Sakutarō Yamakawa
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I am the Judge
1962-02-11
I am the Judge
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-11
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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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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-05-18
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Bengawan Solo
1951-10-19
Bengawan Solo
Overview: War film by Kon Ichikawa
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-10-19
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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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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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Kyōen Kobanzame
1958-11-08
Kyōen Kobanzame
Overview: Japanese film, originally released in two parts.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-11-08
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Popran
2022-01-14
Popran
Overview: Tagami, a once successful manager of a manga distribution has run out of luck and now he must catch a mysterious high-speed fly within 6 days to regain it back.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-14
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Tengoku wa doko da
1956-04-23
Tengoku wa doko da
Overview: Japanese drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-04-23
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The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin
1959-09-11
The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin
Overview: In the northern province, two waitresses Mieko and Hanako from Tokyo, are missing somewhere near the River Kitakami. At night, the villagers of Shirayama gather round a blazing fire, and utter incantations while an old headman tempers a sword...
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-09-11
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日米花嫁花婿入替取替合戦
1957-04-23
日米花嫁花婿入替取替合戦
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-04-23
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Lust of the White Serpent
1960-09-19
Lust of the White Serpent
Overview: A work with the motif of a legend that remains in the mountain villages of Shinshu and Hida. A white snake helped by a young man transfers to a girl's body, longing for him and burning in an endless passion.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-19
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The Shiinomi School
1955-06-28
The Shiinomi School
Overview: A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Through trial and error, they struggle to open a school for disabled children at their own expense. Based on a true story, it features natural child performances under Hiroshi Shimizu’s skillful direction.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-06-28
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An Inn at Osaka
1954-04-20
An Inn at Osaka
Overview: An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. He takes a room at a small inn and tries to rebuild his life. Notable for its exquisite framing and cinematography, An Inn at Osaka allows its complicated plotlines to disappear behind the minutiae of penury and humiliation that Mito and others suffer during the post-war economic and social reconstruction.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-04-20
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Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953-03-05
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Overview: Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial section of Tokyo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-03-05
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Decisive Battle at Kuroda Castle
1960-05-28
Decisive Battle at Kuroda Castle
Overview: After the massacre of Christians at Shimabara, followers of Amakusa Shiro band together in a plot to overthrow the shogunate in order to exact revenge on the Tokugawa. At the same time there is a succession dispute in the Kuroda clan, as one faction tried to usurp the rightful heir and take over the honored clan. Before his untimely death, the lord of the Kuroda bestowed “Nihongo”, a magnificent spear, on his finest warrior, which ultimately brings him into contact with two of Japan’s most famous historical figures, Yagyu Jubei and Miyamoto Musashi. Can the three masters of martial art join forces to defeat their enemies and save the nation?
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-05-28
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Ghost of the Pearl Divers
1960-07-08
Ghost of the Pearl Divers
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Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-07-08
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Death Row Woman
1960-03-13
Death Row Woman
Overview: Arrested for the murder of her wealthy businessman father, convicted on false evidence and sentenced to death, Kyoko is determined to prove her innocence.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-13
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Twilight Saloon
1955-06-19
Twilight Saloon
Overview: Set in a tavern, director Tomu Uchida depicts the joys and sorrows of the people who gather there in an experimental style, weaving in a variety of music in this ambitious ensemble drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-06-19
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Black Cat Mansion
1958-07-13
Black Cat Mansion
Overview: The descendant of the servant of a cruel and vicious samurai returns to the town where she was born, only to find that a cat who is possessed by the spirits of those murdered by the samurai is trying to kill her.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-07-13
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Jigoku
1960-07-30
Jigoku
Overview: A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-07-30
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Fire Line
1961-05-24
Fire Line
Overview: Two young crooks who scam betters in the race track are employed by a yakuza gang called the Shigemori Syndicate to steal a shipment of handguns from a rival gang. Somewhere in the process they find themselves on the run from their own gang and one of them becomes himself romantically entangled with the boss's girlfriend. An ambitious underboss of the gang offers them a way out if they murder the previous boss but things don't turn out as planned (for everyone).
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-24
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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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The Mother Tree
1958-07-13
The Mother Tree
Overview: A painter leaves his family to paint the homes of his rich clients. A lonely, ruthless samurai falls in love with the painter's wife and rapes her. He later murders the painter and his servants. From the afterlife, the painter's ghost seeks revenge on the samurai, and saves his wife and newborn child.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-07-13
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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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365 Nights
1948-09-02
365 Nights
Overview: A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and decides to marry her. Only to discover that his father is is in debt and wants him to marry Ranko so that she may help his company by granting 1.5 million yen. Teruko decides to borrow money from a greedy bar owner who lends her money on certain conditions and photographs her without her consent. A love traingle forms between Koroku, Ranko, and Teruko. Things complicate when Koroku marries Teruko and Tsugawa threatens them for the money causing many twists and turns.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-09-02
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