Ken Mitsuda
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 29, 1902
Deathday: November 28, 1997
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Known For
The Whisper of Spring
1952-12-10
The Whisper of Spring
Overview: After graduating from a high school in the Seto Inland Sea, Koji, a childhood friend of Yaeko, went to Tokyo to enter university wearing a heartfelt sweater.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-12-10
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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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Zesshou
1958-10-15
Zesshou
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-15
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I Live in Fear
1955-11-22
I Live in Fear
Overview: Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil. His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada, a Domestic Court counselor, attempts to arbitrate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-11-22
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The Bad Sleep Well
1960-09-19
The Bad Sleep Well
Overview: In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-19
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The Invisible Wall
1958-10-15
The Invisible Wall
Overview: Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-15
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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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White Fish
1953-08-05
White Fish
Overview: A family comprised of a man, woman and their only son is torn apart when the father, who is a doctor with his own clinic, is to go off to war. Soon the wife and the son are left without an update of his status and whether he is alive or not. With the clinic lying dormant the doctor's wife rents the premises to her husband's underling. This is a man who does not accept payment from the poor. The woman, in the meantime, works at a restaurant whose owner being ill has given her additional duties. Her younger sister is an unmarried finance writer who also lives with them. It is both sisters, however, who receive marriage proposals.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-08-05
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Afraid to Die
1960-03-22
Afraid to Die
Overview: On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of his recently deceased father, boss of the Asahina clan. But their exit proves more difficult than planned when their rival clan steps in to exact revenge.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-22
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Fumiko's Five Benefactors
1964-08-14
Fumiko's Five Benefactors
Overview: A greedy Japanese barmaid serves her aged escort too many noodles.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-08-14
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Musume to watashi
1962-04-01
Musume to watashi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-01
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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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The Great Wall
1962-11-01
The Great Wall
Overview: In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his serious faults are showed in this film. Qin adopted autocratic dictatorship and led a luxurious life: abolition of feudalism and the centralization of power in the form of a now-hereditary bureaucracy loyal to himself; burning books and burying scholars; the construction of a sumptuous palace for his concubines and also the Great Wall.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-01
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Facing to the Clouds
1962-05-01
Facing to the Clouds
Overview: A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he gets acquainted with a library worker, Reiko Nakafuji. Reiko's father was a member of the Diet who was assassinated six years ago. Through Reiko, Takema joins Tsūkai-kai, a group of young people who respect her late father's political ideas. With the assistance of Tsukai-kai, Takema eventually uncovers the political scandal related to postwar compensation which led to the murder of Reiko's father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-01
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The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964-08-14
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Overview: Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five Benefactors" by Hiromichi Horikawa); Amsterdam, The Netherlands ("A River of Diamonds" by Roman Polanski); Naples, Italy ("The Road Map" by Ugo Gregoretti); Paris, France ("The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower" by Claude Chabrol); and Marrakesh, Morocco ("The Confidence Man" by Jean-Luc Godard). Godard's segment was not included in the original French cinema release, and Polanski's segment was not included on the 2016 home disc release.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-08-14
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Night Scandal
1964-07-11
Night Scandal
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-07-11
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Only Child
1969-05-06
Only Child
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-06
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Army
1944-12-07
Army
Overview: Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstanding military tradition.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1944-12-07
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Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949-07-05
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Overview: Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husband.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-07-05
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Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1949-07-16
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Overview: Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying upward, and being blackmailed by the evil Naosuke.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-07-16
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Yoru no keisha
1962-06-28
Yoru no keisha
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-28
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The Thinking Leaf
1962-05-16
The Thinking Leaf
Overview: Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-16
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The Wandering Princess
1960-01-27
The Wandering Princess
Overview: Pu Zhe , the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, Pu Wen, marries Ryuko the daughter of a long-established aristocratic family - all in the interest of the Japanese rulers , which legitimizes the relationship between Japan and its Chinese puppet state. To the surprise of all , a deep love between Pu Zhe and Ryuko develops. It is put to the test when Japan loses the war, Manchukuo is dissolved and the imperial court must flee. The lovers now have to separate: Pu Zhe tries to escape to Japan with his brother , while Ryuko flees with her daughter Eisei over the country. A film on the relationship between Pujie (1907-94) , brother of the " last emperor " Puyi and his second wife, Marquise Hiro Saga (1914-87).
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-27
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Judge and Jeopardy
1968-06-08
Judge and Jeopardy
Overview: It is based on the story "The Lawyer" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki and his account of Japan's "Headless Murder Case" in which a police officer beat a suspect to death during the Pacific War.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-06-08
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Battle of the Japan Sea
1969-08-01
Battle of the Japan Sea
Overview: Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, with results which stun both nations. Meanwhile, Major Genjiro Akashi makes secret negotiations with the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia, negotiations that have repercussions far beyond the conflict at hand.
Genres: War History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-08-01
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Three O'clock in the Morning in a Big City
1958-01-22
Three O'clock in the Morning in a Big City
Overview: To avenge the death of his brother, a student shooting champion infiltrates the criminal world. An entertaining action drama and an interesting love story.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-22
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A Dangerous Hero
1957-07-30
A Dangerous Hero
Overview: A film by Hideo Suzuki.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-30
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Freedom School
1951-05-05
Freedom School
Overview: Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surprised and angry, and throws him out of the house. Confused by his sudden freedom, Iosuke ends up living as a vagrant under a bridge. His wife, Komako, also finds herself freed and is unable to ignore her confusion.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-05-05
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Red Beard
1965-04-03
Red Beard
Overview: Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-04-03
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Dispersed Clouds
1951-11-23
Dispersed Clouds
Overview: Five women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when one of them, Masako, falls ill at a railway station. Osen, a middle-aged maid from a nearby inn, takes her in and nurses her, assisted by Dr. Minami, a young physician who diagnoses her illness as a mild case of pneumonia. With Masako in good hands and needing a few days to recuperate, her classmates continue their tour. Masako’s recovery, however, is hampered by her spoiled and immature nature and her determination to punish the world for the loss of her mother.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-11-23
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The Ballad of Narayama
1958-06-01
The Ballad of Narayama
Overview: In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-01
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Manji
1964-07-25
Manji
Overview: The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-07-25
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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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こゝに幸あり・後篇 花咲く朝
1956-04-04
こゝに幸あり・後篇 花咲く朝
Overview: 1956 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-04-04
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こゝに幸あり・前篇 誘惑の都
1956-03-28
こゝに幸あり・前篇 誘惑の都
Overview: 1956 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-03-28
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Raised in a Palace
1964-09-23
Raised in a Palace
Overview: Set in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl attending high school by day and training as a geisha at night She sees her future as an entertainer, not a prostitute, & she expects a happy marriage with a medical student, Yasuke (Katsuo Nakamura), a sweet fellow she deeply loves. but things started to getting worse for Tamiko and she's forced to become the mistress of the disgusting Tsukada (Seiji Miyaguchi).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-09-23
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The Conspirator
1961-11-08
The Conspirator
Overview: Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga, provides little happiness. His manipulative mother adds further complications through her constant interference and attempts at defeating the Nobunaga family.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-11-08
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The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958-10-21
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Overview: Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-21
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960-01-15
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Overview: Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-15
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The Lost Alibi
1960-03-13
The Lost Alibi
Overview: Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when, returning from a clandestine meeting with his lover, he runs into a neighbor who is later accused of murder. Questioned by police about the neighbor, and blackmailed by his lover's neighbor, the salaryman's lies lead him on a path to destruction.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-13
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Enraptured
1961-04-18
Enraptured
Overview: A promising dancer asks her professor to write a libretto for a Nō play. He then introduces her to a student of classical literature, but also a classical theatre student in the hope that the latter will marry Senya..
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-18
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The Song of the Season
1961-11-22
The Song of the Season
Overview: A touching love story about a heroine who loses her parents in the war and tries to keep her pure love alive despite the many difficulties she faces.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-11-22
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Cosmetic Sales Competition
1963-06-09
Cosmetic Sales Competition
Overview: A cosmetics saleswoman falls for a rival executive.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-06-09
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Great X
1948-05-07
Great X
Overview: A 1948 Japanese film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-05-07
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The Threat
1966-02-17
The Threat
Overview: Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family. They will force him to collect the child's ransom for them.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-02-17
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Revenge
1964-11-01
Revenge
Overview: An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The situation snowballs out of control, leading to a deadly duel and political fallout which threatens the entire clan. Declared mentally unstable by the corrupt authority, Shinpachi begins his descent into true insanity…
Genres: Drama Thriller Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-11-01
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Night Scandal in Japan
1964-03-12
Night Scandal in Japan
Overview: Mayumi Ogawa stars in the tale of a Turkey miss—basically a prostitute who services men in Turkish baths—whose plans to get rich in the stock market, open a beauty salon, and marry her sweetie are turned upside down by the arrival of her boyfriend-stealing half sister Mako Midori. - Pulpinternational
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-03-12
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Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan
1956-02-26
Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan
Overview: It is brother against brother in this tale of love and betrayal within the famed Yagyu clan. In one of their earliest films together, superstars Ichikawa Raizo and Katsu Shintaro are magnificent as the two finest young swordsmen in the clan. As they vie for the hand of a beautiful woman their loyalty comes into question during an attack on their lord. When one of them masters the secret technique taught to him by Miyamoto Musashi, it leads to bloody violence that can tear the clan apart! Filled with superb swordplay this rare classic is not to be missed!
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-02-26
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The Black Cat
1965-02-13
The Black Cat
Overview: Helping her mother manage a nightclub, young Emiko quickly realizes how difficult life is.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-02-13
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The False Student
1960-10-08
The False Student
Overview: A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-10-08
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Whirlpool of Flesh
1964-10-21
Whirlpool of Flesh
Overview: During the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is apparent that their needs are not matched. He would much rather be translating Shakespeare than attending to her, and she has a secret in her past - one that results in her sleeping with a great number of men.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-10-21
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The House of the Sleeping Virgins
1968-01-31
The House of the Sleeping Virgins
Overview: About an establishment where old men pay to sleep besides young girls that had been narcotized and happen to be naked, the sleeping beauties. The old men are expected to take sleeping pills and share the bed for a whole night with a girl without attempting anything of bad taste like putting a finger inside their mouths.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-01-31
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Professional Killers
1973-06-09
Professional Killers
Overview: Two assassins are hired to carry out a hit on the second wife of a candle merchant, but someone is watching...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-06-09
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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 Storm over Arabia
1961-12-24
The Storm over Arabia
Overview: A young man travels to Egypt and becomes embroiled in an independence movement by chance. Produced entirely on location overseas, which was groundbreaking at the time.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-24
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The Young and Bad
1962-09-09
The Young and Bad
Overview: Not too long ago, Soichiro was considered one of the most powerful men in business. But his business had failed, his granddaughter had committed suicide. There was nothing in his life anymore that he could look forward to. Sochiro was ready to put an to it end to all. As he drives down the Usui Pass, headed toward his summer house in Karuizawa, a girl in red heels, wearing nothing else but a coat jumps in front of the car.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-09
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A Design for Dying
1961-06-28
A Design for Dying
Overview: Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as shrewd as the shrewdest of the older generation of dyed-in-the-wool Osaka businessmen, steps into picture and Shikiko soon feels that he is indispensable to her. But the advent of a man in their midst breaks up the harmony that has existed among the four women, as gradually he forces himself on them with promises of love.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-06-28
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Yassamossa
1953-02-25
Yassamossa
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-02-25
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Youth of Heiji Senigata
1953-08-19
Youth of Heiji Senigata
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Genres: Drama History Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-08-19
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The Yoshida School
1983-04-09
The Yoshida School
Overview: Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history released, superimposed cast, a group image of real politicians centered on Shigeru Yoshida and political history after the war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-04-09
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Sunflower Girl
1953-03-26
Sunflower Girl
Overview: Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that her fellow workers think the women employees should not have to act in such a servile manner. When the women go on strike over the issue, Setsuko finds herself caught in the middle. When the heir to the company, Ryosuke Tanabe, proposes marriage to Setsuko, she is honored, but realizes that her real affection is for Hitachi.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-03-26
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Lord Tadanao
1960-11-22
Lord Tadanao
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-11-22
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Three-Fingered Detective
1947-12-09
Three-Fingered Detective
Overview: Being acquainted with the bride's uncle, a famed private detective is invited to a wedding ceremony. The groom's family is moneyed and owns large tracts of land. The bride is a former teacher and was rumoured to have had an affair, which explains why the groom's family opposed the union. On the night of the ceremony the bride and groom are killed in a sealed room. There is evidence left, however, as there is a hand print on the wall albeit with only the trace of three fingers.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1947-12-09
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Resurrection
1950-06-10
Resurrection
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-06-10
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An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953-11-23
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Overview: A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself in.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-11-23
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Mother
1958-03-05
Mother
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-03-05
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Man at the Bullfight
1960-12-27
Man at the Bullfight
Overview: An unprecedented, extravagant, passionate film set in Spain and Southern Europe. It depicts the passionate Yujiro who risks his life to invite bullfighting.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-12-27
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The Wind Blows Twice
1952-02-14
The Wind Blows Twice
Overview: Kanae, who broke up with her husband and moved to her uncle's house, met two men when her father, a university professor, collapsed. Michihara, a wealthy man and Miyashita, a youth scholar. Kanae is attracted to Miyashita, but ...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-02-14
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