Shizuko Kasagi
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Okawa District, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: August 25, 1914
Age: 110 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: March 30, 1985
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Drunken Angel
Overview: Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he is suffering from tuberculosis. Sanada tries to convince Matsunaga to stay for treatment, which would drastically change his lifestyle. They form an uneasy friendship until Matsunaga's old boss Okada returns from prison.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-04-27
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Endless Desire
Overview: Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during the war. A grimly humorous tale of twisted relationships as one by one each of the group is eliminated.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-11-18
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Farewell to Spring
Overview: Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-03-28
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Endless Passion
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-09-29
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The Big Chase
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Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-06-25
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Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-03-20
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Haru ranman tanuki matsuri
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Genres: Music Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-06-29
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Under the Blossoming Peach
Overview: A picture-story-show operator, accompanies her son, Akira, who lives apart from her, to a hot-spring medical treatment and spend a moment of brief happiness together, but eventually the time comes to say goodbye. The portrayal of the children and the atmosphere of the hot spring resort shine through in this film about a mother by master filmmaker Hiroshi Shimizu.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-03-24
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The Yakuza Awaits
Overview: Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-01-09
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The Singing Baseball Kid
Overview: A musical comedy about a spirited orphan who forms a youth baseball team and gets caught up in a mix of sports, singing, and crime when he tries to return a star player’s lost money.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-07-27
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花吹雪男祭り
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-11-29
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Enoken's Singing Detective Story
Overview: A modern take on history with songs and comedy presented by Enoken (as Gonza), Fujiyama (as Sukeju), and Kasagi (Gonza’s wife Osaki).
Genres: History Music Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-12-31
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Scrap Collectors
Overview: Based on a story by Akiyuki Nosaka.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-11-28
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Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
Overview: Comedy centered on a stripper agency
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-07-24
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大安旅行
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-12-28
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Ginza Cancan Girls
Overview: Shizuko Kasagi and Hideko Takamine star as young women who try to raise money for a needy old friend by becoming wandering singers who work for tips in Tokyo's Ginza nightlife district.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-08-16
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Our Wonderful Years
Overview: The story of a selfless mother and her family throughout the decades, from the 1920's to the 1960's.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-09-30
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The Last Kamikaze
Overview: With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji Tsuruta stars as a Kamikaze squad leader who has second thoughts about suicide runs. He becomes torn between his own morality and his duty to his country when he must deal with a pilot under his command who refuses to complete his mission.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-10-29
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Peko-chan and Densuke
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-05-14
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Nonki saiban
Overview: A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of beauty, the crime of a terrifying wife, the crime of taking the wrong course, the crime of seducing, and the crime of killing with laughter.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-04-24
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Wolves of the City, Operation "Rat"
Overview: Tokyo hoodlums travel to Osaka and enter into rivalry with the local gangsters.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-15
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Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
Overview: Laughter is brought about by a teacher-husband and student-wife couple.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-06-05
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Code Between Brothers 3
Overview: A man finds great camaraderie while traveling.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-12-30
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Thugs of Shinjuku
Overview: Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he forms a rag-tag gang called “the Shinjuku Brothers.” The members of their gang are thugs who only wish they were traditional yakuza. When they turn up at the funeral for a gangster, they are not welcomed, but a senior boss intervenes to keep things calm. The boss of bosses invites them to join a respected local council of warlords. Katsumata is suspicious of why such powerful men would extend an invitation to lowlife like himself.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-12-18
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Gazing at Love and Death
Overview: A young girl knows that she is going to die and in this she is supported by the devotion of the boy who loves her. They originally met at the hospital. There it transpired that the only way to save her life was to sacrifice an eye and part of her face. The operation seems a success. Later, however, her other eye becomes affected. She feels she must let the boy go, and yet she depends so much upon his devotion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-09-19
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The Domain: The Naniwa Story
Overview: Second film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as "The Domain" Each a stand alone film in it's own, none are connected other than starring the famous Ken Takakura as the main Character. This story begins with Ken Takakura's character coming to Osaka after his brother's death. Another exciting yakuza story with superb yakuza action!!
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-01-30
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Kekkon Sanjûshi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-03-21
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Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
Overview: Movie version of NHK renzoku drama "Tokyo Romance"
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-06-22
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The Domain: White Blade
Overview: The Domain: White Blade
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-01-28
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Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
Overview: Reiko Oshida stars as a young wannabe gangster tough girl, just released from reform school. She tracks down one of her classmates fathers, who runs an auto repair shop that the local Yakuza are trying to force out of business and take over, and starts working for him. At the same time a recently released from prison, and now ill Yakuza is trying to make a new life for himself and his girl, a friend of Reiko's, who also just graduated from reform school. A fateful car crash brings the two on a collision course with each other and the brutal Yakuza clan, which can only end bloody vengeance.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-04-28
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喜劇・大安旅行
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-12-28
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