Eiji Okada
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eiji Okada (13 June 1920 Chōshi, Chiba, Japan – 14 September 1995 Japan) was a Japanese film actor. Okada served in the Japanese army during World War II, and was a miner and traveling salesman before becoming an actor. Internationally, his best-remembered roles include Lui ("him," in French) in the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959), directed by Alain Resnais, and the entomologist Niki Junpei in Hiroshi Teshigahara's Woman in the Dunes (1964), an adaptation of Kōbō Abe's novel. Okada was married to Aiko Wasa, with whom he ran a theatre company in Japan. He died on September 14, 1995 of heart failure, at the age of 75. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eiji Okada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 13, 1920
Deathday: September 14, 1995
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Known For
20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2
1961-07-09
20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2
Overview: The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-09
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Gambler's Farewell
1968-02-09
Gambler's Farewell
Overview: The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-02-09
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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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Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple
1971-01-01
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Hiroshima Mon Amour
1959-06-10
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Overview: The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-06-10
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Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 3
1960-03-27
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 3
Overview: The adventures of Aoi Shingo continue. Shingo is finally given permission to officially meet his father, the Shogun. However, his journey is disturbed by those who wish to claim his life. This is the third part of "THE 10 DUELS OF YOUNG SHINGO", following the first 2 parts (which were actually done as one movie). The tension mounts as young Shingo must face obstacles the like of which he had never before seen. And, can he avenge the death of his master? The man to whom he owes everything.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-27
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The Yakuza
1974-12-21
The Yakuza
Overview: When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-21
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Mother
1952-06-12
Mother
Overview: A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-06-12
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The Face of Another
1966-07-15
The Face of Another
Overview: A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-07-15
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The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
1978-10-14
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-10-14
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The X from Outer Space
1967-03-25
The X from Outer Space
Overview: The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-03-25
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Woman in the Dunes
1964-02-15
Woman in the Dunes
Overview: A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village and made to live with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-02-15
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Shinran
1960-06-21
Shinran
Overview: A biographical movie about Shinran
Genres: Drama History Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-06-21
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Antarctica
1983-07-23
Antarctica
Overview: Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-07-23
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Samurai Spy
1965-07-10
Samurai Spy
Overview: Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high-ranking spy named Tatewaki Koriyama defects from the shogun to a rival clan, however, the world of swordsmen is thrown into turmoil. After Sasuke is unwittingly drawn into the conflict, he tracks Tatewaki, while a mysterious, white-hooded figure seems to hunt them both. By tale’s end, no one is who they seemed to be, and the truth is far more personal than anyone suspected. Director Masahiro Shinoda’s Samurai Spy, filled with clan intrigue, ninja spies, and multiple double crosses, marks a bold stylistic departure from swordplay film convention.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-07-10
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Hawk of the North
1959-05-25
Hawk of the North
Overview: During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After crushing almost all of his enemies, Date Masamune aka the "Hawk of the North" sets his eyes on Hatakeyama's lands. The young warlord is about to face his greatest challenge.
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-05-25
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Utamaro's World
1977-02-20
Utamaro's World
Overview: Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared in Utamaro's paintings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-02-20
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Rebel Against Glory
1970-04-04
Rebel Against Glory
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Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-04-04
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Zatoichi's Conspiracy
1973-04-21
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
Overview: Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who now is wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested in repaying the villagers' debts, but is in reality manipulating the ownership of a now-valuable rock quarry. Zatoichi learns of the subterfuge and confronts his old friend, who has a score of yakuza swordsmen backing his play.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-04-21
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The Ugly American
1963-04-02
The Ugly American
Overview: An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearing at the hands of conservatives to become ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war threatens a tense peace. Despite his knowledge, once he's there, MacWhite sees only a dichotomy between the U.S. and Communism. He can't accept that anti-American sentiment might be a longing for self-determination and nationalism. So, he breaks from his friend Deong, a local opposition leader, ignores a foreman's advice about slowing the building of a road, and tries to muscle ahead. What price must the country and his friends pay for him to get some sense?
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-04-02
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Spring Bell
1985-11-09
Spring Bell
Overview: Rokuheita Narumi is fascinated by oriental art and works as the director of the Saho Art Museum in Nara. His wife, Noriko, is unable to leave Tokyo, despite his wishes, and the two live separately. Feeling lonely and neglected by her husband, she immerses herself in the depraved life of the city and continues to have a loveless relationship with a doctor, Katsumori. One day, Narumi arrives in Tokyo and learns of Noriko's affair, but he cannot divorce her for the sake of their child, so he devotes himself to his work.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-11-09
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White Beast
1950-06-03
White Beast
Overview: The critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman's prison film featuring former prostitutes recovering from venereal diseases, unwanted pregnancies, and estranged lovers. With its cat fights, hysterical tantrums, film noir lighting, and dramatic music, White Beast is indicative of the new influences of the Hollywood psychological thriller on Naruse. Caged (John Cromwell, 1950) initiated a cycle of women's prison movies in the United States that may or may not have been shown in Japan, but the stylistics of White Beast draw on the same paranoid woman's films and film noir conventions that preceded the American cycle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-06-03
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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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This Transient Life
1970-08-08
This Transient Life
Overview: Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to a master sculptor, only to proceed to complicate matters with his affairs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-08-08
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Records of Bloodshed
1970-06-10
Records of Bloodshed
Overview: Post World War II, Minoru lives by selling supplies that had been stolen from the U.S. military. One day, he is arrested due to the plotting of Kurahata, a member of the Yakuza who doesn't like him.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-06-10
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Heat Wave
1991-02-09
Heat Wave
Overview: Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-02-09
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I Am a Cat
1975-05-31
I Am a Cat
Overview: Nakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens of films and televisions shows. Viewers who are especially fans of Nakadai will appreciate how the actor comically rants about here. His home life is almost disastrous, with a ditzy (but attractive) wife, three young children, a loud school nearby that’s controlled by a corrupt businessman he loathes, and frequent visits from layabout friends. And the grey-furred, green-eyed cat!
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-05-31
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Frozen River
1976-04-24
Frozen River
Overview: A young doctor starts working at a mental hospital in the Yokohama region and falls in love with one of the patients there.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-04-24
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She and He
1963-10-18
She and He
Overview: As her husband Eiichi becomes more entangled in his life as businessman, Naoko looks for ways to expand her own life even as her husband's life shrinks in scope and intimacy. She finds new interests, new love, and a greater sense of her place in the world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-10-18
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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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The Glacier Fox
1978-07-15
The Glacier Fox
Overview: Director Koreyoshi Kurahara chronicles the lives of Flep and Leila, two foxes living in northern Japan. First, Flep must fight for Leila before the two can become partners and mate. After Flep defeats another male fox, he and Leila eventually produce a group of five cubs. However, with their family complete, the group must deal with human interferences in their habitat, such as chicken farms and snowmobiles, and fight against the debilitating cold of winter.
Genres: Family Documentary Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-07-15
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A Billionaire
1954-11-22
A Billionaire
Overview: An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-11-22
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Showdown in Blood
1957-08-28
Showdown in Blood
Overview: Hayata and his best friend Ushijima came to Tokyo to become champions. Hayata repeatedly sought to join Tamura's boxing club, but Tamura fell in love with Ushijima's punch. Then Hayata decides to become Ushijima's manager and make good money on his friend's talent. Ushijima himself is a peaceful, kind guy who doesn't really like boxing, but under the wise guidance of Hayata, he starts to defeat one opponent after another...
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-08-28
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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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Rififi in Tokyo
1963-03-29
Rififi in Tokyo
Overview: Van Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very valuable diamond.
Genres: Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-03-29
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ESPY
1974-12-28
ESPY
Overview: The film deals with the recruitment of race car driver Jiro Miki (Masao Kusakari) and his dog, Caesar, to a group of people who use ESP, psychokinesis, and other special mental abilities to fight crime.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-12-28
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Hiroshima
1953-10-07
Hiroshima
Overview: The film shows the bombing of Hiroshima and the horrific aftermath following the detonation of an atomic bomb on humans for the first time in history.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-10-07
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Christ in Bronze
1955-10-11
Christ in Bronze
Overview: Christ in Bronze is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Minoru Shibuya. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-10-11
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The Scent of Incense
1964-05-24
The Scent of Incense
Overview: After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life deeply gets in trouble.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-05-24
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August without Emperor
1978-09-23
August without Emperor
Overview: Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-09-23
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Avalanche
1956-03-22
Avalanche
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-03-22
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Sanshiro Sugata
1965-05-29
Sanshiro Sugata
Overview: Remake of Kurosawa's films Sanshiro Sugata and Sanshiro Sugata part 2. A young man, Sanshiro Sugata, troubled by personal problems, takes up judo. His teacher, Shogoro Yano, is a devout man who has aroused the enmity of the local practitioners of jujitsu, the older and more accepted of the two sports. Sugata uses his newly learned prowess to gain a measure of respect from others; however, Shogoro insists that the sport has a spiritual side, a lesson Sugata has yet to learn. Eventually, in hand-to-hand combat with the father of a young woman he loves, he comes to understand the true meaning of judo.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-05-29
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The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995-03-18
The Stairway to the Distant Past
Overview: Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle. But when Lily, a beautiful stripper from out of Hama's past, returns to town, the fuse is lit on a criminal powder keg set to blow the lid off the Yokohama underworld.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-03-18
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A Woman's Face
1949-11-28
A Woman's Face
Overview: 1949 drama film
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-11-28
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Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1
1980-04-17
Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1
Overview: A made for TV movie that would be loosely remade as Magnitude 7.9 or DEATHQUAKE
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-04-17
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Shinran, Part II
1960-09-27
Shinran, Part II
Overview: Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Shinran, born of the fading aristocratic class, was placed in a monastary on Mount Hiei when still a child. He did not come down for twenty years, when his wanderings begin as he spreads his ideas for achieving enlightenment through the Pure Land sutra. Because his teachings contradict the powerful Tendai sect, he comes to grief with the government, his followers persecuted, himself exiled to far coastal Echigo where he married & began raising a family but soonafter was wandering & teaching again. He lived to be ninety.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-27
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Blood Type: Blue
1978-11-23
Blood Type: Blue
Overview: UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest of mankind, and eventually certain all-too-familiar measures begin to be taken against them.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-11-23
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Hirado Pirates
1955-06-07
Hirado Pirates
Overview: In the 9th year of the Tempo era, after a long sea voyage, Moritaya Seizo returned to Hirado, who earned huge amounts of gold by piracy. Along the way, he picked up Ichinojo Kaneko, a Ronin who survived the disaster at sea. Seizo and Orin, the daughter of merchant Yohei, are in love with each other and want to get married. However, Kashiwakura Gaiki, the samurai of the domain, wants to kill Seizo for the sake of his son Shozaburo, who is in love with Arin, and Kurando Matsuura, the owner of the castle, wants to seize all the gold for himself...
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-06-07
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Secret Liaisons
1995-10-28
Secret Liaisons
Overview: Movie adaptation of a novel by Rampo Edogawa.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-10-28
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Lullaby of the Earth
1976-06-12
Lullaby of the Earth
Overview: The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and deceptiveness of the outside world when her grandmother dies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-06-12
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The Gate of Youth Part 2
1977-02-11
The Gate of Youth Part 2
Overview: Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-02-11
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Love and Faith
1978-06-03
Love and Faith
Overview: Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who advises warlord Hideyoshi in sixteenth-century feudal Japan. His daughter, the beautiful Lady Ogin, has an unrequited love for Lord Ukon, who has angered Hideyoshi by becoming a Christian convert. Ogin's father Rikyu also displeases Hideyoshi by opposing the warlord's plan to invade China and Korea. When the animalistic Hideyoshi is rejected by Ogin, he threatens her and her father with arrest and worse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-06-03
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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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The Alaska Story
1977-01-22
The Alaska Story
Overview: A Japanese sailor finds a colony of Eskimos in the Arctic and decides to stay with them. He comes off at a certain moment to look for his luck in the gold rush in Alaska. But he does not forget them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-01-22
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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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Silence
1971-11-13
Silence
Overview: Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-11-13
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Vixen
1969-10-18
Vixen
Overview: Michi's first encounter with Nobuyuki Ishida, secretary to the chairman of a private school, takes place in the drawing room, when she attempts to swindle him out of two million yen for alleged rape by his son. Akie (Kyoko Kishida), Ishida's wife and the chairman's daughter, offers her a million, but he gives her what she demands. Now Michi is not only satisfied, but she has a mad desire for Ishida and calls him every day asking for a date. His sympathy for her gradually evolves into love, and he soon allows her insatiable passion to strip him of his decency.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-18
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Here Is a Spring
1955-02-12
Here Is a Spring
Overview: The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages shortly after the war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-02-12
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Cobra 2
1976-06-26
Cobra 2
Overview: Japanese crime film.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-06-26
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Vacuum Zone
1952-12-10
Vacuum Zone
Overview: Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his term for theft. Told in flashback, viewers learn about Kitani's past and reasons behind his prison sentence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-12-10
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Rebellion of Japan
1967-01-14
Rebellion of Japan
Overview: Suzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist reprisals), lives for over five years in a love affair with Tate who's a young lieutenant in the Army, ultimately becoming a right-wing fundamentalist revolutionary. She marries another man, one totally dedicated to the rigorous practices of Noh theatre, in an arranged marriage, but the bond that connects her with Tate is too strong.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-01-14
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Tattooed Temptress
1968-04-13
Tattooed Temptress
Overview: Tonomura has a singular taste in women. He likes them, but he wants them tattooed. To this end, young Osayo has herself decorated with a celebrated flying-angel pattern and in this way brings much pleasure to her patron. A young hoodlum named Shinnosuke also covets the tattooed maiden. He, decorated with the design of a famous thief, finally gets to her and she responds as she rarely does with her older lover. Also in love with her is a young girl named Okimi who has herself tattooed with a courtesan design just to please the older woman. Having done so, however, she becomes fair prey to the tattoo-loving Tonomura who loses no time in seducing her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-04-13
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Till We Meet Again
1950-03-21
Till We Meet Again
Overview: Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.
Genres: Romance War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-03-21
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The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces
1956-11-14
The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces
Overview: Second film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-11-14
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The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantom
1956-11-07
The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantom
Overview: First film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-11-07
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Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki
1957-05-20
Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki
Overview: A man with many disguises uses robotic beetles, man-made monsters and other devices to try and steal atomic power.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-05-20
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The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend
1957-05-28
The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend
Overview: Fourth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-05-28
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Evil Spirits in the Darkness
1971-06-07
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
Overview: The film depicts the youth of Kinzo, a heretic painter who worked in Tosa during the late Edo period, and the hurricane-like inner side of his life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-06-07
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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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The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
1980-11-15
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
Overview: Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-11-15
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Tower of Lilies
1953-01-09
Tower of Lilies
Overview: A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-01-09
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Devil in My Flesh
1968-05-01
Devil in My Flesh
Overview: Modern sex and thrill film about tattooed prostitute.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-05-01
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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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Love in the North
1976-11-06
Love in the North
Overview: Japanese film based on the song by Harumi Miyako.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-11-06
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The End of a Day
1954-02-03
The End of a Day
Overview: Military doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts during the war in the Philippines with a local girl. The officer in command orders Lieutenant Uji to shoot Hanada. Uji takes a sharpshooter called Takagi and tracks him. At first Uji cannot forgive Hanada but as Uji is isolated from the main force he too starts to think of desertion.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-02-03
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The Strangling
1979-06-02
The Strangling
Overview: The men who surround and torment the young protagonist (demanding teacher, owner of the company that rapes his own daughter, despotic and uncompromising father) are opposed to women (victims of men) as embodiment of salvation.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-06-02
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Secret Information
1968-05-14
Secret Information
Overview: A gangster named Sagara killed a broker at the request of a friend named Oba, was arrested and spent eight years in prison. Now released, he wants to find out who squealed on him.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-05-14
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Kamikaze, the Adventurer
1981-11-07
Kamikaze, the Adventurer
Overview: An ex-Olympic athlete and a student commit cash robbery. Aki Hoshino, a pre-med student, becomes inspired to steal money the school collected as “special fees” from parents wanting to assure their offspring’s’ acceptance into the hallowed institution. He forms an unbeatable alliance with an ex-employee and crime bosses to retrieve the ill-gotten money from the “wrong” hands.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-11-07
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Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
1961-07-18
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
Overview: The story of two young men whose ambition is to become the personal bodyguards to the Shogun's uncle, Lord Mito Komon. Portrayed by a pair of up and coming stars, Sasaki Sukesaburo (Matsukata), the son of a widower and Atsumi Kakunoshin (Kitaoji), whose mother is a widow find themselves constantly in trouble and are forced to become two of the most powerful fighters in all Japan. The stories about Mito Komon and his travels througout Japan are many, but this is one that had yet to be told. The struggles of Suke-san and Kaku-san faced in order to join the Elder in his quest to fight against injustice and corruption during the samurai era.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-18
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Portrait of Chieko
1967-06-22
Portrait of Chieko
Overview: Takamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an oil painter. When a series of hardships befall her family, she finds herself unable to confide in her husband, and the pain she carries within begins to weigh heavily on her sanity...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-06-22
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Festival of Swordsmen
1961-03-21
Festival of Swordsmen
Overview: During the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most peaceful era. This left a large number of unemployed samurai with nothing to do, and their morale suffered. In order to raise their spirits, the Shogun's Chief Advisor suggests that they hold a "Festival of Swordsmen" in the Shogun's presence. Problems arise when some of the martial artists bring their personal grudges to the competition. When Busshi Shirogoro (OTOMO) meets the daughter of the late Lord SANADA Yukimura sparks fly as she tries to use the competition to carry out her vengeance against Shogun Iemitsu.
Genres: Action History Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-03-21
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Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4
1960-04-16
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4
Overview: Aoi Shingo, a son of the Shogun, continues his travels seeking to further his mastery of the sword. In this final episode of the popular “Shingo’s Original Challenge” series, Shingo confronts his master’s killer in the ultimate test of his skill.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-04-16
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Permanent Blue
1976-09-23
Permanent Blue
Overview: In a fishing town by the Seto Sea, a student discovers a woman motionless on the beach and takes her back to his family's inn to nurse her, but he soon discovers than she is an extremist on the run from the police.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-09-23
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The Scarlet Camellia
1964-11-21
The Scarlet Camellia
Overview: A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detective looking into the deaths does not suspect her.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-11-21
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Manhunt
1976-02-11
Manhunt
Overview: A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-02-11
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Red Target
1972-04-05
Red Target
Overview: A gunslinger is hired to kill a news photographer. The young ward of the shot photographer discovers the set-up behind the killing - that a laboratory is being set up by a Nazi organization to capture and train talented youth and that the photographer was about to expose it.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-04-05
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Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959-01-01
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
Overview: These are the first two parts of the popular series in which a young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite with his birth father, Shogun Yoshimune, he heads for the castle.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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Crazed Fruit
1981-04-24
Crazed Fruit
Overview: A working class young man, Tetsuo, who distrusts all rich people, falls in love with a girl, Chika, from an affluent family. He has a difficult time, but love survives despite the problems.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-04-24
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Five Paths to Revenge
1956-01-22
Five Paths to Revenge
Overview: The orphaned son of a count who was assassinated by his subordinates in a conspiracy during the Pacific War becomes obsessed with taking revenge on his late father's enemies.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-22
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Weeping Doll
1951-05-19
Weeping Doll
Overview: A Hibari Misora musical about an impoverished girl and her brother in Postwar Japan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-05-19
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
1973-08-11
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Overview: In the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors, each has one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assassination.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-08-11
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A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1961-04-09
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
Overview: The epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the defeated leader of the Genji, Minamoto Yoritomo resolves to end his clan's exile and avenge the brutal loss in December, 1159 as they had fought under the white banner of the Emperor, while the Taira fought under their red flags in a battle to the death. The fight only took one day, with the Genji suffering utter defeat which led to their exile. His father, Yoshitomo, took responsibility for the loss and rather than live in humiliation, he decides to commit suicide with all his sons following him. However, the bravest warrior among them, Yoritomo stands tall and declares that he will not kill himself, but rather will fight to restore the clan.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-09
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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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A Ripple in a Morning
1952-05-01
A Ripple in a Morning
Overview: Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-05-01
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Praying Mantis
1983-04-08
Praying Mantis
Overview: A man and a woman drift ashore after a typhoon. The man, dead, is an escaped perpetrator, and the woman, alive, is a hairdresser Masako. A detective in charge of an embezzlement case is tracking the whereabouts of disappeared money and suspects Masako. One year later, a real estate company president dies a suspicious death in front of Masako at her beauty salon. Was it an accidents or murder?
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-04-08
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Hadashi no seishun
1975-04-12
Hadashi no seishun
Overview: Youth movie.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-04-12
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Traffic Jam
1991-04-27
Traffic Jam
Overview: A hard working salaryman takes off five days from his busy job and sets off with his wife and two children to visit his parents in his hometown for the 1991 new year holidays. He decides that they will go by car to save on expenses. Unfortunately, the long drive from Tokyo to his hometown becomes a much longer journey than expected due to traffic, sickness and other misfortunes and by the time they arrive three days later, they only have time for a short but happy visit.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-04-27
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The Will to Live
1967-07-08
The Will to Live
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-07-08
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Agi, the Fury of Evil
1984-12-04
Agi, the Fury of Evil
Overview: A samurai warrior is terrorised by the demon Agi.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-12-04
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The Eleventh Hour
1957-11-24
The Eleventh Hour
Overview: Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to rescue a group of trapped miners. The title is a figure of speech — (essentially “last minute” or “eleventh hour”) — that refers to a situation of peril. The film boasts a script co-written by Uchida and Akira Kurosawa’s frequent screenwriter, Shinobu Hashimoto, and stars Kurosawa’s frequent star Takashi Shimura.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-11-24
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The Yamabiko School
1952-05-01
The Yamabiko School
Overview: A story of a passionate teacher and his great effort for the children in a poor village.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-05-01
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Magnitude 7.9
1980-08-30
Magnitude 7.9
Overview: A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-08-30
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Green Requiem
1988-08-20
Green Requiem
Overview:
Genres: Romance Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-08-20
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Restoration Fire
1961-10-14
Restoration Fire
Overview: Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. Excellent performances and extremely good swordplay highlight this glimpse into the heart and soul of Japanese history. Although known as “Razor Blade” Hijikata, the vice-commander is a man of deep conviction with a little-known sense of humanity. Starting after the famed Ikedaya Incident, in which they saved Kyoto from Choshu’s plot to burn the city to ashes, they work hard to change the public’s view of them as merciless killers to their true mission of protecting the shogun. This is an extraordinary tale of blood and guts! From the pen of award winning author Shotaro Ikenami (Bandit Vs. Samurai, Hunter in the Dark, Misumi's The Last Samurai)
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-10-14
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Pretty Devil Yoko
1966-03-19
Pretty Devil Yoko
Overview: Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl (Mako Midori) discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza-to-be (Ichiro Araki) is an acquaintance who tries to rape her, and the typically bland but very-good-here (Hayato Tani) the first boyfriend. Director Yasuo Furuhata (his first picture) lets his camera roll in trendy clubs amongst partying youngsters in a way that could've been out of 60s England or a Nikkatsu film.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-03-19
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Karate Sanshiro
1951-12-28
Karate Sanshiro
Overview: Shunsuke Washimi, a member of the karate club, misunderstands the affections of Chiyo, a lodging house girl who is in love with him and in the midst of a confusion challenges Yamauchi Tatsuhiko to a fight, forgetting the true core of martial arts, that should only be used as a selfdefense.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-12-28
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The Pirates
1960-09-18
The Pirates
Overview: Finding more freedom on the high seas than in war-torn Japan, the 'Bahansen' (Pirate ships) based on the Seto Inland Sea during the Warring Period (Sengoku-jidai)sailed to China, Korea, Luzon, and Siam under the Hachiman banner. A battle for supremacy of the seas begins when a strange old shipwreck survivor is brought to Sakai where he divulges a secret that can change the course of history.One of the most literate and well-written films from Toei, this is an exciting tale of swashbuckling samurai on the high seas!
Genres: Action Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-18
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Japan's Most Chivalrous
1966-03-19
Japan's Most Chivalrous
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-03-19
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Bullet Wound
1969-09-10
Bullet Wound
Overview: Yuzo Kayama is an American-Japanese operative working for the US to uncover an arms deal between an American seller and Chinese communists, and to take out both parties. After almost getting assassinated himself, he takes a wounded civilian with him despite living in a world where no one can be trusted.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-09-10
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The Chop Professor
1956-04-04
The Chop Professor
Overview: Junpei Kihara, a young president of the University's wrestling club, is nicknamed "Mr. Chop". One day, on the way back from visiting the hospital after being thrown by Nobuyoshi Shinohara during practice and injured, he met Asako, the sister of Arisawa's mother, Katsuko. When they entering a coffee shop run by Asako's best friend Hisako, Hisako misunderstood them as lovers...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-04-04
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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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The Stormy Era of Twenty Years
1951-11-16
The Stormy Era of Twenty Years
Overview: The Stormy Era of Twenty Years
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-11-16
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Take Me Away!
1978-07-22
Take Me Away!
Overview: Kyoko met Tetsu during her trip to San Francisco. Soon they fell in love but getting married was not in his mind. They were to meet again back in Tokyo but Tetsu didn't turn up. She went to look for him in San Francisco but all she found was him with his new girlfriend. Kyoko went back to Tokyo and eventually married a big corporate CEO.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-07-22
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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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Summer of the Lion Kings
1991-01-12
Summer of the Lion Kings
Overview: Katsu, who belongs to the Murai group of the Sakagami Union, was frustrated by the distance from the yakuza world he had envisioned. At that time, Katsu, who met Osamu who belongs to the conflicting Dainippon Kyokushinkai, feels the real gangster scent of Osamu.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-01-12
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Violence
1952-08-25
Violence
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-08-25
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Fearless Opposition
1958-05-07
Fearless Opposition
Overview: This action film depicts the conflict between two brothers, one a detective and the other a yakuza.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-05-07
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Kyukei no Koya
1975-06-07
Kyukei no Koya
Overview: A film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same title, starring Muga Takewaki and Yoko Shimada. Set in Japan at the end of the war, the film depicts the fate of a diplomat who abandoned his country, his wife and children, and risked everything to save his country from ruin, and the bond between father and daughter.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-06-07
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The Killing Game
1973-01-22
The Killing Game
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Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-01-22
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The Earth is Born Again
1971-02-26
The Earth is Born Again
Overview: A dramatic film that recorded the history of Japan in the period of high economic growth. This work deals with Kashima Rinkai industrial zone development. The men who dream of making the overlooking wasteland as a big industrial area draw the courage to realize the ideal purely with the fishy desire swirling back to the coastal industrial area of Kashima Nada in Ibaraki prefecture.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-02-26
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不倫 この愛が裁けますか
1984-07-12
不倫 この愛が裁けますか
Overview: Junko's only son dies in an accident. Junko is exhausted by despair and grief, and her husband, who should be there to support her, instead blames her. But her father-in-law, Tsuneo, finds her dear.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-07-12
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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
1960-01-15
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
Overview: The legendary one-eyed one-armed swordsman Tange Sazen is back to aid a Magistrate in his efforts to steal bribe money on its way to Edo for the benefit to poor farmers.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-15
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