Setsuko Tanaka
Also Known As: 田中 世津子
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
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The Twilight Samurai
Overview: Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-11-02
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Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
Overview: A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years after the war, she seeks out four survivors of her husband's garrison. Each tells a dramatically different story about her husband's conduct, but she is determined to learn the truth.
Genres: Drama Mystery War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-03-12
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Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Overview: Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-08-06
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Tora-san, the Expert
Overview: Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburō, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all return to Tokyo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-12-28
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Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Overview: Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-12-28
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Tora-san, My Uncle
Overview: Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-12-27
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Tora-san, the Go-Between
Overview: In Nagasaki, Tora-san and an acquaintance help an old woman who has fallen and injured herself. She invites them to her home where the three share a night of eating and drinking. The old woman's health deteriorates and she dies. At her funeral, Tora-san falls in love with the old woman's daughter, but winds up acting as a go-between for her and a young law student.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-08-03
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