Shigeru Kōyama
The Imperial Navy
as uncreditedA lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of...
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Kwaidan
as (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four...
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Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia....
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Beyond Outrage
as FuseAs the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza...
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Samurai Rebellion
as Geki TakahashiThe mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The...
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Azumi 2: Death or Love
as Nankou-Bou TenkaiYoung assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt...
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Antarctica
as Horigome TaichoTwo Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an...
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Kill!
as Tamiya AyuzawaA pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become...
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47 Ronin
as Jûnai OnoderaKon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is...
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Japan's Longest Day
as Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs SectionFollowing the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military...
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Akitsu Hot Springs
as uncreditedYoshida’s first big-budget production and colour film is a haunting tale of unrequited love and...
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August without Emperor
as Shingo ShogakiTaking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese...
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Graveyard of Honor
as uncreditedA self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his...
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Rainbow Kids
as Kunijiro Yanagawa, 1st sonA wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they...
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Red Lion
as Staff Chief AragakiJapan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows,...
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Mount Hakkoda
as Major MotomiyaTwo infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the...
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Dora-heita
as Ikki HondaA new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in...
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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
as Jinzaburo WakiyaWith a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit,...
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The Unbroken
as President HiyamaOnchi was exiled to posts around Asia and Africa due to his work as head of a labor union for...
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Port Arthur
as Aritomo YamagataDepicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified...
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The Fossil
as Dr. KiharaAn industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a...
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The Man Who Stole the Sun
as NakayamaA high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is...
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The Battle of Okinawa
as uncreditedThe Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The...
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Diary of Early Winter Shower
as NomuraKounosuke Mibu and Tae Horikawa are unable to forget each other, even though they met and fell...
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Shag
as uncreditedShiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year-old daughter, with the aid of...
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Yakuza Ladies 2
as IwakiYuki, the wife of a leading member of the Domoto family, must assume her husband’s role as a...
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Queen Bee
as TsukumoTo solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 13: The Full Moon Swordsman
as uncreditedInspector General Kanjuro Sano conspires with the future shogun twin brother. They replace...
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Bayside Shakedown 2
as Toshiaki YoshidaThe movie takes place again in the fictional Wangan Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police...
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Afraid to Die
as MasaOn his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on...
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An Inlet of Muddy Water
as uncreditedA Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each...
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Heat Wave
as YoneyamaRin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi...
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Solar Eclipse
as uncreditedWhen bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion,...
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Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”
as uncreditedA dying pianist composes one final song for his childhood friend.
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Love and Life
as Lee TamadoContemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.
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Bayside Shakedown
as Toshiaki YoshidaAoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the...
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A Flame at the Pier
as uncreditedA young dockworker who owes his life to his boss becomes embroiled in union activity on the...
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Moment of Demon
as Keiichiro / Ryoko's husbandFilled with guilt over his forbidden desires, a young man leaves home and his studies. He finds...
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Revenge
as Okuno MagodayuAn innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai...
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Whirlpool of Flesh
as TashiroDuring the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is...
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Inn of Evil
as Officer KanedoThe story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly...
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The Man in White
as uncreditedAfter his father figure - a yakuza boss, is murdered, Azusa Moribe goes on a killing spree to...
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Zero
as uncreditedTwo young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test...
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Blood End
as MizukiSentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a...
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Lifetime Insecurity
as Isami KikukawaIn the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a...
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Sweet Revenge
as Editor TanimuraMasao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of...
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Ningen Gari
as ProsecutorA detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations...
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The Summit of Mt. Fuji
as uncreditedThe Japanese government decides to install a radar on the top of Mt. Fuji, in order to detect...
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Black Report
as HitomiAfter a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial...
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Killers on Parade
as uncreditedA vengeful contractor hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews...
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The Sea and Poison
as GondoTwo interns and a nurse are interrogated by American MPs for their involvement in an atrocity...
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Willful Murder
as uncreditedThe president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train...
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Midwinter Camellia
as uncreditedYasuo Furuhata directs this romantic yakuza flick based on a book by popular romance novelist...
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Surgical Designs in Flames
as Yoshiaki SaitoA story of the skilled brain surgeon, Todo, whose talent and ambition are put to test through a...
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Onihei's Detective Records
as uncreditedA criminal syndicate wants detective Onihei dead, but the resolute hero proves to be hard to kill.
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I Am a Cat
as Tojuro SuzukiNakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens...
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Monument to Holy Service
as uncreditedA rural high school takes part in a mountain-climbing exercise and are caught in a sudden typhoon.
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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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Gray Sunset
as uncreditedGrandfather Fuyukichi Takano, a former university professor, gets fired from his museum job when...
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The Ambitious
as Kaishu KatsuThe story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa...
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Futari no onna
as AritoAfter Emiko, a bookstore owner, is driven to suicide by loan sharks, her orphaned son Eisuke...
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New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2
as uncreditedShippuu (Hayate) appeared suddenly dead. However, he fell into the hands of Sarutobi for due to...
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Break Down that Wall
as Bearded road workerA man is wrongfully accused of murder.
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Estate Inheritance
as Tadayoshi ToriiThe unexpected death of Fujishima Motoharu, president of a medium-sized firm, triggers a fierce...
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Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
as Nagahiro NagaiDuring the age of warring clans (Sengoku Jidai), many samurai lords sought to unite the country...
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The Sound of Waves
as uncreditedOn a small island, inhabited by only fourteen hundred people, a young fisherman's son, Shinji...
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Lullaby of Death
as KashiwabaraAlso known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya...
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The Creature Called Man
as Security DirectorA top police-guard, charged with protecting a visiting politician and ruthless dictator,...
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Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2
as Katsushi SasabeRecently released from prison for a murder sentence, a yakuza boss's wife leaves Hong Kong for a...
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Noh Mask Murders
as Yoshinori TakasakiThe patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who...
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Blood Type: Blue
as uncreditedUFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned...
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Gunman's Alley
as uncreditedNitani is an undercover drug enforcement agent in Kobe who not only busts two rival drug gangs...
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Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter
as DoyoMaster swordsman Akiyama Kohei’s simple life in retirement is jarred into violent sword action...
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The Shootout
as Shuzo MorishitaA run-in with the police once again puts three former reformatory inmates on the wrong side of...
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The Yoshida School
as Ichiro OtaCoinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece...
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Main Line to Terror
as uncreditedAkiyama is an intern, disgusted with the noise pollution caused by the bullet trains and the...
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The Rapacious Jailbreaker
as uncreditedConvicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But...
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Roar of the Crowd
as uncreditedBased on the non-fiction books by Takushi Ono (the NHK announcer, not the gymnast) and Yoshinari...
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Mr. Rookie
as uncreditedOhara Koji is no ordinary Rookie. He is the Hanshin Tigers' secret weapon. Who would have...
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Catch Up
as uncreditedAn investigation into the obsession of a former detective the loser of life!
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Taikoki
as uncreditedRising from the lowliest of country samurai to the heights of power as Taiko, Toyotomi Hideyoshi...
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The Last Swordsman
as Kiyokawa HachiroPersonal tale of Okita Soji who fights to survive in a world without pity in the merciless era...
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Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
as uncreditedYoung widow Ine is suffering under the harsh treatment of her mother in law. As a former Geisha,...
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Good-bye Moscow
as uncreditedEx-jazz pianist turned promoter finds he is successful, but empty. When an entrepreneur sends...
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Der Lindenbaum
as uncreditedA young woman, Asami, searches for the man who helps her quest to enter medical school.
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Chronicle of the Town Magistrate
as uncreditedIn a maelstrom of evil, can a new magistrate, samurai Mochizuki Koheita, with a reputation like...
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The Song of Love
as uncreditedHeartwarming story of an ambitious girl who becomes a concert pianist with the help of her...
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Kandagawa
as uncreditedBased on a blockbuster song by Kaguyahime, a folk group. Makoto, a college student who belongs...
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Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
as Masahiro MurakamiIn the winter of 1945, Sakura the elephant gave birth to a baby elephant at Tokyo Fujimi Zoo...
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The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion
as uncreditedA rowdy, young yakuza takes revenge against a gang of thousands for the death of his boss.
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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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Dear Asuka and My Unborn Child...
as uncreditedA doctor who died at a young age due to the metastasis of a malignant tumor to the lungs after...
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Ah! Nomugi toge - Shinryokuhen
as uncreditedSequel to "Nomugi Pass"
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The Black Scar
as uncreditedA yakuza frames another yakuza who goes to jail for 5 years. When he is released he goes to seek...
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Confessions of a Wife
as uncreditedA death occurs during a mountain-climbing expedition.
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Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
as 服部稔Visualization based on Tetsuro Tamba's best-selling "Great Reikai". A story about a physicist...
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The School of Flesh
as uncreditedA love story about a former noblewoman who greedily enjoys love after breaking up with her...
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Black Dead Ball
as uncreditedA talent scout who had his eyes set on a star left-handed pitcher in the high school baseball...
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The Soup of Heaven
as uncreditedFollows the life of an Office Lady who gets through her tedious work days by dreaming of a...
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Undercover Ninja: Secret Assassins
as uncreditedThe federal lord of Kofu, Tunatoyo (Tsutomu Isobe), was elected to be the next General. On his...
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Assassin's Target: Iemitsu
as uncreditedA vicious plot that would change the course of Japanese history is set in motion when assassins...
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Another 47 Ronins: Genroku Taiheiki
as uncreditedIn the 14th year of the Genroku period, Asano, the head carpenter of Edo Castle, attacked Kira,...
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The Shootist: Final Episode
as uncreditedMatsushita decides to make a new journey by meeting a fateful woman, Askako, while being chased...
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The Two Musashis
as uncreditedToru Emori leads the cast as Hirate Musashi while a Hiroshi Fujioka competes with him as...
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Shogunate Secret Ninja
as uncreditedLord Tokugawa Tsunatoyo, bound for Edo to be sworn in as the next shogun, is the target of...
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Big Money
as Inagaki"Big Money!" is a human drama with a suspense twist about a young man who learns the tricks of...
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Mission To Kill
as uncreditedContinuation of the popular series of films about the assassins in Edo. This show marks the...
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Hero
as SakanoKohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent who drops out of junior high and goes on to earn a...
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Ōgon no Hibi
as Ankokuji EkeiLuzon Sukezaemon is a merchant who imports vases from the Philippines. The vases are highly...
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CHANGE
as uncreditedCHANGE is a Japanese television drama which aired on Fuji TV starting May 12, 2008.
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Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi
as uncreditedThrough the lives of people aging in a seaside retirement home, the drama depicts the aging...
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Father and Son Hawk
as uncreditedThe life of Katsu Kaishū and his father.
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Tokyo Cinderella Story
as Koichiro TakakiYukiko (Wakui Emi) has been living in Tokyo for three years. Inside her heart, she believes that...
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Weekend Marriage
as uncreditedYoko always seems to say and do the right thing and has forever been the center of attention....
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Shogun Iemitsu Secret Journey
as uncreditedShogun Iemitsu Shinobi Tabi was a pair of television jidaigeki series on TV Asahi in Japan. The...
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