Hiroyuki Sanada
Hiroyuki Sanada (真田 広之, Sanada Hiroyuki, born Hiroyuki Shimosawa (下澤 廣之, Shimosawa Hiroyuki); 12 October 1960) is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. Before breaking in to the movie business, he trained at Sonny Chiba’s Japan Action Club hoping to one day become a martial arts action film star. Sanada appeared in many action films in the 70s and early 80s, but as it became clear he was actually a talented and well-rounded actor, he was able to branch out into all different types of roles in every genre. Today he is best known in the west for his involvement in big-budget Hollywood productions such as The Last Samurai and Rush Hour 3.
With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High...
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After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the...
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Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off...
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The Last Samurai
as UjioNathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare,...
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Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's...
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After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling...
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Army of Thieves
as Bly Tanaka (archive footage)A mysterious woman recruits bank teller Ludwig Dieter to lead a group of aspiring thieves on a...
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Life
as Sho MurakamiThe six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from...
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Army of the Dead
as Bly TanakaFollowing a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble:...
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Minions
as Sumo (voice)Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside...
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Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A...
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Mr. Holmes
as Tamiki UmezakiIn 1947, long-retired and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes grapples with an unreliable...
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Speed Racer
as Mr. MushaSpeed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs...
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47 Ronin
as Kuranosuke ÔishiKai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon...
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Ring 2
as Ryuji TakayamaWhile investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape...
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The Railway Man
as NagaseA victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture....
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Minamata
as Mitsuo YamazakiWar photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect...
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Ring
as Ryuji TakayamaA mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist...
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The Catcher Was a Spy
as KawabataFormer major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of...
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Royal Warriors
as Peter YamamotoWhen a tough policewoman learns about a group of violent terrorists, she, along with her partner...
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The Promise
as General GuangmingAn orphaned girl, driven by poverty at such a young age, makes a promise with an enchantress. In...
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The Twilight Samurai
as Seibei IguchiSeibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth...
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The Spiral
as Ryûji TakayamaA young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into...
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The City of Your Final Destination
as Pete28-year-old Kansas University doctoral student Omar Razaghi wins a grant to write a biography of...
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Legend of the Eight Samurai
as Inue Shinbei MasashiThe evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the...
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The White Countess
as MatsudaIn 1930s Shanghai, 'The White Countess' is both Sofia—a fallen member of the Russian...
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The Wolverine
as Shingen Harada / Lord ShingenWolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits -...
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
as Akihiko (archive footage)Join the likes of Jeremy Renner, Hailee Steinfeld, Florence Pugh, and Vincent D’Onofrio as they...
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Ninja In The Dragon's Den
as GenbuA Japanese master of ninjutsu and a Chinese expert in kung fu, put their differences aside after...
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Samurai Reincarnation
as Kirimaru IgaAfter surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for...
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Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master
as DōsonDuring a dark time in the Heian period, when evil forces threaten the kingdom, the emperor...
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Shogun's Samurai
as HayateFollowing the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by...
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Lovers Lost
as Kunihiko YasuokaA poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the...
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The Dagger of Kamui
as JirôA young boy named Jiro finds his mother and sister murdered in his home. Falsely accused of the...
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Shogun's Ninja
as Momochi TakamaruIn the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the...
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The Shogun Assassins
as Monk Miyoshi IsaThis is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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G.I. Samurai
as Takeda KatsuyoriA squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to...
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House on Fire
as Chuya NakaharaIn the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family,...
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Ninja Wars
as Jotaro FuefukiA fortuneteller prophesizes that whoever marries the beautiful Ukio will become the ruler of the...
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Murder on D Street
as Seiichiro FukiyaDetective Kogoro Akechi is faced with a peculiar murder case involving forgeries of classic...
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The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
as SelfA nice exploration of the samurai-ninja aspect of the story, including its roots in the actual...
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Aegis
as Hisashi SengokuThe Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing...
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Roaring Fire
as JojiOn his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji’s...
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Fall Guy
as ActorGinshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry...
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Sure Death 4
as UkyoHaving been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled...
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Crest of Betrayal
as Takuminokami AsanoWeaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and...
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Kaito Ruby
as Toru HayashiToru Hayashi is an unremarkable bachelor who lives with his mother, until one day a young woman...
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Message from Space
as Shiro HongoThe peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes...
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Kabamaru the Ninja Boy
as Shizune MejiroKabamaru is a young boy raised and trained by his grandfather as a ninja. After the sudden death...
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Let's Go to the Hospital
as uncreditedWhen a hard-driving copywriter (Hiroyuki Sanada) discovers his comely wife (Keiko Saito) is...
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Tsugumi
as Kyoichi TakahashiTsugumi, who lives in a small seaside town, has been in delicate health from birth. Her parents...
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Sharaku
as TonboA crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential...
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One Who Died in Vain
as uncreditedAfter returning from the Burmese front in WWII, a man finds trouble brewing back home.
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Round About Midnight
as KojiKoji, a jazz musician, takes a cigarette break in between sets at a Tokyo nightclub. He...
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We Are Not Alone
as uncreditedBusinessmen competing for international building contracts in this globe-trotting comedy-adventure.
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The Executioner
as TogaThree men, the skilled ninja Ryuchi Kog, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi...
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All About Our House
as BartenderTwo newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to...
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The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
as Detective SameAdaptation of the Arimasa Ohsawa novel Shinjuku Shark.
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Yellow Fangs
as EijiBased on actual events that occurred in Hokkaido, Japan, 1915. Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki...
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Dreamy Fifteen
as IsozakiAspiring to be admitted to a good university and to become a lawyer, Tasiro Yuusuke, a...
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The Blazing Valiant
as JoeJo has just come back to Japan for the funeral of his parents, who were killed in tribal warfare...
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Shingo's Ten Duels
as Aoi ShingoThe classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he...
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East Meets West
as Kamijo KenkichiA disgraced warrior planning the murder of a Japanese diplomat, and a ninja in the employ of a...
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Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy
as Date YoshiokaLewd, long-haired karate kid Kotaro Shindo spends his days causing amok at the prestigious...
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Mahjong Horoki
as Bouya TetsuA mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all...
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Cabaret
as TanokuraA young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this...
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Kamikaze, the Adventurer
as Akira HoshinoAn ex-Olympic athlete and a student commit cash robbery. Aki Hoshino, a pre-med student, becomes...
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as uncreditedIn Harari-cho, a small and quiet bayside town by the sea, the firemen have not seen a fire for...
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Space Ninja: Sword of the Space Ark
as uncreditedSci-fi meets martial arts in this lively chronicle of a warrior pilot who returns to his native...
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Succession
as Masakazu YoshinariA former stockbroker-turned-yakuza must make sure his alcoholic boss is up to the task of...
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Game of Chance 3
as uncreditedBungo, fulfilling his duty as a yakuza, kills a man from a rival gang. Since then, he has...
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Uneasy Encounters
as uncreditedA five-part comedy and horror anthology
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Vengeance for Sale
as Sukeroku SukedachiyaIn a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in...
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Game of Chance 2
as uncreditedBungo is released from prison to find his son Kenichi in the care of strangers. Teruko, the...
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Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie
as Gen Hayato / MaboroshiThe movie version of Ryu and Hayato fighting against the Gavanas Empire.
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Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
as uncreditedFrom his early days as Matsudaira Motoyasu through his rise to the most powerful man in Japan as...
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The Street of Desire
as Joji TanakaA valet at a fancy nightclub hatches a plot to punish those responsible for his father's death.
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Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
as uncreditedA comedy about a young woman who has terminal cancer.
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Oda Nobunaga
as uncreditedAmong the great ‘Warlords’ in Japanese history, Oda Nobunaga holds a unique place. In effect,...
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First Love
as Shinichirô FujikiThis coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her...
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Why Do I Choose?
as uncreditedWho Do I Choose? is a Japanese film directed by Shūsuke Kaneko.
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Game of Chance
as Kenichi EndoBungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling....
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The Abe Clan
as Emoto MatashichiroA Choice between Loyalty or Duty of the Samurai! Can the heartlessness of society crush the...
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Hero Interview
as Jinta TodorokiKasumi Sawaki (Honami Suzuki) works for a top-ranked newspaper publishing company as a capable...
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
as uncreditedKelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well...
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Revenge
as Satoshi TakedaWhen Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows...
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Shōgun
as Yoshii ToranagaIn Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is...
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Lost
as DogenStripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay...
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Westworld
as MusashiA dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the...
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The Last Ship
as TakehayaTheir mission is simple: Find a cure. Stop the virus. Save the world. When a global pandemic...
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Hawkeye
as Akihiko (archive footage) (uncredited)Former Avenger Clint Barton has a seemingly simple mission: get back to his family for...
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Helix
as Dr. Hiroshi HatakiHelix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who...
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J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
as Katsuya NakayamaCyborg warriors were created by the Special Science Investigation Squad to bear nuclear,...
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Extant
as Hideki YasumotoAn astronaut returns home from a year long solo mission in space. She tries to reconnect with...
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Furuhata Ninzaburo
as 由良一夫Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from...
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Choudenshi Bioman
as Ken HayaseFive descendants of the people showered with Bio Particles by Bio Robots five centuries in the...
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Masamune Shogun
as uncreditedBroadcast TV drama NHK broadcast on January 4 to December 13, 1987 (Showa 62). In the...
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Shadow Warriors
as uncreditedShadow Warriors is a Japanese television jidaigeki show featuring Sonny Chiba that ran for four...
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Taiheiki
as Takauji AshikagaThe drama centers on Ashikaga Takauji's rise to power, overthrowing the Kamakura shogunate and...
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Hideyoshi
as Ishida MitsunariA dramatized biography of the second of Japan's three legendary leaders. Rising from obscurity,...
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Message from Space: Galactic Wars
as HayatoThe 15th solar system is invaded by the Stressos. Two men, Ryû and Ayato, and a man-ape, Baru,...
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High School Teacher
as Hamura TakaoAfter rugby player Kazuki permanently disables a good friend during play, he is so plagued with...
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Unmarried Family
as Yosuke MatobaSanada plays a salariman who just lost his job. Yonekura, his wife, is a dancer who gave up her...
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Yagyu's Secret Quest
as MatabeiYagyu Abaretabi is the tale of members of the Yagyu Clan and their travels all around the nation...
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Why I borrowed money from her
as Kunihiko YamanobeKunihiko Yamanobe, played by Hiroyuki Sanada, owes money to Yuki Tachibana, played by Kyoko...
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Tabloid
as uncreditedTokiwa plays a sharp tongued reporter for a major daily newspaper. She was demoted to a sleazy...
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Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
as MatahiraThe sequel to The Yagyu Conspiracy picks up when Yagyu Jubei (Sonny Chiba) has a falling out...
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A Story of Love
as uncreditedKonna Koi no Hanashi is a Japanese television drama starring Hiroyuki Sanada and Nanako...
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Shin Hanshichi torimono chô
as HanshichiThis series is based on the series of 68 novels written by Okamoto Kido in the early 20th...
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