Takeo Chii
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 05, 1942
Deathday: June 29, 2012
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Known For
Lady Snowblood
1973-12-01
Lady Snowblood
Overview: Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-12-01
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Nijūsai no genten
1973-10-27
Nijūsai no genten
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-10-27
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Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
1992-05-22
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
Overview: There is a man who divorced his wife. He moved to rural Hokkaido from Tokyo where he lived with his family without running water or electricity. He has his son and daughter in tow and works hard for them. The folk in the area try to help. A couple of years pass and the older son moves back to Tokyo, attends school and works part-time. The daughter commutes to the city to attend school. She wants to become a nurse. To become a registered nurse she needs to study a further three years. This takes money.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-05-22
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Criminal Woman: Killing Melody
1973-10-27
Criminal Woman: Killing Melody
Overview: Reiko Ike stars as the daughter of a man who has been pushed into drug dealing by the local Yakuza mob. Having outlived his usefulness to the gang he is murdered and Reiko is gang raped, leading her to attempt a knife attack on the Yakuza boss (Ryoji Hayama) at a swank nightclub. Failing to kill him she ends up in prison, where she befriends a crew of other malcontents (including Yumiko Katayama and Chiyoko Kazama) and meets the Yakuza boss's girlfriend (Miki Sugimoto). Upon release Reiko reassembles her mob and launches a Machiavellian scheme to engineer a gang war between Hayama's Oba Industries and the formerly dominant Hamayasu Clan. The rival gangs begin killing each other off and Reiko works her way closer to her ultimate vengeance.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-10-27
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Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo
1970-08-01
Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo
Overview: Wild young people kidnap a wealthy woman and she becomes attracted to one of them. When she tells the man that she is the mistress of a religious leader, he and his posse make plans to rob her partner.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-08-01
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A Young Man's Stronghold
1970-04-04
A Young Man's Stronghold
Overview: A 1970 juvenile delinquent drama.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-04-04
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Double Clutch
1978-04-29
Double Clutch
Overview: Hiromi Go plays a high school student who need's a role model in his life badly. He's raised by his older sister played by Keiko Matsuzaka who is a hostess at a night club. She meets a man who becomes her boy friend. He races in a off road car rally professionally. The same man becomes Go's role model and teaches him sophisticated car driving technique. One of the technique taught is 'double clutch' ( Thus the movie's title Double Kuracchi ) to make gear transition smoothly between shifts. Through a misfortunate accident Matsuzaka's character dies and Go is left to fend for his life. Hiromi Go was a big pop idol in Japan when this movie was created. Both Go and Matsuzaka still enjoys high celebrity status in Japan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-04-29
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The Inugami Family
1976-10-16
The Inugami Family
Overview: When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pitting blood against blood.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-10-16
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Death Shadows
1986-09-20
Death Shadows
Overview: Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninja working for mysterious high ranking officials. During their investigation on some illegal business, one of them, called “Yazuke the Viper”, finds his abandoned daughter, Ocho, who has now become a mistress of Denzo, a smuggler. After Yazuke’s death, Ocho is also recruited as a “shadows executioner”, with the task of completing her father’s mission.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-09-20
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The Youth Killer
1976-10-23
The Youth Killer
Overview: Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love; when they bar him from meeting with his girlfriend, tensions increase.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-10-23
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Kumo no Yuna
1971-11-20
Kumo no Yuna
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-11-20
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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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Wet Sand in August
1971-08-25
Wet Sand in August
Overview: Several high-school friends spend their final summer together indulging in sex and leisure; their halcyon days are soon coming to an end.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-08-25
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Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland
1973-06-23
Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland
Overview: A group of corrupt police detectives go on a manhunt for an ex-collogue who they believe could blow their whole rotten operation wide open.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-06-23
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Zero Fighter
1976-10-02
Zero Fighter
Overview:
Genres: Drama War Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-10-02
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Neon Jellyfish: Shinjuku Flower Streetcar
1973-12-18
Neon Jellyfish: Shinjuku Flower Streetcar
Overview: 17 year old naïve country girl Emiko Yamauchi has a hash wakeup call when she’s welcomed to Tokyo by a bunch of rapey hoods. Fast forward past the opening credits and we have her working in Mitsuko Mori’s Shinjuku girlie bar managed by manager/pimp Takeo Chii, who is dreaming of making it big once the plan comes together. Meanwhile she gets romantically involved with young chap Seiji Sawada who’s trying to make it as a bike racer.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-12-18
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Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970-08-14
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Overview: The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they plan military expansion into Manchuria.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-08-14
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Okinawa
1970-05-26
Okinawa
Overview: A group of teenagers grow up in Okinawa amid the protests and resistance against the presence of the American base in the island.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-05-26
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Shadow Hunters
1992-04-08
Shadow Hunters
Overview: In the middle of the Edo period, when the finances of the shogunate were in a desperate situation, the shogunate sent its shadow spies to each clan, who secretly planned the abolition of the clans and the seizure of their territories. The Inami clan has mastered the essence of making weapons, thus breaking the law. To protect the clan, its elders hire three "Shadow Hunters"... TV movie based on the popular manga by Takao Saito.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-04-08
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Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971-06-12
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
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
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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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Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya
2014-11-27
Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Overview: For his first film in fourteen years animation director Isao Takahata embarked on a visually sumptuous adaptation of "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya". A dream project for the director that would hopefully establish the recently formed Ghibli Studio 7, created to meet the demands of a new type of modern animation process. But almost immediately the epic production is faced with difficulties and falls dramatically behind schedule. In this compelling and insightful documentary we follow Isao Takahata and his dedicated team of artists as they frantically strive against adversity to make their vision a reality and bring Studio Ghibli into a new Era.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-27
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Be-Bop High School
1985-12-14
Be-Bop High School
Overview: An upbeat, action-filled drama that depicts the lives of two obnoxious high school students, Koji and Toru, who are caught in exciting and dangerous adventures involving their fellow students. Based on the best selling comic series, “Be-Bop High School” has gained popularity among the young audience, and become an icon of Japan’s pop culture in the 1980’s.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-12-14
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Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71
1971-01-03
Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71
Overview: The series swansong, Beat '71, sees Kaji framed and sent to prison by her boyfriend's father and with the help of some hippies she strives to be re-united.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-01-03
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Red Lion
1969-10-10
Red Lion
Overview: Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to Sawando, his hometown, to announce the end of tyranny.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-10
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F2 Grand Prix
1984-04-14
F2 Grand Prix
Overview: Drama set in the world of Formula 2 motor racing in Japan.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-04-14
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Monument to Holy Service
1978-09-23
Monument to Holy Service
Overview: A rural high school takes part in a mountain-climbing exercise and are caught in a sudden typhoon.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-09-23
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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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北の国から 記憶 前編
2003-08-23
北の国から 記憶 前編
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-08-23
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Dog of Fortune
1979-06-02
Dog of Fortune
Overview: From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of his master who held a secret to a weapons smuggling case and the corruptions of those who are involved, Goro's adventure unfolds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-06-02
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Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
1995-06-09
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-06-09
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Private Detective DOBU 1
1981-01-01
Private Detective DOBU 1
Overview: Dobu (Kunie Tanaka) used to be a soldier but now is a private detective. Three vagrants were killed in a shrine, and Dobu found out that those three had a grudge on a timber whole seller, Hinokiya. He reunited with Zirokichi (Takeo Chii), one of his friends and Nezumi Kozo (a thief) , and he infiltrates Hinokiya together.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
2002-09-07
Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-09-07
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Be-Bop High School 2
1986-08-09
Be-Bop High School 2
Overview: Teen thugs Hiroshi and Toru get caught in a street war when their prized school trousers are forcefully taken from them by punks from a rival school.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-08-09
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Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories
1981-07-31
Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories
Overview: In Edo, a group of masked samurai stormed a seafood wholesaler, killing the head clerk and robbing the money. They then crossed paths with Ichi, a blind masseur and master swordman. However, upon recognizing his blindness, they decided to leave without confrontation. The next day, a woman known to Ichi and her samurai customer was found murdered at a brothel, leading to the wrongful apprehension of Ichi as the culprit. However, a few days later, when another couple was found murdered in a similar manner, Ichi was released. With his friend, they began their search for the real culprits.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-07-31
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Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 2
1981-10-16
Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 2
Overview: Sabu, a low-ranking samurai, finds himself unable to apprehend the ruthless leader of a violent gang of thieves, which leads to a scolding from his fellow friend and leaves him feeling disheartened. Meanwhile, Ichi, a blind masseur is called upon to provide a massage while passing by the residence of Iwashiroya, a prominent tea wholesaler in Edo. To his surprise, one of Iwashiroya's mistresses, Oshin, reacts unexpectedly upon seeing Ichi's face. Later that night, while returning home drunk, Ichi faces an attack by a ronin, whom he successfully overpowers and kills. Later Ichi accompanied by Sabu, revisits the scene, only to discover that the victim was not a ronin but rather an ordinary townsman. Subsequently, it comes to light that the victim was the sole heir of Iwashiroya. They have fallen into a trap. As rumors circulate that Ichi is the culprit, he is captured and subjected to torture, resulting in him being left critically injured...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-10-16
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Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 3
1982-04-23
Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 3
Overview: In the town of Edo, a series of bizarre incidents occur, where people are kidnapped, have fox masks placed on their faces, and are then thrown out, dragged by white horses. Those who experience this report being suddenly abducted and losing their sight during the ordeal. What's strange is that all the victims are individuals who have come to Edo, struggling to make a living, and aren't even listed in the population registry.Satake, a low-ranking official, suspects that someone with access to the registry in the magistrate's office is behind these crimes. Amidst this, Satake's boss, Saheiji, who had been looking forward to his daughter Midori's wedding, is murdered by men wearing fox masks.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-04-23
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Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 4
1982-12-10
Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 4
Overview: During a gathering of detectives, Satake is the only one not indulging in the hospitality of a wealthy money exchanger. His senior, Yasuke, leaves the gathering and warns Satake they will soon be targeted by a powerful figure. Yasuke is later tortured and killed by an unknown assailant. Satake learns from Yasuke's wife, Osaki, that Sagamiya was targeting him. A female pickpocket, Oyu, reveals Sagamiya's malevolent nature. When Oyu steals from Sagamiya and gives the wallet to Satake, he finds a promissory note for 10,000 ryo borrowed by a young magistrate from Sagamiya. Realizing his colleague, Constable Tanabe Seiichiro, is being manipulated by Sagamiya, Satake faces a dire situation. Midori suspects Satake of having a relationship with Oyu, and Ichi is of no help. Leaving the island for Edo, he is pursued by three ruthless individuals and Sagamiya's sinister bodyguard.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-12-10
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Botchan
1977-08-06
Botchan
Overview: 1977 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume Soseki's novel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-08-06
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Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
1982-07-09
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
Overview: Dobu, an Edo samurai, is tasked with investigating a string of noble murders in Kyoto, disrupting his routine in Shimotani.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-07-09
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Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
1982-11-19
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
Overview: After six exiles return to Edo, four are mysteriously killed. Two survivors, Kosuke and Kingo, lead a search to uncover a hidden motive behind the murders.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-11-19
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Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture
1994-09-17
Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture
Overview: One hundred years after their deaths, six legendary holy warriors are reborn to seek justice against the former comrade who betrayed them into the hands of an evil god! The six warriors search the feudal province of Edo questing for the last Saint Soldier, Haohmaru, and their sworn nemesis Shirou Amakusa. Will the followers of the divine light triumph over the forces of darkness, or is history destined to repeat itself? Before their hundred-year journey has ended, six samurai will prove that the only thing stronger than their holy blades is the steel of their wills!
Genres: Action Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-09-17
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The Class of the Sewage Canal
1972-12-19
The Class of the Sewage Canal
Overview: The struggle of a young man and boys who try to create the environment where they can speak their minds freely.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-12-19
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The Gambler's Counterattack
1971-10-14
The Gambler's Counterattack
Overview: Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still respect him. So he becomes a consultant to another gang who are about to be clobbered by a much larger gang moving in from out of town. Aiba proves a crafty tactician, and does very well at playing gangs off against each other in order to save the smaller gang. His advice is not always taken by those he tries to help, but he is generally proved right.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-10-14
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Be-Bop Highschool: The Power
1988-12-17
Be-Bop Highschool: The Power
Overview: A heated argument between middle school thugs leads to a fierce war between two rival high schools when Toru's girlfriend, Shoko, gets involved.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-12-17
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Be-Bop High School: A Dunce Rhapsody
1987-12-12
Be-Bop High School: A Dunce Rhapsody
Overview: College student Mayumi takes a mutual interest in Hiroshi, but their happiness is cut short when two thugs expelled from school eye the new couple.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-12-12
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Be-Bop High School: A Delinquent Student March
1987-03-21
Be-Bop High School: A Delinquent Student March
Overview: A sly prep school thug uses his girlfriend to lure Hiroshi and Toru to a fight, but the scheme escalates to an all-out war between everyone involved.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-03-21
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Angel Guts: Nami
1979-07-07
Angel Guts: Nami
Overview: While investigating stories of rape for a magazine article a determined but callus reporter becomes perversely aroused as she meets the women who are suffering through the horror of their experiences. But will she suffer their fate if she goes too far?
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-07-07
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Delinquent Boss: Smooth Talking, Good Fighting
1971-09-18
Delinquent Boss: Smooth Talking, Good Fighting
Overview: This is the Twelfth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value & “pinku” soft-core with sex, nudity, violence, gunplay, & a lot of mainly pointless foolishness when the biker gang coopts racist or nazi imagery, inventing a non-existent youth culture void of morality…
Genres: Drama Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-09-18
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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 Yakuza Code Still Lives
1976-12-04
The Yakuza Code Still Lives
Overview: After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new life as a labor racketeer.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-12-04
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A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun
1979-08-04
A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun
Overview: Ninth movie in the Torakku Yarō series. Momojiro travels to Nagano to take Jonathan's place driving logging freight through the mountains. There he meets the wild and beautiful Natsu.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-08-04
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Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972-08-12
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
Overview: Japanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp and then going to Iwo Jima in the last days of World War II.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-08-12
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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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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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Street Mobster
1972-05-06
Street Mobster
Overview: After serving time, a defiant street thug is incensed to find his town overrun by two yakuza factions. He gathers his crew and takes them on.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-05-06
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Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974-02-16
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Overview: Three assassins take on a band of thieves who specialize in murder.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-02-16
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Gang Warfare
1972-04-14
Gang Warfare
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Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-04-14
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Wolves of the City: First to Fight
1971-12-29
Wolves of the City: First to Fight
Overview: Pinku from 1971.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-12-29
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Wild Cop
1973-06-09
Wild Cop
Overview: Based on the comic Gokiburi Deka.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-06-09
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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2013-11-23
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Overview: Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate.
Genres: Animation Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-23
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Statue in Fire
1974-12-28
Statue in Fire
Overview: Drama about young people in the Japanese rock scene starring the lead singer of Japanese rock band The Tigers (1966-1971, 1981-1983).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-12-28
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Faraway Tomorrow
1979-11-03
Faraway Tomorrow
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-11-03
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Did the Red Bird Escape?
1973-02-17
Did the Red Bird Escape?
Overview: A young outlaw can’t escape his rebellious past despite connections to a well to do family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-02-17
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Melody of Rebellion
1970-07-22
Melody of Rebellion
Overview: The disbandment of the Tanno clan left gang member Tetsu to stray from the crime family's fold. He roamed the streets as a one man band, wearing a denim jacket and long hair with sunglasses to cover his piercing eyes. Befriending a like-minded lone wolf by the name of Gebasaku, Tetsu builds a coalition against higher forces. A graphic portrayal of irrepressible anger and a friendship worth dying for.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-07-22
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Step on the Gas!
1970-10-24
Step on the Gas!
Overview: Yūji, fresh out of prison on parole, meets a stranger named Nao that asks for his assistance...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-10-24
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Eternal Monument
1982-06-12
Eternal Monument
Overview: A remake of the 1953 film of the same name.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-06-12
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Temptation of Eros
1972-10-07
Temptation of Eros
Overview: Tane, a female clerk of a rubber company in a corner of an industrial area facing Tokyo Bay is a quirky woman, also living on the second floor of the company warehouse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-10-07
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Nomugi Pass
1979-06-30
Nomugi Pass
Overview: The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya which lies just beyond the Nomugi Pass. The women and girls worked in a hot, humid atmosphere without rest, and endured those conditions and sexual harassment to earn money for their poor families. Across the ocean, it was the great depression in America.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-06-30
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Proof of the Man
1977-10-08
Proof of the Man
Overview: When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-10-08
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Be-Bop Highschool Pt. 5
1988-08-06
Be-Bop Highschool Pt. 5
Overview: With thugs under gang leader Shingo attempting to make a name for themselves, Toru and crew must brace for an all-out war between their two schools.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-08-06
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The Moon Mask Rider
1981-03-14
The Moon Mask Rider
Overview: The Moon Mask Rider is a tokusatsu movie produced by Purumie International/Herald Enterprises and distributed by Nippon Herald Pictures, was released theatrically on March 14, 1981. Considered Japan's answer to the American box-office fiasco, The Legend of the Lone Ranger (released the same year), this updated version of the Moonlight Mask legend bombed at the Japanese box-office. Daisuke Kuwahara (who, like Klinton Spilsbury , disappeared from doing films) plays George Owara (Moon Mask Rider's new alter-ego), and the rest of the cast made up of veteran action starlets: Sue Shihomi, Daijiro Harada and Takayuki Godai.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-03-14
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Tora-san's Promise
1981-12-28
Tora-san's Promise
Overview: Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all his ex-classmates, he resumes his travels. In Kyushu he meets an outspoken 18-year-old girl who becomes enamored of Tora-san and follows him around. One of Tora-san's old friends is terminally ill and makes Tora-san promise him to marry his wife once he is gone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-12-28
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Michi
1986-09-06
Michi
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-09-06
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Sensei
1989-04-08
Sensei
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-04-08
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Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
1989-03-31
Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-03-31
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Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1983-03-24
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-03-24
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Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
1984-09-27
Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
Overview: Set in the town of Furano in Hokkaido, Kita no Kuni Kara centers around the story of the Kuroita family. Narrated by the son, Jun, the tale follows the lives of two children torn between their parents and their parents' divorce. Jun, and his sister Hotaru, grow and mature in the harsh climates of Hokkaido, and learn the ways of life through their interaction with the folk of Furano.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-09-27
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Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
1987-03-27
Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-03-27
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Akan ni hatsu
1975-06-21
Akan ni hatsu
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-06-21
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Pay Off Your Debt!
1970-09-01
Pay Off Your Debt!
Overview: Asakura was told he could leave the gang if he killed Takahata, but he failed and was sentenced to two years. When he was released, the Oyane group was crushed, and instead, the emerging gangster Hokuyokai was in charge of the Oyane group's territory.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-09-01
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Drive for the Future
1980-10-25
Drive for the Future
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-10-25
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Kill!
1968-06-22
Kill!
Overview: A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with gangsters. But when both men discover the wrongdoings of the nefarious clan leader, they side with a band of rebels who are under siege at a remote mountain cabin.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-06-22
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Tomodachi
1974-07-24
Tomodachi
Overview: Shinta is a sixth grader in Kawasaki City a troublemaker that dreams to become a soccer player. Yoshiko, a classmate who moved to Kawasaki from Iwate Prefecture two years ago, is a gloomy girl who suffers from asthma due to the polluted air in Kawasaki and is ostracized by her class. Shinta is placed next to Yoshiko in class and their stories will take a turn.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-07-24
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After School
1973-03-03
After School
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-03-03
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Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
1977-04-08
Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
Overview: After serving 10 years in prison for murdering a rival boss, Tetsu is appalled to see his yakuza family overgrown and dysfunctional upon his release.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-04-08
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Two Harmonicas
1976-10-02
Two Harmonicas
Overview: In 1945, a boy evacuated to Miyagi Prefecture befriends a local child, and the two begin to play harmonica near the local military base. Then, one day, they hear a soldier playing harmonica from inside the base, and begin to form a bond with him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-10-02
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