Taketoshi Naitō
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Tange IttôheiKaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his...
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The Return of Godzilla
as Chief Cabinet Secretary TakegamiAfter a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than...
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After Life
as Ichiro WatanabeOn a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services...
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The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
as Tange IttôheiAfter the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria....
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Godzilla 1985
as Takegami, Chief Cabinet SecretaryOriginally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily...
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Shogun Assassin
as Lord BizenA Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
as Ichige GyobuIn this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
as Mawatari HachiroIn the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors,...
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The Burmese Harp
as KobayashiIn Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises...
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The Castle of Sand
as Search Section ChiefTwo detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in...
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The Snow Woman
as MinôA master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a bad snow storm after finding a special...
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The Sands of Kurobe
as uncreditedKitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps...
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Samurai Fiction
as Kanzen InukaiA warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.
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My Secret Cache
as Shotaro MoritaSakiko, a young bank teller, has an unhealthy obsession with money. Thieves hold up the bank,...
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Sukeban Deka: The Movie
as Some personAfter the events of the TV series, the 18 year old Yoko Godai has abandoned her special agent...
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The Betrayal
as Matagoro KashiyamaA naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai...
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Island of Hell
as Yosamatsu KitoA scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.
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Death of a Tea Master
as ToyoboYears after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve...
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Fifth Movement
as uncreditedWhen a broadcasting company takes away its financial support from a symphony orchestra, some of...
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Port Arthur
as Narrator (voice)Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified...
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Safari 5000
as uncreditedA Japanese racing driver for Nissan named Godai (Yujiro Ishihara) have a rivalry with a French...
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Manhunt
as Sakai YoshihiroA tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is...
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A Chain of Islands
as HidakaWhen a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine...
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Rebellion of Japan
as uncreditedSuzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist...
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Bonds
as Mr. SogaTetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to...
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Eight Men to Kill
as Noro JinnaiThe third movie following the exploits of bounty hunter Shikoro Ichibei. The theft of almost a...
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A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
as Kiyoji YamadaOnna Hitori Daichi wo Yuku (A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, Kinuta Production, 1953) was the...
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August without Emperor
as Labor Minister HamaoTaking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese...
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The Magoichi Saga
as uncreditedLord Oda Nobunaga gains control of nearly all of Japan and tries to enlist the aid of Magoichi...
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Suspicion
as Judge YazawaA car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the...
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Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
as Tadahiko OhashiA war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for...
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Solar Eclipse
as uncreditedWhen bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion,...
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Coup d'Etat
as Army officerA freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the...
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The Fir Trees Remain
as uncreditedThe 21-year-old feudal on Sendai, Tsunamune Date, was prohibited to go out in the daytime for...
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Voice Without a Shadow
as uncreditedAsako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued...
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Third Base
as JudgeThird and Shinbunbu embark on a plan to make money by Third becoming a pimp and Shinbunbu a...
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Kamikaze Taxi
as DomonA young foot soldier in the yakuza seeks revenge when his prostitute girlfriend dies after a...
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The Long Death
as uncreditedOn January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned...
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Lucky Dragon No. 5
as uncreditedAn ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of...
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The Last Samurai
as uncreditedThe film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many...
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The Shadow of Fear
as Inspector YasumotoIn the backstreets of Ginza, the boss of a hairdressing salon is found dead, killed by...
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A Trap
as Prosecutor ShimadaWhen her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman...
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A Step
as DirectorRomantic love story of Russian physician Gusev and Japanese woman Keiko takes place in time of...
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Teenage Wolf
as uncreditedIn the bustle of the city, on the corners of neon streets, the eyes of a wild beast are fixed on...
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The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
as uncreditedThe Man Who Assassinated Ryoma is a movie about a haunted blood-thirsty Bakufu officer who might...
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New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2
as uncreditedShippuu (Hayate) appeared suddenly dead. However, he fell into the hands of Sarutobi for due to...
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MacArthur's Children
as uncreditedIn this drama at the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village...
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Itsudemo yume o
as uncreditedThis is a factory area in downtown Tokyo, and Hikaru, nicknamed Pika-chan, is a nurse at the...
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Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Chief Cabinet SecretaryProfessor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes...
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Luminous Moss
as NovelistA headmaster and a novelist, looking for inspiration, regard a strange natural phenomenon before...
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Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
as uncredited[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were...
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Darkness at Noon
as Lawyer KondoPolice beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based...
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The West Tako Cheerleaders
as Ryuji GamoA boy seeks manhood in joining his school’s militaristic cheer squad.
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Ōkuma Shigenobu the great
as uncreditedThe biopic of Shigenobu Ōkuma, one of the main Japanese leaders at the turn of the 20th century,...
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Gazing at Love and Death
as uncreditedA young girl knows that she is going to die and in this she is supported by the devotion of the...
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Portrait of Chieko
as Director SawadaTakamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an...
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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 Fixer
as uncreditedPolitical fixer Homei Yamaoka's misdeeds come to light, throwing Japanese politics into deadly...
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Taking the Castle
as uncreditedThe Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa,...
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My Sky (Detective Edition)
as uncreditedIppei Yasuda, the scion of the Yasuda Zaibatsu who has continued his wandering journey, becomes...
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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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Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
as uncreditedJapanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp and then going to Iwo Jima in the...
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The Possessed
as uncreditedOshima, a rich girl married Shinzo, and her cousin girl Sawa has been jealous of Oshima deeply....
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Miniature
as uncreditedGinko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one...
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Doterai Man
as uncreditedBusiness is a game! A theatrical version of the TV drama that became a social phenomenon...
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The Woman Dicer
as uncreditedSeventh film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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Sun and stars
as uncreditedIt's a thrilling, action-packed entertainer with sparks of men versus villains in an up-and-down...
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Mission: Iron Castle
as uncreditedThe Shinobi-no-Mono series was so successful that Daiei Studios dipped into the well one more...
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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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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 Woman Champion
as uncreditedFifth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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Gray Sunset
as uncreditedGrandfather Fuyukichi Takano, a former university professor, gets fired from his museum job when...
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Yabure Kabure
as uncreditedAmbitious action drama about a young man living a carefree life of women and money, struggling...
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Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint
as uncreditedIt’s cross and double-cross in these further adventures of Ryuzen, the wayward priest played by...
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The Saga of Tanegashima
as Tokiaki TanegashimaWell before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese...
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Paper Lantern
as uncreditedA new wave Yakuza film in which Takanori Jinnai plays a young Yakuza suffering from stomach...
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The Night before Pearl Harbor
as uncreditedThe last film in the series brings the tale to the doorstep of Pacific War, with the planning of...
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
as uncreditedTelevision production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan,...
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The Orphaned Geisha
as uncreditedGeisha Yaeko is approached by a samurai who has just returned to Edo while she is painting a...
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The Woman Gambler's Revenge
as uncreditedTenth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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Shingo's Ten Duels
as uncreditedThe classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he...
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Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2
as uncreditedBrings Shingo face to face against Yagyu Tajima, the Shogun’s fencing instructor in a match that...
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The Wild Reporter
as uncreditedSeven years ago, Ishimatsu Toshio, a talented radio producer at Zen Nihon Hōsō, witnessed a...
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Snow Country
as Shimamura's friend KoizumiThis movie is based on an immortal literary work "The Snow Country," a story about a life of...
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Dojo Breaker
as uncreditedTomisaburo Wakayama is back with a new take on the classic Yamamoto Shugoro masterpiece “Ame...
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Summer of the Moonlight Sonata
as YukiTwo soon-to-be kamikaze pilots stop by a local school near their base to play the piano one last...
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Shadow Hunters
as uncreditedThe government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the...
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Tomoshibi
as uncreditedStudents in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr Matsukuma...
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Beautiful Calendar
as uncreditedYajima Sadako is a bright pawnbroker's daughter in the third year of high school. At school,...
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Ishigassen
as uncreditedAcross the Inagawa River that runs through the center of the village, the children of the two...
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The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado
as uncreditedAccount magistrate Wakisaka Bizen Mamoru asks Yoshibei, the chief priest of Iriya and Myohoji...
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Marriage
as uncreditedAn omnibus featuring the work of three different filmmakers.
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The Fearless Avenger
as uncreditedThirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being...
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Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 1 - Ghost Story at the Kagamigaike
as uncreditedFirst film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.
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Green Boy
as uncreditedIn order to encourage his son who became paralyzed due to a traffic accident, he depicts a...
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The Farming of the old times
as NarratorA documentary made at the very end of the Showa era, looking back at traditional agricultural...
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Minamoto no Yoshitsune
as Hitachibo KaisonThe chronicles of the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - May 17th, 1189). He was a late...
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Three Sisters
as Kaishu KatsuThe Story is about three daughters of a "Hatamoto" during the end of the Edo period and the...
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Lone Wolf and Cub
as Narrator (Voice)Ogami Itto is a master swordsman who holds a position of high power in the Tokugawa Shogunate....
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Ōgon no Hibi
as Akechi MitsuhideLuzon Sukezaemon is a merchant who imports vases from the Philippines. The vases are highly...
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Kyukei no Koya
as uncreditedBased on novel 1962 "Kyukei no Koya" by Seicho Matsumoto. A serial murder occurs around the...
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The Man of Five Rings
as uncreditedAfter 2 years of completely isolation in mountains, Musashi comes back in order to live a normal...
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