Hyōe Enoki
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 01, 1928
Deathday: December 29, 2012
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Known For
Zattō ni hikarume
1959-01-28
Zattō ni hikarume
Overview: 1959 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-28
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Jungle Block
1960-06-15
Jungle Block
Overview: A young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted upon his sister, whose engagement was broken as a result.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-06-15
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Fall Guy
1982-10-09
Fall Guy
Overview: Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes a stuntman to make ends meet.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-10-09
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Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
1976-12-25
Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-12-25
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Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
1962-02-25
Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-25
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The Pornographers
1966-03-12
The Pornographers
Overview: Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time to time, Haru shares her bed with Subu, though she believes her dead husband, reincarnated as a carp, disapproves. Director Shohei Imamura has always delighted in the kinky exploits of lowlifes, and in this 1966 classic, he finds subversive humor in the bizarre dynamics of Haru, her Oedipal son, and her daughter, the true object of her pornographer-boyfriend’s obsession. Imamura’s comic treatment of such taboos as voyeurism and incest sparked controversy when the film was released, but The Pornographers has outlasted its critics, and now seems frankly ahead of its time.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-03-12
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Black Dice
1962-03-25
Black Dice
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-25
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The Vanity of the Shogun's Mistress
1974-01-03
The Vanity of the Shogun's Mistress
Overview: Since the arrival of the Black Ships, the Tokugawa Shogunate's dream of peace has been shattered, and the succession problem of the ailing Shogun Iesada has become a headache. At the same time, Tamamo, a prostitute in Yoshiwara, is dismissed from her position at the behest of a high-ranking noble family who has come on a secret mission.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-01-03
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Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962-03-18
Nuki uchi fūraibō
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-18
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The Four Roughnecks
1974-11-22
The Four Roughnecks
Overview: Gimme gimme gimme! Yusaku Matsuda and his gang are on the hunt for women, money and more money! Takeo Natsuki (Yusaku Matsuda) was just released from prison. He was the leader of three rascals; all they did was cause trouble. When they meet a girl whose father is resisting a forced eviction to make way for a construction site, they come up with their own plans to solve the problem.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-11-22
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The Magic Hour
2008-06-07
The Magic Hour
Overview: A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-06-07
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Only on Mondays
1964-03-04
Only on Mondays
Overview: Yuka is a “good-time girl” from Yokohama who is persuaded by her papa to sleep with a foreign business executive so that he can close an important deal. Nakahira presents a shrewdly observed portrait of a modern, sexually assertive woman—an unsettling character for a changing but still patriarchal society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-03-04
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Sannen-me no Uwaki
1983-07-08
Sannen-me no Uwaki
Overview: A young couple with marital problems are beset by an office lady temptress, amorous paramours and the swingers next door.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-07-08
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零戦黒雲一家
1962-08-12
零戦黒雲一家
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-08-12
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Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny
1972-10-10
Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny
Overview: The great Daimyo enlists the aid of the three Shadow Hunters in ensuring the delivery of an illegal cannon in this sequel to Toshio Masuda's bloody adaptation of the manga by Takao Saito. Despite the Shadow Hunters's remarkable skill, this mission is no walk in the park, and in order to survive they must face a relentless army of ninjas and female warriors willing to sacrifice their lives to disrupt the delivery and claim the cannon for themselves.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-10-10
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Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya
1974-04-09
Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya
Overview: Fresh out of prison a manager of live sex shows decides to take his show on the road. He persuades one of his former performers to join his troupe and she learns new tricks of the trade.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-04-09
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Nippon môteru erochika: Kaiten beddo no onna
1974-04-09
Nippon môteru erochika: Kaiten beddo no onna
Overview: Nikkatsu Roman Porno
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-04-09
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Himegoto
1972-02-29
Himegoto
Overview: Nikkatsu Roman Porno
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-02-29
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The Rambler Goes North
1962-01-03
The Rambler Goes North
Overview: In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western hero, from a horse to fringes, guitar and even a trusty bullwhip.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-03
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Night and Day
1972-04-08
Night and Day
Overview: Nikkatsu Roman Porno
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-04-08
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Foreigner's Mistress Oman: Tempestuous Skin
1972-08-26
Foreigner's Mistress Oman: Tempestuous Skin
Overview: "After leaving the Yakuza, Oman embraces a quiet normal life - only to be dragged back into a world of violence, when seeking revenge for the brutal murder of those close to her." - Adapted from the late October 1972 issue of Kinema Junpo
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-08-26
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Man Who Causes a Storm
1957-12-28
Man Who Causes a Storm
Overview: Shoichi Kokubun (Yujiro Ishihara) is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to catch the attention of a popular jazz band, his brother appeals to their manager who has the power to make him a star. In a graphic portrayal of love, betrayal and success, Shoichi brews up a storm with a 'rat-a-tat-tat' on the drums.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-12-28
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Girl Boss: Broken Justice
1969-02-22
Girl Boss: Broken Justice
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-02-22
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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957-07-14
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Overview: Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commission” for his troubles.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-14
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Secret Chronicle: She Beast Market
1974-09-11
Secret Chronicle: She Beast Market
Overview: In an endless cycle a daughter born of a prostitute takes up her mother’s trade among the pimps, the working poor and dilapidated slums.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-09-11
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Romantic Tale: Otomi and Yosaburo
1972-07-27
Romantic Tale: Otomi and Yosaburo
Overview: Nikkatsu Roman Porno
Genres: Romance Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-07-27
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Burūtaun aoi machi no ōkami
1962-05-13
Burūtaun aoi machi no ōkami
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-13
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Female Ninja Magic: 100 Trampled Flowers
1974-08-03
Female Ninja Magic: 100 Trampled Flowers
Overview: In historical times, the Shogun family employs a group of Iga ninjas to take over the Akizuki clan's lands. The Akizuki hire the Fumi ninjas, a group of female warriors who enhance their fighting ability with sexual magic such as the "white snake spell". When the Akizuki emerge victorious, Tsukinojo, the leader of the Fumi ninjas, marries Lord Akizuki.
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-08-03
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All About Our House
2001-06-09
All About Our House
Overview: Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to design it. Unfortunately, Yanagisawa isn’t licensed to build homes, so they call in the wife’s father, a retired carpenter, to help out. When Yanagisawa’s contemporary ideas clash with the old carpenter’s traditional Japanese methods, the project becomes a huge mess.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-06-09
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Wet Lips
1972-01-29
Wet Lips
Overview: A prostitute and her lover go on the run after killing her pimp.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-01-29
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Greatest Boss Of Japan
1970-04-18
Greatest Boss Of Japan
Overview: A man who became the third boss faces off against delinquent foreigners and villains vying to rule the underworld in order to develop the port city.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-04-18
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Sanctuary in the Night
1973-07-25
Sanctuary in the Night
Overview: Nikkatsu Roman Porno
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-07-25
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Gaijin-zuma
1973-06-23
Gaijin-zuma
Overview: A white woman from America suddenly shows up at the house of a tea ceremony teacher who had promised to marry her when he was traveling overseas. Complications ensue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-06-23
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Shinjuku Love Hotel: Secret Weekend Paradise
1973-09-12
Shinjuku Love Hotel: Secret Weekend Paradise
Overview: Drama that centers around a bath house during school break.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-09-12
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Hellish Love
1972-06-28
Hellish Love
Overview: Based on a traditional Japanese ghost story, the movie follows a man who falls deeply in love with a mysterious woman, only to find she belongs to the world of the dead.
Genres: Horror Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-06-28
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The Virgin Masquerade
1973-11-03
The Virgin Masquerade
Overview: Three female college students become involved with a land developer. When a rich client and his sons tries to take advantage of him the women hatch a plan for revenge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-11-03
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New Apartment Wife: Afternoon Beast
1974-07-20
New Apartment Wife: Afternoon Beast
Overview: Kyoko has been married to Keisuke three years but recently, she has this feeling that she cannot entirely trust her husband. She hires Terao, a private eye, to prove her doubts are groundless. Poor Kyoko does not seem to know that, "He who digs a pit for others, falls into it himself". The private eye and his friend call on Kyoko when her husband is out and brutally rape her over and over again. By slow degrees, she gives herself up to the sexual pleasures she feels while being brutally treated. It is a sensation she had never experienced before, little knowing who had masterminded the tortures.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-07-20
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Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-Drama
1974-01-26
Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-Drama
Overview: The world of secret sex performers is shown through the lives of a husband and wife team. Their manager must contend with pesky customers and a determined detective.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-01-26
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Taku no chonchon
1974-06-08
Taku no chonchon
Overview: Nikkatsu Roman Porno
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-06-08
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Last Day of the Red Light District: March 31, 1958
1974-06-22
Last Day of the Red Light District: March 31, 1958
Overview: The lives and loves of several prostitutes are shown on the night the Prostitution Prevention Law goes into effect and criminalizes their profession.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-06-22
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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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Hitori tabi
1962-06-24
Hitori tabi
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-24
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Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi
1962-06-24
Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-24
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Crazy Jailbreak
1959-04-08
Crazy Jailbreak
Overview: A prisoner escapes from prison to find the real criminal.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-04-08
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Hana to ryu
1962-12-26
Hana to ryu
Overview: Hana to ryu: Toshio Masuda directed movie
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-26
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100 Gamblers
1969-05-14
100 Gamblers
Overview: Set in Kyushu during the early Showa period, the son of a boss who is killed after a greedy boss takes over his territory, takes over and takes revenge on his nemesis.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-14
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Duel in the Storm
1968-08-01
Duel in the Storm
Overview: It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in order to begin his life anew as a ferryman. His boss, however, became ill and the boat is taken due to unpaid debts to the local thugs. His new life has not begun well and he is determined to rebuild the shattered business. The Yakuza, however, have added the ferry business to the rest of their portfolio of local concerns.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-08-01
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Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian In Japan, Authentic Account
1974-08-28
Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian In Japan, Authentic Account
Overview: A backstage documentary and interview with the real life lesbian stage performer Kaoru Kiri mixed with a fictional life of her rejected lover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-08-28
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Morning Frenzy
1974-10-05
Morning Frenzy
Overview: An ordinary department store girl who was betrayed by her boyfriend accidentally comes across a large sum of money, and men who are after her money gather around her..
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-10-05
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The Harbor of No Return
1966-08-13
The Harbor of No Return
Overview: A jazz pianist named Shiro Tsuda returns from an overseas tour unwittingly carrying drugs that have been sewn into his jacket. When he stops by to see his girlfriend Kyoko, he walks in to find an unknown man attacking her. While struggling with the man, who is armed, Shiro accidentally shoots and kills her. The intruder knocks Shiro down and takes the drugs from Shiro's jacket. Shiro realizes that he was being used as a drag smuggler. He is sent to prison for three years for killing his girlfriiend. When he is released, he is determined to find out who set him up.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-08-13
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Red Sword Sheath: Code Of Honour: Recieving Orders
1969-12-17
Red Sword Sheath: Code Of Honour: Recieving Orders
Overview: Japanese crime film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-12-17
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Rambling in the Sea
1961-04-29
Rambling in the Sea
Overview: Seventh in the nine-film series, "The Wandering Guitarist".
Genres: Western Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-29
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Lost Love
1978-02-24
Lost Love
Overview: At a seaside city somewhere in the Tohoku area, the corpses of Nozomi, daughter of an affluent family, and Yamazaki, son of an engineer at the local nuclear power-plant, are found tied-to on a beach, as if they intended to commit double suicide. Nogami, a reporter, begins to investigate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-02-24
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Pursuit
1961-09-10
Pursuit
Overview: Tsuiseki is a 1961 crime film.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-09-10
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Seishun no Sabaki
1965-04-14
Seishun no Sabaki
Overview: University karate club member Kikuo is actually the son of a yakuza boss. However, he disliked his father's business and never spoke about his family at school. One day, his father, Tatsuzo, becomes the guardian of the Yamanaka-gumi.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-04-14
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Hageshī kawa
1962-10-06
Hageshī kawa
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-06
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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 Naked Seven
1972-12-27
The Naked Seven
Overview: Scantily clad female warriors battle thieves to save a small village. Director Yasuharu Hasebe crossed the Seven Samurai legends of Shichinin No Samurai with his own popular Naraneko Rokku series and dressed it up with some of the most popular softcore pinup queens of the day.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-12-27
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Ponkotsu oyaji
1962-11-14
Ponkotsu oyaji
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-14
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Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure
1962-10-19
Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-19
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Journey to the North
1967-01-03
Journey to the North
Overview: Winter holidays at the university. Eikichi visits a city in the north of the country, the hometown of Yuko, a classmate for whom he has feelings. However, Yuko, having returned home, has just become engaged to a local young man, and the sudden appearance of Eikichi makes others worry that their good relationship will be spoiled. An epic about pure love, which tells the story of a man who leaves his beloved woman, praying for her happiness. Adapted from the novel "Kiri no Naka no Shojo" Yojiro Ishizaka.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-01-03
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Satsujin-sha o oe
1962-12-12
Satsujin-sha o oe
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-12
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The Matsugane Potshot Affair
2007-02-24
The Matsugane Potshot Affair
Overview: When a gold ingot and a severed human head are discovered in a small provincial town, the rush to solve the curious case wavers between tragic and darkly humorous.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-02-24
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The King of Jail Breakers
2010-01-17
The King of Jail Breakers
Overview: Masayuki Suzuki (Itsuji Itao) is known as "Datsugoku Oh" (King of Escape) because of his incredible ability to escape from any prison. Even though his ability to escape from prison was unmatched he would normally get caught within a few hours from his escape. He is then sent to Prison Island ... can he escape ?
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-01-17
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Hore tatte dame yo
1962-12-16
Hore tatte dame yo
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-16
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Namari o buchikome
1962-12-16
Namari o buchikome
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-16
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Ruthless Gambler
1969-06-28
Ruthless Gambler
Overview: Unlike traditional gangster movies, it is a gangster swashbuckler that mixes romance and humanity with a yakuza lover as the main character. A young man who heard that his former boss was killed is imprisoned by slashing his family's minions, and his lover is tortured by the enemy, but rescued by the imprisoned young man's nemesis.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-06-28
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Shadow of the Wraith
2001-06-23
Shadow of the Wraith
Overview: Two brothers are plunged into the realm of psychic horror, one tormented by a stalker, and the other involved with a girl whose home is the site of eerie occurrences.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-06-23
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Delinquent Girl: Alley Cat In Heat
1973-05-31
Delinquent Girl: Alley Cat In Heat
Overview: A naive country girl runs away to the city and gets picked up by a kindly well dressed man. She soon finds that life can be cruel.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-05-31
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The Elder Sister
1969-06-09
The Elder Sister
Overview: Follows the struggles of a yakuza wife after his husband gets hurt in a knife fight.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-06-09
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Detective Story
1983-07-16
Detective Story
Overview: Naomi is a university student who is leaving for the US to study in a week; Shuichi is a washed-up gumshoe who's hired by Naomi's father to bodygard his daughter until she leaves. Shuichi finds the job annoying and wants to quit. But he also has a screwed-up ex and alimony to pay. Things go from bad to worse when Naomi and Shuichi stumble upon a murder which might involve the yakuza. They decide to find out who committed the murder but God knows what it will lead to.
Genres: Drama Romance Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-07-16
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The Sands of Kurobe
1968-03-01
The Sands of Kurobe
Overview: Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel crosses an earthquake fault and Kitagawa is beleaguered not only by cave-ins and flooding, but by strife between management and the workers's union. Adding to Kitagawa's stress is the knowledge that as his attention is pulled inexorably toward the tunnel construction, his youngest daughter is dying from leukemia.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-03-01
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おヤエの女中と幽霊
1959-07-12
おヤエの女中と幽霊
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-07-12
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Suite Dreams
2006-01-14
Suite Dreams
Overview: New Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional party, an official ceremony, entertainment and a special dinner planned and yet there is trouble everywhere. An Animal is on the loose, a politician to protect, a prostitute to handle, a bellhop to focus and a few things more.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-01-14
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A World For Two
1966-02-25
A World For Two
Overview: On a passenger ship to Japan, the journalist Kawase encounters a man who claims to be a Filipino, but Kawase believes he is a murder suspect who fled Japan fifteen years ago, Hojo Shuichi. To throw Kawase off, the man talks a female passenger, Reiko, into acting as if she was his long-time friend. When the man - who is, in fact, Hojo - secretly leaves the ship, Reiko, who has fallen for him, joins up with Kawase to go looking for him. Meanwhile, Hojo, who has returned to Japan to find the true murderer before the 15-year statute of limiitations on murder expires, tracks down the man whom he believes ordered the murder he was accused of.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-02-25
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Fight of the Gamblers
1963-12-25
Fight of the Gamblers
Overview: Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his misdeeds. At home, when his mother, the boss of a construction gang, bids for and gets the job of building the Town Hall, other gangs set out to disrupt her business and try to kill her.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-25
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Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963-01-27
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
Overview: Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-01-27
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Night Spot: Drifting Flower
1972-06-17
Night Spot: Drifting Flower
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Genres: Romance Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-06-17
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Sex War
1973-07-14
Sex War
Overview: A wandering matchmaker finds she must defend the brothel she is staying at when a local yakuza boss targets the women working there with a hired gang of three brothers with unusual sexual powers.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-07-14
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Black Sun
1964-04-24
Black Sun
Overview: Akira, a young, jazz-obsessed drifter, returns to his squat, a ruined church, and finds Gill, a wounded African-American GI, on the run after the death of a white GI. Despite terrible misunderstandings and culture clash, Akira agrees to help Gill escape towards the sea, dodging military police along the way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-04-24
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Apartment Wife: Night of Pleasure
1973-03-14
Apartment Wife: Night of Pleasure
Overview: Kazuaki Koizumi and Saeko, a couple who have set up a new house in the suburbs, have finally celebrated their first wedding anniversary. However, on that memorable day, Saeko was attacked by a thug. Moreover, the thug not only raped her, but also provoked her dog...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-03-14
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Haunted Samurai
1970-11-14
Haunted Samurai
Overview: When his sister commits suicide as a result of his actions, Rokuheita, an enforcer for the Yagyu ninja clan, considers his choices and eventually deserts the organization. Hunted by an army of bizarre shadow warriors, the target turns on his pursuers when he finds something worth fighting for.
Genres: Drama Horror Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-11-14
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A Colt Is My Passport
1967-02-04
A Colt Is My Passport
Overview: A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-02-04
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Kawasaki Vice Squad
1983-07-23
Kawasaki Vice Squad
Overview: A photographer who takes pictures of a rendezvous between a politician, company president and yakuza boss is later found dead and the film missing.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-07-23
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Monk's Paradise
1971-07-31
Monk's Paradise
Overview: A genius gambler and born hunter is a Buddhist monk by occupation.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-07-31
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Call of the Pistil
1971-12-18
Call of the Pistil
Overview: The directorial debut of Masaru Konuma, penned by Keiichi Ozawa using the pseudonym "Fuyuhiko Hagi". Masako is a journalist, and she is raped while researching a story. The rape causes her to develop amnesia, so her brother devises a novel way to get her memory back -- he has her boyfriend rape her again. It doesn't work, so the brother and boyfriend do more research, discovering that Masako was raped by an African-American soldier. As might be expected, they then hire a black GI to rape the poor girl yet a third time...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-12-18
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Showdown in Gangland
1970-03-07
Showdown in Gangland
Overview: Rivalry between two young gangster groups who seek to extend their influence.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-03-07
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Intentions of Murder
1964-06-28
Intentions of Murder
Overview: The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-06-28
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Break Out
1988-07-30
Break Out
Overview: An accidental shooting on the job and a recent divorce take a toll on the personal and professional life of a Japanese detective. Just as it seems he can't go any lower, he is suspended from the force for disregarding orders to halt his criminal investigation of a Congressman. However, even this setback won't stop the determined cop from getting to the bottom of the scandal.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-07-30
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The Guys Who Put Money on Me
1962-12-09
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
Overview: An unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Match (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young energetic boxer. This story deals more with betting action surrounding a boxing match, concentrating mostly on the high-powered Yakuza gambling dens.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-09
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Smashing the 0-Line
1960-06-25
Smashing the 0-Line
Overview: Katiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and the drug dealer he’s sleeping with—to get a scoop. But what happens when an even more ruthless female gang boss kidnaps his sister?
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-06-25
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Moment of Demon
1985-01-26
Moment of Demon
Overview: Filled with guilt over his forbidden desires, a young man leaves home and his studies. He finds a new smaller place to stay, a low-paying but satisfying job and a girlfriend. Then his mother, unable to fight her forbidden desires, shows up.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-01-26
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A Warm Misty Night
1967-03-11
A Warm Misty Night
Overview: When Toru Sagara (Yujiro Ishihara) returns home from a foreign cargo route, he proposes to his beloved girlfriend Akiko (Ruriko Asaoka). She joyously agrees, promising a life together. On the day they were to be joined in matrimony, Akiko suddenly goes missing. Toru waits hours for her to show, but he is only greeted by the darkness of night. Four years later, his fiancée turns up at a night club in Yokohama with another man.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-03-11
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Taking the Castle
1965-03-06
Taking the Castle
Overview: The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near. Only one man was brave enough to stand in Ieyasu's way - A lone wolf samurai by the name of Kagekatsu Uesugi. Inspired by Uesugi's courage to revolt, a young samurai warrior, Touzou Kuruma decides to join the fight. Their target: the Tamonyama Castle.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-03-06
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Farewell to the Ark
1984-09-08
Farewell to the Ark
Overview: A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and superstitions as they leave for the city. Among them are two cousins who love each other and who get into a quarrel with other villagers.
Genres: Fantasy Mystery Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-09-08
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Tampopo
1985-11-23
Tampopo
Overview: In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-11-23
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The Man of Victory
1967-02-25
The Man of Victory
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-02-25
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The Champion
1957-05-01
The Champion
Overview: Eikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club Champion owned by his fiancé Natsuko’s father. He lost a title match five years ago as he was besotted by Natsuko, but Eikichi actually cannot give up the dream of the championship. One day, he meets Shuntaro Fuma, who is a punk kid but a promising boxer, and realizes the dream that he himself could never fulfill. Then, they together start to train with the aim of the title. Mari Shiraki is an up-and-coming ballerina under the patronage of Eikichi as well. Eikichi forbids Shuntaro and Mari to be romantically involved with someone during their training, however, they start to go on a date. (source: Nikkatsu International)
Genres: Action Romance Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-05-01
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The Most Dangerous Game
1978-04-07
The Most Dangerous Game
Overview: The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in a vicious power struggle between two large corporations over a sizable government defence contract.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-04-07
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Kagero-za
1981-08-21
Kagero-za
Overview: A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.
Genres: Romance Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-08-21
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Teenage Yakuza
1962-06-20
Teenage Yakuza
Overview: A high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighbouring city.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-20
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I Am Waiting
1957-10-22
I Am Waiting
Overview: A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-10-22
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Mermaid Legend
1984-04-14
Mermaid Legend
Overview: After a woman is framed for the murder of her fisherman husband, she seeks out a bloody revenge on the corrupt businessmen responsible.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-04-14
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The Killing Game
1978-12-02
The Killing Game
Overview: The second movie of Tôru Murakawa's "Game" trilogy. After making a sensational hit, a hitman has gone into hiding for five years. When he comes back he bumps into two women that he has spared five years ago. Two rival yakuza bosses hire Narumi to kill the other. Will Narumi's sense of chivalry entrap him again?
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-12-02
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Outlaw: Heartless
1968-08-01
Outlaw: Heartless
Overview: Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) was indebted to Mitsugimoto. Sawada, a low rank yakuza with a gambling problem owed Mitsugimoto three million yen. This equation can only lead to one answer. Mitsugimoto needs to pay and Goro's coming to collect.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-08-01
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Harry and His Geisha Girls
1978-06-03
Harry and His Geisha Girls
Overview: Mr. Harry, who suffers from a "peanut sized" penis complex, comes to Japan to undergo a genital transplant operation, the first of its kind in the world. The operation is a success but Harry soon is involved into a shady plot related to his organ donor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-06-03
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Bomber Bikers of Shonan
1987-04-25
Bomber Bikers of Shonan
Overview: Based on the popular comic, “Shonan Bakusozoku” illustrates the lives of high school bike fanatics.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-04-25
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Outlaw: Kill!
1969-03-14
Outlaw: Kill!
Overview: Goro has always been a lone wolf. When he arrives at an industrial city in Keihin, there is certain restlessness in the air. The Iriezaki family and the Kanto Touyu-kai were in the midst of a territorial dispute. Goro was quick to notice, but had no intent to take sides. At a department store nearby, he sees an elevator lady being harassed by a couple of hoodlums. Goro decides to intervene. Unbeknownst to him, the hoodlums are Touyu-kai members – and the girl has strong ties with the opposing family.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-03-14
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The Sound of Waves
1964-04-29
The Sound of Waves
Overview: On a small island, inhabited by only fourteen hundred people, a young fisherman's son, Shinji falls in love with Hatsue, the daughter of the richest and most difficult man on the island. Despite their differences in class, they begin to meet and rumors spread of them having an illicit affair. Soon after, Shinji jumps into a stormy sea to help a ship in distress. The vessel turns out to be owned by Hatsue's arrogant father, who now becomes an understanding and sympathetic parent and allows the two lovers to marry.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-04-29
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Gambler's Dilemma
1969-09-27
Gambler's Dilemma
Overview: The love story between a traveling guest and a geisha who inadvertently becomes the leader of her father's yakuza clan, after his death.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-09-27
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Virgin Road
1989-07-21
Virgin Road
Overview: Based on the comic book by Tatsuo Kanai
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-07-21
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Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
1963-07-07
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
Overview: A sequel to Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards!
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-07-07
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Child by Children
2008-09-27
Child by Children
Overview: Haruna is a lively tomboy in the 5th year at elementary school. One day, while playing with Hiroyuki, a boy whom she has known for a long time, they play a game of putting their private parts together. A sex education lesson given by a new teacher, Yagi, makes Haruna suspect that she might be pregnant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-27
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Mekishiko mushuku
1962-01-03
Mekishiko mushuku
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Genres: Western
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-03
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Shi no dangai
1982-01-26
Shi no dangai
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Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-01-26
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Pigs and Battleships
1961-01-21
Pigs and Battleships
Overview: In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-21
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Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler
1969-07-12
Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler
Overview: Japanese crime film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-12
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The Devil's Sigh
1960-01-09
The Devil's Sigh
Overview: Japanese crime film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-09
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The Lady in a Black Dress
1987-03-14
The Lady in a Black Dress
Overview: A woman named Fujiki Asuka arrives as an acquaintance of a sister in law for a day under the bar master Tamura who had guided Yakuza's escaping as a shoji. Tamura who lives on the second floor of the store for the time being the son who wants to work here. A few days later, Tamura finds a handgun from Yuko's baggage and holds a suspicion ....
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-03-14
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おヤエの家つき女中
1959-04-01
おヤエの家つき女中
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-04-01
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The Plateau Man
1961-08-13
The Plateau Man
Overview: Japanese Western set at a mountain ranch in Kyushu.
Genres: Western
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-08-13
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The Cards Will Tell
1960-01-16
The Cards Will Tell
Overview: A 1960 crime film
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-16
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Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1961-06-11
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
Overview: Against the bosses of the underworld that dominate Yokohama, Kobe, and Hong Kong, ace Joe, who plays an invincible gunman, shows off his transcendent gunplay! The third installment of the business series.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-06-11
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Wakai toppū
1960-07-20
Wakai toppū
Overview: On his way back to Yokohama, a young boy named Kenji Hase encounters a girl named Yoshiko who is being harassed by the Kaminaryu gang. He rescues her and they head towards Yokohama in Yoshiko's car. In Yokohama, there is an uproar because Kenji's father, Shozo Hase, a customs officer, has been accused of stealing confiscated drugs. The story unfolds with thrilling action as Kenji bravely confronts the gang of villains who framed his father and kidnapped him, all while seeking justice and vindicating his father's innocence.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-07-20
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A Kawachi Rascal's Song
1976-11-17
A Kawachi Rascal's Song
Overview: Even after turning 30, Matsutaro Tokuda is still single and spends his days driving a white taxi. He likes to gamble, although he doesn't have a talent for it. However, there was a woman that fell in love with such a man...
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-11-17
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