Kyōko Enami
Also Known As: Kyoko Enami, Kyôko Enami, Enami Kyōko, Кёко Энами, 野平香純, のひら かすみ
Biography: Kyōko Enami (江波 杏子, Enami Kyōko) was a Japanese film and television actress. Enami was the daughter of the actress Kazuko Enami. She joined the Daiei Film studio in 1959 and made her screen debut in 1960 with Ashita kara otona da. Her first starring role as Noboriryū no Ogin in Onna no toba (1966) was a major hit, and developed into the Woman Gambler series that totaled 17 films. She also had serious roles, and won the best actress award from Kinema Junpo for Tsugaru Jongarabushi (1973). She died rather suddenly at a Tokyo hospital on 27 October 2018 of pulmonary emphysema, having performed on a radio drama only five days before.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Birthday: October 15, 1942
Deathday: October 27, 2018
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
Overview: Japanese crime film
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-06-11
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Gamera vs. Barugon
Overview: Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is discovered to have been an egg that births a new monster called Barugon. The creature attacks the city of Osaka by emitting a destructive rainbow ray from his back, along with a freezing spray capable of incapacitating Gamera.
Genres: Fantasy Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-04-17
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The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-10-14
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Yume de aritai
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-14
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Keshin
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-14
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The Wolves
Overview: After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets released early -- only to find that his former gang has merged with the Kannos. But with bitter resentments lingering on both sides, how long will it be before the bloodshed begins anew? Set in 1926 Japan, this serpentine crime thriller from director Hideo Gosha also stars Toshio Kurosawa and Isao Natsuyagi as Iwahashi's closest ally.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-10-30
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Fall Special
Overview: ***Kyouko-san (Miss Kyouko) A young therapist at a hospital investigates when a spirit appears and kills people who say "Kyouko-san, Kyouko-san, please make me pretty" to the bathroom mirror. ***Buchou OL (Manager-OL) [office lady] An OL and her boss switch bodies. ***Kinou Kouen (Yesterday at the park) Domoto Koichi plays a man who loses his friend due to a freak accident. He then finds that through a time slip, he can return to the previous day and save his friend. ***Neko ga Ongaeshi (Cat Repays a Favor) Kashiwagi Emi (Uchiyama Rina) is unable to get over her grandmother's death. Her cat Kuro decides he will cure her loneliness. ***Kazoku Kaigi (Family Meeting) A family of three meet with a car accident, but strangely wake up in their home the next morning. They are then told that they have to sacrifice one of them so two may live.
Genres: TV Movie Fantasy Horror Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-10-02
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Kissho Tennyo
Overview: A story about Sayoko Kano, a junior high school student, who is believed to be a descendent of an Indian goddess. Sayoko is a kind of femme fatale, who uses her supernatural power to control people, especially men.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-06-30
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Dynamite Doctor
Overview: Film by director Kenji Misumi
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-06-04
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Black Temptation
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-10-02
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The Fall of Ako Castle
Overview: This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-10-28
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Rinco's Restaurant
Overview: After a bad breakup, a young woman returns to her hometown and opens a menuless restaurant. A young woman in her mid 20's becomes so heart broken she loses her voice. To recover, the woman decides to go back to her hometown and stay with her free-spirited mother whom she has not been very close to in the past. The young woman then decides to open a restaurant which accepts only one customer a day, allowing for thoughtful preparation for that customer.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-02-06
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Woman Boss
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-01-15
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Her Brother
Overview: Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-11-01
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Tsugaru Folksong
Overview: A young girl is being asked about a man with whom she was keeping company, as her grandmother plays a lament on a shamisen. Then the focus changes to a couple arriving from Tokyo - the woman returning to her home, the man an escapee from the yakuza. The man doesn't seem to mind when the woman sells her favours to tourists at the local bar, just as she seems to take his attentions to Yuki, a blind girl, with equanimity.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-12-20
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Curse, Death & Spirit
Overview: This is a series of three short supernatural-themed movies. The first tells the story of a teen girl who dreams of haunted doll. In the second movie, a widowed mother brings her children to a house in the woods to help them forget the death of their father. While in the woods one of the children meets a ghost that wants more than just to be friends. The last movie tells the story of three teen-aged girls who go on vacation, only to find themselves at a haunted inn.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
Overview: A rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her into a sports celebrity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-05-21
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Orpheus' Lyre
Overview: Although the situation is universal, Japanese mourning rituals are given solid coverage. The 49th day after death is considered crucial, as the date at which the soul passes from this world to the next and, therefore, the date from when the living are expected to get on with life. But Yoko doesn't move on. The ache of the loss that simply won't heal takes an awful toll on her husband and friends, who try doggedly and unsuccessfully to help her move on, and to guide her away from the misguided and damaging belief that daughter Kanako's spirit has entered another living child.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-06
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KT
Overview: This movie is a political/espionage thriller, based on a real kidnapping incident of Korean politician, Kim Dae-Jung.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-05-03
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When Women Lie
Overview: Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai" (Kinugasa/Shindô).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-30
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Sukebe shimai
Overview: Although the two sisters are flesh and blood, they are women after all. This is a film that depicts the woman's conflict between love and sexuality with a flame of unfathomable tenacity, and depicts the ferocity of her human instincts as a sensitive image.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-04-06
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Rikyu
Overview: Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan’s most powerful warlord, unifying the country.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-09-15
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Morning for Two
Overview: While Keisuke and Jiro were brothers, the characters of the two were opposite. My older brother Keisuke was a sophomore college graduate, a honest and passionate young man, but his brother Jiro was only a student of a ronin who failed in taking the university and was playing. Such two people had a dream. Keisuke traveled wandering at his own trailer house, Jiro became a racer, had a dream of surrounding the world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-04-01
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Homeless Dog
Overview: First movie of the Inu series directed by Tokuzō Tanaka
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-05-02
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Quick-Draw Dog
Overview: Quick Drawer Dog (早射ち犬 Hayauchi inu) is a 1967 film directed by Tetsutarō Murano. It is the eighth film in the Inu series.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-05-27
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Strangers in the City
Overview: Former high school teacher Kazuo Hatano (Toru Nakamura) reunites 12 years later with Masako Tezuka (Manami Konishi). Masako Tezuka was his former high school student whom he married after her graduation. Their marriage became a scandal & the couple divorced ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-11-20
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The Legend of Sayo
Overview: Sayo has just celebrated her sixteenth birthday when she attends a temple festival. On her way back she sees a large cherry tree which is infamous for the legend of dead white horse. When her fiancé returns from war and visits her he comes across a white horse which he takes in. The man also does not see himself engaged anymore as his family has lost its wealth.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-12-17
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Hakuchi: The Innocent
Overview: In a future where World War II never ended, Japan is decimated by nightly bombings. The only building left standing is known as the Media Station, a broadcasting center responsible for all of Japan's entertainment.
Genres: Drama Fantasy War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-11-13
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Mourning Work
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-03-20
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Basara: The Princess Goh
Overview: Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū, the former tea master, was ordered to commit suicide. Princess Goh, daughter of the lord but adopted by Hideyoshi, is outraged when Rikyū's severed head is thrown in the Nijo River. She sends Usu, Oribe's servant, to retrieve the head and deliver it to Rikyū's adopted daughter.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-04-11
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Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace
Overview: The year is Seitoku 2 (1712), and Japan has a new ruler. But Ietsugu, the 7th Tokugawa shogun, is only four years old. The power vacuum this creates has Edo Castle roiling in political intrigue and personal positioning of all kinds.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-12-23
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Bad Reputation: Two Notorious Men in Tokyo
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-28
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Dogra Magra
Overview: A young man kills his bride on the day of his marriage and goes insane. He wakes up in an asylum with no memory, left in the hands of two mysterious doctors who relate his condition with his biological identity.
Genres: Horror Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-10-15
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Chronicle of the Town Magistrate
Overview: In a maelstrom of evil, can a new magistrate, samurai Mochizuki Koheita, with a reputation like an alley cat, bring order to the town of Horisoto, or is he, too a corrupt villain looking to gain wealth from the oppressed people? From the pen of famed samurai author Yamamoto Shugoro, this exciting tale turns the tables on the standard samurai story with a unique lead character previously portrayed in Ichikawa Kon’s “Dora Heita.”
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-12-23
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Someday, Somewhere
Overview: Ken's older sister Yoko, who has raised Ken like a mother, decides to move to Brazil with an older man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-03-15
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The Whale God
Overview: A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-15
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Two Wives
Overview: After a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a love-and-hate drama that threatens to engulf them. The sexual anxiety between the interwoven couples tautens right up to the nearly unbearable tension of the climax...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-04-15
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Love and Greed
Overview: Namiko gets a crush on Ishizuka, a young CEO of a nightclub, but he was plotting to destroy her husband’s company by greenmail.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-02-24
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A Night to Remember
Overview: Seventeen years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a newspaper reporter looks for the bomb's effects, but everyone seems to have forgotten. He meets a woman who was there when it happened but when they fall in love she isn't able to move on.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-30
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Three Young Samurai
Overview: During Japan's Warring States period three young Tokugawa vassals head their separate ways after Takeda Shingen's forces overran their castle. When they next meet they have all joined opposing sides.
Genres: Drama Adventure War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-22
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Labyrinth Romanesque
Overview: A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-01-15
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Women’s Secrets Behind Bars
Overview: After being falsely charged with murdering her husband, Nao is sent to a prison for women where her fellow inmates try to help her escape.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-08-28
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Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
Overview: Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Dare yori mo kimi wo aisu" by Kazuko Matsuo.
Genres: Music Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-20
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The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
Overview: Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-11-15
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A Drop of the Grapevine
Overview: Two brothers work at a small winery in Hokkaido in northern Japan. The older brother is picky and strives for the highest quality to make the best wine possible.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-11
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Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
Overview: Kogarashi Monjiro is a lone samurai who agrees to take responsibility for a murder that his friend committed so that he can stay with his dying mother, with the expectation that his friend will confess and get him pardoned once she dies. Monjiro is sentenced to an island for prisoners. When he discovers that his friend's mother has died over a year ago, Monjiro seeks to escape with a group of prisoners in order to get his revenge.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-06-21
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The Forest of No Escape
Overview: Adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same name.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-01-23
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Lifetime Insecurity
Overview: In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees are segregated into a special assignment division and given an ultimatum: meet a sales goal of 1.5 billion yen within three months or be fired. Spiteful of their unjust treatment, two men, Shinoda and Takigawa, take up the battle against the ruthless Yokoyama.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-10-29
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Love and Action in Osaka
Overview: Despite his efforts of living a normal life as a banker, the life of Toru, the only son of the Yubari Family, becomes disrupted by trouble brought on by his father. When his father’s battle against his rival group the Miike Family ignites, Toru becomes more involved in the turf war than he wished for.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-12-10
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AIBOU: The Movie II
Overview: The kidnapping of some chiefs of police by a rogue ex-policeman is just the beginning for a much much bigger story that it seems at first sight.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-12-23
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The Machine Gun Dragon
Overview: Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun and a gang of hoodlums, he must face the yakuza and the mafia.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-02-28
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The Fixer
Overview: Political fixer Homei Yamaoka's misdeeds come to light, throwing Japanese politics into deadly confusion. But he's not going down without a fight.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-10-27
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The Woman Gambler
Overview: Second 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: 1967-07-14
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A Woman's Gamble
Overview: Onna no Toba, is the first film in long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin, an honest dealer in the criminal underworld of yakuza-run gambling, as she sets out to become Japan's number one dealer.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-11-26
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The Sister Gamblers
Overview: Third 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: 1967-11-15
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Thoroughbred Women Gamblers
Overview: Fourth 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: 1967-12-08
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The Woman Champion
Overview: Fifth 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: 1968-07-01
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Woman Gambler Is Coming
Overview: Sixth 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: 1968-07-31
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The Woman Dicer
Overview: Seventh 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: 1968-10-02
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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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Champion Woman Gambler
Overview: Ninth 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: 1968-09-21
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The Woman Gambler's Revenge
Overview: Tenth 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: 1968-12-20
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The Woman Gambler's Supplication
Overview: Eleventh 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: 1968-12-21
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Two Enemy Women Gamblers
Overview: Twelfth 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: 1969-02-08
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Call Boy
Overview: Ryo Morinaka is a university student and works part-time at a bar. He is bored with his daily life and exists in a state of torpor. One day, his friend Shinya Tajima brings the owner of a host bar over to the place where Ryo Morinaka works. Shizuka Mido is the owner of the host bar. Soon, Ryo Morinaka begins to work for Shizuka Mido at the members only host bar. He feels embarrassment initially, but he fulfills the desires of women and develops a sense of purpose.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-04-06
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Modern Lady Gambler
Overview: Fujiko wanders aimlessly through the country, seeking vengence on the man she onced loved, who betrayed her, and destroying her family and her life. When she discovers that man had already died, she loses her will to live. But in a twist of fate, she meets Tatsumi, a raising star in the Horikawa Family. She quickly falls in love with him and his yakuza lifstyle. But when Tatsumi is chosen to but the next Boss of the family, his jealous sworn brother Morito kills him with the help of a mysterious man behind the scenes. Now Fujiko becomes a Bakuto, a wandering yakuza gambler, and once again, walks the bloody path of vengence...
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-05-26
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Specialist
Overview: Kusanagi plays a police detective who gets framed for a crime he didn't commit and had to spend the last 10 years in prison. However, he regains his job as a police officer and makes use of his specialized knowledge on criminal psychology to solve difficult cases.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-05-18
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Specialist 2
Overview: A mysterious code written with letters and numbers is found on a street in Kyoto. Yoshito Takuma (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and Chinami Anekoji (Kaho Minami) begin to investigate. They discover that something happened at the place where the code was found on stickers and they also discover a dead body. A man known as "Writer" is suspected of being the culprit. To find the man known as "Writer," Yoshito Takuma infiltrates into Shiga central prison. --asianwiki
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-08
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Specialist 3
Overview: Shu Kubota is killed by someone with a baseball bat. A metal bat and an old toy are found at the crime scene. Detective Yoshito (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) with the special investigation unit goes to the crime scene to investigate. There, Detective Yoshito realizes that he made the old toy about 10 years ago when he worked at the public relations divsion of the Kyoto Prefectural Police Department. Detective Yoshito decides to solve the case by himself and without the help of his partner Detective Chinami (Kaho Minami). --asianwiki
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-28
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Specialist 4
Overview: Yoshito (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) becomes famous in Kyoto because of his ability to solve cases. The special investigation unit receives a request to investigate a case revolving around the kidnapping of a costumed performer. He plays a non-official character of the Arashiyama area, located on the western outskirts of Kyoto. Nobody takes the kidnapping case seriously, but Yoshito says the case could be real and it might be related to a crowdfunding site.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-12-12
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Without Complaint
Overview: Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-02-01
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Art of Assassination
Overview: A beautiful hostess of a small restaurant moonlights as a well-trained assassin tasked with taking the life of a wealthy businessman...
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-06-14
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Fate of a Prosecutor
Overview: Hirotoshi Honda, a teacher of a prestigious private girl’s high school, is arrested on suspicion of violating the nuisance prevention ordinance for molestation on a train and sent to prosecutor Sakata. High school student Reina claims he touched her buttocks in the packed train but Honda denies the crime and calls it a fabrication and claims he was blackmailed by Reina on the train platform. Reina denies his allegation. Even for a misdemeanor, Sakata believes not pursuing the truth is like death as a prosecutor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-17
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Operation Underworld
Overview: A detective investigates a criminal organization's involvement in real estate.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-10-19
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Nurse Call
Overview: A drama about a nurse starring Hiroko Yakushimaru
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-01-30
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The Dedicated Gunman
Overview: Third film in the "Inu" series.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-01-13
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Bury Me Deep
Overview: A suspense directed by Umetsugu Inoue, starring Ayako Wakao, depicting the intense lust created by the passion of a writhing woman.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-06-08
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She Came For Love
Overview: Toshiko is the madam of a bar in Osaka who tries to keep her private life private and claims not to have a lover. However, she is in fact having a secret affair.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-08-28
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Closing Time
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-18
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The Black Trademark
Overview: Ide of the Kokusai Rayon Company visits a supermarket and finds cheap shirts being passed off as his company's products. But a closer look reveals that the last letter of "Kokusai" has been changed to "n" and reads "Kokusan." The buyers, however, are all under the impression that they are buying Kokusai shirts. Ide begins an investigation to find out where the shirts are being made, but before he is able to uncover anything, he is killed on a train and his little black book, filled with secret data, is stolen. Sugino then starts a one-man search for both the killer and the factory turning out the cheap shirts.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-09-07
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Strange Triangle
Overview: A young man is determined to have as many affairs as possible but not to get married. One of his conquests is of a different mind however. For she is pregnant and so he agrees to live with her. But he misses very much the other younger girl whom he saw a lot of, and with the older woman's consent, sees the younger one and on her request, asks her to move in with them. This is the beginning of a very strange triangle which they all live through to a not unhappy ending.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-07-31
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Yakuza Ladies 11
Overview: When her husband is betrayed by his fellow yakuza and jailed, his wife takes over and fights to prevent his expulsion from the clan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-07-28
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Fuyu Monogatari
Overview: Based on the comic by Hidenori Hara.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-04-15
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Night Mist Makes Women Cry
Overview: A love melodrama.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-04
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Dr. Hikojiro 2
Overview: One day, Hikojiro goes to visit Sayo Kujo, an old lady who has been hospitalized. Sayo has been told that she has a year to live by assistant professor Natsuhiko Moriwaki, and insists on returning to the house she was born and raised in. It so happens that Hikojiro will be the one to treat her at home from now on. At the university hospital, Hikojiro runs into a familiar face - Hazuki, the daughter of Tetsuji Tonoyama, the man who taught Hikojiro how to make takoyaki. Hazuki is now a nurse at the university hospital and Hikojiro is surprised to see a strange poster on the hospital bulletin board that implies she's having an affair with Moriwaki. The hospital is currently preparing to elect a new chief surgeon, and the candidates are assistant professors Moriwaki and Shinsuke Noguchi, heads of the first and second surgical department. Both of their factions have been publishing defamatory statements about each other.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-01
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The Greatest Man in the World
Overview: Remake of classic samurai film of 1932
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-10-25
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A Geisha's Diary
Overview: A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just as a woman but as a complete person.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-28
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奥飛騨二重心中
Overview: A man who lost his wife and a woman whose husband died have a fateful meeting in connection with a double suicide and fall madly in love.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-11-30
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Futari no onna
Overview: After Emiko, a bookstore owner, is driven to suicide by loan sharks, her orphaned son Eisuke decides to take his revenge on them. As Eisuke has no relatives, he is taken in by Keiko, who keeps an eye out for him due to his unusual behavior. One day, Eisuke breaks into the loan company with an improvised gun. In the moment, Keiko ends up becoming Eisuke's accomplice and helps him succeed in the robbery. However, the two are surprised when they hear something on the TV news that differs from the truth.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-12-27
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Why Don't You Play in Hell?
Overview: In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-09-14
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The Woman Gambler's Iron Rule
Overview: The woman gambler Ginko risks her life for her brother-in-law.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-02-17
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Ouran High School Host Club
Overview: Ouran Academy is a prestigious school with most students coming from wealthy families. One of the few students who comes from a modest background is Haruhi Fujioka (Haruna Kawaguchi). Through unexpected circumstances, Haruhi Fujioka ends up joining the male "host club," while hiding her gender. Friendship and love grows between Haruhi Fujioka and the male "host club" members.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-03-17
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Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Young Boss, Fugitive
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Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-08-12
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Teinen Taishoku
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-01
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The Beloved Image
Overview: A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-10-08
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Bad Reputation: Showdown of the Best
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-12-27
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Woman Gambling Expert: Odd/Even Gambling Trip
Overview: 14th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-08-09
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The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
Overview: 15th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-15
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Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
Overview: 16th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-21
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The Woman Gambler's Tenth Game
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-01
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Love and Life
Overview: Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-27
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The Burdened Sisters
Overview: Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-17
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The Woman Killer
Overview: Japanese crime film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-03-08
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A Man Worth the Money
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-02-26
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You and I
Overview:
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-07-13
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Medal from the Devil
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Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-07-29
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Trump Card of Revenge
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Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-01-29
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Machi no uwasa mo sanjûgo nichi
Overview: A bride suddenly disappears from the wedding venue, and her boyfriend begins searching for her. Things get hectic around the two of them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-15
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Modae
Overview: This unique melodrama depicts the anguish of a new wife whose husband confesses to her his infertility on their wedding night. The virgin wife, who spends her days in a state of unfulfillment, is gradually attracted to a young playboy, but she is unable to cross the line. One day, her husband proposes to have a child through artificial insemination.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-10-03
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I'll Cry Alone
Overview: "Though still young, Natsuko gave up the life of a geisha to become the mistress of the president of a shipbuilding company. When he is about to re-marry she insists he either wed or stop seeing her. Returning home, she again meets the man she first loved and for a time thinks of married happiness."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-04-17
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太陽のきずあと
Overview: Director Chusei Sone, who was active in Nikkatsu romance, took up the megaphone for the first time at Toei and made a coming-of-age film that depicts a group of young people who live freely.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-02-14
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Shin Jinsei Gekijo
Overview: 1961 Theater of Life adaptation.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-31
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The Shogun Assassins
Overview: This is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-09-01
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Ashita kara otona da
Overview: 1960 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-02-24
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