Shin Kishida
Biography: Shin Kishida (岸田 森; 17 October 1939 – 28 December 1982) was a Japanese actor, best known for his supporting roles in films and television series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shin Kishida, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 17, 1939
Deathday: December 28, 1982
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Known For
Shadow Conspirator
1982-11-26
Shadow Conspirator
Overview: One night, Genjiro Tsurumi, a former ronin comes across a man being attacked by a group of assassins. The dying man is an official secret agent carrying a secret letter addressed to General Matsudaira. Genjiro meets with Matsudaira, who informs him of the existence of a mysterious group, the Hachitake... who aims to overthrow the Shogunate.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-11-26
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972-12-30
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Overview: In the fourth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, and his son Gunbei.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-12-30
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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1970-01-15
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Overview: With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro, the son of a merchant rumored to have stolen gold from the shogunate. The boss has hired Yojimbo as his hard-drinking enforcer, but Yojimbo is both a spy for the shogunate, trying to find the gold, and in love with the merchant's unwilling mistress, Umeno. Ichi hires on as the merchant's masseur and buys Umeno's freedom with his employer's own money. This embarrasses Yojimbo who withdraws from a pact with Ichi to stir up trouble between father and son and their gangs. As the two sides fight, Ichi finds the gold and sets up a final set of confrontations.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-01-15
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Shogun Assassin
1980-11-11
Shogun Assassin
Overview: A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search of vengeance.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-11
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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
1974-03-21
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Overview: An Okinawan prophecy that foretells the destruction of the Earth is seeming fulfilled when Godzilla emerges to return to his destructive roots. But not all is what it seems after Godzilla breaks his ally Anguirus's jaw. Matters are further complicated when a second Godzilla emerges, revealing the doppelgänger as a mechanical weapon.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-03-21
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Kill!
1968-06-22
Kill!
Overview: A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with gangsters. But when both men discover the wrongdoings of the nefarious clan leader, they side with a band of rebels who are under siege at a remote mountain cabin.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-06-22
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Magistrate of the Floating World
1981-05-01
Magistrate of the Floating World
Overview: Kodaira Mochizuki has come from Edo to keep Horisoto secure.
Genres: Action Drama Comedy History TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-05-01
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Abandoned
1981-06-06
Abandoned
Overview: The film tells the story of a man who was washed ashore on an uninhabited island after a ship wrecked by a storm, and after twelve years, he returned to human society.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-06-06
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Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
1973-08-11
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
Overview: Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He shows inadequate respect to the treasurer, who wants him dead.
Genres: History Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-08-11
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Antarctica
1983-07-23
Antarctica
Overview: Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-07-23
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
1972-04-22
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Overview: In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-04-22
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Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
1974-06-15
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Overview: Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-06-15
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Utamaro's World
1977-02-20
Utamaro's World
Overview: Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared in Utamaro's paintings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-02-20
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Demon Spies
1974-02-09
Demon Spies
Overview: Deep in the mountains of feudal Japan, a group of children endure cruel and unorthodox training in order to become the Shogunate's most secret and deadly weapons - the Demon Spies! Their true identities are hidden - even from each other. Behind their demon masks, they are educated in the deadly arts of infiltration, espionage, assassination - and seduction! If they survive to become strong enough to kill their teachers, they will become - the Demon Spies! Sent on a suicide mission to uncover a deadly conspiracy, five inexperienced Demon Spies must infiltrate a powerful fief, discover the location of its secret arsenal, and destroy it. But Lord Shogen, the Demon Hunter, plans to brutally interrogate, ingeniously torture, and cruelly execute - the Demon Spies!
Genres: Fantasy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-02-09
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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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Ecstasy of the Black Rose
1975-08-09
Ecstasy of the Black Rose
Overview: After his leading actress becomes pregnant and wants to quit, Juzo, an adult film director, becomes obsessed with finding the woman whose moaning he captured secretly at a dentist’s office to star in the film instead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-08-09
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Inn of Evil
1971-09-11
Inn of Evil
Overview: The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an isolated inn (the one that the title refers to), the head-quarters of a group of smugglers, with stolen money intended to ransom his loved one who is forced to work in a brothel.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-09-11
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The Gift of the Fox
1971-05-26
The Gift of the Fox
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-05-26
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Poem
1972-06-17
Poem
Overview: The ascetic houseboy of a Japanese lawyer bears witness to the secretive sexual relationship between the lawyer's assistant and the maid, the lawyer's wife's sexual dissatisfaction, and the arrival of the lawyer's brother, who has a plan for the family's land and property.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-06-17
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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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Attack at Daylight
1970-02-08
Attack at Daylight
Overview: A truck driver is reunited with friends from his youth in a seedy bar and gets drawn into a web of crime.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-08
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Lake of Dracula
1971-06-11
Lake of Dracula
Overview: A young girl suffers a terrifying nightmare of a vampire with blazing golden eyes. Eighteen years later, it is revealed to be a hellish prophecy when a strange package containing an empty coffin mysteriously turns up at a nearby lake.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-06-11
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A Chorus of One Million People
1972-02-26
A Chorus of One Million People
Overview: A civic music group, created by Tsukasa Nitta, a high school teacher in Koriyama City, and Akiko Watanabe, the daughter of a record shop and teacher of a music class, invites Takuro Yoshida to Koriyama City to hold a concert. He then starts being harassed by the Hashimoto group, a local gangster group which manages the city's entertainment.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-02-26
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Shogunate Secret Ninja
1983-07-12
Shogunate Secret Ninja
Overview: Lord Tokugawa Tsunatoyo, bound for Edo to be sworn in as the next shogun, is the target of merciless ninja assassins hired by corrupt officials hoping to put their own candidate in his place. His only hope is the “Oniwaban,” the shogunate’s secret ninja force, sworn to throw their lives down recklessly to prevent this coup. But will they stand a chance of getting the lord to his ceremony in time? A perilous chase, betrayal after betrayal, and a final bloodbath await them as ninja battle ninja in one last, desperate struggle.
Genres: Action History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-07-12
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Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
1983-01-21
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
Overview: Samon Kamiyama, a yoriki of the Minami-machi magistrate infiltrates the Denzū-machi prison disguised as Mushuku Sahēji. Samon is mistaken for a snitch and about to be beaten up when he was saved by the quick thinking of a ferryman Sanji. The infiltration is the plan of Samon and chief elder Abe Isenokami, who has asked Samon to obtain smuggling evidence against shipping whole retailers Kawachiya Senemon and his son Sennosuke.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-01-21
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The Shogun's Vault I
1981-07-14
The Shogun's Vault I
Overview: Tomizo, a master storehouse-breaker who has been released from prison in Denmacho after serving five years plans to break into the Edo Castle gold storehouse to avenge the death of his father, who died a violent death at a gold mine on Sado Island. With the help of Hanji, a playboy who took care of him in prison, as his partner, Tomizo decides on the night of fireworks to be held in Edo Castle as the day to carry out his plan. Kanpei, a wise man, is suspicious of the plan.
Genres: History Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-07-14
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A Story Written with Water
1965-11-23
A Story Written with Water
Overview: Struggling with his true emotions, dreams, memories of the past and the reality Shizuo is about to marry, but is torn between his wife-to-be and the love to his mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-11-23
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At This Late Date, the Charleston
1981-12-19
At This Late Date, the Charleston
Overview: A young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of sexual assault; he soon meets several impostors in the same situation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-12-19
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Lost Love: Oil Hell
1974-05-04
Lost Love: Oil Hell
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-05-04
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The Militarists
1970-09-11
The Militarists
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-09-11
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The Petrified Forest
1973-09-01
The Petrified Forest
Overview: Follows a young med student's relationships with two women: a dangerous affair with a childhood friend and his mother's struggle to rebuild their estranged relationship.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-09-01
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Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82
1979-08-18
Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82
Overview: Mika Hino is a sharp-shooting investigator that belongs to the infamous "Gator Branch.” When an executive board member of a trading company is accused of being involved in a bribery, Mika is assigned to keep watch over him. A few nights later her target is found dead outside of his 30 floor office building. With an apparent suicide note as evidence, local police conclude the case as a suicide. Mika’s assignment may have ended in failure, but her mission has just begun...
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-08-18
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Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan: The Movie
1981-07-18
Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan: The Movie
Overview: A Sun Vulcan movie was released on July 18, 1981 at the Toei Manga Festival. It takes place some time after episode 23. In it Black Magma decides to separate Hiba from his teammates while plotting to blow up Tokyo with hidden bombs.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-07-18
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Undercover Ninja: Secret Assassins
1983-06-24
Undercover Ninja: Secret Assassins
Overview: The federal lord of Kofu, Tunatoyo (Tsutomu Isobe), was elected to be the next General. On his way on a trip to Edo for the ceremony, his scapegoat was shot. Oometsuke ordered an Oniwaban, Shinnosuke Takusyoku (Mikijiro Hira) to take Tsunatoyo to Edo safely. However, the enemy turned out to be his younger brother and the federal lord of Tatebayashi Kiyotake (Yoshihiro Kobayashi). On top of that, the Oniwaban sent by Kiyotake to assassinate Tsunatoyo was Shinsuke's father-in-law, Genshin Uno (Shigeru Kamiyuama).
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-06-24
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Return of Ultraman
1971-07-24
Return of Ultraman
Overview: Episodes 5 and 6 of Return of Ultraman show, screened at Toho Championship Festival.
Genres: Science Fiction Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-07-24
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Evil of Dracula
1974-07-20
Evil of Dracula
Overview: A professor takes up a new post at an all-girls school only to discover the principal concealing a dark secret.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-07-20
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Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
1971-12-12
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
Overview: A theatrical release of The Return of Ultraman episodes 13-14. It was released on December 12, 1971 as part of the Toho Champion Festival along with Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Earth's Greatest Battle ( edited from Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster and shorter versions of The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee, and The Little Match Girl.
Genres: Science Fiction Fantasy Adventure Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-12-12
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Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
1982-06-04
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
Overview: A series of murders at Fukagawa lumberyard is tied to a grudge letter from the deceased Kansuke Tsukunamiya. Officer Kasajiro Sakane investigates the baffling case.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-06-04
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It Was a Faint Dream
1974-10-26
It Was a Faint Dream
Overview: Set in 13th century Kyoto, where the Imperial court is under control of the clergy. Shijo was a peasant girl sold to a powerful daima as a concubine. Bored by her life in seclusion she starts an affair with State Councillor and the brother of a retired Emperor. Realising that she is only a plaything of the court, she becomes a nun and wanders the country.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-10-26
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Chivalrous Life
1965-03-07
Chivalrous Life
Overview: In the middle of the era, Taisho, a big boss in Asakusa Iizuka, was severely questioned by the police about the source of funds for the Daido Federation, to which he belonged. The creditor, Izo, visited the local police station daily, worried about the safety of his boss, and himself came to the attention of the police. Izo embarks on a journey to escape, but in the meantime, the new rising yakuza Dojima plans to kill Iizuka...
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-03-07
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Mandala
1971-09-11
Mandala
Overview: Two university students from Kyoto decide to swap partners and spend the night in an isolated motel. However, one of the couples is attacked. Desperate for answers, they search for the attackers and come across a cult that promotes sexual freedom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-09-11
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The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
1979-08-04
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
Overview: A seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night. In a delicious scheme of payback, he seeks to dominate the corporation that employs him by day.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-08-04
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Murder in the Doll House
1979-04-28
Murder in the Doll House
Overview: Yūsaku Matsuda plays the part of a private detective in this modern day "who dunnit" mystery, full of suspense, thrills and chills.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-04-28
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Return of Ultraman: Jiro Rides a Monster
1972-03-12
Return of Ultraman: Jiro Rides a Monster
Overview: A theatrical release of Return of Ultraman episode 29 as part of the Spring Toho Champion Festival along with other films like Godzilla vs. Gigan, The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee, Mirrorman, and Mock the Oak Tree.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-03-12
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Blood Type: Blue
1978-11-23
Blood Type: Blue
Overview: UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest of mankind, and eventually certain all-too-familiar measures begin to be taken against them.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-11-23
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Dead Angle
1979-07-04
Dead Angle
Overview: Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-07-04
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The Revolt
1980-01-15
The Revolt
Overview: When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miyagi, tries to honor his dying wish to rescue his sister. Upon finding Kaoru at a party working as a geisha and later rescuing her from committing suicide, Col. Miyagi allows her to move in with him. Over time, the two grow close, but in spite of Kaoru's growing feelings for him, Col. Miyagi is unable to bring himself to return her love. On the night of his deployment to war, Col. Miyagi finally admits his feelings for Kaoru, but will they ever be able to enjoy a peaceful life together now that a very violent and bloody military revolt is under way...
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-01-15
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White Love
1979-08-03
White Love
Overview: Kobasashi was learning Spanish so that she could go to Spain to look for her father who had left the family. She fell in love with her language teacher Ken. Finally she found her father in Madrid and she also met Ken's ex-girl friend Taeko there. Ken came to Madrid and learned of their meeting. He wanted her to help to look for Taeko. Ken was caught in between the past and the present.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-08-03
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Dynamite Don-Don
1978-10-07
Dynamite Don-Don
Overview: Yakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyūshū Area in the summer of 1950, particularly between the Okagen Group and the rising Hashiden Gang. Now with the mediation/interference of the Americans, they decide to settle it in a peaceful, *democratic* way, that is, to settle it with a baseball game. Now, with its money and power, The Hashiden group soon recruits a group of gamblers known to be good at baseball from the whole country. So, what is the Okagen Gumi gonna do?
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-10-07
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Onryō! Azawarau ningyō
1980-08-02
Onryō! Azawarau ningyō
Overview: The mysterious death of a trading company employee on an overseas business trip triggers a corruption and bribery case. A bizarre mystery surrounding the bereaved family.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-08-02
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Ultraman Ace: Giant Ant Terrible-Monster vs. The Ultra Brothers
1989-04-28
Ultraman Ace: Giant Ant Terrible-Monster vs. The Ultra Brothers
Overview: Theatrical version of episode 5 of Ultraman Ace TV series. Two women go missing, with witnesses testifying that they vanished underground. The only common link between the incidents was that both women had type O blood. TAC closes the case, but when Yuko and Seiji are out shopping, Yuko herself is targeted. Seiji manages to free her, and the two catch a glimpse of the terrible-monster, Aribunta.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-04-28
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An Eater
1963-12-30
An Eater
Overview: A meditation on eating people and quiet waitresses.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-30
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Down with The Big Boss
1979-03-24
Down with The Big Boss
Overview: In pre-war Japan, two members of a large yakuza syndicate instigate a turf war that embroils the highest echelons of Tokyo's underworld.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-03-24
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The Sea of Eden
1976-04-24
The Sea of Eden
Overview: Nanjo, a new teacher at a girls' high school, unwittingly becomes the object of gossip when he buys underwear for Shimizu and spends his vacation with a female teacher. It turns out that Nanjo and Shimizu have fallen in love.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-04-24
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Zenigeba
1970-10-31
Zenigeba
Overview: Based on the comic by George Akiyama
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-10-31
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Born Fighter
1970-02-21
Born Fighter
Overview: Story about a big boss who built the foundation of an industrial city.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-21
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Invitation of Lust
1975-04-05
Invitation of Lust
Overview: Hirobe is a lonely man. After witnessing her girlfriend die with a terminal illness, he wanders through the city like a shadow. One day, he meets Masako and they begin an affair. Masako is in an unhappy marriage with Yazawa, who is also cheating on her with a younger lover. The tension builds up to an unforgiving, yet quiet climax...
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-04-05
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Morning Moon Is Cruel
1981-06-21
Morning Moon Is Cruel
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-06-21
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Murderer!
1976-10-16
Murderer!
Overview: A cowardly samurai is sent as an official executioner targeting the clan's former sword instructor, a man whose sword and spear skills are second to none.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-10-16
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A Wanderer's Notebook
1962-09-29
A Wanderer's Notebook
Overview: Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko Takamine – Phillip Lopate calls it “probably her greatest performance” – and Kinuyo Tanaka as mother and daughter living from hand to mouth in Twenties Tokyo. Based on the life and career of Fumiko Hayashi, the novelist whose work Naruse adapted to the screen several times, A Wanderer’s Notebook traces her bitter struggle for literary recognition in the first half of the twentieth century – her affairs with feckless men, the jobs she took to survive (peddler, waitress, bar maid), and her arduous, often humiliating attempts to get published in a male-dominated culture.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-29
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The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979-07-14
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
Overview: Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known being The Inugami Family. Kosuke Kindaichi is the most famous detective in Japan. Kindaichi gets a new case to figure out who has beheaded a valuable statue and made off with its head.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-07-14
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The Black Hood
1981-12-03
The Black Hood
Overview: A horse-riding samurai fights villains.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-12-03
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The Battle of Okinawa
1971-08-14
The Battle of Okinawa
Overview: The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army divisions to defend it at all costs. The mission quickly degenerates as vital resources and troops are diverted to other islands. After a civilian evacuation ends in tragedy most of non-combatants are forced to remain on the island. Many convert to soldier status. Tokyo sends mixed messages that squander time and resources, as when they order the defenders to build an airstrip for aircraft that never come. The truth soon becomes obvious: the high command decides that the island cannot be held and effectively abandons the Okinawan defenders. When the Americans land many troops are deployed in the wrong places. As the slaughter mounts, a suicidal attitude takes hold. Okinawa becomes a death trap, for civilian volunteers and non-combatants as well.
Genres: War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-08-14
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Cute Devil
1982-08-10
Cute Devil
Overview: While Ryoko is in Vienna studying music, her boyfriend dies in a traffic accident. Ryoko believes that she has psychic powers which killed him, and when she returns to Japan she is sent to a mental hospital. While recovering, her brother-in-law, Kouji, decides to look after her, and she goes to his house to act as a governess for Kouji's sister Keiko's daughter, Alice – who Ryoko becomes increasingly sure had something to do with her sister Fuyuko’s death.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-08-10
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Naked Ambition
1970-04-04
Naked Ambition
Overview: Wicked woman Ogin is a concubine of a powerful feudal lord Tayu. At first Ogin gains power by poisoning lawful wife of Tayu. To gain more power Ogin let her lover Isogai Iori, kill whoever interrupts her. Film it is based on Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's novel "Kyofu Jidai".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-04-04
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Human Revolution II
1976-06-19
Human Revolution II
Overview: Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-06-19
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Sugata Sanshiro
1977-10-29
Sugata Sanshiro
Overview: The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of physical skill, but an art which reveals the artist to himself.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-10-29
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Sun Above, Death Below
1968-11-23
Sun Above, Death Below
Overview: Suspense drama about an assassin charged with breaking up a gold smuggling ring, and the contract subsequently purchased against him and his employer.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-11-23
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Bullet Wound
1969-09-10
Bullet Wound
Overview: Yuzo Kayama is an American-Japanese operative working for the US to uncover an arms deal between an American seller and Chinese communists, and to take out both parties. After almost getting assassinated himself, he takes a wounded civilian with him despite living in a world where no one can be trusted.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-09-10
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Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
1980-05-24
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
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Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-05-24
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The Last Game
1979-11-03
The Last Game
Overview: After the war-time government orders the disbanding of the Big-Six baseball league, the teams of Waseda and Keio universities play one final game before they are drafted into the armed forces and face the hardships of military service.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-11-03
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Dr. Ochanoko's Horror Theater
1981-01-01
Dr. Ochanoko's Horror Theater
Overview: A group of short 8mm works before visual artist debut of Mr. Tezuka Makoto
Genres: Horror Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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