Kenji Sugawara
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 14, 1926
Deathday: December 24, 1999
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Musume no boken
1958-11-01
Musume no boken
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-11-01
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry
1965-10-01
Brutal Tales of Chivalry
Overview: After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking advantage of the mess, Iwasa and his gang take hold of goods from the US military, black-market and controlled items in order to become the most powerful group in Enko area.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-10-01
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Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
1983-01-08
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-01-08
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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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Kurohyō
1953-07-17
Kurohyō
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-07-17
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Tokyo Crime Map
1956-03-04
Tokyo Crime Map
Overview: An exciting film about thugs, in which murders and drugs, justice and resentment explode in the dark city of Tokyo with the help of guns and violence.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-03-04
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Kingdom of Samurai
1966-10-01
Kingdom of Samurai
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-10-01
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Hokasanbon
1998-01-01
Hokasanbon
Overview: Set in a single location, this action-comedy stylishly depicts how a mistake caused by an accidental prank causes a series of people to fall like dominoes. The film is shot in a way that makes the serious look funny, and the supposedly uncool look stick to the film. The sense of humour is reminiscent of Quentin Tarantino, but the ending, in which three stories that were misaligned like the misplaced buttons come together, shows the high quality of the film as a storyteller.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Hole in One
1957-09-15
Hole in One
Overview: A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-09-15
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The Venus' Tear
1962-07-29
The Venus' Tear
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-29
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The Princess Sen
1954-10-20
The Princess Sen
Overview: During the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with other members of her family in Osaka Castle, by a rival force led by her grandfather.
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-10-20
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Kodokan Under a Morning Moon
1957-04-16
Kodokan Under a Morning Moon
Overview: The picture tells of a tremendous conflict between ju-jitsu, an aggressive art practiced by vicious hoodlums led by Takamatsu, and judo, which is used only for self-defense and championed by Sugawara. All of which, comes to a mighty match between Sugawara and Takamatsu. It's loaded with dynamite, so to speak, and lasts five minutes on the screen, Sugawara, wins. Takamatsu, a poor loser, and his four ju-jitsu hoodlum companions later ambush Sugawara in the woods. This turns out to be a mortal combat. You'd like to learn the outcome, wouldn't you?
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-04-16
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The Ladder of Success
1958-04-01
The Ladder of Success
Overview: A biting portrait of the world of classical Japanese dance: an ambitious young woman (Wakao Ayako) shoves aside her mentor (Kyo Machiko) on her way to the top.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-04-01
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Dash to the Sun
1966-09-08
Dash to the Sun
Overview: A song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru. It tells the story of a young man who moves to Tokyo with a big dream of becoming a composer, and despite the unfamiliar city life, sticks to his original intentions with the gentle encouragement of his young wife, and takes the music world by storm.
Genres: Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-09-08
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Satan's Sword
1960-10-18
Satan's Sword
Overview: The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Ryunosuke Tsukue , a nihilistic swordmaster who doesn't hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-10-18
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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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滝の白糸
1956-07-12
滝の白糸
Overview: The middle of the Meiji period. Tororo Goro, a Nanjing expedition hit the first time to join the white thread at the water entertainer waterfall, thought that he would go to the Kanazawa in the first place of the year and try to interrupt the white thread. Tororo Goro troupe crossed the Yabe gawa River and tried to borrow a carriage at a carriage company on the other side of the river, but he was forced by Jinya murakoshi, a charter, and started with jinrikisha without stopping.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-07-12
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Order of Yakuza
1962-12-26
Order of Yakuza
Overview: Order of Yakuza
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-26
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A Spectacular Murder
1951-01-20
A Spectacular Murder
Overview: When a theater producer Kurato is murdered in the audience on opening night, Inspector Kawano investigates the prop pistols used on stage, but all were fake. That same night, a dancer in the troupe went missing and a police officer was shot with the same caliber gun. Kawano suspects they are all related to a gun smuggling case.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-01-20
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My Bellett
1964-01-01
My Bellett
Overview: A promotional film for the automobile manufacturer Isuzu Jidosha directed by Nagisa Ôshima - an anthology of three stories.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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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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Eat the Schoolgirl: Osaka Telephone Club
1997-03-10
Eat the Schoolgirl: Osaka Telephone Club
Overview: "Eat the Schoolgirl" concerns two young adults who made a dirty work for a yakuza gang by making sadistic rape/snuff films. Both of them are sexually obsessed; one is addicted to telephone sex whilst the other can only function sexually, whilst seeing mutilated female corpses.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-03-10
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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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A Grain of Wheat
1958-09-14
A Grain of Wheat
Overview: The film depicts a group of boys and girls who graduate from a local junior high school and head to Tokyo to find employment, and the teachers who watch over them. Co-written by newcomer Shigeki Chiba and Kaneto Shindo, the film was directed by Kozaburo Yoshimura.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-09-14
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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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Typhoon Reporter
1963-07-13
Typhoon Reporter
Overview: Set around Ginza’s neon billboard boom, the movie is a drama of romance, corporate intrigue and tragic crime. A reporter (Ken Utsui) investigates a homicide in Tokyo’s bustling construction scene, meanwhile a super typhoon is brewing in the Pacific, and Ginza is square in its sights!
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-07-13
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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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The Golden Demon
1954-03-21
The Golden Demon
Overview: Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the engagement of Kan-ichi (a student) and Miya (the daughter of Kan-ichi's debtor) is canceled to enable Miya to marry Tomiyama, a wealthy banker's son. In bitter despair, Kan-ichi breaks with his friends, drops his studies, and declares he has ceased to be human. He apprentices to a money-lender, and he's soon ruthless and wealthy. Several years later, Miya's in misery, her husband mistreats her. She goes to Kan-ichi to beg forgiveness; he pushes her away. He's now pursued by Akagashi, herself a cold-hearted loan shark. Can anything free Kan-ichi's hard heart from the golden demon
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-03-21
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Farewell Song
1955-01-15
Farewell Song
Overview: A young woman decides to leave school in order to help her sister.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-01-15
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New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1969-08-13
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
Overview: Suehiro Katsuji, a prisoner of Abashiri, is sent to Shikoku to work at a dock where a fierce turf battle takes place between a local gang and the dock operator.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-08-13
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Flame and the Code
1966-03-05
Flame and the Code
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-03-05
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Etajima, the Naval Academy
1959-09-06
Etajima, the Naval Academy
Overview: The former Japanese Naval Academy was at Etajima, one of the many islands of the beautiful Inland Sea. Among the new cadets were Ishikawa and Murase. Murase's mother had remarried after his father's death and the impressionable boy hated his overbearing father who held the whip-hand over his gentle mother. Out of defiance of his step-father he became wayward. But he was bright and his teacher persuaded him to enter the Academy as he knew that if he left home, his mother need not feel apologetic towards her husband on his account. Discipline was strict, their studies were hard and, in between, all the new cadets received an ample share of beatings, at the hands of the senior cadets, for the slightest mistakes. Murase thought all picked on him the most, especially Cadet First Class Kogure, who manhandled him at the slightest excuse.
Genres: Drama War Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-09-06
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Code Between Brothers 3
1966-12-30
Code Between Brothers 3
Overview: A man finds great camaraderie while traveling.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-12-30
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
1966-01-13
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
Overview: Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor to the Soda Family, he kills the boss of the rival Sakaki Family. When the Soda attacks the Sakaki and double-crosses him, with sword in hand, Hidejiro seeks brutal retribution.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-01-13
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Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952-05-22
Shi no machi wo nogarete
Overview: Group of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-05-22
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A Man's World
1971-01-13
A Man's World
Overview: Tadao Konno (Yujiro Ishihara) had been staying in Canada for 5 years since his girlfriend's death. She was killed for Gang's boss, Shiraishi. Now Tadao returned from Canada and Gang member wonder if he will do revenge for her death…
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-01-13
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Chance Meeting
1958-01-15
Chance Meeting
Overview: Aya successfully stages a fashion show in Osaka and in the train on her way home to Tokyo accidentally treads on a man's foot. The man whose name is Rentaro is not amused. Just afterwards she notices that he is reading a magazine which carries her picture which he crushes and throws under his seat. One of her customers in Tokyo is a pretty girl named Kana for whom she had designed a dress which at first seems quite satisfactory. But a few days later Kana brings it back. It seems her brother thinks it terrible. But when Kana brings the dress back she meets Aya's brother, Takeshi, with whom she becomes friendly and Takeshi gives her a new dress which he smuggles out of his sister's office. When Aya finds Kana's discarded dress and misses one belonging to another customer she goes to see Kana's brother, and to her surprise finds him to be the fellow whose foot she'd stepped upon in the train...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-15
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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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The Messenger from the Moon
1954-09-22
The Messenger from the Moon
Overview: Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-09-22
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The Man
1971-12-03
The Man
Overview: Japanese movie.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-12-03
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Judo vs. Karate
1966-10-30
Judo vs. Karate
Overview: A story of friendship between a lone wolf judo expert and a youth.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-10-30
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The Last Betrayal
1960-07-10
The Last Betrayal
Overview: A crime boss gets out of prison and tries to find who from his organization betrayed him.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-07-10
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New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
1969-12-27
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
Overview: Katsuji takes revenge on evil Tamaru who forcefully took control of the fishery business run by Katsuji’s friend.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-12-27
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Honoo no hada
1951-10-19
Honoo no hada
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-10-19
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Goodbye, Hello
1959-01-03
Goodbye, Hello
Overview: Comedy drama by Kon Ichikawa
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-03
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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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Shichinin no keiji
1963-01-27
Shichinin no keiji
Overview: Miyoko Sekiguchi, who works at a second-rate trading company, and car mechanic Koji Fukumoto are in love. The morning after Koji and Miyoko went out for a drive, the strangled corpse of a call girl is discovered in Toyamagahara. Chief Akagi, Detective Sergeant Sawada, and the other detectives begin to suspect Koji during their investigation. Koji insists he's innocent, but has no evidence to prove it. Even when detectives come to Miyoko's home and workplace and her coworkers begin to look down on her, Miyoko continues to trust and love Koji...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-01-27
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Gateway to Glory
1969-07-12
Gateway to Glory
Overview: A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese navy.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-12
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A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955-04-23
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Overview: A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-04-23
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956-10-16
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Overview: During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the Choshu and Satsuma clans. This is the story of Tsukigat Khanpayit, the sword maker of the Choshu clan, who, along with Katsuro Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma, sought to fulfill the dream of a new peaceful era in Japan. Can he realize his ideals or will he die in the chaos of internecine fights...
Genres: Action Romance History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-10-16
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Jūdai no yūwaku
1953-12-29
Jūdai no yūwaku
Overview: Film directed by Seiji Hisamatsu and starring Wakao Ayako
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-12-29
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Yokubo
1953-05-13
Yokubo
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-05-13
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Floating Weeds Diary
1955-11-15
Floating Weeds Diary
Overview: A travelling theater troupe, led by Umagoro Ichikawa, comes to play in a mining town, and manages to sell every seat. Before the play begins, however, a miners' strike is announced, creating an uproar. In addition, the players find they have been cheated out of their profits by a crooked impresario.
Genres: History Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-11-15
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Typhoon
1956-12-19
Typhoon
Overview: A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been destroyed and then cashing in on building a new one.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-12-19
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The Sentimental Idiot
1956-04-18
The Sentimental Idiot
Overview: A young man steals money for a cabaret singer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-04-18
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Kirai Kirai Kirai
1960-02-24
Kirai Kirai Kirai
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-02-24
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The Domain: Severed Relations
1968-02-22
The Domain: Severed Relations
Overview: The Domain: Severed Relations
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-02-22
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The Domain: White Blade
1967-01-28
The Domain: White Blade
Overview: The Domain: White Blade
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-01-28
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The Woman Killer
1969-03-08
The Woman Killer
Overview: Japanese crime film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-03-08
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Street of Shame
1956-03-18
Street of Shame
Overview: The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-03-18
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A Storm Zone
1959-07-26
A Storm Zone
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-07-26
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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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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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Mother
1958-03-05
Mother
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-03-05
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The Judo Champ
1958-08-12
The Judo Champ
Overview: When Shinsuke returns to Kyushu from the Russo-Japanese War he finds his Judo school hall neglected and in decay. His Judo teacher has died and his brother, Ryota, and the teacher's only daughter, Akiko, are greatly disturbed by Zanba, who intends to use the school for teaching the Ryukyu art of Karate.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-08-12
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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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七人の刑事 女を探がせ
1963-04-14
七人の刑事 女を探がせ
Overview: This is the second installment in the Shichinin no Keiji police procedural series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-04-14
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Tejō ni kaketa koi
1961-02-01
Tejō ni kaketa koi
Overview: 1961 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-01
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