Senjaku Nakamura
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 31, 1931
Deathday: November 12, 2020
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The River Yokobori
1966-09-15
The River Yokobori
Overview: Taka, the daughter of Naniwa-ya, a longtime Osaka store owner, married Kichisaburo Kawashima-ya, the son of a kimono wholesaler. Her husband just tried to play with her like a sweet candy, but Taka fell in love with him. One day, the father-in-law suddenly dies, and the Kawashima-ya family fortune is rapidly changing. However, the depravity of Kichisaburo does not subside...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-09-15
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957-04-14
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Overview: In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-04-14
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958-01-03
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Overview: In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them. In Part II, the search for the scrolls continues.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-03
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お役者小僧
1953-04-15
お役者小僧
Overview: The phantom thief, known as the "Actor Kid", who was creating a stir in the Daimyo's mansion, especially in the inner chambers, was called Inaba Goutaro. He was the adopted son of a samurai, Inaba Buemon. An incident occurred where his foster father collided with the palanquin of the lord's concubine. In the subsequent altercation, Goutaro killed one of the attendants. Taking responsibility for the act, his foster father committed seppuku, and Goutaro was hunted down. Facing death, his foster father revealed to Goutaro that after the death of his biological father, Goutaro's real mother and his younger brother were forcibly made to serve a lord. This revelation ignited Goutaro's determination to infiltrate the Daimyo's mansion to meet his birth mother.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-04-15
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快盗三人吉三
1954-04-21
快盗三人吉三
Overview: On March 11 in the seventh year of Tenpo (1836), a monk named Bennō, who fell in love with a geisha named Oshima, was publicly exposed at Nihonbashi for committing an illicit act with a woman. While this was happening, an extravagant procession led by another monk named Nikkei passed over the bridge. Nikkei, the head of the Kanouin temple, in collusion with Nakano Harima-no-Kami, had schemed to make his younger sister, Miyoshi, the Shogun's mistress and aimed to transform Kanouin into the Shogun's family temple. To fund the renovations, Nikkei accepted bribes from a corrupt merchant named Koya Bunzo.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-04-21
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Last Days of the Samurai
1957-07-13
Last Days of the Samurai
Overview: Seppuku Day 17 Ako ronins, including Kuranosuke Oishi, who were entrusted to the Hosokawa family, and the events of the two days before are depicted as a tragic romance between one of the ronins, Jurozaemon Isogai, and Omino. An adaptation of Seika Mayama play "Genroku Chusingura, the Last Day of Oishi", which tells about the torments of life and death of samurai living in feudal times.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-13
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Jack the Mouse: Noda Version
2005-09-23
Jack the Mouse: Noda Version
Overview: Nezumi, Jack the Mouse is a Japanese urban legend. His passion for money drives a cynical, duplicitous coffin maker to take on Nezumi’s mantle. In this kaleidoscope of disguise and deception, society’s pretenses are destroyed in a melting pot of farce, social satire and courtroom drama. The mighty are brought low to everyone’s delight. Contemporary theatre genius Hideki Noda collaborates with Kabuki theatre at the invitation of celebrated actor Kanzaburo.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-09-23
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The Living Koheiji
1957-08-04
The Living Koheiji
Overview: The actor Koheiji is terribly in love with the wife of his best friend, the playwright Takuro; to get her, he would even kill Takuro.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-08-04
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Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn
1955-12-21
Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-12-21
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A Young Samurai
1955-03-25
A Young Samurai
Overview: A jidaieki movie about the strange fate of Ranmaru Mori.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-03-25
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