as 吉田文助The time was the first year of Keio (1865). Upon hearing the news that the Imperial Army was...
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A Martial Crowd
as uncreditedAs a result of a superstitious belief that twins bring bad luck to the family, newborn twin...
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The Eve of the Chinese Festival
as uncreditedA kabuki actor is assassinated during a New Year celebration show, in front of everyone,...
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Echo in the Mountains
as Yoshiyasu YanagisawaA man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called...
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Bad Angel
as uncreditedOne of the earliest of subeban/ girl boss type eiga
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Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
as 東白河三位卿At the end of the Edo period - On his way back after being invited by the three Mikados of...
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Jigoku bana
as uncreditedPeriod drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.
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The Envoy
as uncreditedSinza who is secretly the well known "Sea Glow Burglar", gives to the poor the money he takes...
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A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
as Matsudaira Izu no kamiThe shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they...
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The Sentencer
as uncreditedA man challenges a territorial fight between gangs.
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Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
as Banshu-Ya JubeiThanks to a secret message hidden on the two sacred swords Kaen and Suien, the samurai Genji...
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Falcon Magistrate
as uncreditedToyama Kinshiro, a commissioner from northern Edo, goes undercover to unravel the mystery behind...
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Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Bloodskull Mansion
as uncreditedThe second work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on...
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Homecoming
as uncreditedA former naval officer returns to Japan after the Second World War ends, encounters the former...
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Edo Purebreed
as uncreditedAction and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters,...
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Goju no to
as uncreditedBased on Kōda Rohan's novella The Five-Storied Pagoda.
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Devil’s Statue
as uncreditedA gallant swordsman takes on the forces of evil with the help of his trusty friends.
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The Beloved Image
as uncreditedA girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.
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Magistrate Toyama 3: The Whirlwind Magistrate
as uncreditedOne of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no...
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The Hidden Treasure
as uncreditedShochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.
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Hunting Rifle
as UncleStory of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger...
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Fireball Magistrate
as uncreditedTwo guardians of the Nijo Castle, Shioya and Kamazawa, discover a map leading to a secret...
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Men in a Rough Town
as uncreditedAn action-packed, dramatic gangster film.
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Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
as uncreditedSheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.
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Sakura Official
as uncreditedAs Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan...
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The Lost Public Funds
as uncreditedFour thousand gold coins were stolen from the vault of Nijo Castle in Kyoto, which were...
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Kodokan Under a Morning Moon
as uncreditedThe picture tells of a tremendous conflict between ju-jitsu, an aggressive art practiced by...
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元祿美少年記
as 大石内蔵助On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while...
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The Adventures of Chuji
as FujiyoshiChuji Kunisada runs into strange adventures which tests his skill as a samurai as he untangles...
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Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo
as uncreditedPolice detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have...
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Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
as uncreditedA Japanese drama featuring the one-eyed, one-armed swordsman
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Case of Umon: The Nanbanzame Murders
as uncreditedThe serial killing of a samurai each night by strangulation at various temples confounds...
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