Kan Yanagiya
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 08, 1911
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Turbid Youth
1954-09-21
Turbid Youth
Overview: Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at the indignation of the chairman Hayashi and seeked their own careers in the film industry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-09-21
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次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
1962-01-09
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-09
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A Woman's Life
1963-11-16
A Woman's Life
Overview: A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-11-16
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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959-11-20
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Overview: Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-11-20
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Police Precinct Part 14
1960-06-21
Police Precinct Part 14
Overview: An elderly woman, Ume Matsumoto, complained to the First Investigation Department that her son Hirasaka, who runs a shoe store, had disappeared. The ominous foreboding of the First Investigation Department hit the mark, it turned out that the discovered unidentified body of the drowned man was Hirasaka. Moreover, the land in front of the station, owned by Hirasaka, was sold by someone. Suspecting that this is a planned murder, the Investigative Group, fearing the escape of the criminal, begins to act secretly, without creating an investigation headquarters.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-06-21
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A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
1941-12-30
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-12-30
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Koibito
1951-03-10
Koibito
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-03-10
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Forty-Eight Man
1952-06-26
Forty-Eight Man
Overview: Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-06-26
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Duel in the Sun
1950-03-07
Duel in the Sun
Overview: A film by Kiyoshi Saeki
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-03-07
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Dynamite Doctor Returns
1966-09-17
Dynamite Doctor Returns
Overview: Second movie in the yoidore hakase serie
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-09-17
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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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Sasaki Kojiro
1951-10-26
Sasaki Kojiro
Overview: Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as Sasaki Kojiro, who rises from humble beginnings to national fame, and a young Toshiro Mifune appears as the legendary master swordsman Miyamoto Musashi for the first time and essentially sets the standard for future portrayals.This masterpiece is based on the original story as written by noted author Murakami Genzo and is far superior to any other versions. Following Kojiro from his earliest days through his fateful meeting with Musashi, this movie is filled with exciting and dramatic moments culminating in the best version of the final duel ever seen on film.
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-10-26
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The Abandoned Swords
1958-10-01
The Abandoned Swords
Overview: Best friends Gentaro and Sanpei become fateful enemies when Sanpei steals a secret document revealing the identity of the chosen successor to the Tokugawa Shogun. Gentaro of the Owari clan sets out to retrive the invaluable document.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-01
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The Man Who Waited
1942-04-23
The Man Who Waited
Overview: A bizarre murder at a hot springs resort threatens to disrupt an Edo detective's (Hasegawa) vacation. When his hot-blooded wife (Yamada) starts snooping around, however, he finds himself reluctantly drawn in to the case.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-04-23
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Yearning
1964-01-15
Yearning
Overview: War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko's in-laws plan to convert their small shop into a supermarket, to her detriment.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-01-15
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Travelling Actors
1940-12-18
Travelling Actors
Overview: This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-12-18
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Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
1962-12-23
Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
Overview: Young lord investigates the mysterious death that takes place in the underworld.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-23
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Haruko no ōen danchō
1962-08-05
Haruko no ōen danchō
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-08-05
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Detective
1964-12-05
Detective
Overview: The first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a criminal, which takes place in Yokohama. Tamba enthusiastically plays a police inspector who pursues a criminal who kidnapped his sister.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-12-05
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Escape at Dawn
1950-01-08
Escape at Dawn
Overview: Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love with a prostitute named Harumi, she convinces him to desert the army and live with her.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-01-08
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The Blue Pearl
1951-08-03
The Blue Pearl
Overview: The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; literally “women of the sea”) in a superstitious coastal town. Though raised within the same tradition-bound crucible, the two women – Noe and Riu – are portrayed as diametric opposites; the former meek but affectionate, the latter strong-willed but jaded by a tryst with metropolitan life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-08-03
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Frankie the Milkman
1956-12-05
Frankie the Milkman
Overview: Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to Tokyo to save a sinking milk delivery business a distant relative of his runs, he encounters the most strangest of clientele.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-12-05
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Pursuit At Dawn
1950-06-01
Pursuit At Dawn
Overview: This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring Ryô Ikebe as a young policeman it is part crime drama, part social study. Definitely not an undiscovered masterpiece, but still a must for Ichikawa buffs.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-06-01
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Escape from Prison
1950-01-04
Escape from Prison
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-01-04
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Stray Dog
1949-10-17
Stray Dog
Overview: A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-10-17
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Lord Mito: All Star Version
1960-08-07
Lord Mito: All Star Version
Overview: In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later, another fire broke out, this time in Komagome, burning down the two gates of Asakusa and Sujikai, and continuing on into the night. As the government Elders consider evidence that these fires were arson, a fire breaks out in Hirakawa-cho, outside of Hanzo Gate. Nishonmaru catches on fire and burns down completely. When this rash of fires even strikes Kyoto, the task of finding who’s behind the arson, and stopping them falls to the Shogun’s uncle, the Elder Lord of Mito. Together with his trusted bodyguards, Kaku and Suke, the trio set of to save Japan from this scourge of evil. Featuring virtually all of their most famous stars, this is the best film in the Toei series about Mito Komon, one of Japan’s most popular historical figures who traveled through the country incognito to check on the people and fight injustice.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-08-07
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Dispersed Clouds
1951-11-23
Dispersed Clouds
Overview: Five women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when one of them, Masako, falls ill at a railway station. Osen, a middle-aged maid from a nearby inn, takes her in and nurses her, assisted by Dr. Minami, a young physician who diagnoses her illness as a mild case of pneumonia. With Masako in good hands and needing a few days to recuperate, her classmates continue their tour. Masako’s recovery, however, is hampered by her spoiled and immature nature and her determination to punish the world for the loss of her mother.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-11-23
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Moonlight Mask: The Last Death of the Devil
1959-08-04
Moonlight Mask: The Last Death of the Devil
Overview: The sixth and last Moonlight Mask film in the original series produced by Toei in the 1950s.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-08-04
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960-03-01
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
Overview: Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-01
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Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
1950-01-22
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
Overview: Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-01-22
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With Songs in My Heart
1958-09-10
With Songs in My Heart
Overview: Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and songs, this story shows how a girl raised on a farm was able to make her dream a reality, with the love of those around her.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-09-10
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Moonlight Mask: The Challenging Ghost
1959-07-28
Moonlight Mask: The Challenging Ghost
Overview: Fifth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-07-28
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The Angry Street
1950-05-14
The Angry Street
Overview: The Angry Street includes a great deal of location shooting in the rebuilt city, including downtown streets, residential neighborhoods, the campus of the University of Tokyo, and the high life of jazzy dance halls. Sudo (Hara Yasumi) and Mori (Uno Jukichi) are two university students who make money by picking up rich girls in dance clubs and conning them into giving them cash. Mori is the brains of the operation, and Sudo is the suave dancer who picks up the girls. Over the course of the film, Sudo becomes involved with three different girls and is drawn into the gangster milieu, which he seems unable to resist even though he is responsible for his mother, grandmother, and sister, Masako (Wakayama Setsuko). In this world of bad boys and girls, Masako is the pillar of strength and moral virtue who finally enables Mori to straighten out.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-05-14
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Moonlight Mask
1958-07-30
Moonlight Mask
Overview: First Moonlight Mask theatrical film.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-07-30
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The Motherless
1955-12-04
The Motherless
Overview: Japanese drama film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-12-04
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Tonari no yome
1956-09-18
Tonari no yome
Overview: Japanese drama film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-09-18
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Kingorô no omawari-san
1956-11-14
Kingorô no omawari-san
Overview: Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-11-14
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Moonlight Mask: Duel to the Death in Dangerous Waters
1958-08-06
Moonlight Mask: Duel to the Death in Dangerous Waters
Overview: Second Moonlight Mask theatrical film.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-08-06
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Moonlight Mask: Claws of Satan
1958-12-22
Moonlight Mask: Claws of Satan
Overview: The 3rd Moonlight Mask movie from the 50s.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-12-22
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クレージーだよ 奇想天外
クレージーだよ 奇想天外
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Original Language: ja
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Eight Hours of Terror
1957-03-08
Eight Hours of Terror
Overview: A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-03-08
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Mother Never Dies
1942-09-24
Mother Never Dies
Overview: The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-09-24
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Children of Hiroshima
1952-08-06
Children of Hiroshima
Overview: Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-08-06
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The Wolves
1955-07-03
The Wolves
Overview: A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a plan to rob a cash delivery truck in order to provide for their families.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-07-03
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Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960-05-10
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
Overview: Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-05-10
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Voice Without a Shadow
1958-10-22
Voice Without a Shadow
Overview: Asako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued to haunt her. Years later her husband invites his boss, Hamazaki, over for dinner and she realises his voice is suspiciously like that of the killer. Before she can investigate further, Hamazaki is found dead and her husband becomes the prime suspect.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-22
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961-01-09
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Overview: A comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to take over a lucrative diamond mine business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-09
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960-08-07
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
Overview: Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved in a robbery of precious diamond.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-08-07
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The Battle of Kawanakajima
1941-11-30
The Battle of Kawanakajima
Overview: This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the main supply wagons and the supply troops to transport materiel to the Uesugi army. To this are added episodes involving an itinerant woman.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-11-30
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The Black Current
1954-08-31
The Black Current
Overview: A reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company, receives a sudden report from a reporter that the missing Akiyama JNR president was found dead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-08-31
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Hazardous Graduation
1970-12-15
Hazardous Graduation
Overview: Sex games by students at a junior high school are exposed by the principal and teachers, but the tables are turned in favor of the students.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-12-15
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The Skin of the South
1952-02-28
The Skin of the South
Overview: When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable, they are met with scorn on two fronts. On one end, they must contend with the local villagers who balk at the prospect of relocation; on the other, they face the ambitions of the headstrong lumber baron, whose actions will only further destabilize the land. Their pleas for reason ignored, the scientists can do little but observe as nature runs its inevitable course.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-02-28
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The Naked Sun
1958-10-01
The Naked Sun
Overview: A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-future, have enough money to get married. As they have agreed on this procedure, it comes as a shock to the young woman to find out from her husband-to-be that he just loaned all the money they had saved to a friend. She is understandably miffed, and a big disagreement results. But after some time goes by, she discovers why the friend needed the money so badly, and the couple are back on solid footing again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-01
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The Happy Family
1959-01-28
The Happy Family
Overview: Japanese family drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-28
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Wings of Victory
1942-10-14
Wings of Victory
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Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-10-14
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Moment of Terror
1966-04-16
Moment of Terror
Overview: When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother seeks vengeance against the driver in this thrilling drama. The car was driven by the wife of a company president who is having an affair. The woman's husband manages to buy silence about the incident, but the victim's mother discovers the identity of the driver. After she secures a job in the home of the company president and his philandering spouse, the woman plans to murder the couple's son when he reaches the age of her late son.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-04-16
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Rabble Tactics
1963-07-13
Rabble Tactics
Overview: The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to keep the wolf from the door. The farmers are recruited in groups of fifteen. In Yaju's village, there are only twelve men, so they press Oto, who looks more like a boy than a girl, to join, disguised as a man.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-07-13
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Senka o koete
1950-09-02
Senka o koete
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-09-02
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Shanghai Landing Party
1939-05-19
Shanghai Landing Party
Overview: This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a documentary mode. In the film story, Japan's marine regiment protects Japanese residents and Chinese refugees-women and young children-from rampant street fighting, Shanhai Rikusentai unsparingly uses its first eight minutes for an official-mannered self-justification of the war. From the viewpoint of explaining Japan's military operation,the narration refers to the city s spatial division in sync with maps on screen.
Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-05-19
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Dancing Sisters
1957-01-03
Dancing Sisters
Overview: It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daughters. Haruko, the eldest, is the lead vocalist in a band. Natsuko is the conscientious type, who spends her days in ballet classes beautifying herself. The youngest of the three, Akiko is a bookworm who found her niche in philosophy. Although the sisters may appear to have nothing in common, there is one thing they all agree on; "Mom needs a new husband".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-03
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Moonlight Mask: The Monster Gorilla
1959-04-01
Moonlight Mask: The Monster Gorilla
Overview: Fourth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-04-01
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Nippon no obaachan
1962-01-03
Nippon no obaachan
Overview: Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. With nowhere to go, the two wander around, befriending a cosmetics salesman and a kind waitress who give them beer. This biting social satire starring two memorable grandmothers, scripted by Yôko Mizuki, picked up on Japan’s aging population problem far ahead of its time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-03
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A Taxing Woman
1987-02-07
A Taxing Woman
Overview: Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities. Itakura and Gondo soon find themselves engaged in a complicated, satirical battle of wits.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-02-07
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Nikoyon monogatari
1956-09-11
Nikoyon monogatari
Overview: Japanese drama film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-09-11
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The White Orchid
1951-03-24
The White Orchid
Overview: A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-03-24
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Destroyer Yukikaze
1964-02-16
Destroyer Yukikaze
Overview: Yutaro Kida, a worker at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, volunteers for the navy but finds himself a cook's mate in the galley of a gunboat. But his dream is eventually realized when he is transferred to the new and powerful destroyer Yukikaze which he helped to build. When the Pacific War breaks out Yukikaze performs valiantly in the South Pacific, and while on shore leave, Kida meets and falls in love with Yukiko, younger sister of his commander.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-02-16
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Seishun wo warera ni
1956-03-28
Seishun wo warera ni
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-03-28
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Pleasant Company
1962-03-07
Pleasant Company
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-07
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Tokyo Sweetheart
1952-07-15
Tokyo Sweetheart
Overview: Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a streetcorner artist all struggle to make their livings and to find happiness in difficult surroundings.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-07-15
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Machi
1939-08-20
Machi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-08-20
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The Giant
1938-02-02
The Giant
Overview: Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War of 1877 in Japan, which was the last civil war in the country, a criminal escapes prison only to be found by a monk. The criminal decides to turn a new leaf based on their conversation and goes on to become a town's mayor. He hears news of a mistaken arrest and identity. The revelation of truth is the start of a series of miseries.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-02-02
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Rainbow Hill
1938-03-11
Rainbow Hill
Overview: A half brother and sister work at a hotel in Hakone respectively as a porter and a souvenir shop clerk. They are close. One day a woman named Hasegawa checks into the hotel in order to recuperate in a calm environment with fresh air. She is the mother of the store employee. The mother and daughter were separated due to the Kanto earthquake. The girl was practically raised by her older half brother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-03-11
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Beautiful Departure
1939-02-21
Beautiful Departure
Overview: A rich bourgeoisie family has little care in the world and knows no other lifestyle. It is only the family's second daughter who has an insecure bone in her body and ponders a day when the good times might end. Then one day the family-owned company goes bankrupt and a new era begins.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-02-21
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Crazy Operation
1963-03-24
Crazy Operation
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-24
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Swords and Brocade
1951-06-22
Swords and Brocade
Overview: A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-06-22
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Shiroi natsu
1957-07-23
Shiroi natsu
Overview: Hey, please, hold me... A thrilling physical farewell gift that a pure-hearted adult received while trembling!! Set in a simple rural town's post office, this youthfully bright and humorous story depicts the intricacies of life experienced by a rookie young postal worker. Depicting the subtle intricacies of life experienced by a young protagonist in a simple post office setting. This bright and humorous story evokes a heartfelt sense of empathy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-23
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Trigger Happy
1954-12-29
Trigger Happy
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-12-29
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Tenka no Kaidanji Senpū Tarō
1961-02-14
Tenka no Kaidanji Senpū Tarō
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-14
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悲劇の将軍 山下奉文
1953-04-29
悲劇の将軍 山下奉文
Overview: When Japan entered into the great tragedy that was unforgettable, the general general of the history of the Ming Dynasty, hokudai Yamashita, left the Malay front and occupied Singapore at once, and was praised as a "Malay tiger." However, the situation in Japan changed steadily by the failure of Sai pan from the GA Talca translation.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-04-29
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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
1960-01-15
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
Overview: The legendary one-eyed one-armed swordsman Tange Sazen is back to aid a Magistrate in his efforts to steal bribe money on its way to Edo for the benefit to poor farmers.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-15
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