Shōzaburō Date
Also Known As: 館正三郎
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 07, 1935
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Kanto Woman Infamy
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-01
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Bridge of Japan
Overview: Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic melodramas—and re-evaluate it as a tanbi-ha work of decadence, aestheticism, and intrigue. Ichikawa's film presents the tragic plot of the young geisha who is unable to enact her love for a man publicly in any way other than a histrionic story of torment, a heart-rending tale of lovers being crushed by fate. Instead, Ichikawa shows the contest of wills that transpires as two geisha, Oko and Kiyoha fight for the top spot in Nihonbashi, the pinnacle of the Tokyo geisha world. Nihonbashi is an elegant, if steely, exposition of manners. The young doctor, Shinzo Katsuragi, is the object of affection for both women, but appears to be more the choice reward for the plotting and thieving of these two early modern superwomen, than a lover they swoon over.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-10-01
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The Most Valuable Wife
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-02-11
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人形佐七捕物帖 鮮血の乳房
Overview: Sashichi investigates the mysterious murders of four beauties, all of whom were stabbed in the chest.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-08-04
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Triangle Moods
Overview: Ayako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved in her life are three young men—stage actor Goro, businessman Kokichi and Sanpei Pachinko.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-24
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Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: Naked Princess and Mysterious Bear Man
Overview: This time around, Sashichi is investigating a case of serial murders believed to be perpetrated by a giant bear.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-12-13
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Sutekina 16-sai
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-08
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The Lady Vampire
Overview: Tamio takes Itsuko to an art gallery and the two find one painting is a nude portrait of Itsuko's mother, who disappeared twenty years ago when she was just a baby. No one knows the first thing about the artist who painted it, but he goes by the name Shiro Sofue, and he's always wearing shades in the daytime...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-03-07
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The Betrothed
Overview: Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-05-28
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母山彦
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-04-24
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Ōwarai Jiro chō ikka: Sanshita nitei kenjū
Overview: Comedy movie
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-15
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Giants and Toys
Overview: Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-22
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Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction
Overview: The 4th Super Giant film, in which he continues his fight against the Kapia Aliens (Part 2 of 2)
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-10-08
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The Cast-Off
Overview: The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his world is changing completely : his wife behaves like never before, considering she's now rich and has the right to do whatever she wants, even having an affair. (Also occasionally known in English as “Overflow”)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-05-13
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The Ghosts of Kagami Pond
Overview: A store manager named Kinbei becomes enraged when the owners of the store decide to hand it down to an adopted son instead of him. He hatches a plot to murder them all, but as it turns out he has done this sort of thing before. As bodies pile up in the nearby Kagami Pond, a ghostly vengeance is about to be unleashed.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-07-01
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Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity
Overview: The 5th Super Giant film. Super Giant pursues a Nazi-like army that operates on a huge satellite in space. The satellite is armed with weapons that could destroy whole cities on Earth from afar. (Part 1 of 2)
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-12-28
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Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle
Overview: The 3rd Super Giant film, in which he saves Earth from the threat of the reptile-like Kapia Aliens.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-10-01
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Nenneko Shain
Overview: A handsome and pure-hearted employee who thought he was single actually has a secret child. His girlfriend, a beautiful secretary, and the high-maintenance female manager suddenly panic, and the whole company is in an uproar.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-07-25
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Tokaido hijokeikai
Overview: Crime film directed by Tatsuo Yamada for Shintoho.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-12-10
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Zoku-sei to ningen
Overview: 1961 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-03
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Closing Time
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-18
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Decisive Battle at Kuroda Castle
Overview: After the massacre of Christians at Shimabara, followers of Amakusa Shiro band together in a plot to overthrow the shogunate in order to exact revenge on the Tokugawa. At the same time there is a succession dispute in the Kuroda clan, as one faction tried to usurp the rightful heir and take over the honored clan. Before his untimely death, the lord of the Kuroda bestowed “Nihongo”, a magnificent spear, on his finest warrior, which ultimately brings him into contact with two of Japan’s most famous historical figures, Yagyu Jubei and Miyamoto Musashi. Can the three masters of martial art join forces to defeat their enemies and save the nation?
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-05-28
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Fûun Shinsengumi
Overview: 1961 Japanese film about the Shinsengumi.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-17
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弥次喜多珍道中 中仙道の巻
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-10-29
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決闘不動坂の大仇討
Overview: 1959 Japanese film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-03-14
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Daitengu shutsugen
Overview: Japanese film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-03
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The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
Overview: In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and her forces push forward to the borders of India. But gradually the tide turns in favour of the Allies and after the atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is compelled to accept the Potsdam Declaration and by the order of the Emperor agrees to unconditional surrender. Under the supervision of the occupation forces the International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo to try the Japanese war leaders. Established in the cause of justice, and to prevent future aggressive wars the trials drag on for two and a half years. And on December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six other war leaders mount the thirteen steps to the gallows at Tokyo's Sugamo prison.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-03
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The Ghost Cat of Otama Pond
Overview: Two lovers lost in the mountains. In what direction do not go, they find themselves in a mysterious forest pond, as if some kind of force does not want to let them go. Once upon a time, over a century ago, there had been a crime, whose shadow still hovers over these places.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-07-01
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Queen of the China Sea
Overview: Rika, a manageress of a night club is about to be arrested on suspicion of smuggling. However, she escapes through the assistance rendered her by First Lieutenant Yokoyama of the Japanese Naval Commander's Office. After the end of war, Yokoyama plans to escape from riot-ridden Amoy and finally succeeds with the help of Rika to whom he gives a destroyer. Rika is actually the leader of a gang of pirates, and plans to rule the East China Sea by crushing Banryu, her rival.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-05-15
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Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
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Genres: History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-03-14
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Voyage Into Space
Overview: Earth is invaded by an interstellar terrorist group, Big Fire (the Gargoyle Gang in the American version), led by Emperor Guillotine who spends most of his time in a multicolored space ship hidden at the bottom of Earth's ocean, from which he issues his orders. Big Fire is capturing scientists to create an army of monsters to conquer Earth. A boy named Daisaku Kusama (Johnny Sokko in the American version) and a young Unicorn agent named Jūrō Minami (Jerry Mano in the American version) are shipwrecked on an island after being attacked by a sea monster and subsequently captured by Big Fire. They flee to where a Pharaoh-like giant robot is being built by captive scientist Lucius Guardian, who gives Daisaku and Jūrō its control device. Guardian helps them escape before he is shot to death; before he dies, he triggers an atomic bomb which destroys the base. The radiation activates the robot, which now obeys only Daisaku.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
Overview: 15th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-15
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Black Trump Card
Overview: Chairman of the Shin Nihon Kaihatsu company Fukazawa, using clever ways to circumvent the law, rose to the top of the economic backstage. Three people are sacrificed to his greed. The president of a small company who committed suicide, a Yakuza who died during the destruction of his territory, and a former viscount whose wife and property were stolen by Fukazawa. Their sons vowed to hunt down Fukazawa and take revenge.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-07-25
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