Seiji Matsuyama
Also Known As: 松山省二, 松山省次
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
Birthday: May 21, 1947
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Facing to the Clouds
Overview: A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he gets acquainted with a library worker, Reiko Nakafuji. Reiko's father was a member of the Diet who was assassinated six years ago. Through Reiko, Takema joins Tsūkai-kai, a group of young people who respect her late father's political ideas. With the assistance of Tsukai-kai, Takema eventually uncovers the political scandal related to postwar compensation which led to the murder of Reiko's father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-01
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Young People
Overview: "Young People" is a story about the lives of four brothers and a sister, Sato. After the death of his parents, the older brother, Taro, who works in construction, decides to replace them. The second brother, Jiro, is a truck driver. The third, Saburo, is a student, dreams of a better future for the whole family are connected with him, with his career. Brothers and sisters are fighting to give him a higher education. And, finally, the youngest of the brothers, Suekichi, is also going to enter the university after graduation. The life of the Sato family is complicated. Taro is kind, but limited, not always able to find a common language with his brothers and sister Orie. The girl cannot stand the despotism of her brother, leaves her home and goes to work at the factory. With her departure, everything in the house goes upside down. Suekichi fails her university entrance exams, Orie is forced to return to her family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-12-16
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Banner of the Young
Overview: The final part of the trilogy. It is about a younger brother, Suekichi. He learned well the lessons that life taught his older brothers. Therefore, he does not think to study, but strives for material well-being alone. To make a career, he ruthlessly pushes his colleagues with his elbows. For him, the high ideals of trade union activists Jiro and Saburo are an example of old-fashioned thinking, naive behavior.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-11-28
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Forward, Young People!
Overview: The second film tells about the life of matured brothers and sister Sato. Taro became a foreman. He saves every yen to fulfill his dream of building his own house with stone gates. Jiro continues to work in the transportation office, he dreams of getting married. Saburo faces a moral problem: in order to get a good position, he must answer the questions of the entrance test differently than his conscience tells him. At the exam, Saburo does not hide his views on life and is deprived of the promised position. Orie and Suekiti believe that he did wrong and betrayed his older brothers. But the anxiety in the Sato family is not limited to these events. Orie was being asked to marry a handsome, well-established young man, but she suddenly announced her decision to marry Tozaka, who was suffering from radiation sickness. Sato's peaceful home is falling apart...
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-10
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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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An Inlet of Muddy Water
Overview: A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself in.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-11-23
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Aruhi watashi wa
Overview: The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriage, a maternal love, and a destined love between parents and children over two generations, as well as the sisterly love between Yuriko and her sister Kaori.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-10-23
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Inu to Asachan
Overview: A daughter from an island in the Seto Inland Sea takes a job as a nanny in Tokyo. She thrills the hearts of fishmongers and milkmen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-13
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Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
Overview: A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-10-03
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Love Fantasia
Overview: A musical comedy.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-07-18
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Farewell to the Land
Overview: Yukio is an ex-farmer working as a dump-truck driver in Kashima. Haunted by the drowning of his two young sons, whose names he has had tattooed on his back in penance, and locked in a sibling rivalry with his traditional but urbane younger brother who lives in Tokyo, Yukio has become an amphetamine-addicted loner at odds with his family, friends and colleagues.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-04-09
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Tora-san's Runaway
Overview: After an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro attempts to change his vagrant lifestyle and become an honest worker with a steady job.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-08-26
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The Castle of Sand
Overview: Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-10-19
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Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 4
Overview: Kenji, a disciple of the famous detective Kyosuke Kozu, had a strange experience in the world. He was asked by a woman named Shoko Ima to find the corpse in the soil. Shoko is a famous dancer in the modern ballet world, and she just married doctor Fujimoto 10 days ago. However, on that day, Shoko had disappeared. Her corpse seems to be at the base of the ginkgo tree in the house of the sculptor Kagawa, who was rumored to have a romantic relationship. Police arrested Konosuke. However, Kagawa was also suspicious.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-03-01
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Stray Wolf
Overview: Matoba Kokingo, who once served as a retainer for a hatamoto, becomes disillusioned with his master and elopes with his lover, Oyuki. They flee their lord's household, taking with them 30 ryō of official funds. However, the money is stolen from them at an inn, and shortly after, Oyuki dies of illness. Eight years later, Kokingo has fallen into disgrace, now making a living as a ronin who specializes in extortion. One day, he attempts to extort a restaurant owner named Hanzo, only to discover that Hanzo was the very thief who stole the 30 ryō from him eight years ago…
Genres: Adventure Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-06-25
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Oyuki
Overview: A movie-loving nanny lives and works in the home of a university professor and eventually becomes the family's support system, leading a bright and joyful life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-12-04
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Wakai hito-tachi
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-11-08
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