Rikiya Iwaki
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Toyama Prefecture, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: August 26, 1915
Age: 109 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: December 21, 1999
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次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-09
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Men Fighting Whales
Overview: A film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the best whaling ship Hayabusa Maru. One day they will have to face a giant, monstrous whale.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-09
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Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
Overview: Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba returns as the reckless son of a private detective takes on the case of a minor league baseball pitcher who disappears right before signing a contract into the major leagues. Meanwhile, the body of an orthopedist is discovered in the river.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-09-13
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One Passed Through Hell
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-04-19
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The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
Overview: A group of four chorus singers leave their hometown in Kyushu and go to Tokyo to become stars. It’s a musical comedy that shows Segawa’s talent.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-06
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Mystery of the Coral Seas
Overview: A trading company employee's girlfriend loses her memory while on a trip. In place of the friend who was supposed to have accompanied her the whole time is a mysterious man.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-04-23
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First Love of Okon
Overview: A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-07-06
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The Second Bullet is Marked
Overview: Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-27
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G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization
Overview: The fourth installment of G-men of Japan
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-07-25
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G-men of Japan 5: Skyscraper Wolves
Overview: G-men of Japan fifth installment. A young detective, questioning a double suicide involving his police officer friend and a Turkish girl, travels all the way from Kyushu to Tokyo. Disguising himself as a yakuza member, he intends to root out the underworld's base of operations, weaving together love, guns, and violence to unravel the mystery behind the enigmatic incident and the true nature of evil. This thrilling action drama combines suspense with excitement, depicting a tale filled with love, fists, and firearms.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-07-20
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Element of Surprise
Overview: 1963 Toei war / action film.
Genres: War Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-09-21
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Foul Play
Overview: Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was killed in the middle of a game.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-01-03
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The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Rush
Overview: An upstanding young man’s racy adventure filled with conspiracies and love.
Genres: Drama Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-07-13
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Man with the Funky Hat
Overview: Ichiro (Chiba) is a scrappy little sport in a big car and funny hat always looking for some fun and some extra cash on the side. He and his friends get themselves involved in some shady business dealings involving a kidnapping.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-08-05
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Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
Overview: Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-10-22
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Deluxe Salon Car Engagement Tour Murders
Overview: Fukami, a secretary engaged to company president Kaido, her employer, is invited by his close friends, the Nogis, to a three-day-two-night tour. The tour group is traveling in a luxurious coach to Lake Megami in the Tateshina Plains. On the way, they are disturbed to hear that Shirai, a hostess who was supposed to come along on the tour, has been murdered. And the next day, the body of Hasegawa, another tour member, is floating in Lake Megami...
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-09-12
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Overview: A comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to take over a lucrative diamond mine business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-09
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Tales of President Mito
Overview: Mr. Mito, a former president of an instant food company, with two young men’s help, solves the quality problems and wins a big ramen contract with a large Chinese company.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-04
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The Zombie From Paradise
Overview: An old man who died and entered paradise returns to the world of the living, creating terror and confusion.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-07-23
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Excursion to Treasure Isle
Overview: The story is a dramatization of the Japanese folklore legend of Momotaro, the Peach Boy, who with his trusted companions of dog, monkey and pheasant fought against evil in olden times.
Genres: Comedy Music Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-07-20
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No Advice Taken
Overview: A comical love story between two college students — Hitomi, a strong-willed girl, and Shogo, a handsome, earnest and poverty stricken man.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-03
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With Songs in My Heart
Overview: Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and songs, this story shows how a girl raised on a farm was able to make her dream a reality, with the love of those around her.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-09-10
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Port Arthur
Overview: Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-08-02
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Murder on The Last Train
Overview: One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-06-21
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The Eleventh Hour
Overview: Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to rescue a group of trapped miners. The title is a figure of speech — (essentially “last minute” or “eleventh hour”) — that refers to a situation of peril. The film boasts a script co-written by Uchida and Akira Kurosawa’s frequent screenwriter, Shinobu Hashimoto, and stars Kurosawa’s frequent star Takashi Shimura.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-11-24
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Speed Crazy
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-12-20
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Duel of the Underworld
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-07-13
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Deep River Melody
Overview: A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-13
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Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-01
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The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Whirlwind
Overview: The third film in the Taro series, following "The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Eternity" and "The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Rush." Taro, who had painstakingly graduated from the University of Merchant Marine after six years, was on his way to work for Saikai Kaiun on a tourist ship on the Beppu route. He was in a euphoric mood, teasing a young lady playing golf on the deck, and helping the geisha Umeka who was being harassed by a drunkard, with his natural sense of justice, as the ship arrived at Beppu Port.
Genres: Drama Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-14
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The Edo Fortune-Teller
Overview: Karasudo, who charges 16 mon for his fortune-telling skill, asks for nothing when it comes to swordplay. His merciless blade is stained with the blood of his enemies when he uncovers a sinister plot and finds that his martial arts skill must be called into action. An unusual and highly entertaining story, about a man not to be trifled with.
Genres: Action History Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-07-13
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Seven-Color Mask: Terrifying Revenge
Overview: The second installment of Seven-Color Mask.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-10-20
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Seven-Color Mask: Chase of Death
Overview: The third installment of Seven-Color Mask.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-10-27
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Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Kajikazawa
Overview: On the Kōshū Kaidō road, merchant Sōjirō is poisoned, robbed, and pushed off a cliff by former courtesan Okuma and her lover. A year later, a fugitive named Shinsuke, on the run after killing his wife, encounters a sinister, heavily made-up man. He soon realizes this man is the vengeful spirit of Sōjirō…
Genres: Horror TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-08-29
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Seven-Color Mask
Overview: The first installment of Seven-Color Mask.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-10-13
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Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - The Final Trump Card
Overview: The third and final installment of Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-27
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Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō
Overview: Chiezo's two-guns-at-all-costs film, directed by Ozawa Shigehiro (Kengo Tengu Matsuri) from a screenplay by Matsuura Kenro (The Dice Magistrate). Shot by Nishikawa Shoei (I Am the Magician of Hell).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-21
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Lightning Karate Blow
Overview: Ken Takakura's screen debut, following his admission into Toei ranks via the studio's annual New Faces program, came surprisingly enough in this pair of Okinawa karate films. The two-parter was released on Jan. 29, 1956 as two thirds of a triple feature. Both halves run just under one hour. The fighting is actually pretty good for the time, and it's fun to see Takakura as an impatient, bearded karate rascal.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-29
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