Kōtarō Sugie
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 21, 1932
Deathday: September 11, 1998
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Known For
Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
1967-04-22
Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
Overview: An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-04-22
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G.I. Samurai
1979-09-17
G.I. Samurai
Overview: A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.
Genres: Action Science Fiction War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-09-17
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Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
1962-01-14
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-14
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Love Eternal
1966-07-09
Love Eternal
Overview: A deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an executive member of a drug trafficking syndicate, Kano is pretty high up in the food chain, but "status" bears no value to him. All he cares for is Ayako, the boss' mistress. After one last job, they intend to run off together to Hong Kong, but their plans are hindered when an uninvited yakuza stirs up a vicious shootout. In the midst of it all, Ayako is kidnapped.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-07-09
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Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
1962-02-25
Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-25
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I Hate But Love
1962-07-09
I Hate But Love
Overview: A celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. When his controlling manager, the woman he loves, follows, the two must reconcile while dodging reporters.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-09
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零戦黒雲一家
1962-08-12
零戦黒雲一家
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-08-12
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Badge of the Night
1963-03-31
Badge of the Night
Overview: A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose missing person search soon becomes a murder case. Nightclub-managing, drug-dealing gangster Uchida is the prime suspect in the case until he commits suicide. Kobayashi then discovers evidence that points to the doctor sibling of an innocent girl. The climax in a rural snowy locale is suspenseful and well-staged.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-31
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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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Woman Gambler
1965-10-22
Woman Gambler
Overview: Mourning the death of her boyfriend, Yukiko wanders aimlessly from one city to another. During her mourning, she becomes addicted to gambling. One day, a man that resembles her deceased lover asks for help. He's being pursued by a dangerous gang of yakuza.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-10-22
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Burūtaun aoi machi no ōkami
1962-05-13
Burūtaun aoi machi no ōkami
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-13
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Wakai tsume ato
1962-05-09
Wakai tsume ato
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-09
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Sun and stars
1962-07-01
Sun and stars
Overview: It's a thrilling, action-packed entertainer with sparks of men versus villains in an up-and-down tale of brothers burning with masculine will and passion.
Genres: Drama Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-01
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Night of Sorrow
1966-03-27
Night of Sorrow
Overview: A young lawyer looking for a true culprit to save his innocent friend. But behind the case is the father of a woman he loves.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-03-27
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Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
1963-04-28
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-04-28
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Bastards Without Borders
1965-11-13
Bastards Without Borders
Overview: Counterfeit Japanese dollars are connected to a large-scale underground drug organization. An action masterpiece with Akira Kobayashi, in the role of an international secret police officer who challenges organizations throughout the world.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-11-13
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Duel in the Storm
1968-08-01
Duel in the Storm
Overview: It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in order to begin his life anew as a ferryman. His boss, however, became ill and the boat is taken due to unpaid debts to the local thugs. His new life has not begun well and he is determined to rebuild the shattered business. The Yakuza, however, have added the ferry business to the rest of their portfolio of local concerns.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-08-01
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Super Giant Continues
1957-08-13
Super Giant Continues
Overview: The 2nd Super Giant film. Super Giant continues his battle against the foreign terrorists. In return, they frame him for murder. (Part 2 of 2)
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-08-13
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Red Sword Sheath: Code Of Honour: Recieving Orders
1969-12-17
Red Sword Sheath: Code Of Honour: Recieving Orders
Overview: Japanese crime film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-12-17
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Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction
1957-10-08
Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction
Overview: The 4th Super Giant film, in which he continues his fight against the Kapia Aliens (Part 2 of 2)
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-10-08
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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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Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle
1957-10-01
Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle
Overview: The 3rd Super Giant film, in which he saves Earth from the threat of the reptile-like Kapia Aliens.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-10-01
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Hitoribotchi no futari daga
1962-11-03
Hitoribotchi no futari daga
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-03
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Loss of innocence
1965-06-20
Loss of innocence
Overview: A young journalist is writing an article on what happens to girls who are raped. He uncovers the story of a young girl who committed suicide when recognized by her former fiancee after she had become a prostitute. Other stories are interwoven, and the journalist finally comes to the conclusion, which he publishes, that "keeping your virginity until your wedding day will never be a source of regret for either men or women."
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-06-20
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Utau abarenbō
1962-12-26
Utau abarenbō
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-26
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Namari o buchikome
1962-12-16
Namari o buchikome
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-16
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Fearless Comrades
1966-10-08
Fearless Comrades
Overview: The first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but decided to leave after his best friend died a brutal death at the hands of the gang leader. He goes on a trip with a guitar in his hand and ends up in Yokohama. The guitar he plays at the bar in the evening was given to him by his late best friend. At the bar, Kosuke meets Kumagoro. Kosuke saves Kumagoro from bandits. Kumagoro is a funny man, he came to this city to reunite with the woman he swore to marry. Kosuke decides to settle in this city and help him find his beloved, but the future of this city is not cloudless either, because the cruel Yakuza is in power in the city, and soon Kosuke will have to fight with him...
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-10-08
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Fûun Shinsengumi
1961-05-17
Fûun Shinsengumi
Overview: 1961 Japanese film about the Shinsengumi.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-17
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Sararīman monogatari - Taiki bansai
1963-02-20
Sararīman monogatari - Taiki bansai
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-02-20
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銀蛇の岩屋
1956-05-24
銀蛇の岩屋
Overview: 1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-05-24
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Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
1957-11-10
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
Overview: Japanese mystery film.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-11-10
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The Tale of Jiro
1955-10-25
The Tale of Jiro
Overview: Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death of his mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-10-25
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The Man From the Sea
1962-07-08
The Man From the Sea
Overview: Japanese action film.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-08
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黄金奉行
1958-06-29
黄金奉行
Overview: Japanese film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-29
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Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
1960-09-01
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
Overview: Japanese action film.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-01
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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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Death Row Woman
1960-03-13
Death Row Woman
Overview: Arrested for the murder of her wealthy businessman father, convicted on false evidence and sentenced to death, Kyoko is determined to prove her innocence.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-13
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Queen of Asia
1957-12-28
Queen of Asia
Overview: Japanese war film based on the true story of Yoshiko Kawashima, played by actress Miyuki Takakura in her film debut.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-12-28
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Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
1957-04-29
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Overview: Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
Genres: History War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-04-29
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関八州喧嘩陣
1958-02-04
関八州喧嘩陣
Overview: 1958 jidaigeki directed by Masaki Mori for Shintoho.
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-02-04
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Quiet Dawn in the Front
1959-09-04
Quiet Dawn in the Front
Overview: Japanese war film.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-09-04
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Underwater Murder
1958-07-27
Underwater Murder
Overview: The film marked Yōko Mihara's debut as the star of Shintoho's series of ama films, a role she took over from Michiko Maeda.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-07-27
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The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
1963-02-10
The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
Overview: Jiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different worlds. Having met by accident, they soon discover a new life together. But their love is ill-fated. Mami's family will not accept her choice, while leading an honest life seems like an unattainable goal for Jiro. Can there be anything else but a tragic ending?
Genres: Romance Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-02-10
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Sexy Line
1961-01-09
Sexy Line
Overview: It tells the story of a couple who fall into a trap set up by a sinister organization. One of them is a guy who is framed for the murder of his lover. The other is a woman pick-pocket who is entrapped by the organization's schemes involving their crimes. Fate places them together, and they start to investigate the prostitution ring run by the organization...
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-09
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Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
1968-11-02
Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
Overview: On a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of Meishin-Kai. The deed costs them time in prison, but Goro had no shred of regret. When Goro is released 2 years later, Masahiko is dying in prison hospital and entrusts his last wish; "find my sister and take care of her." Goro leaves as a free man with a mission, but soon finds that he might have been better off in jail.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-11-02
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Cruel Gun Story
1964-02-01
Cruel Gun Story
Overview: Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their leverage is to promise him money for surgery for Rie. Togawa consents and plans the heist with three others. The plan is solid, but it doesn't go smoothly. Togawa must improvise, there are traitors somewhere, and double-crosses mount. Can Togawa escape with enough money to help his sister and ensure a passage out of Japan?
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-02-01
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The Ceiling at Utsunomiya
1956-09-19
The Ceiling at Utsunomiya
Overview: Ryutaro is a spy employed by the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who is the target of assassination attempts that aim to hand power over to his younger brother Tadanaga. Before learning of these plots, Ryutaro discovers himself in a predicament of his own when he rushes to the defence of a local girl who is caught between her boyfriend and a greedy businessman. The situation results in many violent one-on-one skirmishes between Ryutaro and the businessman’s many samurai defendants, one of whom enigmatically refuses to reveal his face or use more than just the one hand. Before long, Ryutaro’s top priority is not protecting Iemitsu as it should be, but rather unearthing the true identity of the mystery samurai.
Genres: Action Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-09-19
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The Shadow Avenger
1959-04-29
The Shadow Avenger
Overview: For the poor, Edo is Hell on Earth, starving under the rule of Tanuma Okitsugi, corrupt councilor to the shogun. But the courageous vagabond called “Kageboshi” (Shadow Avenger), will fight for the common folk, robbing the rich so the people will have rice. Tanuma’s henchmen will hire an evil swordsman to pose as Kageboshi, starting a wave of murder, kidnapping and robbery, searching for two antique sword-guards that will reveal the hiding place of a fortune in buried gold. But who will claim the gold? The poor of Edo, or the conniving Tanuma? Only Kageboshi’s flashing sword, tearing through Tanuma’s bloodthirsty minions, can forestall his wicked schemes.
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-04-29
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Showdown at Nagasaki
1969-10-18
Showdown at Nagasaki
Overview: When Keiji Takama returns to Nagasaki, he finds many changes. The rights of the entertainment field that had been held by his family have been taken over by the Matsui Group, a new gangster setup. So he becomes head of the Takama Group to regain lost territory. With the cooperation of all the Bosses from Tokyo to Nagasaki, who had known his father, Keiji recovers the rights to put on shows at the City Hall. As he had feared, however, Matsui begins to interfere with his plans. Keiji's men are furious, but he knows better than to take up the cudgels with Matsui at this important time. Whatever Matsui does, Keiji goes one better. Frustrated and bitter, Matsui calls in the help of Koiwa, a killer. Now, having tried his best to oust Keiji but finding that he is made of sterner stuff than he had counted on, he decides to have Koiwa do away with him for good.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-18
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Dice and Swords
1968-01-13
Dice and Swords
Overview: The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything is being rebuilt from the ground up. Odera crime syndicate saw this as an opportunity to expand its territory. The Odera boss arranges marriage between his daughter Orin (Ruriko Asaoka) and the son of notorious Gyotoku clan, but Orin’s heart belonged to Shinjiro (Yujiro Ishihara), a member of her father’s clan.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-01-13
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The Hunter's Diary
1964-04-19
The Hunter's Diary
Overview: Leaving his wife in Osaka, Honda leads a double life in Tokyo – after spending the day as an elite businessman, he flirts around in the evenings. He even rents a secret apartment where he keeps record of his girl hunts in his diary, the ‘Hunter’s Diary’. One day, he finds an article in the newspaper – a murder of a young woman in his diary. A few days later, another woman from his diary is murdered. He soon finds himself in a labyrinth of fear, as women named in his diary are killed one after another...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-04-19
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Female Slave Ship
1960-01-03
Female Slave Ship
Overview: The year is 1945, months prior to Japan's ultimate defeat in WW2, and military lieutenant Sugawa is sent on a critical mission to deliver micro-fiche war plans to Tokyo from his base in Malaysia. But while flying over Chinese waters his plane is shot down and he is taken aboard a ship bound for Shanghai to deliver its merchandise - a ship filled with Female Slaves kidnapped from Japan. Will he abandon the women to pursue his main objective? Or will he fight foes, spies and pirates to save these women against all odds?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-03
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Midnight Virgin
1970-04-18
Midnight Virgin
Overview: Chie (Sanae Ōhori), newly arrived in Tokyo, saves her friend from school, Mari (Annu Mari), from a suicide attempt. The two girls become close, eventually leading to a lesbian relationship. Their affair drifts into sadism and involvement with a bizarre sex cult, resulting in the deaths of the two lovers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-04-18
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The Symbol of a Man
1963-07-14
The Symbol of a Man
Overview: In 1936 under the war clouds over the Manchurian border, 60-year-old Oshima Shozaburo is concerned about the future of his only son, Ryuji, who has refused to follow in the footsteps of his gambler father and decided to become a doctor. Ryuji leaves home to work at a clinic at a dam construction site where he finds the treatment of the laborers intolerable. But when he challenges the boss, who thinks nothing of murder, he discovers to his astonishment that he is safe because of his father's reputation. Torn between filial piety and his ideals Ryuji is told of the murder of his father by men of a rival gang. He experiences another shock when informed that the woman behind the rival gang is his true mother who was forced to leave his father due to an unwritten code among gamblers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-07-14
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Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
1958-03-14
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
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Genres: History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-03-14
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Taking the Castle
1965-03-06
Taking the Castle
Overview: The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near. Only one man was brave enough to stand in Ieyasu's way - A lone wolf samurai by the name of Kagekatsu Uesugi. Inspired by Uesugi's courage to revolt, a young samurai warrior, Touzou Kuruma decides to join the fight. Their target: the Tamonyama Castle.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-03-06
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The Man of Victory
1967-02-25
The Man of Victory
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-02-25
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Dreams Come True at Night
1967-01-14
Dreams Come True at Night
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-01-14
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A Man's Crest: Fight Challenge
1964-12-19
A Man's Crest: Fight Challenge
Overview: Sixth part in the Enblem of Man series.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-12-19
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Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: 6 Famous Beauties
1956-12-11
Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: 6 Famous Beauties
Overview: Famed detective Dandy Sashichi tries to solve who's behind the serial murders of six beautiful women under the aegis of local showman Ibaragiya. The film opens with the sextet humiliating a respected painter's portraits of them, driving the man to a suspicious suicide. Later, while celebrating his son's impending marriage into a wealthy family, Ibaragiya releases six pigeons from a pleasure boat, each with a rolled up drawing of one of the beauties tied to their legs. He offers a cash reward to whomever recovers the pictures, but they instead become death notices of which of the six are next to die.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-12-11
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Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
1956-07-21
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
Overview: Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-07-21
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剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
1957-04-30
剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-04-30
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