Takahiro Tamura
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Lt. Commander Mitsuo FuchidaIn the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant...
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Empire of Passion
as GisaburoIn a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a...
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Hachiko
as FurukawaThe tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno,...
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Twenty-Four Eyes
as IsokichiIn 1928, schoolteacher Hisako Oishi takes a post on the island of Shodoshima teaching a group of...
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Crest of Betrayal
as Kôzukenosuke KiraWeaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and...
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Red Lion
as Sozo SagaraJapan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows,...
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Muddy River
as Shinpei ItakuraTwo boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close...
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His Motorbike, Her Island
as Kouichiroh ShiraishiAfter a series of chance meetings a shiftless motorbike enthusiast Ko begins a romance with a...
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Letter from the Mountain
as Shigenaga KodaHusband and wife Michiko and Takao move from their urban existence in Tokyo to the isolated,...
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Revenge
as Jubei EzakiAn innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai...
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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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Sing, Young People
as Takahiro TamuraA story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of...
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The Silk Road
as Tsao YanhuiIn 1026, students in western China are shanghaied into the forces of crown prince Li Yuanhao of...
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Records of Bloodshed
as Masahisa HaraPost World War II, Minoru lives by selling supplies that had been stolen from the U.S. military....
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She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
as uncreditedOn the way back to his childhood home, a septuagenarian man recalls his childhood and...
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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Yagyu TajimaThe fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and...
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Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
as uncreditedIn turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as...
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The Imperial Japanese Empire
as Sadamu ShimomuraStory of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during...
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Death at an Old Mansion
as Kenzo IchiyanagiWhen a woman and her bridegroom are found dead in a double suicide the day after their wedding,...
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The Last Samurai
as Ikemoto MoheiThe film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many...
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Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Sohei YuasaBased on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
as TatsumaTwo devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but...
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Stakeout
as Kyûichi Ishii, the murdererTwo detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they...
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Our Symphony
as Shuji KoyanagideOne summer day, Tokujiro, who works at an ironworks in the industrial area of Kawasaki, joins...
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The Sea and Poison
as Professor HashimotoTwo interns and a nurse are interrogated by American MPs for their involvement in an atrocity...
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Last Friends
as uncreditedFollowing the lives of three college rugby players drafted to serve in the military during WWII....
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The River Fuefuki
as SadaheiIn a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very...
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Never Give Up
as Urakawa, pressmanSpecial forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted...
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Adrift at Sea
as uncreditedThe Story of the three Japanese castaways Otokichi, Kyukichi and Iwakichi. After their ship the...
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Seisaku's Wife
as SeisakuOn the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane...
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The Great White Tower
as uncreditedThe story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors...
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Tange Sazen
as uncreditedIn 1730, the Tokugawa Shogunate orders the Yagyu Clan to repair a huge shrine. Since it cannot...
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Times of Joy and Sorrow
as uncreditedThe story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife.
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Thus Another Day
as Tetsuo MoriA father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in...
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Sleeping Man
as DenjiheiEver since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji's slept in a coma; his neighbors...
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Hell Worms
as Danjuro KokunA group of bandits flee to the mountains after killing an evil moneylender. Remake of Hiroshi...
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An Ocean to Cross
as uncreditedSet in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism...
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An Ocean to Cross
as GanjinSet in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism...
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Whistling in the morning
as Takashi SudoMinoru delivered newspapers to earn money for high school, but when his mother came down with...
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Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
as Daijuro Fuma[Period covered: 1616] Kirigakure Saizo (Mist Saizo) returns for the final time as he sets out...
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The Domain
as uncreditedThe feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of...
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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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Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
as Fuba ManabuThe upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the...
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Thousand Cranes
as uncreditedApril 1954. 12 year old schoolgirl Sadako thinks her main problem is being unable to pass the...
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The Kii River
as Shintani Keisaku, Hana's husbandEpic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and...
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Himeyuri no Tô
as Lt.Col.SasakiA remake of the 1953 film of the same name.
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Escape from Hell
as YokouchiThis suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a...
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Oh, My Son!
as HirayamaA man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.
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Hold Me and Kiss Me
as Shigeki KabayamaKeiko’s life is turned upside down when she discovers that she has been infected with HIV. As...
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Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Koshitaro ItoNear the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards...
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Flying in the Air
as uncreditedThe movie depicts the youth of kamikaze pilots who scattered young lives in the sky.
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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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Goryokaku
as uncreditedAfter the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former...
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Nippon no obaachan
as uncreditedTwo obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast...
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Rebellion of Japan
as Asaichi IsobeSuzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist...
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Hoodlum Soldier
as AritaA young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in...
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Faraway Sunset
as RyutaroFaraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the...
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Case of the Disjointed Murder
as Sunpei YashiroIn the summer of 1947, various men and women gather at a mansion in the countryside at the...
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Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
as Motomune MatsunamiDuring the age of warring clans (Sengoku Jidai), many samurai lords sought to unite the country...
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Mother Country
as uncreditedIn 1919, a group of Japanese immigrants arrives in Hawaii. Among them Yoshio Inoue and his wife...
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The Revolt
as uncreditedWhen a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being...
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The Scarlet Camellia
as ChodayuA young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because...
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The Twilight Years
as Nobutoshi Tachibana (Shigezo's son)A woman looks after her father in law.
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The Ninja Hunt
as Tosa AizawaFour ninja are hired to fight against the Shogunate’s plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, the...
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The Tattered Wings
as Keizo IshizuA young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor...
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Summer of the Moonlight Sonata
as Kingo IshikuraTwo soon-to-be kamikaze pilots stop by a local school near their base to play the piano one last...
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Tears
as uncreditedA young woman marries someone else, but cannot forget her first lover.
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White Blaze
as uncreditedA masterpiece depicting the true feelings, grief and joy of a woman. An adaptation of the novel...
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A Samurai's Sorrow
as uncreditedA rare grouping of the three Tamura brothers, Masakazu, Takahiro, and Ryu highlight this...
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Tales of the Inner Chamber
as uncreditedLove-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle.
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Will to Conquer
as uncreditedThe struggles of a low-ranking samurai (Nakamura) coming to terms with the end of the Tokugawa...
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Farewell to Dream
as SudôA coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi...
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The Setting Sun
as YamashiroA Japanese soldier is forced to question alliances when he meets and falls in love with the...
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The Class of the Sewage Canal
as uncreditedThe struggle of a young man and boys who try to create the environment where they can speak...
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Karafuto 1945 Summer
as uncreditedThe film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the...
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Diary of Forsaken Love
as uncreditedFollows the life of Tsuru, the poor daughter of farmers in Shinshu, Japan.
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Nichiren
as uncreditedAn epic drama about Nichiren's life. Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived for 60 years during...
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The Eternal Rainbow
as Shiro MachimuraTwo men at an ironworks encounter roadblocks: the first does not have the grades to get a job,...
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Time Within Memory
as uncreditedMinoru visits his home on Okinoerabu island for the first time in thirty years. Seeing the old...
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Prison Break
as uncreditedSet up to be the patsy by a rival gang, Furuta Makoto attacks the yakuza boss he thinks is...
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Four and A Half Mats
as Tadashi YoshiokaFukazawa Shino is a prostitute in the late Meiji period. Shino was deceived by Tatsukichi and...
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Dark hunter
as Gomyo KiyoemonThief Yaheiji (Keizo Kanie) helped a dying young samurai (Hiroaki Murakami), after recovering,...
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A Sky Full of Tears
as uncreditedPopular guitarist Shunsuke Sugi had a busy schedule and lived a puppet life with manager Yoko...
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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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The Garden of Women
as Sankichi ShimodaA student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's...
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Onna no hanamichi
as uncreditedA film commemorating the 25th anniversary of Hibari Misora's performing career. Written by...
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Gambling Den Desire
as uncreditedIn a small town on the Kasumigaura coast in the early Showa period, the Masukawa clan from Tokyo...
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Katana
as uncreditedAn antique sword exposes tension between three siblings.
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The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
as Kan RoujinKorean-Japanese director Gu Su Yeon makes his directorial debut with the mouthwateringly...
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A Full Life
as Sadakichi UdaA woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest...
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Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher
as uncreditedJapanese crime film
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Sanctuary
as Ryuzo IchijimaAkira Hojo and Chiaki Asami live different lives in Tokyo, Japan: Hojo is the leader of a small...
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The Forest of the Little Bear
as Ginzo IwataHunting master Ginzo kills a man-eating bear. When he finds out the bear had a cub, Ginzo...
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Legend of the Assassin
as uncreditedThe Saika clan, that had succeeded in battle against the large armies of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi,...
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Honno-Ji in Flames
as Oda NobunagaThe plot is based on the novel "Akechi Samanosuke no Koi," the final work in a trilogy by...
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The House of the Sleeping Virgins
as EguchiAbout an establishment where old men pay to sleep besides young girls that had been narcotized...
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The River Yokobori
as ItoTaka, the daughter of Naniwa-ya, a longtime Osaka store owner, married Kichisaburo Kawashima-ya,...
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Myth of the Assassins
as uncreditedAs the Saika family's reputation wanes, the son is tasked with assassinating shogun candidate...
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The Forest of No Escape
as uncreditedAdaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same name.
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I Love Friends
as Shokichi MatsumotoOne day, a deaf photographer, Miki Yamashina, happens to meet a young man, Makoto Shibata, on...
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Tales of the Bizarre
as uncreditedInspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show...
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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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Akō Rōshi
as Takata Gunbee"Ako Roshi" is a group of 47 former retainers of Lord Asano. Lord Asano was forced to commit...
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Taikouki
as Kuroda Yoshitaka / Kuroda JosuiBased on the life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi (February 2, 1537 – September 18, 1598) a Sengoku period...
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Haru no Sakamichi
as Takuan SōhōThe story chronicles the life of Yagyū Munenori.
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Wakko no kin medaru
as 父・健吉The 43th NHK Asadora about a female volleyball player who helps out the local community....
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Kashin
as Choufu MasanosukeCentered around Masujiro Omura, who became a commander for the Choshu clan, and founded the...
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Akai Shougeki
as uncreditedA track and field athlete falls in love with a cop, but...
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Unified Shadows
as uncreditedDuring the Tenpo period, the three samurai under the command of the Nanba magistrate were...
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The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
as uncreditedAn epic of love and death that depicts how soldiers and ordinary people lived and fought during...
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Home Drama!
as uncreditedIn a house in the outskirts of Tokyo, there lives a family of eight. Such a large family is rare...
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Miyamoto Musashi
as Takuan SohoOn September 15, Keicho, a young man, Takezo, whose life was ruined by the war in Sekigahara...
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A Samurai's Sorrow
as Tokugawa YoshimuneA Japanese period drama broadcast in prime-time in 1984, based on Goseki Kojima and Kazuo Koike...
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