Jushiro Kobayashi
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 08, 1909
Deathday: June 06, 1996
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Genpei the Carp
1933-10-12
Genpei the Carp
Overview: The first half of the movie depicts a man's jealousy of his best friend and the woman he love. The second part depicts a hero who is ready to put the past behind him and risk his life for his friend.
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1933-10-12
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Last Days of Edo
1941-11-28
Last Days of Edo
Overview: It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in the first year of the Meiji period.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-11-28
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The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
1964-09-17
The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
Overview: The second film in the "Suruga yukyoden" series, in which Shintaro Katsu plays Jirocho Shimizu. The film features Omasa, Komasa, Ocho, who will become Jirocho's wife, as well as other members of his future family. There is a particularly great swordfight near the end where Katsu and cronies attack the rival villainous yakuza clan to rescue their ailing, elderly boss. The action choreography, cinematography and editing of this sequence is quite brilliant, treading a difficult tightrope act between genuinely goofy antics and exhilirating, bloody violence.
Genres: Crime History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-09-17
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Keshin
1962-01-14
Keshin
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-14
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The Actress and the Three Rascals
1962-01-03
The Actress and the Three Rascals
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-03
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ひばり姫 初夢道中
1952-12-29
ひばり姫 初夢道中
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-12-29
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Main Street in the Underworld
1964-04-25
Main Street in the Underworld
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-04-25
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Gang's Upward Strategy
1965-12-18
Gang's Upward Strategy
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-12-18
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Satsuma-bikyaku
1951-12-22
Satsuma-bikyaku
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-12-22
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Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
1932-12-01
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1932-12-01
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快傑耶茶坊
1956-04-18
快傑耶茶坊
Overview: 1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-04-18
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Gang vs. G-Men
1962-11-02
Gang vs. G-Men
Overview: Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-02
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Troops of Darkness
1971-11-10
Troops of Darkness
Overview: A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-11-10
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Two Lanterns
1933-07-13
Two Lanterns
Overview: A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1933-07-13
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Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku
1958-04-29
Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku
Overview: "Tomorrow is Another Day" tells the story of three brothers who struggle to shake free of the father's ties to the yakuza underworld. A star vehicle for the popular singer/actor Yūjirō Ishihara.
Genres: Crime Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-04-29
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Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
1988-11-26
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Overview: A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful passion for the music, giving him a chance to set things right in his life.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-11-26
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The Imposter
1952-01-14
The Imposter
Overview: Around the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior councilor Matsudaira Sakon Shogen. He was commonly known as the Bored Samurai of the Hatamoto rank. Just as he was engulfed in boredom, Tokugawa Jo-Kaibo, claiming to be the Shogun's illegitimate child, made a grand entrance into Edo. At the behest of Sakon Shogen, Shusui-no-Suke was tasked to investigate Jo-Kaibo's background and had his young page Kyoya disguise as a woman to infiltrate Jo-Kaibo's gun mansion.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-01-14
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治郎吉格子
1952-02-22
治郎吉格子
Overview: Aboard a ship connecting Kyoto and Osaka, Osan was pickpocketed by a sham blind biwa player. A man who looked like a merchant retrieved the wallet for her. Osan was a woman being sold off for the sake of her yakuza-like brother, Nin'kichi. The man in the guise of a merchant turned out to be the Rat Thief, Jirokichi, the infamous thief of Edo. Due to this chance encounter, the two ended up staying at the same hot spring inn. However, one morning, as Jirokichi was about to leave alone, Osan, with the intuition of a smitten woman, confessed she knew he was the famed Rat Thief.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-02-22
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江戸いろは祭
1953-01-22
江戸いろは祭
Overview: Hatamoto Akabane Tanaka once ruined his life with alcohol in his youth, leaving behind his wife and son, Hanji, to embark on a journey. He killed a man on the Shikoku route, but later returned to Edo, reforming his ways. Concerned about Hanji, he tracked down the wet nurse, O-Kane, to whom he had entrusted the boy. To his surprise, Hanji had become a respectable young man, now a subordinate of the gang leader, Tatsugorou. During a New Year visit to the Shiba Shinmei shrine, a minor altercation led Hanji to meet the geisha Koina, the wicked servant Miya-toku, and the sumo wrestler Naruto. Hanji and Naruto hit it off and formed a bond like brothers. However, Naruto's father was the very man Tanaka had killed. Naruto had been seeking vengeance against his father's killer. During a chance encounter at a restaurant, Naruto witnessed the reunion of Hanji and Tanaka, realizing Tanaka was his father's killer.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-01-22
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疾風からす隊
1953-03-26
疾風からす隊
Overview: During the end of the shogunate, there was a group of black-clothed masked samurai known as the "Crow Squad" who resisted the shogunate's oppression, taking down key figures one by one. During a Go game with a visitor named Seki Hikonoshin, the government inspector, Nozoe Minbu, was attacked and killed by what appeared to be the Crow Squad. The witness, Yoshi Goro, was also injured by their blade. Minbu's son, Katsuma, returning from a trip, learned of this and, along with his sister Sakura, vowed revenge.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-03-26
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Where did Sharaku go?
1968-08-22
Where did Sharaku go?
Overview: Writer Jippensha Ikku hears Tsutaya Juzaburo, a wholesaler of picture books, mutter on his deathbed, "Where has Sharaku gone?" He begins to figure out the true identity of Sharaku, who disappeared after about 150 portraits of actors he created came out.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-08-22
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Fangs of Night
1958-01-15
Fangs of Night
Overview: A young doctor discovers that the city hall of records has a record of his death. He and some friends try to seek out the person who reported it, and uncover a shady group of criminals with a sinister plot.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-15
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Karuma Tengu: The Fire Festival
1951-10-12
Karuma Tengu: The Fire Festival
Overview: The masked avenger Kurama Tengu is linked to a plot to bring down the Tokugawa shogunate, but is it really our hero, or an imposter?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-10-12
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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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Kurama Tengu: Anonymous letter to Tengu
1952-03-27
Kurama Tengu: Anonymous letter to Tengu
Overview: Masked avenger Kurama Tengu and his young sidekick try to stop a mysterious adversary from assassinating a group of young warriors who want to bring down the Shogunate...
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-03-27
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Quiet Dawn in the Front
1959-09-04
Quiet Dawn in the Front
Overview: Japanese war film.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-09-04
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Yagyu Chronicles 2: The Secret Sword
1961-03-19
Yagyu Chronicles 2: The Secret Sword
Overview: This is the second film in the popular black and white series about the master swordsman, Yagyu Jubei. When the Yagyu clan falls victim to rival Kasumi spies, Yagyu Jubei is called to action to protect them. But in performing his duty, he becomes the target of those who wish to destroy his clan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-03-19
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Tōkaidō yajikita chin dōchū
1959-12-27
Tōkaidō yajikita chin dōchū
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-12-27
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Such is Life
1955-11-01
Such is Life
Overview: Japanese drama film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-11-01
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Picture Book of Sarutobi Sasuke
1953-02-19
Picture Book of Sarutobi Sasuke
Overview: Japanese film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-02-19
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Jūrokumon karasudō: Sennin higan
1951-10-12
Jūrokumon karasudō: Sennin higan
Overview: Japanese film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-10-12
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Daitengu shutsugen
1960-01-03
Daitengu shutsugen
Overview: Japanese film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-03
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The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
1959-01-03
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
Overview: In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and her forces push forward to the borders of India. But gradually the tide turns in favour of the Allies and after the atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is compelled to accept the Potsdam Declaration and by the order of the Emperor agrees to unconditional surrender. Under the supervision of the occupation forces the International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo to try the Japanese war leaders. Established in the cause of justice, and to prevent future aggressive wars the trials drag on for two and a half years. And on December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six other war leaders mount the thirteen steps to the gallows at Tokyo's Sugamo prison.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-03
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Ukiyoe Cruel Story
1968-09-07
Ukiyoe Cruel Story
Overview: Made after Takechi had won an obscenity trial over Black Snow (1965), the film has been called "Takechi's personal message to Eirin."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-09-07
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旗本退屈男 唐人街の鬼
1951-09-07
旗本退屈男 唐人街の鬼
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-09-07
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Mehyō to Narazu Mono
1957-04-17
Mehyō to Narazu Mono
Overview: A poignant entertainment epic about a righteous mountain man, a young company director with new ideals, and a beautiful woman with wild charm, whose love and action unfold against the backdrop of a rice field in the middle of a vast forest.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-04-17
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Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
1936-04-14
Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
Overview: The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-04-14
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The Eagle and the Hawk
1957-09-29
The Eagle and the Hawk
Overview: In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. After the break of dawn, two seamen join the crew of a rusty cargo ship Kaiyo Maru. One is a troublemaker with bad attitudes, Senkichi Nomura, who pursues an enemy in order to take revenge for his father's death. The other is Keizo Sasaki, a buff, eagle-eyed man on board for a certain mission.
Genres: Action Drama Crime Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-09-29
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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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Crossroad
1956-03-14
Crossroad
Overview: Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having an affair with his secretary, Harumi. In his attempt to perfect his crime, he drives to a remote quarry to bury his wife’s body, but along the way, he finds another dead body in the back of his car! Given no choice, Ise dumps both bodies. Meanwhile, Yoshie begins her search for her missing brother, Yoshihiko. After surprising twists and turns, Ise faces his fate.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-03-14
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Pure Emotions of the Sea
1956-06-28
Pure Emotions of the Sea
Overview: A romantic adventure tale about a young guy working on a whale-hunting vessel and his love for a childhood sweetheart.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-06-28
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Gyakushû Orochimaru
1955-01-29
Gyakushû Orochimaru
Overview: An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-01-29
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Nikoyon monogatari
1956-09-11
Nikoyon monogatari
Overview: Japanese drama film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-09-11
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Military Train
1938-06-29
Military Train
Overview: Jeom-yong Kim (Pyeong Wang) is a train conductor who wants to drive a military train. Won-jin (Eun-gi Dog) is his best friend and both live together. When a spy for the resistance approaches Won-jin for information on the Japanese military train in exchange for money, he puts the life of his best friend in danger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1938-06-29
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Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
1969-10-01
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
Overview: Junko Fuji returns as Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey after the death of her father. After collecting her sickly follower from jail, she is taken in by a fishing village. Feeling indebed to their generosity, she stays to work for the village and promises to leave her yakuza ways behind. When a dispute breaks out for the gambling rights to a local festival, the villagers are harrassed by a gang of thugs. When the harrassment turns violent, Oryu must decide wither to keep her promise or protect the villagers.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-01
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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969-10-16
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Overview: This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-16
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
1932-03-01
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Overview: This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their feudal lord after he was obliged to commit hara-kiri due to the machinations of a villainous courtier. As the first sound version of the classic narrative, the film was something of an event, and employed a stellar cast, who give a roster of memorable performances. Director Teinosuke Kinugasa was primarily a specialist in jidai-geki (period films), such as the internationally celebrated Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1953), and although he is now most famous as the maker of the avant-garde silent films A Page of Madness (Kurutta ichipeji, 1926) and Crossroads (Jujiro, 1928), Chushingura is in fact more typical of his output than those experimental works. The film ranked third in that year’s Kinema Junpo critics’ poll, and Joseph Anderson and Donald Richie noted that 'not only the sound but the quick cutting was admired by many critics.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1932-03-01
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Duel of the Underworld
1963-07-13
Duel of the Underworld
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-07-13
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With a Single Sword Bale
1934-07-14
With a Single Sword Bale
Overview: Period film from 1934.
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1934-07-14
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Lord of Steel Heart
1961-01-09
Lord of Steel Heart
Overview: A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a famous spear fighter and warrior, is a vassal of lord Honjo. One of Honjo's most trusted under-lords is Sanzaemon. He has designs on Matabei's fief, and he plots to kill Matabei. He finally convinces Lord Honjo of Matabei's guilt. Now Matabei must fight to survive.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-09
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The juvenile
1955-10-18
The juvenile
Overview: A good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-10-18
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Even The Mighty Shed Tears
1953-10-27
Even The Mighty Shed Tears
Overview: After Ryusaku Nishikawa and his girlfriend Katsuko are attacked by a gang, he trains in karate to seek revenge. Years later, Ryusaku is a skilled martial artist preparing for an inter-school match, but his past resurfaces when Katsuko, now involved with the gang, brings tragedy. In a final confrontation, Ryusaku faces the gang and finds redemption through his karate, with the support of his friends.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-10-27
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Even The Mighty Shed Tears
1953-10-27
Even The Mighty Shed Tears
Overview: After Ryusaku Nishikawa and his girlfriend Katsuko are attacked by a gang, he trains in karate to seek revenge. Years later, Ryusaku is a skilled martial artist preparing for an inter-school match, but his past resurfaces when Katsuko, now involved with the gang, brings tragedy. In a final confrontation, Ryusaku faces the gang and finds redemption through his karate, with the support of his friends.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-10-27
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