Masao Matsuda
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 14, 1933
Deathday: March 17, 2020
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Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
1969-02-15
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Overview: In Tokyo's Shinjuku district, the lives of a young man prone to theft, a young woman he meets at a bookstore, and a kabuki actor intersect.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-02-15
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Death by Hanging
1968-02-02
Death by Hanging
Overview: A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-02-02
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The Lonely Hearts Club Band in September
1982-06-05
The Lonely Hearts Club Band in September
Overview: Ryo once rode with a biker gang; ever since his friend Tetsuji died riding in September, he's retired from biking, trying to forget the past.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-06-05
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The Pistol That Sprouted Hair
1968-05-01
The Pistol That Sprouted Hair
Overview: Shirō raids the office of the organization that attacked his lover, wreaking havoc and escaping with a stolen handgun. In retaliation, the organization hires two killers to get rid of Shirō. The duo begin to develop a strange kinship with their target...
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-05-01
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Left Alone
2005-02-05
Left Alone
Overview: New Left documentary
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-02-05
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Japan, the Red Years
2002-02-06
Japan, the Red Years
Overview: After 30 years spent in Palestinians camps in Lebanon, Fusako Shigenobu the leader of The Japanese Red Army (Nihon Sekigun) was arrested by the Japanese police on November 8 2000 after returning to Japan secretly. The documentary details the history of the of post-war Japanese Marxist radicals and the New Left in the 1960s and 1970s. It uses extensive archival footage and revealing interviews with the surviving members to trace the group's evolution and place their actions in the context of the period.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-02-06
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Zokubutsu zukan
1982-11-08
Zokubutsu zukan
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-11-08
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Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War
1971-09-29
Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War
Overview: On their way back from the Cannes Film Festival in 1971, filmmakers Wakamatsu Koji and Adachi Masao visited Lebanon to meet Japan's Red Army faction and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine to shoot a newsreel film promoting the Palestinian resistance. Conceived as a ‘declaration of world war’ that implicates us all, the directors capture the everyday banality of military training and preparation exercises for imminent battle.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-09-29
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Mofuku Shimai: Tappuri Nurashite
1999-03-26
Mofuku Shimai: Tappuri Nurashite
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-03-26
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Sexual Beast Sacrifice
1984-07-01
Sexual Beast Sacrifice
Overview: Tomio, a college student, lives in a Western-style house where strange people live, such as his landlady Yukiko and her older brother Kishi, the crook Hosoda, and his idiot wife Tamae, Miyamoto, who lost both legs in the war, his mistress with tattoos, Nozawa, who has no energy, and Shizue, a lover with heart disease. Detective Harada recently discovered the strangled corpses of four women, and while the local residents are suspicious and conducting a secret investigation, a strange incident has occurred, and suspicion falls on Tomio...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-07-01
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Kirai ja nai yo 2
1992-11-06
Kirai ja nai yo 2
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-11-06
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Prisoner/Terrorist
2007-02-02
Prisoner/Terrorist
Overview: During a suicide attack on an airport, the hand grenade of 'M', one of three terrorists, malfunctions, leaving him captured. Exposed to maltreatment in prison, he slowly loses his grip on reality as he is forced to confront his ideological convictions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-02-02
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