Isao Yamagata
Seven Samurai
as SamuraiA samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
as Sawatari GenbaIn the third film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by...
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Samurai Rebellion
as Shobei TsuchiyaThe mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The...
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Gate of Hell
as Wataru WatanabeJapan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a...
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Princess Yang Kwei Fei
as Yang HsienIn eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family...
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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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Floating Clouds
as Sugio IbaA married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young...
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Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
as Boss TohachiZatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles...
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A Story Written with Water
as Denzo HashimotoStruggling with his true emotions, dreams, memories of the past and the reality Shizuo is about...
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The Trout
as Daigo HamadaThe sexual and social dysfunctional behaviour of the corporate elite are further aggravated when...
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Warning from Space
as Dr. MatsudaLarge star-shaped aliens travel to earth in hopes of warning them about an oncoming catastrophe....
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Seven from Edo
as TatewakiWhen Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a...
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Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
as uncreditedIn the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of...
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The Mysterious Cape
as uncreditedRyujin Misaki, located at the edge of the Genkai Sea, is known as an isolation ward for leprosy...
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Souls in the Moonlight
as Lord KamioFirst part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long...
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Fall of the Shogun's Militia
as uncreditedThe story about the rise and fall of the famed mercenaries, Shinsengumi, who are hired by a...
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Points and Lines
as Tatsuo YasudaBased on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a...
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Eagle of the Pacific
as uncreditedAdmiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his...
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Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
as uncreditedShozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his...
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Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
as uncreditedEscaping the hustle and bustle of Edo, the Young Lord came to Oshima Island in Izu to take a...
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Code of Ruffians
as uncreditedBecause of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or...
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The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy
as uncreditedYagyu Jubei must protect the Yagyu scroll that holds the secret of the infamous assassination...
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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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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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Mark of Blood
as Tajiri no HeihachiThree young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil.
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Mask of the Moon
as uncreditedYoung swordsman, Tsukigata Hanpeita, longs for the day when rival clans cease their struggles...
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The Sand City in Manchuria
as MotoiWhen the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to...
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Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
as uncredited[Period covered: 1637-1651] This is one of the most complicated plots of any of the Shinobi no...
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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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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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Kaoyaku
as Ogata, SeizoA detective is charged with investigating a bank corruption scandal.
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Souls in the Moonlight II
as Kamio ShuzenThis is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great...
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Secret of The Golden Spell
as Mine TanbaOne of Japan’s most popular folklore characters, Tange Sazen, the one-eyed and one-armed...
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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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Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
as uncreditedHis skill and courage were the best in Japan! The life story of Jirocho, a man who protected...
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The Phantom Goblin
as uncreditedAn injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and...
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Souls in the Moonlight III
as Kamio ShuzenMaster swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be...
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Tokaido Fullhouse
as uncreditedWhen Kanbe Nagakichi has his turf taken over by Ano-Toku, the father-in-law of his sworn brother...
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Tange Sazen and the Princess
as Yagyu Tsushima-no-kamiTange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family.
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Hawk of the North
as Yoshitsugu HatakeyamaDuring the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close....
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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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Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption
as Date MasamuneIn the fifth installment, Yagyu Jubei must prove the innocence of his family who is suspected of...
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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
as uncreditedThe legendary one-eyed one-armed swordsman Tange Sazen is back to aid a Magistrate in his...
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Ejima and Ikushima
as 山田宗円This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in...
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Lord Mito: All Star Version
as uncreditedIn 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to...
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Kisaragi Sword
as uncreditedThe story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new...
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Paper Crane Palanquin
as Yui ShosetsuThe death of a samurai in a palanquin leads girl detective Oshichi to take action to crush a...
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An Osaka Story
as uncreditedA poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi...
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Lords of Oppression 2
as uncreditedPeriod drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
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Ano sura no hate ni hoshi hama tataku
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie
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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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The Mansion of Intrigue
as uncreditedA swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.
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In Search of Mother
as YosukePeriod piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a...
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Five Ronins
as uncreditedThe story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl,...
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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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Himalayan Wanderer
as uncreditedOne after another, expedition teams were being attacked in the Himalayas. With the unprecedented...
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Travels of Hibari and Chiemi
as uncreditedPlayhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer’s investigation of...
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Case of a Young Lord 8
as uncreditedA family is brutally murdered in their own home and the official government's sake dealer is...
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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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Mr. Pu
as uncreditedA math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.
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The Ambitious
as Hiroe YamadaThe story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa...
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Marital Relations
as uncreditedThe story of a couple, a spoiled son and a down-to-earth girl, in Osaka in the early Showa era....
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G-Men in the Pacific
as President ChinG-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to...
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The Radish and the Carrot
as uncreditedOne day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled...
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Jakoman and Tetsu
as KyubeiIn a village subsisting on its herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the...
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Bride of White Castle
as uncreditedA young girl, Okimi, falls in love with Kiritaro, a handsome thief disguised as a wealthy young...
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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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Shimizu Port of Chivalry
as MiyakodoriAn all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of...
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Ninja's Weapon
as Sarashina DanjoDuring a time of war, Lord Ogata is betrayed by two of his closest vassals and killed by his...
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The Big Boss
as uncreditedA shooting incident occurs at the Asahina family gambling hall in Tokyo's Joto district. It is...
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The Third Ninja
as uncreditedThree Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga.
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Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
as ShuDetective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death...
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Morning Breeze in Edo
as Dobashi DaigakuThe sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members...
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The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
as Hijikata ToshizoThe Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter...
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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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Edo Purebreed
as uncreditedAction and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters,...
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Lord of Red Banner
as uncreditedA young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.
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Lords of Oppression
as uncreditedPeriod drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
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Unwieldy Brothers
as uncreditedTaisuke is kind-hearted but overall lacks ambition. Taizo is smarter, but given to fits of...
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Runway to Hell
as uncreditedWhen Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the...
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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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Ooka Seidan: Devil Image
as uncreditedMagistrate Ooka and a samurai fight against evil forces.
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The Master Spearman
as Mitsunari IshidaThis subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit...
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The Abandoned Swords
as uncreditedBest friends Gentaro and Sanpei become fateful enemies when Sanpei steals a secret document...
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Official with a Tattoo
as uncreditedKinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did...
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The Unbalanced Wheel
as uncreditedA study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.
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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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Rice
as uncreditedA touching story depicting the harsh lives of farmers in Kasumigaura. An attempt to start a...
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Road In the Mist
as NizaemonOkinu, the beautiful daughter of a feudal lord, discovers her true identity and leaves her...
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Kazoku no sentaku
as Kohei OkidoA single mother is being investigated into the death of her ex-husband, which brings to the fore...
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The Lost Public Funds
as Lord Matsudaira AkiFour thousand gold coins were stolen from the vault of Nijo Castle in Kyoto, which were...
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Rainbow Over Paris
as Tetsuji MinagawaA young composer falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a wealthy company president and...
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The Swamp
as uncreditedA man’s wife dies in a swamp. Her ghost returns to haunt him.
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Seven Masks of Revenge
as uncreditedThe eighth film in the "master detective with seven faces" series. Bannachi patrols the town in...
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Virtue in Spades
as uncreditedAdaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.
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The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence
as Serizawa KamoThe stormy tale of the Shinsengumi is told from its birth by master filmmaker Sasaki Yasushi,...
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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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The Flower and the Sword
as uncreditedA dangerous mobster threatens the life of a businessman's mother in this thriller. As Ryuji...
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Twilight of Tokyo
as Shinzo NakajimaA romance that follows the men in the life of Kyoko a Travel Agent working for New Japan Travel...
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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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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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A Chivalrous Spirit
as KadoiAn all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of...
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Ghost Ship Part 1
as Gemba AkahanaAs Part I opens, Jubei (Denjiro Okochi), the best of sea skippers, is unable to overcome the...
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The Princess Sen
as uncreditedDuring the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with...
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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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Epic Crash
as uncreditedUtaemon Ichikawa plays the role of Hikoshiro Navate, who has a strong sense of justice and...
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Mid-August Commotion
as uncreditedA suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers...
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The Naked Sun
as uncreditedA young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the...
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An Edo Magistrate
as uncreditedWhen a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a...
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20 Duels of Young Shingo - Conclusion
as uncreditedWhile on his journey through the countryside of Japan, Shingo encounters many people whose lives...
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Street of Wandering Men
as uncreditedWhen a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin...
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Ninja Assassins
as uncreditedSaotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.
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Eternal Love
as Kenichiro ShinjoThe love story of an aspiring architect and a charcoal-making daughter, who discover that they...
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Roughneck From Asama
as ToragoroWhen Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss...
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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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Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
as Shozaburo SadoDaughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor.
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Samurai of the Great Earth
as uncreditedA film adaptation of Rikuo Honjo's novel "Ishikari River".
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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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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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Ooka Seidan: Defense of The Weak Pt. 2
as uncreditedMasanori Igayama, who directed "Mito Komon Manyuki: The Counterattack of Toukuzaki," will direct...
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A Killer's Key
as HojoRaizô Ichikawa reprises his role as the restaurant-cook-turned-contract-killer in this sequel to...
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The Man Without a Nationality
as Conspiracy commanderThriller drama by Kon Ichikawa
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Bloody Shuriken
as uncreditedRonin samurai Ibuki-san enters a town and sells his skills to the warring families. He falls in...
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Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako
as uncredited1954 Theater of Life adaptation.
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Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
as uncreditedThese are the first two parts of the popular series in which a young samurai learns that he is...
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Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
as uncreditedPart of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known...
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Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
as uncreditedMaster swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
as FujiokaDuring the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing...
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Bloody Battle at Dawn
as uncreditedA story of revenge between two samurai families on the Igagoe Road. Araki Mataemon born in the...
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The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman
as uncreditedIn the fourth film in this exciting series, and the first since losing his left eye, Yagyu Jubei...
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Genkuro Yoshitsune
as uncreditedAn exciting historical drama that dynamically depicts the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune from...
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The Seven Vows, Part 2
as uncreditedThe adventures of Goro and his fellow samurai continue in its second installment. While being...
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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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Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
as uncreditedMaster swordsman and loya 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent...
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The Seven Vows
as Nyudo IchimonjiToruhan, a king’s retainer, embarks on a journey to find a royal treasure that can only be...
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The Medicine Case
as Magistrate OokaMagistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.
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Good Rascals
as Kouchiyama SotoshiA group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives.
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Evil Man of Edo
as Tenzen AkiyamaA classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying...
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A Fishmonger's Tour
as uncreditedThe supply of sea bream to the fish market has decreased, and the price has increased to a...
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Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 3
as uncreditedThe adventures of Aoi Shingo continue. Shingo is finally given permission to officially meet his...
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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 Seven Vows, Part 3
as uncreditedThe adventures of Goro and his fellow samurai concludes. After their turbulent journey, the...
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Lord of Steel Heart
as Kuroda SanzaemonA Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a...
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Aoi Secret Book
as Higashiko FujitaA Golden Age drama depicting the exploits of passionate patriot Uotaro Toge in the midst of a...
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Secret Assignment
as TakakuraIn the fourth film of series, Secret Assignment, Raizo again plays the Jiro Shiina. This time...
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A Ghost Love Story of Japan
as uncreditedA daughter of Hatamoto (high-ranked soldier) Otsuyu (Akiko Kana) and a Ronin living in Choya...
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Bride of Peacock Castle
as uncreditedPrincess Kazu, the daughter of Shogun Ienari, is sent to marry Matsudaira Nobunao, master of...
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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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Whistling Drifter
as uncreditedFriendship between good samurais and aborigines in Hokkaido.
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Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
as uncreditedIn this film in the long running series, Tange Sazen and his friends are asked to guard a...
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Mofuku no niau hitozuma futari
as President NakataYuki Kimura, a company president's secretary, agrees to marry his son Yutaka on the president's...
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Three Loves
as Father ShuheiIn a mountain village, Heita, a translator's son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the...
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I Shall Not Forget
as uncreditedHearing that his friend Yosuke Tsumura had died, Shiro Okabe returned to Kyoto. He felt that...
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Wakasama samurai torimonochō o keshō kumo
as uncreditedMovie directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda
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Heavenly Dragon
as Iidaya KumagoroFrom the opening theme song to the grand finale, you know that you have found something special...
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Glorious Standard Bearer
as uncreditedHashizo Okawa in the form of a courageous firefighter who confronts unscrupulous traders who...
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Blooded Spear
as uncreditedEdo, 1703. Young Sugino, one of the 47 rōnin seeking revenge against lord Kira, who caused that...
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The First Star of Happiness
as uncreditedA youth movie starring Miyoko Asada that depicts a cute and lovely 16 years old girl who lives a...
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Where did Sharaku go?
as Juzaburo TsutayaWriter Jippensha Ikku hears Tsutaya Juzaburo, a wholesaler of picture books, mutter on his...
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悲劇の将軍 山下奉文
as uncreditedWhen Japan entered into the great tragedy that was unforgettable, the general general of the...
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The Samurai of Edo
as uncreditedThis historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during...
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Our Happiness Alone
as Akira SakawaMototsugu is the younger son of Akira Sakawa, a director of an advertising agency whose mother,...
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Life of a Flower
as Arimura JizaemonThe story chronicles the life of Ii Naosuke.
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