Jiro Sakagami
Also Known As: Jirô Sakagami
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kagoshima - Japan
Birthday: April 16, 1934
Deathday: March 10, 2011
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Taboo
Overview: Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-12-18
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The Last Samurai
Overview: The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-09-20
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48 Hours of Prisoner Op Tracking
Overview: Dirty Hero Takuro Kanzaki appears in a life and death murder game!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-02-08
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Abandoned
Overview: The film tells the story of a man who was washed ashore on an uninhabited island after a ship wrecked by a storm, and after twelve years, he returned to human society.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-06-06
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Travels of Lord Mito
Overview: In the 9th year of Genroku, Mitsukuni Mito Komon of Hitachi Province set out on a pilgrimage to various countries with his reluctant vassals, Sukesaburo and Kakunosuke, under the name of Koemon, a retired peasant.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-01
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The Sound of the Waves
Overview: Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo. Yasuo spreads unpleasant gossip about his rival, and Hatsue's father forbids her to see Shinji. But when the boy saves the passengers on a boat owned by Hatsue's father, his luck in love begins to change. —Jim Beaver
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-10-10
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A Class to Remember
Overview: A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood for adult students on the fringes of Japanese society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-11-06
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Lullaby of Death
Overview: Also known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them, for revenge. All intertwined with the investigation of journalists into local murders, the manipulations of a palmist known as the “blue moth”, and political corruption.
Genres: Mystery Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-10-09
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Anne Frank's Diary
Overview: During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Genres: Animation History Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-08-19
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Beauty Wandering Story
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-03-19
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Japan Beauty Story
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-07-13
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Shag
Overview: Shiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year-old daughter, with the aid of an Ainu dog summoned by a whistle she gave him.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-03-31
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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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Woman Gambler and the Nun
Overview: Eighth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-10-30
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Festival Champ
Overview: Hiroki Matsukata is a fish market worker and a fanatical Japanese festival rascal. He also falls in love with a stripper while delivering his colleague's love letter to her but forgetting to mention it's from another man.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-05-29
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Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure
Overview: A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-12-20
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Snowland Revisited
Overview: Kunio Shibano was bankrupted. He visits a snowland spa area to commit suicide. But he meets Geisha Moeko, and she gives him power to face life one more time...
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-01-19
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Spoonful of Happiness
Overview: Youth movie.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-04-26
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Hadashi no seishun
Overview: Youth movie.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-04-12
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The Highest Honour
Overview: After a highly successful raid on Singapore Harbour, soldiers of Z Special Unit lead a new expedition in Singapore, with disastrous results.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-15
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Flower and Dragon
Overview: Kingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the Tamai-gumi, a stevedore group, to vie for work with two other powerful groups. Gingo is Tamai's chief rival who falls in love with the latter's wife and tries to kill Tamai.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-03-17
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Sada
Overview: The film follows the life of Sada Abe, who became a celebrity in 1936 after strangling her lover and slicing off his penis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-04-11
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The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
Overview: Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known being The Inugami Family. Kosuke Kindaichi is the most famous detective in Japan. Kindaichi gets a new case to figure out who has beheaded a valuable statue and made off with its head.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-07-14
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Konto 55: Mankind's Weaknesses
Overview: A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-08-13
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Konto 55: The Weaknesses of the Century
Overview: A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-11-02
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Konto 55: Grandson of a Ninja
Overview: A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-10
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The Street Car Game
Overview: Comedy around a motorman and a conductor of a streetcar.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-12-31
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One Two Punch
Overview: Two men succeed in opening a joint restaurant after hilarious troubles.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-08-09
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Angel's Lover
Overview: Comedy about two employees who work against their boss.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-12-28
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The Instant Services Bureau
Overview: Comedy of two brothers working at a local governmental office.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-08-07
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Life is a Battle
Overview: Two born rivals plot a new start after a string of ups and downs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-12-30
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Tenchu!
Overview: A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.
Genres: History Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-08-09
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The Witty Samurai
Overview: The story of a timid samurai attempting to rid his name of the stigma attached to it.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-01-21
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Mahjong Demon 5 Final Edition: One-man Retirement Match
Overview: Shoichi Sakurai meets his girlfriend's father, the legendary drug dealer Mo. This leads to the two of them repeatedly competing against each other, but Mo eventually passes away. Sakurai, who regrets having taken his life, receives news of the Japan Championship and decides to retire after this match. Thus, he faces his final match, but...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-02-24
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Draft
Overview: Baseball drama for home video.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-04-01
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Mappira shain yūkyōden
Overview: 1968 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-10-05
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