Bumon Kahara
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 13, 1904
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Zattō ni hikarume
1959-01-28
Zattō ni hikarume
Overview: 1959 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-28
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Cat Changed Into Tiger
1962-01-23
Cat Changed Into Tiger
Overview: A life insurance agent has a drinking problem causing him to lose his company a fortune. He heads to another town to sell insurance, but to his surprise, the elderly are all healthy thanks to a special local sake. Along the way, he meets an eye-patch-wearing killer, which only confounds his misadventures.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-23
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Juvenile Delinquents
1964-10-03
Juvenile Delinquents
Overview: Follows a bunch of school renegades and their downfall into criminality in a docu-drama style, completely refreshing for its time.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-10-03
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Hawk of the Harbour
1967-08-12
Hawk of the Harbour
Overview: A Nikkatsu Action film with Yujiro Ishihara as the head of a small shipping company who gets harassed by the yakuza.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-08-12
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Hyōchū no Bijo
1950-03-12
Hyōchū no Bijo
Overview: Based on the novel The Vampire (Kyūketsuki) by Edogawa Ranpo.
Genres: Crime Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-03-12
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Kimagure tosei
1962-02-18
Kimagure tosei
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-18
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Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
1962-02-25
Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-25
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Aizen katsura
1954-04-21
Aizen katsura
Overview: 1954 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-04-21
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Yami ni kieta shisha
1962-03-18
Yami ni kieta shisha
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-18
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Oyuki the Virgin
1935-10-05
Oyuki the Virgin
Overview: When a civil war threatens to break out, two geishas flee from their village with aristocrats. During the long journey, the socially inferior women prove to be morally superior to their betters.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-10-05
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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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Aru yo no seppun
1946-05-23
Aru yo no seppun
Overview: The romantic struggles of three close friends who came back from the war.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1946-05-23
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Bloody Territories
1969-07-26
Bloody Territories
Overview: A once-powerful yakuza clan disbands as a result of a police crackdown, but one small group refuses to bow to police pressure, and launches a campaign to take over Tokyo's drug, prostitution, and gambling rackets. Someone wants to stop them. Is it the police? Rival gang members? Or is it an entirely new group of hired killers who will stop at nothing to gain complete control of Tokyo's "bloody territories"?
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-26
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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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Yami wo saku kuchibue
1960-09-28
Yami wo saku kuchibue
Overview: A unique action film about a battle between two students and a yakuza over the eviction fee for a family that abandoned their home at the bottom of an artificial lake.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-28
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Greatest Boss Of Japan
1970-04-18
Greatest Boss Of Japan
Overview: A man who became the third boss faces off against delinquent foreigners and villains vying to rule the underworld in order to develop the port city.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-04-18
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He Killed Dad
1961-01-09
He Killed Dad
Overview: The lives of two brothers, Kunio and Akira Kasahara, are changed forever when their father is murdered. Kunio sets out on a manhunt to avenge his father and will stop at nothing until he finds the killer. Setsuko, Kunio's fiancée, is unable to keep up with the lunacy that Kunio stirs up and finds comfort with another man - his brother, Akira.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-09
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Hitori tabi
1962-06-24
Hitori tabi
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-24
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New Snow
1942-10-01
New Snow
Overview: Minowada, a young teacher at a National People's School, has his own theory of education and the daughter of his linguistics teacher becomes drawn to him. Kayo, a strong-willed doctor, is also attracted to him. A mediator tries to arrange a marriage but just at that point Minowada receives military call-up papers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-10-01
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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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母山彦
1952-04-24
母山彦
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-04-24
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Jigoku no yoru wa makka da ze
1962-09-22
Jigoku no yoru wa makka da ze
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-22
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Song of a Traveller
1962-05-20
Song of a Traveller
Overview: A crime film released in 1962
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-20
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Woman on the Night Train
1947-08-26
Woman on the Night Train
Overview: Mysterious incidents occur one after another on the express train as it plows through the dark night on the railroad tracks! The first woman is robbed! The second woman is almost killed! The third woman attempts suicide!
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1947-08-26
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Satsujin-sha o oe
1962-12-12
Satsujin-sha o oe
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-12
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Hore tatte dame yo
1962-12-16
Hore tatte dame yo
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-16
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Passion to Soar
1941-11-30
Passion to Soar
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Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-11-30
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The Singing Gunman
1967-06-28
The Singing Gunman
Overview: Fourth film in the Aitsu series. The outlaw-cum-travelling guitarist discovers that his friend has been killed by the gangsters who held up the bullion transport.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-06-28
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The Paths of Two Maidens
1952-08-07
The Paths of Two Maidens
Overview: Melodrama about two sisters with different mothers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-08-07
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Who Is the Criminal?
1945-12-27
Who Is the Criminal?
Overview: 1945 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1945-12-27
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Birth of a Fighter
1967-02-04
Birth of a Fighter
Overview: A young boss proves his right to rule his gang.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-02-04
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The Scent of Pheasant’s Eye: An Episode from the Tales of Flowers
1935-03-07
The Scent of Pheasant’s Eye: An Episode from the Tales of Flowers
Overview: When Kaoru's sister-in-law Miyoko arrives at the family home, tender feelings start to grow between the two. However, the initial happiness that Kaoru finds in the company of her beautiful sister-in-law is frustrated by her brother Mitsuo, Miyoko's husband, who intervenes in their budding passion. Full of unspoken words, deeply suggestive mise-en-scène, and forbidden glances, Fukujuso is a compelling melodrama that surprises us with its potent homoeroticism, especially considering its year of production.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-03-07
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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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Intentions of Murder
1964-06-28
Intentions of Murder
Overview: The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-06-28
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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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Bad Girl
1963-03-16
Bad Girl
Overview: Wakae is a 15 year old girl who lived under the same roof with her alcoholic father and stepmom. Her mother had died years ago. She spends her nights at a rundown bar, sharing drinks and cigarettes with the lowlife drunks. She has nowhere to turn and no one to talk to, until she is reunited with her childhood friend, Saburo, who brings warmth to her heart.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-16
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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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東京午前三時
1958-11-12
東京午前三時
Overview: Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Tokyo gozen sanji" by Frank Nagai.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-11-12
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And Yet They Go On
1931-06-12
And Yet They Go On
Overview: Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931. Considered a lost film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1931-06-12
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The 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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Retaliation
1968-10-05
Retaliation
Overview: Emerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa discovers that his gang has disintegrated. An ambitious type, he quickly hooks up with another gang who promise him a prominent position if he helps them deal with a rival family. But bonds are made to be broken, and pledges of loyalty soon give way to competition, betrayal and — naturally — retaliation.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-10-05
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Shadow Hunters
1972-06-10
Shadow Hunters
Overview: Set during the declining years of the Tokugawa shogunate, Shadow Hunters details the questionably noble exploits of three ronin who act as "Shadow Hunters". These three ronin are not your normal ornery ruffians who are looking for a drink, a broad and someone to jab a sword into, but are in fact former samurai who, rather than follow their destroyed fiefs and murdered masters into death via seppuku, have dedicated their combined sword prowess to stopping the government from raping its daimyos for valuable resources.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-06-10
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP
1968-01-13
Outlaw: Gangster VIP
Overview: Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself in the forefront of every battle. Violence never bothered him. However, after being sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing a rival gang’s hit man, he becomes disenchanted with the Yakuza life style. Goro is determined to start anew, but karma catches up. His two closest friends are murdered by his ex-boss. He is left with two options: to kill or be killed.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-01-13
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Pigs and Battleships
1961-01-21
Pigs and Battleships
Overview: In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-21
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Underworld Beauty
1958-03-25
Underworld Beauty
Overview: The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds he had stashed before getting pinched. When he returns to his haunt to make good by friend who took a bullet for him, he is diverted by the greedy boss Oyane and his insatiable taste for Miyamoto's precious stones.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-03-25
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Eros Schedule Book: Female Artist
1971-12-18
Eros Schedule Book: Female Artist
Overview: The wife of a struggling artist is raped and begins painting a series of erotic images in an attempt to exorcise her demons. However the men in her paintings all have the same face as her rapist, and as her work becomes more popular the man begins to take on folk-hero status...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-12-18
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Blind Woman's Curse
1970-06-20
Blind Woman's Curse
Overview: Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat along with the eye-victim go on to pursue Akemi’s gang in revenge, leaving a trail of dead Yakuza girls, their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies.
Genres: Crime Horror Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-06-20
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Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
1967-04-22
Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
Overview: An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-04-22
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The Rainbow Man
1949-07-18
The Rainbow Man
Overview: When a young woman is named as the prime suspect in a murder, her girlfriend and her girlfriend's boyfriend set out to prove her innocence. Their investigation leads them to an isolated, creepy house in the middle of nowhere, where sinister goings-on abound.
Genres: Fantasy Crime Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-07-18
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Outlaw: Kill!
1969-03-14
Outlaw: Kill!
Overview: Goro has always been a lone wolf. When he arrives at an industrial city in Keihin, there is certain restlessness in the air. The Iriezaki family and the Kanto Touyu-kai were in the midst of a territorial dispute. Goro was quick to notice, but had no intent to take sides. At a department store nearby, he sees an elevator lady being harassed by a couple of hoodlums. Goro decides to intervene. Unbeknownst to him, the hoodlums are Touyu-kai members – and the girl has strong ties with the opposing family.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-03-14
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The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil
1966-01-27
The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil
Overview: The fictional land "Pandora" sends three (numbered) graduates of the "National Gambling University" to Japan. You should defeat the master player Kôji, control the international casino empire and use the profits to achieve world domination. But Japan's most famous left hand knows what to do.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-01-27
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Hijo tehai
1959-02-24
Hijo tehai
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-02-24
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Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler
1969-07-12
Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler
Overview: Japanese crime film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-12
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Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
1969-03-29
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
Overview: Japanese crime film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-03-29
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Quick Draw Sanshiro
1962-06-03
Quick Draw Sanshiro
Overview: Koji Wada, who is good at shooting, karate, judo and boxing, has a tough fight with the sea gangsters!
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-03
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Abare chōhan
1970-03-07
Abare chōhan
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Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-03-07
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