Jun Tatara
Seven Samurai
as Coolie AA samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town...
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as GoldfishKeiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow....
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Street of Shame
as Yumeko's clientThe lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the...
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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Hino Jun'iKaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his...
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Three Outlaw Samurai
as YasugorôShiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their...
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Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
as uncreditedOlder, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful...
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Stakeout
as Saga Police DetectiveTwo detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they...
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Stakeout
as Saga station inspectorTwo detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they...
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as uncreditedA poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband...
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A Woman's Life
as uncreditedA woman remember's her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.
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Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as uncreditedUshinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. ...
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The Invisible Wall
as uncreditedBased on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
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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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Tange Sazen and the Princess
as Tsuzumi no YokichiTange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family.
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I Will Buy You
as Yûsuke ShimaA talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the...
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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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Street of Violence
as YamamotoAn attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police...
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A Japanese Tragedy
as uncreditedAt the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up...
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To Your Majesty, The Emperor
as uncreditedA conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his...
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Carmen's Innocent Love
as uncreditedStrip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing...
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
as IwakiThe eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves...
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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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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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Happiness of Us Alone
as uncreditedThe story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a...
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Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
as uncreditedKiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI...
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Sisters
as uncreditedThree beautiful daughters grew up in a dog and cat care clinic. The eldest was named Takako...
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Born Under Crossed Stars
as Jûbei SuzukiA young man with a strong sense of justice is torn between two girls: the flighty Taneko and the...
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Children of Hiroshima
as uncreditedShows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays...
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A Wanderer's Notebook
as TamuraConsidered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook...
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Maria of the Ant Village
as uncreditedAlongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a...
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The Horizon Glitters
as uncredited5 criminals organize a jailbreak in search of a cache of stolen diamonds.
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The Spying Sorceress
as Hattori HansukeSecond part of the series where sex magic skills of female and Iga ninjas clash over enourmous...
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Yakuza Official
as uncreditedBunkichi disguises himself as a yakuza to solve a mysterious death.
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An Inn at Osaka
as uncreditedAn Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive...
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
as uncreditedOn a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and...
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Policeman's Diary
as KurebayashiLending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not...
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Snow Country
as uncreditedIt's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He...
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A Sandcastle Model Family Home
as uncreditedAn opportune salaryman moves his family into a model mansion for 12 months; unfortunately, they...
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元祿美少年記
as 寺坂吉右衛門On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while...
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The Revenge and the Death
as uncreditedA gritty, noirish gangster saga.
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Sex Up And Down
as uncreditedA con man sets up a consulting firm where he poses as a doctor specializing in curing people of...
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The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
as uncreditedJidaigeki by Tai Kato
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Island of the Evil Spirits
as Tatsuma OsakabeFamous detective Kosuke Kindaichi follows a dying man's words to an enigmatic island, where he...
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Down Town
as uncreditedA woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with...
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Virgin Blues
as uncreditedA young woman fails her university entrance exam and starts shoplifting.
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Twilight Saloon
as Tetsuo KumishimaSet in a tavern, director Tomu Uchida depicts the joys and sorrows of the people who gather...
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Yellow Crow
as uncreditedIn this Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign-Language Film, director Heinosuke Gosho -- a master...
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Samurai from Somewhere
as uncreditedYoung Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions lead his...
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Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as YamadaUshinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film...
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Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
as uncreditedIn the third, and final chapter of this epic tale, handsome swordsman Genji helps a vulnerable...
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Flower Season
as uncreditedKitamori Yuki was particular about her promise to her mother-in-law Hana. The promise is that,...
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Hawaiian Dream
as Kenji OharaTatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, having flown out of Japan and...
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The Life of a Horse-Trader
as uncreditedHokkaido at the end of the Taisho era is Kitami. On the day his wife died of a dystocia, Bakuro...
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The Human Wall
as uncreditedDrama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.
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Ironfinger
as uncreditedAfter being mistaken for an Interpol agent, a man who was just supposed to go on vacation gets...
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限りなき情熱
as uncreditedIs it the sin of a woman's heart that casts ripples unexpectedly among peaceful people? In the...
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Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
as NiheiA young girl named Oichi is abandoned by her mother and blinded by a lightning strike. When her...
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Striving to Live
as uncreditedYasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly...
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Typhoon
as uncreditedA group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has...
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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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Drunken Harbor
as uncreditedThird film of the yoidore hakase series
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Riverside Fish Market Empire
as uncreditedObscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki
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A Billionaire
as uncreditedAn ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and...
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Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
as uncreditedDomestic comedy produced by Shin Toho Studios directed by Komori Kiyoshi and starring Todoroki...
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Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
as uncreditedIn this exciting sequel to the popular samurai-ninja movie Ukyunosuke On Patrol, his mission to...
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Young Miss Executive
as uncreditedA President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old...
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The Cast-Off
as uncreditedThe inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high...
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Secret of The Golden Spell
as Tsuzumi no YokichiOne of Japan’s most popular folklore characters, Tange Sazen, the one-eyed and one-armed...
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The Tokyo Dame
as uncreditedA young woman tries to keep her family together after her father disowns her sister.
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Dancing Girls of Izu
as uncreditedA dancer girl in a touring company met a high school boy in a port town. The story is about...
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The Emperor's Hat
as uncreditedA man working in a museum steals the Emperor's hat on display.
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Modae
as uncreditedThis unique melodrama depicts the anguish of a new wife whose husband confesses to her his...
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His Scarlet Cloak
as uncreditedThe humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But...
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New Tokyo March
as uncreditedFollows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter,...
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Scarred Yosaburo
as uncreditedThe film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with...
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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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Aiyoku no sabaki
as uncreditedMotoko Fujikawa works in the Seisen Church as an assistant to pastor Maki Inokichi. Motoko falls...
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Black Thief
as uncreditedOrganized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.
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Swift Current
as uncreditedThe film follows a young civil engineer, played by Toshiro Mifune, who is assigned to the Tase...
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The Paper Crane
as uncreditedA wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from...
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Modern People
as uncreditedA section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction...
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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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A Young Rabble
as uncreditedWhen an altercation with a gangster forces Kikutaro to leave Edo, he is sent by his father to...
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Edogawa Rampo Theater: The Man Who Travels With Prints
as uncreditedAt the beginning of the Showa era, a man who was captivated by a girl he saw through a telescope...
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Revenge for His Lover
as uncreditedKamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a...
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Prey
as uncreditedA rock singer who has returned to the U.S. approaches his former musician friends with the...
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Scars of Honor
as uncreditedJapan, 1643, as the Kato clan of Aizu falls from power two brave samurai will settle a dispute...
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Twice on a Certain Night
as uncreditedPoor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband,...
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Goblin & "Yuki-Usagi" (Snow-Hare)
as uncreditedOne night a Goblin father came home gave his son a red handball. But the boy was shocked to hear...
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The Hoodlum Priest
as uncreditedThe first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in...
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The Yen Family
as UmekichiSet in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts...
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Love and Duty
as uncreditedEach one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She...
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Troubleman Laughs and Kills
as uncreditedKensho Yamashita's directorial debut.
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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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Case of Umon: Red Lizard
as uncreditedUmon goes on an investigation to unveil the murderer known as Red Lizard.
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Ninja Olympiad
as Gensai KoshimuraThe Sorcerers Clan, led by the centuries-old Org Ninja Dokusai, has made its move to retrieve...
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Special Rescue Police Winspector
as Katsuzo OtaguroIn 1999, advanced science and technology enriched people's lives, but the damage caused when...
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Mayuko hitori
as 久作Kano is known as a "cocoon child" whose father is an agriculturist. Her mother disappeared when...
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Onihei Hankachō
as uncreditedHasegawa is a chief police of big heart who leads a band of samurai police and cultivates...
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Life of a Flower
as Onoe KotaroThe story chronicles the life of Ii Naosuke.
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Seigi no Symbol: Condorman
as uncreditedIsshin Mitsuya, a member of the peace organization "Flags of the World", loses his life in the...
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