Junkichi Orimoto
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 09, 1927
Deathday: March 18, 2019
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Known For
The Graduates
2007-03-31
The Graduates
Overview: The experiences and relationships of five senior students at a rural high school, during the last year leading to graduation.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-03-31
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Kwaidan
1965-01-06
Kwaidan
Overview: Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-01-06
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Karaoke
1999-06-12
Karaoke
Overview: Kodama learns that his old classmate Hayashi is getting married to an idol, and organizes a junior high school reunion.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-06-12
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Moonlight Rabbit
1987-03-07
Moonlight Rabbit
Overview: Eighteen-year-old Isamu works at a coffee shop. Rebelling against his father, he eloped with Momo (Yasuko Tomita). One night, Isamu injures a middle-aged woman by hitting her with his bicycle.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-03-07
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985-09-20
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Overview: A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-20
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Shy Security
1991-04-13
Shy Security
Overview: A motocross rider avenges his father's death
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-04-13
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Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973-01-04
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Overview: On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-01-04
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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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Betrayal tomorrow
1990-09-14
Betrayal tomorrow
Overview: A violent detective who can handle assault and blackmail in a straight forward manner.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-09-14
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Godzilla 1985
1985-07-26
Godzilla 1985
Overview: Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-07-26
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The Injured Boy
1962-04-04
The Injured Boy
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-04
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Dupe
1965-10-01
Dupe
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-10-01
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Another Battle
2000-11-25
Another Battle
Overview: Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with a distaste for crime gangs. When a yakuza boss dies, a struggle for his position takes place between Kaneo's boss Awano and the young Nakahira. Nakahira's men try to extort money from Masatatsu, bringing him in between a yakuza battle.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-11-25
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The Wild Trucker
1975-12-27
The Wild Trucker
Overview: The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help bring home the father of two young children in time to celebrate New Year’s together.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-12-27
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Hell's Companion
1959-06-01
Hell's Companion
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-06-01
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Samurai Wolf
1966-11-19
Samurai Wolf
Overview: This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba – who arrives at a village to defend a beautiful, blind woman against a sinister plot. Her assailants then send against him another samurai, named Sana, who is without scruples. The fight between them will become personal, for the honor and love of the blind woman.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-11-19
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Samurai Wolf II
1967-05-13
Samurai Wolf II
Overview: Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his dead father. There are crooked gold miners, a beautiful girl who is unfortunately a complete lunatic and a dojo master who is obsessed with killing Kiba just to prove that his school's sword style is the best.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-05-13
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Japan's Don
1977-01-22
Japan's Don
Overview: A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-01-22
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Gang and G-Men Part 2
1963-02-24
Gang and G-Men Part 2
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
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Kaoyaku
1971-08-12
Kaoyaku
Overview: A detective is charged with investigating a bank corruption scandal.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-08-12
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I Will Buy You
1956-11-21
I Will Buy You
Overview: A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-11-21
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Station
1981-11-07
Station
Overview: A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-11-07
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Aurora Borealis
1990-08-03
Aurora Borealis
Overview: The story of a man and a wolf-dog in East Siberia during the early 1900s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1990-08-03
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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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Ginpei From Koina: Migratory Bird of Winter
1983-08-25
Ginpei From Koina: Migratory Bird of Winter
Overview: Shimoda, Izu, the venerable Amimoto Onabe family is repeatedly harassed by the upstart Hotate family, who targeted their fishing grounds. Ginpei, the head of the Onabe family, is in love with Oichi, the only daughter of Gohei, the adviser. Ginpei is told that he plans to have her marry Unokichi. Finally, the Onabe family and the Hotate family get into a fight, and Ginpei kills Tajiro, the hotate family’s proxy. Ginpei leaves Oichi in Unokichi’s care and sets off on a treacherous journey. Five years later, while traveling, Ginpei learns that the boss of the Onabe family has died and that the Hotate family is in trouble… Ginpei then returns to Shimoda.
Genres: TV Movie History Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-08-25
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The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
1982-08-30
The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
Overview: The fish market is to be moved to Shinagawa, and Tasuke Isshin (Jun Inoue) got in trouble. Hikosaemon Ookubo (Eijiro Tono) heard of it from Tasuke, and ask about it to Iemitsu (Ken Tanaka). However, on the contrary, Hikosaemon received penitence for a bribe that he doesn't know.
Genres: History Comedy Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-08-30
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No More Easy Life
1979-12-25
No More Easy Life
Overview: Mariko is living the life of a typical Japanese college student in the 70's, spending far more of her time balancing boyfriends and part-time jobs than on her schoolwork. She finds herself torn between a former boyfriend who's the tough, insensitive-but-sexy, type, and a new acquaintance who's more sensitive to her feelings, but who still acts childishly selfish at times. Will she choose one of them, or decide to go her own way?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-12-25
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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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Police Precinct Part 12
1960-01-27
Police Precinct Part 12
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-27
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The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
1996-09-14
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
Overview: A biographical drama depicting the life full of love and suffering of the writer and poet Kenji Miyazawa, who celebrated his 100th birthday in 1996.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-09-14
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The Enchantment
1989-10-29
The Enchantment
Overview: A Tokyo psychiatrist is hoping to better his career by marrying the daughter of a prominent doctor. The match is threatened however when an attractive but very troubled tourist guide comes to him for consultation...
Genres: Thriller Mystery Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-10-29
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My Way
1974-09-07
My Way
Overview: Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government bureaucracy and indifference all along the way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-09-07
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Beauty in the Flame
1984-11-10
Beauty in the Flame
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-11-10
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If You're Man Enough
1960-11-29
If You're Man Enough
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-11-29
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Forever a Woman
1955-11-23
Forever a Woman
Overview: Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and her breast cancer diagnosis. In the last stage of her life, she meets a young journalist from Tokyo who wants to write a story on her life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-11-23
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A Woman Called En
1971-05-29
A Woman Called En
Overview: Set at the end of the feudal period. A woman spends most of her early life in prison, incarcerated by political opponents of her father. When she is released at the age of 44, the power struggles of her clan continue to disturb her life and the man whom she loves.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-05-29
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Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989-04-22
Nemuri Kyōshirō
Overview: Kyoshiro rescues Shizu who was being abused by her husband, even since she had been violated by the man posing as Ieyoshi. He then learned that Ieyoshi had been acting oddly ever since returning from Kyoto six months ago. Sir Fumiya's investigation of the O'oku (Shogun's harem in Edo Castle) uncovered the plot and reported that Sir Higo-no-Kami had been controlling the fraud. That's when Kyoshiro heads to Kyoto to find clues...
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-04-22
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Detective
1964-12-05
Detective
Overview: The first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a criminal, which takes place in Yokohama. Tamba enthusiastically plays a police inspector who pursues a criminal who kidnapped his sister.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-12-05
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0.5 mm
2014-11-08
0.5 mm
Overview: Sawa, a home helper for a middle class family with an elderly infirm grandfather, is forced to stretch her morals to keep her job. As a result, she finds herself broke and out on the street. She survives her first night by striking up an ambiguous friendship with a kindly old man, gaining access to a portion of the immense wealth held by Japan's aging population. She continues with similar encounters, and while these begin as scams or revenge on rampant sexism, they ultimately become vulnerable intergenerational exchanges.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-08
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974-06-29
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Overview: While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-06-29
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New Female Prisoner Scorpion: Special Cellblock X
1977-06-18
New Female Prisoner Scorpion: Special Cellblock X
Overview: A nurse is framed for her involvement in the hospital murder of a politician who was threatening to expose corrupt practices. She escapes from jail but is captured and sent back, resulting in the rest of the inmates being punished, added to which of a new, tougher, head of security arrives to take up her new job....
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-06-18
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Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
1963-03-09
Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
Overview: 1963 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-09
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
1966-01-13
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
Overview: Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor to the Soda Family, he kills the boss of the rival Sakaki Family. When the Soda attacks the Sakaki and double-crosses him, with sword in hand, Hidejiro seeks brutal retribution.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-01-13
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Be a Man!! Samurai School
2008-01-26
Be a Man!! Samurai School
Overview: Momotaro and Hidemaro are 1st-years at Otokojuku, a private boys school where true men are made. Momotaro, proficient in academics and martial arts becomes good friends with Hidemaro an underachieving weakling. Omito Date, former student leader, plans his revenge against his former school. Now leader of an evil army from rival Kanto Gogakuren school he fully intends on taking over Otokojuku.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-01-26
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Goodbye Japan
1995-09-02
Goodbye Japan
Overview: A political satire comedy depicting the turmoil caused when the residents of a small island in Okinawa, feeling neglected by the Japanese government's response, declare independence.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-09-02
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National Conquest Tekiya Tamashii
2001-07-16
National Conquest Tekiya Tamashii
Overview: It's Ricky!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-07-16
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Curry Rice
1962-11-23
Curry Rice
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-23
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Hanzo, the Razor
1993-01-01
Hanzo, the Razor
Overview: During Tenpo period, Bakuhu announced a law regulating expenditures in order to improve the financial situation. However, Doshin of a government office Itami Hanzo, called Kamisori Hanzo, challenged Bakuhu's oppressive way. Because of this, his father Magobei was told to kill himself by the Bakuhu and Hanzo himself was demoted. Five years later, Hanzo came back to the government office and implement a law regulating expenditures. He stands up for revenge Torii Kainokami who desires power as he likes.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Element of Surprise
1963-09-21
Element of Surprise
Overview: 1963 Toei war / action film.
Genres: War Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-09-21
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Song of Vengeance
1968-09-17
Song of Vengeance
Overview: Executive management of a major Tokyo construction company are getting bumped off one after another. It seems obvious that it is a former partner of the company with a long-standing grudge who is responsible, but he died in the first ten minutes of the movie. Or did he? This may aptly be described as a giallo-noir for the unrelenting string of murders by a mystery man and the black-and-white gritty urban setting.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-09-17
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959-01-15
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Overview: After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-15
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Love Tomato
2006-05-13
Love Tomato
Overview: Middle-aged farmer Noda Masao (Daichi Yasuo) is a good, honest man, but his attempts for marriage have all met with failure. Through a friend, Masao meets Liberty (Ruby Moreno), a Filipino woman working in Japan. When they decide to get married, Masao borrows money from his Agricultural Association and travels to the Philippines for the wedding - only to discover that it was all a scam. Stranded in Manila with no money, Masao ends up staying to work. One day he meets a beautiful farmer's daughter, Christina (Alice Dixson), reawakening not only his chances for love, but also his love for farming.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-05-13
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Roadside Stone
1964-06-14
Roadside Stone
Overview: The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The year is 1910 and the place is a small Japanese village. Goichi is suffering because he wants to go to school, but his family is too poor to afford that luxury. Even when a kind friend agrees to help out, Goichi's father refuses to give in to his son's request for an education. Instead, he sends Goichi off to work as an indentured servant for a cold-hearted merchant and his family. As tragedy strikes and the suffering of the young boy increases, he begins to look for some way out of his bleak situation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-06-14
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Run, Genta, Run!
1961-11-22
Run, Genta, Run!
Overview: A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-11-22
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The Awesome Circus Bastard
1984-04-01
The Awesome Circus Bastard
Overview: Daigaku, member of the circus, is involved in a certain case and is suspected by Detective Hattori and others that he's the culprit. In order to unravel the truth, he does his own investigation with the cooperation of members of his circus troupe.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-04-01
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Appassionata
1984-01-14
Appassionata
Overview: This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") that Uemura painted at the age of 61. The main character, Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Tsuya, who loves painting more than anything and is hopeless at housework, attends art school and at age 15 receives the name Shōsui (from the characters for "pine" and "green") from her teacher. The crown prince of England purchases one of her works, propelling her to fame overnight. The novel portrays the remainder of her stormy life, during which she is impregnated by her teacher and raises a fatherless child; through it all she devotes herself to her painting, undaunted.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-01-14
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The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
2013-11-15
The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
Overview: Reiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest score ever. He becomes a police constable, but is suddenly fired by the Police Chief due to "disciplinary" issues. In actuality, the firing is part of a carefully orchestrated plan to set him up as an undercover cop in the Yakuza.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-15
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Fushin no Toki
1984-12-28
Fushin no Toki
Overview: Suspense TV movie adaptation of an original story by Sawako Ariyoshi, starring Yukiyo Toake.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-12-28
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The Return of Godzilla
1984-12-15
The Return of Godzilla
Overview: After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-12-15
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Desperate Sunflowers
2016-06-25
Desperate Sunflowers
Overview: Natsuko Kotani was born to be a swindler. Meanwhile, Tetsuko Ishida is Natsuko’s distant relative. Unlike Natsuko, Tetsuko is an attorney with an upright disposition. Whenever Natsuko makes trouble, Tetsuko is called to solve her troubles. Believing that Natsuko is using her, Tetsuko, with her boring life, begins to change.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-06-25
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Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960-05-10
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
Overview: Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-05-10
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Free and Easy 6
1993-12-25
Free and Easy 6
Overview: Hama-chan and Su-san go fishing during a business trip, but Hama-chan has to give a lecture on Su-san's behalf in a case of mistaken identity.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-12-25
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World War III Breaks Out
1960-10-19
World War III Breaks Out
Overview: The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is ultimately evacuated as the two superpowers invoke the 'nuclear option'.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-10-19
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MOROCCO: The Story of the Yokohama Follies
1996-05-04
MOROCCO: The Story of the Yokohama Follies
Overview: A group of cool guys strolling through the streets of Yokohama. They are Tatsu of Morocco and the gang led by Tatsu. They are not the slightest bit miserable about being a defeated country, and they are on equal footing with the white soldiers, taking supplies from the Occupation Forces, taking money from people, and even embracing the police to raise their spirits. Tatsu was one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Yokohama Regiment, and his free and unrestrained way of life attracted a steady stream of young men who took advantage of the postwar turmoil to join him.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-05-04
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Yakuza Graveyard
1976-10-30
Yakuza Graveyard
Overview: A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-10-30
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Revenge
1964-11-01
Revenge
Overview: An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The situation snowballs out of control, leading to a deadly duel and political fallout which threatens the entire clan. Declared mentally unstable by the corrupt authority, Shinpachi begins his descent into true insanity…
Genres: Drama Thriller Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-11-01
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Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File
2011-03-07
Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File
Overview: "Elite" members of an insurance company are gathered together to form a unit to investigate an accident and whether the company needs to pay out on the insurance policy or not.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-03-07
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975-11-01
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
Overview: The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for territorial rights and drug smuggling. The Owada sends their man, Tetsu, and his friend Shuji to kill the Kyoei boss. With the promise of fame and riches, Shuji takes the fall and goes to jail for 7 years. But when he's released, he discovers that he and Tetsu have been all but forgotten by the Owada. Feeling betrayed, Shuji takes matters into his own hands and becomes an unsuspecting pawn in an internal conflict and an assassination attempt on the Owada boss. And now angered, Shuji seeks revenge...
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-11-01
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1976-04-24
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
Overview: The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constantly bullied by the upper organization and “bleed in vain” in gang wars.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-04-24
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Hokuriku Proxy War
1977-02-26
Hokuriku Proxy War
Overview: In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows battles among yakuza who value land over tradition. Hiroki Matsukata stars as Noboru Kawada, a Hokuriku yakuza who will use any measure for survival, disregarding parents, brothers, and tradition.
Genres: Drama Crime Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-02-26
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The Fall of Ako Castle
1978-10-28
The Fall of Ako Castle
Overview: This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-10-28
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Three Outlaw Samurai
1964-05-13
Three Outlaw Samurai
Overview: Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-05-13
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Darkness at Noon
1956-03-26
Darkness at Noon
Overview: Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-03-26
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Beautiful Days
1955-05-25
Beautiful Days
Overview: Masaki Kobayashi directs this romantic drama concerning a family of florists.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-05-25
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The Escape
1962-03-14
The Escape
Overview: Film about the 2-26 Incident.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-14
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A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953-02-20
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Overview: Onna Hitori Daichi wo Yuku (A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, Kinuta Production, 1953) was the second feature film directed by Kamei Fumio, who is known as a master of documentary films, and followed his “Haha Nareba Onna Nareba(Become a Mother, Become a Woman)” (1952).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-02-20
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Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1966-05-25
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Overview: Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for his clan. He recovers but has lost an eye and an arm. Taking a new identity as Tange Sazen, he searches for a stolen urn which has hidden significance to his clan. But Tange Sazen has his own reasons for seeking the urn.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-05-25
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Tale of Army Brutality
1963-06-14
Tale of Army Brutality
Overview: Director Jun'ya Satô's debut film focuses on the inhuman training of recruits, the brutal drill system that reigned in the Japanese army during World War II, where in the first two years of training, ordinary people were turned into inhuman killers. For his first film, the director was awarded the Blue Ribbon Awards in the Debutant of the Year nomination.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-06-14
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Assassination
1964-07-04
Assassination
Overview: Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political manoeuvring that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. At a time when assassination had become a disturbing political tool, Shinoda's film follows Hachiro Kiyokawa, an ambitious, masterless samurai whose allegiances drift dangerously between the Shogunate and the Emperor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-07-04
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Mystery of the Coral Seas
1988-04-23
Mystery of the Coral Seas
Overview: A trading company employee's girlfriend loses her memory while on a trip. In place of the friend who was supposed to have accompanied her the whole time is a mysterious man.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-04-23
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Piano in a Storeroom
2014-02-09
Piano in a Storeroom
Overview: Two sisters living on a peach farm in Koori town, Fukushima Prefecture,are opposites. Haruka Miyamoto feels less beautiful than her sister Akiba Miyamoto and hates being compared to her. She finds comfort in playing a piano in a barn. A year after the Great East Japan Earthquake, she decides she wants to be a pianist. Akiba, for her part, moved to Tokyo to attend college. When she moves back to Koori, Haruka is unsettled and memories connected to the disaster she has tried to forget resurface.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-02-09
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The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
1955-01-09
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
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Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-01-09
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Operation Plazma in Osaka
1976-01-31
Operation Plazma in Osaka
Overview: Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-01-31
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May Love Be Restored
1980-04-29
May Love Be Restored
Overview: A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-04-29
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Game of Chance
1966-10-22
Game of Chance
Overview: Bungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling. Deciding to quit his vices, he works menial jobs, drifting from city to city. However, not completely losing his gambling tastes, he became a hunted man and must escape to Tokyo after he was found cheating at dice. Bungo and his son Kenichi comes upon the Kizaki Family in Asakusa, where more troubles are awaiting them...
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-10-22
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Boy
2007-04-22
Boy
Overview: Jun, a 16-year-old teen, refuses to stand while the national anthem is being played at his graduation ceremony. This event will totally change his life, as he involuntarily becomes the new hero of a rebel anti-system youth. Singer Muy's pop music and his friend, Nozomi, with whom he shares his sadness and hatred for the society that surrounds them, help him bear his terrible loneliness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-04-22
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Aijin Bank Satsujin Jiken
1984-02-11
Aijin Bank Satsujin Jiken
Overview: An office lady joins a "mistress bank", starts falling in love with her client and gets involved in a murder case.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-02-11
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０計画を阻止せよ－総理大臣誘拐！！－
1979-03-03
０計画を阻止せよ－総理大臣誘拐！！－
Overview: Samonji, a reporter, receives a message on his answering machine from his friend Takada that says "stop it... zero plan! February." Learning that Takada is dead, Samonji begins an investigation. He and his younger sister Fumiko investigate major events happening in February but cannot find anything relevant. Meanwhile, Kanzaki, a doctor who works at a clinic on a remote island, is working on a plan to extort two billion yen.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-03-03
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Kizumomo.
2008-09-06
Kizumomo.
Overview: Aki, who loves freedom, mets Masaya, an aspiring watchmaker. The two have opposite personalities and initially clash. The two reach better terms when Masaya is able to see Akis inner pain. Eventually, Masaya uncovers Akis sad past which was supposed to be held secret from everyone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-06
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Mofuku no niau hitozuma futari
1986-08-09
Mofuku no niau hitozuma futari
Overview: Yuki Kimura, a company president's secretary, agrees to marry his son Yutaka on the president's recommendation. When Yutaka breaks up with his lover, a hostess, she implies she's going to commit suicide. In a panic to get to her quickly, Yutaka punches a man at a taxi stand. The next day, when Yutaka's lover hears the news about a man dying and realizes it was the man Yutaka punched, she demands money...
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-08-09
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Ana
1984-03-13
Ana
Overview: A double suicide happens in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture. The two were employees of rival real estate companies. A prosecutor who senses a setup exposes the truth.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-03-13
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The Story of Pure Love
1957-10-15
The Story of Pure Love
Overview: Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial laborers who can get little pay, society outcasts, and of course, lovers. Junai Monogatari depicts, mostly, their struggles within the Japanese reformatory system and Mitsuko's worsening sickness.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-10-15
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Sure Death! 3
1986-05-24
Sure Death! 3
Overview: Third movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. Chasing the killer of a lawman, a group of assassins fall foul of a group of blackmarket financiers who dispatch their own hitmen to dispose of them.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-05-24
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The Imperial Navy
1981-08-08
The Imperial Navy
Overview: A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-08-08
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The Imperial Japanese Empire
1982-08-07
The Imperial Japanese Empire
Overview: Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-08-07
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Message from Space
1978-04-29
Message from Space
Overview: The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to Gavana Prince Hans to young Terrans Meia, Kido, and Aaron all have different reactions to being chosen.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-04-29
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Mori no gakkō
2002-07-20
Mori no gakkō
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-07-20
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My Voiceless Friends
1972-04-29
My Voiceless Friends
Overview: A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-04-29
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The Street Without Sun
1954-06-24
The Street Without Sun
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-06-24
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The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
1976-09-04
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
Overview: Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent gangsters battling their way through fight after bloody fight with rival yakuza on the streets of Okinawa.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-09-04
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Willful Murder
1981-11-07
Willful Murder
Overview: The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and shutdowns. The government says that the president was murdered; the police claim it was a suicide. A quizzical reporter follows the case for years, but the basic question remains unanswered: was the victim killed by members of the burgeoning Communist movement in Japan, or was the death stage-managed by the authorities in hopes of discrediting the Communists?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-11-07
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Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2
1982-02-26
Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2
Overview: Brings Shingo face to face against Yagyu Tajima, the Shogun’s fencing instructor in a match that could save a domain near Osaka. Meanwhile Shogun Yoshimune must face a painful decision whether or not he can finally see his son for the first time.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-02-26
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Festival of Dreams
1989-06-24
Festival of Dreams
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-06-24
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Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
1957-12-22
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
Overview: After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department began canvassing the area around the crime scene. As a result, they found a wallet with bloodstains that seemed to belong to the victim, a woman's wallet that did not fit the field, earrings, and other valuable materials, which led them on a foot search. The woman's purse had been picked up by a male prostitute on the subway, and from the prostitute's testimony, they were able to identify the pickpocket's face, but the next day, the man was found dead in a road accident, apparently murdered.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-12-22
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
1958-10-31
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Overview: Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder. According to the accusation by GHQ, Toyomatsu "attemped to kill a US prisoner", which was nothing but an order by his superior and failed after all with hurting the prisoner by weak Toyomatsu. Also, Toyomatsu was driven to corner at the trial by the fact that he fed the US prisoner some burdock roots to nourish him. Toyomatsu believes nothing but being not guilty, but he is sentenced to death by hanging. Prior to the execution, Toyomatsu writes a long farewell letter to his family, the wife and the only son: "If I ever incarnate, I hate to be a human being any more.... Oh yes, I would like to be...a shellfish living on the rock-bottom of the sea."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-31
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2018-02-03
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Overview: Thirteen years after abandoning his wife and two sons by stepping out for a pack of cigarettes and never returning, deadbeat gambler Masato dies of stomach cancer. At his funeral, a motley crew of fellow mahjong players, pachinko parlor employees and former drinking buddies gather to pay their respects and tell stories, revealing aspects of Masato’s life that complicate his sons’ resentment towards him.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-02-03
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At the End of the Clouds
1953-06-09
At the End of the Clouds
Overview: A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-06-09
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Student Double Suicide
1954-07-27
Student Double Suicide
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-07-27
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Mist and Shadows
1961-08-26
Mist and Shadows
Overview: The film adaptation of the bestseller of the same name by Tsutomu Mizukami. A large-scale detective drama in which two newspaper reporters investigate the mysterious death of a teacher in Hokuriku and the dark suspicions that lurk behind it.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-08-26
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長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 長七郎 大奥まかり通る
1989-04-04
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 長七郎 大奥まかり通る
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-04-04
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Kieta minoshirokin
1994-09-17
Kieta minoshirokin
Overview: The second-generation president and his brother-in-law of the Toba clan, a don of the music world, are kidnapped. Singer Chiaki and pianist Yonosuke contact Chiaki's father, a detective, and police surround the island. The president's mother-in-law, who entered the island with the ransom money, is shot and injured, but the culprit who stole the money cannot be found. Chiaki begins to investigate the island on her own, and soon finds Kunihiko's body, a hunting rifle, and the ransom money in an island bomb shelter. This is a mystery that challenges the mystery of a bizarre kidnapping and murder involving the family of a prestigious president
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-09-17
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