Junosuke Bandô
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 21, 1897
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Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
1932-12-01
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1932-12-01
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Crossroads
1928-05-11
Crossroads
Overview: After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Believing the blindness permanent and his opponent dead, Rikiya goes back home to his sister. Okiku, desperate to protect her brother who thinks himself a murderer, wants to sacrifice herself for him and become a prostitute to pay for Rikiya's treatment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1928-05-11
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Yôma kitan
1929-01-01
Yôma kitan
Overview: Japanese horror movie from 1929.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-01-01
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
1932-03-01
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Overview: This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their feudal lord after he was obliged to commit hara-kiri due to the machinations of a villainous courtier. As the first sound version of the classic narrative, the film was something of an event, and employed a stellar cast, who give a roster of memorable performances. Director Teinosuke Kinugasa was primarily a specialist in jidai-geki (period films), such as the internationally celebrated Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1953), and although he is now most famous as the maker of the avant-garde silent films A Page of Madness (Kurutta ichipeji, 1926) and Crossroads (Jujiro, 1928), Chushingura is in fact more typical of his output than those experimental works. The film ranked third in that year’s Kinema Junpo critics’ poll, and Joseph Anderson and Donald Richie noted that 'not only the sound but the quick cutting was admired by many critics.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1932-03-01
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The Siege of Osaka
1937-04-01
The Siege of Osaka
Overview: The Siege of Osaka
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-04-01
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