Shizue Kawarazaki
The 47 Ronin
as OrikuIn 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the...
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Humanity and Paper Balloons
as OtakiIn a slum in Edo Japan, a ronin hopes that his deceased father's former master will hire him...
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Priest of Darkness
as OshizuA boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of...
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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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Double Suicide
as Osan's MotherSuccessful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the...
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The Ceremony
as Sakurada TomikoOshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses...
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Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
as uncreditedStory of a bandit king part 2.
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The Stand in Hakone
as uncreditedA period film about a peasant revolt in the region near Mount Fuji, occasioned by high...
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The Village Tattooed Man
as OkichiA tragic period film about a gangster who comes out of prison and finds it hard to find a place...
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A Tale of Thieves in War Time: Part 1 - Tiger and Wolf
as TatsuruStory of a bandit king.
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A Tale of Thieves in War Time: Part 1 - Tiger and Wolf
as uncreditedStory of a bandit king.
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as uncreditedDescribes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily...
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Ōma no tsuji
as uncreditedSet in the late Edo period of the assassination of Dairo Ii, the sword and emotional romance...
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Still I Live On
as Sato, Mori's wifeAbout the struggles of day labourers to achieve dignity and a standard of living above the...
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The Beauty and the Dragon
as uncreditedKabuki adaptation: A princess, a figure from the literary past who anticipates a modern woman,...
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Banzuiin Chōbei
as uncreditedA jidaigeki film on Banzuiin Chōbei produced in 1940 and directed by Yasuki Chiba.
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