Sumao Ishihara
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
as uncreditedIn this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we...
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Sansho the Bailiff
as YakkoIn medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was...
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The Crucified Lovers
as Inn Head ClerkWhen the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with...
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Gate of Hell
as Pot SalesmanJapan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a...
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The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
as Touring theatre manager OnishiIn late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an...
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Zatoichi the Fugitive
as uncreditedAfter arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a...
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A Geisha
as KokichiEiko seeks out Miyoharu, a geisha, and asks to be her apprentice. When she is ready to receive...
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Zatoichi the Outlaw
as uncreditedWhen a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a...
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Conflagration
as uncreditedLearning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the...
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Taira Clan Saga
as uncreditedSpecial Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the...
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Zatoichi's Vengeance
as uncreditedZatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no...
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Shinsengumi Chronicles
as uncreditedAs winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its...
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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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The Woman in the Rumor
as Store ownerYukiko's fiance learns her mother runs a geisha house and ends their engagement. She despises...
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The Gambler's Code
as uncreditedOne of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who...
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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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Satan's Sword
as Quick lunch shopkeeperThe Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41...
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The Temple of Wild Geese
as Kishichi SengokuSatoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan...
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An Osaka Story
as HostessA poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi...
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The Grand Master
as YoshimatsuShogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor...
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Bamboo Doll of Echizen
as uncreditedBased on a novel by Tsutomu Mizukami, this haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker...
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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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Sworn Brothers
as uncreditedIchikawa Raizo’s last film. He plays a Yakuza enforcer who kills a man on his boss's orders....
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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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Blood End
as uncreditedSentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a...
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A Spectacular Murder
as uncreditedWhen a theater producer Kurato is murdered in the audience on opening night, Inspector Kawano...
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The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall
as uncreditedWhen a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her...
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Secret of Naruto
as uncreditedFrom the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima...
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On the Road Forever
as uncreditedA wandering gambler strolls into a village searching for his father's killer, unaware that the...
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
as KajimuraThis 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed...
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The Hoodlum Priest
as uncreditedThe first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in...
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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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Drunken Harbor
as uncreditedThird film of the yoidore hakase series
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The Fencing Master
as uncreditedThe Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is...
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Oniisan to oneesan
as uncreditedA 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.
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The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
as uncreditedA kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon...
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Assignment Cloud
as uncreditedA sequel to the popular "The School of Spies", this film continues the adventures of one of the...
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The Thieves' Who's Who
as uncreditedIn the book of the world's greatest rogues, the number one man can only be one person.
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The Daring Nun
as Passenger BOne of the nuns at Senjuan is Sister Shunko (Michiyo Yasuda). Unlike the usual nun, however, she...
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The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
as uncreditedTwo cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to...
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Samurai Save The Virgin
as uncreditedA gripping historical drama full of suspense and a mysterious bewitching mood. A puzzle of a...
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Kogarashi Monjiro
as MatsukichiMonjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned...
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Kogarashi Monjiro
as Meshiya ownerMonjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned...
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