Shinpachirō Asaka
Also Known As: Симпатиро Асака
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hakodate, Hokkaidô, Japan
Birthday: December 01, 1906
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Hotta Hayato
Overview: Jidaigeki film, only a fragment remains of the original film.
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1933-04-27
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Osaka Elegy
Overview: Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-05-28
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Beni-kōmori - Dai ippen
Overview: The adventures of a young patriotic samurai. This is the Nikkatsu version of Shin Hasegawa's original story. Shochiku released their version of the story with the same title on the exact same day in 1931
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1931-03-06
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Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki
Overview: Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1934-11-01
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Fifty-three Monster Cats
Overview: Film about Ghost-Cat.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-05-04
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Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
Overview: Directed by Daisuke Itō.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1934-05-17
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Professional Killer
Overview: Directed by Mansaku Itami.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1932-06-03
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The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen
Overview: A quintessential example of the period "ghost cat" (bakeneko or kaibyo) movie, this was one of at least six such titles released by the studio Shinko Kinema between 1937-40 featuring Japan's first scream queen, Sumiko Suzuki. Here she plays Mitsue, the possessive onna-kabuki actress betrothed to apprentice shamisen player Seijiro. When one day Okiyo, a beautiful young girl of samurai class, is led to Seijiro's house by his lost cat Kuro, she becomes besotted with him. Dark jealous passions are invoked in Mitsue, which are intensified when Seijiro gifts Okiyo his precious shamisen. The cat is the first to suffer at the end of Mitsue's hairpin, but returns from the grave to assist Okiyo's younger sister Onui avenge her sister's murder.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-11-02
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Aa mujo: zenpen
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-05-10
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Aa mujo: Kohen
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-05-17
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Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan
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Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-06-17
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In Search of Mother
Overview: His mother abandoned him as a child, so he had no choice but to live outside society. Even so, he grows up determined to reunite with her. Worried that she might be living in misery, he saves his money to help, only to find that she has married into wealth and social position and has no intention of seeing her outcast Yakuza son...
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1931-03-13
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Miss Okichi
Overview: Kenji Mizoguchi is credited as “supervisor” on this rare Japanese genre film, which stars the stunning Isuzu Yamada (Osaka Elegy, Throne of Blood) as a professional criminal, part con woman and part martial artist, who falls in love with a young man from the straight world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-08-29
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A Color Print of Edo
Overview: The Color Print of Edo is a 1939 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Kazuo Mori. It is a cheerful period drama, sprinkled with comical scenes and tells the story of a loyal and handsome Edo period servant who fights to help his older brother marry the woman he loves. The star of this film Utaemono Ichikawa gained enormous popularity for his portrayal of a cheerful and chivalrous man.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-05-10
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Osaka Woman
Overview: When Ochika, from a rich family, marries Danpei, a poor Shamissen player, she devotes herself completely to him and takes over her business, to the point of sowing dissensions within the Jōruri troupe in which her husband plays. Considered a lost film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-09-19
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The Siege of Osaka
Overview: The Siege of Osaka
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-04-01
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The Kasahara School
Overview: Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-11-01
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Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō
Overview: 1942 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-03-25
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