Hatsuo Yamaya
Biography: Actor and musical artist.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 19, 1933
Deathday: October 31, 2019
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Known For
Aoi sanmyaku
1975-08-09
Aoi sanmyaku
Overview: Remake of 1949 film
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-08-09
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The Embryo Hunts in Secret
1966-07-01
The Embryo Hunts in Secret
Overview: A man keeps his girlfriend tied up in his small apartment and tortures her. She is undressed, subjected to various types of bondage, whipped, and tortured with a razor blade.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-07-01
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Four Seasons: Natsuko
1980-08-06
Four Seasons: Natsuko
Overview: A young woman breaks off her long-term relationship with her boyfriend to move to Tokyo in search of new experiences.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-08-06
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Kids Return
1996-07-27
Kids Return
Overview: Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-07-27
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Hole in the Pants 4: Strawberries That Aren't Mushy
1990-03-24
Hole in the Pants 4: Strawberries That Aren't Mushy
Overview: In this omnibus movie of four stories about teenagers there is a boy who lives next to a university women's dormitory and he checks them out constantly. He finds out about their relationship with men. He decides to forget about them and decides to date a class-mate. Next three boys want to rent a adult video, but cannot due to their age. Instead they make their own. They meet a girl who is a video store clerk. They fall in love. She also happens to be an actress. Next is a boy in a band who cannot play well as his mind is on a girl who is relocating. The said girl has a man on her mind too. In the fourth story, the world is upside down and the students teach their instructors.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-03-24
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Looking for
1998-03-14
Looking for
Overview: Natsuko's mother is hospitalized and only has six months to live. Her last wish is to see her father, who left her 20 years ago. Natsuko sets out to find him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-03-14
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Woods Are Wet
1973-05-23
Woods Are Wet
Overview: Sachiko has just committed a crime. She is helped by a couple to whom she grants her confidence. Quickly this couple blackmails her and threatens to deliver her to the police. Sachiko has no other choice but to obey them.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-05-23
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Dr. Akagi
1998-05-17
Dr. Akagi
Overview: At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war camp.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-05-17
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The Night of Taneyamagahara
2006-07-07
The Night of Taneyamagahara
Overview: Four farmers spend the night at a campfire. Three of them talk about work, nature and weather, while one of them has dreams about buying his own plot.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-07-07
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Dororo
2007-03-15
Dororo
Overview: Hyakkimaru, a warrior on a quest to reclaim 48 of his body parts which were each taken by a demon, is joined by Dororo, a thief on a quest to avenge the death of her parents.
Genres: Action Fantasy Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-03-15
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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 Woman with Red Hair
1979-02-17
The Woman with Red Hair
Overview: Junko Miyashita plays a mysterious hitchhiker picked up by a brute of a construction worker named Kenzo who takes her back to his run-down and cramped apartment in a not so good part of town. Claiming that she is running away from an abusive husband, she shacks up with him. In a futile attempt to escape the bleak working class surroundings, the pair engage in an obsessive erotic relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-02-17
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The World of Geisha
1973-11-03
The World of Geisha
Overview: The world is in turmoil with the October Revolution of 1917, riots over the inflationary price of rice, and the military expedition to Siberia in 1918. But Shinsuke, a brothel owner, spends his days in the arms of geishas, paying little heed to the events happening around him.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-11-03
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Wet Sand in August
1971-08-25
Wet Sand in August
Overview: Several high-school friends spend their final summer together indulging in sex and leisure; their halcyon days are soon coming to an end.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-08-25
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Zigeunerweisen
1980-04-01
Zigeunerweisen
Overview: A surreal period film following a university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in peculiar ways.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-04-01
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Birth Control Revolution
1967-02-21
Birth Control Revolution
Overview: The insane gynecologist, Dr. Marukido Sadao (Marquis de Sade), theorizes that a woman is unable to become pregnant if she is writhing in intense pain during intercourse. He sets about testing this new method of birth control by torturing women during sex.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-02-21
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Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands
1967-10-03
Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands
Overview: A wealthy real estate investor is forced to watch the rape of his girlfriend and then is sent a film showing the fact. He hires a hitman, Sho, and shows him the film, so that the detective can get rid of the criminals. But the boss of the criminal band is Ko, Sho's archnemesis, who raped and murdered his girlfriend.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-10-03
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Beauty's Exotic Dance: Torture!
1977-02-23
Beauty's Exotic Dance: Torture!
Overview: A somewhat liberal adaptation of the life of painter Shuu Ito, the film focuses on his sexual torture of two wives and a prostitute. Ito chronicles the sessions in journals, shares his pseudo-Sadean philosophy, and drives women mad with equal hell-bent intensity.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-02-23
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Mount Hakkoda
1977-06-04
Mount Hakkoda
Overview: Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with Russia.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-06-04
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ESPY
1974-12-28
ESPY
Overview: The film deals with the recruitment of race car driver Jiro Miki (Masao Kusakari) and his dog, Caesar, to a group of people who use ESP, psychokinesis, and other special mental abilities to fight crime.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-12-28
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Caesium and the Girl
2015-04-25
Caesium and the Girl
Overview: Mimi-chan is a 17-year-old high school student and she lives with her parents in Asagaya, Tokyo. While walking home from school, Mimi-chan is hit by a lightning and meets Raijin Ra San (God of Lightning). Through Raijin Ra San, she also meets 7 other Gods. Mimi-chan soon undertakes an adventure to find something lost by her grandmother.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-25
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Sex Education Mistresses
1973-11-20
Sex Education Mistresses
Overview: An erotic comedy depicting the sex adventures of young wives living in an apartment complex, that are not satisfied with just having sex with their husbands.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-11-20
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Ballad of Orin
1977-11-19
Ballad of Orin
Overview: A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-11-19
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Twinkle
1992-10-24
Twinkle
Overview: Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at which a 'good' Japanese woman should marry, and he is in love with a young male college student. The film is less a realistic exploration of gay life than a fairy tale of three young Japanese trying to construct an alternative to the sexual and familial roles given to them by a society turning increasingly emotionally barren.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-10-24
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Trapped in Lust
1973-12-15
Trapped in Lust
Overview: A hitman messes up an assassination and so becomes the next target of his organization.
Genres: Drama Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-12-15
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オイディプス王
2002-06-07
オイディプス王
Overview: Oedipus, a prince of Corinth, was prophesied to "kill his father and marry his mother." To avoid the fulfillment of this prophecy, he went on a wandering journey, drove off the monstrous Sphinx in the kingdom of Thebai, and became the king of Thebai. Oedipus takes the former king's wife, Iocaste, as his wife and lives happily ever after, but a few years later, a plague of evil strikes the kingdom of Thebai. In order to save his kingdom, Oedipus asks for an oracle and follows its oracle to find the cause of the death of the former king Laius, but in the course of his investigation, the tragic truth is revealed...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-06-07
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Our Symphony
1979-03-03
Our Symphony
Overview: One summer day, Tokujiro, who works at an ironworks in the industrial area of Kawasaki, joins a choir group in order to seduce the girls who have come to Kawasaki to sing Beethoven's Ninth . Aiming for the performance in December, Tokujiro undergoes several setbacks through rigorous training and training camps, but before he knows it, he and his troupe members are working hard to make the performance a success.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-03-03
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The Hovering Blade
2009-10-10
The Hovering Blade
Overview: Following the brutal rape and murder of his teenage daughter, a single father seeks revenge against the responsible youths. His pursuit for justice becomes a deadly cat-and-mouse game with both the perpetrators and the police.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-10
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Sandakan No. 8
1974-11-02
Sandakan No. 8
Overview: A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-11-02
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Sex Play
1969-02-24
Sex Play
Overview: A masterpiece of militant cinema of 1968, filmed on the actual barricades of Adachi's very own Nihon University during the period of social struggles. The film begins in a lengthy free-love session taking the form of a 'play' rape being enacted by a group of aimless, listless and political apathetic students. The subtext intended by Adachi informs the rest of the film – that there is a world of difference between direct action politics, and merely talking the talk.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-02-24
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Vagabond of Sex
1967-09-12
Vagabond of Sex
Overview: A man leaves his family in Tokyo to travel and engage in various sexual escapades. When he returns home he finds out that his wife is starring in Imamura’s documentary about her search for her missing husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-09-12
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Ready to Shoot
1990-11-17
Ready to Shoot
Overview: A middle-aged man discovers an injured refugee woman trembling in the corner of his bar in Kabukicho. He quickly becomes aware that her life is in his hands when he learns she is hiding from the yakuza.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-11-17
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A Boy Called H
2013-08-10
A Boy Called H
Overview: Told from the viewpoint of the father Morio, "A Boy Called H" follows a young boy named Hajime Senoh, nicknamed "H". His father, Morio runs a tailor shop. With the onset of World War II, their family must endure difficult times. Nevertheless, H is filled with curiosity and a sense of justice. Based on the autobiographical novel "Shonen H" by Kappa Senoh (published by Kodansha, July 9, 1999).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-08-10
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Sweet Scent of Eros
1973-03-24
Sweet Scent of Eros
Overview: Yukie, Koichi and Akira are rogues looking for a place to crash. They move into a house which Etsuko (Kaori Momoi) inherited from her parents. Soon after getting settled, the hippies slip into a communal lifestyle. They eat, have sex, and generally share everything together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-03-24
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Aoi Shushi wa Taiyou no Naka ni Aru
2015-08-10
Aoi Shushi wa Taiyou no Naka ni Aru
Overview: In the summer of 1963, flats of modern construction begin to be built in the slums where vagrants and women of the night gather. The city hall's plan is to house the slum dwellers in cultural housing, complete with gas and running water. Kenji, a construction worker, and Yumiko, a waitress at a late-night rest house, meet in the slum, but only at dusk. One day, a Korean worker falls from scaffolding at an apartment building site and dies. The site supervisor and city hall workers bury the corpse in the concrete foundations of the apartment building...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-08-10
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Running in Madness, Dying in Love
1969-07-22
Running in Madness, Dying in Love
Overview: During clashes between demonstrators and police that rage on the streets of Tokyo, a young man hides in the house of his brother - a police officer. The latter is accidentally shot by his wife, which forces the young man to flee with her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-22
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No Grave for Us
1979-05-26
No Grave for Us
Overview: A plot to steal money from gangsters leads to trouble...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-05-26
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Gone Without Saying Goodbye!
1981-10-20
Gone Without Saying Goodbye!
Overview: This TV drama special depicts the obsession of a sister and two detectives searching for her missing brother who witnessed the crimes of a political fixer.
Genres: TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-10-20
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Village of Doom
1983-01-15
Village of Doom
Overview: An emotionally distraught young man goes on a violent killing spree after his tuberculosis keeps him from serving in World War II and is frowned upon by his fellow villagers.
Genres: Horror Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-01-15
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The Longest Tunnel
1982-10-16
The Longest Tunnel
Overview: After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this project Akutsu becomes involved with Tae Makimura leading to his estrangement from his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-10-16
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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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Dog of Fortune
1979-06-02
Dog of Fortune
Overview: From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of his master who held a secret to a weapons smuggling case and the corruptions of those who are involved, Goro's adventure unfolds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-06-02
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The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986-12-13
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
Overview: Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets scammed one after another.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-12-13
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The Boy Who Saw the Wind
2000-07-22
The Boy Who Saw the Wind
Overview: Amon is a boy who can control the wind. Branik, ruler of the Empire of the Golden Snake, wants Amon's power to complete the ultimate weapon and sends his troops to capture the boy. Amon, using his talents, manages to runs away with Maria, one of the People of the Sea. Together, they try to stop the Empire of the Golden Snake from destroying and conquering everything.
Genres: Adventure Family Animation Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-07-22
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Amagi Pass
1983-02-19
Amagi Pass
Overview: Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-girl) when he traveled through Amagi Pass. A mysterious murder took place afterwards, an Ozuka was held responsible. 40 years later, the boy, who became a printing shop owner, was visited by a retired policeman who came from Amagi Pass. The truth then started to reveal itself.
Genres: Crime Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-02-19
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The Limit of Sleeping Beauty
2017-10-21
The Limit of Sleeping Beauty
Overview: Aki is an unsuccessful 29-year-old actress who eventually became a magician's assistant. While pretending to be hypnotised on the stage, Aki finds the boundary between reality and illusion becoming increasingly vague. For Aki, the only beautiful memory she has was the time spent with her lover Kaito.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-21
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Demons
1971-02-13
Demons
Overview: Tells the story of the samurai Gengobe, who seeks revenge after falling prey to the schemes of a geisha and her husband.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-02-13
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There Was a War When I Was a Child
1981-02-14
There Was a War When I Was a Child
Overview: An award-winning Japanese film about a child's experiences during the Second World War.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-02-14
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Demon Pond
1979-10-20
Demon Pond
Overview: When a lone traveler stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a nearby pond reside spirits who hold the fate of the town’s inhabitants, including lovers Akira and Yuri, in their hands.
Genres: Fantasy Romance Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-10-20
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Fireflies in the North
1984-09-01
Fireflies in the North
Overview: Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-09-01
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House on Fire
1986-04-12
House on Fire
Overview: In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-04-12
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Village of Eight Gravestones
1977-10-29
Village of Eight Gravestones
Overview: The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo
Genres: Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-10-29
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Choji Snack Bar
1983-11-12
Choji Snack Bar
Overview: Eiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for and serving the lively residents of his small hometown.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-11-12
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Farewell to Rock'n Roll
1973-09-25
Farewell to Rock'n Roll
Overview: There is an ongoing war between two Girl Gangs, the Akabane 100 Club and the Ikebukuro Cavalry. Yukiko, the "Bankaku," or chief bodyguard of the Akabane, is released from reform school and sets about to finish an ongoing one-on-one grudge match with the Arab Falcon and the whole Cavalry gang. With a theme song by 1970s Japanese "Group Sounds" band Carol, and live performance. Rock and Sukeban unite for an extraordinary and cool piece of filmmaking.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-09-25
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Season of Betrayal
1966-12-13
Season of Betrayal
Overview: A press photographer returns to Japan from the war in Vietnam after losing his friend and fellow photographer on the battlefield.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-12-13
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Secret
1999-09-15
Secret
Overview: A man is shocked to find out that after a deadly car accident involving his wife and daughter, his wife died, but her mind somehow got transfered into their daughter's body.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-09-15
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I Go to Tokyo
1985-08-03
I Go to Tokyo
Overview: A young man working as a cameraman in Tokyo is visited for three days by his parents from the countryside.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-08-03
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The Assassination of Ryoma
1974-08-02
The Assassination of Ryoma
Overview: Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), imperial loyalist who tried to unite the Choshu and Satsuma clans and prepared the way for the Meiji Restoration (1868).
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-08-02
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Sosuke Loses His Lover
1992-10-02
Sosuke Loses His Lover
Overview: Koji Wakamatsu adapted Kouhei Tsuka's play of the same name into a human comedy about the members of a traveling acting troupe.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-10-02
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A Japanese Demon
1973-09-29
A Japanese Demon
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Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-09-29
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May Love Be Restored
1980-04-29
May Love Be Restored
Overview: A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-04-29
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Sex Zone
1968-08-01
Sex Zone
Overview: Inspired by the true story of a Geisha murdered in a city famous for its baths, Adachi forged here his favorite style, a kind of conceptual documentary recounting the incident in monotone. The same event that at the beginning of Violated Angels escaped every principle of causality, is portrayed here as a singular anti-spectacle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-08-01
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The Key
1983-12-24
The Key
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-12-24
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The First Catch
1980-12-27
The First Catch
Overview: Based on the comic book series of the same name by Yûsuke Aoyagi.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-12-27
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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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Impactual Performance
1986-12-05
Impactual Performance
Overview: A female teacher falls in love with her student
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-12-05
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Nikutai no yokkyu
1968-03-12
Nikutai no yokkyu
Overview: Pinku from 1968
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-03-12
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Sex Crimes
1968-02-17
Sex Crimes
Overview: Young slacker couple accidentially kills a friend. They burn his body and hang out on a beach.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-02-17
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Roving Police Chief Kazama Shohei 2 - Lake Tazawa Murder Case
2004-02-01
Roving Police Chief Kazama Shohei 2 - Lake Tazawa Murder Case
Overview: A couple died in Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, in an apparent double suicide, the circumstances of which were unclear.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-02-01
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Spring Special
2009-03-30
Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Spring Special
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Genres: Fantasy Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-03-30
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The Notorious Concubines
1968-09-27
The Notorious Concubines
Overview: Dark, cynical Japanese epic brought to U.S. in a dubbed version by shlockmeister Harry Novak. Still, this gory, sexy epic is made with style and interesting for to compare to "Yojimbo" and other masterworks of the form.
Genres: History Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-09-27
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Wet Dice
1974-09-11
Wet Dice
Overview: Kayo, who is famous for her beauty, own a bar in a port town. The establishment is always crowded with customers infatuated with her. For the past three years, Kayo has been in a relationship with Murakami, a city councilman. One day, a young man and woman, Jun and Yoko, come to town. They are planning to stow away somewhere, but no one will take them in. Exhausted, they happen to come to Kayo's bar. Eventually, Kayo's past and the man she used to be with are revealed, and Jun and Yoko's desperate actions lead to the story's conclusion...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-09-11
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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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The Great Tale of the Great Tatami Progenitor
1980-08-16
The Great Tale of the Great Tatami Progenitor
Overview: A young man from Kyushu,Adachi Futoshi had come to Tokyo to make a life. Adachi moved into a small room in a local boarding house, but he was unprepared for what life will throw at him. The room next to him boards a local gangster whose gang is a menace to the neighborhood, a bit further down lives a boy who dresses like a woman. And the old people managing the boarding house are quite peculiar too. Based on the manga by Leiji Matsumoto.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-08-16
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The Orgy
1967-01-01
The Orgy
Overview: A hitman focuses on his job hoping to retire quickly and richly. But the betrayal of his clan and those he loves endangers his plan.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Female Teacher: Dirty Rumor
1979-03-03
Female Teacher: Dirty Rumor
Overview: A schoolteacher gets a phone call regarding one of her female students. It seems that the young girl has been accused of prostitution, and requests help from her teacher. The young girl's situation brings to mind some dark incidents from the teacher's past that she is still trying to deal with.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-03-03
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The Pistol That Sprouted Hair
1968-05-01
The Pistol That Sprouted Hair
Overview: Shirō raids the office of the organization that attacked his lover, wreaking havoc and escaping with a stolen handgun. In retaliation, the organization hires two killers to get rid of Shirō. The duo begin to develop a strange kinship with their target...
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-05-01
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
1972-09-02
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Overview: In the third film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-09-02
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The Demon
1978-10-07
The Demon
Overview: When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children with Sokichi - and his very surprised and angry wife Oume - and disappears.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-10-07
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Abnormal Blood
1967-08-06
Abnormal Blood
Overview: A detective investigating a serial rapist discovers that he and the perpetrator come from the same lineage of depraved individuals, a genealogy of violent and sexually perverse deviants that stretches through the Meiji, Taisho and Showa eras and can even be traced back to the Edo era.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-08-06
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Tora-san's Song of Love
1983-08-06
Tora-san's Song of Love
Overview: Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san's nephew) athletic event. Tora-san volunteers to take his place, but gets into an argument with his brother-in-law's boss and returns to the road. He meets a young woman in Niigata who, unbeknownst to him, is a popular enka singer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-08-06
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The Chaser
1989-10-07
The Chaser
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-10-07
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The Castle of Sand
1974-10-19
The Castle of Sand
Overview: Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-10-19
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Drive for the Future
1980-10-25
Drive for the Future
Overview:
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-10-25
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Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
1986-01-25
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
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Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-01-25
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Snake and Lady Slave
1976-10-16
Snake and Lady Slave
Overview: Hisayoshi, who was known as "Matahisa" and was a famous bondage artist in the Kansai region, is now a pimp for Mary of Snake Show and does massage. When he is called by a company executive named Shiratori Eizo and goes to his house, he finds Shizuko, whom he saw in town before. Shizuko is the spitting image of Kayo, whom Hisayoshi tied up and killed. Eizo is jealous of Hisayoshi and Shizuko's behavior. Shizuko was subjected to Hisayoshi's secret techniques of "neck rope," "hanging rope," and "crotch rope"...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-10-16
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じんじん
2013-07-13
じんじん
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-07-13
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Ore wa inaka no puresurī
1978-08-05
Ore wa inaka no puresurī
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-08-05
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