Tokue Hanazawa
Kwaidan
as (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four...
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Red Lion
as KomatoraJapan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows,...
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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
as uncreditedZatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is...
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The Castle of Sand
as Miki's Colleague in FlashbackTwo detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in...
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Hiroshima
as uncreditedThe film shows the bombing of Hiroshima and the horrific aftermath following the detonation of...
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Mount Hakkoda
as Denzo TakuguchiTwo infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the...
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Village of Eight Gravestones
as IsogawaThe heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries...
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I Will Buy You
as Eiji KuritaA talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the...
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Tracked
as Tetsuji WatanabeWhen a fugitive begins a romance with the woman hiding him from the law, it becomes uncertain...
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The Orphan Brother
as Sanai Andô (voice)After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but...
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A Legend, or Was It?
as uncreditedA Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry...
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Snow Trail
as uncreditedThree bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains....
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Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
as uncreditedIn the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of...
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Devil's Nursery Rhyme
as Hoan1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.
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Where Spring Comes Late
as ChinkeThe story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a...
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Basara: The Princess Goh
as uncreditedFuruta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no...
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Street of Violence
as KurosakaAn attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police...
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Hold Me and Kiss Me
as uncreditedKeiko’s life is turned upside down when she discovers that she has been infected with HIV. As...
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The Surf
as uncreditedLonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love....
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Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
as uncreditedShinichi “Sonny” Chiba returns as the reckless son of a private detective takes on the case of a...
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Sazen Tange: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon
as Nakamura DaizenThis movie depicts a familiar samurai Tange Sazen story realistically. A Tange loses one of his...
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Summer of the Moonlight Sonata
as uncreditedTwo soon-to-be kamikaze pilots stop by a local school near their base to play the piano one last...
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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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Tora-san, His Tender Love
as Sêitarô SakaguchiTraveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
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Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
as uncreditedA modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin...
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Vacuum Zone
as uncreditedJust before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served...
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Koto—The Lake of Tears
as GempachiA touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo,...
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Oh, My Son!
as uncreditedA man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.
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Be-Bop High School: A Delinquent Student March
as Old manA sly prep school thug uses his girlfriend to lure Hiroshi and Toru to a fight, but the scheme...
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Police Department Story Pt.24: Missing
as Detective HayashiTwo people disappeared, engineers of the company Yamato Matsui and Koyama. The two worked...
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The Christian Revolt
as uncreditedIn the year 1637 in Shimabara of Tokugawa-era Japan, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against...
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The Sunset is Calling Me
as uncreditedContrast between two outlooks on life: one of a poor factory worker and the other the heir to...
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Gamblers' Luck
as uncreditedA group of ne'er-do-wells live happily in the slums of what is now Tokyo and have a number of...
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Manchurian Sunset
as DanzoA film adaptation of the original novel by Kazuo Dan. This exciting film, set in Asia on the eve...
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Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon!
as uncreditedDuring the Sengoku period, an army relentlessly lays siege to a castle, but they will need the...
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The Cannery Boat
as KinoshitaDescribes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily...
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Police Department Story Pt.16: 15 Year Old Woman
as uncreditedDetectives of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department are...
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Jail Breakers
as uncreditedKamiki (Sonny Chiba) is a career criminal who is given the chance to break out of prison for the...
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A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
as uncreditedIn A Tale of Archery, young, timid bowmaster Kazuma (Akitake Kôno) seeks to beat the archery...
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Tokyo Lullaby
as Asakura's fatherHamanaka Koichi returns to his wife Hisako and family in a sadder, run-down section of eastern...
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Police Department Story Pt.23: Confession
as Detective HayashiThe corpse of a man is found in the Dobu River in Tokyo, the victim was a man named Genzaburo...
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The Irresponsible Fool
as uncreditedPicked up and raised on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Yasukichi's only trait is his innate...
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The Glamorous Ghost
as DriverBased on the novel by Naoki Prize-nominated author Taro Takeshita, a thriller full of black...
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Tale of Japanese Burglars
as uncreditedGisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a...
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Seventeen Ninja
as uncreditedAs the Shogun lays dying, seventeen Iga clan ninja are sent to infiltrate the impenetrable...
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Listen to the Voices of the Sea
as uncreditedThis film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese...
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The Trail of Blood
as uncreditedCan a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of...
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Free and Easy 3
as uncreditedSu-San invites Hama-chan to go fishing at a place close to his heart after learning about...
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Himalayan Wanderer
as uncreditedOne after another, expedition teams were being attacked in the Himalayas. With the unprecedented...
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No Greater Love
as uncreditedIn 1943, Japan is amidst the Pacific War. Sobei Sonoda is one of the wealthiest landowners of...
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A Good Man, A Good Day
as uncreditedThe university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his...
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Points and Lines
as uncreditedBased on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a...
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Police Department Story Pt.18: Mysterious Red Phone
as Detective HayashiThe investigation team of the police department is chasing a vicious criminal who kidnaps...
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Man with the Funky Hat
as KiyosukeIchiro (Chiba) is a scrappy little sport in a big car and funny hat always looking for some fun...
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The Big Boss
as uncreditedA shooting incident occurs at the Asahina family gambling hall in Tokyo's Joto district. It is...
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Devotion to Railway
as Chameleon MatsuA human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to...
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Tomorrow Evening
as uncreditedAyako is a 7-year-old girl with a dark, tanned face and a somewhat mysterious expression on her...
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Kandagawa
as uncreditedBased on a blockbuster song by Kaguyahime, a folk group. Makoto, a college student who belongs...
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The Eleventh Hour
as Takichi BannoBased on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s...
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Game of Chance 2
as uncreditedBungo is released from prison to find his son Kenichi in the care of strangers. Teruko, the...
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Outlaw Cop
as uncreditedA bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs...
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The Outsiders
as Kawaguchikan's ownerA drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the...
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Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
as uncreditedThree stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman...
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The Way of Osaka Financing 1
as uncreditedA special drama starring Masahiro Nakai of SMAP, which was aired on Fuji TV six times from 1996...
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Guys Who Never Learn
as uncreditedComedy based on a book by Joji Abe, about a man in prison for the 12th time.
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The Great Duel
as uncreditedIn this gritty tale of gamblers battling in the samurai era, Okawa Hashizo gives perhaps his...
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The King
as uncreditedThe film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an...
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Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
as uncreditedA great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there...
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The Sand City in Manchuria
as ChoiWhen the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to...
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Lowly Ronin
as uncreditedReprising his role from the popular TV series "Koya no Suronin" (The Lowly Ronin), Mifune...
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The Last Song
as uncreditedJunkichi is the son of a rich landlord, while Koyuki is the daughter of a poor lumber worker....
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The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
as uncreditedDetective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.
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Bride of Peacock Castle
as uncreditedPrincess Kazu, the daughter of Shogun Ienari, is sent to marry Matsudaira Nobunao, master of...
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Keishichō monogatari gao no nai on'na
as uncredited1959 Japanese movie
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Fateful Birthplace
as uncreditedA sad love story between young Umihiko Kojima and a beautiful girl named Yukiko Shino.
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Showdown in Blood
as uncreditedHayata and his best friend Ushijima came to Tokyo to become champions. Hayata repeatedly sought...
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Wind Whistle in Field, Demon Sword: Matsudaira Tadateru cutting the world
as uncreditedTadateru Matsudaira, the sixth son of Ieyasu Tokugawa, was exiled for not taking part in 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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Men Fighting Whales
as Genji YakuraA film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the...
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Police Department Story Pt.22: Teenage Footsteps
as Detective HayashiA 16-year-old high school student Midori Matsumoto was found dead on the banks of the Tama...
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Dorei kōjō
as uncreditedAfter the death of a colleague, the workers at a factory form a labor union.
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The Naked Sun
as uncreditedA young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the...
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A Descendant of Urashima Taro
as uncreditedReputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô...
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The Deep Blue Sea
as uncreditedTo fulfill a friend’s dying wish, a young sailor Kenji takes on the task of delivering an...
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Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako
as uncredited1954 Theater of Life adaptation.
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Women Can't Be Beaten
as uncreditedAn uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving...
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Police Department Story Pt.15: Alibi
as uncreditedThe First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a...
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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 Bandits
as uncreditedFriendship between an ambitious young thief and an artist during the Warring States period.
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Police Precinct Part 21
as Detective HayashiA burnt corpse of a man was found in Okutama. As a result of the investigation, it turns out...
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Still I Live On
as truck manAbout the struggles of day labourers to achieve dignity and a standard of living above the...
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Tokyo Air Raid Glass Rabbit
as HistorianBased on an autobiographical novel by Toshiko Takagi, set close to the end of World War II
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Police Department Story Pt.20: Backing Investigation
as Detective HayashiThis time, the investigation division is investigating the case of a man who confessed to...
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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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The Shogun's Vault II
as uncreditedA mysterious thief called "Yami no Kiba" (Fang of Darkness), who sneaks into the residences of...
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Follow the Girls
as uncreditedComedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers.
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Police Precinct Part 17
as Detective HayashiThe murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The...
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War and Peace
as uncreditedA woman remarries after receiving official notification that her husband has died, but he returns.
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Police Precinct Part 14
as uncreditedAn elderly woman, Ume Matsumoto, complained to the First Investigation Department that her son...
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Rainbow Over the Pacific
as uncreditedRainbow Over the Pacific is a tale of romance that moves from the streets of Tokyo to the...
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Moonlight Mask: The Monster Gorilla
as uncreditedFourth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.
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Police Department Story Pt.19: Landfill
as Detective HayashiIn the former landfill, where construction is currently underway, the corpse of a middle-aged...
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The Donkey Comes on a Tank
as uncreditedSabu was once a boy soldier but people in his village disliked him. He finally broke loose when...
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His Scarlet Cloak
as uncreditedThe humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But...
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Men in a Rough Town
as uncreditedAn action-packed, dramatic gangster film.
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Judo Life
as uncreditedSonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent...
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One Two Punch
as uncreditedTwo men succeed in opening a joint restaurant after hilarious troubles.
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Ningyo Sashichi: The Cat’s Golden Claws of Death
as uncreditedSashichi is a dapper and handsome man. He is called a doll Sashichi because he is "a nice man...
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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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Floating Weeds Diary
as uncreditedA travelling theater troupe, led by Umagoro Ichikawa, comes to play in a mining town, and...
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Kita no kazoku
as 島田平吉The 13th NHK Asadora. Starring Youko Takahashi in a story about a brother and sister coming of...
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Ohanahan
as 謙太郎の祖父・襄介The 6th NHK Asadora. Starring Fumie Kashiyama as a woman, born in the Meiji era, who raises a...
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Hirari
as 深川金太郎The 48th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Hirari. Story's settings includes Tokyo. Hirari is a young...
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Iki no Iiyatsu
as uncreditedSet in a sushi restaurant in Tokyo shortly after the end of the war, the story follows a...
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Mom’s Shoulders
as uncreditedKenichi, the son of a master carpenter, was in his third year of high school. His mother,...
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Omoi Bashi
as uncreditedA human drama that unfolds around a Japanese restaurant-inn
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