Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 24, 1939
Deathday: N/A
Popularity:
1962-12-09
Overview:
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-09
Popularity:
1965-03-10
Overview: In post-war Japan, it is difficult for private business to stay afloat. The small atelier has a debt of several million yen. To get a loan, his proprietress is forced to turn to a successful businessman, owner of entertainment establishments and bars. But she has nothing to guarantee the return of the debt, and then she offers herself as collateral. A drama about the contradictory nature of human feelings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-03-10
Popularity:
1964-09-23
Overview: An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an ambush. It turns out the man is the head of a hard working clan appointed to a railway construction project. A ruthless yakuza gang is also trying to get their share of the project and attempts to sabotage the work. After the old man dies, his son (Sonny Chiba) and daughter (Junko Fuji) try to complete the project. Tsuruta joins them while also falling in love with a local woman working in a bar (after all, Tsuruta always was more of a lover than his stoic colleague Takakura).
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-09-23
Popularity:
1962-01-09
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-09
Popularity:
1961-09-06
Overview: A sad love story between young Umihiko Kojima and a beautiful girl named Yukiko Shino.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-09-06
Popularity:
1960-03-27
Overview: The adventures of Aoi Shingo continue. Shingo is finally given permission to officially meet his father, the Shogun. However, his journey is disturbed by those who wish to claim his life. This is the third part of "THE 10 DUELS OF YOUNG SHINGO", following the first 2 parts (which were actually done as one movie). The tension mounts as young Shingo must face obstacles the like of which he had never before seen. And, can he avenge the death of his master? The man to whom he owes everything.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-27
Popularity:
1983-05-21
Overview: This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-05-21
Popularity:
1961-09-13
Overview: The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night before, and the evidence, in addition to shoe horns and handkerchiefs, is soap with the name of the tavern. When detectives at Shiogama Station followed the man's tracks, it turned out that he had come from Ueno.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-09-13
Popularity:
1993-10-09
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-10-09
Popularity:
1969-03-01
Overview: Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces the widow, Princess Yu, to accept this arrangement and to bear Takeda a son. He pledges them his life. He then spends years using treachery, poetic sensibility, military and political strategy to expand Takeda's realm, advance the claim of Yu's son as the heir, and prepare for an ultimate battle with the forces of Echigo. Has Kansuke overreached? Are his dreams, blinded by love, too big?
Genres: Action War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-03-01
Popularity:
1961-02-14
Overview:
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-14
Popularity:
1962-09-22
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-22
Popularity:
1959-06-01
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-06-01
Popularity:
1964-01-09
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-01-09
Popularity:
1961-07-08
Overview: 1961 Toei comedy
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-08
Popularity:
1962-05-09
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-09
Popularity:
1962-08-29
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-08-29
Popularity:
1963-02-24
Overview: A gang plans to steal twenty billion yen by safecracking tactics; however, they discover that one of the gang members is an infiltrating cop.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-02-24
Popularity:
1963-11-10
Overview: Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-11-10
Popularity:
1959-02-18
Overview: 1959 Japanese movie
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-02-18
Popularity:
1964-03-01
Overview: Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-03-01
Popularity:
1962-02-28
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-28
Popularity:
1971-06-12
Overview: Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family from 1935 through Japan's invasion of China. Based on the novels by Jumpei Gomikawa, who also penned The Human Condition.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-06-12
Popularity:
1969-05-14
Overview: A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-14
Popularity:
1959-04-22
Overview: Based on the Nobu Koito story
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-04-22
Popularity:
1962-05-16
Overview: An exciting historical drama that dynamically depicts the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune from the period of his stay on Mount Kurama to his reconciliation with his brother Yoritomo.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-16
Popularity:
1979-05-26
Overview: This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion and doubt clouds Kousuke's mind.
Genres: Mystery Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-05-26
Popularity:
1963-03-16
Overview: After eloping with a prostitute named Otoyo, Hishakaku takes refuge in the Kogane family’s turf. Indebted to Boss Kogane for his kindness, Hishakaku swears to dedicate himself to protect the Koganes in time of crisis. Hishakaku’s humble life comes to a sudden halt when the Kogane family becomes involved in a fatal feud with their rival, and Hishakaku’s services are called upon.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-16
Popularity:
1961-05-03
Overview: 1961 gangster film.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-03
Popularity:
1962-12-23
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-23
Popularity:
1962-12-23
Overview: Young lord investigates the mysterious death that takes place in the underworld.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-23
Popularity:
1961-08-13
Overview: One after another, expedition teams were being attacked in the Himalayas. With the unprecedented boom in snow men, the public began to make a fuss about the fact that the monster that attacked them must be the snow man. Even in Las Vegas, betting began on which country would catch the Snowman. Later, news broke that a Japanese Himalayan expedition had caught the Snowman. The expedition, led by its leader, Dr Kenkichi Domon, lands at the airport, where onlookers and, for some reason, a man named President Otake and his henchmen are waiting to take the Yukio's life, and who appears with the doctor is... a chimpanzee. But this was a trick that Domon used to avoid the panic caused by the boom.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-08-13
Popularity:
1960-11-08
Overview: A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-11-08
Popularity:
2011-12-10
Overview: "Genji Monogatari" focuses on the love and hate relationships surrounding Genji Hakaru. Lady Fujitsubo is Genji's first love. Ryokuzono Miyasutokoro is obsessed with Genji and eventually becomes a spirit. Yu Kao, who is from the lower class, give comfort to Genji's emotional wounds. Writer Murasaki Shikibu is jealous of Genji and is eventually ordered by Seime Abe to write a work ...
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-12-10
Popularity:
1964-06-03
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-06-03
Popularity:
1967-06-03
Overview: A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-06-03
Popularity:
1968-01-03
Overview: Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-01-03
Popularity:
1967-06-03
Overview: Atsumi Kiyoshi, famous for his role in Torasan, stars as Aoki Goichi, a veteran train conductor who dedicates himself in providing quality service to his passengers. With his many years of experience, he never fails to find solutions for any troubles that occur along the way. A comedic drama revolving around the lives of those who ride the express train.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-06-03
Popularity:
1967-11-12
Overview: A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-11-12
Popularity:
1968-01-03
Overview: A comedy about a good-natured train conductor Shinsaku helping his old friend Miwako find her missing brother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-01-03
Popularity:
1975-04-01
Overview: 1975 Toei movie.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-04-01
Popularity:
1958-09-10
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
Popularity:
1960-08-24
Overview: When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-08-24
Popularity:
1990-10-20
Overview: The unexpected death of Fujishima Motoharu, president of a medium-sized firm, triggers a fierce battle over his estate inheritance among family members.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-10-20
Popularity:
1958-08-06
Overview: A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating the missing person's case from a wealthy family.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-08-06
Popularity:
1965-05-01
Overview: Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some communists are found guilty of causing the incident, but he knows it wasn't them. He can save innocent people but for that he must confess his own crime.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-05-01
Popularity:
1961-05-21
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-21
Popularity:
1961-09-23
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-09-23
Popularity:
1961-11-01
Overview: A story about the nature of office workers today.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-11-01
Popularity:
1963-04-21
Overview: Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judoka Shiro Saigo (Chiba), the second student of judo founder Jigoro Kano (Naoki Sugiura). Akira Kurosawa’s Sanshiro Sugata is based on the same character and shares some scenes, but Judo for Life focuses more on the martial arts philosophy and training, including scenes depicting how the protagonist learned his famous cat-like landing, coined the term judo, and trained with Tsunejiro Tomita (Hideo Murata). There’s also a slight yakuza film influence. The port street ambush scene is found in both films, but in Judo for Life it’s not Kano but a travelling yakuza that jumps out of the rickshaw. Entertaining and beautifully old fashioned, one does however with there were more shades of gray between good and evil, and a stronger ninkyo-like moral / honour conflict.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-04-21
Popularity:
1990-01-01
Overview: The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his father Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune seeks to reunite with his lost son. When the secrets of Shingo's birth are revealed to him, it sets off a series of events that bring him to cross swords with members of the shogun's inner circle in a series of duels that could change the destiny of Japan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-01-01
Popularity:
1964-05-09
Overview: A sake factory worker on holiday returns to his home town, where he rapes the wife of one of his co-workers in the forest. The other man returns home to find his wife changed and suspects that she has been unfaithful.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-05-09
Popularity:
1960-04-26
Overview: Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-04-26
Popularity:
1960-05-10
Overview: Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-05-10
Popularity:
1959-03-10
Overview: One of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no Kinsan investigates the tragic shipwreck of the 'Sadomaru' near Cape Kasumigaseki. The ship carrying gold bars from Sado Island to Edo for the shogunate disappeared into the ocean on a day with clear skies and no wind. While it is conveniently blamed on a surprise tornado or whirlwind, the Sado Magistrate asks his lifelong friend Magistrate Toyama to get to the root of the mystery in order to save his reputation and avoid a life of shame.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-03-10
Popularity:
1960-01-27
Overview: Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-27
Popularity:
1961-11-22
Overview: A story of Minako who struggles finding love and peace in life. When Minako’s hope for ultimate happiness, marriage to her beloved fiancé, comes to a sudden halt, Minako finds herself in search of new love which in turn leads her into a complicated love triangle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-11-22
Popularity:
1962-04-22
Overview: G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-22
Popularity:
1959-01-09
Overview: Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-09
Popularity:
1966-04-01
Overview: Natsuko, a Tokyo bar proprietress, and Yuki, a Kyoto Ryokan owner, vie for the affections of an advertising professional.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-04-01
Popularity:
1963-11-01
Overview: With her family suffering from extreme poverty, Yuko, as the eldest daughter, is sold to a successful brothel in Kyoto. There she is assigned to serve Takamatsu, one of the brothel’s top customers. But while Takamatsu falls madly in love with Yuko, she finds herself attracted to a young priest named Kunugida. Torn by jealousy, Takamatsu hatches an evil plan to tear them apart.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-11-01
Popularity:
1963-05-25
Overview: Upon his release from the prison, Hishakaku joins the Kikkyo family who is struggling to regain their turf from their rival, Domoto family. To reciprocate the kindness of the Kikkyos, Hishakaku heads to meet the leader of Domoto, Osumi, and finds himself emotionally involved with her.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-05-25
Popularity:
1962-11-02
Overview: Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-02
Popularity:
1961-07-19
Overview: After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their mother dies, they are sold to Sansho the Bailiff, a cruel man who subjects them to hideous torments. While Anju falls into a lake and is transformed into a swan, Zushio escapes and after being adopted to a nobleman grows to a young man. He will then fight to defeat the evil Dayu and free all the slaves.
Genres: History Animation Family Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-19
Popularity:
1966-11-13
Overview: A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo, known for its production of quality shamisen strings, only to find her peaceful life turned upside down when a master musician takes personal interest in her.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-11-13
Popularity:
1964-01-15
Overview: Naomasa, the former lord of Okayama Castle and the head of the Iseda family, takes a strange boy, Kirihito, under his wing. However, Naomasa is sent to Europe for his rather too liberal lifestyle…
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-01-15
Popularity:
1961-09-23
Overview: Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-09-23
Popularity:
1960-01-21
Overview: An upstanding young man who is popular with the ladies takes on a corrupt group of men in his company.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-21
Popularity:
1968-11-09
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-11-09
Popularity:
1959-01-28
Overview: Japanese family drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-28
Popularity:
2016-03-28
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-03-28
Popularity:
1970-10-17
Overview: The struggles of a low-ranking samurai (Nakamura) coming to terms with the end of the Tokugawa shogunate and the end of Japan's feudal age with the 1868 Restoration.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-10-17
Popularity:
1959-01-28
Overview: An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-28
Popularity:
1963-10-20
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
Popularity:
1967-07-30
Overview: Three tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-07-30
Popularity:
1963-10-19
Overview: The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on the path to fame and fortune. One of the smartest and strongest of all the gang bosses, he went on to survive the end of the samurai era and become a successful businessman. But first, he must survive against all odds in order to build his reputation and develop his strength. Powerful portrayals of the group are led by the great Tsuruta Koji with help from the likes of Matsukata Hiroki.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-10-19
Popularity:
1965-01-03
Overview: Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous way. Nakagami, the head of the Kanto Joseikai, is ordered to acquire the rights to work to level the reclaimed land and prevent the Doshikai from expanding from Kansai into Tokyo, but the interference of the Koda-gumi, associated with the Kansai Doshikai, intensifies. Nakagami's younger brother Hayami, unhappy that the situation is moving slowly, tries to blackmail the mayor into moving forward, but... A true Toei gangster film with an all-star cast including Koji Tsuruta and Ken Takakura!
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-01-03
Popularity:
1967-11-12
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-11-12
Popularity:
2019-11-01
Overview: Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with photography.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-01
Popularity:
1959-05-25
Overview: During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After crushing almost all of his enemies, Date Masamune aka the "Hawk of the North" sets his eyes on Hatakeyama's lands. The young warlord is about to face his greatest challenge.
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-05-25
Popularity:
1968-06-30
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-06-30
Popularity:
1965-11-20
Overview: A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing a family of longshoreman, centering on their love and struggle.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-11-20
Popularity:
1966-01-13
Overview: The sequel to "Flowers and Dragons". Kingoro Tamai founded a family in the port of Wakamatsu. He unites people with his courage, and revolts against the entrepreneur Oki Nakashi, who is teeming with vices. Kingoro and his family are also forced to fight against the Ezaki-Gumi group, which is opposed by Tomoda Kizo, who is trying to control the port of Wakamatsu.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-01-13
Popularity:
1964-02-08
Overview: The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-02-08
Popularity:
1965-08-25
Overview: The continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-08-25
Popularity:
1968-11-16
Overview: Love-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-11-16
Popularity:
1961-01-15
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-15
Popularity:
1963-07-13
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-07-13
Popularity:
1962-10-12
Overview:
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-12
Popularity:
1960-04-05
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-04-05
Popularity:
1959-02-10
Overview: A touching action film about a young yakuza who becomes infected with evil because he has the ability to easily decipher the mechanism of a safe. After being released from prison, he hopes to be rehabilitated thanks to the love of his family and risks his life to fight the evil that stands in his way.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-02-10
Popularity:
1960-04-05
Overview: 1960 Toei film.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-04-05
Popularity:
1960-11-08
Overview: In the shimotsuke town of Tokyo, Honmachi tenkawa Cho continues to take the remains of the car. One of them was inuzuka store where the man loved the machine.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-11-08
Popularity: