Ryuji Kita
Also Known As: Ryûji Kita , 北龍二, Рюдзи Кита, ریوجی کیتا
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kyōbashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: January 01, 1905
Age: 120 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 16, 1972
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Hikkoshi yatsure
Overview: Manao Horiuchi movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-06-09
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20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1
Overview: With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, who just happens to be from an extremely privileged background.
Genres: Action History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-03
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20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2
Overview: The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-09
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20 Duels of Young Shingo - Conclusion
Overview: While on his journey through the countryside of Japan, Shingo encounters many people whose lives have been affected by his actions. Though the many duels he fought were intended to bring justice to those who sought to do evil, he is faced with the knowledge that his victories have also caused suffering amont the family members of his victims-leading him to question his life's philosophy. This superb film is the final chapter in this part of Shingo's story. A fitting tribute to his quest to be the supreme swordsman.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-07-13
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Young Lord Yakuza
Overview: Young Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under the disguise of a ronin.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-06-11
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Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Bloodskull Mansion
Overview: The second work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on the original work of Tatsuro Jinde. Popular ronin actor Kasumi Ippei intervenes in a planned robbery of the mint, where gold coins are minted for the Shogunate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-10
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Youth After School
Overview: "Youth After School" takes Tokyo and Kyoto as the stage, and tells the story of a family that develops around the daughter's marriage. The play was broadcast on NHK TV in 1963, but the program recording technology was not mature at that time, and relevant people called it "phantom TV drama (幻のドラマ)". However, this TV series that was originally thought to be lost has been rediscovered after 50 years.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-21
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Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 3
Overview: The adventures of Aoi Shingo continue. Shingo is finally given permission to officially meet his father, the Shogun. However, his journey is disturbed by those who wish to claim his life. This is the third part of "THE 10 DUELS OF YOUNG SHINGO", following the first 2 parts (which were actually done as one movie). The tension mounts as young Shingo must face obstacles the like of which he had never before seen. And, can he avenge the death of his master? The man to whom he owes everything.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-27
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Jinsei Gekijo: Zankyaku hen
Overview: 1938 Theater of Life adaptation.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-07-01
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Lady Sen and Hideyori
Overview: From the late 1500's through the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate many battles were fought as the great warlords vied for power over the nation. Princess Sen, a daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu, is caught amidst the family feud between the Tokugawa and Toyotomi families. When her father Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu attacks her husband Toyotomi Hideyori's castle, her life takes a sudden turn for the worse. Will she ever find peace in her life again? One of Hibari Misora's most memorable performances, a movie you will never forget!
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-25
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Love Eternal
Overview: A deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an executive member of a drug trafficking syndicate, Kano is pretty high up in the food chain, but "status" bears no value to him. All he cares for is Ayako, the boss' mistress. After one last job, they intend to run off together to Hong Kong, but their plans are hindered when an uninvited yakuza stirs up a vicious shootout. In the midst of it all, Ayako is kidnapped.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-07-09
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Epitaph to My Love
Overview: Ishihara Kiyoshi plans to marry the woman he loves, Chiee, a coffee shop girl. After an accident, Chiee loses her memory. A romance movie whose original work by Ayako Sono was made into a melodrama by a combination of Shinoda Masahiro and Terayama Shuji.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-16
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The Eve of the Chinese Festival
Overview: A kabuki actor is assassinated during a New Year celebration show, in front of everyone, fortunately the great detective Umon is among the audience. Along with his quirky assistant they set on the trail of revenge killing. Revenge for what? Who and where is the killer? And what does a treasure and swastika spider tattoos have to do with the case?
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-28
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鷹天皇飄々剣 吉野の風雲児
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-21
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Tokyo Drifter
Overview: After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.
Genres: Thriller Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-04-10
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The Samurai Markets
Overview: The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-22
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Morning Breeze in Edo
Overview: The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in Edo.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-11-29
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Diary of Good Conduct Matashiro: A beautiful bat
Overview: Rampant ronin Matashiro Sasai, finds himself embroiled in serious unrest after he rescues a geisha who is being kidnapped by a group of ronin.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-05
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Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-22
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Love Under the Crucifix
Overview: The basic story in Love under the Crucifix is about Ogin, daughter of a tea master, who are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a feudal prince, also a Christian who is already married, and that creates problems. Further, when the Shogun bans Christianity, the situation worsens.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-03
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Aru yo no seppun
Overview: The romantic struggles of three close friends who came back from the war.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1946-05-23
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The Emperor's Hat
Overview: A man working in a museum steals the Emperor's hat on display.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-12-01
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Mid-August Commotion
Overview: A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General Staff of the Konoe Division on the eve of the end of the Pacific War.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-08-22
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Tokyo's Business District
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-08-29
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Boyhood
Overview: When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-05-12
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Youth of the Son
Overview: The story of a father and two teenaged sons, and the rivalry between the two siblings as they begin to discover the attraction of girls.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-06-25
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The Thick-Walled Room
Overview: A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-10-31
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The Creature Called Man
Overview: A top police-guard, charged with protecting a visiting politician and ruthless dictator, contends with an assassin set to kill the man.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-04-04
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The Militarists
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-09-11
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Restoration Fire
Overview: Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. Excellent performances and extremely good swordplay highlight this glimpse into the heart and soul of Japanese history. Although known as “Razor Blade” Hijikata, the vice-commander is a man of deep conviction with a little-known sense of humanity. Starting after the famed Ikedaya Incident, in which they saved Kyoto from Choshu’s plot to burn the city to ashes, they work hard to change the public’s view of them as merciless killers to their true mission of protecting the shogun. This is an extraordinary tale of blood and guts! From the pen of award winning author Shotaro Ikenami (Bandit Vs. Samurai, Hunter in the Dark, Misumi's The Last Samurai)
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-10-14
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Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
Overview: 16th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-21
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At the Side of the Bridge
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-01
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Song of Yakuza
Overview: A low ranking yakuza who spends more time enjoying life than doing the yakuza work falls in love with a pretty student girl, whose brother later gets drawn into the yakuza business against his own wishes.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-08-08
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Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
Overview: Young lord investigates the mysterious death that takes place in the underworld.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-23
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Judge and Jeopardy
Overview: It is based on the story "The Lawyer" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki and his account of Japan's "Headless Murder Case" in which a police officer beat a suspect to death during the Pacific War.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-06-08
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New Tengu from Mount Kurama
Overview: The film is set in Kyoto at the end of the Tokugawa period, when there is a fierce clash between the supporters of the Emperor, who are fighting for the overthrow of the Shogunate, and the Shinsengumi squad, who are chasing them. Suddenly, a mysterious masked warrior appears, on a white horse he is called Tengu from Mount Kurama and he opposes the Shinsengumi.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-09-18
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Battle of the Japan Sea
Overview: Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, with results which stun both nations. Meanwhile, Major Genjiro Akashi makes secret negotiations with the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia, negotiations that have repercussions far beyond the conflict at hand.
Genres: War History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-08-01
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Youth Bell
Overview: A college student comes to a wealthy family as a tutor for their son, an elementary school student, he cheerfully encourages his student, captivates him with the spirit of sports and falls in love with the daughter of the owner of the house. A masterpiece of youth drama starring the eternal idol Kazuo Funaki.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-01-11
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快盗三人吉三
Overview: On March 11 in the seventh year of Tenpo (1836), a monk named Bennō, who fell in love with a geisha named Oshima, was publicly exposed at Nihonbashi for committing an illicit act with a woman. While this was happening, an extravagant procession led by another monk named Nikkei passed over the bridge. Nikkei, the head of the Kanouin temple, in collusion with Nakano Harima-no-Kami, had schemed to make his younger sister, Miyoshi, the Shogun's mistress and aimed to transform Kanouin into the Shogun's family temple. To fund the renovations, Nikkei accepted bribes from a corrupt merchant named Koya Bunzo.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-04-21
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Beautiful Tengu
Overview: During the tumultuous end of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Tengu Party rose in rebellion in Mito. Friends from their hometown, Tanaka Genzo and Fujita Koshiro, each walked different paths. Koshiro, who upheld the philosophy of "Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarians," became a leader of the Tengu Party, taking refuge in the mountains. Genzo, however, did not have any particular ideological stance.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-06-23
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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.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-08-05
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情艶一代女
Overview: Based on the serialized story "東京一代女" which appeared in Tokyo Shinbun. A geisha known for her dancing begins training with the Onnagata Kikugoro VI as a dancer. She leaves her geisha life to pursue this new path, but falls in love with a naval officer who is the younger brother of Kikugoro and who saves her from a stalker monk. Kikugoro hears of this and becomes enraged. The naval officer dies in the Second Sino-Japanese War, causing the lead to go back home to her mother where she meets, and falls in love with, a poet who resembles her now-deceased fiancé. This poet leaves her in order to force her to dedicate her entire life to dancing, which he sees as her true pursuit.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-02-03
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Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu
Overview: 1953 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-04-01
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Girl with Bamboo Leaves
Overview: Yasuda plays Omon, a woman using bamboo leaves as darts/blades to disable and kill her enemies.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-26
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Young Ace in the Alps
Overview: Seventh movie of the Wakadaishō series directed by Kengo Furusawa
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-05-28
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The Young Ace in the South Pacific
Overview: The 10th film in the Wakadaisho series, the Young Ace Yuichi Tanuma travels to Hawaii to train in deep-sea navigation. The Young Ace comes to the rescue of various women in peril, teaches a would-be restauranteur how to make sukiyaki, thwarts the romantic aspirations of his rival Ao Daisho, and competes in the finals of the Japan Judo Championship at the Nippon Budokan. Shot across various locations across Hawaii, Tahiti, Saipan, and Tokyo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-07-01
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Unruly Lion
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-01
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Kokusai Mitsuyudan
Overview: Directed by Daisuke Ito.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1944-05-11
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Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
Overview: 1963 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-09
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Kare o korosu na
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-09-11
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悪魔の顔
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-09
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The Dawn of Judo
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-09-28
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The Second Bullet is Marked
Overview: Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-27
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Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
Overview: The timid first love of high school students! A whisper of love between a young man and a girl! The experiences of a middle-aged couple with a child! A cheerful work depicting the problems between three generations of men and women in a bright and healthy manner.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-06-08
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母恋草
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-06-29
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Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
Overview: Mariko studies at a missionary school in Shinshu. She drops out of school and joins her father on a circus tour when she discovers that her father, Ryutaro, whom she always thought was an agricultural and forestry engineer, was a circus clown. Over time, Mariko's singing attracted the attention of the public.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-07-15
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Shinran, Part II
Overview: Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Shinran, born of the fading aristocratic class, was placed in a monastary on Mount Hiei when still a child. He did not come down for twenty years, when his wanderings begin as he spreads his ideas for achieving enlightenment through the Pure Land sutra. Because his teachings contradict the powerful Tendai sect, he comes to grief with the government, his followers persecuted, himself exiled to far coastal Echigo where he married & began raising a family but soonafter was wandering & teaching again. He lived to be ninety.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-27
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Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
Overview: Born to a prestigious family, Natsuko is not impressed by any one of her suitors. Determined to spend her life serving god, she sets off to a convent in Hakodate, Hokkaido, and meets along the way a young bear-hunter with whom she begins an adventure.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-01-14
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Wild Palanquin
Overview: Shinsuke Inaba, a thief who snuck into the Kishu family residence in Edo. He was almost discovered by a patrol, but he is helped by Kajio, a woman who holds the position of a junior maid of honor. She was later reprimanded and moved into her family's candle shop. One day, she meets the popular actor Nakazo Nakamura, and is surprised by his exact resemblance to Shinsuke…
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-12-06
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King Kong Escapes
Overview: An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle atop Tokyo Tower.
Genres: Action Fantasy Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-07-22
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Life of Matsu the Untamed
Overview: A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-07-14
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Tale of Jiro
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-12-11
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The Coin Thrower Zenigata
Overview: The film tells about a young detective Zenigata Heiji who successfully solves a disgusting and unusual case involving the manufacture of counterfeit money.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-10-13
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The Woman Gambler's Tenth Game
Overview: 13th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-01
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Who Is the Criminal?
Overview: 1945 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1945-12-27
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The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy
Overview: Yagyu Jubei must protect the Yagyu scroll that holds the secret of the infamous assassination plotted by the Tokugawa government 30 years ago.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-08-07
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The Spear of Heroism
Overview: Lord Gennosuke and Princess Yoshi are to be betrothed to one another, however Gennosuke is already in love with Suzue who is from a lower caste. The order has been sent from up on high that if Gennosuke won't change his mind then Suzue must be dealt with one way or another. When spearmaster, Fuwa Mondo, a Ronin and all around happy guy stumbles into the plot, things get a little hokey-pokey.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-06-17
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With Wife, Children, and Friends
Overview: Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes of two police detectives. One is Henmi, who comes to Tokyo in 1926 from faraway Kagoshima to join the Tokyo police force. His closest friend is Nihei, a farmer's son from Tohoku who becomes the steadying influence on headstrong Henmi.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-11-01
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
Overview: Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-01
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Yagyu Chronicles 1: Secret Scrolls
Overview: Two groups are after the legendary Yagyu Secret Scrolls. A princess of a disgraced clan and her loyal servant want it to clear their family's name. And a rival clan wants it to destroy the Yagyu family. Only master swordsman, Yagyu Jubei stands in their way. What is the secret that is hidden away in the scrolls?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-03-01
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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.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-03-19
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Edo Crime Book: Black Claws
Overview: Edo Crime Book: Black Claws
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-04-18
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I Yearn for Father
Overview: Yuji Makita (Wakahara) came to a hot spring port town as a singer who plays the guitar. Thirteen years ago, Sanae Shimura (Miyake) was in love with him, and now Sanae works at a bar in Tokyo to support her daughter Emiko (Misorah) and elderly father Daiseki (Ryuji Kita). While waiting for her mother to return, Emiko often goes to the dock and sings a song. Yuji finds out that Emiko is his own daughter, because the song she sings was once written by Yuji himself and was known only to Sanae...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-03-08
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Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
Overview: A young man longs to travel to Hawaii, the birthplace of his deceased father, against the wishes of his family, who are estranged from those relatives in Waikiki.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-08-01
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Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption
Overview: In the fifth installment, Yagyu Jubei must prove the innocence of his family who is suspected of conspiring to take Shogun's life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-02-23
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Five Scouts
Overview: An early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of propaganda produced at the height of the Pacific War. "A company commander calls on five men. They are to reconnoiter, but on their way they are attacked. Only four of them return. While his companions mourn the fifth straggles back. Soon after comes the order to move out for a general attack. The men know that this time there will be no returning." (Donald Richie)
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-01-07
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Equinox Flower
Overview: Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is adamant to live life her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-09-07
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Overview: After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-15
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The Inheritance
Overview: A dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown, so a bevy of lawyers and associates scheme to take advantage of the situation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-16
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The Rose on His Arm
Overview: Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.
Genres: Drama Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-11-14
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The Good Fairy
Overview: The wife of an elite government official left her husband, and a young journalist is sent to investigate the case. But his boss has a hidden agenda.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-02-17
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Kagemaru of the Iga Clan
Overview: A group of Iga ninja risk their lives to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu from the villianous Koga Ninja. Kagemaru uses his amazing Iga ninja skills to fight the evil Koga Ninja in the name of justice! A stunning old-school Ninja action adventure, full of special effects! It splendid cast includes Matsukata Hiroki as 'Kagemaru' and Yamashiro Shingo as 'Amanojaki', Kagemaru's arch-enemy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-07-24
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Times of Joy and Sorrow
Overview: The story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-10-01
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Tange Sazen
Overview: In 1730, the Tokugawa Shogunate orders the Yagyu Clan to repair a huge shrine. Since it cannot refuse the Shogunate's request, the impoverished Yagyu Clan tries to raise funds by obtaining a sword which holds the key to a wondrous, hidden treasure. After learning the sword's secret, Tange Sazen sides with the Yagyu Clan, but his motive seems to be more than just pure interest in the treasure...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-11-17
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Fine Man
Overview: A young son of a master of the Kuwana clan gets disowned for his rebellious behavior. After he goes from the mountains to the ocean defeating the evil, he becomes a fine man.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-06-11
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Yagyu Chronicles 9: Assassin's Sword
Overview: The Yagyu Family have been teaching the Shinkage style of fencing for generations. Now a new fencing school has opened in Edo, claiming to be the true Shinkage style. Yagyu Jubei faces his biggest challenge yet when the master of the new school claims he is the legitimate successor of Shinkage and tries to take the Yagyu's political power.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-10-14
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Edo Purebreed
Overview: Action and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters, Kichigoro and Jirokichi in old Japan. When Mukai Sadayu, the vassal of Kaga Clan's accounting officer, Shinagawa Daihachi demands that Omon serve him tea in his mansion and she refuses, the clan's samurai abduct her setting in motion a series of events that will bring the two firefighters into a world of danger and excitement. Jirokichi, leader of the Edo firefighting team "Ha-gumi" must first rescue Omon from the clutches of the vile Kaga Clan's retainers.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-07
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Late Autumn
Overview: A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-11-13
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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: Crime Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-12-20
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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: Crime Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-02-08
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Secret Assignment
Overview: In the fourth film of series, Secret Assignment, Raizo again plays the Jiro Shiina. This time he's out to discover who is spying for the British in the Foreign Ministry, under the code name “Cat's Eye”.
Genres: Action War Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-06-17
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The Yagyu Military Art: The One-Eyed Ninja
Overview: The famed ninja Yagyu Jubei fights to suppress a coup d’etat plotted against Tokugawa Shogunate.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-21
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The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List
Overview: When the country is in peril, Lord Yagyu Tajima summons his son Yagyu Jubei to retrieve the mystical Yagyu Scroll in order to save all of Japan. This time, Jubei must stop the evil plot of Lord Hayato-no-sho, who secretly plans on overthrowing the Shogunate. This is the most exciting film in the long-running series about one of the greatest swordsmen in Japanese history. Konoe Jushiro gives one of his finest performances in this classic tale.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-05-25
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Song Festival
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Genres: Fantasy Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-01
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Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
Overview: [Period covered: 1637-1651] This is one of the most complicated plots of any of the Shinobi no Mono films! This film tells the story of Saizo’s son, Kirigakure Saisuke, who after seeing his father die at the Battle Of Shimabara, grows up to be an expert ninja. Before he dies, “Mist” Saizo tells his children Saisuke, and Yuri that they are not really brother and sister. She, in fact, is the daughter of the late lord Sanada Yukimura, and must be saved from the shogun’s forces. In the chess match of spy versus spy, can Saisuke defeat the shogun’s chief strategist, Matsudaira Izunokami at his own game? Showing many exciting ninja tactics, it is not to be missed.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-06-12
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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Overview: This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-16
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Prison Break
Overview: Set up to be the patsy by a rival gang, Furuta Makoto attacks the yakuza boss he thinks is responsible for his father’s murder. He then learns it was all a plot to take over his father’s turf and he seeks vengeance against the puppet master behind the entire conspiracy. His quest for justice leads him to prison where he must fend off the attack of a master assassin before he can make his escape and go after the true killer!
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-08-30
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Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Overview: Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged gambling game. Of course, the local gangsters attempt to kill him, and the adventure begins. It turns out a blacksmith named Senzo examines Zatoichi's cane sword, and discovers it to be forged by his old mentor. Senzo discovers the sword is at the end of its usefulness and will break when it is used next.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-01-03
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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Overview: The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters making appearances: Otsu (Musashi's great love), Akemi, Matahachi (his former fellow soldier), old lady Osugi (still doggedly trying to defeat Musashi), and even the return of Priest Takuan (the man responsible for his journey towards enlightenment). But most of all, the boastful, long-haired and long-sworded Sasaki Kojiro.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-09-04
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13 Assassins
Overview: A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-07
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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Overview: After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.
Genres: History Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-04-28
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Woman Gambler
Overview: Mourning the death of her boyfriend, Yukiko wanders aimlessly from one city to another. During her mourning, she becomes addicted to gambling. One day, a man that resembles her deceased lover asks for help. He's being pursued by a dangerous gang of yakuza.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-10-22
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The Stars and I Decided...
Overview: The brother of an up-and-coming kendoka is mysteriously murdered while working on a new model of motorboat.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-08-14
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Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?
Overview: French docu-drama which chronicles the chain of events that lead to the hanging of German-journalist Richard Sorge, who was executed in 1944 after he was found supplying classified information to the Russians.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-03-29
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The X from Outer Space
Overview: The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-03-25
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Festival of Swordsmen
Overview: During the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most peaceful era. This left a large number of unemployed samurai with nothing to do, and their morale suffered. In order to raise their spirits, the Shogun's Chief Advisor suggests that they hold a "Festival of Swordsmen" in the Shogun's presence. Problems arise when some of the martial artists bring their personal grudges to the competition. When Busshi Shirogoro (OTOMO) meets the daughter of the late Lord SANADA Yukimura sparks fly as she tries to use the competition to carry out her vengeance against Shogun Iemitsu.
Genres: Action History Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-03-21
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Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
Overview: A princess seeks adventure and true love, with help from her loyal servant.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-01-09
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The Silk Hat Boss 2
Overview: The Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-11-21
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Duel at Fort Ezo
Overview: 1864. Samurai Shinbei is sent in a secret mission to Ezo, in the North of Japan, to stop riots of villagers commanded by Jirozaemon. A Russian count's daughter, the village leader's daughter and a secret treasure add up to the adventure.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-09
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Lover's Duet
Overview: A melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut. A remake of the 1939 film of the same name.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-09-30
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Samurai from Somewhere
Overview: Young Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions lead his retainers to think that he has gone mad with blood-lust. Never offering any explanation, he continues his seemingly unprovoked attacks until he is sent away from his domain.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-12-07
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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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An Autumn Afternoon
Overview: Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-18
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The Killing Bottle
Overview: In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group bent on assassinating the Prime Minister of Buddhabal. ISP Agents Carter and Kitami are assigned to the case. When the Prime Minister arrives in Tokyo for a friendship visit, Carter and Kitami are on hand to protect him. On hand, too, are assorted ZZZ blackguards. Several attempts on the Prime Minister's life fail, until finally the ZZZ introduces a new device designed to eliminate not only the Prime Minister but the ISP Agents as well: THE KILLING BOTTLE, then, is a pocket-sized container filled with a substance that can expand to thousands of times its size and throttle its victim, then disappear leaving only the corpse.
Genres: Action Comedy Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-02-11
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Always in My Heart
Overview: Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge during the Great Tokyo Air Raid in March 1945. Machiko and Haruki pledge to meet again at the bridge in six months but part without asking each other’s names.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-09-15
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Submarine Number One
Overview: This film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as result of Japan's first submarine accident. The film then follows two of the pupils, one becomes a submarine captain and the other designs submarines.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-05-23
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Kaze no naka no hitomi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-06-09
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While Traveling
Overview: In this film, Hibari plays a dual role as brother and sister. The story involves a journey to Hanagasa for an incognito Lord (Kotaro Satomi) to overthrow an attempted usurpation of his domain, while being harassed by vassals of the usurper (Kensaku Hara). There's also a mysterious ronin played by Jushiro Konoe. The songs are seamlessly woven into the narrative and don't overwhelm the action. While the plot is derivative it is good example of its type and quite enjoyable. Note that there are some flashback sequences in black and white.
Genres: Adventure Music Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-27
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Red Pants
Overview: A woman diver in great peril is rescued by Shinji, a fisherman. But his deed is belittled by Takiko, another diver, as a rash act. Her attitude, however, is nothing but a cloak to hide her affection for him. Shinji, hard working and manly, becomes the focus of many yearning eyes and Seikichi, the boss' son, picks a quarrel with him and violent fight ensues in which Shinji kills a man in self-defense.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-07-01
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Knightly Advice
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-31
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A Carpenter and Children
Overview: A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate woman named Oritsu. It's a winning combination of drama and humor. The warm friendship that grows between the carpenter, the woman and the children making this into a true masterpiece.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-10
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Hero of the Red Light District
Overview: A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring birthmark on his face. Even the courtesans in Yoshiwara refuse to entertain him, until an indentured peasant prostitute, Tamarazu, takes the unsavoury assignment and treats him with brash tenderness.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-03
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Cases of Hanshichi
Overview: Detective Hanshichi (Kataoka Chiezo) solves 3 mysterious murder cases. Great story and an impressive all-star cast, a must see!
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-10-16
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The Cave of the Vampire Bats
Overview: A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing the bored Lord is walking by, he saved the girls but was too late to save the maiden, quickly he finds himself mixed up in a mystery of murdered maidens, an unknown ninja clan, attempted assassinations towards himself and a cursed vampire bat cave, can the bored Lord solve this puzzle before maidens lose their lives?
Genres: Mystery Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-08-01
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The Big Ambition
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-03-30
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Admiral Yamamoto
Overview: As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-08-14
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Crazy Big Explosion
Overview: A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-04-27
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Gateway to Glory
Overview: A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese navy.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-12
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The Drifting Gambler
Overview: 8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-04-18
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Paper Crane Palanquin
Overview: The death of a samurai in a palanquin leads girl detective Oshichi to take action to crush a plot to overthrow the Shogunate.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-07-05
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Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
Overview: A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to rescue them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-05-29
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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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Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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The Young Boss and the Navy Spirit
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-09-03
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Omoide no borero
Overview: Drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-04-15
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Official with a Tattoo
Overview: Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not commit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-15
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City of Beasts
Overview: University student Arima Yasuhiro becomes acquainted with Ishihama, the president of a pharmaceutical company with a dark past, slowly but surely getting more embroiled in his dirty dealings.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-05-23
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Shinkon Tenki-zu
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-01-03
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A Warrior Generation
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-14
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Haha machi gusa
Overview: Asako works in a hostel for troubled young women. When a beautiful young girl is brought in one day after committing theft, Asako finds out from the older widow she works with that the new girl is undoubtedly her half-sister. When the younger sister suddenly flees on account of a misunderstanding, Asako makes up her mind to find the mother who deserted them both.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-08-17
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Our Chief, Our Doctor
Overview: It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanese dish, similar to a pork schnitzel) earns him the nickname ‘the pork cutlet prince’ (‘Tonkatsu Taisho’, the film’s Japanese title) from the affectionate residents of the tenement in which he lives. When a local hospital, run by a female doctor, plans to expand, the future of the tenement is called into question.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-02-15
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Sakon Detective Story: Handprint in Fresh Blood
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-12-02
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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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Beauty of Life
Overview: Inochi uruwashi
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-12-07
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Horror of the Fifth Columnist
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-04-16
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Family of Love
Overview: Family of Love
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-06-28
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Kaze no Matasaburô
Overview: Saburō Takada transfers from a city to a very small school. The village children suspect that Saburō is actually Matasaburō, the wind sprite.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-10-10
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Japan's Longest Day
Overview: Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-08-03
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Unending Advance
Overview: One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian problems of a middle-aged salaryman and his family segues into an idyllic dream of an implausible future. The surviving print, although incomplete, offers an essential glimpse into Uchida’s prewar period, when he was associated more with realist dramas than with the period films that dominated his work after the war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-11-03
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Lord of Steel Heart
Overview: A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a famous spear fighter and warrior, is a vassal of lord Honjo. One of Honjo's most trusted under-lords is Sanzaemon. He has designs on Matabei's fief, and he plots to kill Matabei. He finally convinces Lord Honjo of Matabei's guilt. Now Matabei must fight to survive.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-09
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The Last Loyalty Offering
Overview:
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-12-02
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Spy on the Masked Car
Overview: An industrial espionage film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-01-28
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Ninja Assassins
Overview: Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-06-29
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The Shogun and the Fishmonger
Overview: Fishmonger Tasuke and Shogun Iemitsu swap their identities in pretence for the protection of Iemitsu.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-03
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Den nana torimono jō bijo koumori
Overview: The head of Oshu, Harumichi Honma, was ordered by the boat bugyo (Commissioner of the board) Tajima Kuze to extract five gold coins to the Shogun family in Edo, and put it into Ryujin Maru. However, Tajima, who was the chief retainer of the shogunate, said that he was a member of the board, tetsugoro Funabashi, kumiyumi no Kami ichibei, and his son, masakichi, and others, and in the middle of the night, he killed all the members with poison in the night of the storm, threw Masayoshi, who was a fellow of the city, and masakichi, who escaped from the death of poison, into the sea and sank the boat to eliminate evidence.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-29
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愛する
Overview: 1961 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-22
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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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Young Guy at Sea
Overview: Eternal young guy, Yuzo Kayama stars in this fifth installment of the Young Guy series. Young Guy returns to the swim team from the first movie, boards his rival Blue Guy's boat, and meets a young woman on a small island.
Genres: Comedy Action Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-08-08
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The Sharks
Overview: A film adaptation of Masatsugu Nobuhiko's novel of the same name, directed by Tasaka Tomotaka and starring Nakamura Kinnosuke. This literary epic tells the story of how the protagonist, who has become mired in evil due to his poverty and low position, eventually awakens to humanity through an encounter with a nun. Shark was born without a father in a fishing village where the main occupation is catching sharks. In his poor and humiliating life, his only source of comfort is the tender love of his mother. However, on the night of a festival, the village burns to the ground and his mother dies. Left alone, Shark sets off for Kyoto with an old caster.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-06-27
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Over That Hill
Overview: Mariko is an innocent girl who grew up in the highlands of Shinshu. She moves to Tokyo to live with her father who has successfully returned to Japan. Mariko is simply confused by the life in Tokyo, which is different from her own. Only her private tutor Daisuke was an advisor she could tolerate. Mariko develops slight feelings for Daisuke and finally realizes that he is her first love...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-11-01
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The Tattooed Magistrate: Cherry Blossoms Dance Volume
Overview:
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-04-14
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The Man From Chungking
Overview: Mysterious incident at a secret factory! Important documents lost! What is the true identity of the enemy's invisible spy?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1943-11-11
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Boku dōshite namida ga deru no
Overview: 1965 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-10-30
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Love and the Shop Curtain
Overview: Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan to renovate into a modern hotel before the ‘64 Tokyo Olympics. Maki, the son of the owner of the Benten Hotel, likes Yuri and wants to get closer to her. So, he asks Milton, an American exchange student, to stay at her inn so he can get closer to her. But Yuri is in love with Shin, a cook at her inn. And although Shin likes her too, the two are constantly bickering. Complicating matters more, is that every other available girl also likes Shin including Chikako, who lives at his boarding house, and Chikoma, who is a geisha. One day when Yuri gets a phone call, she suspects that her mother might be having an affair. But it turns out that Otami reunited with her old flame Tomo, who also used to work as a chef at the inn but left because he feared that their class backgrounds were too different. When Shin learns that Yuri is going to marry...will history repeat itself?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-28
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Nippon ichi no shokku otoko
Overview: The last (10th) Toho "Crazy film" in the Nippon Ichi series.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-12-31
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Nippon ichi no otoko no naka no otoko
Overview: The fifth installment of ten in Nippon Ichi film series.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-12-31
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