Masao Mishima
Harakiri
as Tango InabaDown-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi....
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Kuroki ShochôAfter handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post...
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Horus: Prince of the Sun
as Village Leader (voice)Young Horus lives in a mythical Scandinavia of the Iron Age. Recovering the stolen Sword of the...
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Samurai Rebellion
as Sanzaemon YanaseThe mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The...
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Late Spring
as Jo OnoderaNoriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to...
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Pigs and Battleships
as HimoriIn the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the...
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Sing, Young People
as Professor HirayamaA story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of...
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The Orphan Brother
as Onikura Mutsu Nokami (voice)After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but...
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Hiroshima
as uncreditedThe film shows the bombing of Hiroshima and the horrific aftermath following the detonation of...
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Mother
as Ryosuke FukuharaA teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
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Street of Violence
as OnishiAn attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police...
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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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20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2
as uncreditedThe second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.
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Points and Lines
as uncreditedBased on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a...
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Fall of the Shogun's Militia
as Enomoto TakeakiKondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national...
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Tora-san's Grand Scheme
as YoshidaAfter winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to...
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Revenge
as Ogawa KobeiAn innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai...
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Nami kage
as uncreditedAyako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.
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Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako
as uncredited1954 Theater of Life adaptation.
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The Spy
as uncreditedBased on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped...
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The Greatest Challenge of All
as uncreditedAfter an argument with his father a son leaves his home and comes back only, as an adult, many...
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Killer's Mission
as uncreditedIchibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to...
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Inn of Evil
as Funayado TokubeiThe story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly...
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Evil Man of Edo
as DomanA classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying...
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The Temple of Wild Geese
as Jikai KitamiSatoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan...
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A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
as uncreditedOnna Hitori Daichi wo Yuku (A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, Kinuta Production, 1953) was the...
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The Lord Takes a Bride
as Lord MatsudairaYoung Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier...
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Hero of the Red Light District
as uncreditedA successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his...
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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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Illusion of Blood
as TakuetsuThe ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.
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Kurama Tengu: Anonymous letter to Tengu
as Munekata OminokamiMasked avenger Kurama Tengu and his young sidekick try to stop a mysterious adversary from...
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The Wolves
as uncreditedA group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of...
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Lucky Dragon No. 5
as uncreditedAn ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of...
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Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
as Nanashino GonbeiZatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles...
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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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Policeman's Diary
as Chief IshiwariLending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not...
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Beyond the Green Hills
as uncreditedShinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance...
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Ginza Cosmetics
as Tasuzô FujimuraA luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.
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Duel of Blood and Sand
as uncreditedFrustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving...
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Wait for Tomorrow
as uncreditedKohei Misugi works in a vegetable market, but his ambition is to be a photographer. He is given...
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Foul Play
as Haruo KubokiPrivate eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa)...
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Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
as uncreditedYakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino
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The Grand Master
as ShinzoShogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor...
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Born Under Crossed Stars
as Buddhist PriestA young man with a strong sense of justice is torn between two girls: the flighty Taneko and the...
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Roughneck From Asama
as uncreditedWhen Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss...
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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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Actress
as Heisuke GakuyabanSumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought...
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Policeman's Diary, Part 2
as uncreditedFrom runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.
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Five Men of Edo
as Tonosuke KondoDuring the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of...
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Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
as uncreditedThe story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki...
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Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
as Satomi Hoshi-MoritoThe story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki...
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as uncreditedAlso known as "History of a Man’s Face" and "By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him" . Immigrant...
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Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
as uncredited[Period covered: 1595-1600] Third film in the famous shinobi no mono series. We last saw ninja...
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The Actress and the Poet
as ActorAmong the tight-knit neighbours are a poet, his actress wife, a bachelor budding author, a...
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Good-for-Nothing
as Kensaku KitajimaYoshida's first feature follows the lives of young students against a background of jazz,...
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Man of the House
as KurataThis film is based on a real Meiji era performer -- and tells of Tochuken's partnership with his...
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Little Remi and Famous Dog Capi
as Vitalis(voice)Japanese animation adaptation of a 19th century French novel: A boy is given up by his foster...
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The Blue Mountains: Part I
as Kenzo IguchiTeacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending...
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Black Lizard
as Shobei IwaseThe cunning detective Akeichi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel...
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Devil’s Statue
as uncreditedA gallant swordsman takes on the forces of evil with the help of his trusty friends.
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Tange Sazen
as uncreditedIn 1730, the Tokugawa Shogunate orders the Yagyu Clan to repair a huge shrine. Since it cannot...
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All Rascals
as uncreditedIshihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named...
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The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
as uncreditedJapanese horror film directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi.
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Turbid youth
as uncreditedShigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around...
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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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Rebellion
as uncreditedIn the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a...
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Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
as uncreditedIn turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as...
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Avalanche
as Koyanagi, the lawyerThe study of a one-year marriage that begins to crumble. A married man is torn between the love...
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Hymn to a Tired Man
as Narrator (voice)Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son's fallen for the daughter of a war...
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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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Two Wives
as uncreditedAfter a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a...
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Vacuum Zone
as uncreditedJust before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served...
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Denshichi Torimonocho: Senryo Human Skin
as 大野柳斉In the era of the twelfth Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, a notorious bandit known as "Shippu" (or...
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The Man Disappears Yesterday
as uncreditedTired of everyday life, the 8th Shogun Yoshimune flees Edo Castle and asks Ooka Echizen to...
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Shogun and His Mistress 2
as IeharuIn the year 1786, Shogun Ieharu Tokugawa selected beautiful Ochisa to be his concubine. It...
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Temple of Revenge
as Ehei IkutaRevenge breeds revenge. Ikuta Denpachiro, the martial arts instructor of the Honda family in...
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The Black Trademark
as Ryuichi TerasawaIde of the Kokusai Rayon Company visits a supermarket and finds cheap shirts being passed off as...
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Composition Class
as Tanno-sanBased on an autobiographical story by Toyota Masako.
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The Ceiling at Utsunomiya
as Kagiya JinbeeRyutaro is a spy employed by the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who is the target of assassination...
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The Coin Thrower Zenigata
as uncreditedThe film tells about a young detective Zenigata Heiji who successfully solves a disgusting and...
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Lords of Oppression 2
as uncreditedPeriod drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
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Secret of The Golden Spell
as Yagyu Tsushima-no-kamiOne of Japan’s most popular folklore characters, Tange Sazen, the one-eyed and one-armed...
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Volunteering for Villainy
as YaheiTwo outsiders start a relationship in a mining town.
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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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Tengu Priest
as uncreditedKichizaburo, a samurai keeping peace in Edo, helps a young geisha Kozome avenge her father’s death.
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Ukyunosuke on Patrol
as uncreditedThis is one of the most powerfully effective ninja films that dispenses with the silly magic of...
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Tsukiyo no kasa
as uncreditedHousewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in...
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Ghost Ship Part 2
as OniyashaJiromaru (Kinnosuke Nakamura) investigates the dark "Ghost Ship" in search of his father....
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Riverside Fish Market Empire
as uncreditedObscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki
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Tales of Young Genji Kuro
as uncreditedGenji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the...
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Mark of Blood
as Arai ToragoroThree young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil.
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Hibari’s Favorite 2
as uncreditedYoung girl Kichiza searches for her missing brother and the person responsible for the death of...
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Battle Troop
as uncreditedThree IJN flyers Mikami (Susumu Fujita), Kawakami (Masayuki Mori) and Murakami (Akitake Kono)...
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Shingo's Final Duel
as uncreditedAfter Aoi Shingo, the illegitimate son of Shogun Yoshimune has gained prominence as the finest...
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20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1
as uncreditedWith plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert...
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Castle of Owls
as uncreditedMovie adaptation of the 1959 ninja novel. With war against Korea looming on the horizon,...
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I Will Challenge
as uncreditedAkira, a student who is professionally engaged in boxing, aspires to follow in the footsteps of...
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Dice and Swords
as uncreditedThe year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything...
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The Rainbow-Colored Flower
as uncreditedEbihara is a budding novelist entangled in a complicated web of relationships with three women...
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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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The Final Winner?
as uncreditedIn a high school, two men are fighting over a beautiful female teacher who has been assigned as...
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A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
as uncreditedThe epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the...
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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 Forest Is Alive
as uncreditedFilm adaptation of the stage version of Samuil Marshak's "Twelve Months"
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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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Ghost Ship Part 1
as OniyashaAs Part I opens, Jubei (Denjiro Okochi), the best of sea skippers, is unable to overcome the...
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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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江戸いろは祭
as 赤羽根主膳Hatamoto Akabane Tanaka once ruined his life with alcohol in his youth, leaving behind his wife...
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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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The Medicine Case
as uncreditedMagistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.
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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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Men in a Rough Town
as Toshio NamikawaAn action-packed, dramatic gangster film.
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The Actress vs. the Greedy Sharks
as uncreditedFramed by his enemies, Manbe finds himself imprisoned for a murder he didn’t commit. His only...
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Firefly Light
as uncreditedSet in the 1860s, the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, The Fireflies focuses on Tose...
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I Saw a Phantom Fish
as uncreditedA village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.
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No Stronger Swords
as uncreditedFeaturing some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells...
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Burden of Love
as Dr. YamauchiThe female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a...
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Morning's Tree-Lined Street
as Madame's husbandAs suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of...
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Blind Monk Swordsman
as uncreditedThis is the story of a bad man who re-discovering humanity via woman and child while clashing...
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The Frolic of the Beasts
as uncreditedThe wife Yuko Kusumon operating a pottery store was a chastal wife without complaints even...
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Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
as TakenoDrama about a couple and how they found themselves related with music, their egos and each other.
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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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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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Lords of Oppression
as uncreditedPeriod drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
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Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
as Bad boy at RokkuThree sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means...
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Golden Valley
as uncreditedA samurai thief fights a gang of ghostly thieves using scorpions for treasure in the unexplored...
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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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Flirtation in Spring
as uncreditedJapanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan.
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Feline Spirit
as uncreditedGo master Matashichiro Ryuzoji, during the game, was killed in anger by the Lord of the...
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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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Love and Death
as uncreditedYuji, a budding writer, meets and starts falling in love with his best friend’s girlfriend,...
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Art of Assassination
as Nobuyuki TobitaA beautiful hostess of a small restaurant moonlights as a well-trained assassin tasked with...
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Tokyo no Kodoku
as uncreditedA coming-of-age story about two newcomers to the world of professional baseball who compete for...
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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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World of Two
as uncreditedOne night, Jiro and Reiko fell in love at first sight, and on the seventh day he proposed to...
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Family of Three
as uncreditedThe drama features two families, the all-male Shibata family and the all-female Inaba family,...
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Taiyō no Namida
as uncreditedThe day before he leaves on a business trip to Europe, Shoji meets an old man named Ogawa while...
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