Asao Sano
Biography: Asao Sano was a Japanese actor. He is famous for playing the role of Tokugawa Mitsukuni on the television jidaigeki series Mito Kōmon.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 13, 1925
Deathday: June 28, 2022
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Jungle Block
1960-06-15
Jungle Block
Overview: A young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted upon his sister, whose engagement was broken as a result.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-06-15
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Kusa wo karu musume
1961-10-25
Kusa wo karu musume
Overview: 1961 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-10-25
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Covered Wagon
1960-10-22
Covered Wagon
Overview: A Western-inspired film where a pair of traveling beekeepers odyssey by covered wagon from Kyushu, the southernmost of the Japanese archipelago's major islands, to Hokkaido, it's northernmost.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-10-22
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Meiso chizu
1983-10-22
Meiso chizu
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-10-22
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The Diary of a Police Officer: The piggy bank is full
1961-03-27
The Diary of a Police Officer: The piggy bank is full
Overview: A small provincial town surrounded by mountains and fields in northeastern Japan. Here a group of eight policemen solve a series of unusual cases, ranging from extortion, to drunken fathers, to corruption and even the persecution of a man who claims to be an alien. This entertaining film shows these cops with a human heart with humor.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-03-27
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Black Dice
1962-03-25
Black Dice
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-25
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I Hate But Love
1962-07-09
I Hate But Love
Overview: A celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. When his controlling manager, the woman he loves, follows, the two must reconcile while dodging reporters.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-09
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何もかも狂ってやがる
1962-04-18
何もかも狂ってやがる
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-18
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Funny Friend: The Baby and Express
1956-01-29
Funny Friend: The Baby and Express
Overview: East-West Transportation, headquartered in Tokyo, operates daily scheduled cargo flights on the Tokaido Road from Tokyo to Osaka and back, as the name suggests. Daikichi was a driver working for the East-West transportation company, and Rokuheita served as his assistant. The Daikichi truck, which was packed with luggage today, has left for its destination. And soon after Daikichi's truck left, Rokuheita heard a cat meowing from behind, so Daikichi stopped the car and turned to check the cargo, and there in a large basket he saw a crying baby...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-29
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Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu
1965-05-15
Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu
Overview: 1965 Nikkatsu youth film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-05-15
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Break Down that Wall
1959-06-23
Break Down that Wall
Overview: A man is wrongfully accused of murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-06-23
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Cruel Story of Youth
1960-06-03
Cruel Story of Youth
Overview: A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-06-03
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Black River
1957-10-23
Black River
Overview: A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell the building through illicit means.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-10-23
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Apart from Life
1970-01-30
Apart from Life
Overview: A film set in Nagasaki examining prejudice against atom bomb victims.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-01-30
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A Torrent of Life
1962-05-01
A Torrent of Life
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-01
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The Thick-Walled Room
1956-10-31
The Thick-Walled Room
Overview: A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-10-31
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Flesh Smuggling
1956-10-09
Flesh Smuggling
Overview: A true semi-documentary drama depicting a record of a sheriff's challenge to the vivid evil of a sailor who embarked on a single underworld to uncover the crime of an inhumane international prostitution organization called "Japanese women's smuggling."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-10-09
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My Hobo
1962-11-23
My Hobo
Overview: Story of a resourceful hobo (Kobayashi), a con woman (Takamine) who pretends to be a victim of the Nagasaki A-bomb, and two orphaned children who become a most atypical Japanese family.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-23
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Birth of a Fighter
1967-02-04
Birth of a Fighter
Overview: A young boss proves his right to rule his gang.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-02-04
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Abare chōhan
1970-03-07
Abare chōhan
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Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-03-07
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Girl in the Glass
1960-11-09
Girl in the Glass
Overview: The film starts with a short scene ending with shot of Sayuri Yoshinaga's character floating dead on the surface of a lake before the opening credits roll in and we find out what lead her character to this end.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-11-09
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Gun Demon Without Form
1964-03-04
Gun Demon Without Form
Overview: A detective drama that realistically shows the work of an experienced detective who, under cover, pursues the organizer of the arms trade route from Kobe.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-03-04
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Sun and stars
1962-07-01
Sun and stars
Overview: It's a thrilling, action-packed entertainer with sparks of men versus villains in an up-and-down tale of brothers burning with masculine will and passion.
Genres: Drama Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-01
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Shadow Hunters
1992-04-08
Shadow Hunters
Overview: In the middle of the Edo period, when the finances of the shogunate were in a desperate situation, the shogunate sent its shadow spies to each clan, who secretly planned the abolition of the clans and the seizure of their territories. The Inami clan has mastered the essence of making weapons, thus breaking the law. To protect the clan, its elders hire three "Shadow Hunters"... TV movie based on the popular manga by Takao Saito.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-04-08
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Streetlights
1957-02-13
Streetlights
Overview: A sophisticated comedy about love games between men and women that arise from an intentionally dropped train ticket.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-02-13
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Quick Draw Sanshiro
1962-06-03
Quick Draw Sanshiro
Overview: Koji Wada, who is good at shooting, karate, judo and boxing, has a tough fight with the sea gangsters!
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-03
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Women of Tokyo
1961-03-01
Women of Tokyo
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-03-01
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Teenage Wolf
1960-03-02
Teenage Wolf
Overview: In the bustle of the city, on the corners of neon streets, the eyes of a wild beast are fixed on a young girl! A gloomy portrait of youth, in which distorted energy explodes! A unique social drama that acutely depicts the psychological conflict bubbling in the chest of detectives who are chasing a gang of scoundrels who prey on innocent girls. Adapted from the novel "Kegareta Hankachi".
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-02
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The Night is mine
1958-07-13
The Night is mine
Overview: Four criminals break into the home of a jewelry merchant, Sanpodo, rob the diamonds, and escape. However, one of them receives a bullet during a skirmish between bandits, and the second is wounded by the police. To help their wounded comrades, criminals lock themselves in a city clinic...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-07-13
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Beauty Wandering Story
1977-03-19
Beauty Wandering Story
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-03-19
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Japan Beauty Story
1974-07-13
Japan Beauty Story
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-07-13
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Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
1975-07-12
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-07-12
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Fearless Comrades
1966-10-08
Fearless Comrades
Overview: The first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but decided to leave after his best friend died a brutal death at the hands of the gang leader. He goes on a trip with a guitar in his hand and ends up in Yokohama. The guitar he plays at the bar in the evening was given to him by his late best friend. At the bar, Kosuke meets Kumagoro. Kosuke saves Kumagoro from bandits. Kumagoro is a funny man, he came to this city to reunite with the woman he swore to marry. Kosuke decides to settle in this city and help him find his beloved, but the future of this city is not cloudless either, because the cruel Yakuza is in power in the city, and soon Kosuke will have to fight with him...
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-10-08
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Black Strait
1964-12-31
Black Strait
Overview: Newly out of prison after killing his boss' rival, Akio Maki is eager to move on and start a new life with the boss' daughter. However, the chains of the past are not so easily broken and Maki is soon ordered to kill again.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-12-31
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Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 11 - The Ghost Story of Decapitation
1971-09-19
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 11 - The Ghost Story of Decapitation
Overview: Eleventh film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-09-19
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Shinobu Otake's Inspirational Girl: Youth Lived by Love and Psychic Powers
1980-09-25
Shinobu Otake's Inspirational Girl: Youth Lived by Love and Psychic Powers
Overview: The biography of Mifune Chizuko a woman clairvoyant.
Genres: Drama Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-09-25
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The Sands of Kurobe
1968-03-01
The Sands of Kurobe
Overview: Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel crosses an earthquake fault and Kitagawa is beleaguered not only by cave-ins and flooding, but by strife between management and the workers's union. Adding to Kitagawa's stress is the knowledge that as his attention is pulled inexorably toward the tunnel construction, his youngest daughter is dying from leukemia.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-03-01
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The Blazing Valiant
1981-12-19
The Blazing Valiant
Overview: Jo has just come back to Japan for the funeral of his parents, who were killed in tribal warfare in Africa where the family had been living throughout most of Jo's life. Once the funeral was over, he missed the boat that was going to take him back home, and, because of an altered itinerary, he ends up stopping in a town for awhile -- striking up an acquaintance with a teenager and her grandfather when he captures their runaway horse. He would have been glad to leave after the proper amenities were completed, but the girl's journalist brother is murdered -- he was getting too close to wrapping a major news story. At that point, Jo and a friend cannot easily drop the matter as though nothing had occurred, and the two start to track down the source of the trouble -- a factory that makes poison gas for Third World buyers. Now their task is to dismantle the operation, prevent one train shipment from arriving at a transfer point, and find the journalist's killer.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-12-19
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Listen to the Voices of the Sea
1950-06-15
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Overview: This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The film is located to Burma. It shows the everyday problems of soldiers in contrast of their ideas and the cynicism of their commanders. Soldiers are also victims of military bullying by their commanders.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-06-15
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How Sorrowful
1956-09-07
How Sorrowful
Overview: The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when her parents accuse him of cashing in on her misfortune.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-09-07
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I Have the Sun in My Back
1963-04-07
I Have the Sun in My Back
Overview: Shigeru is a young man who works as a window cleaner. His older brother Kenzo has just returned from prison and is determined to start life anew. But a battle for leadership within his old gang causes him to be framed for murder. Shigeru sets out to uncover the truth to clear his name.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-04-07
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The Ghost of Iwojima
1959-10-21
The Ghost of Iwojima
Overview: The monologue and mysterious death of a man who survived and returned from Iwo Jima. A newspaper reporter writes an article about "The Man from Iwo Jima" asking the people who were close to him about his character and the painful memories off all those involved.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-10-21
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The Long Death
1964-04-12
The Long Death
Overview: On January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned the bank employees and fled the scene with a large amount of money. In parallel with the investigation conducted by the Japanese police, journalists are also trying to find the culprit. Based on a true incident.
Genres: Mystery Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-04-12
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Fires on the Plain
1959-11-03
Fires on the Plain
Overview: In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-11-03
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Season of the Sun
1956-05-17
Season of the Sun
Overview: The film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing and chasing girls, and who more often than not spend their nights getting into brawls. In particular, it focuses upon Tatsuya, a sullen young man, who falls in love with Eiko, a proud upper-class girl.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-05-17
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Hana to musume to shiroi michi
1961-03-06
Hana to musume to shiroi michi
Overview: One of Sayuri Yoshinaga's first leading roles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-03-06
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Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963-01-27
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
Overview: Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-01-27
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Gone in the Rain
1963-03-17
Gone in the Rain
Overview: Ayako (Sayuri Yoshinaga) is a free-willed college girl who shares a room with Takako and Kimie. They each have a clear vision of what they want from their career and love life. Soon, their room share takes a turn, when ideals begin to clash with reality.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-17
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The Incident
1978-06-03
The Incident
Overview: The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old shipyard worker, is arrested and charged with the murder. At Ueda's trial, a complex story unfolds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-06-03
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Teenage Yakuza
1962-06-20
Teenage Yakuza
Overview: A high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighbouring city.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-20
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The Last Samurai
1974-09-20
The Last Samurai
Overview: The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-09-20
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I'll Never Cry!
1966-10-29
I'll Never Cry!
Overview: The rehabilitation of a delinquent on leaving reformatory. Her redemption comes through a boy in a wheelchair; by his rehabilitation, growing comes in courage along with her patient, she grows by finding meaning in her own existence. She finally sees a new world before her and has the determination to lead a normal life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-10-29
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Blood Is Dry
1960-10-09
Blood Is Dry
Overview: An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own advantage by turning the incident into an advertising campaign. With the success of the campaign, however, he is no longer a desperate man pointing a gun to his head, but a potential leader who wishes to take advantage of his failed suicide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-10-09
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Immoral Lecture
1959-01-09
Immoral Lecture
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-09
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Cops vs. Thugs
1975-04-26
Cops vs. Thugs
Overview: When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the acting boss of the Ohara gang also has his eyes on the property and recruits crooked detective Tokumatsu Kuno to help him hijack the deal. With relations between the rival gangs at breaking point, it's not long before all-out war breaks out as the gangsters, police and local politicians battle for control of the city.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-04-26
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Deeper Than Blue
1973-02-10
Deeper Than Blue
Overview: About a girl who marries in the middle of the Pacific War, is widowed at 18, and her unflagging struggle to survive during and after the war with her son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-02-10
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High-School Outcasts
1970-12-16
High-School Outcasts
Overview: Tsutomu (Kensaku Morita), an orphan who once stabbed a man, is released from a reformatory and goes to Tottori, on the Japan Sea coast, to enter a high school. On the beach, he meets a young fisherman, Yusuke (Norihiko Yamamoto) also a student of the same school. They become friends and Tsutomu is offered free board at Yusuke's home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-12-16
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Drunkard's Paradise
1962-02-04
Drunkard's Paradise
Overview: A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving behind a fiance…. A unique social satire that focuses on why people drink alcohol.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-04
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The Man with a Shotgun
1961-06-03
The Man with a Shotgun
Overview: Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a hunter. He quickly becomes embroiled in a web of trouble surrounding the town's mill.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-06-03
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Permanent Blue
1976-09-23
Permanent Blue
Overview: In a fishing town by the Seto Sea, a student discovers a woman motionless on the beach and takes her back to his family's inn to nurse her, but he soon discovers than she is an extremist on the run from the police.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-09-23
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A Narcotics Agent's Ballad
1972-09-06
A Narcotics Agent's Ballad
Overview: Undercover cop Kikuchi teams up with the Okinawa local police to clean up the narcotics and prostitution underworld.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-09-06
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The Aesthetic Salon Murders 2
1998-12-26
The Aesthetic Salon Murders 2
Overview: Iwatsuki Reiko, a writer for a weekly magazine goes on a trip to Amakusa, Kyushu with Yukitake Asami, the president of a company. Yukitake informs Iwatsuki that she has many enemies.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-12-26
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Zoku seiun yakuza - ikari no otoko
1965-11-20
Zoku seiun yakuza - ikari no otoko
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-11-20
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Blood End
1969-11-15
Blood End
Overview: Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time of famine. He is befriended by Kada Gentaro, a leader in the Mito Tengu group, which plans to overthrow the shogunate.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Romance History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-15
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Dawn of a Canvas
1961-07-01
Dawn of a Canvas
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-01
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The Dragon of Macao
1965-12-18
The Dragon of Macao
Overview: Ryu (Akira Kobayashi) sets foot on the Yokohama port with a suitcase filled with 300 thousand dollars. He was sent by a jewelry company in Hong Kong to retrieve a certain diamond that was stolen from them. The "Himalayan Star" is worth couple hundred million yen and unbeknown to Ryu, it now lays in the hands of Aizu (Jo Shishido), the infamous ”Pirate of the Tokyo Bay."
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-12-18
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The Burmese Harp
1956-01-21
The Burmese Harp
Overview: In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-21
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May Love Be Restored
1980-04-29
May Love Be Restored
Overview: A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-04-29
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A Chain of Islands
1965-05-26
A Chain of Islands
Overview: When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation uncovers a black market scheme involving counterfeit money, murder, and conspiracy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-05-26
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The School Cap
1963-12-15
The School Cap
Overview: A Tokyo student transfers to a rural school and finds it difficult to adjust himself to its customs and traditions. One of the customs is the wearing of an old school cap by a senior. It is a symbol of courage and bravery and is handed down to a new senior each year.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-15
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The Guys Who Put Money on Me
1962-12-09
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
Overview: An unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Match (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young energetic boxer. This story deals more with betting action surrounding a boxing match, concentrating mostly on the high-powered Yakuza gambling dens.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-09
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A Warm Misty Night
1967-03-11
A Warm Misty Night
Overview: When Toru Sagara (Yujiro Ishihara) returns home from a foreign cargo route, he proposes to his beloved girlfriend Akiko (Ruriko Asaoka). She joyously agrees, promising a life together. On the day they were to be joined in matrimony, Akiko suddenly goes missing. Toru waits hours for her to show, but he is only greeted by the darkness of night. Four years later, his fiancée turns up at a night club in Yokohama with another man.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-03-11
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The Heart of Hiroshima
1966-09-17
The Heart of Hiroshima
Overview: One morning, Kazue is nearly knocked over by a motorbike in front of an instrument store, breaking all the records that she was carrying. The two connect instantly and begin seeing each other every day. However, Iwai, Yukio’s foster parent, is concerned - Yukio had been exposed to the atomic bomb when he was four years old and had been showing symptoms of atomic radiation, hospitalizing him in the Genbaku Atomic Bomb Survivor’s Hospital. Unfortunately, nobody knows when the symptoms may return. When Yukio passes out from anemia during work, he decides to part with Kazue. A couple of days later, Yukio tells her of his destiny at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, but Kazue passionately encourages him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-09-17
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Miniature
1953-04-01
Miniature
Overview: Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-04-01
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Fighting Elegy
1966-11-09
Fighting Elegy
Overview: Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.
Genres: Comedy Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-11-09
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Tales of Ginza
1955-09-14
Tales of Ginza
Overview: In the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged husband’s art collection attempts to identify the man who painted her own portrait fifteen years prior.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-09-14
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Passion and Rifle Bullets
1955-09-21
Passion and Rifle Bullets
Overview: Private Detective Ippei Shizuno faces off against a serial killer and a wealthy woman's society who runs an illegal gun trade.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-09-21
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Kagero-za
1981-08-21
Kagero-za
Overview: A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.
Genres: Romance Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-08-21
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The Girl I Abandoned
1969-09-03
The Girl I Abandoned
Overview: Tsutomu Yoshioka, a Tokyo office worker, is enaged to Mariko, the niece of his company's president. But Yoshioka has a crisis of consence when he remembers his former love Mitsu, a rural girl whom he met and later left while in college. Shimako, a former friend, persuades Yoshioka to meet with Mitsu while she plots to blackmail Yoshioka by photographing the meeting to break up Mariko and Yoshioka.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-09-03
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Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976-07-23
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Overview: Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a surly old man with a sad story, whose identity will surprise everyone. Later, Tora meets Botan, a geisha.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-07-23
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A Man's Crest: Fight Challenge
1964-12-19
A Man's Crest: Fight Challenge
Overview: Sixth part in the Enblem of Man series.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-12-19
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Carmen from Kawachi
1966-02-07
Carmen from Kawachi
Overview: Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming a fashion model. Yoko tells her that she can move in to Yoko’s house to take lessons, while making a living at the same time.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-02-07
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The Empty Table
1985-11-01
The Empty Table
Overview: One year has passed since the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist kidnapping, which resulted in multiple deaths. Although the parents of all the other perpetrators have either resigned from their professional positions or taken their own lives, Nobuyuki Kidoji tries to remain adamant that he was not responsible for his son's actions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-11-01
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Gambler's Dilemma
1969-09-27
Gambler's Dilemma
Overview: The love story between a traveling guest and a geisha who inadvertently becomes the leader of her father's yakuza clan, after his death.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-09-27
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Isseki Nicho
1961-02-25
Isseki Nicho
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-25
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The Incorrigible
1963-09-21
The Incorrigible
Overview: Based on the loosely autobiographical novel of the same name by Toko Kon. Ken Yamanouchi stars as Togo Konno, the titular bastard.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-09-21
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
1958-10-31
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Overview: Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder. According to the accusation by GHQ, Toyomatsu "attemped to kill a US prisoner", which was nothing but an order by his superior and failed after all with hurting the prisoner by weak Toyomatsu. Also, Toyomatsu was driven to corner at the trial by the fact that he fed the US prisoner some burdock roots to nourish him. Toyomatsu believes nothing but being not guilty, but he is sentenced to death by hanging. Prior to the execution, Toyomatsu writes a long farewell letter to his family, the wife and the only son: "If I ever incarnate, I hate to be a human being any more.... Oh yes, I would like to be...a shellfish living on the rock-bottom of the sea."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-31
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The Song of the Cart
1959-02-11
The Song of the Cart
Overview: A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-02-11
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Gambler in the Sea
1961-07-01
Gambler in the Sea
Overview: Joe, a master diver, explodes his fighting spirit and friendship across raging seas and scorching deserts in this gorgeous and entertaining epic.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-01
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Keiji monogatari jazu wa kurutchai nē
1961-01-09
Keiji monogatari jazu wa kurutchai nē
Overview: 1961 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-09
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The Samurai of Edo
1955-10-23
The Samurai of Edo
Overview: This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji Restoration, and therefore, shows audience the dynamic change from Edo to Meiji. Before the war, the director, Eisuke Takizawa, together with the writers, formed a scenario writer group "Narutaki-gumi and they shot many historical masterpieces.
Genres: History War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-10-23
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The juvenile
1955-10-18
The juvenile
Overview: A good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-10-18
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Gambling is My Destiny
1965-04-04
Gambling is My Destiny
Overview: Shadowed and alone. Today, a melancholy guitar sobs in a wandering seaside town.... To make amends, he hides his identity and saves his girlfriend's sister from certain death. Filmed on location on the scenic Manazuru Peninsula, the action is set amidst rugged rocky terrain and raging waves!
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-04-04
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The Cards Will Tell
1960-01-16
The Cards Will Tell
Overview: A 1960 crime film
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-16
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The Awakening
1957-12-01
The Awakening
Overview: A unique literary work that describes the end of a married woman who rebelled against her husband's adultery and became addicted to her own sexuality.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-12-01
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