Masami Shimojō
Biography: Japanese film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 100 films. Hoping to become a film director, Shimojō traveled to Tokyo in 1935 but ended up joining a theater troupe, debuting on stage in 1936. He made his film debut in 1940, but continued on stage well after World War II, primarily as a member of Gekidan Mingei. He was most known, however, for playing the uncle of Torajiro Kuruma in the long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 26, 1915
Deathday: July 25, 2004
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Known For
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1993-12-25
Tora-san's Matchmaker
Overview: After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island, and develops a crush on a young nurse there. Tora-san, dispatched to bring Mitsuo back home, himself falls in love with an attractive but troubled woman visiting her father.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-12-25
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City of Beasts
1970-05-23
City of Beasts
Overview: University student Arima Yasuhiro becomes acquainted with Ishihama, the president of a pharmaceutical company with a dark past, slowly but surely getting more embroiled in his dirty dealings.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-23
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Turbid Youth
1954-09-21
Turbid Youth
Overview: Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at the indignation of the chairman Hayashi and seeked their own careers in the film industry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-09-21
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Tora-san to the Rescue
1995-12-23
Tora-san to the Rescue
Overview: Tora-san works hard to bring together his nephew, Mitsuo, and Mitsuo’s girlfriend who is engaged to someone else.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-12-23
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Jungle Block
1960-06-15
Jungle Block
Overview: A young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted upon his sister, whose engagement was broken as a result.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-06-15
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Kids Return
1996-07-27
Kids Return
Overview: Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-07-27
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I Love The Sun
1966-05-11
I Love The Sun
Overview: A coming-of-age drama based on a novel by Kei Moriyama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-05-11
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Break Down that Wall
1959-06-23
Break Down that Wall
Overview: A man is wrongfully accused of murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-06-23
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Morning Fog
1971-09-18
Morning Fog
Overview: Kyoko and her mother Yuki returned to their hometown of Fukui. Yuki runs a dressmaker's store in the city, and Kyoko has taken a job as a nurse at a prefectural hospital. The film depicts the daughter's attempt to grow from adolescence to adulthood in a family of one mother and one daughter, and her emotional exchange with her mother against the backdrop of the harsh natural environment.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-09-18
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A Torrent of Life
1962-05-01
A Torrent of Life
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-01
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The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1969-11-22
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
Overview: A crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang of pickpockets in Osaka. The detective (played by Keiju Kobayashi) and the leader of the gang (played by Norihei Miki) have an interesting wartime backstory together that fuels much of the story.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-22
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Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976-07-23
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Overview: Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a surly old man with a sad story, whose identity will surprise everyone. Later, Tora meets Botan, a geisha.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-07-23
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Blood and Sea
1965-10-01
Blood and Sea
Overview: The Nami family lives in a quiet fishing village at the tip of the Shima Peninsula overlooking Ago Bay. The family of four consists of her grandmother, Tom, who is in her sixties, her mother, Kura, and older sister, Saki, all women. Toma, despite her advanced age, is still the best diver in the village, Nami has grown up to be an excellent diver too. However, her older sister Saki was born with a mental disorder and no one in the village wants to do business with her. Nami, on the other hand, is very popular among the boys of the village, she is healthy and beautiful. The fisherman Shosaku is crazy about Nami, and day and night he asks her on dates. However, Nami has a crush on her cousin Yuji, who works for the fishermen's union, and casually rejects Shosaku's advances.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-10-01
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Dai shinrin ni mukatte tatsu
1961-09-23
Dai shinrin ni mukatte tatsu
Overview: Strife between competing lumber mills.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-09-23
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Ah! Nomugi toge - Shinryokuhen
1982-02-06
Ah! Nomugi toge - Shinryokuhen
Overview: Sequel to "Nomugi Pass"
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-02-06
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Tora-san's Lullaby
1974-12-28
Tora-san's Lullaby
Overview: After Hiroshi is injured in a workplace accident, Torajiro gives Sakura the money he has saved and leaves to work as a traveling salesman once again. During his travels, Torajiro meets a father who shares a drink with him. In the morning, Torajiro is shocked to learn that the man has left his baby behind and a note asking Tora to take care of the child.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-12-28
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Moeru minamijūjisei
1962-07-29
Moeru minamijūjisei
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-29
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Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975-12-27
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Overview: Tora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years ago. When he returns to Shibamata with the intent to study, he falls for Toraya's new tenant instead.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-12-27
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Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
1995-09-02
Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
Overview: Asian Blue focuses on Koreans brought to Japan to work in forced-labor brigades during World War II
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-09-02
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Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 2
1992-06-21
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 2
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Genres: Horror Mystery Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-06-21
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Tora-san's Pure Love
1976-12-25
Tora-san's Pure Love
Overview: When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love with the teacher's mother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-12-25
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Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977-08-06
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Overview: Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-08-06
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Asu no hanayome
1962-09-09
Asu no hanayome
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-09
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Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977-12-24
Tora-san Plays Cupid
Overview: Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya's newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes by the nickname Watt. Tora attempts to match Watt with a young waitress.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-12-24
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Lost Love
1967-09-23
Lost Love
Overview: Shimamura is a young man whose family went broke and lost their house. One day, as he returns to his former house to get a camellia blooming from the garden, he sees a beautiful schoolgirl who lives there. After they coincidentally meet again they fall for each other, but she is already engaged.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-09-23
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Tora-san, My Uncle
1989-12-27
Tora-san, My Uncle
Overview: Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-12-27
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Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992-12-26
Tora-san Makes Excuses
Overview: Tora-san Makes Excuses is a 1992 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his love interest or "Madonna".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-12-26
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Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978-08-05
Stage-Struck Tora-san
Overview: Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who looks up to Tora-san.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-08-05
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Punishment of a Lawless Villian
1964-03-25
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
Overview: In the early Meiji era, two contrasting craftsmen, who had been bound by a ten-year strong friendship, suddenly hated each other and face many obstacles. Adapted from Shugoro Yamamoto novel.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-03-25
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Tsugumi
1990-10-20
Tsugumi
Overview: Tsugumi, who lives in a small seaside town, has been in delicate health from birth. Her parents spoiled her and she is rough and selfish. However, a few people are attracted by her beauty and unique character.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-10-20
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Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978-12-27
Talk of the Town Tora-san
Overview: After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed when a beautiful lady starts working at Toraya.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-12-27
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Akio Jissoji’s Museum of Wonders - Volume of Thoughts
1992-06-21
Akio Jissoji’s Museum of Wonders - Volume of Thoughts
Overview: A bizarre mystery created under the direction of director Jissoji. The mysterious and strange world of Jissoji is brought back to life here!
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-06-21
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Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979-08-04
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Overview: Tora-san helps out a runaway bride.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-08-04
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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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The Great White Tower
1966-10-15
The Great White Tower
Overview: The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-10-15
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I Have the Sun in My Back
1963-04-07
I Have the Sun in My Back
Overview: Shigeru is a young man who works as a window cleaner. His older brother Kenzo has just returned from prison and is determined to start life anew. But a battle for leadership within his old gang causes him to be framed for murder. Shigeru sets out to uncover the truth to clear his name.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-04-07
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Many Happy Returns
1993-11-20
Many Happy Returns
Overview: Kazuo encounters a religious group travelling around Japan performing "miracles". He discovers they are fakes, but is intrigued by the showmanship of the group, and becomes involved with them. The group is split into two, some members concentrating on spiritual teachings, and the others using the facade of religion to make money. The business faction dismiss the old spiritual master and choose Kazuo to lead their group.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-11-20
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This Is Noriko
1981-09-12
This Is Noriko
Overview: Fictionalized account of 20-year-old Noriko Tsuji, a real-life victim of a severe birth defect which afflicted 8,000 Japanese, children whose mothers took the sedative thalidomide during pregnancy. Tsuji has stunted flipper-like arms amputated at the behest of a father who deserted her soon after her birth. Nonetheless, the resourceful Noriko uses her feet to accomplish most of the tasks others would do with their hands.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-09-12
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Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
1975-07-12
Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
Overview: Fujishita Kumi is an ordinary office lady. Longing to escape her poor fishing village for a life in the city, she came to Tokyo. One day while alone in the office, she's spotted rolling up her pantyhose by the window cleaner Kurata Katsuo. This was to be their first encounter. Completely enchanted by Kumi, Katsuo does everything he can to get close to her. Katsuo is a man with a terrible past. With the death of his coal miner father, his family was broken up and he was forced to follow in his father's footsteps laboring away in the mud. In spite of this, Katsuo still has dreams. He dreams of living in Resiporuko, a utopian fantasyland that exists only in his imagination. When Katsuo and Kumi finally meet they find themselves unable to communicate. Katsuo spends all his time talking about Resiporuko with a starry look in his eyes, while Kumi dreams of living the high life in the city. One day when the two travel to the seashore, they discover a wounded seagull.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-07-12
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Skinny and Fatty
1958-01-01
Skinny and Fatty
Overview: Two young Japanese schoolboys, one skinny and poor, one fat and well-to-do, become unlikely friends.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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The Day the Sun Rose
1968-11-23
The Day the Sun Rose
Overview: Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned custom of the Kyoto Gion Festival, and by doing so, bring together the warring clans and rampaging brigands in peaceful celebration.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-11-23
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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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Hana to musume to shiroi michi
1961-03-06
Hana to musume to shiroi michi
Overview: One of Sayuri Yoshinaga's first leading roles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-03-06
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Street of Violence
1950-02-26
Street of Violence
Overview: An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-02-26
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Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1962-07-15
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-15
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The Village
1976-04-12
The Village
Overview: This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a musical. They would have to pay the overhead and, being that they are farmers and always busy and not rich, question the wisdom and feasibility of such an idea. A spokesperson for the acting troupe Ms. Kono lays out the whole thing and they must decide. You get little slices of rural life in Japan far, at least in sentiment, from Tokyo. The best thing about this film is that it has heart. The acting is good, but it is really about the simple storyline of outing on a show. Films rarely get made with such simplistic plots these days. Enjoy this little slice of what city people call “the simple life”.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-04-12
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I'll Never Cry!
1966-10-29
I'll Never Cry!
Overview: The rehabilitation of a delinquent on leaving reformatory. Her redemption comes through a boy in a wheelchair; by his rehabilitation, growing comes in courage along with her patient, she grows by finding meaning in her own existence. She finally sees a new world before her and has the determination to lead a normal life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-10-29
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Youth A Go Go!
1966-03-27
Youth A Go Go!
Overview: Kenichi and Satoru join up with three other electric music lovers to form their own band, "The Young and Fresh."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-03-27
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Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984-12-28
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
Overview: Tora-san spends several days at the home of a hard-working salaryman ("salaried worker"), who abruptly disappears. When the man's wife asks Tora-san to help find him, he falls in love with her, and secretly hopes the husband will not be found.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-12-28
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Village of Eight Gravestones
1977-10-29
Village of Eight Gravestones
Overview: The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo
Genres: Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-10-29
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Whirlpool of Flesh
1964-10-21
Whirlpool of Flesh
Overview: During the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is apparent that their needs are not matched. He would much rather be translating Shakespeare than attending to her, and she has a secret in her past - one that results in her sleeping with a great number of men.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-10-21
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The Seasons of Love
1958-06-10
The Seasons of Love
Overview: A family is slowly falling apart: the father is absent from the start, the mother a kept woman thanks to her children, the son is being cheated on by his wife, one daughter is forced to marry an older man against her will, while the other has retreated into smug moral superiority.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-10
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Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980-08-02
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Overview: When cabaret singer Lily writes Toraya about her illness, Tora-san rushes to Okinawa to be by her side.
Genres: Comedy Family Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-08-02
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The Heart
1955-08-31
The Heart
Overview: In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained relationship stemming from an unknown incident in their past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-08-31
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Love in Ginza
1962-03-04
Love in Ginza
Overview: Hanjiro is a struggling painter that shares a tiny apartment in the back streets of Ginza with his jazz pianist friend who works at a bar. When he and his sweet heart, Hisako decide to get married, Hanjiro is faced with a tough decision. Needing to buy a ticket back home to tell his mother the good news, he compromises his creative principles for love and sells his portrait of Hisako. Hisako heads to the station to see him off, but gets hit by a car...
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-04
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Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984-08-04
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Overview: In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate Province. Tora-san refuses to drink with him, afraid that the acquaintance, now settled and married, will again become attracted to Tora-san's wandering existence. Tora-san becomes attracted to a female barber, but must break off their relationship so that she too can live a secure life. She instead gets into an abusive relationship with a motorcyclist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-08-04
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Rokushukan Private Moment
2001-12-01
Rokushukan Private Moment
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-12-01
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Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982-08-07
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Overview: During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist. At his home, Tora-san makes a good impression on the old man's maid, who apparently falls in love with Tora-san.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-08-07
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Oración
1988-07-23
Oración
Overview: Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is given the name Oracion or "prayer". When Oracion is grown, a factory owner buys the horse. Will he be the key to solving the man's problems? Based on the novel by Teru Miyamoto.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-07-23
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Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980-12-27
Foster Daddy, Tora!
Overview: After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she can study for a night school exam.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-12-27
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Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975-08-19
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Overview: Tora-san visits Hokkaido and is reunited with Lily. Now divorced, she plans to resume her singing career and renews her unusual relationship with Tora-san.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-08-19
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Tora-san's Promise
1981-12-28
Tora-san's Promise
Overview: Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all his ex-classmates, he resumes his travels. In Kyushu he meets an outspoken 18-year-old girl who becomes enamored of Tora-san and follows him around. One of Tora-san's old friends is terminally ill and makes Tora-san promise him to marry his wife once he is gone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-12-28
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Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981-08-08
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Overview: When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs his family that he plans to marry her. His plans are foiled when the geisha informs Tora-san that she is engaged.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-08-08
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Tora-san, the Expert
1982-12-28
Tora-san, the Expert
Overview: Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburō, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all return to Tokyo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-12-28
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Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979-12-28
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Overview: Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-12-28
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Moscow, My Love
1974-10-17
Moscow, My Love
Overview: A young talented dancer from Japan is invited to study ballet art at a school at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. She achieves professional success, for the first time real love comes to her. However, the girl’s happiness was short-lived — a sudden illness of blood interferes in the fate of the dancer, like an echo of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, where her parents lived.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1974-10-17
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Tora-san's Song of Love
1983-08-06
Tora-san's Song of Love
Overview: Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san's nephew) athletic event. Tora-san volunteers to take his place, but gets into an argument with his brother-in-law's boss and returns to the road. He meets a young woman in Niigata who, unbeknownst to him, is a popular enka singer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-08-06
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Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983-12-28
Tora-san Goes Religious?
Overview: Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated, Tora-san wearing the priest's robe delivers the memorial speech, much to his family's surprise. Thinking he's found his true calling, Tora-san decides to join the order, and falls for the priest's divorced daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-12-28
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Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986-12-20
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Overview: During his travels, Tora-san comes across a traditional theater he used to visit, and discovers that one of his old friends has died. Tora-san and his family help the friend's daughter, who becomes romantically involved with an aspiring artist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-12-20
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Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985-12-28
Tora-san's Island Encounter
Overview: Tora-san's family's neighbor, Akemi, who had been married in Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984), runs away from her husband, who is only interested in work. Tora-san follows her to Shikinejima, and attempts to bring her back to her home. In doing so he encounters a school-reunion group who are traveling to meet their elementary school teacher, which is a reference to the film Twenty-Four Eyes by Keisuke Kinoshita. Tora-san joins them and falls in love with the teacher.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-12-28
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Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985-08-03
Tora-san, the Go-Between
Overview: In Nagasaki, Tora-san and an acquaintance help an old woman who has fallen and injured herself. She invites them to her home where the three share a night of eating and drinking. The old woman's health deteriorates and she dies. At her funeral, Tora-san falls in love with the old woman's daughter, but winds up acting as a go-between for her and a young law student.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-08-03
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Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987-12-26
Tora-san Plays Daddy
Overview: A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the boy’s mother, Tora-san meets a cosmetics saleslady and the three become a surrogate family, with Tora-san as “daddy”.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-12-26
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Tora-san Goes North
1987-08-15
Tora-san Goes North
Overview: When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged daughter, and a woman in whom he is secretly interested.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-08-15
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Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988-12-24
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Overview: In his travels through Japan, Tora-san meets and falls in love with a female doctor, however he is afraid of committing to a relationship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-12-24
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Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989-08-05
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Overview: During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vienna, but winds up homesick for Japan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-08-05
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The Shadow of Fear
1956-09-11
The Shadow of Fear
Overview: In the backstreets of Ginza, the boss of a hairdressing salon is found dead, killed by strangulation. The detective on the case soon hears rumors about the murder.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-09-11
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Forever, My Love
1958-02-05
Forever, My Love
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-02-05
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Taiheiyō no katsugiya
1961-01-27
Taiheiyō no katsugiya
Overview: Tetsuji Tachibana was fired as a pilot after Jim gave false testimony in an accident caused by Captain Jim's intoxication. Only Junpei Nambu, the editor-in-chief of “Kokuikai” (Aviation World), was on Tetsuji's side. Tetsuji questions Jim, but Jim refuses to tell him anything, and the atmosphere turns sour. At that moment, Yosuke Sugie, a former classmate of Tetsuji's at the Civil Aviation College, enters the office.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-27
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