Kōichi Katsuragi
Also Known As: Коити Кацураги
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
Birthday: March 12, 1890
Deathday: September 06, 1964
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Akado Suzunosuke Destroys the Devil Mask Gang
Overview: The heroic warrior uses his magical powers and great sword skills to battle a criminal gang who all wear devil outfits.
Genres: Fantasy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-08-13
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On the Verge of Spiritual Light
Overview: Directed by Kiyomatsu Hosoyama.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1922-01-02
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The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall
Overview: When a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her and her cat and has their bodies immured in a wall. Shortly afterwards, a catlike demon begins to haunt the castle.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-15
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Professional Killer
Overview: Directed by Mansaku Itami.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1932-06-03
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The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-09-11
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Freelance Samurai
Overview: One of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in this terrific version of legendary Demon slaying Peach Boy.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-12-15
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Bara daimyo
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-12-07
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Song of Love
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-04-09
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Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1932-03-17
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Hiratemiki
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1928-11-09
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Mito Kōmon
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1926-10-15
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Ô abare Songokû
Overview: Sequel to "Saiyuki" (1952)
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-09-04
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Monsters Catcher Oedo Seven Changes
Overview: Film about Ghost-Cat.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-07-11
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Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
Overview: Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue is a 1927 black and white Japanese silent film directed by Tomiyasu Ikeda.[1] This comedy film showcases the comic talent of Denjiro Okochi, which contrasts markedly with his heroic performance in Oatsurae Jirokichi Koshi. The humorous exchanges with Goro Kawabe, his senior at Nikkatsu, can be priceless, with the expressions and movements of the two goofy characters making for pure, hilarious slapstick comedy. A 15-minute remnant of the film was released on DVD by Digital Meme with benshi accompaniment by Midori Sawato and Ryubi Kato.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1927-12-30
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晴小袖
Overview: A lost film directed by Ushihara Kiyohiko based on a story published in the Mainichi Sunday Newspaper entitled '恋女扇.' It stars a wild man who falls passionately in love with a woman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-10-15
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The Life of Matsu the Untamed
Overview: Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy, Toshio, and is hired by the boy's parents.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1943-10-28
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Shogun's Holiday
Overview: During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo (Hiroshi Kawaguchi) to the fishmonger Isshin Tasuke (Kazuo Hasegawa) to help him understand the world. Tasuke, who does not know that Takechiyo is the shogun's heir, trains him harshly. Tasuke's wife Naka (Michiko Ai) is concerned about his harsh teaching style, but Takechiyo gains strength day by day and adapts to his new life. Soon, Takechiyo begins secretly talking about love with a city girl named Otoyo (Hitomi Nozoe), but...
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-02-12
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Ryū no misaki
Overview: 1945 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1945-01-11
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The Grand Master
Overview: Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of becoming the Shogi Grand Master Champion, everything is at stake – including his family. What will it cost for Sakata to follow his passion?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-10-18
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Forgotten Children
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-10-04
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Kenpu Renpeikan
Overview: Near the end of the shogunate in Japan, Katsura Shogoro and his fellow samurai from the southwestern domain of Choshu enter the dojo of Saito Yakuro, the famed Shindo Munen Ryu swordsmen of Renpeikan in Edo. Katsura is initially not welcomed by the other, senior dojo followers. Undeterred, he focuses on improving his skill not only in swordsmanship but also learning how to repel the foreign British and American ships that threaten their domain.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1944-01-03
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Kojiki Taishô
Overview: Gotō Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually dislikes the ruthless personality of Kuroda Nagamasa and leaves the clan. Seven years later, he joins Toyotomi Hideyori's army. Filmed in 1945 and released in 1952.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-04-03
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A Samurai's Love
Overview: A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-03-03
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Suronin Chuya
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1930-07-15
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Zuku ôoka seidan mazo kaiketsu-hen
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1931-10-14
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Ikeru isu
Overview: 1945 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1945-05-17
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Princess Tsuki
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-09
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The Crucified Lovers
Overview: When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-11-23
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Buddha
Overview: An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals include human sacrifices. During his meditations, he is tempted by erotic dancing women, demons, and the evil machinations of his criminal cousin. Devastate to attain the spiritual perfection and become the Buddha. He travels to convert followers by his kindness and wisdom, gaining a multitude of believers when he stops an elephant from crushing a local priest. Buddha of course goes on to become one of the great religious leaders of the world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-10-31
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Kokoro tsuki nogotoku
Overview: 1947 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1947-09-16
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The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
Overview: A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-12-29
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Jūrokumon karasudō: Sennin higan
Overview: Japanese film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-10-12
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Iro no Michi Oshiemasu: Yume San'ya
Overview: A unique story of a life of romance, divided into three episodes about the profound secrets of the path deeply rooted in the essence of human nature, depicted with a wry and stylish touch.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-10-11
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New Version of the Ghost of Yotsuya
Overview: An adaptation of The Ghost of Yotsuya
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1928-07-05
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Fireworks
Overview: Chiezo Kataoka plays a cowardly samurai, whose honor is on the line when it becomes necessary to avenge the murder of his father. The culminating duel takes place on a night of fireworks.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1931-08-26
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Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
Overview: In old Edo, Kakunojo (Chiezo), a dandy about town, falls in love with Oichi (Isuzu Yamada), whose merchant family is much beyond Kakunojo's status. He nevertheless pursues her until her initial disgust breaks down into fondness, then romantic feelings, inducing her to abandon her fiance on their wedding day.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1932-10-13
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Satan's Sword
Overview: The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Ryunosuke Tsukue , a nihilistic swordmaster who doesn't hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-10-18
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Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Overview: During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders by creating a new form of Buddhism. He runs afoul of the existing Buddhist sects and their government supporters and is persecuted. Can Nichiren persevere before the Mongol fleet reaches Japanese shores?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-01
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The Temple of Wild Geese
Overview: Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's lascivious head priest Kikuchi. She is drawn to a melancholy young acolyte, Jinen, who has observed the profligacy of his cruel master and Satoko's utter dependence on the man. Jinen is both fascinated and disturbed by Satoko's interest in him; he is similarly caught between loathing of Kikuchi and of the dark circumstances of his birth and his own moral weakness. The story unfolds in a dreamlike manner—a flashback inspired by a now-infamous image on a silkscreen in the souvenir shop at the so-called Temple of the Wild Geese.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-21
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Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
Overview: A Japanese drama featuring the one-eyed, one-armed swordsman
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-12-08
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Vengeance at Iga
Overview: Famed swordsman Araki Mataemon must face his best friend as they are forced to take opposite sides in a vendetta caused by the murder of a family member.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-08-13
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The Killing of Otsuya
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-02-17
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Akanishi Kakita
Overview: A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.
Genres: Drama History Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-06-18
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Ghost of Saga Mansion
Overview: A woman loses her son through an evil conspiracy and commits suicide. Shortly afterwards a ghost cat begins haunting the conspirators. This is Takako Irie's first bakeneko (ghost cat) movie; it started a Daiei cycle which was very popular at the time in Japan.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-09-03
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New Clothing
Overview: Japan's first feature film directed by a female. The film was about the naïve, premature emotions between a young geisha-to-be and a youth destined for Buddhist priesthood; it concluded with their separation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-03-05
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Kutsukake Tokijiro
Overview: A traveling gambler becomes duty-bound to the wife and child of the yakuza he had slain and desires to leave the criminal life for good. However, with no other skills but his sword, he is forced to hire himself out in the midst of a gang war.
Genres: History Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-06-14
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Eikichi the Chauffeur
Overview: Directed by Minoru Murata.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1924-01-02
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Seisaku no tsuma
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1924-01-02
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Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi
Overview: Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi is a 1928 Japanese film directed by Tomiyasu Ikeda.[1] This comedy film showcases the acting talent of Denjirō Ōkōchi and acts as a complementary film to Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue, which is part of the Yaji and Kita series. An 8-minute remnant of the film was released on DVD by Digital Meme with a benshi accompaniment by Midori Sawato. The version in the National Film Center is 23 minutes long.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1928-12-29
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Demonfire Palanquin
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-11-09
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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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Taki no shiraito
Overview: A 1946 Japanese film directed by Keigo Kimura.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1946-10-01
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The Woman Who Opens the Door
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1946-04-25
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Masujiro Omura
Overview: A story about Ômura Masujirô
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-01-14
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Wrestling-Ring Festival
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Genres: History Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1944-03-30
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Sonno Joi
Overview: For nearly 300 years, Japan had been hermetically sealed to the outside world. When, in that pivotal year of 1854, the American Admiral Perry took the direct approach that the Dutch had been unwilling to take, the ruling Shogun knew that the dynasty was over. As the shogun began to open up to the outside world, the Sonno Joi movement called for this to be reversed...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1927-10-01
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Flowery Hood
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-07-25
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Martial Arts Encyclopedia
Overview: Martial Arts Encyclopedia
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1934-02-08
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Story of Lightning
Overview: Gensaburo Funaki and Oyuki were childhood friends, but Gensaburo misunderstood that Oyuki was hesitant to get married because he had to feed his father and younger brother. I left the town.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-12-30
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The Crowded Train
Overview: Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is told to send money for medical research into the condition. This prompts him to pay his father a visit, leading to a series of mishaps that leaves him at the bottom of the heap in what he once expected to be a promising lifetime career.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-03-29
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Oniisan to oneesan
Overview: A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-08
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The Tattooed Magistrate: Fallen Flowers Showdown Volume
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-04-23
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A Fool's Love
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-10-16
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Monster Cat Akabe Daimyojin
Overview: Film about Ghost-Cat.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-12-31
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Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko
Overview: Second in the Nage Utasamon series
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-07-28
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Mangorō Tengu
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-08-06
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The Tattooed Magistrate: Cherry Blossoms Dance Volume
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-04-14
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