Hajime Izu
Biography: Hajime Izu was born on July 6, 1918 in Japan. He was an actor and writer, known for Onna (1964), Jinzô ningen Kikaidâ (1972) and Nora inu (1949). He died in 2005.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 06, 1917
Deathday: January 01, 2005
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Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952-05-14
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Overview: Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed photographs that her cousin had sent. When another actress falls ill she is given the role instead. Her first film is a success propelling the young actress to popularity, her own fans, money and a house. While everything looks dandy from the outside not all is well within the family however.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-05-14
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Sekidô matsuri
1951-12-07
Sekidô matsuri
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-12-07
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Wedding March
1951-12-28
Wedding March
Overview: Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-12-28
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Love's Cheerleader
1952-06-19
Love's Cheerleader
Overview: Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-06-19
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Today is Payday
1952-10-02
Today is Payday
Overview: Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-10-02
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Red Peony of Night
1950-12-08
Red Peony of Night
Overview: A romantic melodrama about the shifting relationship between Ryosuke and Miki as their precarious employment and social circumstances shift around them.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-12-08
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Turning Point
1994-06-18
Turning Point
Overview: A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-06-18
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Mako Osorubeshi
1954-06-15
Mako Osorubeshi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-06-15
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Kamen Rider vs. Shocker
1972-03-17
Kamen Rider vs. Shocker
Overview: Professor Daidōji has developed a gravity machine called the GX Device. Unfortunately, Shocker wants it; so they attack the professor and destroy his laboratory, but come home empty-handed. Shocker's agents find out that the plans for the GX Device are with Daidōji's daughter, who is celebrating her birthday. Now the Kamen Riders, along with FBI agent Kazuya Taki, must protect Daidōji's daughter and prevent Shocker from obtaining the plans.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-03-17
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Flying at Ya', Android Kikaider
1973-03-16
Flying at Ya', Android Kikaider
Overview: A sinister organization launches a wave of audacious attacks in an attempt to gain world domination. Commanded by the evil Professor Gill, masked androids and fearsome DARK Destructoid monsters terrorize innocent victims and wreak havoc throughout Japan. A solitary figure emerges to combat the menace. Whenever DARK attacks, a denim-clad road warrior appears, strumming a haunting refrain on his guitar. His name is Jiro, and a secret lies at the heart of his lonely existence. Jiro is a mechanical man. Vulnerable to Professor Gill's shrill flute wooing him to the DARK side, Jiro battles the evil menace by transforming into the mighty red-and-blue android known as...Kikaida.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-03-16
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The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979-07-14
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
Overview: Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known being The Inugami Family. Kosuke Kindaichi is the most famous detective in Japan. Kindaichi gets a new case to figure out who has beheaded a valuable statue and made off with its head.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-07-14
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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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Battle Anthem
1983-06-04
Battle Anthem
Overview: The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.
Genres: War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-06-04
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Konna onna ni dare ga shita
1949-07-04
Konna onna ni dare ga shita
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-07-04
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Alps Story: The Wild
1950-09-09
Alps Story: The Wild
Overview: 1950 Japanese film
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-09-09
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Escape from Prison
1950-01-04
Escape from Prison
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-01-04
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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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Wife
1953-04-29
Wife
Overview: Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and the husband finds the wife slovenly and mean-spirited: she neither cooks not cleans particularly well and is generally disagreeable. In turn, he alternately ignores her and treats her as a servant. Neither is particularly happy, not helped by their unsatisfactory lodgers. The husband is easily seduced by an ex-colleague, a widow with a small child who needs some security, and considers leaving his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-04-29
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Sudden Rain
1956-01-14
Sudden Rain
Overview: A husband and wife's pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-14
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Listen to the Voices of the Sea
1950-06-15
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Overview: This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The film is located to Burma. It shows the everyday problems of soldiers in contrast of their ideas and the cynicism of their commanders. Soldiers are also victims of military bullying by their commanders.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-06-15
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The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
1962-04-07
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
Overview: The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-07
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The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
1956-12-26
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
Overview: Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-12-26
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The Rocking Horsemen
1992-10-31
The Rocking Horsemen
Overview: It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "The Rocking Horsemen." A warm and comic glimpse into high-school and small-town life in Japan in the 60's.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-10-31
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The First Kiss
1955-09-21
The First Kiss
Overview: Portmanteau film about young lovers.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-09-21
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This Is Noriko
1981-09-12
This Is Noriko
Overview: Fictionalized account of 20-year-old Noriko Tsuji, a real-life victim of a severe birth defect which afflicted 8,000 Japanese, children whose mothers took the sedative thalidomide during pregnancy. Tsuji has stunted flipper-like arms amputated at the behest of a father who deserted her soon after her birth. Nonetheless, the resourceful Noriko uses her feet to accomplish most of the tasks others would do with their hands.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-09-12
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Kidou Keiji Jiban: Great Explosion at the Monster Factory of Fear
1989-07-05
Kidou Keiji Jiban: Great Explosion at the Monster Factory of Fear
Overview: Jiban goes into action to save Yoko and several captured children from Doctor Giba's plot of creating the ultimate lifeform.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-07-05
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The Blue Mountains: Part I
1949-07-19
The Blue Mountains: Part I
Overview: Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young man from Tokyo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-07-19
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The Blue Mountains: Part II
1949-07-26
The Blue Mountains: Part II
Overview: Continuation of The Blue Mountains: Part I. Released a week later.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-07-26
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The Skin of the South
1952-02-28
The Skin of the South
Overview: When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable, they are met with scorn on two fronts. On one end, they must contend with the local villagers who balk at the prospect of relocation; on the other, they face the ambitions of the headstrong lumber baron, whose actions will only further destabilize the land. Their pleas for reason ignored, the scientists can do little but observe as nature runs its inevitable course.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-02-28
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The Three Treasures
1959-11-01
The Three Treasures
Overview: The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Emperor's vassal, prefers Ouso's stepbrother, and conspires to have Ouso die on a dangerous mission he has contrived. But Ouso prevails in the mission and returns to his father's castle under a new name, Prince Yamato Takeru. Otomo plots to have the Prince sent into even greater danger, but Otomo is unaware that the gods have favored the Prince and the outcome is far from what any of them expected.
Genres: Fantasy Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-11-01
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Red Peony of Night
1950-12-08
Red Peony of Night
Overview: A romantic melodrama about the shifting relationship between Ryosuke and Miki as their precarious employment and social circumstances shift around them.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-12-08
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Wakôdo no uta
1951-08-31
Wakôdo no uta
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-08-31
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Wakai musumetachi
1951-04-07
Wakai musumetachi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-04-07
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City of Love
1958-01-21
City of Love
Overview: Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with the bar hostess.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-21
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Escape at Dawn
1950-01-08
Escape at Dawn
Overview: Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love with a prostitute named Harumi, she convinces him to desert the army and live with her.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-01-08
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Actress
1947-12-29
Actress
Overview: Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society. This is another version of Kenji Mizoguchi's film "The Love of Sumako the Actress" ("Joyû Sumako no koi"), from the same year. Both tells the story of the famous actress Sumako Mitsui (1886-1919), considered the first great modern theater actress in Japan. Mizoguchi himself is said to have preferred Kinugasa's version.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1947-12-29
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Who Will Judge Me?
1951-05-18
Who Will Judge Me?
Overview: Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-05-18
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Swords and Brocade
1951-06-22
Swords and Brocade
Overview: A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-06-22
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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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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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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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Legend of the Cat Monster
1998-08-16
Legend of the Cat Monster
Overview: A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter is tasked with writing her comeback film, which leads the two to live under the same roof.
Genres: TV Movie Horror Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-08-16
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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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Trigger Happy
1954-12-29
Trigger Happy
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-12-29
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