Kōichi Itō
Fires on the Plain
as uncreditedIn the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his...
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Gamera vs. Gyaos
as Road Company ChairmanUnusual volcanic activity in Japan awakens Gyaos, a bloodthirsty flying monster with the power...
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Gamera vs. Barugon
as Metropolitan Police Superintendent-GeneralGamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from...
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The Great White Tower
as uncreditedThe story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors...
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Zatoichi Challenged
as uncreditedIchi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his...
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Giants and Toys
as HaruokaNishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new...
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Blood End
as uncreditedSentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a...
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Ōkuma Shigenobu the great
as uncreditedThe biopic of Shigenobu Ōkuma, one of the main Japanese leaders at the turn of the 20th century,...
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Play It Cool
as Old manThis Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter...
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Warm Current
as Dr. KazamaThe story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose...
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Black Test Car
as OyamaTwo car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports...
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Vixen
as uncreditedMichi's first encounter with Nobuyuki Ishida, secretary to the chairman of a private school,...
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Warm Current
as uncreditedAdaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a...
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Love and Greed
as uncreditedNamiko gets a crush on Ishizuka, a young CEO of a nightclub, but he was plotting to destroy her...
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Night Butterflies
as HanaokaA traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
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The Woman Gambler's Supplication
as uncreditedEleventh film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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Fools at Work
as NakagawaA comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.
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Bridge of Japan
as uncreditedIchikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until...
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Her Brother
as uncreditedSet in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of...
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Two Wives
as uncreditedAfter a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a...
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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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Punishment Room
as uncreditedShimada is a student of U College. When the college's baseball team wins the day, he and his...
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Love and Life
as Dr. WatanabeContemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.
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Black Report
as Prosecutor ObaAfter a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial...
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A Killer's Key
as uncreditedRaizô Ichikawa reprises his role as the restaurant-cook-turned-contract-killer in this sequel to...
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The School of Spies
as uncreditedNakano Institution is the so-called ‘Spy School’ where many young men are trained to be...
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When Women Lie
as uncreditedThree stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka),...
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Gateway to Glory
as uncreditedA young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the...
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The Lights of Asakusa
as SakuragiPre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking...
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Advance Patrol
as uncreditedIn 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive...
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An Ode to Yakuza
as Guest of KiyamaTatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a...
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The Women Divers
as uncreditedA youth movie depicting the love between college students.
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The Black Trademark
as Division Chief NagasawaIde of the Kokusai Rayon Company visits a supermarket and finds cheap shirts being passed off as...
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A Woman's Life
as InoseOne of many adaptations of "Onna no isshō", this time by Yasuzo Masumura as a starring vehicle...
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The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly
as uncreditedA series of ghastly murders are being committed. The one similarity in each of the murders is...
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Hit and Run Gang
as uncreditedDetective Goto, who had sniffed out drugs as the culprit behind the murder of an elderly woman,...
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Assignment Dragon No. 3
as uncreditedIn late 1940 the Japanese were anxious to conclude peace in China and to that end sent Colonel...
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The Killer's Killer
as uncreditedTakeshi Ijuin leaves for Chicago to be a cameraman, and a few years later returns to Japan. But...
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The Crowded Train
as uncreditedTamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do...
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The Precipice
as uncreditedKosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New...
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Dancing with a Mask
as Richard GordonJapanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.
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Forbidden
as uncreditedYukiko Shiba, a doctor, and Akira Sakai, a composer and musician, are lovers. Their love is a...
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The Time of Reckoning
as uncredited"The Time of Reckoning" transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful...
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Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
as uncreditedA hospital melodrama where the conflict between love and friendship rules the faith of the...
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Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru
as uncreditedBased on a novel by Tei Fujiwara
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Two Enemy Women Gamblers
as uncreditedTwelfth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi
as Ikenaka, Superior PrivateFollowing a young man through his childhood ambition to follow his father into the military to...
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Five Siblings
as uncreditedA businessman runs afoul of the law and commits suicide, leaving behind a wife and five...
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Sentimental Mobsters
as Ichinoshin YamashitaA young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion...
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Ten Dark Women
as Haori's manKaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him....
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Young Boss: Prison Release
as uncreditedThe further adventures of Takeshi Nanjo, the Young Boss.
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Queen of the Wind
as uncreditedA man and his girlfriend work for a cosmetics company, but would like to open their own store....
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Forget Love for Now
as HooliganYuki is a young, single mother supporting herself and her son, Haru, with a job as a bar hostess.
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