Eitarō Shindō
Eitarō Shindō (1899–1977) was a Japanese film actor.
Sansho the Bailiff
as Sanshô dayûIn medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was...
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The Life of Oharu
as Kahe SasayaIn Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the...
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The Crucified Lovers
as IshunWhen the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with...
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Street of Shame
as Kurazô TayaThe lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the...
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Drunken Angel
as TakahamaDoctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he...
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A Geisha
as SawamotoEiko seeks out Miyoharu, a geisha, and asks to be her apprentice. When she is ready to receive...
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Princess Yang Kwei Fei
as Kao Li-hsiIn eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family...
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Sisters of the Gion
as KudoUmekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when...
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Miss Oyu
as KusaemonShinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with...
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Osaka Elegy
as Yoshizo FujinoAyako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father's debt and prevent him from...
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Taira Clan Saga
as BanbokuJapan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor...
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Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
as PilgrimTragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants –...
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Repast
as (uncredited)Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook...
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The Woman in the Rumor
as Yasuichi HaradaYukiko's fiance learns her mother runs a geisha house and ends their engagement. She despises...
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The Ako Retainers
as uncreditedToei’s 10th anniversary film, featuring an all-star cast from the golden movie era of the 1960s....
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The Lady of Musashino
as Shinzaburo MiyajiSet in post-war Japan, The Lady of Musashino tells the story of Michiko, a disillusioned young...
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Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men
as uncreditedIn the third entry into this mega-hit series, Isshin Tasuke, a spirited fishmonger in Edo who...
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Eleven High School Girls
as uncreditedWith his simple appearance, eyes shining with love and a sense of justice, and voice burning...
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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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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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Revenge
as KoetsuAn innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai...
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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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Magistrate Ooka’s Legends
as uncreditedA hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic.
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Shimizu no Jirocho den
as uncreditedBased on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.
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A House in the Quarter
as uncreditedWith her family suffering from extreme poverty, Yuko, as the eldest daughter, is sold to a...
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Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask
as uncreditedTwo child performers lose their money, but are saved by the masked avenger Kurama Tengu. When...
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Road of Chivalry
as uncreditedWhile on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising...
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Raised in a Palace
as ChiyomatsuSet in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young...
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The Way of Drama
as uncreditedThe Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of...
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The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
as KurimotoJapanese Navy air cadets train for the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the HMS Prince of Wales.
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
as uncreditedJirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.
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The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
as uncreditedOne of Japan's most enduring stories is the true-life yakuza boss Jirocho of Shimizu and his...
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Festival of Swordsmen
as uncreditedDuring the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most...
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Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
as uncreditedA kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes...
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My Nightingale
as TatsumiSumida is separated from his wife and daughter when conflict erupts in Harbin. Years later, he ...
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Story of Lightning
as uncreditedGensaburo Funaki and Oyuki were childhood friends, but Gensaburo misunderstood that Oyuki was...
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Fighting Disposition
as uncreditedWith the help of famous yakuza Jirocho, brave and quick tempered Eijiro takes revenge on the...
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Showdown at Lightning Pass
as uncreditedA story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline.
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Unwieldy Brothers
as Yamaji SaemonTaisuke is kind-hearted but overall lacks ambition. Taizo is smarter, but given to fits of...
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Tales of President Mito
as Kohei MitoMr. Mito, a former president of an instant food company, with two young men’s help, solves the...
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World of Love
as uncreditedA sixteen-year-old who had been living on her own since her mother died, frequently gets in...
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Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
as uncreditedAfter settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in...
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Himalayan Wanderer
as uncreditedOne after another, expedition teams were being attacked in the Himalayas. With the unprecedented...
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A Chivalrous Spirit
as uncreditedAn all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of...
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The Tale of Genji
as Minister of the RightGenji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em...
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Oath on the Burning Sands
as uncreditedA Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a...
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Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
as uncreditedComedy has the proprietors of a tonkatsu (deep-fried pork) restaurant match wits with a Chinese...
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Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
as uncreditedMaster swordsman and loya 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent...
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Battle of Roses
as uncreditedA Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by...
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
as uncreditedThe tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a...
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Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
as YamazakiThree humorous love stories set in rural Japan.
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The Shogun and the Fishmonger
as uncreditedFishmonger Tasuke and Shogun Iemitsu swap their identities in pretence for the protection of...
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One-Eyed Wolf
as uncreditedFive swordsmen are murdered and hung from a tree and the chase is on to find the killers. Two...
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Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
as HoribeA modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin...
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Warrior of the Wind
as uncreditedA suspenseful Ninja fantasy based on Shiba Ryotaro's novel, woven with the mysterious fate and...
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A Spectacular Showdown
as uncreditedOne of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody...
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大当り男一代
as 柏屋万兵衛Shinzō, the heir of the prominent Edo lumber dealer Yamashiroya, left home when his stubborn...
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Currents of Youth
as YuijimaIt was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working...
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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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Five Men of Edo
as GonheiDuring the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of...
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Lord for a Night
as uncreditedLord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
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Aoi Secret Book
as Monjuro KaidaA Golden Age drama depicting the exploits of passionate patriot Uotaro Toge in the midst of a...
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Ninja Assassins
as uncreditedSaotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.
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Case of a Young Lord 7: Red Crane House
as uncreditedAll is not well in an a small fishing village not far from Edo. Mysterious goings-on are...
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Island of Horrors
as KiheiKindaichi challenges the mystery of an incident in which three sisters were killed one after the...
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The Adventures of Chuji
as Denbei SagamiyaChuji Kunisada runs into strange adventures which tests his skill as a samurai as he untangles...
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Hatamoto taikutsu otoko torimono hikae: Dokusatsu maden
as uncredited1950 Japanese movie
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Official with a Tattoo
as Sarako JubeiKinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did...
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The Conspirator
as uncreditedYoung lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime,...
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A Descendant of Urashima Taro
as uncreditedReputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô...
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Goblin's Highway
as uncreditedGombei is Nameless, a wanderer who is skilled with a sword and has a great sense of humor, who...
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The Horse Boy
as uncreditedA humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later,...
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Sisters of Nishijin
as uncreditedA family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.
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G-men of Japan 3: Fearless Counterattack
as uncreditedA man with two identical faces challenges the wicked and lawless escaped prisoner to an...
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The Actress vs. the Greedy Sharks
as Sir DoiFramed by his enemies, Manbe finds himself imprisoned for a murder he didn’t commit. His only...
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Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen
as uncreditedSequel to "Island of Horrors" (獄門島, 1949).
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The Ambitious Youth
as Hikozo OkuboAs descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to...
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The Sentencer
as uncreditedA man challenges a territorial fight between gangs.
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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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Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
as uncreditedThe adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is...
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Secret of the Golden Coin
as uncreditedA princess finds life behind the protection of her brother and the high walls of the mansion to...
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Yakuza Official
as uncreditedBunkichi disguises himself as a yakuza to solve a mysterious death.
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Mother Never Dies
as uncreditedThe premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.
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The Battle of Kawanakajima
as Samanosuke KarasakiThis epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story...
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Lords of Oppression 2
as uncreditedPeriod drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
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Kanbei's Bargain Sale
as uncreditedWandering swordsman Kanbei, parading through town with a sign that reads "Seeking fights,...
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The Pirates
as uncreditedFinding more freedom on the high seas than in war-torn Japan, the 'Bahansen' (Pirate ships)...
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Merciless Blade Part 3
as uncreditedThe final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.
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Whirlwind Magistrate
as uncreditedOne of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no...
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Three Women Around Yoshinaka
as uncreditedThe story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike...
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Merciless Blade Part 2
as uncreditedThe second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.
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Clothes of Deception
as IsehamaThe story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist...
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Lord Mito
as uncreditedThis most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke...
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New Women’s Dialogue
as uncreditedA young female president of a company who hates men and a new male employee who hates women: a...
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The Bandits
as uncreditedFriendship between an ambitious young thief and an artist during the Warring States period.
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Actress
as Dr. OkuboSumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought...
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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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An Actor's Revenge
as uncreditedNakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor...
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Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
as uncreditedTasuke stumbles across Kokichi, a distraught man whom having lost his fiancee to Lord Kawakatsu...
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Merciless Blade
as uncreditedThe first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.
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Shimizu Port of Chivalry
as KyurokuAn all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of...
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The Story of Shunkin
as uncreditedBased on the novel by Junichiro Tanizaki. Story of the beautiful blind daughter of a wealthy...
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The Body
as uncreditedThe sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job...
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Scarier than the Devil
as uncreditedA stage director who directs a “Mori no Ishimatsu” play time travels and becomes “Mori no...
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Gentle Breeze
as uncreditedA young, feisty woman named Osome searches for her true love in the midst of a family crisis.
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The Tattooed Magistrate: Fallen Flowers Showdown Volume
as uncredited
Ghost Story on Passage
as uncreditedA ghost interrupts the journey of two young noblemen who are disguised as merchants.
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Green Earth
as uncreditedSet in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and...
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G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
as uncreditedThe second part of an action-packed action movie about the struggle between smugglers, the...
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Jakoman and Tetsu
as KyubeiIn a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the...
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Inugami-ke no nazo: Akuma wa odoru
as uncreditedEarly adaptation of the book "The Inugami Clan", featuring the detective Kōsuke Kindaichi.
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A Gang of Five
as Hamamatsu-ya KobeiA group of five law enforcers search Edo for a missing sword.
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The Scroll’s Secret
as uncreditedShogun Yoshitane’s order to recover the secret scroll triggers a series of ninja warfare during...
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Rebellion
as uncreditedIn the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a...
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
as uncreditedThe third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.
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Eight Views of Samurai
as uncreditedBright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai...
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Duel at Yagyu Valley
as Kijin JuzaemonDuring the Warring States era, Hozoin Kakuzenbo and Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, being best friends,...
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次郎長社長と石松社員 安来ぶし道中
as JirochoShimizu Jirocho, the president, manages two businesses: Izumo Kanko-sha and the group inn...
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Weeping Doll
as uncreditedA Hibari Misora musical about an impoverished girl and her brother in Postwar Japan.
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Magistrate of Dice
as uncreditedBased on the exploits of real-life historical character Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan, this...
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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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Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
as uncreditedIn this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens.
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Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
as uncreditedUmon’s services are called upon when innocent bystanders, Kayo and Minokichi, along with the...
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Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
as uncreditedA laid-back man tries to become a member of the yakuza.
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Heat and Mud
as uncreditedWith one million yen in stolen cash, Kurita plans his escape to Hokkaido with an unwilling bar...
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Wind, Woman and Road
as uncreditedA chance meeting between two traveling gamblers leads to a case of mistaken identity when the...
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Fencing Master
as uncreditedSwordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to...
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Sky of Hope
as Man With the KnapsackWhat is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited...
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Hibari the Traveling Performer
as uncreditedKimie, a traveling guitarist, performs at various inns at help out her sickly mother. One night...
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Four and A Half Mats
as Yasuzō FukazawaFukazawa Shino is a prostitute in the late Meiji period. Shino was deceived by Tatsukichi and...
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Lords of Oppression
as uncreditedPeriod drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
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Tengu Priest
as uncreditedKichizaburo, a samurai keeping peace in Edo, helps a young geisha Kozome avenge her father’s death.
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Monsieur Zivaco
as President OikeInternational thief Zivaco, who can assume any identity, eludes the authorities and battles...
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
as uncreditedPopular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is...
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Entatsu, Achako and Torazo: Chuji Kunisada's First Smile of the New Year
as uncredited
治郎吉格子
as 仁吉Aboard a ship connecting Kyoto and Osaka, Osan was pickpocketed by a sham blind biwa player. A...
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Flower Picking Diary
as uncreditedBased on the book Heaven and Maiko by Yoshiya Nobuko, it is the story of two girls of different...
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Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
as Ittetsu InabaAnother adaptation of Tange Sazen.
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Thirty-three footprints
as uncreditedFourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka
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Manchurian Sunset
as uncreditedA film adaptation of the original novel by Kazuo Dan. This exciting film, set in Asia on the eve...
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Pure-Hearted Unit
as uncreditedA story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers,...
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Reminiscence
as uncreditedKazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of...
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The Black Current
as uncreditedA reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company,...
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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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Dancers of Awa
as uncreditedJurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the...
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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 Saitō DōsanA dynamic story depicting the rise to power of Oda Nobunaga. The story of a young man on the...
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The Chop Professor
as uncreditedJunpei Kihara, a young president of the University's wrestling club, is nicknamed "Mr. Chop"....
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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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Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella
as Keishiro MurakamiRyutaro Otomo as the Edo magistrate Umon Kondo is out to solve a crime that centers around the...
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The Lord Takes a Bride
as NaganoYoung Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier...
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Travels of Gonkuro
as uncreditedSugimoto Gonkuro is travelling along from Tosa to Edo. On his journey he will meet both good and...
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Happily Tied to the Road
as KoshuyaWith flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the...
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Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō
as uncreditedChiezo's two-guns-at-all-costs film, directed by Ozawa Shigehiro (Kengo Tengu Matsuri) from a...
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One-Eyed Detective
as Takayuki OkabeFifth delivery in the Tarao Bannai series, following the "master detective with seven faces" who...
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Kuriyama Daizen
as Hayase SakePrewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi
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Shadow Over Fuji
as uncreditedThe year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which...
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Shadow Over Fuji
as HakutenThe year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which...
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as uncreditedAn action-packed, dramatic gangster film.
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Yatsuhaka-mura
as uncreditedOriginal work by Yokomizo Seishi. The third part of Kindaichi Kosuke's story, which was...
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Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
as uncreditedA ghost story about a woman who dies a violent death and appears to the man she loves as a...
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旗本退屈男謎の伏魔殿
as uncreditedIn Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Sosuke Saotome, appears and helps a woman being chased...
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Tattoo of Love
as uncreditedThe great Okawa Hashizo, in one of his most powerful roles risks his life and limb to help save...
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Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain
as Mondo TaniJidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi
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Case of Umon: Red Lizard
as uncreditedUmon goes on an investigation to unveil the murderer known as Red Lizard.
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Mermaid Murder Case
as uncreditedThe sixth episode of Hashizo Okawa's "Wakasama Samurai" catch series.
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Ghost Ship Part 1
as GorôdayûAs Part I opens, Jubei (Denjiro Okochi), the best of sea skippers, is unable to overcome the...
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The Travel notes of Choshichiro - Peregrine Goblin
as uncreditedThe second film about the adventures of Chosichiro Matsudaira. This time he fights against...
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振袖釼法
as 堀源太左衛門In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for...
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Temple of Revenge
as uncreditedRevenge breeds revenge. Ikuta Denpachiro, the martial arts instructor of the Honda family in...
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House of Spider Webs
as uncreditedBased on the original story by Seishi Yokomizo, House of Spider Webs is a gorgeous historical...
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Oyaji Daiko
as uncreditedThe Tsuru family is a family of nine, headed by Kamejiro. Kamejiro is the president of a...
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The Drumstick Detective
as uncreditedGinji (Teruhiko Aoi), together with Yasugoro, a bathhouse owner, Toshiro, a ronin, Kojiro, a...
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Ashita Kara no Koi
as uncreditedSet in a neighborhood near a private railway station in the suburbs of Tokyo, this cheerful home...
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