Shigechika Satō
Also Known As: Jūshin Satō, アングラのジューシン
Biography: Shigechika Satō, also known as Jūshin Satō, was a Japanese film magazine editor, film critic, film collector, and film exhibition activist. His given name is sometimes erroneously romanized as “Shigeomi”.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: September 02, 1932
Age: 92 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: February 27, 1988
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Attack!! Gang Army
Overview: The relationship between Japan and Keros became tense due to the conflict between the salmon and trout fishing grounds in the north. The government tried to survive by offering the Northern Territories to Keros, who gathered the Keros faction elements in the corps in the central mountains and aimed to invade at once, but the defense agency executive who was dissatisfied with this kept secret to the police officer Lieutenant Ando. I ordered you to subdue. Then, dozens of daredevils, including Mitsuharu Hanai, who joined the army for some reason, gathered and trained in excellent commands. Hard training continued every day, and finally the sortie order came down.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-06-22
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Good-Bye
Overview: An aphasic young boy living in South Korea meets, on one of his regular paths, a “Koguryo Beauty” who shows him how to trace his heritage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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The Deserted Archipelago
Overview: A young man reaches adolescence and escapes the nunnery where he survived a tortured upbringing; the world outside suddenly seems even more frightening than before.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-04-25
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The Kingdom
Overview: A popular poet, Goku, becomes depressed when his editor jokingly suggests that he is a sell-out.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-05-18
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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.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-02-21
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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.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-12-13
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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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Blood Is Dry
Overview: An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own advantage by turning the incident into an advertising campaign. With the success of the campaign, however, he is no longer a desperate man pointing a gun to his head, but a potential leader who wishes to take advantage of his failed suicide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-10-09
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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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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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Crazy Love
Overview: Correlated with Susan Sontag's theorization of kitsch as well as employing the queer lingo of "camp," this film's relentless equal opportunity pop-art montage shattered the foundations of conventional cinema, making it a true document of the Shinjuku underground scene. Director Okabe himself appears recreating his favorite roles from Bonnie and Clyde to Spaghetti Westerns, as well as incorporating quotations by inserting stills of Godard, Kennedy’s assassination and the Vietnam War.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-09-22
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Kaju
Overview: 16mm film by Teiji Aoyama and Izumi Suzuki's last acting performance. Completed shortly before the director's death. The film has not been screened since the 1980s, however, and may be lost
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-10-03
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Holy Theater
Overview: It’s said that people die twice. The first death is a physical one and the second, true death comes when there is no one to remember that person.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-10-23
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