Ryuji Kita
An Autumn Afternoon
as TamakoShuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that...
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Equinox Flower
as Heinosuke HorieWataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter...
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King Kong Escapes
as SDF GeneralAn adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the...
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as uncreditedAfter handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post...
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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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Late Autumn
as Seiichiro HirayamaA woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry,...
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The X from Outer Space
as uncreditedThe spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the...
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Tokyo Drifter
as KurataAfter yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to...
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13 Assassins
as uncreditedA sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even...
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Japan's Longest Day
as General Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the EmperorFollowing the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military...
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The Inheritance
as Keigo NarimuneOn his deathbed, a wealthy businessman announces that his fortune is to be split equally among...
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Love Under the Crucifix
as uncreditedThe basic story in Love under the Crucifix is about Ogin, daughter of a tea master, who are both...
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Admiral Yamamoto
as Minister of the Navy OikawaAs Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto...
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The Thick-Walled Room
as uncreditedA group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves...
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Aru yo no seppun
as Mr. YuasaThe romantic struggles of three close friends who came back from the war.
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Battle of the Japan Sea
as KataokaJapan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the...
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Zatoichi's Cane Sword
as Genbei ShimotsukeyaZatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite...
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Young Lord Yakuza
as uncreditedYoung Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under...
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Times of Joy and Sorrow
as uncreditedThe story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife.
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The Rose on His Arm
as Masahiro's fatherIgnoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world...
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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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Prison Break
as uncreditedSet up to be the patsy by a rival gang, Furuta Makoto attacks the yakuza boss he thinks is...
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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as KitazawaAfter a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw...
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With Wife, Children, and Friends
as uncreditedJapanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the...
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Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?
as Prince KonoeFrench docu-drama which chronicles the chain of events that lead to the hanging of...
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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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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
as uncreditedThis anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when...
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Wakasama samurai torimonochō o keshō kumo
as uncreditedMovie directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda
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Life of Matsu the Untamed
as uncreditedA poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband...
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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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City of Beasts
as uncreditedUniversity student Arima Yasuhiro becomes acquainted with Ishihama, the president of a...
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Boyhood
as Head masterWhen a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.
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Yagyu Chronicles 1: Secret Scrolls
as uncreditedTwo groups are after the legendary Yagyu Secret Scrolls. A princess of a disgraced clan and her...
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Youth of the Son
as Mr. OchiThe story of a father and two teenaged sons, and the rivalry between the two siblings as they...
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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Sakai TadakatsuThe fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and...
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Lady Sen and Hideyori
as uncreditedFrom the late 1500's through the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate many battles were fought as...
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Paper Crane Palanquin
as Akiba SakyoThe death of a samurai in a palanquin leads girl detective Oshichi to take action to crush a...
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快盗三人吉三
as 中野播磨守On March 11 in the seventh year of Tenpo (1836), a monk named Bennō, who fell in love with a...
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Arupusu no wakadaishô
as uncreditedSeventh movie of the Wakadaishō series directed by Kengo Furusawa
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The Creature Called Man
as uncreditedA top police-guard, charged with protecting a visiting politician and ruthless dictator,...
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Love Eternal
as uncreditedA deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an...
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Edo Crime Book: Black Claws
as Hikozo MurakamiEdo Crime Book: Black Claws
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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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Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption
as uncreditedIn the fifth installment, Yagyu Jubei must prove the innocence of his family who is suspected of...
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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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Youth Bell
as uncreditedA college student comes to a wealthy family as a tutor for their son, an elementary school...
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Restoration Fire
as uncreditedMegastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic...
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Woman Gambler
as Daigo SakamakiMourning the death of her boyfriend, Yukiko wanders aimlessly from one city to another. During...
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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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Unending Advance
as uncreditedOne of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu,...
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Shinran, Part II
as uncreditedContinuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji...
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A Carpenter and Children
as uncreditedA carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an...
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Den nana torimono jō bijo koumori
as uncreditedThe head of Oshu, Harumichi Honma, was ordered by the boat bugyo (Commissioner of the board)...
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The Good Fairy
as uncreditedThe wife of an elite government official left her husband, and a young journalist is sent to...
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Duel at Fort Ezo
as uncredited1864. Samurai Shinbei is sent in a secret mission to Ezo, in the North of Japan, to stop riots...
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Five Scouts
as uncreditedAn early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of...
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Haha machi gusa
as uncreditedAsako works in a hostel for troubled young women. When a beautiful young girl is brought in one...
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Always in My Heart
as uncreditedMachiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge...
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美男天狗党
as 武田耕雲斎During the tumultuous end of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Tengu Party rose in rebellion in Mito....
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The Cave of the Vampire Bats
as uncreditedA maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good...
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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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Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
as Kanji KazamaA young man longs to travel to Hawaii, the birthplace of his deceased father, against the wishes...
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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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Red Pants
as uncreditedA woman diver in great peril is rescued by Shinji, a fisherman. But his deed is belittled by...
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The Stars and I Decided...
as Hideki InagakiThe brother of an up-and-coming kendoka is mysteriously murdered while working on a new model of...
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Kagemaru of the Iga Clan
as Tokugawa IeyasuA group of Iga ninja risk their lives to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu from the villianous Koga Ninja....
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The Drifting Gambler
as Komanosuke Kikuchi8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.
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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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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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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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Youth After School
as Shôzô Ogata"Youth After School" takes Tokyo and Kyoto as the stage, and tells the story of a family that...
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Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
as uncreditedThe timid first love of high school students! A whisper of love between a young man and a girl!...
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Yagyu Chronicles 9: Assassin's Sword
as uncreditedThe Yagyu Family have been teaching the Shinkage style of fencing for generations. Now a new...
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Hibari is Fashion Crazy
as uncreditedUnder a decree by the Shogun, people of all classes are forced to lead a frugal lifestyle. ...
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Lord of Steel Heart
as MasanobuA Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a...
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Festival of Swordsmen
as uncreditedDuring the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most...
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Morning Breeze in Edo
as uncreditedThe sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members...
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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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Yagyu Chronicles 2: The Secret Sword
as uncreditedThis is the second film in the popular black and white series about the master swordsman, Yagyu...
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The Killing Bottle
as Head of Secret PoliceIn Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a...
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Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
as uncredited16th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
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The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List
as uncreditedWhen the country is in peril, Lord Yagyu Tajima summons his son Yagyu Jubei to retrieve the...
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Lover's Duet
as Takehiko KawadaA melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut. A remake of the 1939 film of...
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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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Ninja Assassins
as uncreditedSaotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.
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New Tengu from Mount Kurama
as uncreditedThe film is set in Kyoto at the end of the Tokugawa period, when there is a fierce clash between...
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The Samurai Markets
as uncreditedThe success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period.
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The Yagyu Military Art: The One-Eyed Ninja
as uncreditedThe famed ninja Yagyu Jubei fights to suppress a coup d’etat plotted against Tokugawa Shogunate.
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Secret Assignment
as uncreditedIn the fourth film of series, Secret Assignment, Raizo again plays the Jiro Shiina. This time...
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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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Fine Man
as uncreditedA young son of a master of the Kuwana clan gets disowned for his rebellious behavior. After he...
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Judge and Jeopardy
as uncreditedIt is based on the story "The Lawyer" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki and his account of Japan's...
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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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Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
as uncreditedBorn to a prestigious family, Natsuko is not impressed by any one of her suitors. Determined to...
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Our Chief, Our Doctor
as uncreditedIt chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular...
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Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Bloodskull Mansion
as uncreditedThe second work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on...
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The Silk Hat Boss 2
as uncreditedThe Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami.
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情艶一代女
as 小山内薫Based on the serialized story "東京一代女" which appeared in Tokyo Shinbun. A geisha known for her...
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Kaze no Matasaburô
as uncreditedSaburō Takada transfers from a city to a very small school. The village children suspect that...
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Crazy Big Explosion
as uncreditedA Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.
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The Young Ace in the South Pacific
as Professor TakaishiThe 10th film in the Wakadaisho series, the Young Ace Yuichi Tanuma travels to Hawaii to train...
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Magistrate of Dice
as uncreditedBased on the exploits of real-life historical character Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan, this...
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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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Diary of Good Conduct Matashiro: A beautiful bat
as uncreditedRampant ronin Matashiro Sasai, finds himself embroiled in serious unrest after he rescues a...
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Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
as uncreditedMariko studies at a missionary school in Shinshu. She drops out of school and joins her father...
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Submarine Number One
as uncreditedThis film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as...
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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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Epitaph to My Love
as Eiichi UsamiIshihara Kiyoshi plans to marry the woman he loves, Chiee, a coffee shop girl. After an...
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Cases of Hanshichi
as uncreditedDetective Hanshichi (Kataoka Chiezo) solves 3 mysterious murder cases. Great story and an...
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Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
as uncreditedA kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes...
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The Woman Gambler's Revenge
as uncreditedTenth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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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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Wild Palanquin
as uncreditedShinsuke Inaba, a thief who snuck into the Kishu family residence in Edo. He was almost...
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I Yearn for Father
as uncreditedYuji Makita (Wakahara) came to a hot spring port town as a singer who plays the guitar. Thirteen...
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Song of Yakuza
as uncreditedA low ranking yakuza who spends more time enjoying life than doing the yakuza work falls in love...
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Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
as Kajikawa ShuzenA princess seeks adventure and true love, with help from her loyal servant.
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Girl with Bamboo Leaves
as uncreditedYasuda plays Omon, a woman using bamboo leaves as darts/blades to disable and kill her enemies.
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Professional Killers
as uncreditedA shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an...
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