Kingorō Yanagiya
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 28, 1901
Deathday: October 22, 1972
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Known For
Nigetekita hanayome
1956-02-12
Nigetekita hanayome
Overview:
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-02-12
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Ghost Train
1949-08-14
Ghost Train
Overview: Sixteen people are to stay at a desolate country station. Since a train accident during the war, a ghost train has been coming there at midnight. And it is said that anyone who sees the train will die. ...... A film adaptation of a popular radio drama.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-08-14
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Sazae-san's Newlywed Family
1959-08-23
Sazae-san's Newlywed Family
Overview: Sazae's wish came true and she got married to Masuo. The two ended up living together at Sazae's parents' home, the Isono family. However, the newlywed life that started at the Isono family was a disaster. At the Isono family, where bonito and Wakame pranks and neighbors visit, it is difficult even to be alone.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-08-23
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Sazae-san's Marriage
1959-01-09
Sazae-san's Marriage
Overview: Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae sends her parents on a silver wedding trip, and eventually heads for Nikko, a travel destination. Sazae is once again overwhelmed by the sight of the newlyweds bustling with sunlight, but...
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-09
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Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959-12-26
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
Overview: Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. Masuo's colleague is invited to thank him for the newlyweds, but Masuo has been told by Managing Director Hanamura to go on a business trip to Kansai. Before long, Masuo contacted Sazae to come to Osaka.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-12-26
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Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth
1952-01-03
Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth
Overview: Period film about the legendary detective Umon
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-01-03
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Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido
1952-05-08
Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido
Overview: A movie directed by Nobuo Nakagawa
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-05-08
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Today is Payday
1952-10-02
Today is Payday
Overview: Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-10-02
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Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960-12-25
Sazae And Aunt Apron
Overview: An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-12-25
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Sunset Over Mount Fuji
1952-11-10
Sunset Over Mount Fuji
Overview: Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-11-10
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An Edoite Judge
1953-02-05
An Edoite Judge
Overview: Period film about a feudal era judge living in Edo
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-02-05
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続新入社員十番勝負 サラリーマン一刀流
1962-02-04
続新入社員十番勝負 サラリーマン一刀流
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-04
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女難コースを突破せよ
1962-04-01
女難コースを突破せよ
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-01
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A Doting Parent’s Lullaby
1955-11-01
A Doting Parent’s Lullaby
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-11-01
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Sazae-san Plays Cupid
1961-03-28
Sazae-san Plays Cupid
Overview: An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-03-28
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Hanakurabe tanuki-den
1949-04-17
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
Overview: Princess Oboro, the queen of the Tanuki palace and stubborn at heart, falls in love with coffeehouse worker Kurotaro at first sight.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-04-17
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Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu
1939-08-10
Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu
Overview: A typically modern take on the well-known Naniwabushi character (and real life 19th-century gangster) Mori no Ishimatsu, whose proverbial stupidity Enoken takes to farcical extremes.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-08-10
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Ô abare Songokû
1952-09-04
Ô abare Songokû
Overview: Sequel to "Saiyuki" (1952)
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-09-04
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Masura o hashutsu fukai
1956-02-05
Masura o hashutsu fukai
Overview: Based on a comic strip by Kaoru Akiyoshi. First in a four part film series.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-02-05
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Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958-12-07
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Overview: 1958 Japanese movie
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-12-07
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Sararīman yajikita dōchū
1961-06-27
Sararīman yajikita dōchū
Overview: 1961 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-06-27
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The Old Man of the Propeller
1939-07-01
The Old Man of the Propeller
Overview: The Old Man of the Propeller can be seen as a comedic amalgam of “King Lear” and “Christmas Carol”. A neighborhood loan shark is hounded by his relatives expecting big inheritance. But he is not giving any favor to anyone. His only joy of life is to go on junk hunt in the neighborhood, collecting garbages and scraps and selling them to junkmen to make profit.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-07-01
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Hotsprings Holiday
1968-02-14
Hotsprings Holiday
Overview: Two rival groups of gangsters vie for control of a tiny port town in northern Japan. Daisuke, a member of the older of the two gangs, and Kosuke, a hoodlum in the newer gang, both fall in love with the daughter of an inn proprietor, even though she evinces more interest in improving the town than in their romantic advances. Eventually, the two hoodlums come to respect her efforts and decide to join forces in ridding the town of all gangsters. The two men succeed in restoring peace to the town and, rejected by the innkeeper's daughter, they leave town as friends.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-02-14
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Under the Blossoming Peach
1951-03-24
Under the Blossoming Peach
Overview: A picture-story-show operator, accompanies her son, Akira, who lives apart from her, to a hot-spring medical treatment and spend a moment of brief happiness together, but eventually the time comes to say goodbye. The portrayal of the children and the atmosphere of the hot spring resort shine through in this film about a mother by master filmmaker Hiroshi Shimizu.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-03-24
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Kigeki ekimae onsen
1962-07-29
Kigeki ekimae onsen
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-29
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Kigeki ekimae bentô
1961-12-24
Kigeki ekimae bentô
Overview: Third film in the "Ekimae" series set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko asks for advice from her childhood friends Kintaro, a textile manufacturer, and Magosaku, an entrepreneur, about a big-shot from Osaka who wants to invest in her shop. However, Kintaro and Magosaku suspect that things are not what they seem...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-24
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喜劇 駅前飯店
1962-12-23
喜劇 駅前飯店
Overview: The fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-23
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Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
1963-12-22
Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
Overview: Comedy has the proprietors of a tonkatsu (deep-fried pork) restaurant match wits with a Chinese developer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-22
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The Masterless 47
1960-12-25
The Masterless 47
Overview: Part one of The Masterless 47.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-12-25
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Tōkyō sanosa musume
1962-09-16
Tōkyō sanosa musume
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-16
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右門捕物帖 片眼狼
1951-01-08
右門捕物帖 片眼狼
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-01-08
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One Step to Happiness
1958-11-11
One Step to Happiness
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-11-11
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Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962-09-29
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-29
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Shachō to onna tenin
1948-01-07
Shachō to onna tenin
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-01-07
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Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip
1938-09-18
Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip
Overview: This is the only surviving “Mito Komon Manyu-ki” film. This release also known as "Adrift Tour Memoir" or literally "Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip" is an 80-minute compilation of the first (東海道の巻 or "Tokaido no maki") and second (日本晴れの巻 or "Japan's Fine Weather Reel") parts (147 minutes), which were re-edited and screened at a time when presentable films were dried up immediately after the defeat of the war.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-09-18
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Ōwarai Jiro chō ikka: Sanshita nitei kenjū
1962-05-15
Ōwarai Jiro chō ikka: Sanshita nitei kenjū
Overview: Comedy movie
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-15
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Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
1962-12-23
Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
Overview: Young lord investigates the mysterious death that takes place in the underworld.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-23
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明朗五人男
1940-11-30
明朗五人男
Overview: 1940 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-11-30
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娘十八びっくり天国
1952-02-29
娘十八びっくり天国
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-02-29
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誰よりも金を愛す
1961-02-02
誰よりも金を愛す
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-02
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Geisha Waltz
1952-10-02
Geisha Waltz
Overview: 1952 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-10-02
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With Songs in My Heart
1958-09-10
With Songs in My Heart
Overview: Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and songs, this story shows how a girl raised on a farm was able to make her dream a reality, with the love of those around her.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-09-10
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坊ちゃんの特ダネ記者
1957-07-03
坊ちゃんの特ダネ記者
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-03
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金語楼の雷社長
1956-09-05
金語楼の雷社長
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-09-05
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大当りパチンコ娘
1952-01-15
大当りパチンコ娘
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-01-15
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Kingoro's Soldier
1956-05-11
Kingoro's Soldier
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-05-11
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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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Holiday in Japan
1958-06-15
Holiday in Japan
Overview: Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-15
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Watashi wa uso wa mōshimasen
1961-04-05
Watashi wa uso wa mōshimasen
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-05
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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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Kingorō no omawari-san
1956-08-05
Kingorō no omawari-san
Overview: Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-08-05
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Dimple of Tokyo
1952-07-15
Dimple of Tokyo
Overview: Buntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life. The new secretary, Nobuko, suggested her "shacho-san" (the president) run away from the job. Nobuko took Buntaro to her home and introduced him to her own family as friend, "Sachio-san"...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-07-15
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親馬鹿花合戦
1953-01-29
親馬鹿花合戦
Overview: Kingoro Yanagiya's 100th film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-01-29
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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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A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival
1954-01-09
A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival
Overview: Japanese musical.
Genres: Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-01-09
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金語楼の成金王
1958-01-03
金語楼の成金王
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-03
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金語楼の俺は殺し屋だ
1960-08-16
金語楼の俺は殺し屋だ
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-08-16
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Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage
1953-06-03
Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage
Overview: Fourth installment in the "Achako's Notebook of Youth" series.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-06-03
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Rikidozan no tetsuwan kyojin
1954-12-13
Rikidozan no tetsuwan kyojin
Overview: 1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-12-13
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Kingorō no kaigun taishô
1959-12-27
Kingorō no kaigun taishô
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-12-27
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珍説忠臣蔵
1953-01-03
珍説忠臣蔵
Overview: A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-01-03
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The Elephant Who Waited
1949-11-20
The Elephant Who Waited
Overview: The story of Kanesuke and Entaro who are master elephant trainers in charge of two elephants, Taro and Hanako at the Metropolitan Zoo.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-11-20
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This Happy Life
1944-01-27
This Happy Life
Overview: A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1944-01-27
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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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Akireta musumetachi
1949-10-11
Akireta musumetachi
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-10-11
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Sing, Young People
1963-01-06
Sing, Young People
Overview: A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-01-06
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浮かれ狐千本櫻
1954-12-28
浮かれ狐千本櫻
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-12-28
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Tenten Musume
1956-12-12
Tenten Musume
Overview: Based on the comic by Shosuke Kurakane. Shown in two parts.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-12-12
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Nonkina tosan
1946-12-01
Nonkina tosan
Overview: Based on the comic by Yutaka Asou
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1946-12-01
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Rabble Tactics
1963-07-13
Rabble Tactics
Overview: The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to keep the wolf from the door. The farmers are recruited in groups of fifteen. In Yaju's village, there are only twelve men, so they press Oto, who looks more like a boy than a girl, to join, disguised as a man.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-07-13
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The Splendid Gold Mine
1941-06-25
The Splendid Gold Mine
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-06-25
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The Naked General
1958-10-28
The Naked General
Overview: A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-28
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The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961-02-25
The Masterless 47 – Part II
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-25
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The Spiders' The Reckless Operation
1967-08-26
The Spiders' The Reckless Operation
Overview: The Spiders, a Japanese pop group, in their first starring role, walk from Yokohama to Tokyo, to prove their love for a girl who told them "the person who can overcome any obstacle will be my lover"! Neither traffic, buildings, nor the police can stop them, in this madcap rock musical adventure!
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-08-26
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Song for a Bride
1958-02-11
Song for a Bride
Overview: An Ishiro Honda film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-02-11
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Chûshingura
1962-11-03
Chûshingura
Overview: After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
Genres: History Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-03
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Konto 55: Grandson of a Ninja
1969-10-10
Konto 55: Grandson of a Ninja
Overview: A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-10
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Sazae-san
1956-12-12
Sazae-san
Overview: An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-12-12
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Sazae-san's Baby
1960-02-28
Sazae-san's Baby
Overview: An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-02-28
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Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
1953-07-29
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
Overview: 1953 jidaigeki directed by Nobuo Nakagawa of Jigoku and Ghost of Yotsuya fame.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-07-29
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Princess Finds Her Prince
1953-10-02
Princess Finds Her Prince
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-10-02
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Diary of the First Incredible Laughing Trip
1955-01-03
Diary of the First Incredible Laughing Trip
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-01-03
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Dai Abare Tokaido
1958-12-28
Dai Abare Tokaido
Overview: An entertainment movie featuring familiar faces of Toyama no Kin-san, Nezumi Kozo, Yaji Kita, and others who traveled around the Tokaido. Written and directed by Kunio Watanabe. A group of samurai rushed into the Sakura Opera Troupe in the mountain village, chasing a young woman named Chiyohime who was promoting dancing around Edo Asakusa area. Suri Nao and Kinshiro Toyama was there and saved her. Meanwhile, the samurai asked the acquaintance Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi to find her. Jirokichi visited Kinshiro 's house, and found her there…
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-12-28
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Tora-san's Home Run
1958-03-18
Tora-san's Home Run
Overview: The second Tora-San feature.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-03-18
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Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
1954-06-22
Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
Overview: Movie version of NHK renzoku drama "Tokyo Romance"
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-06-22
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Crazy Operation
1963-03-24
Crazy Operation
Overview:
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-24
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