Teruo Wakatsuki
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 28, 1910
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Mermaids and Sea Robbers
1958-10-21
Mermaids and Sea Robbers
Overview: Rival bands of pirates try to get hold of a priceless treasure.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-21
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Secret White Line Zone
1958-09-21
Secret White Line Zone
Overview: First film in Teruo Ishii's Line series.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-09-21
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Yasubei Nakayama
1951-03-31
Yasubei Nakayama
Overview: Jidai-geki about the life of Yasubei Nakayama, a famous ronin who did participate in the revenge against Lord Kira Yoshinaka as detailed in Japan's famous epic Chushingura
Genres: History Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-03-31
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新遊侠伝
1951-05-05
新遊侠伝
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-05-05
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新遊侠伝 遊侠往来
1951-05-18
新遊侠伝 遊侠往来
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-05-18
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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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Sanshiro of Ginza
1950-03-30
Sanshiro of Ginza
Overview: An early film by Kon Ichikawa
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-03-30
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Endless Passion
1949-09-29
Endless Passion
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-09-29
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Harmonica Boy
1940-07-10
Harmonica Boy
Overview: The only son of a sushi chef hates sushi and decides to leave home to search for a job and make his own way.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-07-10
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Kuronekokan ni Kieta Otoko
1956-02-12
Kuronekokan ni Kieta Otoko
Overview: Comedy-horror film by Masaki Môri.
Genres: Comedy Horror Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-02-12
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Curry Rice
1962-11-23
Curry Rice
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-23
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Ginza Cosmetics
1951-04-14
Ginza Cosmetics
Overview: A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-04-14
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Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
1957-04-29
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Overview: Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
Genres: History War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-04-29
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Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo
1949-08-08
Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo
Overview: Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their leader is.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-08-08
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A Mother's Love
1950-06-27
A Mother's Love
Overview: A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-06-27
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太陽娘と社長族
1958-05-18
太陽娘と社長族
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-05-18
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女大学野球狂時代
1956-07-26
女大学野球狂時代
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-07-26
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The Fencing Collegian
1956-02-26
The Fencing Collegian
Overview: Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-02-26
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ノイローゼ兄さんガッチリ娘
1956-04-18
ノイローゼ兄さんガッチリ娘
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-04-18
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Shimizu no Jirocho den
1952-09-25
Shimizu no Jirocho den
Overview: Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-09-25
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Amakara chindōchū
1950-11-11
Amakara chindōchū
Overview: Kotaro Shimoyama, once a government official, loses his job and separates from his wife, Sachie. He now resides with his daughter, Haruko. By chance, he apprehends a criminal and reconnects with his former colleague, Sakamoto, leading him to become a security guard at a film studio. Haruko, secretly a singer, rises to stardom within the same studio. Unbeknownst to each other, they both work there. As the studio faces turmoil, their hidden identities are unveiled...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-11-11
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The Battleship Yamato
1953-06-15
The Battleship Yamato
Overview: The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-06-15
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Ginza Cancan Girls
1949-08-16
Ginza Cancan Girls
Overview: Shizuko Kasagi and Hideko Takamine star as young women who try to raise money for a needy old friend by becoming wandering singers who work for tips in Tokyo's Ginza nightlife district.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-08-16
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Oogonju
1950-11-04
Oogonju
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Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-11-04
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Nonki saiban
1955-04-24
Nonki saiban
Overview: A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of beauty, the crime of a terrifying wife, the crime of taking the wrong course, the crime of seducing, and the crime of killing with laughter.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-04-24
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Green Light to Joy
1967-12-06
Green Light to Joy
Overview: Drama about the friendship between a lonely laborer (Atsumi) and a young woman (Hoshi) unable to enter college.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-12-06
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The Shadow Avenger
1959-04-29
The Shadow Avenger
Overview: For the poor, Edo is Hell on Earth, starving under the rule of Tanuma Okitsugi, corrupt councilor to the shogun. But the courageous vagabond called “Kageboshi” (Shadow Avenger), will fight for the common folk, robbing the rich so the people will have rice. Tanuma’s henchmen will hire an evil swordsman to pose as Kageboshi, starting a wave of murder, kidnapping and robbery, searching for two antique sword-guards that will reveal the hiding place of a fortune in buried gold. But who will claim the gold? The poor of Edo, or the conniving Tanuma? Only Kageboshi’s flashing sword, tearing through Tanuma’s bloodthirsty minions, can forestall his wicked schemes.
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-04-29
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Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
1958-03-14
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
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Genres: History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-03-14
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Four Sisters
1962-07-01
Four Sisters
Overview: A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-01
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Pleasant Company
1962-03-07
Pleasant Company
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-07
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Miki, the Swordman
1951-11-02
Miki, the Swordman
Overview: After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up as bodyguard to Shigezo of Sasagawa leading up to an epic battle.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-11-02
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妖婦 夜嵐お絹と天人お玉
1957-05-29
妖婦 夜嵐お絹と天人お玉
Overview: Fictionalized retelling of the life of a Geisha poisoner.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-05-29
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Wild Ducks and Green Onions
1968-03-16
Wild Ducks and Green Onions
Overview: The four-member con group, including the intellectual boss Nobukichi Ishiguro (Masayuki Mori), who is called an "aristocrat con man" for his elegant appearance; the amorous Kyuhei Maruki (Tadao Takashima); the inventive Yosuke Mori (Hideo Sunatsuka); and the amorous Mami (Mako Midori), set one bizarre trap after another in their quest for the perfect crime in this wry crime comedy.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-03-16
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