Ichirō Sugai
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 24, 1907
Deathday: August 11, 1973
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Known For
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951-01-13
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Overview: A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the shogun's harem. Kinuyo Tanaka stylishly plays a constantly intoxicated geisha in this all-star entertainment film.
Genres: Adventure History Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-01-13
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Hot Wind
1943-10-07
Hot Wind
Overview: Set in wartime at the Yawata Steel Works in Tobata, Yawata, and Kokura cities in Fukuoka Prefecture, the film depicts people taking on the evil blast furnaces that prevent increased production. The film was shot on location at the actual Yawata Steel Works for an extended period of time, and special effects were created using a miniature blast furnace that closely reproduces the actual one.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1943-10-07
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A Good Man, A Good Day
1961-08-13
A Good Man, A Good Day
Overview: The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to marry a colleague, she and her mother are overjoyed, but Hitoshi is not satisfied with the situation.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-08-13
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Bodyguard from Hell
1955-03-11
Bodyguard from Hell
Overview: Kitagawa, a drug control officer in the Kanto Shinetsu area, was ordered to investigate the situation of drug trafficking around Yokohama.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-03-11
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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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Reminiscence
1953-01-15
Reminiscence
Overview: Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952 novel Thousand Cranes, a quietly devastating story of a young man, orphaned during the war, who stumbles into a passionate yet tragic relationship with his late father’s mistress and her daughter.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-01-15
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Aru kankei
1962-01-21
Aru kankei
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-21
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Evil Reward
1956-01-08
Evil Reward
Overview: After finishing his sentence, Ryosuke Ogiwara, who left the prison gate, got into a car that was sent by his wife's cell and Kenmochi detective of the Metropolitan Police Department, but the real Kenmochi detective arrived a few minutes later. The corpse of the bunch went up in the moat near Akasaka, and the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division 1 was colored.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-08
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Family Crest: Die Like a Man
1969-03-15
Family Crest: Die Like a Man
Overview: The story of three brothers who, after loosing their parents in the Great Kanto Earthquake, continued their respective yakuza family business and the revenge of the youngest one when his siblings were killed by a rival vicious yakuza boss. The first in the two part Daimon series.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-03-15
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Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
1969-06-24
Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
Overview: Nonaka Tetsugoro, a substitute for the Aoi group, held a flower party to celebrate the complete recovery of his boss. However, three rival bosses, trying to steal the Aoi's territory, made take-over plans in the shadows. The second in the two part Daimon series movies.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-06-24
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Sanshiro Sugata
1943-03-25
Sanshiro Sugata
Overview: The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new form of self-defence: Judo. The main character is based on Shiro Saigo, a legendary judoka.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1943-03-25
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Chivalry Broken from All Sides
1966-10-22
Chivalry Broken from All Sides
Overview: This is a magnificent drama about love and chivalry, telling about the stormy fate of Seiji, nicknamed "The Rising Dragon", who swore never to take up a sword again because of the emptiness of the Yakuza's life, and the passionate fate of his named sister Maki, nicknamed "The Scarlet Cherry Blossom", who falls in love with him without suspecting that he was the one who was responsible for her father's death and to whom she should take revenge.
Genres: Drama Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-10-22
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寛美の我こそは一等社員
1962-01-29
寛美の我こそは一等社員
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-29
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The Crucified Lovers
1954-11-23
The Crucified Lovers
Overview: When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-11-23
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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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Teppo Yasu no Shogai
1962-02-21
Teppo Yasu no Shogai
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-21
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The Life of Oharu
1952-04-17
The Life of Oharu
Overview: In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-04-17
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The Man Without a Nationality
1951-04-14
The Man Without a Nationality
Overview: Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-04-14
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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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Beauty and the Thief
1952-09-22
Beauty and the Thief
Overview: The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and poetic, with two central themes which intermingle to compound an admirable panel of a critical period in Japanese history: the great famine in the mid 19th Century.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-09-22
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Kono ni uruwashi
1962-03-18
Kono ni uruwashi
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-18
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Futari dake no toride
1963-03-24
Futari dake no toride
Overview: Futari dake no toride
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-24
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When We Came Back
1950-06-03
When We Came Back
Overview: Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-06-03
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Duel in the Sun
1950-03-07
Duel in the Sun
Overview: A film by Kiyoshi Saeki
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-03-07
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Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962-03-18
Nuki uchi fūraibō
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-18
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One Wonderful Sunday
1947-07-01
One Wonderful Sunday
Overview: Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen. They manage to have many small adventures, especially because Masako's optimism and belief in dreams is able to lift Yuzo from his realistic despair.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1947-07-01
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Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
1945-05-03
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
Overview: In this government-suggested sequel, Sugata again grows as a judo master, and demonstrates his (and by extension, all Japanese) superiority to the foreign warrior.
Genres: Action Drama Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1945-05-03
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Taira Clan Saga
1955-09-21
Taira Clan Saga
Overview: Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of Japan. But because the high courtiers dislike career soldiers gaining power and influence, they ignore the will of ex-Emperor Toba and refuse to reward the captain. Reward recommender Lord Tokinobu is punished, and the captain sends his son Kiyomori to the Lord's residence, where he falls in love with Tokiko, the Lord's daughter. Meanwhile, Kiyomori finds out that he is possibly the ex-Emperor's son... Written by L.H. Wong
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-09-21
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The Most Beautiful
1944-04-13
The Most Beautiful
Overview: The stories of several young women who work in a 'precision optical instruments' factory during the second World War. Despite illness, injury, and tremendous personal hardship, the women persevere in their tasks, devoted to their work and their country's cause.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1944-04-13
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Secret love
1962-04-18
Secret love
Overview: A painfully sad woman's heart cries from forbidden love. A love triangle drawn by three stars of Japanese cinema: Keiji Sada, Miyuki Kuwano and Keiko Awaji.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-18
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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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Early Summer
1951-10-03
Early Summer
Overview: A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-10-03
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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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Onna keizu
1942-06-11
Onna keizu
Overview: 1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-06-11
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The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960-09-03
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
Overview: Set in Uwajima, Shikoku, an action film starring Akira Kobayashi who uncovers evils related to pearl farming.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-03
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Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
1964-10-11
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
Overview: An exciting and fast-paced entertaining action in which G-Man Joe of Aces (Japanese version 007) challenges a terrible international mafia organization based in Japan. To defeat the villains, Joe uses his unprecedented skills of fast shooting and karate secrets!
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-10-11
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Gunman's Alley
1961-08-06
Gunman's Alley
Overview: Nitani is an undercover drug enforcement agent in Kobe who not only busts two rival drug gangs but also helps one of the more decent hoodlums find the killer of the hood's brother.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-08-06
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The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
1932-09-29
The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
Overview: Propaganda film, presumed lost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1932-09-29
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Flame of My Love
1949-02-13
Flame of My Love
Overview: A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls in love with its leader Kentaro Omoi, just as the party is being disbanded by the government.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-02-13
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Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
1962-05-13
Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-13
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Cape Ashizuri
1954-05-18
Cape Ashizuri
Overview: 1950s Japanese drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-05-18
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The Body
1962-11-08
The Body
Overview: The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-08
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Gun Demon Without Form
1964-03-04
Gun Demon Without Form
Overview: A detective drama that realistically shows the work of an experienced detective who, under cover, pursues the organizer of the arms trade route from Kobe.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-03-04
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Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
1962-06-24
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-24
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Troops of Darkness
1971-11-10
Troops of Darkness
Overview: A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-11-10
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The Straits of Love and Hate
1937-06-17
The Straits of Love and Hate
Overview: A story of a servant girl whose life is upturned by her doomed love for a spineless young man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-06-17
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Sisters of Nishijin
1952-04-17
Sisters of Nishijin
Overview: A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-04-17
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Made in Japan
1953-12-08
Made in Japan
Overview: A love affair between a beautiful fashion designer returning from France and a naïve young judo player against the backdrop of Japan in the early post-war period, where new customs and old traditions mix.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-12-08
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A Bullet Hole Underground
1949-05-02
A Bullet Hole Underground
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-05-02
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Umineko ga tonde
1962-12-05
Umineko ga tonde
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-05
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Yakuza Law
1969-06-27
Yakuza Law
Overview: A story of yakuza lynching during the Edo, Meiji, and Showa periods.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-06-27
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Flowering Maidens
1965-01-24
Flowering Maidens
Overview: The young yakuza who have arrived in the city are being taught the beauty of work and the pleasure of learning by hard-working young people of the same generation. Youth masterpiece created based on the hit Kazuo Funaki.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-01-24
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江戸いろは祭
1953-01-22
江戸いろは祭
Overview: Hatamoto Akabane Tanaka once ruined his life with alcohol in his youth, leaving behind his wife and son, Hanji, to embark on a journey. He killed a man on the Shikoku route, but later returned to Edo, reforming his ways. Concerned about Hanji, he tracked down the wet nurse, O-Kane, to whom he had entrusted the boy. To his surprise, Hanji had become a respectable young man, now a subordinate of the gang leader, Tatsugorou. During a New Year visit to the Shiba Shinmei shrine, a minor altercation led Hanji to meet the geisha Koina, the wicked servant Miya-toku, and the sumo wrestler Naruto. Hanji and Naruto hit it off and formed a bond like brothers. However, Naruto's father was the very man Tanaka had killed. Naruto had been seeking vengeance against his father's killer. During a chance encounter at a restaurant, Naruto witnessed the reunion of Hanji and Tanaka, realizing Tanaka was his father's killer.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-01-22
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Night of Sorrow
1966-03-27
Night of Sorrow
Overview: A young lawyer looking for a true culprit to save his innocent friend. But behind the case is the father of a woman he loves.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-03-27
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Naku n janai ze
1962-08-08
Naku n janai ze
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-08-08
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Mistress of a Foreigner
1930-07-01
Mistress of a Foreigner
Overview: Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minutes have survived. The fragment has been published on DVD coupled with The Downfall of Osen (1935) by Digital MEME in 2007.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1930-07-01
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Bonchi
1960-04-14
Bonchi
Overview: Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give them an heiress for the family business, he stands by helplessly as his wife is thrown out of the house for producing a son. Driven to a life of dissipation - his mistresses also fail to produce daughters - in the end he is just too tired to care.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-04-14
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Bravo! Tebare Ishin
1945-01-11
Bravo! Tebare Ishin
Overview: 1945 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1945-01-11
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Duel in the Storm
1968-08-01
Duel in the Storm
Overview: It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in order to begin his life anew as a ferryman. His boss, however, became ill and the boat is taken due to unpaid debts to the local thugs. His new life has not begun well and he is determined to rebuild the shattered business. The Yakuza, however, have added the ferry business to the rest of their portfolio of local concerns.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-08-01
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Enchanted Princess
1959-12-27
Enchanted Princess
Overview: Once upon a time, Okuro (Ayako Wakao), a young female racoon, lived poorly with her drunken father. One day after they disguised themselves as parasols, they were wrongly brought to the Racoon Palace, where the young racoon princess (also Ayako Wakao) made a mess of her arranged marriage with the beautiful racoon prince (Raizô Ichikawa). Pretty princess ran away. In order not to spoil the promising marriage, people tried to make use of resemblances between Okuro and the princess. Before long, Okuro and the Prince fell in love with each other...
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-12-27
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Kanchō umi no bara
1945-02-22
Kanchō umi no bara
Overview: 1945 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1945-02-22
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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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Murahachibu
1953-03-21
Murahachibu
Overview: A villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-03-21
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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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Crimson pistol belt
1961-11-12
Crimson pistol belt
Overview: Wearing a symbol of justice and brotherhood on his waist – a crimson pistol belt, Ace Joe engages in a fight with villains trying to seize the mine.
Genres: Action Western Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-11-12
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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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Who is in the Background?
1959-12-06
Who is in the Background?
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Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-12-06
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The Night is mine
1958-07-13
The Night is mine
Overview: Four criminals break into the home of a jewelry merchant, Sanpodo, rob the diamonds, and escape. However, one of them receives a bullet during a skirmish between bandits, and the second is wounded by the police. To help their wounded comrades, criminals lock themselves in a city clinic...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-07-13
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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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The King of Rowing
1927-06-05
The King of Rowing
Overview: A pre-war sports movie by director Tomu Uchida. This story is set at the Waseda-Keio regatta. This was shot at the banks of the Sumida River, where the regatta is still held today. The main stroke role of Mochizuki was played by young star Tsunemi Hirose. Mochizuki, who enrolled in A University that lost the previous year gains the trust of the President's niece Mitsuko (Shizue Natsukawa) but a spy from the other side uses this relationship to create a scandal. The regatta approaches, with Mochizuki not able to participate... The supporters and atmosphere of student sports at the time are well presented.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1927-06-05
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Heat Wave Island
1969-10-29
Heat Wave Island
Overview: Otowa is a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with the discovery of her corpse, which leads to an investigation that uncovers the narcotics, prostitution, and murder in which many poor farmers had found themselves trapped after World War II.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-29
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Stray Dog
1949-10-17
Stray Dog
Overview: A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-10-17
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Victory Is Ours
1956-03-21
Victory Is Ours
Overview: A sailor tries to help his younger brother, a horse-racing jockey, escape from the yakuza after double crossing them in a fixing scam. Seijun Suzuki's directorial debut.
Genres: Music Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-03-21
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Profit from Killing
1964-11-11
Profit from Killing
Overview: The bustling Ikebukuro area was under the control of the Hanamura Kogyo yakuza gang, and there was no end to the violence. The tramp Bin Tsuzuki returns to his hometown after being released from Abashiri prison, and he is noticed when he saves a student from gangsters from the Hanamura gang. But this was only the beginning of a bloody struggle...
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-11-11
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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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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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Furankī no uchūbito
1957-03-27
Furankī no uchūbito
Overview: Dr. Kinoshita, whose rocket experiments had been a series of failures, discovers a strange flying saucer zooming through the night sky at super speed. He contacts the newspaper about it, but the editor dismisses him, saying he's gone mad and doesn't take him seriously at all. This is the imaginative sci-fi comedy "Frankie 14," featuring a groundbreaking and innovative story with flying saucers of unparalleled rarity and the appearance of artificial satellite people produced from single cells.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-03-27
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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 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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Silk Hat Boss
1970-02-21
Silk Hat Boss
Overview: In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series starring Wakayama Tomisaburo as everybody's favorite character Boss Kumatora from the Red Peony Gambler series. Having made a fortune in the Russo-Japanese War, the Kumatora Family migrates to Kyushu to take on a military-related job. There they encounter the evil and malicious interference of the Chindai family of Kumamoto, and Boss Kumatora boldly fights back with the help of O'Ryu the Red Peony. A super entertaining film with non-stop comedy and action directed by Suzuki Norifumi.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-21
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The Wolves
1955-07-03
The Wolves
Overview: A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a plan to rob a cash delivery truck in order to provide for their families.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-07-03
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Apostasy
1948-11-30
Apostasy
Overview: In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-11-30
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The Portrait
1948-08-03
The Portrait
Overview: The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artist paints her portrait.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-08-03
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How Sorrowful
1956-09-07
How Sorrowful
Overview: The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when her parents accuse him of cashing in on her misfortune.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-09-07
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Night Drum
1958-04-15
Night Drum
Overview: Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spiteful whispers also reach his ear about an adulterous affair carried on, in his long absence, between his wife and a famous drummer. With Hikokuro’s honor imperiled by rumor, his family insists on a formal investigation into the veracity of the gossip. Through the combined testimony of many witnesses, a tale unwinds around the visits of a traveling musician hired to tutor the family heir, the spurned attentions of the man who started the rumor, and the ultimate truth behind the accusations. The conclusion of events prove as much an indictment of bushidō as it is of the reluctant parties involved. Adapted from a 1706 play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon and based on a true case.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-04-15
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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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The Angry Street
1950-05-14
The Angry Street
Overview: The Angry Street includes a great deal of location shooting in the rebuilt city, including downtown streets, residential neighborhoods, the campus of the University of Tokyo, and the high life of jazzy dance halls. Sudo (Hara Yasumi) and Mori (Uno Jukichi) are two university students who make money by picking up rich girls in dance clubs and conning them into giving them cash. Mori is the brains of the operation, and Sudo is the suave dancer who picks up the girls. Over the course of the film, Sudo becomes involved with three different girls and is drawn into the gangster milieu, which he seems unable to resist even though he is responsible for his mother, grandmother, and sister, Masako (Wakayama Setsuko). In this world of bad boys and girls, Masako is the pillar of strength and moral virtue who finally enables Mori to straighten out.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-05-14
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Kimi yue ni
1953-03-03
Kimi yue ni
Overview: Japanese drama film and Setsuko Miyuki's film debut.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-03-03
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Kingorô no omawari-san
1956-11-14
Kingorô no omawari-san
Overview: Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-11-14
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I'm Not the Criminal
1956-02-12
I'm Not the Criminal
Overview: Japanese crime film.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-02-12
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Tonari no yome
1956-09-18
Tonari no yome
Overview: Japanese drama film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-09-18
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The Long Death
1964-04-12
The Long Death
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
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Before Dawn
1953-10-13
Before Dawn
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-10-13
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The Man From the Sea
1962-07-08
The Man From the Sea
Overview: Japanese action film.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-08
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Military Song of the Morning Mist
1943-04-29
Military Song of the Morning Mist
Overview: At the beginning of the Meiji era, three brothers of a samurai family each stand up to the times.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1943-04-29
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Endless Desire
1958-11-18
Endless Desire
Overview: Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during the war. A grimly humorous tale of twisted relationships as one by one each of the group is eliminated.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-11-18
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Odd Obsession
1959-06-23
Odd Obsession
Overview: A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the introduction of his daughter's lover to his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-06-23
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Killers on Parade
1961-02-19
Killers on Parade
Overview: A vengeful contractor hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews when an amateur marksman shows up his eclectic competition.
Genres: Crime Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-19
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Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952-12-17
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
Overview: Romantic comedy about a love triangle between two girls who fall in love with a reliable young doctor.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-12-17
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The Lovers
1953-11-10
The Lovers
Overview: Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and daughter and their loves.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-11-10
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Mr. Pu
1953-04-15
Mr. Pu
Overview: A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-04-15
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The Life of a Horse Trader
1951-12-07
The Life of a Horse Trader
Overview: The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, despite being a father and a husband he is frequently drawn to taverns.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-12-07
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Mother Never Dies
1942-09-24
Mother Never Dies
Overview: The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-09-24
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Harbor Rats
1957-08-21
Harbor Rats
Overview: A scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir seller and the hookers. The crews of ship were oppressed by arrogant captain and his officers. The crews caused an uprising. A manager of stevedore ordered his employee leader to suppress an uprising...
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-08-21
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Story of a Beloved Wife
1951-09-07
Story of a Beloved Wife
Overview: Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko Otowa stars as the wife who supports him through his early struggles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-09-07
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The Ditch
1954-07-27
The Ditch
Overview: Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who has run away from a geisha house.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-07-27
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A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946-03-28
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Overview: Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who becomes populist politician in the Japanese Happiness Party.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1946-03-28
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The Tale of Genji
1951-06-11
The Tale of Genji
Overview: Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his heart is broken by Awaji does Genji realizes how much pain he himself has caused.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-06-11
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Satan's Town
1956-07-11
Satan's Town
Overview: A yakuza boss and his right-hand, Hawasaki, escape from prison. the film concentrates on their relationship, emphasizing loyalty and thier eventual betrayal, enroute they get involved in money trafficking, a cop killing and horse racing scams before the inevitable tragic ending. A patch-work production.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-07-11
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Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
1943-04-15
Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
Overview: Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a military outpost threatened by "bandits."
Genres: Action War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1943-04-15
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A Visage to Remember
1948-04-04
A Visage to Remember
Overview: During his summer holiday, Kawasaki Ryuichi (Ryuzaki Ichiro), a handsome engineer in his late twenties, visits his teacher and mentor, Professor Inagaki (Sugai Ichiro), at his seaside home. There he meets the professor's lovely young wife, Sachiko (Hamada Yuriko), and is unsettled by the striking resemblance she bears to his wife, who died three years earlier. Attracted to Sachiko, he does his best to hide his feelings. The couple, however, senses a deep-seated melancholy in him. Attributing it to the loss of his wife, they urge him to marry their niece, Kaoru, but he is not interested. Shortly after, Fumiko , Sachiko's older sister, realizes that Sachiko and Kawasaki have feelings for each other, but she keeps her counsel. One day Kawasaki, Sachiko, and Kaoru go boating when a storm forces them to stay overnight at a hotel. Unable to sleep, Kawasaki takes a walk along the beach where he finds Sachiko, also unable to sleep. He declares his love for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-04-04
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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.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1933-08-31
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Youth A Go Go!
1966-03-27
Youth A Go Go!
Overview: Kenichi and Satoru join up with three other electric music lovers to form their own band, "The Young and Fresh."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-03-27
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Bouquet of the South Seas
1942-05-21
Bouquet of the South Seas
Overview:
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-05-21
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Spring on Leper's Island
1940-07-31
Spring on Leper's Island
Overview: A female doctor's story of her life in an isolated leper colony.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-07-31
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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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Blood Is Dry
1960-10-09
Blood Is Dry
Overview: An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own advantage by turning the incident into an advertising campaign. With the success of the campaign, however, he is no longer a desperate man pointing a gun to his head, but a potential leader who wishes to take advantage of his failed suicide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-10-09
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Rise and Fall of Chivalry
1970-02-21
Rise and Fall of Chivalry
Overview: A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-21
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Outlaw: Black Dagger
1968-12-28
Outlaw: Black Dagger
Overview: A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the middle of action. Through a knife fight against Sueo, a high profile gangster from Busou-kai, Goro notices a familiar face approaching him from amidst the chaos - his girlfriend, Yuri. Goro had sent her to safety, but she had returned, aching to see him. Caught between Goro and his enemy knife, she reunites with her love - the price was her life.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-12-28
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Living by Karate
1961-04-16
Living by Karate
Overview: Wada Kōji is a chivalrous young man who leads a group of youths that take on a yakuza boss.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-16
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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
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1931-06-12
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Darkness at Noon
1956-03-26
Darkness at Noon
Overview: Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-03-26
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Tiger of the Sea
1964-08-14
Tiger of the Sea
Overview: A group of pirates sail the treacherous Pacific ocean in search for wealth.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-08-14
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Showdown of Men 3
1967-09-28
Showdown of Men 3
Overview: After being bailed out of trouble by a member of the Kaijima Clan, Ryuhei dedicates himself to saving the Kajima’s lucrative lumber business.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-09-28
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The Armed Organization
1971-11-10
The Armed Organization
Overview: Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsurata as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union. He finds himself between a rock and a hard place, at odds with both the dockworkers' leader (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and sadistic, unprincipled bosses (Fumio Watanabe and Tetsuro Tamba).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-11-10
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Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960-02-14
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Overview: When Ryuji - the Gun Slinger, a drug addict leaves hospital to which he was taken after a gunfight by a notorious killer named Gin of Colt, he is employed as a bodyguard by Yo Sangen, chief of a narcotics smuggling ring.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-02-14
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The Naked Woman and the Gun
1957-12-07
The Naked Woman and the Gun
Overview: A Tokyo newspaper reporter goes after the Japanese king of cocaine trafficking but he's tricked by a woman who works for the gangster and gets framed for a murder he didn't commit.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-12-07
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The Gambler's Counterattack
1971-10-14
The Gambler's Counterattack
Overview: Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still respect him. So he becomes a consultant to another gang who are about to be clobbered by a much larger gang moving in from out of town. Aiba proves a crafty tactician, and does very well at playing gangs off against each other in order to save the smaller gang. His advice is not always taken by those he tries to help, but he is generally proved right.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-10-14
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Clothes of Deception
1951-01-13
Clothes of Deception
Overview: The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-01-13
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Journey
1967-11-12
Journey
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-11-12
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Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
1969-11-20
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
Overview: An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-20
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Woman Gambler
1965-10-22
Woman Gambler
Overview: Mourning the death of her boyfriend, Yukiko wanders aimlessly from one city to another. During her mourning, she becomes addicted to gambling. One day, a man that resembles her deceased lover asks for help. He's being pursued by a dangerous gang of yakuza.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-10-22
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Love is Lost
1956-02-05
Love is Lost
Overview: Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-02-05
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Song of the Underworld
1956-12-12
Song of the Underworld
Overview: A conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken out. When an Izu underling starts a fight with a Yoshida man, Fuyu, the Izu family sends Tsuruta, a senior member of the clan, to make a personal apology to Fuyu. Tsuruta discovers that the woman he is in love with is Fuyu's sister, Tatsuko. Tsuruta ends up gambling with a swindler, who is in fact Tatsuko's husband. (The general plot of the film was re-used for Seijun Suzuki's Kanto Wanderer).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-12-12
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Love in the Air
1962-02-03
Love in the Air
Overview: Satake Shoji had been a trapeze artist in the Ezaki Circus, but when Shingo, his team mate, slipped and fell to his death, he had felt responsible and, sick at heart, left the circus for a life at sea. On land again Shoji goes to a cabaret where he is soon involved in a brawl. Kasamatsu, the owner of the cabaret, impressed by Shoji's strength, offers him a job as his bodyguard. The next morning Shoji visits Shingo's grave and meets Miyako, Shingo's former sweetheart, who is still a trapeze performer and now the star of the Kuroko Circus which Shoji realizes Kasamatsu intends to control.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-03
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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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The Human Cyclone
1959-09-20
The Human Cyclone
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-09-20
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Gambling Kitten
1965-07-28
Gambling Kitten
Overview: Arikawa runs a transport company. But this is only a front for his gambling house. Yuriko is a regular on the scene, and she is fascinated by the dice and the one who throws them. A year before, Yuriko's father died in mysterious circumstances; she decides to go in search of the truth.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-07-28
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The Sound of Waves
1964-04-29
The Sound of Waves
Overview: On a small island, inhabited by only fourteen hundred people, a young fisherman's son, Shinji falls in love with Hatsue, the daughter of the richest and most difficult man on the island. Despite their differences in class, they begin to meet and rumors spread of them having an illicit affair. Soon after, Shinji jumps into a stormy sea to help a ship in distress. The vessel turns out to be owned by Hatsue's arrogant father, who now becomes an understanding and sympathetic parent and allows the two lovers to marry.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-04-29
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Tange Sazen
1952-08-14
Tange Sazen
Overview: Drama about a famous one-eyed, one-armed samurai swordsman of the middle of the Tokugawa period by the name of Tange Sazen. By chance, Tange gets an old pot in which the secret of the treasure of 1000000 ryos of gold is hidden. However, a bunch of different people hunt for the pot and Tange will have to apply his phenomenal fencing skills with the sword.
Genres: History Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-08-14
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Hot Spring Doctress
1964-01-09
Hot Spring Doctress
Overview: A light comedy with Ayako Wakao charming her patients.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-01-09
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A Fool's Love
1949-10-16
A Fool's Love
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-10-16
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Senka o koete
1950-09-02
Senka o koete
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-09-02
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The Flower and the Sword
1964-11-11
The Flower and the Sword
Overview: A dangerous mobster threatens the life of a businessman's mother in this thriller. As Ryuji oversees the building of a bridge in Japan, a powerful gangster plans to stop the project. By any means necessary.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-11-11
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This Happy Life
1944-01-27
This Happy Life
Overview: A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1944-01-27
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The Gun Like Lightning
1960-05-14
The Gun Like Lightning
Overview: Sadao, is saved from death at the hands of Goro, a killer belonging to a rival gang by Joji just released from prison who has resolved to turn over a new leaf. He has returned, however, because of Keiko, his sweetheart, who he now finds is engaged to Noboru, a detective and son of Jinsaku, boss of the Otsu gang. That night at the night club, headquarters of the Highlight Group - which Noboru is investigating, Majima meets Joji who knows of his attempt to kill Jinsaku, and resolves to kill him.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-05-14
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Ningen Gari
1962-01-23
Ningen Gari
Overview: A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-23
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Code Between Brothers: All New
1970-04-10
Code Between Brothers: All New
Overview: When the boss of the Nakano Family decides to retire and makes a loyal follower the new boss instead of his own son, it causes strife in the family. Sides are taken and lines are drawn. Meanwhile, a rival family with a land dispute with the Nakano starts pulling strings behind the scenes...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-04-10
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Nippon no obaachan
1962-01-03
Nippon no obaachan
Overview: Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. With nowhere to go, the two wander around, befriending a cosmetics salesman and a kind waitress who give them beer. This biting social satire starring two memorable grandmothers, scripted by Yôko Mizuki, picked up on Japan’s aging population problem far ahead of its time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-03
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Miniature
1953-04-01
Miniature
Overview: Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-04-01
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The Foghorn
1934-05-10
The Foghorn
Overview: Chiyokichi, a young man, hates Cooper, a white man who looks down on the Japanese. Chiyokichi picks Cooper’s pocket and is caught. He is brought to Cooper’s house and becomes his slave, and a riveting tale of passion, hatred, and revenge unfolds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1934-05-10
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A Geisha
1953-08-12
A Geisha
Overview: Eiko seeks out Miyoharu, a geisha, and asks to be her apprentice. When she is ready to receive clients, both women want the right to refuse certain men.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-08-12
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The Donkey Comes on a Tank
1964-12-26
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
Overview: Sabu was once a boy soldier but people in his village disliked him. He finally broke loose when his land was taken.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-12-26
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The Opium War
1943-01-14
The Opium War
Overview: The Opium War is a 1943 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Masahiro Makino. "Ahen senso" in Japan refers to the First Opium War. The story of the film concerns this war.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-14
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A Brother and His Younger Sister
1939-04-01
A Brother and His Younger Sister
Overview: A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. The younger sister's a modern girl who's starting to receive romantic attention from one of her co-workers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-04-01
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The White Orchid
1951-03-24
The White Orchid
Overview: A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-03-24
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Yoki na onna
1946-02-14
Yoki na onna
Overview: 1946 Toho film directed by Kiyoshi Saeki
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1946-02-14
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Chikagai nijuyojikan
1947-04-29
Chikagai nijuyojikan
Overview: 1947 Toho film directed by Tadashi Imai
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1947-04-29
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As Long as I Live
1946-08-01
As Long as I Live
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1946-08-01
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Who's The Real Killer
1957-07-03
Who's The Real Killer
Overview: Harsh film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-03
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A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
1963-05-29
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
Overview: The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status. Soon, an offer of marriage is brought to Harima. Trying to test his love, Okiku breaks one of the plates of the family treasure of the Aoyama family, but Harima doesn't notice. However, someone surrounding her witnesses the moment Okiku breaks the plate on purpose.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-05-29
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Iroha Elegy
1955-11-01
Iroha Elegy
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-11-01
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Confession
1956-03-21
Confession
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-03-21
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The Pornographers
1966-03-12
The Pornographers
Overview: Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time to time, Haru shares her bed with Subu, though she believes her dead husband, reincarnated as a carp, disapproves. Director Shohei Imamura has always delighted in the kinky exploits of lowlifes, and in this 1966 classic, he finds subversive humor in the bizarre dynamics of Haru, her Oedipal son, and her daughter, the true object of her pornographer-boyfriend’s obsession. Imamura’s comic treatment of such taboos as voyeurism and incest sparked controversy when the film was released, but The Pornographers has outlasted its critics, and now seems frankly ahead of its time.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-03-12
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The Man's Crest: I Shall Kill
1965-10-08
The Man's Crest: I Shall Kill
Overview:
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-10-08
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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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Yôki na tono-sama
1962-12-15
Yôki na tono-sama
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-15
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Mighty Rules
1959-12-14
Mighty Rules
Overview:
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-12-14
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Taiyō o buchi otose
1958-10-01
Taiyō o buchi otose
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-01
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Blind Wolf
1963-09-29
Blind Wolf
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-09-29
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Sad Whistling
1949-10-24
Sad Whistling
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-10-24
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Yokubo
1953-05-13
Yokubo
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-05-13
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World of Love
1943-04-14
World of Love
Overview: A sixteen-year-old who had been living on her own since her mother died, frequently gets in trouble with the police. She gets sent to an "institute" for young girls in the countryside. There the residents grow their own food, cook and clean for themselves, and are taught language, music, and sewing. While there the young girl slowly begins to form friendships and come out of her shell.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1943-04-14
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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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Lord for a Night
1946-07-11
Lord for a Night
Overview: Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1946-07-11
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War and Peace
1947-07-10
War and Peace
Overview: A woman remarries after receiving official notification that her husband has died, but he returns.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1947-07-10
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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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An Enemy of the People
1946-04-25
An Enemy of the People
Overview: Tadashi Imai 1946 movie
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1946-04-25
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Bad Reputation of the Big Three
1963-01-03
Bad Reputation of the Big Three
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-01-03
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Secret Report From A House Of Women
1968-07-13
Secret Report From A House Of Women
Overview: Japanese crime film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-07-13
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Violence
1952-08-25
Violence
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-08-25
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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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三万両五十三次
1952-01-25
三万両五十三次
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-01-25
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Eleven High School Girls
1946-08-21
Eleven High School Girls
Overview: With his simple appearance, eyes shining with love and a sense of justice, and voice burning with youthful passion, the eleven students felt unexpectedly in each other's hearts that "this teacher will surely be our confidant," and looked at each other and nodded their heads. This was the beginning of their collective affection for the new Ms. Shiono. The school for girls is a sacred place where the hearts of hundreds of innocent girls should ferment beautifully and freely for the day when they will become wives and mothers to come. How can we abandon them in such a state? Even after the nightmarish war was over, the nightmare remained at Shuei Girls' School.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1946-08-21
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Honoo no hada
1951-10-19
Honoo no hada
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-10-19
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少年死刑囚
1955-07-03
少年死刑囚
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-07-03
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Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa
1964-09-09
Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa
Overview: Kunio Shimizu, a sailor of Tohto University, helped a girl that was chased by someone on her way home from practice.The girl went away without saying anything, leaving her wallet with Kunio. A few days later, she visited Kunio. She was working at a toy factory called Tomoko Nishizawa. Kunio naturally became attracted to Tomoko, but for some reason Tomoko refused to talk about her past. One day, the two went to the bowling alley and were approached by Tempira...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-09-09
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The Stars Know Everything
1958-08-12
The Stars Know Everything
Overview: Saga Shiori, who had been held up as a genius writer, runs away to a nightclub to deceive her manager's eyes. She is no longer the genius writer she once was, but is now having a good time with Goro, the man who saved her from running away without money. He is surprised to find that it is his childhood friend Masahiko Hirato who is singing on stage at a jazz cafe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-12
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