Bontarō Miake
Biography: Actor. Born 1906, died 1987.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 15, 1906
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952-05-14
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Overview: Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed photographs that her cousin had sent. When another actress falls ill she is given the role instead. Her first film is a success propelling the young actress to popularity, her own fans, money and a house. While everything looks dandy from the outside not all is well within the family however.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-05-14
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Akado Suzunosuke vs. the One-Legged Devil
1957-12-28
Akado Suzunosuke vs. the One-Legged Devil
Overview: The magical swordsman battles a gang of cutthroats, who are led by a peg-legged villain.
Genres: Action Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-12-28
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Yamaotoko no Uta
1962-07-08
Yamaotoko no Uta
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-08
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Brooba
1955-10-25
Brooba
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Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-10-25
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A Baby Given by a Fox
1945-11-08
A Baby Given by a Fox
Overview: A lowly drunken samurai finds an abandoned baby in the woods and takes it home. A gift from a fox. But there's something special about the boy.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1945-11-08
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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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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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Hyōchū no Bijo
1950-03-12
Hyōchū no Bijo
Overview: Based on the novel The Vampire (Kyūketsuki) by Edogawa Ranpo.
Genres: Crime Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-03-12
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情熱の詩人啄木
1962-03-04
情熱の詩人啄木
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-04
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Victory and Defeat
1960-04-27
Victory and Defeat
Overview: After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Yamanaka (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who is no longer in top form and is ranked number one, for a title fight, but his comrade Hata (Kojiro Hongo) is not happy with this choice, and so he moves to the gym run by the criminal businessman Goda (Toru Abe) and burning desire to beat Yamanaka.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-04-27
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Kurohyō
1953-07-17
Kurohyō
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-07-17
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Shin Aizen Katsura
1948-12-06
Shin Aizen Katsura
Overview: 1948 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-12-06
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Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953-05-15
Zoku jūdai no seiten
Overview: Film directed by Saeki Kozo with Wakao Ayako.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-05-15
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The Song Lantern
1960-05-18
The Song Lantern
Overview: The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the actors of the Japanese classical theater No, friendship, hatred and love…
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-05-18
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Criminal Woman: Killing Melody
1973-10-27
Criminal Woman: Killing Melody
Overview: Reiko Ike stars as the daughter of a man who has been pushed into drug dealing by the local Yakuza mob. Having outlived his usefulness to the gang he is murdered and Reiko is gang raped, leading her to attempt a knife attack on the Yakuza boss (Ryoji Hayama) at a swank nightclub. Failing to kill him she ends up in prison, where she befriends a crew of other malcontents (including Yumiko Katayama and Chiyoko Kazama) and meets the Yakuza boss's girlfriend (Miki Sugimoto). Upon release Reiko reassembles her mob and launches a Machiavellian scheme to engineer a gang war between Hayama's Oba Industries and the formerly dominant Hamayasu Clan. The rival gangs begin killing each other off and Reiko works her way closer to her ultimate vengeance.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-10-27
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The Woman in the Rumor
1954-06-20
The Woman in the Rumor
Overview: Yukiko's fiance learns her mother runs a geisha house and ends their engagement. She despises what her mother does until one of her clients shows interest and starts to woo her.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-06-20
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雪の降る街に
1962-04-04
雪の降る街に
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-04
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Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
1960-06-01
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
Overview: The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the latter days of the samurai era. Awesome fighting from Katsu Shintaro as One-Eyed Ishimatsu highlights this great tale taken from Japanese history!
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-06-01
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Outlaw island
1956-06-01
Outlaw island
Overview: The southern tip of Shikoku. This village, surrounded by a bay, where, according to legend, the former warriors of the Heike clan settled, is famous for its bullfights. Today there is also a bull market in the village, and there are extremely many people here. The black bull "Great Tengu", which Gonzo from Misaki offered, cost 50,000, but was forcibly taken away by a Bakuro soldier, who possessed extraordinary strength and physique, for less than half the price. However, the violent soldier was in love with Tsunayo, the hostess of the inn and the organizer of the bullfight. One day, a young man from the city, an Ihara police officer, arrives in the village. And soon the real problems will begin…
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-06-01
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Return to Heaven
1930-07-25
Return to Heaven
Overview: Surviving fragments of a film by Tomu Uchida.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1930-07-25
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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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Muchana Yakko
1964-07-04
Muchana Yakko
Overview: A comedy directed by Koji Shima about a men's game. Reckless and exciting, definitely worth watching! Miyoshi Oki was born in Hokkaido and grew up in a dirty carriage that his father owned. His dream was to have a horse with a good coat that costs 10 million yen and he set a goal for it. At the invitation of Otaki-gumi executive Iwasa, he joined Otaki-gumi while the leader Sozaburo was sick. Miyoshi's method is not to deal with the yakuza's morale and slashing, but to handle things mentally....
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-07-04
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Princess and I
1962-04-29
Princess and I
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-29
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Black Temptation
1965-10-02
Black Temptation
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-10-02
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The Blossom and the Sword
1973-11-17
The Blossom and the Sword
Overview: Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths with an assassin (Tetsuya Watari). The encounter sends her to jail as a suspected accomplice. Years later she marries a yakuza boss, whose gang is affiliated with working class people.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-11-17
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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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Princess Yang Kwei Fei
1955-05-03
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
Overview: In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love with her and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets. The ministers misuse their power so much that there is a popular revolt against the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-05-03
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The Hoodlum Soldier Deserts Again
1966-01-03
The Hoodlum Soldier Deserts Again
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-01-03
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Wicked Nun
1971-11-20
Wicked Nun
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-11-20
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Earth
1939-04-13
Earth
Overview: Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law's debts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-04-13
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Carmen Comes Home
1951-03-21
Carmen Comes Home
Overview: A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-03-21
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Bloody Territories
1969-07-26
Bloody Territories
Overview: A once-powerful yakuza clan disbands as a result of a police crackdown, but one small group refuses to bow to police pressure, and launches a campaign to take over Tokyo's drug, prostitution, and gambling rackets. Someone wants to stop them. Is it the police? Rival gang members? Or is it an entirely new group of hired killers who will stop at nothing to gain complete control of Tokyo's "bloody territories"?
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-26
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Devil's Gold
1950-02-19
Devil's Gold
Overview: 1950 film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-02-19
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The Phantom Horse
1955-07-20
The Phantom Horse
Overview: Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-07-20
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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 Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly
1957-08-25
The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly
Overview: A series of ghastly murders are being committed. The one similarity in each of the murders is that a strange buzzing sound is always heard right before the murder occurs. Is the killer invisible or possibly some other incredible creature?
Genres: Science Fiction Crime Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-08-25
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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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The Romance of Yushima
1955-09-28
The Romance of Yushima
Overview: Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after Hayase lost his parents in a war. Hayase has been secretly married to Otsuta, a former geisha, and has been unable to tell Sakai of the marriage, aware as he is that Sakai wants him to marry his daughter, Taeko. Otsuta wants Hayase to tell Sakai about her, but understands the difficulty of his position. At a festival, Otsuta is mistaken for a pickpocket and taken to the police. Because of her background as a geisha, newspaper reporters eagerly delve into her past and report that she has been married to Hayase. Unaware of what has been printed in the papers, Hayase decides to tell Sakai about his marriage. Sakai shows the newspaper to him and orders Hayase to part with Otsuta. Given no chance to explain, Hayase accepts Sakai's order.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-09-28
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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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Miai Ryokou
1955-11-15
Miai Ryokou
Overview: A chance ride in a car leads to an unforgettable relationship. A misunderstanding leads to more misunderstanding... Love and thrills in this coming-of-age romance film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-11-15
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The Eagle of the Pacific
1953-10-21
The Eagle of the Pacific
Overview: Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-10-21
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Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
1960-12-27
Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
Overview: The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunosuke Tsukue after he is blinded.
Genres: Drama Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-12-27
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Forbidden Path
1952-07-08
Forbidden Path
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-07-08
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Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
1961-05-17
Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
Overview: Disguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a country dojo or fencing school malingering outside their fencing hall. The third film in the Satan's Sword trilogy.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-17
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Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959-10-11
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Overview: Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building, hears about this and secretly plans to follow Otose, the owner of Mizuta-ya, who became famous as Utamaro's model. At this time, the Kano school, headed by Kano Eikawa, which was under the control of the shogunate, is dissatisfied with Utamaro's fame and tries to compromise him…
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-10-11
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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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Shogun's Holiday
1958-02-12
Shogun's Holiday
Overview: During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo (Hiroshi Kawaguchi) to the fishmonger Isshin Tasuke (Kazuo Hasegawa) to help him understand the world. Tasuke, who does not know that Takechiyo is the shogun's heir, trains him harshly. Tasuke's wife Naka (Michiko Ai) is concerned about his harsh teaching style, but Takechiyo gains strength day by day and adapts to his new life. Soon, Takechiyo begins secretly talking about love with a city girl named Otoyo (Hitomi Nozoe), but...
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-02-12
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Tomorrow's Joe
1970-07-22
Tomorrow's Joe
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-07-22
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Sugata naki teki
1945-01-25
Sugata naki teki
Overview: 1945 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1945-01-25
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Return of Gun Dog
1966-04-09
Return of Gun Dog
Overview: Zoku teppō inu (続鉄砲犬) is a 1966 film directed by Mitsuo Murayama. It is the sixth film in the Inu series.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-04-09
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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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Ashita au hito
1962-09-16
Ashita au hito
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-16
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Black Challenger
1964-04-04
Black Challenger
Overview: Young lawyer Jiro receives a late night phone call from a distraught woman sending him on a journey to uncover corruption and exploitation stemming from those at the very top of society.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-04-04
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The Priest and the Beauty
1960-08-09
The Priest and the Beauty
Overview: Princess Kiyo accidentally injures a local priest, Anchin, while on a hunt. She apologizes, but feels irritated by Anchin’s indifference to her in spite of her beauty. One night, while Anchin is recuperating in a hot spring, he is approached by Kiyo. She tells him that she is in love with him.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-08-09
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Ghost Tower
1948-12-13
Ghost Tower
Overview: Horror film directed by Kôzô Saeki.
Genres: Romance Crime Mystery Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-12-13
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Karisome no kuchibeni
1934-11-22
Karisome no kuchibeni
Overview: A Japanese version of the musical comedy "Yes, Mr. Brown"
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1934-11-22
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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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Asakusa at Night
1954-07-14
Asakusa at Night
Overview: A young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a pure-hearted downtown girl fall in love in Asakusa in this entertaining tale of love and action.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-07-14
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Tokyo March
1929-05-31
Tokyo March
Overview: A classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in Taishō-era Japan, The nostalgic scenes of 1920s Tokyo provides a valuable visual experience set against the background of the title song, "Tokyo March." (Sadly, less than a half hour of the footage has been recovered and restored.)
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-05-31
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Metropolitan Symphony
1929-01-02
Metropolitan Symphony
Overview: A young woman seduced by a rich man, takes revenge on him with the help of a young idealistic worker. Considered a lost film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-01-02
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Kojiki Taishô
1952-04-03
Kojiki Taishô
Overview: Gotō Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually dislikes the ruthless personality of Kuroda Nagamasa and leaves the clan. Seven years later, he joins Toyotomi Hideyori's army. Filmed in 1945 and released in 1952.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-04-03
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Woman on the Night Train
1947-08-26
Woman on the Night Train
Overview: Mysterious incidents occur one after another on the express train as it plows through the dark night on the railroad tracks! The first woman is robbed! The second woman is almost killed! The third woman attempts suicide!
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1947-08-26
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Jean Valjean: Part One
1931-02-17
Jean Valjean: Part One
Overview: The first part of a fascinating melodrama based on Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, the action of which is transferred to the era of the Meiji Revolution. The film has not survived.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1931-02-17
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Jean Valjean: Part Two
1931-02-25
Jean Valjean: Part Two
Overview: The second part of the melodrama based on the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, the action of which is transferred to the era of the Meiji Revolution. The film has not survived.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1931-02-25
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Fūshinraishin
1962-12-01
Fūshinraishin
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-01
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The Crown of Life
1936-06-04
The Crown of Life
Overview: Two brothers run a factory canning crabs. The elder brother Kotaro is righteous and insists on honesty. The younger brother is fixated on money. They are polar opposites. When a boat sails out looking for crab and does not return one day the brothers begin to argue over how to run their facility. They had just received a large order from a foreign country and had obtained a loan from a lender that needed to be repaid.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-06-04
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Theater of Life: Youth Version
1936-02-13
Theater of Life: Youth Version
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-02-13
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Tsuki yori no shisha
1934-03-29
Tsuki yori no shisha
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1934-03-29
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Golden Devil
1948-01-20
Golden Devil
Overview: 1948 adaptation of Golden Devil
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-01-20
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Golden Devil Part 2
1948-02-03
Golden Devil Part 2
Overview: 1948 adaptation of Golden Devil, part 2
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-02-03
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The Paths of Two Maidens
1952-08-07
The Paths of Two Maidens
Overview: Melodrama about two sisters with different mothers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-08-07
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Saigo no kikyō
1945-07-26
Saigo no kikyō
Overview: 1945 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1945-07-26
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The Woman Gambler's Tenth Game
1969-05-01
The Woman Gambler's Tenth Game
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-01
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Late Chrysanthemums
1954-06-15
Late Chrysanthemums
Overview: With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portrait of a quartet of aging geishas contemplating their troubles with men and money.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-06-15
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Summer Clouds
1958-09-02
Summer Clouds
Overview: A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-09-02
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Who Is the Criminal?
1945-12-27
Who Is the Criminal?
Overview: 1945 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1945-12-27
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The Devil's toast
1947-10-21
The Devil's toast
Overview: Retired police inspector Kurusu is vacationing at a seaside hotel when one night he hears a child's screaming...but there are no children staying in the hotel. But when an ex-actress who is also a guest there mentions an unsolved murder that occurred on the spot over a year ago, Kurusu decides to investigate.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1947-10-21
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A face glowing at night
1946-06-13
A face glowing at night
Overview: Ex-war financier Kuraishi Kinnosuke is visited by a ghostly face in the middle of the night telling him to return the 5.5 million yen jewel he stole to the govt. The next day, the jewel disappears. Investigator Yamazaki investigates...
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1946-06-13
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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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The Whale God
1962-07-15
The Whale God
Overview: A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-15
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The Great White Tower
1966-10-15
The Great White Tower
Overview: The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-10-15
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The Last Kamikaze
1970-10-29
The Last Kamikaze
Overview: With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji Tsuruta stars as a Kamikaze squad leader who has second thoughts about suicide runs. He becomes torn between his own morality and his duty to his country when he must deal with a pilot under his command who refuses to complete his mission.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-10-29
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Black Report
1963-01-13
Black Report
Overview: After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-01-13
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The Falcon Fighters
1969-11-01
The Falcon Fighters
Overview: In the prewar days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Lt. Katō Tateo of the Imperial Japanese Army-Air Corps trains new volunteers from the Army's Infantry to become Japan's next generation of fighter pilots at the Tokorozawa Flying School. Flying Kawasaki Ko-4 biplanes, Lt. Katō will train both friend and future foe alike. But as war in China breaks out, Katō now in command of the 5th Rentai will take his untested men flying antiquated planes into aerial combat against the Chinese Air Force who is now headed by Lt. Cho who Katō both earlier befriended and personally trained himself. While Katō's squadron ultimately achieves air superiority over the skies of Manchuria, it comes at a high price in men to which each loss carries a heavy burden that he alone must carry. As the war widens into the Second World War, Captain Katō must battle an ever advancing array of deadlier new enemies flying ever more modern fighter planes.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-01
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Diary of a Nurse
1947-07-01
Diary of a Nurse
Overview: Ren Yoshimura directed this Daiei melodrama that was based on the novel entitled "Pandora's Box" by Dazai Osamu.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1947-07-01
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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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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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Sansho the Bailiff
1954-03-31
Sansho the Bailiff
Overview: In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-03-31
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The Battleship Yamato
1953-06-15
The Battleship Yamato
Overview: The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-06-15
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Lil's Return from Shanghai
1952-04-04
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Overview: In pre-war Shanghai, a man falls in love with a mysterious woman, but she eventually disappears. Back in Japan, he is obsessed by her memory and tries to recreate the world he knew then.
Genres: Action Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-04-04
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High School Third Graders
1963-11-16
High School Third Graders
Overview: In 1963, Funaki Kazuo's debut song of the same name was released and then it was adapted to a movie based on Kenji Tomishima 's novel “Shake to Tomorrow” with the same title, produced by Daiei with this song as a motif. Singer and actor Funaki Kazuo also appears in the movie, which depicts the fun, love and heartbreak in a Japanese school.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-11-16
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The Ataka Family
1952-05-15
The Ataka Family
Overview: Soichi Ataka is the eldest son of Ataka family. Although mentally challenged, he's a person with a gentle heart. Soichi's wife, Kuniko is devoted to her husband and together the couple runs the family farm. Their happy family life comes to an abrupt halt when Soichi's half-brother, Joji returns with his wife Masako after failing in a business.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-05-15
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Town of Love
1928-08-31
Town of Love
Overview: Tomotaka Tasaka's earliest surviving surviving film is a powerful adaptation of Hector Malot's "Nobody's Girl".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1928-08-31
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All is Well
1955-01-29
All is Well
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-01-29
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Birth of a Fighter
1967-02-04
Birth of a Fighter
Overview: A young boss proves his right to rule his gang.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-02-04
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Tasogare no Tokyo Tower
Tasogare no Tokyo Tower
Overview: A sweet and melancholy story that depicts, with beautiful sentimentality, the day when a dreamy and lovely young girl first discovers love in the twilight of Tokyo Tower.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
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Dancing Girl
1951-08-17
Dancing Girl
Overview: The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved another man, finally leads to the breakup of the family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-08-17
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Five Scouts
1938-01-07
Five Scouts
Overview: An early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of propaganda produced at the height of the Pacific War. "A company commander calls on five men. They are to reconnoiter, but on their way they are attacked. Only four of them return. While his companions mourn the fifth straggles back. Soon after comes the order to move out for a general attack. The men know that this time there will be no returning." (Donald Richie)
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-01-07
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Street of Violence
1950-02-26
Street of Violence
Overview: An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-02-26
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雲を呼ぶ講道館
1965-05-27
雲を呼ぶ講道館
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-05-27
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The Feast of Gion
1933-08-31
The Feast of Gion
Overview: A sad love film where the action takes place in Kyoto, in a trading house. Considered a lost film.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1933-08-31
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The Most Dangerous Game
1978-04-07
The Most Dangerous Game
Overview: The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in a vicious power struggle between two large corporations over a sizable government defence contract.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-04-07
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Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1952-10-09
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-10-09
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The Water Magician
1933-06-01
The Water Magician
Overview: Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an orphaned carriage driver Kinya Murakoshi, and pledges to put him through law school in Tokyo. She always encloses money in her letters to him, until one hard winter there is no work to be found.
Genres: Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1933-06-01
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Organized Violence II
1967-06-29
Organized Violence II
Overview:
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-06-29
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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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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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Thoroughbred Women Gamblers
1967-12-08
Thoroughbred Women Gamblers
Overview: Fourth 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: 1967-12-08
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A Woman's Gamble
1966-11-26
A Woman's Gamble
Overview: Onna no Toba, is the first film in long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin, an honest dealer in the criminal underworld of yakuza-run gambling, as she sets out to become Japan's number one dealer.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-11-26
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The Pit of Death
1968-06-15
The Pit of Death
Overview: Horror film directed by Koji Shima.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-06-15
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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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Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958-10-01
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Overview: During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders by creating a new form of Buddhism. He runs afoul of the existing Buddhist sects and their government supporters and is persecuted. Can Nichiren persevere before the Mongol fleet reaches Japanese shores?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-01
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And Yet They Go On
1931-06-12
And Yet They Go On
Overview: Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931. Considered a lost film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1931-06-12
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The Woman Gambler's Revenge
1968-12-20
The Woman Gambler's Revenge
Overview: Tenth 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: 1968-12-20
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Kisses
1957-07-23
Kisses
Overview: Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. After successfully gambling on a bicycle race, they spend an enjoyable day together at the beach.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-23
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Organized Violence
1967-02-25
Organized Violence
Overview: A war breaks out on the streets between rivaling Yakuza clans.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-02-25
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BGs of Ginza
1969-05-17
BGs of Ginza
Overview: Story of love, jealousy and hatred among waitresses of a deluxe bar.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-17
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Black Dividend
1963-04-21
Black Dividend
Overview: Ryokichi Ibuki is a clerk who learns company "top secrets" and becomes an industrial blackmailer. Kaoru Koizumi, a confidential secretary in love with Ibuki, reveals her firm's plans to him. She resigns when Ibuki blackmails her employer but Ibuki gains another spy in Ayuko Ichinoi...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-04-21
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Forbidden
1962-12-15
Forbidden
Overview: Yukiko Shiba, a doctor, and Akira Sakai, a composer and musician, are lovers. Their love is a forbidden one. He is married, with children. She is a doctor with a bright career ahead of her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-15
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A Lustful Man
1961-03-21
A Lustful Man
Overview: Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. From that day on, he recklessly and forwardly pursues women, feeding his fascination and experience. As Yonosuke's salacious behavior brings much cause for shame to the family, his father eventually breaks relations with him. Expelled from the family, 19-year-old Yonosuke embarks on a pilgrimage of lust, traveling far and wide to acquaint himself with women of all walks.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-03-21
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Vagabonds from Badgerville
1961-01-03
Vagabonds from Badgerville
Overview: A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-03
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Nocturnal Gate
1948-10-02
Nocturnal Gate
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-10-02
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Submarine Number One
1941-05-23
Submarine Number One
Overview: This film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as result of Japan's first submarine accident. The film then follows two of the pupils, one becomes a submarine captain and the other designs submarines.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-05-23
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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
Overview:
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-11-14
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Sweet Seventeen
1964-12-19
Sweet Seventeen
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-12-19
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Green Fruit
1964-08-22
Green Fruit
Overview: Two sisters live with their family. The elder is reserved; the younger lively. Yet, the former is first engaged and all goes well until the young man disappears
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-08-22
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970-01-26
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Overview: In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
Genres: War History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-26
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Dreams Come True at Night
1967-01-14
Dreams Come True at Night
Overview:
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-01-14
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The Path I Remember
1959-05-27
The Path I Remember
Overview: Japanese drama
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-05-27
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Black Test Car
1962-06-30
Black Test Car
Overview: Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-30
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The Broken Commandment
1962-04-06
The Broken Commandment
Overview: Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such discrimination.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-06
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The Rainbow Man
1949-07-18
The Rainbow Man
Overview: When a young woman is named as the prime suspect in a murder, her girlfriend and her girlfriend's boyfriend set out to prove her innocence. Their investigation leads them to an isolated, creepy house in the middle of nowhere, where sinister goings-on abound.
Genres: Fantasy Crime Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-07-18
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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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The Naked Town
1937-05-13
The Naked Town
Overview: A 1937 Japanese language film directed by Tomu Uchida, starring Ryo Akaboshi, Mitsuru Date and Hisao Furutani.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-05-13
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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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Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953-05-15
Zoku jūdai no seiten
Overview: Film directed by Saeki Kozo with Wakao Ayako.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-05-15
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Gamera vs. Barugon
1966-04-17
Gamera vs. Barugon
Overview: Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is discovered to have been an egg that births a new monster called Barugon. The creature attacks the city of Osaka by emitting a destructive rainbow ray from his back, along with a freezing spray capable of incapacitating Gamera.
Genres: Fantasy Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-04-17
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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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Bad Reputation: The Big Drum
1964-08-08
Bad Reputation: The Big Drum
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-08-08
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Nusumareta Endan
1958-11-29
Nusumareta Endan
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-11-29
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続々十代の性典
1953-09-22
続々十代の性典
Overview: Film directed by Eichi Koishi and starring Wakao Ayako
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-09-22
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Zangiku monogatari
1956-04-23
Zangiku monogatari
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-04-23
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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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Lips of Ruin
1963-11-30
Lips of Ruin
Overview: Industrial espionage in the pharmaceutical industry. Also know in English as “Black Parking Lot”.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-11-30
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New Snow
1942-10-01
New Snow
Overview: Minowada, a young teacher at a National People's School, has his own theory of education and the daughter of his linguistics teacher becomes drawn to him. Kayo, a strong-willed doctor, is also attracted to him. A mediator tries to arrange a marriage but just at that point Minowada receives military call-up papers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-10-01
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The General, Staff and Soldiers
1942-03-07
The General, Staff and Soldiers
Overview:
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-03-07
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Sôbô
1937-02-18
Sôbô
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-02-18
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Image of a Mother
1959-03-04
Image of a Mother
Overview: The final film in Shimizu’s thirty-plus year career, Image of a Mother remains true to Shimizu’s central themes as a young boy must learn to form a relationship with his new stepmother. A rare scope feature from Shimizu, his final work forms a fitting farewell to a career so devoted to the lives of the misunderstood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-03-04
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Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958-04-29
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-04-29
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Ambush at Iga Pass
1958-11-15
Ambush at Iga Pass
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-11-15
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Across the Darkness
1959-12-01
Across the Darkness
Overview: A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-12-01
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Unending Advance
1937-11-03
Unending Advance
Overview: One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian problems of a middle-aged salaryman and his family segues into an idyllic dream of an implausible future. The surviving print, although incomplete, offers an essential glimpse into Uchida’s prewar period, when he was associated more with realist dramas than with the period films that dominated his work after the war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-11-03
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The Burdened Sisters
1961-12-17
The Burdened Sisters
Overview: Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-17
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Fools at Work
1964-01-19
Fools at Work
Overview: A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-01-19
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Horror of the Fifth Columnist
1942-04-16
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-04-16
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Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956-08-14
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
Overview:
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-08-14
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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
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-07-26
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Confessions of a Gynecologist
1950-05-27
Confessions of a Gynecologist
Overview: A timely masterpiece that boldly reveals women's secrets on the issue of when abortion is acceptable...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-05-27
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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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Diary of a Substitute Doctor
1959-05-27
Diary of a Substitute Doctor
Overview:
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-05-27
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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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Bride Candidate
1957-11-22
Bride Candidate
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-11-22
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Love River
1958-04-22
Love River
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-04-22
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Morning Whistling
1957-03-13
Morning Whistling
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-03-13
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Mother
1958-03-05
Mother
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-03-05
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Hit and Run Gang
1960-10-08
Hit and Run Gang
Overview: Detective Goto, who had sniffed out drugs as the culprit behind the murder of an elderly woman, was run over and killed while pursuing the culprit. His younger brother Matabei vowed to challenge the culprit in front of his brother's grave. A fast-paced action-packed story.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-10-08
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Thirst
1958-06-01
Thirst
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-01
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The Dead Beauty Incident
1948-10-25
The Dead Beauty Incident
Overview: A dead beauty is found in the trunk. Kubota (Miaki), Okayama (Kawazu) and Tsuji (Funakoshi) begin investigating this mysterious crime at the investigation headquarters. Since the cause of death was poison gas, he asked Yusaku Tominaga (Tsukigata), a now retired drug crime specialist, to cooperate. Kubota and his friends soon find the house of the murdered beauty and upon entering, they are surprised to find another corpse, this time of a man…
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-10-25
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Shōwa Gokudōshi
1972-06-15
Shōwa Gokudōshi
Overview:
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-06-15
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The Bitch
1951-08-10
The Bitch
Overview: The fall of an accountant enthralled by the sexual charms of a cabaret dancer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-08-10
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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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Shin Jinsei Gekijo
1961-05-31
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
Overview: 1961 Theater of Life adaptation.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-31
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