Sō Yamamura
Sō Yamamura (山村聰, Yamamura Sō, 24 February 1910 – 26 May 2000) was a Japanese actor and film director. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1947 and 1991, and directed four films. He was also known by the name Satoshi Yamamura, while his actual birth name is Koga Hirosada. In the US, he is well known for his portrayals of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the Combined Fleet, in Tora! Tora! Tora!, and of Mr. Sakamoto, the CEO of Assan Motors in Gung Ho.
Tokyo Story
as Koichi HirayamaThe elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village...
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Isoroku YamamotoIn the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant...
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Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
as Prime MinisterThe Futurians, time-travelers from the 23rd century, arrive in Japan to warn them of the...
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as OkishimaAfter handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post...
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Early Spring
as Yutaka KawaiA young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless...
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Gung Ho
as Mr. SakamotoWhen a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker...
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Tokyo Twilight
as Seki SekiguchiTwo sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
as Gômune JindaiyuIn the fourth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed...
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Japan's Longest Day
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa YonaiFollowing the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military...
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Antarctica
as Iwakiri SenchoTwo Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an...
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Princess Yang Kwei Fei
as An LushanIn eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family...
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The Orphan Brother
as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but...
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The Barbarian and the Geisha
as Governor TamuraTownsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General...
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Professional Killers
as Hanemon(Otowaya)Two assassins are hired to carry out a hit on the second wife of a candle merchant, but someone...
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The Munekata Sisters
as Ryosuke MimuraSetsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She...
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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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Sound of the Mountain
as Ogata ShingoAn ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely...
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Repast
as uncreditedMichiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook...
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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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The Last War
as Prime Minister MasakiA Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the...
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Portrait of Madame Yuki
as TateokaA young woman takes up her new job as the servant of a noblewoman and soon discovers that...
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With Beauty and Sorrow
as Toshio ÔkiWhen the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager--and then wrote a bestselling...
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The Lady of Musashino
as Eiji OnoSet in post-war Japan, The Lady of Musashino tells the story of Michiko, a disillusioned young...
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The Inheritance
as SenzôA dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose...
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Glory on the Summit
as uncreditedA treasury official passed over for promotion and obsessed with careerism interferes in the...
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Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as uncredited[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni...
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Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
as Masayuki HoshinaThe tale takes place around 1650, after the death of the third Tokugawa shogun, when ronin were...
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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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The Woman Who Touched the Legs
as Yasukichi SakazaA screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following...
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Typhoon Over Nagasaki
as uncreditedPierre Marsac, a French engineer working for the Nagasaki shipbuilding yards, has fallen in love...
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Night Butterflies
as Ichiro ShirasawaA traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
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White Beast
as uncreditedThe critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman's prison film featuring...
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A Geisha's Diary
as Kiyomasa TsutsuiA young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she...
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Kagebōshi
as 小山田鉄心On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken...
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The Black Current
as uncreditedA reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company,...
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Miki, the Swordman
as Hirate MikiAfter mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to...
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Little Peach
as Heishiro Hirayama, the fatherAnzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her...
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Epitaph to My Love
as KimuraIshihara Kiyoshi plans to marry the woman he loves, Chiee, a coffee shop girl. After an...
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Jigoku bana
as uncreditedPeriod drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.
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Records of loyal vassals
as uncreditedIn the 15th year of the Genroku era (1688), the world praised the 47 ronin who avenged the death...
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Katsura KogoroDuring the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing...
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Victory and Defeat
as Kimpei MinegishiAfter the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura),...
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The Second Is a Christian
as NakatsugawaThe story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very...
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Okuni and Gohei
as TomonojoA high-born woman named Okuni travels around the country with Gohei, a samurai retainer who is...
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The Retreat from Kiska
as KawashimaIn 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers....
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Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Prime Minister KurokiProfessor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes...
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Murahachibu
as uncreditedA villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections
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Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
as TachibanaA modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin...
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Homecoming
as uncreditedA former naval officer returns to Japan after the Second World War ends, encounters the former...
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Diary of a Mad Old Man
as Tokusuke RôjinUtsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke,...
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Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
as uncreditedOnce an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing...
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The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
as Councilor Matsudaira IzuA story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely...
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Deep River Melody
as uncreditedA poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's...
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Darkness at Noon
as YujiPolice beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based...
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Life of a Country Doctor
as uncreditedA skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and...
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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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Striving to Live
as uncreditedYasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly...
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Love and Duty
as uncreditedEach one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She...
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With Songs in My Heart
as uncreditedSayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long...
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Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
as uncreditedThe life story of Japan’s greatest leader, Tokugawa Ieyasu, whose shogunate ruled the nation for...
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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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Kanei Command Performance
as uncreditedDuring the reign of Shogun Iemitsu, a great martial arts tournament was held to determine...
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Drunkard's Paradise
as uncreditedA father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving...
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Ghost Story of Youth
as Tetsuya, father of ChiharuA melodrama of the ups and downs of youth, based on Bunroku Shishi’s popular novel. Chiharu, a...
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Dancing Girl
as YagiThe troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved...
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Tange Sazen
as uncreditedOne of Japan's favorite sword stars, Fujita Makoto, returns as the legendary Tange Sazen, the...
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Ninja Assassins
as uncreditedSaotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.
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The Purple Hood
as uncreditedKataoka Chiezo stars as Murasaki Zukin, a mysterious hero of the people who helps those in need....
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Miniature
as WakabayashiGinko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one...
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Police Precinct Part 14
as MaruyamaAn elderly woman, Ume Matsumoto, complained to the First Investigation Department that her son...
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A Woman in the Typhoon Area
as KijimaFour unlucky pirates head to a weather tracking station set on a remote island with the...
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Detective Duel
as uncreditedA friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome...
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Hibari no komoriuta
as uncreditedHibari no komoriuta (ひばりの子守唄, literally "Hibari's Lullaby") is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese...
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Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
as Hanemon(Otowaya)Three assassins take on a band of thieves who specialize in murder.
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Hole in One
as Keikichi ShirasuA female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from...
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Star of Hong Kong
as Gentaro SugimotoWang Xinglian returns from her studies in Japan to visit her father in Hong Kong where she has...
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Across the Darkness
as TakazawaA journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed...
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The Ataka Family
as uncreditedSoichi Ataka is the eldest son of Ataka family. Although mentally challenged, he's a person with...
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Oban kanketsu hen
as uncreditedUshinosuke returns to Tokyo with new ambitions. Fourth and final part of the film adaptation of...
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The Wind Blows Twice
as uncreditedKanae, who broke up with her husband and moved to her uncle's house, met two men when her...
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Riverside Fish Market Empire
as uncreditedObscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki
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Nemuri Kyōshirō
as uncreditedKyoshiro rescues Shizu who was being abused by her husband, even since she had been violated by...
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Magistrate Toyama 3: The Whirlwind Magistrate
as uncreditedOne of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no...
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The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
as Taiwan Army Chief of StaffThe last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.
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Born in Sin
as uncreditedA dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.
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Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
as Hanemon(Otowaya)An assassin is mistaken for a doctor and threatened by a band of masterless warriors, but they...
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The White Orchid
as uncreditedA Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo
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The Love of the Actress Sumako
as Hôgetsu ShimamuraThe stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the...
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Modern People
as uncreditedA section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction...
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Their Legacy
as uncreditedHeitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four...
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Till We Meet Again
as Daisuke KajiJiro Sone sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is...
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Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
as uncreditedThese are the first two parts of the popular series in which a young samurai learns that he is...
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The 47 Masterless Samurai
as uncreditedWhile the story of the Ako Clan's vendetta has been told countless times, never before has there...
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Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
as uncreditedA continuation of the prior film (影法師).
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A Public Benefactor
as Kappei ArimaThe intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness.
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The Sand City in Manchuria
as IshigamiWhen the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to...
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Sister with Sister
as Michisuke NishikataYoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker.
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Men in a Rough Town
as uncreditedAn action-packed, dramatic gangster film.
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Burden of Love
as Jozaburo ArakiThe female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a...
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
as uncreditedA comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to...
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The Cannery Boat
as MatsukiDescribes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily...
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Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
as Hirate (Sake brewer)Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki
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Passion Fire
as 奥田金馬太郎The time was the first year of Keio (1865). Upon hearing the news that the Imperial Army was...
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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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The Ditch
as uncreditedPostwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid...
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Professional Killers
as Hanemon OtowayaA shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an...
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Haru no Sakamichi
as Tokugawa IeyasuThe story chronicles the life of Yagyū Munenori.
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Pearl
as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)Miniseries about the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Yagyu's Secret Quest
as Yagyu MunenoriYagyu Abaretabi is the tale of members of the Yagyu Clan and their travels all around the nation...
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The Yagyu Conspiracy
as Yagyu MunenoriIt takes place at the time of the Shogunate rule with Shogun Hidetada and who will succeed...
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Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
as Yagyu MunenoriThe sequel to The Yagyu Conspiracy picks up when Yagyu Jubei (Sonny Chiba) has a falling out...
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Ningen no Shōmei
as uncreditedTV series produced by MBS and TOEI, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Seiichi...
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