Shōzō Nanbu
Sansho the Bailiff
as Masasue TairaIn medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was...
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Ugetsu
as Shintô PriestIn 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of...
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The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
as Gouemon KashiyaReturning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent,...
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Gate of Hell
as SadafusaJapan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a...
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Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
as uncreditedFearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own...
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Odd Obsession
as uncreditedA middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he...
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The Bride from Hades
as uncreditedOn the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named...
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Miss Oyu
as DoctorShinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with...
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Warning from Space
as The Elder Dr. ItsobeLarge star-shaped aliens travel to earth in hopes of warning them about an oncoming catastrophe....
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Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters
as uncreditedA greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people...
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Irezumi
as uncreditedOtsuya, the daughter of a rich merchant, elopes with her lover Shinsuke, an employee of her...
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Taira Clan Saga
as uncreditedSpecial Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the...
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New Tale of Zatoichi
as Jinpachiro KandaWishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends...
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Lone Wolf Isazo
as uncreditedIsazo is a traveling gambler and living legend in the world of yakuza, known for his...
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The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly
as Dr. HayakawaA series of ghastly murders are being committed. The one similarity in each of the murders is...
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The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
as uncreditedThe hairpin murdered a young girl. Detective Zenigata Heiji begin to investigate. Suddenly a...
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Satan's Sword
as Katayanagi BanjirouThe Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41...
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Tokyo March
as 劇作家島津健A classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in Taishō-era Japan, The...
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Ninja, A Band of Assassins
as uncreditedWarlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of...
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The Temple of Wild Geese
as Kaio TakedaSatoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan...
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The Third Shadow Warrior
as uncreditedIn the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a...
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The Invisible Man Appears
as Umeo MiyazawaJewel thieves become interested in an invisibility formula invented by Professor Nakazato and...
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The Demon of Mount Oe
as uncreditedA demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider!...
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Buddha
as uncreditedAn Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six...
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Zatoichi and the Fugitives
as TokuzaemonZatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.
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Clothes of Deception
as uncreditedThe story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist...
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The Devil's toast
as uncreditedRetired police inspector Kurusu is vacationing at a seaside hotel when one night he hears a...
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Bronze Magician
as ХаманаYoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
as uncreditedNemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both...
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Night River
as uncreditedIn Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.
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The Betrayal
as uncreditedA naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai...
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The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
as uncreditedThe disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic,...
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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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The Love of the Actress Sumako
as uncreditedThe stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the...
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Samurai Vendetta
as uncreditedTwo amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and...
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The Wandering Princess
as Hidesato SugawaraPu Zhe , the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, Pu Wen, marries Ryuko the daughter of...
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The Magical Warrior
as uncreditedRikitaro and Osayo are popular entertainers who throw knives. They are sweethearts. At one day...
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Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as uncreditedDuring the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out...
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Haunted Castle
as Priest GenkaiThis period thriller concerns a very famous cat known as the "monster cat of Nabeshima". This...
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Shogun's Holiday
as uncreditedDuring the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo...
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Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
as Yasota SugimuraYaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue is a 1927 black and white Japanese silent film directed by...
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White Snake Woman
as uncreditedWhile transporting a bride-to-be in a closed carriage (kago) while during a thunderstorm, a...
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Akado Suzunosuke vs. the One-Legged Devil
as uncreditedThe magical swordsman battles a gang of cutthroats, who are led by a peg-legged villain.
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Destiny's Son
as Kazue YasutomiIn Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her...
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The Virgin Witness
as ShûkenA father decides to put his delinquent daughter into a temple in Kyoto known for its austere...
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The Priest and the Beauty
as GienPrincess Kiyo accidentally injures a local priest, Anchin, while on a hunt. She apologizes, but...
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Scars of Honor
as uncreditedJapan, 1643, as the Kato clan of Aizu falls from power two brave samurai will settle a dispute...
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The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen
as uncreditedA quintessential example of the period "ghost cat" (bakeneko or kaibyo) movie, this was one of...
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Broken Swords
as uncreditedThe tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47...
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Akadô Suzunosuke
as uncreditedFirst of nine films based on the novel. The first live-action adaptation focuses on the origins...
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Thirty-three footprints
as uncreditedFourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka
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Akado Suzunosuke: Monster in the Moonlight
as uncreditedIn the first two films we learn the character's origins, including his childhood and how he...
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Kenpu Renpeikan
as Yoshida ShoinNear the end of the shogunate in Japan, Katsura Shogoro and his fellow samurai from the...
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The Demon of Sendai's Castle
as uncreditedTsunamune Date, the young lord of Sendai Domain, was ordered by the shogunate to stand down...
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Third Generation's Loyalty Offering
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie
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This Way, That Way
as uncreditedAn intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who...
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The King of Rowing
as uncreditedA pre-war sports movie by director Tomu Uchida. This story is set at the Waseda-Keio regatta....
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Oniisan to oneesan
as uncreditedA 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.
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Etajima, the Naval Academy
as Sakutaro IshikawaThe former Japanese Naval Academy was at Etajima, one of the many islands of the beautiful...
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An Osaka Story
as uncreditedA poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi...
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The Sisters and I
as Hozan TamuraTwo sisters, Kyoko and Hisako, run a restaurant in Kyoto. But an incident with the latter's...
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Kojiki Taishô
as uncreditedGotō Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually...
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The Tiger of Malaya
as YasudaA band of guerrillas fight against occupying British forces in Malaya.
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Iro no Michi Oshiemasu: Yume San'ya
as uncreditedA unique story of a life of romance, divided into three episodes about the profound secrets of...
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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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