Sumiko Hidaka
Double Suicide
as ProprietressSuccessful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the...
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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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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Court LadyThe fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and...
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Night Drum
as OyuraFollowing a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited...
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Farewell to the Land
as Ine YamazawaYukio is an ex-farmer working as a dump-truck driver in Kashima. Haunted by the drowning of his...
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Bitter End of a Sweet Night
as uncreditedAn opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to...
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Ghost Train
as uncreditedSixteen people are to stay at a desolate country station. Since a train accident during the war,...
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As the Clouds Scatter
as uncreditedA provincial bus driver plans to marry his conductress, but one night he glimpses the woman he...
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Claws of Iron
as Emiko Haraguchi, Kyosuke's loverDuring the war a man is bitten by a creature which looks like a cross between a bear and an ape...
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The Last True Yakuza
as Matriarch IshiokaA made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence...
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Miniature
as SomefukuGinko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one...
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Foul Play
as Emi IshikawaPrivate eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa)...
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The Twilight Story
as uncreditedIn this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing...
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Policeman's Diary, Part 2
as uncreditedFrom runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.
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The Mad Fox
as DowagerA court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope...
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Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
as uncreditedThe adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is...
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Twenty-One Fingerprints
as uncreditedThird film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka
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The juvenile
as MichikoA good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers
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Souls in the Moonlight
as uncreditedFirst part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long...
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The Lost Public Funds
as OkonFour thousand gold coins were stolen from the vault of Nijo Castle in Kyoto, which were...
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Yakuza of Ina
as MakiTossing his hat in the air to pick a direction, Yataro the wanderer sets out on a journey of...
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Hirado Pirates
as uncreditedIn the 9th year of the Tempo era, after a long sea voyage, Moritaya Seizo returned to Hirado,...
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Seven Masks of Revenge
as uncreditedThe eighth film in the "master detective with seven faces" series. Bannachi patrols the town in...
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Evil Reward
as uncreditedAfter finishing his sentence, Ryosuke Ogiwara, who left the prison gate, got into a car that was...
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The Flower and the Dragon
as uncreditedA story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman...
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Echo in the Mountains
as uncreditedA man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called...
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Murahachibu
as uncreditedA villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections
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Hole in One
as Takeko NakamuraA female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from...
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Women of Ginza
as uncreditedAt Shizumoto, a geisha shop not far from Ginza, a group of geisha are going about their day,...
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The Man Who Laughs Last
as uncreditedThe East Asian Acrobatic circus enjoys popularity after welcoming the Asuka brothers, two...
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Clouds at Sunset
as uncreditedA Japanese soldier deserts his position and travels to a small town on the Sea of Japan to start...
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Actress
as uncreditedBased on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her...
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The Great Road
as uncreditedThe story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National...
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Sisters of Nishijin
as uncreditedA family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.
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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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Semyonov's Gold Ingots
as uncreditedIppei, a bored private detective hears from his assistant Hideko an interesting story that...
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Magistrate Ooka’s Legends
as uncreditedA hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic.
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Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
as uncreditedThe sequel to "Flowers and Dragons". Kingoro Tamai founded a family in the port of Wakamatsu. He...
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An Edo Magistrate
as uncreditedWhen a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a...
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The Dead Beauty Incident
as uncreditedA dead beauty is found in the trunk. Kubota (Miaki), Okayama (Kawazu) and Tsuji (Funakoshi)...
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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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Wedding Day
as uncreditedShinsaku was once a renowned playwright, has now been left behind by journalism and is living a...
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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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A Design for Dying
as uncreditedShikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils...
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The Cannery Boat
as WhoreDescribes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily...
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人形佐七捕物帖 般若の面
as uncreditedA thrilling entertainment mystery period drama directed by Daisuke Yamazaki, depicting the...
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Music's Twenty Doors
as uncreditedA love story about a dressing room attendant and a dancer who work at theater.
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At the Time Men Have Seen Blood
as uncreditedA group of men obsessed with oil gather in a remote oil field region. Ichiro Kitazawa...
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Geisha Hidekoma
as uncreditedAs a bid to win contacts, ship building companies wine and dine political leaders, inviting the...
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Uzushio
as 母・ミノThe 4th NHK Asadora. Starring Michiko Hayashi as a woman born in poverty who lives a brave life....
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