Bokuzen Hidari
Biography: Bokuzen Hidari (左 卜全 Hidari Bokuzen, 20 February 1894 - 26 May 1971) was a Japanese actor and comedian born in Kotesashi Village (now part of Tokorozawa), Iruma District, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, The Lower Depths and Ikiru. Hidari was famous among Japanese audiences for his portrayals of meek, downtrodden men, and although a teetotaller, was renowned for his convincing drunk scenes (see esp. "Ikiru").
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 20, 1894
Deathday: May 26, 1971
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An Urban Affair
1961-08-13
An Urban Affair
Overview: Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawara line, the film takes up the problem of real estate around the expanding Yurigaoka apartments.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-08-13
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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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Ikiru
1952-10-09
Ikiru
Overview: Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-10-09
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The Idiot
1951-05-23
The Idiot
Overview: Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love Kameda, but is loved in turn by Akama. When Akama realizes that he will never have Taeko, his thoughts turn to murder, and great tragedy ensues.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-05-23
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The Lower Depths
1957-10-01
The Lower Depths
Overview: Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off his affair with landlady Osugi to romance her younger sister, Okayo, Osugi extracts her revenge by revealing her infidelity to her jealous husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-10-01
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次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
1962-01-09
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-09
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Red Bud and White Flower
1962-06-10
Red Bud and White Flower
Overview: A high school boy and girl in the midst of their youth try to get their parents to remarry.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-10
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A Fishmonger's Tour
1963-01-15
A Fishmonger's Tour
Overview: The supply of sea bream to the fish market has decreased, and the price has increased to a whopping 1 ryo, and unable to face his customers openly anymore, Tasuke closes the shop and goes on a trip to celebrate the first wedding anniversary with his wife Onaka. Staying at the inn, Tasuke sees that dishes from magnificent sea bream are served here, which is very cheap. Tasuke goes to a fishing village and finds out here that a rich merchant is stopping the shipment of fish...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-01-15
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Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962-11-18
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-18
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Otoko no Uta
1962-03-11
Otoko no Uta
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-11
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The Invisible Wall
1958-10-15
The Invisible Wall
Overview: Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-15
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Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido
1952-05-08
Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido
Overview: A movie directed by Nobuo Nakagawa
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-05-08
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Today is Payday
1952-10-02
Today is Payday
Overview: Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-10-02
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Beauty and the Thief
1952-09-22
Beauty and the Thief
Overview: The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and poetic, with two central themes which intermingle to compound an admirable panel of a critical period in Japanese history: the great famine in the mid 19th Century.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-09-22
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恐妻時代
1952-10-30
恐妻時代
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-10-30
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Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950-11-18
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Overview: Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-11-18
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女難コースを突破せよ
1962-04-01
女難コースを突破せよ
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-01
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Hail the 3 Gents
1964-01-03
Hail the 3 Gents
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-01-03
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Black Tight Killers
1966-02-12
Black Tight Killers
Overview: Daisuke Honda, a war photographer in Vietnam, meets Yuriko Sawanouchi, a stewardess on his plane back to Japan. After drinking with her at a Tokyo bar, he becomes involved in saving Yuriko from assassination by stylish, female ninjas. When trying to rescue Yuriko from kidnappers, Daisuke discovers a group of foreigners are hunting for a WWII-era treasure hidden on an island by Yuriko's father.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-02-12
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Outlaw island
1956-06-01
Outlaw island
Overview: The southern tip of Shikoku. This village, surrounded by a bay, where, according to legend, the former warriors of the Heike clan settled, is famous for its bullfights. Today there is also a bull market in the village, and there are extremely many people here. The black bull "Great Tengu", which Gonzo from Misaki offered, cost 50,000, but was forcibly taken away by a Bakuro soldier, who possessed extraordinary strength and physique, for less than half the price. However, the violent soldier was in love with Tsunayo, the hostess of the inn and the organizer of the bullfight. One day, a young man from the city, an Ihara police officer, arrives in the village. And soon the real problems will begin…
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-06-01
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Secret Club 000
1965-12-04
Secret Club 000
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-12-04
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Woman
1969-11-20
Woman
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-20
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Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
1964-07-11
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
Overview: Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himself to use his amazing sword skills to help the young woman's father, whose river-crossing service is under attack by the same gang responsible for Zatoichi's wounds.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-07-11
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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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Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
1969-03-12
Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
Overview: In feudal Japan, gangsters chase a young girl who might testify against their boss. When the gangsters murder the girl's grandfather on sacred ground, the door is opened for the Yokai Monsters to step in.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-03-12
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Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958-04-29
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Overview: Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their wives for a little while. As they travel, they are constantly beset by complications involving women, mistaken identity, and misunderstood events. Another film adaptation of the famous novel Ikku Jippensha Footing It Along the Tokaido (Tokaidochu Hizakurige)
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-04-29
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Vendetta of a Samurai
1952-01-03
Vendetta of a Samurai
Overview: The famous showdown at Kagiya corner has been told many times, but never before with the realism and intensity of this version scripted by Kurosawa Akira and starring Mifune Toshiro as the famed swordsman who must face his best friend as they are forced to take opposite sides in a vendetta caused by the murder of a family member. Told mostly in flashback as the avengers await the arrival of their quarry, this film displays true heroism in the face of fear as most of the combatants, while of the samurai class are not skilled swordsmen. They contrast sharply with the true warriors involved in this battle. Araki Mataemon (Mifune), who was not only a direct student of Yagyu Munenori, but the founder of his own sword style under the Yagyu name is a powerful force ready to assist his brother-in-law against the murderer's allies that include not only another noted sword teacher, but the deadly spear of Katsumi no Hanbei.
Genres: Drama Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-01-03
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Red Lion
1969-10-10
Red Lion
Overview: Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to Sawando, his hometown, to announce the end of tyranny.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-10
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My Hobo
1962-11-23
My Hobo
Overview: Story of a resourceful hobo (Kobayashi), a con woman (Takamine) who pretends to be a victim of the Nagasaki A-bomb, and two orphaned children who become a most atypical Japanese family.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-23
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Souls in the Moonlight III
1959-04-28
Souls in the Moonlight III
Overview: Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be served for the lost innocent lives? The conclusion of the famed Jidaigeki series is an amazing film, with a completely different perspective on the story from the later versions. While the international audience is more familiar with the “Sword of Doom” and “Satan’s Sword” versions of Daibosatsu Toge (The Great Bodhisattva Pass), the “Souls in the Moonlight” trilogy casts an entirely different light on Ryunosuke and his motives. Can this brutal killer be brought to justice, or is living his life as a blind wanderer a more terrible fate? His sword skills have not diminished, nor has his desire to kill!
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-04-28
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Sex and Life
1969-02-11
Sex and Life
Overview: Dr. Mikami is an elderly somewhat clumsy, very popular therapist, his patients turn to him with all possible and impossible questions. Because Dr. Mikami's specialty is sexual clarification... The world's best-selling sex literature was filmed here in a manner close to the original. And the openness of the image shows the shocking conflicts of young people in scenes that were never filmed. Shocking documents about sex life from the doctor's office.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-02-11
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Sararīman yajikita dōchū
1961-06-27
Sararīman yajikita dōchū
Overview: 1961 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-06-27
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The Sun's Burial
1960-08-09
The Sun's Burial
Overview: In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of blood. Alliances constantly shift. Tatsu and Takeshi, friends since boyhood, reluctantly join Shin's gang. Shin's an upstart and moves his gang often to avoid the local kingpin. Hanoko is a young woman with ambitions: first she's in the blood business with her father, then she joins forces with Shin. She soon breaks off that partnership, even though she's taken the sensitive Takeshi under her wing. Double crosses multiply. Those with the closest bonds become each others' murderers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-08-09
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Chihō kisha
1962-10-13
Chihō kisha
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-13
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Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
1962-12-23
Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
Overview: Young lord investigates the mysterious death that takes place in the underworld.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-23
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Forever a Woman
1955-11-23
Forever a Woman
Overview: Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and her breast cancer diagnosis. In the last stage of her life, she meets a young journalist from Tokyo who wants to write a story on her life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-11-23
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Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume
1955-12-28
Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-12-28
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Kigeki ekimae onsen
1962-07-29
Kigeki ekimae onsen
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-29
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The Human Vapor
1960-12-11
The Human Vapor
Overview: A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into 'The Human Vapour'. He uses his new ability to rob banks to fund the career of his girlfriend, a beautiful dancer. The Human Vapour is ruthless in his quest for money and kills anyone who stands in his way, especially police. He soon becomes Tokyo's most wanted criminal. Can he be stopped before he kills again?
Genres: Science Fiction Crime Drama Romance Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-12-11
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Oh, My Comrade!
1970-09-19
Oh, My Comrade!
Overview: Fukuzo, Kato and Matsuko, Kato's wife, are operating the "Kurenai Sightseeing Service" in Tokyo. Fukuzo and Kato were comrades during the war. One day Fukuzo guides Harumi, an old woman, to the Yasukuni Shrine where the souls of fallen soldiers are enshrined. Finding she has no place to go, Fukuzo carries her to his shack by the sea.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-09-19
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Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952-05-22
Shi no machi wo nogarete
Overview: Group of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-05-22
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Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Pregnancy 2
1969-07-26
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Pregnancy 2
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-26
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Yukiko
1955-08-03
Yukiko
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-08-03
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Gamblers' Luck
1966-03-19
Gamblers' Luck
Overview: A group of ne'er-do-wells live happily in the slums of what is now Tokyo and have a number of adventures: they get drunk and go whoring, revenge themselves on cruel landlords, animate the corpse of a money-lender in order to frighten people. Then they assist at the marriage of a lovely girl and almost kill themselves gambling to provide her with a dowry.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-03-19
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Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
1968-10-03
Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
Overview: A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-10-03
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All is Well
1955-01-29
All is Well
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-01-29
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The Young Ace in the South Pacific
1967-07-01
The Young Ace in the South Pacific
Overview: The 10th film in the Wakadaisho series, the Young Ace Yuichi Tanuma travels to Hawaii to train in deep-sea navigation. The Young Ace comes to the rescue of various women in peril, teaches a would-be restauranteur how to make sukiyaki, thwarts the romantic aspirations of his rival Ao Daisho, and competes in the finals of the Japan Judo Championship at the Nippon Budokan. Shot across various locations across Hawaii, Tahiti, Saipan, and Tokyo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-07-01
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The Blue Pearl
1951-08-03
The Blue Pearl
Overview: The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; literally “women of the sea”) in a superstitious coastal town. Though raised within the same tradition-bound crucible, the two women – Noe and Riu – are portrayed as diametric opposites; the former meek but affectionate, the latter strong-willed but jaded by a tryst with metropolitan life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-08-03
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Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962-09-29
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-29
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The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice
1965-10-08
The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice
Overview: As a foreign gambling ring tries to take over the Japanese underworld, Himuro the ace gambler must face their leader - and his dangerous gadgets…
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-10-08
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Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
1954-08-11
Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
Overview: Kintaro goes on a journey to his hometown to meet his mother and sister. His love for singing leads him to a perceptive and cheerful girl named Onatsu... A road trip comedy featuring Kokichi Takada and Hibari Misora singing and dancing.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-08-11
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Street of Wandering Men
1963-02-17
Street of Wandering Men
Overview: When a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin decides to help her and a drunken calligrapher. In doing so, he uncovers a wider scheme.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-02-17
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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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Our Wasteland
1969-06-28
Our Wasteland
Overview: Tetsuya, a worker at a US Air Base who moonlights as a bartender with his bar hostess roommate, dreams to move to the United States one day. Meanwhile, his best friend Jun wants to build a home on some local wasteland. Yet the introduction of Yuki, who they both fall in love with, begins to tear their friendship apart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-06-28
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Hadaka no Machi
1957-07-23
Hadaka no Machi
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-23
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Curry Rice
1962-11-23
Curry Rice
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-23
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(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
1955-06-21
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
Overview: Yoshida Denkichi does loses sight of his wife Chiyoko and daughter Toyoko during the war, and is taken in by a familiar woman, Oshige, and becomes the owner of "Fujimura" in the town of Hato. Eiko is a timid woman who hates Terada, a watchmaker who is obsessed with her; Tamie is a hard worker who asks for money from customers to support her mother and daughter Teruko; Tane, who dreams of the day they can be together, gives money to her lover Takeda; Machiko, an apres girl, is selective about her customers in the name of romance. They are women working in the red light district at "Fujimura."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-06-21
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Zoku shachō shinshiroku
1964-02-29
Zoku shachō shinshiroku
Overview: Shûe Matsubayashi movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-02-29
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Red Beard
1965-04-03
Red Beard
Overview: Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-04-03
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Scandal
1950-04-26
Scandal
Overview: A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-04-26
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I Live in Fear
1955-11-22
I Live in Fear
Overview: Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil. His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada, a Domestic Court counselor, attempts to arbitrate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-11-22
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Lord Mito: All Star Version
1960-08-07
Lord Mito: All Star Version
Overview: In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later, another fire broke out, this time in Komagome, burning down the two gates of Asakusa and Sujikai, and continuing on into the night. As the government Elders consider evidence that these fires were arson, a fire breaks out in Hirakawa-cho, outside of Hanzo Gate. Nishonmaru catches on fire and burns down completely. When this rash of fires even strikes Kyoto, the task of finding who’s behind the arson, and stopping them falls to the Shogun’s uncle, the Elder Lord of Mito. Together with his trusted bodyguards, Kaku and Suke, the trio set of to save Japan from this scourge of evil. Featuring virtually all of their most famous stars, this is the best film in the Toei series about Mito Komon, one of Japan’s most popular historical figures who traveled through the country incognito to check on the people and fight injustice.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-08-07
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Foghorn
1952-03-03
Foghorn
Overview: A Japanese woman, the mistress of an American, falls in love with her servant.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-03-03
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Hana no yukyo-den
1958-08-31
Hana no yukyo-den
Overview: 1958 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-08-31
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Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4
1960-07-05
Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4
Overview: The fourth instalment in the Life's Simple Pleasures (Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei) series.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-07-05
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Red Diamond
1964-10-14
Red Diamond
Overview: After losing all his money, Kizuka Keita, a seller on the black market, is trying to commit suicide. But he is saved by Morigen, a broker on the azuki beans market. A young man tries to regain his wealth in the bean market.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-10-14
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Botchan
1958-06-14
Botchan
Overview: 1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-14
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Invitation to the Enchanted Town
1961-02-08
Invitation to the Enchanted Town
Overview: Live-action adaptation of Ko Kojima's manga "Sennin buraku".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-08
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The Fencing Collegian
1956-02-26
The Fencing Collegian
Overview: Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-02-26
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Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
1952-11-04
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
Overview: Japanese film.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-11-04
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The Little Hero
1970-09-23
The Little Hero
Overview: A five year old boy leaves his mother and grandparents to see his father who has gone to work in Osaka.
Genres: Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-09-23
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Four Hours of Terror
1959-09-30
Four Hours of Terror
Overview: Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-09-30
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Island of Fury
1958-02-08
Island of Fury
Overview: Five boys escape from their life of bondage on an island 10 miles off Hiroshima, and are picked up in the Inland Sea, drifting in an open boat.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-02-08
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Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
1960-09-20
Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
Overview: Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Dare yori mo kimi wo aisu" by Kazuko Matsuo.
Genres: Music Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-20
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The Legend of the White Serpent
1956-06-22
The Legend of the White Serpent
Overview: Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.
Genres: Drama Romance Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-06-22
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Boss Takes to the Road
1961-09-23
Boss Takes to the Road
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-09-23
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The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
1956-12-26
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
Overview: Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-12-26
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Danger Pays
1962-12-01
Danger Pays
Overview: Joe, Okita, and Serizawa hear of the armed robbery of a truck carrying one billion eighty million yen's worth of Mint paper. Knowing that the thugs will now need a counterfeiter to make the bogus bills, they each decide to cash in on it by selling them the idea that they need Sakamoto, the best counterfeiter in Japan. A seesaw game unfolds between the three men as each tries to outdo the other two in handing over Sakamoto for one million yen to Hijikata, the big boss, who intends to make counterfeit money with the stolen paper. A little belatedly, they realize it needs their combined forces to outwit Hijikata and they raid his place together. Outnumbered, however, they are thrown into a basement room and the gas is turned on. Certain death stares them in the face, but the three men are not ones to take things lying down....
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-01
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Siege of Fort Bismarck
1963-05-29
Siege of Fort Bismarck
Overview:
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-05-29
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The Life of a Horse Trader
1951-12-07
The Life of a Horse Trader
Overview: The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, despite being a father and a husband he is frequently drawn to taverns.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-12-07
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A Whistle in My Heart
1959-03-29
A Whistle in My Heart
Overview: The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-03-29
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Song of Love
1967-04-29
Song of Love
Overview: The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-04-29
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Beyond the Green Hills
1963-01-03
Beyond the Green Hills
Overview: Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was against school regulations, Shinko was the first to take a bite out of the forbidden fruit. Expelled from her former school, she finds herself in an all-girls school in Jokamachi, where rumors fly. One day, Shinko delivers an anonymous love letter addressed to her English teacher, Ms. Shimazaki. Convinced that the students are playing a prank, Ms. Shimazaki is adamant about getting to the bottom of this "problem”.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-01-03
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The Ditch
1954-07-27
The Ditch
Overview: Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who has run away from a geisha house.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-07-27
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The Wolves
1955-07-03
The Wolves
Overview: A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a plan to rob a cash delivery truck in order to provide for their families.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-07-03
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Kirai Kirai Kirai
1960-02-24
Kirai Kirai Kirai
Overview:
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-02-24
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Two in the Shadow
1967-11-18
Two in the Shadow
Overview: A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-11-18
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Young Swordsman
1963-08-31
Young Swordsman
Overview: This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the law is unfair. His brother keeps his opinions about the law to himself. The swordsman vents his frustration by cutting off the thumbs of an enemy. The fighter is then banished. To live, he becomes a thief. To restore the family's lost honor, the other brother is forced to challenge the fighter to a duel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-08-31
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A Hole of My Own Making
1955-09-28
A Hole of My Own Making
Overview: Nobuko is a widow who lives with her stepchild Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The family's gatekeeper, Komatsu, is attracted to Tamiko, but she is encouraged to marry a doctor and he is afraid to tell her his feelings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-09-28
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New Harenchi Gakuen College
1971-01-03
New Harenchi Gakuen College
Overview: Former students of the notorious Harenchi Gakuen college open a new school for dissident youths after their former school is ruined by disputes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-01-03
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Age of Nudity
1959-09-07
Age of Nudity
Overview: The story deals with a juvenile delinquent gang surviving through petty thievery. However, everything gets screwed up when they accidentally steal big bucks from the Yakuza.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-09-07
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Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!
1966-10-15
Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!
Overview: Following “A Man's Face Shows His Personal History”, this movie is the second of the “Trilogy of the Wartime Generation”. It is a war drama set in China and depicts battles over opium.
Genres: War Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-10-15
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957-04-14
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Overview: In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-04-14
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Secret of The Golden Spell
1958-03-18
Secret of The Golden Spell
Overview: One of Japan’s most popular folklore characters, Tange Sazen, the one-eyed and one-armed swordsman, must rescue the Yagyu clan from the treachery of a master plotting to take control over a sword fighting school.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-03-18
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The Sunshine Girl
1963-04-18
The Sunshine Girl
Overview: A young factory worker struggles to figure out what she wants to do with her life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-04-18
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Love Fantasia
1970-07-18
Love Fantasia
Overview: A musical comedy.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-07-18
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Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
1959-01-03
Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
Overview: In this film in the long running series, Tange Sazen and his friends are asked to guard a dragon-shaped incense burner that holds the key to hidden treasures. This is the most exciting film in the series, and contains some of the best action sequences of Otomo's distinguished career. Sazen is the strongest swordsman of his time, and his sense of honor and justice are called upon more than once to set things right.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-03
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Prison Boss
1968-04-18
Prison Boss
Overview: Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-04-18
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Three Outlaw Samurai
1964-05-13
Three Outlaw Samurai
Overview: Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-05-13
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Sir Galahad in Campus
1961-07-08
Sir Galahad in Campus
Overview: The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-08
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Pride of the Campus
1962-02-10
Pride of the Campus
Overview: Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant, singing in a band, and preparing for an important boxing tournament.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-10
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Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958-01-09
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Overview: Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-09
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Brothers of Capones
1970-05-23
Brothers of Capones
Overview: Superbly entertaining action comedy with Tomisaburo Wakayama as Kuriyama Capone who learned his trade under Al Capone in Chicago. The film follows his first venture to Japan with gangster brothers Frank (Shingo Yamashiro) and Joe (Fumio Watanabe). And being chased by gangster and the FBI, including the granddaughter of Eliot Ness. The whole thing is a good amount of fun, the performances especially (Wakayama, Yamashiro, Watanabe in a rare heroic role), making this one of routine director Takashi Harada’s best pictures.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-05-23
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Live and Learn
1971-01-27
Live and Learn
Overview: Tetsuko (Eiko Yanami), a high school student, one day, forces Tsuneo, (Kei Wakakura), the brightest boy in her school, to make love to her after school is out and they are caught by the old school janitor. Tsuneo's mother, orders Tetsuko to pay for what she did to her son but Tetsuko blackmails her instead, saying that she is ready to inform a news company of what has happened to Tsuneo and receives one million yen hush money. Expelled from school, she comes to Tokyo, intending to take a round-the-world trip. But Sankichi (Yoshihiko Aoyama), a jack-of-all-trades, cheats her. So, she makes up her mind to catch him and get back her money.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-01-27
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Souls in the Moonlight
1957-07-13
Souls in the Moonlight
Overview: First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesnt hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good. Despite the authors explicit refusal, the series were later made into plays and movies several times.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-13
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Follow the Girls
1971-05-19
Follow the Girls
Overview: Comedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-05-19
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Souls in the Moonlight II
1958-04-20
Souls in the Moonlight II
Overview: This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirsty samurai, Tsukue Ryunosuke. Blinded in an explosion and further injured from a fall, the master swordsman is taken in by Otoyo, a woman who falls in love with him. Under Otoyo’s dedicated care, Ryunosuke’s physical and emotional wounds seem to heal. However, deep inside, the demons that drive him to kill yearn to resurface. Meanwhile he is being pursued by Utsugi Hyoma, a young samurai seeking to avenge his brother’s death at Tsukue’s hands. Hyoma is being aided along the way by the clever thief Shichibei.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-04-20
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Three Pretty Devils
1970-06-13
Three Pretty Devils
Overview: A trio of teenage tarts try to earn money through shoplifting and prostitution scams and get into deep trouble.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-06-13
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Volunteering for Villainy
1960-09-20
Volunteering for Villainy
Overview: Two outsiders start a relationship in a mining town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-20
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Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure
1969-12-20
Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure
Overview: A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-12-20
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The Three Treasures
1959-11-01
The Three Treasures
Overview: The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Emperor's vassal, prefers Ouso's stepbrother, and conspires to have Ouso die on a dangerous mission he has contrived. But Ouso prevails in the mission and returns to his father's castle under a new name, Prince Yamato Takeru. Otomo plots to have the Prince sent into even greater danger, but Otomo is unaware that the gods have favored the Prince and the outcome is far from what any of them expected.
Genres: Fantasy Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-11-01
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The Princess of Badger Palace
1958-02-26
The Princess of Badger Palace
Overview: Princess Kinuta runs away from the palace because she doesn't want a marriage of convenience. Princess Kinuta, who has never left the palace, didn't enjoy communing with wildlife for long when she was chased by bandit moles and accidentally fell into the Valley of the Spider's Web. The princess and a white butterfly bound by a mysterious thread were about to be eaten by the spider queen when they are rescued by Tanukichiyo, a young wandering samurai who happens to be passing by. Historical fantasy comedy starring Hibari and Izumi.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-02-26
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Miki, the Swordman
1951-11-02
Miki, the Swordman
Overview: After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up as bodyguard to Shigezo of Sasagawa leading up to an epic battle.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-11-02
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Traveling in Party
1967-11-12
Traveling in Party
Overview: A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-11-12
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New Year Trip
1968-01-03
New Year Trip
Overview: A comedy about a good-natured train conductor Shinsaku helping his old friend Miwako find her missing brother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-01-03
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Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963-10-20
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Overview: A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-10-20
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
1969-03-06
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
Overview: Hidejuro is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken in by a company of quarry workers, whose boss has a strict code of non-violence. When the rival family tries to take over the company and kills their boss, Hidejuro must choose between his promise of non-violence and his yakuza code of revenge...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-03-06
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The Abalone Gals
1965-06-26
The Abalone Gals
Overview: South of Tokyo is a small island until quite recently relatively unchanged since feudal times. Now, however, it is being made into a tourist's playland and the girls, who had been abalone divers, now become geisha, and the old ways of the island are all topsy-turvy. One of the girls, more sensitive than the rest, sees that here, too, people are motivated only by greed and decides to leave and try to find a better life elsewhere.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-06-26
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Samurai from Nowhere
1964-05-20
Samurai from Nowhere
Overview: Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter of the clan's chief counselor who married the low-ranking Ihei to avoid becoming the clan lord's mistress. Into the mix comes Oba Gunjuro (Tetsurō Tamba), a mysterious ronin who will do anything for money. This leads to a fitting climax as the forces of hate and love converge while the couple attempt to break through the border!
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-05-20
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Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970-01-15
Tora-san, His Tender Love
Overview: Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-01-15
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Girls Born in August
1963-02-19
Girls Born in August
Overview:
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-02-19
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The Youth and His Amulet
1961-09-17
The Youth and His Amulet
Overview: Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the boy's rescue in times of difficulty.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-09-17
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The Hotelman's Holiday
1958-07-12
The Hotelman's Holiday
Overview: A longtime hotel employee (Morishige) struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-07-12
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Tange Sazen and the Princess
1961-05-03
Tange Sazen and the Princess
Overview: Tange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-03
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Madcap Mixup
1969-07-23
Madcap Mixup
Overview: Five fellows are taken by the police for bank hold-ups.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-23
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Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
1970-09-12
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
Overview: Students against teachers in the wildest kiss-stealing, petting-orgy ever.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-09-12
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Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
1970-08-01
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
Overview: In this outing of Harenchi Gakuen the students undergo a health check after school, but all is not what it seems. Teacher 'Beard Godzilla' has kicked out the infirmary's doctor and taken his place. A trio of students notice the trick and dress up as medical professionals to assist the female portion of the school body. A newspaper has caught wind of this.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-08-01
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Shameless School
1970-05-02
Shameless School
Overview: Comedy of high school where students and teachers run wild, based on a popular comic strip.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-05-02
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Futari dake no hashi
1958-03-05
Futari dake no hashi
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-03-05
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The Man Who Came to Port
1952-11-27
The Man Who Came to Port
Overview: An Ishiro Honda film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-11-27
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Lovetide
1955-01-09
Lovetide
Overview: An Ishiro Honda film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-01-09
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Echo Mountain
1959-01-22
Echo Mountain
Overview: An Ishiro Honda film.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-22
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Nippon no obaachan
1962-01-03
Nippon no obaachan
Overview: Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. With nowhere to go, the two wander around, befriending a cosmetics salesman and a kind waitress who give them beer. This biting social satire starring two memorable grandmothers, scripted by Yôko Mizuki, picked up on Japan’s aging population problem far ahead of its time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-03
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Untamed Woman
1957-05-28
Untamed Woman
Overview: A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for success, takes up with a tailor who cannot console himself with her strong personality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-05-28
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The Rickshaw Man
1958-04-21
The Rickshaw Man
Overview: A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-04-21
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Travel Romances
1957-11-10
Travel Romances
Overview: Romantic comedy.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-11-10
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Mighty Shosuke
1960-10-09
Mighty Shosuke
Overview: A comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered to serve the clan lord.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-10-09
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Red Pants
1959-07-01
Red Pants
Overview: A woman diver in great peril is rescued by Shinji, a fisherman. But his deed is belittled by Takiko, another diver, as a rash act. Her attitude, however, is nothing but a cloak to hide her affection for him. Shinji, hard working and manly, becomes the focus of many yearning eyes and Seikichi, the boss' son, picks a quarrel with him and violent fight ensues in which Shinji kills a man in self-defense.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-07-01
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The Angry Sea
1960-10-16
The Angry Sea
Overview: A semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-10-16
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Seven Samurai
1954-04-26
Seven Samurai
Overview: A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-04-26
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This Madding Crowd
1962-06-28
This Madding Crowd
Overview:
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-28
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On Wings of Love
1957-07-13
On Wings of Love
Overview: On Wings of Love is a 1957 Japanese romantic musical film directed by Toshio Sugie. It was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year and the first film released in Tohoscope.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-13
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The White Orchid
1951-03-24
The White Orchid
Overview: A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-03-24
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Life is a Battle
1970-12-30
Life is a Battle
Overview: Two born rivals plot a new start after a string of ups and downs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-12-30
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Love Never Fails
1955-04-01
Love Never Fails
Overview: Two youths - the serious son of a Buddhist abbot and his rakish pal - quarrel over a restaurant keeper's daughter. When one of the youths die the other boy and the girl find they cannot forget him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-04-01
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Gamera, the Giant Monster
1965-11-27
Gamera, the Giant Monster
Overview: A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera wreaks havoc over the entire world, and it's up to the scientists, assisted by a young boy with a strange sympathic link to the monster, to put a stop to Gamera's rampage.
Genres: Action Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-11-27
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Rainbow Over Paris
1970-03-18
Rainbow Over Paris
Overview: A young composer falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a wealthy company president and flies to Paris when he learns she is studying music there. But, when he finally wins her after many difficulties, he somehow feels empty, because his spirit has always been aroused against barriers before him.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-03-18
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The Walking Major
1970-06-06
The Walking Major
Overview: U.S. Army Captain Clark Allen gains attention by walking back and forth, the length of Japan, gambling with U.S. servicemen in order to raise funds to rebuild an orphanage. Suspicious of Allen's motives, a Japanese newsman, Hiroshi Kitabayashi, traces the American's background until he discovers the motive behind Allen's long walk.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-06-06
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Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin
1963-09-21
Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-09-21
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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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Jolly Barbers
1963-11-17
Jolly Barbers
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-11-17
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Elegy
1951-02-22
Elegy
Overview: Wataru Naohiko who has the prosecutor general as his father became a young composer and its symphony "saint" invoked the world echoed. But his disciple Uchiyama and his best friend prosecutor Daisuke Toki accused his music as a sesame of pause-only technique, not a truly heart-hungry art.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-02-22
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Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955-11-16
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Overview: From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-11-16
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The Young Ace in Hawaii
1963-08-11
The Young Ace in Hawaii
Overview: Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous screening with Matango. Filmed on location in Hawaii.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-08-11
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The Child Writers
1958-08-23
The Child Writers
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-08-23
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Typhoon
1956-12-19
Typhoon
Overview: A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been destroyed and then cashing in on building a new one.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-12-19
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The Story of a Salesman: Every Man Has a Dream
1961-09-02
The Story of a Salesman: Every Man Has a Dream
Overview: A lighthearted comedy that tells the story of love and the cheerful heroism of a young salesman pursuing a man's dream.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-09-02
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Ripe and Marriageable
1959-09-17
Ripe and Marriageable
Overview: 1959 youth comedy.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-09-17
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The White Road Across the River
1959-08-19
The White Road Across the River
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-08-19
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The Valley Between Love and Death
1954-09-21
The Valley Between Love and Death
Overview: A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-09-21
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Rikidozan: Man of Fury
1955-12-27
Rikidozan: Man of Fury
Overview: The story of legendary Korean-Japanese wrestler Rikidozan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-12-27
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Meteor Karate Strike
1956-01-29
Meteor Karate Strike
Overview: Sequel to the movie Denko karate uchi.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-29
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Garakuta
1964-08-01
Garakuta
Overview: 1964 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-08-01
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Botchan yarō seizoroi
1961-01-09
Botchan yarō seizoroi
Overview: 1961 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-09
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A Devil of a Gentleman
1963-04-06
A Devil of a Gentleman
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-04-06
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Zoku izuko e
1967-04-12
Zoku izuko e
Overview: Sequel to "真実の愛情を求めて 何処へ" (1954). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-04-12
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少年死刑囚
1955-07-03
少年死刑囚
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-07-03
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Awamori-kun nishi-e iku
1961-12-24
Awamori-kun nishi-e iku
Overview: Based on the comic by Kaoru Akiyoshi
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-24
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