Kan Hayashi
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: Not available
Deathday: April 23, 1965
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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A Woman's Life
Overview: A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-11-16
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Yasubei Nakayama
Overview: Jidai-geki about the life of Yasubei Nakayama, a famous ronin who did participate in the revenge against Lord Kira Yoshinaka as detailed in Japan's famous epic Chushingura
Genres: History Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-03-31
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Yasugorō shusse
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-04-15
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The H-Man
Overview: Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-24
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Sudden Rain
Overview: A husband and wife's pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-14
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The Fencing Collegian
Overview: Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-02-26
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Oh, Bomb!
Overview: During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb.
Genres: Music Comedy Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-04-18
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Blueprint of Murder
Overview: Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has a fatal accident. As his brother investigates the "Accident" with his old college friend (makoto Sato), now a reporter... They stumble across murder, espionage and cover-ups. High-class night club, femme fatale, and a "Blueprint of Murder" all adds up to a bigger plot then first expected.
Genres: Action Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-03
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Big Shots Die at Dawn
Overview: An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively known as "Death of the Boss." While Okamoto did not write this film and took on the project because he was assigned and "just doing [his] job" according to an interview with Chris Desjardins in Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film, he did express a general excitement about working in action cinema (which shows through in this film's energy.)
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-09
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Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
Overview: Jirocho the gambler hits the road.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-01-09
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Floating Clouds
Overview: A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-01-15
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Operation Sewer Rats
Overview: Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-01
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Woman in the Stream
Overview: Directed by Eizo Tanaka.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1921-03-04
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Scent of the White Lily
Overview: Directed by Eizo Tanaka.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1921-01-14
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Before the Morning Sun Shines
Overview: Directed by Eizo Tanaka.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1921-01-02
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The Blue Beast
Overview: Tatsuya Nakadai plays a scheming low-level executive who plays labor against management and uses anyone he can to further his career in this moral drama. When things get too hot, he bails and goes to work for a prominent politician (Koreya Senda). Soon he has impregnated the daughter (Yoko Tsukasa) of his boss, but he figures marriage will solve his current problems. His happiness is short-lived when he is stalked by a union radical he once double-crossed who now seeks vengeance.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-06-26
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