Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 29, 1927
Deathday: January 21, 1999
Popularity:
1982-11-26
Overview: One night, Genjiro Tsurumi, a former ronin comes across a man being attacked by a group of assassins. The dying man is an official secret agent carrying a secret letter addressed to General Matsudaira. Genjiro meets with Matsudaira, who informs him of the existence of a mysterious group, the Hachitake... who aims to overthrow the Shogunate.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-11-26
Popularity:
1962-12-26
Overview: Hana to ryu: Toshio Masuda directed movie
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-26
Popularity:
1966-05-11
Overview: A coming-of-age drama based on a novel by Kei Moriyama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-05-11
Popularity:
1959-06-23
Overview: A man is wrongfully accused of murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-06-23
Popularity:
1962-05-01
Overview: A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he gets acquainted with a library worker, Reiko Nakafuji. Reiko's father was a member of the Diet who was assassinated six years ago. Through Reiko, Takema joins Tsūkai-kai, a group of young people who respect her late father's political ideas. With the assistance of Tsukai-kai, Takema eventually uncovers the political scandal related to postwar compensation which led to the murder of Reiko's father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-01
Popularity:
1962-05-13
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-13
Popularity:
1960-10-12
Overview: In this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to Hokkaido, where he helps protect an Ainu village from unscrupulous land developers.
Genres: Western Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-10-12
Popularity:
1982-06-05
Overview: An ardent culture-vulture youth, previously charged for the murder of a woman when he was young, plans to hold hostage a local bank.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-06-05
Popularity:
1963-02-02
Overview: After their father dies, his children try to get by on a house boat.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-02-02
Popularity:
1962-06-03
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-03
Popularity:
1967-08-12
Overview:
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-08-12
Popularity:
1966-11-26
Overview: Stray Dog (野良犬) is a 1966 film directed by Yoshio Inoue. It is the seventh film in the Inu series.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-11-26
Popularity:
1980-06-14
Overview: Based on the novel of the same name by Shoji Yuki
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-06-14
Popularity:
1960-03-02
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
Popularity:
1964-12-31
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
Popularity:
1989-12-16
Overview: As the monk Ryuun, whose past and origin make him prone to internal and external fits, leaves the temple towards Tokyo, he gets to catch a glimpse of enlightenment resonating with the blind Kanoko.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-12-16
Popularity:
1970-09-11
Overview:
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-09-11
Popularity:
1964-04-12
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
Popularity:
1978-12-29
Overview: Tadao decides to comes back from Tokyo to live in his home town, in the countryside. He stays at his parents place and finds a job, repairing transistor and television. He catches up with his friend Tetsuji, the only that haven’t left yet. But one night, Tetsuji decides to leave for Tokyo with a bar hostess.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-12-29
Popularity:
1960-01-31
Overview: Might Guy Akira's unique action drama depicts the bizarre fate of a young doctor who vows to avenge his girlfriend, who was shot by a yakuza on a whim!
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-31
Popularity:
1964-07-03
Overview: As Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought after by the police after helping his friend conduct a robbery.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-07-03
Popularity:
1977-05-28
Overview: Based on the manga of the same name. Originally published in the Japanese magazine Weekly Playboy. It follows Ippei Yasuda, son of a prominent family, who is immensely gifted in nearly everything he does.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-05-28
Popularity:
1976-06-19
Overview: Kamiki (Sonny Chiba) is a career criminal who is given the chance to break out of prison for the 33rd time. Afterwards Kaimiki teams up with a bunch of thugs that engineer prison escapes for money.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-06-19
Popularity:
1968-10-02
Overview: Seventh film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-10-02
Popularity:
1961-08-16
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-08-16
Popularity:
1970-04-18
Overview: An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of stifling, moralistic laws.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-04-18
Popularity:
1961-02-11
Overview: Nakata (Keiichiro Akagi) is a nihilistic young buck who is willing to do anything to get money in his pockets. As he knocks back a couple drinks that he knows he won't be able to afford, a former marksman-turned-bad, Ishioka approaches him. Ishioka is looking for an unaffiliated hit-man who is willing to handle some business. Nakata is just the right man for the job.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-11
Popularity:
1966-09-17
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
Popularity:
1954-06-24
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-06-24
Popularity:
1971-01-15
Overview: Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown and meeting a young woman that reminds him of his sister Sakura. Meanwhile, a new tenant moves into Toraya restaurant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-01-15
Popularity:
1979-04-21
Overview: A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-04-21
Popularity:
1961-04-29
Overview: Seventh in the nine-film series, "The Wandering Guitarist".
Genres: Western Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-29
Popularity:
1961-04-17
Overview:
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-17
Popularity:
1958-10-31
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
Popularity:
1970-03-21
Overview:
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-03-21
Popularity:
1983-12-03
Overview: An ancient evil spirit resurrects in the modern age and possesses a beautiful woman.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-12-03
Popularity:
1982-04-17
Overview: Detective Nishina Sosuke, the director of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division 1, is suddenly attacked by a trio of men at his apartment at midnight. When he regains consciousness, the corpse of a foreigner shot with his pistol lies in front of him. Nishina, with the help of his friend and newspaper reporter Mineshima, who believes in his innocence and vows to cooperate, pursues the incident and reveals a conspiracy related with 5,000 kilograms of gold that disappeared at the end of the WW2.
Genres: Action Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-04-17
Popularity:
1961-07-15
Overview:
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-15
Popularity: