Yoshio Yoshida
Gamera, the Giant Monster
as Eskimo ChiefA nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his...
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Godzilla vs. Hedorah
as Gohei - fishermanAn ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to...
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Manhunt
as uncreditedA tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is...
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Talk of the Town Tora-san
as uncreditedAfter a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
as TeacherAs Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under...
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Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
as uncreditedThe blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a...
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Sasaki Kojiro, Part 2
as uncreditedThe conclusion of the story of famed swordsman, Sasaki Kojiro. After surviving a series of...
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Virtue in Spades
as uncreditedAdaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.
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Souls in the Moonlight
as KidnapperFirst part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long...
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Tora-san's Love Call
as the troupe leaderTaking a message from Hiroshi's father to heart, Torajiro attempts to give up his wandering ways.
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Yakuza Graveyard
as Takashi YamashiroA police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in...
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Zatoichi on the Road
as Boss Tomegoro of KagotameZatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself...
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Hirado Pirates
as uncreditedIn the 9th year of the Tempo era, after a long sea voyage, Moritaya Seizo returned to Hirado,...
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Tora-san's Forget Me Not
as uncreditedOn the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.
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Lord Mito
as uncreditedThis most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke...
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Magic Boy
as Gonkuro the Mountain Storm (voice)Magically gifted boy Sasuke lives in peace, deep in the forest with his animal pals and Oyu, his...
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Tora-san's Dream of Spring
as uncreditedTora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan...
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Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters
as JusukeA greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people...
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Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
as uncreditedTragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants –...
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I, the Executioner
as Kiyoshi's FatherPolice investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage...
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The Betrayal
as GorozoA naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai...
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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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Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
as The Ceramics PotterThe remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to...
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The Red Shadow
as Gobei MoritaFifteen years after Ishida Mitsunari lost in the battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu foresees...
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Bloody Shuriken
as uncreditedRonin samurai Ibuki-san enters a town and sells his skills to the warring families. He falls in...
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An Innocent Witch
as uncreditedAyako, a young woman from a rural fishing village, is sold by her family into a brothel when her...
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Tora-san's Dear Old Home
as uncreditedWhile Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young...
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Keepers of Order
as uncreditedChuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal...
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Road of Chivalry
as uncreditedWhile on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising...
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Three-Headed Tower
as uncreditedNewly graduated Miyamoto Otone is to inherit a fortune from a distant relative on the condition...
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Paper Crane Palanquin
as Kenmochi KoyataThe death of a samurai in a palanquin leads girl detective Oshichi to take action to crush a...
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Female Ninja Magic
as Hannyadera FuhakuIn Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position, fearing Toyotomi's...
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Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
as uncreditedThe story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki...
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Minamoto Yoshitsune
as uncreditedA historical scroll depicting the story of the tragic fate of the young samurai Minamoto...
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Tora-san's Lovesick
as uncreditedAfter Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs...
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Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger
as uncreditedSome of the finest jidai-geki actors appear in this exciting and entertaining tale of intrigue...
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Runway to Hell
as uncreditedWhen Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the...
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Lords of Oppression
as uncreditedPeriod drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
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The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
as uncreditedJidaigeki by Tai Kato
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Tale of Japanese Burglars
as Kameya's ownerGisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a...
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Shimizu Port of Chivalry
as uncreditedAn all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of...
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Tora-san, the Intellectual
as uncreditedTora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years...
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The Abalone Gals
as uncreditedSouth of Tokyo is a small island until quite recently relatively unchanged since feudal times....
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The Yagyu Military Art: The One-Eyed Ninja
as uncreditedThe famed ninja Yagyu Jubei fights to suppress a coup d’etat plotted against Tokugawa Shogunate.
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G-Men in the Pacific
as FujimuraG-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to...
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Seven from Edo
as uncreditedWhen Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a...
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The Betrayers Out!
as uncreditedShochiku's popular series of gang films, this one has the hero returning from prison bent on...
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Good Rascals
as SightseerA group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives.
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Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
as the Slave MerchantTora-san visits Hokkaido and is reunited with Lily. Now divorced, she plans to resume her...
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Lords of Oppression 2
as uncreditedPeriod drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
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A Spectacular Showdown
as uncreditedOne of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody...
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Foster Daddy, Tora!
as uncreditedAfter a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her...
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An Actor's Revenge
as uncreditedNakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor...
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The master of the sword dance
as uncreditedThe film tells the story of a young nobleman who finds himself alone in the midst of turmoil in...
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Kagemaru of the Iga Clan
as HansukeA group of Iga ninja risk their lives to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu from the villianous Koga Ninja....
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Light of Africa
as ChiyomatsuTwo semi-slackers with an ultra-intimate friendship work, slack and drink in a freezing Hokkaido...
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The Seven Vows
as OngoToruhan, a king’s retainer, embarks on a journey to find a royal treasure that can only be...
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Skull Coins
as uncreditedThe mysterious story behind the Skull Coins, which are said to reveal the location of treasure,...
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Magistrate of Dice
as uncreditedBased on the exploits of real-life historical character Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan, this...
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Lord of Red Banner
as uncreditedA young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.
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Tora-san Plays Cupid
as uncreditedTora-san becomes friends with Toraya's newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes...
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A Martial Crowd
as uncreditedAs a result of a superstitious belief that twins bring bad luck to the family, newborn twin...
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Kaiketsu kuro zukin
as uncreditedFirst film of the The Black Hooded Man series.
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No Stronger Swords
as uncreditedFeaturing some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells...
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A Chivalrous Spirit
as uncreditedAn all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of...
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The Seven Vows, Part 3
as uncreditedThe adventures of Goro and his fellow samurai concludes. After their turbulent journey, the...
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The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
as uncreditedJidaigeki film from 1960
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Lord Mito: All Star Version
as uncreditedIn 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to...
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Morning Breeze in Edo
as KichibeiThe sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members...
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Flowers on the Road
as uncreditedYae and Kiku, daughters of drapers in Edo, must travel to Kyoto in place of their sickly fathers...
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Tora-san Loves an Artist
as uncreditedTora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Later, he...
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The Far Road
as uncreditedSet in the time of steam locomotives and covering a period of almost 30 years, this sensitive...
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A Young Rabble 2
as uncreditedAn adventure of a feisty girl Oyuki and Santa, a homeless child she saves.
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Fall of the Shogun's Militia
as uncreditedKondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national...
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The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
as uncreditedThe second film in the "Suruga yukyoden" series, in which Shintaro Katsu plays Jirocho Shimizu....
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Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
as uncreditedGonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager...
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Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 3
as uncreditedThe adventures of Aoi Shingo continue. Shingo is finally given permission to officially meet his...
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Goblin's Highway
as uncreditedGombei is Nameless, a wanderer who is skilled with a sword and has a great sense of humor, who...
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Ooka Seidan: Devil Image
as uncreditedMagistrate Ooka and a samurai fight against evil forces.
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Sakura Official
as uncreditedAs Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan...
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Tora-san's Pure Love
as ChairmanWhen Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on...
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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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Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
as uncreditedHis skill and courage were the best in Japan! The life story of Jirocho, a man who protected...
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Lovestruck Ronin
as uncreditedTai Kato's first film directed at Toei.
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The Horse Boy
as uncreditedA humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later,...
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Tora-san Meets His Lordship
as uncreditedTora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased...
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Clan Revival
as uncreditedAfter the Onin War ended in 1477, Kyoto was left in ashes and the nation was in complete...
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Cases of Hanshichi
as uncreditedDetective Hanshichi (Kataoka Chiezo) solves 3 mysterious murder cases. Great story and an...
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Ore no sora
as YamazakiBased on the manga of the same name. Originally published in the Japanese magazine Weekly...
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To Sleep So as to Dream
as MatsunosukeAn aging silent film actress hires a private eye and his wacky but helpful assistant to track...
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Festival of Swordsmen
as uncreditedDuring the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most...
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.4
as uncreditedFourth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.
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The Scroll’s Secret
as uncreditedShogun Yoshitane’s order to recover the secret scroll triggers a series of ninja warfare during...
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The Swamp
as uncreditedA man’s wife dies in a swamp. Her ghost returns to haunt him.
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The Medicine Case
as UshigoroMagistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.
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The Paper Crane
as uncreditedA wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from...
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Glorious Standard Bearer
as uncreditedHashizo Okawa in the form of a courageous firefighter who confronts unscrupulous traders who...
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Denshichi Torimonocho: Man without Shadow
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie.
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Aoi Secret Book
as OshoA Golden Age drama depicting the exploits of passionate patriot Uotaro Toge in the midst of a...
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Eight Brave Brothers 3
as uncreditedThe long-awaited Hakkenshi arrive at Takita Castle, which is saddened by successive defeats.
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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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Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
as Boss ChojuroWhen Tora-san returns to visit his family, he is surprised to find an arrogant professor...
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The Kuroda Affair
as uncreditedThis adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in...
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Mission to Hell
as uncreditedA samurai warrior attempts to stop Kublai Khan's Mongol hordes from overrunning Japan in the...
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Eight Brave Brothers 2
as uncredited2nd film in the Eight Brave Brothers trilogy
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Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption
as uncreditedIn the fifth installment, Yagyu Jubei must prove the innocence of his family who is suspected of...
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Epic Crash
as uncreditedUtaemon Ichikawa plays the role of Hikoshiro Navate, who has a strong sense of justice and...
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Goblin in Stirrups
as uncreditedKurama Tengu is a hero to the common people, saving them from the malicious attacks of...
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Short and Fat
as GrandpaA high-school student rescues his baseball team. Live-action adaptation of Shinji Mizushima's...
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Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda
as uncreditedA dynamic story depicting the rise to power of Oda Nobunaga. The story of a young man on the...
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Red Diamond
as uncreditedAfter losing all his money, Kizuka Keita, a seller on the black market, is trying to commit...
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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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Kyoto Assassin
as uncreditedA dark tale of murder and revenge set in old Kyoto.
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The Acrobats of Death
as uncreditedSaotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial...
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The Seven Vows, Part 2
as uncreditedThe adventures of Goro and his fellow samurai continue in its second installment. While being...
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Shinran, Part II
as uncreditedContinuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji...
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Kingdom of Youth
as uncreditedAn entertaining youth drama, which tells about the struggle of a young swordsman Yamanaka...
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Kid Magician Sasuke
as uncreditedIn this exciting story, Sasuke Sarutobi, known as the bravest child in the world, fulfills the...
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The Crimson Peacock
as uncreditedOne of the greatest film serials ever to come out of Japan puts together an all-star cast in the...
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Scramble for Fortune
as uncreditedA young man and a woman are on a mission to protect a mysterious mirror that hides the secrets...
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The Cave of the Vampire Bats
as uncreditedA maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good...
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Ninjutsu-tsukai to sennin masume
as uncreditedA two-part series of ninjutsu films directed by Masahiko Izawa, director of Yagyu Bugeichou...
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Goblin in stirrups Part 3
as uncreditedThe third film in the "Kurama Tengu" series starring Azuma Chiyonosuke, based on the original...
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The Travel notes of Choshichiro - Peregrine Goblin
as uncreditedThe second film about the adventures of Chosichiro Matsudaira. This time he fights against...
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Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil
as uncreditedEarly jidaigeki by Tai Kato.
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Hibari is Fashion Crazy
as uncreditedUnder a decree by the Shogun, people of all classes are forced to lead a frugal lifestyle. ...
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Case of Umon: Red Lizard
as uncreditedUmon goes on an investigation to unveil the murderer known as Red Lizard.
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Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star
as uncreditedfilm directed by Tai Katô
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The Bride of Headless Island
as uncreditedDirected by Hideaki Onishi of "Vampire Monster House" fame. A thriller and unique period drama...
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Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Kasane-ga-Fuchi
as uncreditedOn a snowy winter night, Soetsu, a blind masseur, and his daughter Shiga visit the nobleman...
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Denshi Sentai Denziman
as Rokusuke TogawaDenzimen are warriors who fight against the Vader Clan, a clan that tries to pollute the Earth...
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Hatoko no umi
as 軍吉A woman who lost her memory after experiencing the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
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J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
as HamatoCyborg warriors were created by the Special Science Investigation Squad to bear nuclear,...
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Fateful Mountain Pass
as TenkaiAkizuki Rokurōta was born as a child of Tokugawa Ieyasu, but since he is a twin with Tokugawa...
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Japanese Masterpiece Ghost Story Theatre
as uncredited«Japanese Masterpiece Ghost Story Theatre» - is a 13-episode series based on classic Japanese...
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