Ikkō Ōkuni
Also Known As: 重浦 晃, 浪花友子, 大国 一公, Akira Omoura, Итиро Окуни, Акира Омоура, Куитико Тайко
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kojima, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: December 12, 1909
Age: 115 years old
Gender: Male
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The Young Avenger
Overview: Akitaro Orizuru, who set out on a journey to avenge his father's death in the darkness, returned to Itako, his hometown, where the Ayame Festival was approaching, for the first time in five years. His late father's brother, Sutezo, who took off his waraji, runs a small prostitute with only one child, Sutematsu. In addition, only Shigezaburo, who left a mark in the middle wind, was ill-mannered by Inomatsu. Akitaro was accompanied by a daughter named Omitsu on the way to here, but she was Ura's younger sister who works at Fujikura's house, and the villagers worked on the fifty cars to meet her critically ill father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-05-07
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Asataro the Crow
Overview: Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-03-28
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八幡鳩九郎
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-14
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Forty-Eight Man
Overview: Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-06-26
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Sandai no sakazuki
Overview: 1942 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-12-11
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Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Akiba
Overview: Early film by Eiichi Kudô.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-01
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Sasaki Kojiro
Overview: Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as Sasaki Kojiro, who rises from humble beginnings to national fame, and a young Toshiro Mifune appears as the legendary master swordsman Miyamoto Musashi for the first time and essentially sets the standard for future portrayals.This masterpiece is based on the original story as written by noted author Murakami Genzo and is far superior to any other versions. Following Kojiro from his earliest days through his fateful meeting with Musashi, this movie is filled with exciting and dramatic moments culminating in the best version of the final duel ever seen on film.
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-10-26
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Sekki shichihenge
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-23
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The Magical Warrior
Overview: Rikitaro and Osayo are popular entertainers who throw knives. They are sweethearts. At one day They help Ocho, who is a beautiful pickpocket when she is attacked by Ronin. in Asakusa, However, they come to be surrounded by doubtful Ronin after that. Moreover, Rikitaro is called to stop by Kajima of Edo-Karo of Nihonmatsu-Han. He calls him a young lord and treats Rikitaro as one, because his young lord, Tetsunojo is missing. Kuni-Garo makes a plan to carry out. Kikumaru, the younger brother of the mother difference in him instead of Tetsunojo, Since Rikitaro is just like Tetsunojo, then, they are convinced that it is Tetsunojo of Rikitaro. Rikitaro and Osayo decide to help Kajima and Tetsunojo. Finally they success to crush Kikumarsu's group.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-09-06
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The Beloved Imposters
Overview: 1958 Mito Kōmon film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-11-11
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Youth, Why Do You Cry?
Overview: A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1930-11-15
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Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
Overview: Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-06-28
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Red peonies on the skin
Overview: Genjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies, he helps his younger brother who is caught up in a conflict with Hatamoto.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-02
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慶安水滸傳
Overview: Chikuzen, a ronin named Yoh Daisuke, after pacifying some ruffians at the theater of Onna-Kata Ogino Sawanojiki, formed a bond with the theater's bodyguard, Maruhashi Tadayasu, and Kaku, a priest. He ended up settling at the Kasugaya, the house of Oko, whom he had saved. When Oko decided to go to Edo, where her biological father lived, Daisuke accompanied her. Along the way, at Suruga Abe River, they encountered Sawanojiki's theater group, which had departed from Osaka earlier heading to Edo. A scuffle initiated by Tadayasu over a ferry boat with the students of Yui Masayuki but was amicably resolved through Masayuki's intervention.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-01-21
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.9
Overview: 9th film in the series about Lord Mito
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-08-15
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.4
Overview: Fourth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-02-24
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Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
Overview: Umon’s services are called upon when innocent bystanders, Kayo and Minokichi, along with the ronin, Gontaro are mistakenly identified as suspects in several recent murder cases. To prove their innocence and uncover the truth, Umon launches his own investigation.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-01
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Flowers on the Trail
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-29
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Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Road
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Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-08
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Unruly Lion
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-01
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The Kuroda Affair
Overview: This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As his clan’s new leader, Tadayuki, becomes increasingly militant in his opposition to the Tokugawa shogunate, Daizen is forced to reconcile his loyalty to the clan with his loyalty to Tadayuki, who seems dead set on entangling the clan in destructive conflict. The Kuroda Affair’s mise-en-scène is said to have influenced future Toei director Eiichi Kudo. The film also features two of the greatest stars of Japanese period cinema, Chiezo Kataoka and Ryutaro Otomo.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-08
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Magistrate of Dice
Overview: Based on the exploits of real-life historical character Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan, this exciting tale brings the “Demon Magistrate” as he is called to the aid of a beautiful young woman who asks to be abducted on the eve of her wedding so that she would not have to marry a country bumpkin. Instead she plans to go to Edo, where life can be cheap and common criminals run rampant. Can Magistrate Toyama, a gambler himself, see through the plot and keep her safe from harm. Don’t miss this spectacular showpiece of samurai era action led by superstar Kataoka Chiezo in one of his signature roles. When he bares his tattooed right shoulder, all hell breaks loose!
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-18
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The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
Overview: In the mountainous region of Koshu, Taikahara, there was an intense power struggle between the prominent families, Tamaki and Kakukura. Facing the steward of Kakukura, Kurokawa Senjiro, was Tamaki Daisaburo, who was skilled with a handgun. Daisaburo had granted protection to the charcoal maker, Miyoshi, safeguarding a few mountains passed down from their ancestors. Daisaburo's elder brother, Iori, who had completed his training in Edo, saved Kakukura's only daughter, Koyumi, on his way back home. However, while Daisaburo rushed to Iori's aid after Koyumi was attacked by Kurokawa and his men, their family home was set ablaze.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-10-27
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Jigoku no kagebōshi
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-11
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I Flunked, But...
Overview: This bittersweet comedy tells the tale of a group of college roommates attempting to cheat their way through their exams. As the title goes, things don't work out for our roguish main character, but his classmates soon find themselves in a similarly sorry state...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1930-04-11
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Waka zakura kenka matoi
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-17
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Edokko Nagaya
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-01
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The Duel at the Satta Pass
Overview: A variety of characters, including ninja Noto, a swordsman disguised as a komuso monk, and a young samurai chasing them, participate in a chaotic bloody battle for 4,000 gold coins that were stolen from Nijo Castle.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-16
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Lord Mito: All Star Version
Overview: In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later, another fire broke out, this time in Komagome, burning down the two gates of Asakusa and Sujikai, and continuing on into the night. As the government Elders consider evidence that these fires were arson, a fire breaks out in Hirakawa-cho, outside of Hanzo Gate. Nishonmaru catches on fire and burns down completely. When this rash of fires even strikes Kyoto, the task of finding who’s behind the arson, and stopping them falls to the Shogun’s uncle, the Elder Lord of Mito. Together with his trusted bodyguards, Kaku and Suke, the trio set of to save Japan from this scourge of evil. Featuring virtually all of their most famous stars, this is the best film in the Toei series about Mito Komon, one of Japan’s most popular historical figures who traveled through the country incognito to check on the people and fight injustice.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-08-07
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Phantom Castle
Overview: Early Japanese three-part samurai / fantasy serial.
Genres: Action History Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-10-10
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Every-Night Dreams
Overview: In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return of her ex-husband, who fathered the child and walked out on her years earlier.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1933-06-08
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Akagi no komori-uta
Overview: Film directed by Tadashi Ashihara
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-12-10
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A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo
Overview: Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1933-09-21
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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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Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
Overview: The Lord of Okazaki is killed by his brother-in-law. Although the Lord's widow bears a child, she is also killed. Then, a ghost cat begins stalking in the castle.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-03-13
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Yagyu Chronicles 2: The Secret Sword
Overview: This is the second film in the popular black and white series about the master swordsman, Yagyu Jubei. When the Yagyu clan falls victim to rival Kasumi spies, Yagyu Jubei is called to action to protect them. But in performing his duty, he becomes the target of those who wish to destroy his clan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-03-19
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The Battleship Yamato
Overview: The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-06-15
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The Conspirator
Overview: Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga, provides little happiness. His manipulative mother adds further complications through her constant interference and attempts at defeating the Nobunaga family.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-11-08
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Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Overview: Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-04-20
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Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
Overview: Fifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-12-28
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Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
Overview: Sixth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-04-19
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Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower
Overview: Bored Hatamoto film #21
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-15
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Days of Youth
Overview: Students Watanabe and Yamamoto unknowingly compete for the same girl.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-04-13
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Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern
Overview: Detective Umon’s services are called upon when ronin Yaichiro is killed with a peculiar weapon, a stone wrapped in a towel.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-08-01
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Hibari is Fashion Crazy
Overview: Under a decree by the Shogun, people of all classes are forced to lead a frugal lifestyle. However, Omitsu, a woman who is thought to have gone insane after the sudden death of her father, openly disobeys this order and goes around town fancifully dressed. Unknown to all around her, Omitsu is merely acting, using her perceived madness to roam around town conducting her own secret investigation into her father's death. Will her skillful ruse help her to reveal the truth?
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-15
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Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon
Overview: The life, adventures and exploits of warlord Date Masamune the One-eyed Dragon: his early youth as an aggressive warrior, the battles he won until subduing almost all his enemies, the lonely comprehension of knowing that he actually can not take over the whole country because he was born too late.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-07-02
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Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp
Overview: A remake of Kaidan Saga yashiki (1953).
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-06-18
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The Phantom Cat
Overview: In Numada, Jyoshu, Seijun's mistress dies a horrible death at the hands of a gang of vicious vassals plotting to embezzle the Kuroda family, and her beloved cat takes revenge by becoming an incarnation of the cat.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-07-12
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Fighting Friends
Overview: Two friends accidentally run into a young, homeless woman, so they take her in.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-07-05
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Couple on the Move
Overview: When a woman unfairly suspects her husband of flirting with a shop assistant, she decides to flirt with their landlord to get revenge. Considered to be a lost film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1928-09-28
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Young Lady
Overview: Two reporters find that they are repeatedly beaten to the scoop by a new female journaist, 'young miss'. They decide to team up with her to investigate a secret club for wealthy voyeurs. Considered to be a lost film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1930-12-12
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The Luck Which Touched the Leg
Overview: A salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful owner. However his colleagues immediately start borrowing money and selling him things he doesn't need, much to his wife's annoyance. Considered to be a lost film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1930-10-03
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The Second Son
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-01-29
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The Black Hooded Man 4
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-10-02
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A Warrior Generation
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-14
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53 Stages of Action
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-01-23
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Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
Overview: A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed and vandalized, streets teeming with panicked citizens. Is Ijyuin Tanomo, highly-placed official of Owari clan, secretly using deadly ninja to foment riot and rebellion? Narumiya Shinbei, a lone samurai spy adept at ninjutsu must uncover the hidden hand orchestrating these shocking crimes. Shinbei enlists a small band of dedicated ninja to lay siege to the enemy’s stronghold, where his own sister works as an undercover agent. Now, ninja must fight ninja in a last desperate battle to save the shogunate.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-15
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Lair of the Snakegod
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Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-04-12
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Flowery Hood
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-07-25
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Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
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Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-08-14
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The Lord Takes a Bride
Overview: Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said than done, evil forces lurk in Edo and Gentaro must use his phenomenal sword skills to overcome the evil and find the love of his life. Another must have for fans of the great Otomo Ryutaro. And don't let the "silly" English title fool you, this is a great movie!
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-04-02
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Marathon Samurai
Overview: The TV drama of Ima Harube was adapted by Yagi Ryuichiro ("Komuso Henge"), directed by Mori Issei ("I Am Fujikichirou"), and cinematographed by Honda Shozo ("The Return of the Ghost"). The main cast includes Katsu Shintaro ("Flower of the Wandering Bird"), Saga Michiko and Mita Tokiko ("Matashirou's Fighting Journey")
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-02-05
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Shippu no Seitarou
Overview: A historical drama directed by Yukiya Sato, and co-written by Rokuhei Susukita and Jiro Okuzawa. Seitarou, who travels from trip to trip, was asked by Fujisuke, who was killed in a mess at the Shinshu Oil Shop's gambling house, to deliver his child Shinkichi to his mother Megumi in the old Iwanjoya in Shiojiri, Shinshu. Megumi was crying day and night, worrying for her child. Masagoro, the boss of the land who had been aiming for the replacement of Iwanjoya, forced Megumi to marry his son Hyokichi. On the way, Seitarou and Shinkichi helped Rohno, who was looking for his fiancee....
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-07-12
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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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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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53 Stages of the Road
Overview: An Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-10-18
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The Adventures of Chuji
Overview: Chuji Kunisada runs into strange adventures which tests his skill as a samurai as he untangles intrigue and murder against the backdrop of the majestic Mount Akagi.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-01
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Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
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Genres: History Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-04-12
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Maboroshijō dainiwa shi no senpū
Overview: The undercover agent Tsukinosuke Kigurumi successfully escapes with Kirisaku, who possesses the coveted Shinshu Mountain map targeted by the phantom gang, but loses the key to unlocking it. The one who picks up the key is Osumi, a female courier. (Existing version. Please excuse any deterioration in image quality due to original conditions.)
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-11-01
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Beranmē nagaya kenka matoi
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-07
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The Black Hooded Man Rides Again
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-08-02
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Obugyō-sama to musume-tachi
Overview: 1961 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-27
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Denshichi Torimonocho: Silver Snake Spell
Overview: The eleventh episode of the Denshichi Torimonocho series. Around the time of Shogun Ienari, a murderer known as a ghost hikyaku appeared in Edo, raping and killing young girls one after another. One night, a notice was recieved that Oichi, the daughter of Wakasa Kanayu of the small construction group, would be taken away. The mansion was surrounded by ten and twenty layers of people including Denshichi, who was asked to guard the house, and Sesshinsai Ohba, the owner of the dojo. Four seconds later, a violent explosion suddenly occurred.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-08-02
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