Keizō Kawasaki
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 01, 1933
Deathday: July 21, 2015
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Known For
Night Butterflies
1957-04-01
Night Butterflies
Overview: A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-04-01
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Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda
1962-05-12
Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda
Overview: The salaryman is the object of admiration in the world. Because there is no more carefree job than this, this cheerful song comedy is set to the hit melody of Ueki etc. [Selection of Actors and Directors].
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-12
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誘拐
1962-02-04
誘拐
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-04
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The Precipice
1958-03-17
The Precipice
Overview: Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The investigators try to find the cause of the death, then discover that the cut rope was made in the factory for which Uozu’s brother works.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-03-17
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Afraid to Die
1960-03-22
Afraid to Die
Overview: On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of his recently deceased father, boss of the Asahina clan. But their exit proves more difficult than planned when their rival clan steps in to exact revenge.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-22
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スーダラ節 わかっちゃいるけどやめられねぇ
1962-03-25
スーダラ節 わかっちゃいるけどやめられねぇ
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-25
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Their Legacy
1962-01-03
Their Legacy
Overview: Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmarried daughters and decides to split his retirement allowance he has received from his firm into 500,000 yen for each daughter as a wedding dowry. He considers them all old enough to handle the money, and gives them a free hand to use it as they wish.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-03
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Women and Miso Soup
1968-07-04
Women and Miso Soup
Overview: Temari, a geisha, dreams of opening a small restaurant with her little brother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-07-04
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Gonin no totsugeki tai
1961-04-26
Gonin no totsugeki tai
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Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-26
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Warning from Space
1956-01-27
Warning from Space
Overview: Large star-shaped aliens travel to earth in hopes of warning them about an oncoming catastrophe. To prevent panic about their appearance, one alien takes the form of a popular singer.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-27
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Ayako
1962-02-24
Ayako
Overview: An ambitious young woman uses her sex appeal to solve financial problems in her family, including a brother in debt to the yakuza, and a father who stole money from his firm to repay his son's debt.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-24
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Kigeki: Ohi Kaenasutte!
1970-05-16
Kigeki: Ohi Kaenasutte!
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-05-16
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Your Favourite
1969-11-29
Your Favourite
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-29
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Sutekina 16-sai
1962-07-08
Sutekina 16-sai
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-08
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The Betrothed
1957-05-28
The Betrothed
Overview: Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-05-28
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A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956-02-19
A Rainbow at Every Turn
Overview: Momoko and Asako are half sisters, daughters of the famous architect Tsuneo Mizuhara, who also have another half sister in Kyôto, Wakako, whom they have not had. While Asako is a sweet young lady, Momoko, the eldest, goes out with whomever she wants, thus hiding the trauma caused by seduction and abandonment during the war by young Keita Aoki. One day Keita re-enters her life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-02-19
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The Blue Sky Maiden
1957-10-08
The Blue Sky Maiden
Overview: Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is not who she thought she was.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-10-08
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The Red Water
1963-05-03
The Red Water
Overview: Comedy drama film
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-05-03
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Danchi fujin
1962-12-26
Danchi fujin
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-26
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Punishment Room
1956-06-28
Punishment Room
Overview: Shimada is a student of U College. When the college's baseball team wins the day, he and his friend Ito drug two girls they met at the game.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-06-28
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Buddha
1961-10-31
Buddha
Overview: An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals include human sacrifices. During his meditations, he is tempted by erotic dancing women, demons, and the evil machinations of his criminal cousin. Devastate to attain the spiritual perfection and become the Buddha. He travels to convert followers by his kindness and wisdom, gaining a multitude of believers when he stops an elephant from crushing a local priest. Buddha of course goes on to become one of the great religious leaders of the world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-10-31
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Night River
1956-09-12
Night River
Overview: In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-09-12
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Love and Greed
1964-02-24
Love and Greed
Overview: Namiko gets a crush on Ishizuka, a young CEO of a nightclub, but he was plotting to destroy her husband’s company by greenmail.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-02-24
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The Makioka Sisters
1959-01-14
The Makioka Sisters
Overview: 1959 adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-14
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New Year Trip
1968-01-03
New Year Trip
Overview: A comedy about a good-natured train conductor Shinsaku helping his old friend Miwako find her missing brother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-01-03
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A Night to Remember
1962-09-30
A Night to Remember
Overview: Seventeen years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a newspaper reporter looks for the bomb's effects, but everyone seems to have forgotten. He meets a woman who was there when it happened but when they fall in love she isn't able to move on.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-30
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New Women’s Dialogue
1955-08-23
New Women’s Dialogue
Overview: A young female president of a company who hates men and a new male employee who hates women: a one-on-one fight in which sparks fly! A cheerful youth film!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-08-23
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Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
1960-09-20
Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
Overview: Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Dare yori mo kimi wo aisu" by Kazuko Matsuo.
Genres: Music Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-20
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Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
1959-03-11
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
Overview: Yano Reiko is a part-time student. After being introduced by a well-known classmate, she becomes the tutor for Mariko, the second daughter of the bourgeois Todo family. The eldest daughter of the Todo family, Tomoe, is a typical bourgeois lady who secretly loves Fuyuhiko Kanae, an architectural engineer who is designing her villa. For Reiko, the life of the Todo family is completely different, but when she meets the bright and intelligent Fuyuhiko, she feels more than just affection for him, going beyond Reiko's circumstances. Meanwhile, Fuyuhiko also begins to love the neat and beautiful Reiko. The relationship between the two develops rapidly, but Reiko's heart is complicated. This is because Reiko has an older sister, Ginko, who works in a red-light district...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-03-11
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Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962-10-20
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Overview: Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke, discovers that, while his body is decaying, his libido still rages on -- unwittingly sparked by the gentle, kindly attentions of his daughter-in-law Satsuko, a chic, flashy dancer with a shady past. Pitiful and ridiculous as he is, Utsugi is without a trace of self-pity, and his diary shines with self-effacing good humor.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-20
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An Innocent Witch
1965-10-30
An Innocent Witch
Overview: Ayako, a young woman from a rural fishing village, is sold by her family into a brothel when her father takes ill. There, she is quickly stripped of her innocence and illusions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-10-30
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When Women Lie
1963-03-30
When Women Lie
Overview: Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai" (Kinugasa/Shindô).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-30
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958-04-01
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Overview: Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the target of a merciless revenge.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-04-01
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The Snowy Heron
1958-11-29
The Snowy Heron
Overview: The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps catches up to her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-11-29
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On This Earth
1957-11-22
On This Earth
Overview: Kanazawa in the Taisho era. A former junior high school student, Ichiro's family used to be a large landowner, but now they are living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through school. Under such circumstances, Ichiro meets Wakako, the daughter of a wealthy man, and they fall in love with each other, but they are opposed by those around them because of their different social status.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-11-22
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Okoto and Sasuke
1961-10-14
Okoto and Sasuke
Overview: One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-10-14
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Blind Devotion
1961-03-08
Blind Devotion
Overview: Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-03-08
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I Sell My Husband
1968-11-09
I Sell My Husband
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-11-09
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Refresher Course for Wives
1961-08-13
Refresher Course for Wives
Overview: One night, three wives, Matsuyo, Keiko and Mari, receive a mysterious telephone call. The voice tells them that she has their husbands with her and invites them to " P " Hotel to see for themselves. They have been married for many years and are bored with their husbands, and are about to secretly carry on affairs with the other's mates.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-08-13
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The Radiant Prince
1961-10-14
The Radiant Prince
Overview: Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to life in this new tale of his further romantic adventures. Young Genji, the emperor’s illegitimate son cuts a swath through the women of the imperial court, while still mourning the spirit of his late mother who died while he was still a child. Driven to an obsession with the emperor’s new concubine, Lady Fujitsubo, whose resemblance to his late mother originally caught the eye of the emperor, young Genji embarks upon a reckless affair with her that could cost him his life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-10-14
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The Ginza Three Boys
1961-01-03
The Ginza Three Boys
Overview: The story of three sportsman brothers living in the Ginza. One day, the three meet a raving beauty on separate occasions and are unaware they have met the same girl.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-03
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Triangle Moods
1961-05-24
Triangle Moods
Overview: Ayako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved in her life are three young men—stage actor Goro, businessman Kokichi and Sanpei Pachinko.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-24
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Bury Me Deep
1963-06-08
Bury Me Deep
Overview: A suspense directed by Umetsugu Inoue, starring Ayako Wakao, depicting the intense lust created by the passion of a writhing woman.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-06-08
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Beauty the Enemy
1959-08-12
Beauty the Enemy
Overview: In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-08-12
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Closing Time
1962-04-18
Closing Time
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-18
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Fool's Love
1960-04-17
Fool's Love
Overview: A young man (Eiji Funakoshi) lavishes his complete attention and resources on a beautiful young girl (Junko Kano) who was picked up in the Ikebukuro district of Tokyo.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-04-17
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Strange Triangle
1965-07-31
Strange Triangle
Overview: A young man is determined to have as many affairs as possible but not to get married. One of his conquests is of a different mind however. For she is pregnant and so he agrees to live with her. But he misses very much the other younger girl whom he saw a lot of, and with the older woman's consent, sees the younger one and on her request, asks her to move in with them. This is the beginning of a very strange triangle which they all live through to a not unhappy ending.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-07-31
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Advance Patrol
1957-12-28
Advance Patrol
Overview: In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance troop was organized to penetrate into the supreme headquarter of Russia in Tieling Mountain of China to find out the enemy's situation...
Genres: Drama War Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-12-28
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A Woman's Testament
1960-01-14
A Woman's Testament
Overview: The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the second story, a beautiful young woman is employed by an unscrupulous real estate agent to convince male clients to invest in worthless property. The last story is about a widowed geisha who has no real financial worries and who falls in love with a forger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-14
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The Enforcer
1964-11-14
The Enforcer
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Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-11-14
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Girls Born in August
1963-02-19
Girls Born in August
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-02-19
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The Cast-Off
1959-05-13
The Cast-Off
Overview: The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his world is changing completely : his wife behaves like never before, considering she's now rich and has the right to do whatever she wants, even having an affair. (Also occasionally known in English as “Overflow”)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-05-13
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Itohan Monogatari
1957-01-15
Itohan Monogatari
Overview: Based on the original work by Shuji Hojo, Itohan Monogatari depicts the fate of a clumsy and kind-hearted woman in the Taisho era.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-15
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Sound in the Mist
1956-11-21
Sound in the Mist
Overview: In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night, Kazuhiko's wife Kazuyo comes to see them and confronts the professor about his extramarital affair, and Tsuruko, an inevitable witness to the confrontation, leaves the professor the following morning. Over the next decade, whenever he visits the mountain cabin every autumn equinox, the memory of Tsuruko will forever haunt Kazuhiko...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-11-21
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The Crowded Train
1957-03-29
The Crowded Train
Overview: Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is told to send money for medical research into the condition. This prompts him to pay his father a visit, leading to a series of mishaps that leaves him at the bottom of the heap in what he once expected to be a promising lifetime career.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-03-29
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Mission Accomplished
1960-02-17
Mission Accomplished
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-02-17
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Secret Love
1966-12-03
Secret Love
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-12-03
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Hot Spring Policeman
1963-09-21
Hot Spring Policeman
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-09-21
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Black Money
1963-03-15
Black Money
Overview: The case of the counterfeit bills that spread all over Japan.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-15
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The Women Divers
1958-08-12
The Women Divers
Overview: A youth movie depicting the love between college students.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-08-12
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Whispering Death Beauty
1963-06-23
Whispering Death Beauty
Overview: Fujiko Niwa, a nurse, is in love with Dr. Suga, but fear clutches her heart when she overhears that Reiko, the Director's daughter, is coming to the hospital to see the man she hopes to marry.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-06-23
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Kawaii mendori ga utatta
1961-09-10
Kawaii mendori ga utatta
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-09-10
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Ripe and Marriageable
1959-09-17
Ripe and Marriageable
Overview: 1959 youth comedy.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-09-17
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The White Road Across the River
1959-08-19
The White Road Across the River
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-08-19
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Bride Candidate
1957-11-22
Bride Candidate
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-11-22
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Love River
1958-04-22
Love River
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-04-22
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Hey, Nakamura-kun
1958-10-01
Hey, Nakamura-kun
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-01
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Thirst
1958-06-01
Thirst
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-01
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Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957-01-15
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Overview: A studio introduction version for Daiei Stars.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-15
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