Nijiko Kiyokawa
Biography: Nijiko Kiyokawa was born on November 24, 1912 in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan as Hana Sekiguchi. She was an actress, known for Pom Poko (1994), and Das kleine Teehaus (1956). She died on May 24, 2002 in Takatsu, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 24, 1912
Deathday: May 24, 2002
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Known For
Nigetekita hanayome
1956-02-12
Nigetekita hanayome
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-02-12
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Nonsense - Fireball Boy Thief
1953-04-01
Nonsense - Fireball Boy Thief
Overview: The story of a ghostly thief in Edo who calls himself the fireball guy.
Genres: Crime History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-04-01
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The Lower Depths
1957-10-01
The Lower Depths
Overview: Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off his affair with landlady Osugi to romance her younger sister, Okayo, Osugi extracts her revenge by revealing her infidelity to her jealous husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-10-01
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次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
1962-01-09
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-09
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Fall Guy
1982-10-09
Fall Guy
Overview: Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes a stuntman to make ends meet.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-10-09
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A Geisha on Horseback
1954-11-15
A Geisha on Horseback
Overview: Based on the original work of Akutagawa Prize-winning writer Ashihei Hino, the film depicts the love of the proud geisha Nobukichi Hakata in the early Taisho era.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-11-15
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The Undefeated Woman
1958-10-21
The Undefeated Woman
Overview: The Undefeated Woman
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-21
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The Wanderer
1957-01-15
The Wanderer
Overview: After killing the deceiver, the Masa gambler comes to Ina. There is a horse market in Ina, and the landowner Tamegoro, plans to steal the proceeds from the sale. Tamegoro steals money and blames the Masa for this crime. Masa has to go on the run, because now he is wanted for a crime that he did not commit...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-15
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Scoundrel
1968-03-05
Scoundrel
Overview: Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any sense of either duty or chivalry. When imprisoned, he is repeatedly transferred from one prison to another, because no one can handle him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-03-05
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Woman His Prey
1972-07-30
Woman His Prey
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-07-30
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Kusa wo karu musume
1961-10-25
Kusa wo karu musume
Overview: 1961 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-10-25
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腕まくり七色娘
1961-05-17
腕まくり七色娘
Overview: 1961 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-17
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The Ballad of Narayama
1983-04-29
The Ballad of Narayama
Overview: In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-04-29
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Vengeance Is Mine
1979-04-21
Vengeance Is Mine
Overview: A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-04-21
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Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959-12-26
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
Overview: Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. Masuo's colleague is invited to thank him for the newlyweds, but Masuo has been told by Managing Director Hanamura to go on a business trip to Kansai. Before long, Masuo contacted Sazae to come to Osaka.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-12-26
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Sazae-san's Newlywed Family
1959-08-23
Sazae-san's Newlywed Family
Overview: Sazae's wish came true and she got married to Masuo. The two ended up living together at Sazae's parents' home, the Isono family. However, the newlywed life that started at the Isono family was a disaster. At the Isono family, where bonito and Wakame pranks and neighbors visit, it is difficult even to be alone.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-08-23
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Sazae-san's Marriage
1959-01-09
Sazae-san's Marriage
Overview: Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae sends her parents on a silver wedding trip, and eventually heads for Nikko, a travel destination. Sazae is once again overwhelmed by the sight of the newlyweds bustling with sunlight, but...
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-09
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Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962-11-18
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-18
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The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
1974-08-31
The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
Overview: A crossover between Wakayama's Gokudo and Sugawara Mamushi series. Gokudo runs a restaurant and makes Takuzo Kawatani his kitchen bitch. He tries to do the same for the Mamushi bros. but the boys don't play along, which pisses Gokudo off. Things get worse when he starts helping a young teacher and Bunta has a crush on a pretty girl... and unbeknownst to them it's the same woman! Yes, the film has not one but two romantic subplots! Of course it all ends in bloodshed.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-08-31
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Enomoto's Heaven and Hell
1954-10-12
Enomoto's Heaven and Hell
Overview: Keita, after his death, was taken to the court of heaven as Defendant No. 1361, where his past was projected. He was formerly a favorite of the Meriken Circus troupe, yet he sinned by exposing a certain woman. During the screening, he realizes what he has done, and fate gives him a chance to redeem his sins.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-10-12
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Pom Poko
1994-07-16
Pom Poko
Overview: The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back. The Raccoons practice and perfect the ancient art of transformation until they are even able to appear as humans in hilarious circumstances.
Genres: Adventure Animation Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-07-16
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Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960-12-25
Sazae And Aunt Apron
Overview: An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-12-25
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When We Came Back
1950-06-03
When We Came Back
Overview: Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-06-03
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Endless Passion
1949-09-29
Endless Passion
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-09-29
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Okashina yatsu
1963-11-01
Okashina yatsu
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-11-01
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The Dangoro Party in the Sky
1962-04-15
The Dangoro Party in the Sky
Overview: The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success at the performances of the Toho Takarazuka Theater at the end of the year. The troupe "Kumo no Ue Dangoro" continues to tour from town to village. The small cast of the troupe includes its leader (Kenichi Enomoto), Norizo (Norihei Miki) and Taizo (Mutoshi Happa), who play female roles - they are all super actors, each of whom plays five roles. Dan Goro dreams of performing in a major theater and tries to put on a big show with a young man he meets in Shikoku named Sakai (Frankie Sakai), but...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-15
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Secret love
1962-04-18
Secret love
Overview: A painfully sad woman's heart cries from forbidden love. A love triangle drawn by three stars of Japanese cinema: Keiji Sada, Miyuki Kuwano and Keiko Awaji.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-18
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A Devil of a Gentleman
1963-04-06
A Devil of a Gentleman
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-04-06
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Dynamite Doctor Returns
1966-09-17
Dynamite Doctor Returns
Overview: Second movie in the yoidore hakase serie
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-09-17
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Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1937-02-20
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
Overview: Story of a bandit king part 2.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-02-20
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Kigeki Gyanburu Hisshôhô
1970-10-17
Kigeki Gyanburu Hisshôhô
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-10-17
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Sazae-san Plays Cupid
1961-03-28
Sazae-san Plays Cupid
Overview: An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-03-28
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Silk Hat Boss
1970-02-21
Silk Hat Boss
Overview: In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series starring Wakayama Tomisaburo as everybody's favorite character Boss Kumatora from the Red Peony Gambler series. Having made a fortune in the Russo-Japanese War, the Kumatora Family migrates to Kyushu to take on a military-related job. There they encounter the evil and malicious interference of the Chindai family of Kumamoto, and Boss Kumatora boldly fights back with the help of O'Ryu the Red Peony. A super entertaining film with non-stop comedy and action directed by Suzuki Norifumi.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-21
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The juvenile
1955-10-18
The juvenile
Overview: A good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-10-18
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Screwed
1998-06-17
Screwed
Overview: It has been two years since unsuccessful cartoonist Tsube started to live with Kuniko casually in a small apartment.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-06-17
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The Great Department Store Robbery
1987-12-26
The Great Department Store Robbery
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-12-26
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Ô abare Songokû
1952-09-04
Ô abare Songokû
Overview: Sequel to "Saiyuki" (1952)
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-09-04
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Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958-12-07
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Overview: 1958 Japanese movie
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-12-07
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Morning's Tree-Lined Street
1936-11-01
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
Overview: As suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of traveling shots from Chiyo's point of view on a bus leaving the countryside and entering the metropolitan cityscape. After some fruitless job hunting in downtown Tokyo, Chiyo accepts a job as a bar hostess in Shiba ward. Well away from glamorous Asakusa and Ginza, this is a neighborhood bar where the women are dirt poor, each having only one kimono to their name....
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-11-01
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Harmonica Boy
1940-07-10
Harmonica Boy
Overview: The only son of a sushi chef hates sushi and decides to leave home to search for a job and make his own way.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-07-10
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My Daughter's Only Wish
1939-03-14
My Daughter's Only Wish
Overview: My Daughter's Only Wish tells the story of a poorly paid and clumsy office clerk, played with much comedic talent by Atsushi Watanabe. His biggest problem: His daughter Hideko is too clever and is expected by her teachers to enter the school for higher girls after graduating from primary school. But how is our poor clerk supposed to pay the school fees? How does poor Hideko feel about the situation? How can they cope with the envious colleagues who have less brighter daughters? And - an important question for Hideko's mother - what will the neighbours think? What's the point about getting a good education for girls anyway?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-03-14
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The Old Man of the Propeller
1939-07-01
The Old Man of the Propeller
Overview: The Old Man of the Propeller can be seen as a comedic amalgam of “King Lear” and “Christmas Carol”. A neighborhood loan shark is hounded by his relatives expecting big inheritance. But he is not giving any favor to anyone. His only joy of life is to go on junk hunt in the neighborhood, collecting garbages and scraps and selling them to junkmen to make profit.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-07-01
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Fugitive Scoundrel
1970-10-03
Fugitive Scoundrel
Overview: Gokudo goes politics. Gray-haired Bin Amatsu has Wakayama assist a politician, meaning trashing the opponent. But of course the opponent has a pretty daughter to have a crush on. Enter protective Bunta Sugawara and Gokudo’s gotta settle for a cheaper Toei nude actress.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-10-03
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Utau myōjō seishun ga ippai
1962-07-08
Utau myōjō seishun ga ippai
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-08
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お役者変化
1954-01-09
お役者変化
Overview: During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed swords with the Magistrate Kurobane Yatayu, who tried to force himself on Gennosuke's beloved foster-sister, Kikuno. As a result, Gennosuke's younger brother, Shichisaburo, was killed. Separated from his mother, Gennosuke found himself on the run from the officials.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-01-09
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1
1952-02-14
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1
Overview: The deputy shogun of the realm, accompanied by his loyal and capable aides, makes a stop at Jigokudani, a place along his journey through various provinces. Here, a lively and entertaining tale unfolds, filled with swordplay where heroes and villains clash, intertwined with heartwarming humor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-02-14
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2
1952-03-06
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2
Overview: At the transformed Fumaden (Demon Subduing) Temple, with the dynamic efforts of Sukesan and Kakusan, and the appearance of the heroic woman Oshin, Lord Kōmon's ingenious strategy swiftly overcomes the wicked bandits in this exhilarating and unrivaled episode.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-03-06
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
1954-12-22
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
Overview: Third film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-12-22
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Enoken's Donguri Tonbei
1936-01-31
Enoken's Donguri Tonbei
Overview: Enoken plays a frog-oil-hawking conman whose claims to martial prowess land him in hot water with the local samurai gentry - but not before he falls in love with exactly the wrong girl. Another musical comedy period film quick on the heels of the earlier Kondo Isami.
Genres: Music Comedy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-01-31
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Return of the Outlaw
1968-06-28
Return of the Outlaw
Overview: Second film of the Gokudo series starring Tomisaburô Wakayama
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-06-28
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The Yakuza Awaits
1969-01-09
The Yakuza Awaits
Overview: Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-01-09
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Japanese Women's Textbook
1937-05-21
Japanese Women's Textbook
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-05-21
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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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大江戸出世双六
1955-12-28
大江戸出世双六
Overview: Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the maid Onatsu from punishment after she accidentally broke a plate gifted by Lord Ieyasu. Tired of the strict samurai service, Tasuke moved to the Genbei tenements and opened a fish shop. This tenement housed various characters, including the landlord's daughter Osen who had a crush on Tasuke, the midwife Okan, the blind masseur Oyone and her husband, the carpenter-loving couple Yoshigorō and Ohama, the rōnin Takeuchi Yogoemon, and the siblings Ochika and Shin'nosuke who cared for their sick mother.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-12-28
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大当り黄金狂時代
1952-06-05
大当り黄金狂時代
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-06-05
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Flowers on the Trail
1957-01-29
Flowers on the Trail
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-29
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のど自慢三羽烏
1951-11-16
のど自慢三羽烏
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-11-16
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旗本退屈男 謎の怪人屋敷
1954-12-27
旗本退屈男 謎の怪人屋敷
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-12-27
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Tōkyō sanosa musume
1962-09-16
Tōkyō sanosa musume
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-16
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Tenten Musume
1956-12-12
Tenten Musume
Overview: Based on the comic by Shosuke Kurakane. Shown in two parts.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-12-12
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One Step to Happiness
1958-11-11
One Step to Happiness
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-11-11
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Tekka Wakashū
1962-09-30
Tekka Wakashū
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-30
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Keshô yuki
1940-02-14
Keshô yuki
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-02-14
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Free and Easy Special
1994-07-16
Free and Easy Special
Overview: Approached by a friend about a matchmaking arrangement, Su-san goes to Hama-chan's home seeking help. Hama-chan is away on a business trip, but Michiko entertains Su-san late into the night. When he gets drunk and ends up spending the night, Hama-chan, begins to question his boss's relationship with Michiko.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-07-16
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Odoroki ikka
1949-12-13
Odoroki ikka
Overview: 1949 Japanese film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-12-13
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Blue Sky Angel
1950-05-20
Blue Sky Angel
Overview: 1950 drama film
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-05-20
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Roppa's Honeymoon
1940-01-04
Roppa's Honeymoon
Overview: A Kajirô Yamamoto directed comedy starring Roppa Furukawa.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-01-04
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Enoken’s Boxing Generation
1949-02-08
Enoken’s Boxing Generation
Overview: Near the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), Enokichi, a popular figure in the world of boxing entangled in the Yakuza business.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-02-08
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Mama, I Need You!
1962-10-13
Mama, I Need You!
Overview: After finishing the course of junior high school, Kazuo comes up to Tokyo, leaving his mother alone in the unproductive northern district. He finds a job in a small laundry in downtown Tokyo and works hard till late at night. At a nearby restaurant a brother and sister are working, and Kazuo becomes friendly with the girl, Yoneko. Love blossoms between the two. However, Yoneko's brother objects to his sister marrying Kazuo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-13
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Five Men in a Circus
1935-10-21
Five Men in a Circus
Overview: The main focus is on the 5 member band of a small circus as it runs into problems while touring rural Japan. It also pays lots of attention to the two daughters of the aging and irascible ringmaster-circus owner. The high points are the sound (and score) and cinematography featuring a lot of vertiginous panning (appropriate - as high wire trapeze artists are also an important element in the film). A fascinating side-light on 30s Japan.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-10-21
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A Bold Life
1961-10-22
A Bold Life
Overview: Depicts the checkered story of a businessman working for a toy company in financial trouble, who overcomes hardships to win a major victory.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-10-22
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Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip
1938-09-18
Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip
Overview: This is the only surviving “Mito Komon Manyu-ki” film. This release also known as "Adrift Tour Memoir" or literally "Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip" is an 80-minute compilation of the first (東海道の巻 or "Tokaido no maki") and second (日本晴れの巻 or "Japan's Fine Weather Reel") parts (147 minutes), which were re-edited and screened at a time when presentable films were dried up immediately after the defeat of the war.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-09-18
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Travelling Actors
1940-12-18
Travelling Actors
Overview: This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-12-18
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明朗五人男
1940-11-30
明朗五人男
Overview: 1940 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-11-30
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Mr. Shosuke Ohara
1949-11-08
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
Overview: Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that come to him for favours and money, even though he is on the brink of bankruptcy. Around town he is better known by his nickname Mr. Shosuke Ohara.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-11-08
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The Teahouse of the August Moon
1957-07-01
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Overview: In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-07-01
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Roadside Stone
1964-06-14
Roadside Stone
Overview: The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The year is 1910 and the place is a small Japanese village. Goichi is suffering because he wants to go to school, but his family is too poor to afford that luxury. Even when a kind friend agrees to help out, Goichi's father refuses to give in to his son's request for an education. Instead, he sends Goichi off to work as an indentured servant for a cold-hearted merchant and his family. As tragedy strikes and the suffering of the young boy increases, he begins to look for some way out of his bleak situation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-06-14
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
1959-12-06
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
Overview: Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an argument between their two fathers. Can their love survive in spite of the bitterness between their two families?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-12-06
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All Rascals
1962-03-21
All Rascals
Overview: Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named Tsuneda who is planning the same robbery and agree to work together.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-21
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A Mother's Love
1950-06-27
A Mother's Love
Overview: A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-06-27
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Farewell to Spring
1959-04-28
Farewell to Spring
Overview: Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-04-28
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960-03-01
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
Overview: Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-01
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Hibari the Traveling Performer
1962-08-12
Hibari the Traveling Performer
Overview: Kimie, a traveling guitarist, performs at various inns at help out her sickly mother. One night while out with her mother, Otoshi, Kimie unexpectedly sees her father, who had abandoned the family 20 years ago. Her hopes for a happy reunion are quickly dashed as her father, having married into a wealthy family, wants nothing to do with her. Will Kimie be able to regain her father’s love?
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-08-12
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Santōshain to onna hisho
1955-09-18
Santōshain to onna hisho
Overview: Japanese film.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-09-18
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娘十八びっくり天国
1952-02-29
娘十八びっくり天国
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-02-29
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誰よりも金を愛す
1961-02-02
誰よりも金を愛す
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-02
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大当りパチンコ娘
1952-01-15
大当りパチンコ娘
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-01-15
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Flower, Storm and Gangster
1961-06-23
Flower, Storm and Gangster
Overview: A gang of bank robbers plan a big robbery, but they all plot to betray each other after the heist for different reasons.
Genres: Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-06-23
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Dimple of Tokyo
1952-07-15
Dimple of Tokyo
Overview: Buntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life. The new secretary, Nobuko, suggested her "shacho-san" (the president) run away from the job. Nobuko took Buntaro to her home and introduced him to her own family as friend, "Sachio-san"...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-07-15
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親馬鹿花合戦
1953-01-29
親馬鹿花合戦
Overview: Kingoro Yanagiya's 100th film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-01-29
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Meigetsu sataro gasa
1955-11-01
Meigetsu sataro gasa
Overview: Japanese film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-11-01
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Composition Class
1938-08-21
Composition Class
Overview: Based on an autobiographical story by Toyota Masako.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-08-21
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The Legend of the White Serpent
1956-06-22
The Legend of the White Serpent
Overview: Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.
Genres: Drama Romance Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-06-22
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Ichiyo Higuchi
1939-05-31
Ichiyo Higuchi
Overview: Japanese film based on the life of writer Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-05-31
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The Nineteen-Year-Old's Map
1979-12-01
The Nineteen-Year-Old's Map
Overview: A 19-year-old newspaper delivery boy begins collecting information on the households in his neighborhood and keeping a journal of why he doesn't like them. Declaring himself a 'right-winger' and calling in bomb threats against the neighbors he doesn't like, the 19-year-old begins a war of psychological terror against the families in his neighborhood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-12-01
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Karayuki-san
1937-03-11
Karayuki-san
Overview: "Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former prostitute who returns to Japan from Singapore with her mixed-race son." - Alexander Jacoby (Oxford Brookes University)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-03-11
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珍説忠臣蔵
1953-01-03
珍説忠臣蔵
Overview: A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-01-03
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Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
1966-04-01
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
Overview: Tokijiro has the unfortunate duty according to the code of the gamblers to join in the fighting when afforded a night’s stay and meals at the home of a town boss. Though he dislikes killing, the strength of his swordsmanship will be tested time and time again in the bloody tale.
Genres: Action Adventure History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-04-01
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Akitsu Hot Springs
1962-06-15
Akitsu Hot Springs
Overview: Yoshida’s first big-budget production and colour film is a haunting tale of unrequited love and postwar disillusion. The story of the fatal attraction between a spineless intellectual and a strong woman is conventional, but its enactment is radically new.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-15
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Great Edo Song Festival
1953-07-14
Great Edo Song Festival
Overview: The feudal lord Kisaragi Yae no Kami (Minami Komyo) searches for a child he had with a low-borne woman, that was sent away from his home 16 years ago while carrying a special seal. At that time, Kanda's detective Zenshichi (Ichikawa Kodayu II) had three daughters, the third of whom, Omiyo (Misora Hibari), was a skilled singer and an expert with the lasso.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-07-14
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To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963-04-28
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
Overview: A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his service is up.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-04-28
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Enraptured
1961-04-18
Enraptured
Overview: A promising dancer asks her professor to write a libretto for a Nō play. He then introduces her to a student of classical literature, but also a classical theatre student in the hope that the latter will marry Senya..
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-18
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The Foster Mother
The Foster Mother
Overview: A human drama about the bond between parents and a child and family love. The daughter leaves her foster parents and ends up with her mother in Kyoto, who divorced her father, but her father in Tokyo, who has another family, takes her to himself out of guilt for breaking up with her. How does the daughter feel?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
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A Story from Echigo
1964-05-09
A Story from Echigo
Overview: A sake factory worker on holiday returns to his home town, where he rapes the wife of one of his co-workers in the forest. The other man returns home to find his wife changed and suspects that she has been unfaithful.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-05-09
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The Ambitious Youth
1962-06-03
The Ambitious Youth
Overview: As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flourish his employer’s food business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-03
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Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel
1970-05-01
Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel
Overview: The third film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. Sugawara still plays the same Kanto street peddler, who this time ventures to Osaka where he defends a blind girl at a street market. The area is targeted by rotten yakuza (Asao Koike and Tatsuo Endo), who have lured local senior female boss (Nijiko Kiyokawa’s) rebellious but not entirely indecent son Goro Ibuki to their side.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-05-01
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Hobo Village
1958-01-29
Hobo Village
Overview: Live-action adaptation of Yoshiro Kato’s manga.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-29
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960-08-07
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
Overview: Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved in a robbery of precious diamond.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-08-07
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Enoken's Home Run King
1948-09-07
Enoken's Home Run King
Overview: Postwar! Baseball! Comedy! Enoken plays a superfan of the Yomiuri Giants – the real Tokyo team, with many of its star players "acting" as themselves – who, despite his utter lack of athletic abilities, becomes embroiled in their successes, and their personal lives. Will Enoken help the Giants take the pennant?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-09-07
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The Unbalanced Wheel
1957-07-03
The Unbalanced Wheel
Overview: A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-03
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Akireta musumetachi
1949-10-11
Akireta musumetachi
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-10-11
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Red Peony Gambler
1968-09-14
Red Peony Gambler
Overview: Ryuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother died when she was little. When she turned 18 years old, her father was attacked and killed by a stranger in alley. Ryuko then dissolves her yakuza family, and, carrying the wallet left by the killer, she sets out on a journey to avenge her father's death. Five years later, she wanders the nation, known only as! Red Peony Oryu who has a red peony tattooed on her shoulder and has the defiance and courage of a man. She meets Katagiri - a loner gambler, Kumatora - boss of a family in Shikoku, and Otaka - female boss of the Doman Family in Osaka. With their help, she finally catches up with the man who murdered her father.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy Thriller Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-09-14
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Our Marriage
1962-03-18
Our Marriage
Overview: When two sisters fall in love with the same man, one must decide to look elsewhere.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-18
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The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941-01-09
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
Overview:
Genres: Mystery History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-01-09
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Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
1961-07-18
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
Overview: The story of two young men whose ambition is to become the personal bodyguards to the Shogun's uncle, Lord Mito Komon. Portrayed by a pair of up and coming stars, Sasaki Sukesaburo (Matsukata), the son of a widower and Atsumi Kakunoshin (Kitaoji), whose mother is a widow find themselves constantly in trouble and are forced to become two of the most powerful fighters in all Japan. The stories about Mito Komon and his travels througout Japan are many, but this is one that had yet to be told. The struggles of Suke-san and Kaku-san faced in order to join the Elder in his quest to fight against injustice and corruption during the samurai era.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-18
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Rampaging Dragon of the North
1966-10-22
Rampaging Dragon of the North
Overview: The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza to find his father has died under orders of a local gang leader. He sets out to avenge his father, keeping his plans secret from his mother who is cold to him since his perceived abandonment of the family. This wonderful, if little-seen, Fukasaku gem deals with family, community and what it means to do right by both.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-10-22
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Oishinbo
1996-04-13
Oishinbo
Overview: Based on the comic by Tatsu Kariya. Featuring journalist Shiro Yamaoka who works for Touzai Shimbun. He is a cynical food critic who is tasked by the newspaper's owner, along with the young Yuko Kurita, to provide recipes for the "ultimate menu".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-04-13
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Fantasy of Youth
1955-04-19
Fantasy of Youth
Overview: Adaptation of the novel by Bunroku Shishi.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-04-19
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Room for Let
1959-06-02
Room for Let
Overview: When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection of characters already living there. The unlikely leader of this menagerie is Yoda Goro, who speaks four languages fluently, is an expert in cabbage rolls, and has written how-to books encompassing every aspect of human existence.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-06-02
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Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
1969-02-01
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
Overview: The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu’s life as she seals her femininity with a red peony tattoo and lives in world of chivalry and honor of the yakuza. This story takes place in the middle of the Meiji era in Nagoya. Oryu is wandering the country, training herself to reinstate her family name. With a written recommendation from Kumatora, she appears at the door of the Nishinomaru family. At the same time, the family is preparing for the gambling competition at the Netsuda Shrine Festival, which they have been hosting for generations. Meanwhile, the crooked Kinbara family is plotting to take over the competition. And now Oryu is forced to get involved in the struggle…
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-02-01
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How to Make Money
1964-02-01
How to Make Money
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-02-01
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Drunken Sword
1962-09-01
Drunken Sword
Overview: Tetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt authorities.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-01
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Yakuza on Foot
1969-03-30
Yakuza on Foot
Overview: An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug trafficking. When she goes to China to make a deal, things get botched pretty badly. Shimamura must travel to save her and recoup his employers’ losses.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-03-30
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The Swindlers
1970-12-30
The Swindlers
Overview: Interesting fights between the "Capone Group" and "Jumbo Group".
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-12-30
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
1967-07-08
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
Overview: Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro’s rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction business.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-07-08
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New Journey of Yaji and Kita
1952-08-14
New Journey of Yaji and Kita
Overview: Based on the comic by Machiko Hasegawa
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-08-14
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Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
1969-04-10
Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
Overview: The industrual revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to clashes between boatmen, who livihoods are threatened, and the railroad construction workers. Oryu the Red Peony returns to her home in Kumamoto to accept her position as second generation leader of the Yano Family. But the ceremony is interrupted by fighting between local boatmen and railroad works. And it seems a rival family is pulling the strings behind the clashes.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-04-10
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The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977-09-17
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
Overview: Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries to cure a cat lady by reversing her trauma, and finally, rescues his niece who is about to be lured into prostitution.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-09-17
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Good Rascals
1962-01-14
Good Rascals
Overview: A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-14
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The Mysterious Cape
1963-01-09
The Mysterious Cape
Overview: Ryujin Misaki, located at the edge of the Genkai Sea, is known as an isolation ward for leprosy patients. When Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogun, hears news of a doctor gone missing, he begins to suspect that things are not what they seem at Ryujin Misaki. Intent on discovering the truth, Saotome launches a private investigation.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-01-09
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The Happy Family
1959-01-28
The Happy Family
Overview: Japanese family drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-28
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The Brick Factory Girl
1946-02-14
The Brick Factory Girl
Overview: This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the warmth of a Korean girl she meets, and the friendliness of this Korean girl’s family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1946-02-14
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Through the Night
2002-11-02
Through the Night
Overview: When poverty-stricken Korean-Japanese (Zainichi) discover there is valuable iron ore in the rubble of a destroyed shantytown they plan to haul it out for profit. Amidst this plan there is discrimination, war and an infatuation between a man and a woman, but like everything around them there and owing to the forces around them, there is as much chance that these may burn to ashes and be destroyed or be the beginning of something new.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-11-02
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The Rough One
1969-06-13
The Rough One
Overview: A tale of wannabe yakuza youths. When not cooking up scams with his buddies, Zenkichi develops a crush on Taro's disgusted sister, Miki. But soon the young hoods run afoul of their underworld idols when they rob the wrong gang, led by brutal boss Konno. When Zenkichi's pals start to bite the dust, he hooks up with a more traditional yakuza, Tetsugoro, to retaliate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-06-13
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Price of Beauty
1957-03-13
Price of Beauty
Overview: Melodrama about a young factory girl who "chooses riches over chastity".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-03-13
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Women's Doctor
1964-07-18
Women's Doctor
Overview: Life of a bachelor gynecologist in a hospital for women.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-07-18
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Tokyo Omnibus
1959-10-30
Tokyo Omnibus
Overview: The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love with a runaway girl who turns out to be the leader of a religious sect. Kusano is the henpecked proprietor of a rice biscuit shop who dreams of owning a bird and dog shop and his daughter is in love with a boarder, employed by the private detective agency searching for the runaway girl. The agency head has his own dream of arranging thirty marriages and has already accomplished twenty-seven. Tatsumi is a newspaper reporter who dreams of a big scoop to enable him to marry a girl TV producer and his friend a mountain climbing enthusiast who dreams of joining a Himalayan expedition but is opposed by his wife. His love of the mountains is shared by a boarder in their home and by a fishmonger's son.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-10-30
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Tokyo Sweetheart
1952-07-15
Tokyo Sweetheart
Overview: Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a streetcorner artist all struggle to make their livings and to find happiness in difficult surroundings.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-07-15
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Prison Tales
1970-04-10
Prison Tales
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-04-10
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My Sweetheart
1967-11-03
My Sweetheart
Overview: It had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by director Ishizaki and his film crew, Mitsuo is excited to star as the lead in "My Sweetheart". One day, half way through production, he meets his friends from a popular rock group, "The Spiders". Through their discussion regarding the climax scene, they criticize that the script is too grim. In a notion to protect their friend's career, they decide to pay the scriptwriter a little visit.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-11-03
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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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Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
1963-01-09
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
Overview: A princess seeks adventure and true love, with help from her loyal servant.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-01-09
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Tanuki Battle of Awaodori Festival
1954-03-13
Tanuki Battle of Awaodori Festival
Overview: A tanuki-themed musical.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-03-13
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Journey of Honor
1991-04-27
Journey of Honor
Overview: The son of a besieged Shogun in war-torn 17th century Japan travels to Spain to buy weaponry from the king.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-27
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The Sound of Waves
1964-04-29
The Sound of Waves
Overview: On a small island, inhabited by only fourteen hundred people, a young fisherman's son, Shinji falls in love with Hatsue, the daughter of the richest and most difficult man on the island. Despite their differences in class, they begin to meet and rumors spread of them having an illicit affair. Soon after, Shinji jumps into a stormy sea to help a ship in distress. The vessel turns out to be owned by Hatsue's arrogant father, who now becomes an understanding and sympathetic parent and allows the two lovers to marry.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-04-29
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Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949-08-23
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
Overview: Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He recommend Kinbei to offer it to his lord. Kinbei hesitates at first, since he knows the board has a mysterious legend surrounding it; it's believed that for every game played on the board, one death is required.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-08-23
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Young Tree
1956-01-22
Young Tree
Overview: A young girl moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying cultural and economic backgrounds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-22
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Learn from Experience, Part Two
1937-12-18
Learn from Experience, Part Two
Overview: Part 2 of a 2-part romance (fist part - Kafuku zempen) based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. In the second half, we discover that Toyomi is pregnant -- and while Shintaro and Yurie are on their extended honeymoon, she bears his child, a girl named Kiyoko. She is supported in adversity by Michiko -- and gets considerable moral support from not only her own mother but also from Shintaro's mother and siblings. Even more surprisingly, Yurie strikes up a friendship of sorts with her. When Yurie learns that the child is Shintaro's, she convinces Toyomi that it would be best to let Shintaro (and her) raise Kiyoko, so Toyomi can get on with making a proper life for herself. Tearfully, Toyomi agrees. Sometime later, Michiko goes to visit Toyomi -- and sees her at work, as a kindergarten teacher.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-12-18
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The School Cap
1963-12-15
The School Cap
Overview: A Tokyo student transfers to a rural school and finds it difficult to adjust himself to its customs and traditions. One of the customs is the wearing of an old school cap by a senior. It is a symbol of courage and bravery and is handed down to a new senior each year.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-15
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The Harbor Lights
1961-02-26
The Harbor Lights
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-26
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Twenty-Four Eyes
1954-09-15
Twenty-Four Eyes
Overview: From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and personal circumstances.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-09-15
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A Yakuza Goes Home
1970-01-20
A Yakuza Goes Home
Overview: Shimamura & Mineko return to Kamagasaki in Osaka. In their return Shimamura quickly finds himself defending a lady in distress. During the skirmish he bumps into his old buddies who turns him on to the "new" goings on in town, Shimamura is angered to discover a Chinese triad organization has overthrown their gang, a situation they must reverse. Now he and the old gang finds themselves putting their lives on the line defending the honor of the "Yakuza Way", the locals of Osaka, even Japan!!
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-01-20
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Travels of Gonkuro
1961-12-06
Travels of Gonkuro
Overview: Sugimoto Gonkuro is travelling along from Tosa to Edo. On his journey he will meet both good and bad people.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-06
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Tôhôkenbunroku
1993-08-01
Tôhôkenbunroku
Overview:
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-08-01
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Dancers of Awa
1941-05-21
Dancers of Awa
Overview: Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin. His brother (Kazuo Hasegawa) vowed vengeance on the day of his brother's death. So every year the villains are worried during the Awa Dance Festival (which is part of the Obon festival), but nothing has ever happened, until seven years later...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-05-21
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Bad Reputation: The Notorious Harbor
1963-09-07
Bad Reputation: The Notorious Harbor
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-09-07
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Women Can't Be Beaten
1969-10-01
Women Can't Be Beaten
Overview: An uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving his boorish older brother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-01
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The Shrikes
1961-03-01
The Shrikes
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-03-01
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Tadano Bonji: Jinsei Benkyô
1934-01-05
Tadano Bonji: Jinsei Benkyô
Overview: Based on the comic by Yutaka Asou
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1934-01-05
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Scoundrel
1956-05-10
Scoundrel
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-05-10
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Sazae's Engagement Trip
1958-08-26
Sazae's Engagement Trip
Overview: An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in TohoScope.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-08-26
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Sazae-san's Baby
1960-02-28
Sazae-san's Baby
Overview: An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-02-28
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Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
1999-03-06
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
Overview: With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-03-06
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Woman Boss: Chivalrous Fight
1969-09-19
Woman Boss: Chivalrous Fight
Overview: Sumi Muraoka, nicknamed "Sumi Banten", due to the fact that her back is decorated with a tattoo of the goddess Banten, the woman who heads the Banten Yakuza family. She comes into confrontation with a powerful of Yakuza group Mutsumi-kai, seeking to capture all power in their hands.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-09-19
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Case of a Young Lord 8
1960-12-27
Case of a Young Lord 8
Overview: A family is brutally murdered in their own home and the official government's sake dealer is framed as a rebel by a corrupt member of the Shogun's Council of Elders. Young Lord decides to take on the Shogun's vile chief attendant.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-12-27
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Akireta renchû
1936-01-11
Akireta renchû
Overview: The first in a series of films featuring the comedy duo Entatsu-Achako, providing them with a background story to do their popular manzai-routines on film. Here, Entatsu and Achako start out as rivals for the affection of a young woman but ultimately pair up to face a bigger rival. Entatsu chooses to become a boxer to get his chance at punching the rival out of the way.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-01-11
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Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
1972-01-11
Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
Overview: The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an ally family and promised her that she would help guide the new Boss. Meanwhile a turf war breaks out. When the family is betrayed from within and the rival family becomes violent, Oryu takes things into her own hands…
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-01-11
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Every Wife Cannot Stand Still
1955-05-18
Every Wife Cannot Stand Still
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-05-18
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Bikkuri Sanjuushi
1952-10-30
Bikkuri Sanjuushi
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-10-30
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Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume
1955-12-28
Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-12-28
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Pleasant Company
1962-03-07
Pleasant Company
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-07
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The Forest of the Little Bear
1987-09-05
The Forest of the Little Bear
Overview: Hunting master Ginzo kills a man-eating bear. When he finds out the bear had a cub, Ginzo decides to raise the cub, but the bear later becomes a troublemaker.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-09-05
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Jakoman and Tetsu
1949-07-11
Jakoman and Tetsu
Overview: In a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one of the fish companies by the name of Tetsu, decides to overthrow Jakoman and his cohorts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-07-11
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The Jumping Magistrate
1952-11-27
The Jumping Magistrate
Overview:
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-11-27
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The Bloody Cherry Blossom Magistrate
1954-03-17
The Bloody Cherry Blossom Magistrate
Overview:
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-03-17
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The Kingdom of Spectacles
1937-06-01
The Kingdom of Spectacles
Overview: Hide-chan (Hideko Takamine) and her family are on a trip to Tokyo. While visiting a fairground, a pickpocket (Kamatari Furukawa) steals the father's wallet. While everyone is trying to hunt down the thief, Hide-chan decides to make the most of it and enjoy her stay, while the thief and his main pursuer (Akira Kishii) play hide-and-seek among the funfair's spectacles and freakshows
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-06-01
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Nightingale
1938-11-09
Nightingale
Overview: An episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-11-09
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Matashirō Fighting Journey
1956-01-09
Matashirō Fighting Journey
Overview:
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-09
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Living Image
1948-10-12
Living Image
Overview: A film dealing with the comings and goings of individuals in the immediate postwar period.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-10-12
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The Giant
1938-02-02
The Giant
Overview: Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War of 1877 in Japan, which was the last civil war in the country, a criminal escapes prison only to be found by a monk. The criminal decides to turn a new leaf based on their conversation and goes on to become a town's mayor. He hears news of a mistaken arrest and identity. The revelation of truth is the start of a series of miseries.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-02-02
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Song of the White Orchid
1939-11-30
Song of the White Orchid
Overview: Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colonial region of Manchuria, and the first film in the Kazuo Hasegawa/Shirley Yamaguchi (Ri Koran) “Continental Trilogy.” Handsome Hasegawa (representing Japan) runs up against an impertinent Yamaguchi (representing the continent); not surprisingly, in the course of the film the woman comes around and realizes the benevolent intentions of the Japanese. In Song of the White Orchid Yamaguchi leaves Hasegawa, who plays an expatriate working for the railway, because of a misunderstanding. She joins a communist guerilla group plotting to blow up the Manchurian railway. Learning of the subterfuge that led to the misunderstanding, she renews her faith in Hasegawa—and by extension Japan—and tries to undermine the plot.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-11-30
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Kekkon Sanjûshi
1949-03-21
Kekkon Sanjûshi
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-03-21
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Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf
1937-02-11
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf
Overview: Story of a bandit king.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-02-11
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I Am a Cat
1936-04-14
I Am a Cat
Overview: 1936 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-04-14
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Hikoroku Laughs a lot
1936-11-12
Hikoroku Laughs a lot
Overview: Hikoroku Laughs a lot
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-11-12
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The Magical Warrior
1955-09-06
The Magical Warrior
Overview: Rikitaro and Osayo are popular entertainers who throw knives. They are sweethearts. At one day They help Ocho, who is a beautiful pickpocket when she is attacked by Ronin. in Asakusa, However, they come to be surrounded by doubtful Ronin after that. Moreover, Rikitaro is called to stop by Kajima of Edo-Karo of Nihonmatsu-Han. He calls him a young lord and treats Rikitaro as one, because his young lord, Tetsunojo is missing. Kuni-Garo makes a plan to carry out. Kikumaru, the younger brother of the mother difference in him instead of Tetsunojo, Since Rikitaro is just like Tetsunojo, then, they are convinced that it is Tetsunojo of Rikitaro. Rikitaro and Osayo decide to help Kajima and Tetsunojo. Finally they success to crush Kikumarsu's group.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-09-06
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City
1961-10-14
City
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-10-14
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I'm a Bodyguard
1964-05-16
I'm a Bodyguard
Overview: Kita Ippei (Atsumi Kiyoshi) became a security officer in the Metropolitan Police Department's Security Division after catching a thug who attacked a writer living in the area while working at a police box. His dream is to become a bodyguard (BG) for the Prime Minister, just like his senior, Detective Inspector Takagi (Ryu Chishu). Kita Ippei is very successful in both work and love, getting attacked while guarding a female minister, getting some perks as a BG for a foreign princess, and becoming friends with a woman at his favorite bar.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-05-16
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Guntō nanban-sen
1950-06-13
Guntō nanban-sen
Overview: 1950 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-06-13
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Iron Brothers
1939-06-28
Iron Brothers
Overview: It's been a long time since the war. Since we haven't been at war with America yet, there is a line in the movie that asks, "How do you say "dried fish" in English?" Brothers who work at a factory that handles iron in Tokyo. After losing his parents, his older brother (Takada Minoru) sends his younger brother (Ito Kaoru) to night school, and the brothers help each other survive. The older brother wants his younger brother to study and attend a higher school (university?). A mysterious woman (Sachiko Chiba) moves into the apartment where the two live. The landlady of the apartment is busy gossiping about her and who she is.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-06-28
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Zoku izuko e
1967-04-12
Zoku izuko e
Overview: Sequel to "真実の愛情を求めて 何処へ" (1954). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-04-12
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Tenka no Kaidanji Senpū Tarō
1961-02-14
Tenka no Kaidanji Senpū Tarō
Overview:
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-14
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Gokudo of Kamagasaki
1973-06-20
Gokudo of Kamagasaki
Overview: Eighth installment in the "Gokudo" series. Depicts the activities of Shimamura Seikichi and his henchmen
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-06-20
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Mappira shain yūkyōden
1968-10-05
Mappira shain yūkyōden
Overview: 1968 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-10-05
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