Keiko Ogasawara
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Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963-10-20
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Overview: A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-10-20
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The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
1961-12-06
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
Overview: A group of four chorus singers leave their hometown in Kyushu and go to Tokyo to become stars. It’s a musical comedy that shows Segawa’s talent.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-06
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Kashima-nada no onna
1959-10-07
Kashima-nada no onna
Overview: Drama about the lives of seasonal migrant workers in Kashima
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-10-07
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Tokyo Untouchable
1962-10-21
Tokyo Untouchable
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Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-21
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Uragirimono wa jigoku daze
1962-12-23
Uragirimono wa jigoku daze
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-23
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Life of Hishakaku 3
1964-03-01
Life of Hishakaku 3
Overview: Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-03-01
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The Ballad of Narayama
1958-06-01
The Ballad of Narayama
Overview: In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-01
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Duel of Blood and Sand
1963-12-01
Duel of Blood and Sand
Overview: Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the clan and sets off on a journey that leads him into a small town besieged by a violent group of brigands. In a kind of homage to Kurosawa's 7 Samurai, the townspeople have been unable to defend themselves and Inaba sets out to teach them how to stand up for themselves. Meanwhile the vile Lord Yasumasa has sent the 4 finest swordsmen in the clan out to hunt Inaba down and kill him. Led by the magnificent Ichibei (Konoe), a master of weaponry in his own right, everything points to an ultimate showdown between the former friends in a battle to the death.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-01
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Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963-04-21
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Overview: Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young sweetheart, but despite their mutual poverty, her status as the daughter of a samurai blocked their path to happiness. A chance opportunity to achieve samurai status would come one day, but Gonza will regret trusting the so-called honorable samurai who extended this fateful offer, and the terrible price he'd pay, fighting for his life in one of the most blood-spattered samurai battles ever filmed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-04-21
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The Song of the Cart
1959-02-11
The Song of the Cart
Overview: A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-02-11
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Chained Bitch
1965-10-15
Chained Bitch
Overview: Japanese prison exploitation movie. Part 1 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-10-15
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Botchan yarō seizoroi
1961-01-09
Botchan yarō seizoroi
Overview: 1961 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-09
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