Yoshio Harada
Yoshio Harada (February 29, 1940 - July 19, 2011) was a Japanese actor. A veteran of over 80 films, he has twice been nominated for the Best Actor Japanese Academy Award. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 11th Yokohama Film Festival for Dotsuitarunen and Kiss yori kantan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yoshio Harada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Hunted
as TakedaPaul Racine, a high-powered American business executive in Japan, is catapulted into a maze of...
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Azumi
as Gessai ObataIn war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the...
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Still Walking
as Kyohei YokoyamaA family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.
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Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
as Shusuke TokunagaLady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to...
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Dororo
as JukaiHyakkimaru, a warrior on a quest to reclaim 48 of his body parts which were each taken by a...
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A Pool Without Water
as uncreditedThe man has a monotonous job punching tickets for the Japanese railway. One night, while walking...
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9 Souls
as Torakichi HasegawaAfter discovering a hole in their crowded cell, nine prisoners escape their confinement to track...
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Pastoral: To Die in the Country
as ArashiA director faces creative block while working on his latest film - a reimagination of his...
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Tattoo
as Bookstore FatherAn ardent culture-vulture youth, previously charged for the murder of a woman when he was young,...
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I Wish
as WataruTwelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents'...
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Izo
as uncreditedIzo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of...
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Nightmare Detective
as Taizo OishiWhen a number of suicide victims slash themselves in their sleep, detective Keiko Kirishima is...
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Yumeji
as WakiyaFollowing the life of Japanese artist and poet Yumeji Takehisa through the imagining of an...
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Ring
as Ryuji TakayamaIn different parts of Tokyo, four young and seemingly healthy people suddenly die of heart...
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Farewell to the Ark
as Daisaku TokitoA surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions...
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Aegis
as Koichiro KajimotoThe Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing...
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Shogun's Samurai
as Sanza Nagoya (Flute Player)Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by...
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United Red Army
as uncreditedTwo of the most radical student groups form the United Red Army (URA) and head into the...
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Manji
as Takeshi KakeuchiKleptomaniac Sonoko and young, beautiful Mitsuko begin an unusual love affair which develops...
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Kagero-za
as WadaA 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.
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Karaoke Terror
as HirotaOne of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track...
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Hana
as Junai OnoderaIn a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to...
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The Whispered City
as KyushiroDirector Jun Ichikawa spins this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa,...
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The Mystery of Rampo
as uncreditedEdogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing...
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Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
as Eisuke MisakiTwo men and a woman plan to steal 1.5 Billion yen.
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Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71
as PiraniaThe series swansong, Beat '71, sees Kaji framed and sent to prison by her boyfriend's father and...
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Bare Essence of Life
as Dr. MisawaYoujin is a quirky young man living in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Yojin has a difficult time...
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A Yakuza in Love
as uncreditedWhen an innocent young country girl falls for a low level yakuza, she enters a completely...
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Wet Sand in August
as PriestSeveral high-school friends spend their final summer together indulging in sex and leisure;...
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Ballad of Orin
as HeitaroA blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world...
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Zigeunerweisen
as NakasagoA surreal period film following a university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go...
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Nuclear Gypsies
as uncreditedBarbara, a dancer, is coming home to Nagoya after a long absence. She lives above a bar in an...
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Ronin-gai
as Gennai AramakiNear the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district...
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Cabaret
as ShiraeA young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this...
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Nowhere Man
as HomelessSukezo, a former manga comic artist, takes up the art rock business by setting up a shop in a...
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Preparation for the Festival
as Toshihiro NakajimaTateo, young and neurotic, wishes to leave the village his mother has raised him in.
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A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
as MiyakeA rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her...
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Another Heaven
as Detective TobitakaA pair of hard-boiled Tokyo cops are investigating a gruesome murder: after killing the victim,...
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Hunter in the Dark
as Yataro TanigawaYataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill....
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Onibi: The Fire Within
as Noriyuki KunihiroAfter spending over half his life in prison, ex-hitman Kunihiro is determined to go straight....
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Lost Love
as SakataAt a seaside city somewhere in the Tohoku area, the corpses of Nozomi, daughter of an affluent...
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At Noon
as uncreditedTadao decides to comes back from Tokyo to live in his home town, in the countryside. He stays at...
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Drawing Restraint 9
as Flensing Desk CrewThe film concerns the theme of self-imposed limitation and continues Matthew Barney's interest...
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Zatoichi: The Last
as GenkichiA blind master swordsman attempts to lead a quiet life with his wife but he is provoked back...
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A Boy's Summer in 1945
as uncreditedCommencing well-respected Nippon director Kazuo Kuroki's sixth decade behind the camera, "A...
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This Story of Love
as uncreditedLife and love stories of stunt men and women.
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Someday
as Yoshi KazamatsuriThe annual kabuki show is the main attraction in a rural Japanese mountain town. However,...
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Manhunt
as Detective YamuraA tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is...
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Tomorrow
as YamaguchiOn August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story...
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Play it, Boogie-Woogie
as Teruo MiyazatoA runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in...
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Party 7
as Captain BananaSeven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel...
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The Assassination of Ryoma
as Ryoma SakamotoStory of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), imperial loyalist who...
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Knockout
as Makio SajimaA Japanese boxer stages a dramatic and dangerous comeback after suffering brain damage in the ring.
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Little DJ
as Yuji TakasakiTaro is a 12-year-old into baseball and radio, especially "Music Express," a song-request show....
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KT
as Akikazu KamikawaThis movie is a political/espionage thriller, based on a real kidnapping incident of Korean...
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The Heartbreak Yakuza
as uncreditedA hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both...
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Then Summer Came
as Nobuo KanzakiA humorous wedding story fueled by a rather no-good father and son, disguised as the old and new...
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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 Face of Jizo
as Takezou FukuyoshiBased on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima....
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No More Comics!
as ProducerStuck doing show-biz schlock, an investigative reporter stumbles on a scheme to swindle pensions...
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The Triple Cross
as NojiFollowing the bloody aftermath of a heist, three robbers are double-crossed by a new accomplice,...
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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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Circus Boys
as YoshimotoTwo brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. After an accident, Jinta...
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Melody of Rebellion
as Tetsu TsukadaThe disbandment of the Tanno clan left gang member Tetsu to stray from the crime family's fold....
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Born to Be Baby
as uncreditedA detective, a mysterious beauty Ekin and other characters appear in the film. It creates a...
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A Forest with No Name
as ClientPrivate detective Mike takes on an assignment to return a girl, who is set to marry into a...
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Heaven's Bookstore
as YamakiKenta, a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets a...
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Goodbye, Flickmania
as uncreditedSet at the height of the Japanese student rebellion in 1968, the film tells the story of the...
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Kanto Drifter
as uncreditedYoung man returns from prison and sets out to destroy the gang that killed his friends and boss...
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The Last Frankenstein
as Dr. Akira AryoProfessor Sarusawa and his psychic daughter Mai live together after the suicide of the...
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Sosuke Loses His Lover
as Sosuke KitamuraKoji Wakamatsu adapted Kouhei Tsuka's play of the same name into a human comedy about the...
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The Breath
as uncreditedHaida, once a famous private detective, is now down and out and running out of reasons to live....
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The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
as YonamineIn Okinawa, a Japanese-Filipino gangster named Joe kills an Okinawan mobster. Joe temporarily...
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House of Sleeping Beauties
as Yoshio EguchiAbout an establishment where old men pay to sleep besides young girls that had been narcotized...
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The Bicycle Thief Was Bad
as uncreditedSteel-worker Saito Tetsuo, driven by an unexplained anxiety, steals bike after bike to move away...
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The Fearless Avenger
as Jokichi of MikogamiThirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being...
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Time Limit
as uncreditedMizusawa (Takenouchi Yutaka), an explosives expert, is arrested and charged with a string of...
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The New Morning of Billy the Kid
as Harry CallahanAll the protagonists move about in a Tokyo Bar that has an entire wall taken up with a...
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The Story of PuPu
as JojiFu and Suzu are two pretty anarchist girls who decide to take to the road. They set off on a...
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Billiken
as uncreditedThe main hero of this film is the spirit of the once very popular wooden statuette called...
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Let Him Rest in Peace
as Takahata YoshioA man returns to his seaside roots to confront a yakuza boss. Along the way, he charms young...
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You Gotta Chance
as uncreditedThe second of Kazuki Omori's pre-Godzilla idol trilogy starring Koji Kikkawa. Omori's mid-1980s...
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Tekken
as uncreditedA directionless young man, recently released from prison, tries to make a new start in life as a...
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The Girl of Silence
as Shizuo Tanaka14 year old Nakamura is sexually abused by her stepfather. She invents a friend who is coming to...
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300 Million
as uncreditedKatagiri, a highly ambitious young detective, teams up with older detective Takiguchi, who is...
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Out of Focus
as uncreditedA magazine publisher called Out Of Focus hires a new female camerawoman. This company is located...
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Pickpocket
as uncreditedKaido is a professional pickpocket who works the Tokyo subway with his young foster-daughter,...
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Ready to Shoot
as Katsuhiko GodaA middle-aged man discovers an injured refugee woman trembling in the corner of his bar in...
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Waters
as uncreditedSeven young Tokyoites get scammed into working as hosts for "Dog Days" bar. Will they be able to...
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It's Easier Than Kissing
as Mr. RokuAfter the death of her mother a young woman wants to meet her real father
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Crime Hunter - Bullets of Rage
as DocAfter his parter Ahiru is gunned down in the process of arresting criminal Bruce Sawamura, cop...
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Song of Vengeance
as 竹中克巳Executive management of a major Tokyo construction company are getting bumped off one after...
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The Fang in the Hole
as uncreditedA police detective tries to investigate the mystery of a victim who was shot in the head, but no...
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Marriage
as uncreditedAn omnibus featuring the work of three different filmmakers.
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Outlaw Cop
as Tsuyoshi NishinoA bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs...
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The Invitation from Cinema Orion
as uncreditedBased on the short story from the best-selling collection "Poppoya" by Jiro Asada, "The...
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Did the Red Bird Escape?
as uncreditedA young outlaw can’t escape his rebellious past despite connections to a well to do family.
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Dream Street
as Mori MasahisaA comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka.
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The Trail of Blood
as JokichiCan a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of...
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Firefly
as HashimotoA young outlaw racing through the streets of Yokohama. Will the love that slipped through his...
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Madness in Bloom
as uncreditedYamaguchi, Ichikawa and Kosuge dress in white military-style uniforms to "clean" the streets of...
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Slaughter in the Snow
as Jokichi of MikogamiIn feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi...
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What's a Director?
as uncreditedWorks commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association
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Kagerô 2
as uncreditedAn entertainment drama depicting the conflict of yakuza, centering on the female torso and her...
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Summer of the Lion Kings
as uncreditedKatsu, who belongs to the Murai group of the Sakagami Union, was frustrated by the distance from...
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Fish of the Fire
as Shozo murataHi no Sakana (火の魚, Fish of the Fire) is a Japanese novel by Murō Saisei; it was first published...
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Gone Without Saying Goodbye!
as uncreditedThis TV drama special depicts the obsession of a sister and two detectives searching for her...
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Sukanpin Walk
as Tsutomu YahagiMusical star vehicle for a young Kikkawa Koji.
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Evil Emblem
as uncreditedAida, a daredevil detective who isn't afraid of power or challenges. The great evil has begun...
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Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly
as uncreditedNursing home "Yuyoso". Many lonely old people live there, including botanist Taro Makiso, a...
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The Anthropology of a Fight Scene
as uncreditedA man must overcome many obstacles as he works his way through the dangerous crime world to the...
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Step on the Gas!
as uncreditedYūji, fresh out of prison on parole, meets a stranger named Nao that asks for his assistance...
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Singapore Sling
as uncreditedTatsuya is on a honeymoon in Australia. A couple of unfortunate encounters land him in jail,...
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Flying
as uncreditedA young woman aspires to be a motorboat racing champion.
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Hangyaku no Tabi
as uncreditedHiroshi Kakurai is an assassin who was thinking of retiring. He travels to an island in the Seto...
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Haru no Sakamichi
as Yagyū Jūbei MitsuyoshiThe story chronicles the life of Yagyū Munenori.
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Kogarashi Monjiro
as GentaMonjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned...
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Engine
as Takeshi KanzakiJiro Kanzaki is an F3000 test driver blessed with acute sensitivity and breathtaking driving...
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The Waste Land
as Ichizo DaimonIki Tadashi is a military leader named who was captured by the Soviets during World War II....
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The Private Detective Mike
as uncreditedMike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the...
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Moshichi
as uncreditedA mysterious humanistic period drama, setting in the Edo Period. As Okappiki, unofficial...
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Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches
as Igasuke YamauchiThe story of the battles between the 3 related families Kishu, Mito, and Owari, as each vies for...
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Priest of Darkness
as Kaneko IchinojōKōchiyama Sōshun serves as a cha-bōzu (He is kind of tea man) in the administrative headquarters...
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Shinjuku Shark
as uncreditedHard-boiled suspense drama series about a detective feared as the "Shinjuku Shark" who bravely...
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Vessel of Sand
as Chiyokichi MotouraEiryo Waga is well-known musician who has begun a rapid climb to stardom, but he must keep his...
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Brothers
as Fujiwara Shingaku (Papa-san)The tale of four brothers and their widower father, who heads a large Buddhist temple in Tokyo....
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