Kôei Yamamoto
Also Known As: 山本幸栄
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: March 07, 1925
Age: 100 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 03, 1985
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Watch Out, Crimson Bat!
Overview: A young female samurai comes upon a dying messenger and agrees to deliver the scroll he was carrying to its destination. However, unbeknownst to her, the scroll is actually a formula for a new kind of gunpowder. An evil clan that is planning to overthrow the Emperor is also after the scroll, and they try to take it from her.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-01
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Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive
Overview: Oichi the Blind helps a woman escape the clutches of a high government official to go off with the man she loves. The official puts a reward on her head of fifty gold pieces and soon a menagerie of bounty hunters are after her skin. Three of them band together to accomplish this, one an expert swordsman, another a huge judo master and the third is deadly with a chain. To escape, she heads for the fishing town of Itso but soon comes face to face with Sankuro, the swordsman...
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-04-08
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The Yellow Handkerchief
Overview: The story is about a convict released from prison for an old murder who is thinking about returning to his ex-wife and his former life. If she puts a yellow handkerchief on the window, it would mean that she wants him back at home.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-09-30
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Visitor After Dark
Overview: Suspense film about a beautiful photographer who becomes involved in a murder case.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-10-10
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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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Warm Current
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-04-29
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Shadow of Deception
Overview: It was five years ago when Minako spent a night with Sozo, younger brother of her ex-husband. She now lives in a local town with a rich old man who owns a dry goods store. Minako travels to Tokyo on business every three months, during which time she continues to meet Sozo, who has married the daughter of his respected teacher.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-02-10
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The Scarlet Camellia
Overview: A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detective looking into the deaths does not suspect her.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-11-21
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Gem Beauty
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-01-02
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Haitoku no mesu
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Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-08-06
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The Soundless Cry
Overview: Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one happiness is his friendship with a girl who works in a bar nearby. Then, one day, his mother dies after drinking the medicine that Shinichi himself gave her. It is discovered that the pills contained poison. He is apprehended on suspicion of murder and taken away for interrogation, unable to defend himself - being deaf and dumb - or even to proclaim his innocence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-01-30
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The Greatest Challenge of All
Overview: After an argument with his father a son leaves his home and comes back only, as an adult, many years later just to cause them problem after problem.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-08-05
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Sword: Flower-Strewn Path of Courage
Overview: After serving his sentence, Yakuza family member Toshin-gumi Umebayashi is released from prison. Toshin-gumi was already headed by the boss in the second generation of Shotaro, but Shotaro fell into a trap, he is manipulated by his sworn enemy Kanzaki-gumi. Kanzaki-gumi captures the Toshin-gumi oil fields mined by the first boss. Umebayashi explodes in anger and attacks Kanzaki-gumi, but...
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-02-02
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The Million Dollar Pursuit
Overview: Burned out butcher Hazama meets a woman at a restaurant and is asked to help her deliver a bag of diamonds.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-01-04
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Stakeout
Overview: Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-15
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Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Overview: Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-14
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A Trap
Overview: When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.
Genres: Mystery Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-05-28
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Where Spring Comes Late
Overview: The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the mine he worked in was shut down. He decides to resettle with his whole family to Hokkaido in northern Japan and start a new life as a farmer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-10-24
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Women Can't Be Beaten
Overview: An uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving his boorish older brother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-01
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Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Overview: After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he owes them, but the plan hits a snag. Also, a pretty kindergarten teacher rents a room at Toraya.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-26
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August without Emperor
Overview: Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-09-23
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Tora-san's Runaway
Overview: After an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro attempts to change his vagrant lifestyle and become an honest worker with a steady job.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-08-26
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Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Overview: Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown and meeting a young woman that reminds him of his sister Sakura. Meanwhile, a new tenant moves into Toraya restaurant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-01-15
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Tora-san, His Tender Love
Overview: Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-01-15
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Farewell, My Beloved
Overview: During the early days of the war a young student, Makito (Kazuo Funaki), falls in love with Yuko (Mayumi Ozora), the widow of a naval officer. She, however, is living with the memories of her husband and it is her younger sister, Yumiko (Nana Ozaki), who grows fond of the student. Then, one day, a young naval officer, Tadayuki (Ken Ogata), a friend of her late husband, comes to see the widow and she becomes attracted to him. Though Makito is inspired to study for the navy, he is much upset when he learns that Yuko and Tadayuki are to marry.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-02-21
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The Strangers Upstairs
Overview: After moving in to their dream home, newlyweds decide to rent out their second floor to save money. They soon discover the woe of being landlords.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-15
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I, the Executioner
Overview: Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide.
Genres: Thriller Horror Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-04-13
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The Castle of Sand
Overview: Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-10-19
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Price of Life
Overview: Comedy of a phony doctor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-07-24
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Beyond the Rainbow
Overview: One day an innocent-looking girl in white clothes appears on board of a ramshackle boat The owner of the boat, Okin, decides to let Mari stay with him without asking her any questions. Turmoil ensues with the reaction of the crew when the runaway girl starts working alongside with them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-09-29
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