Tetsu Tsuboi
Also Known As: 坪井哲, 坪井 三郎, Saburō Tsuboi , Сабуро Цубои, Тэцу Цубои
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Birthday: Not available
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Gender: Male
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Genpei the Carp
Overview: The first half of the movie depicts a man's jealousy of his best friend and the woman he love. The second part depicts a hero who is ready to put the past behind him and risk his life for his friend.
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1933-10-12
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The 47 Ronin
Overview: In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Lord Asano to commit suppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Lord Kira. Lord Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the dishonor of their Lord. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi asks the Shogun to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses his request and Oishi and forty-six ronin revenge their Lord.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-12-08
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A Page of Madness
Overview: A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1926-09-24
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Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1932-12-01
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Tôribêyama shinjû
Overview: The doomed love story between a young courtesan and a samurai, in Kyoto.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1928-12-26
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Benten kozo
Overview: First film adaptation of the kabuki play Benten Kozo, about a thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1928-01-04
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Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-01-16
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Two Lanterns
Overview: A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1933-07-13
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The Living Magoroku
Overview: A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1943-11-18
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Kurotegumi Sukeroku
Overview: Shinzaemon has been Sukeroku’s enemy ever since Sukeroku fought and defeated gangs from Shinzaemon’s group at a Kabuki theatre over Agemaki from Miuraya. Sukeroku swears that he will never draw his sword until he finds his family’s treasured blade, Tomokirimaru, so he gets insulted often by Shinzaemon’s men. Bunzaemon redeems Agemaki for Sukeroku ahead of Shinzaemon, but Sukeroku, ever the gentleman, does not accept. When Shinzaemon snatches Agemaki, it is found that he has Tomokirimaru.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-01-05
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Sumida River
Overview: Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to have worked mostly in period films, often with big stars like Hasegawa or Bando. "Sumidagawa", named after the river that runs through Tokyo, is also a period film, but thematically a modern one. All the themes that you associate with the normal Shochiku women's films set in the present day are in this film, just in a different context: love, the planning of a marriage, career, family relations and societal melancholy. There is no action or swordplay.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-09-03
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Chutaro of Banba
Overview: Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This heartfelt story concerns a wandering gambler from Banba by the name of Chutaro. Set during the Tenpo Period, Chutaro runs afoul of Boss Sukegoro of Iioka. Pursued by vengeance seeking swordsmen, Chutaro displays his phenomenal martial art skills. Abandoned as a child, he seeks to find his long lost mother, while at the same time fighting off numerous attacks by Iioka’s men.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-03-29
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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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Nogitsune Sanji
Overview: A 1930 silent film from director Eichi Koishi, following the adventures of Edo firefighter Sanji.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1930-01-05
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富士に立つ退屈男
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-01-05
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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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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 Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-11-08
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An Actor's Revenge
Overview: An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-06-27
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
Overview: This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their feudal lord after he was obliged to commit hara-kiri due to the machinations of a villainous courtier. As the first sound version of the classic narrative, the film was something of an event, and employed a stellar cast, who give a roster of memorable performances. Director Teinosuke Kinugasa was primarily a specialist in jidai-geki (period films), such as the internationally celebrated Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1953), and although he is now most famous as the maker of the avant-garde silent films A Page of Madness (Kurutta ichipeji, 1926) and Crossroads (Jujiro, 1928), Chushingura is in fact more typical of his output than those experimental works. The film ranked third in that year’s Kinema Junpo critics’ poll, and Joseph Anderson and Donald Richie noted that 'not only the sound but the quick cutting was admired by many critics.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1932-03-01
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The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
Overview: Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is arrested as the murderer and chaos ensues. Pre-war jidaigeki film.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-07-14
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With a Single Sword Bale
Overview: Period film from 1934.
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1934-07-14
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Kagaribi
Overview: A young vassal is betrayed by his corrupt lord.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1928-03-16
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Kaitō Samimaro
Overview: A young samurai rescues his beloved from the clutches of a corrupt priest.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1928-05-25
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