Ei Iwagami
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: March 30, 1927
Age: 98 years old
Gender: Male
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The Chop Professor
Overview: Junpei Kihara, a young president of the University's wrestling club, is nicknamed "Mr. Chop". One day, on the way back from visiting the hospital after being thrown by Nobuyoshi Shinohara during practice and injured, he met Asako, the sister of Arisawa's mother, Katsuko. When they entering a coffee shop run by Asako's best friend Hisako, Hisako misunderstood them as lovers...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-04-04
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Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face
Overview: A tragic drama - a dismembered torso of a woman rises up on the banks of the Arakawa River. The body is only the torso. Her legs were discovered on the opposite bank. The only clue, a man was trying to throw something in from a car with a license plate number three days ago at Shin-Arakawa Ohashi Bridge...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-02-18
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The Thinking Leaf
Overview: Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-16
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G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization
Overview: The fourth installment of G-men of Japan
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-07-25
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Five Paths to Revenge
Overview: The orphaned son of a count who was assassinated by his subordinates in a conspiracy during the Pacific War becomes obsessed with taking revenge on his late father's enemies.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-22
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Moonlight Mask: The Last Death of the Devil
Overview: The sixth and last Moonlight Mask film in the original series produced by Toei in the 1950s.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-08-04
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The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
Overview: Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-03
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Foul Play
Overview: Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was killed in the middle of a game.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-01-03
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The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-08-05
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Murder on The Last Train
Overview: One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-06-21
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The Eleventh Hour
Overview: Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to rescue a group of trapped miners. The title is a figure of speech — (essentially “last minute” or “eleventh hour”) — that refers to a situation of peril. The film boasts a script co-written by Uchida and Akira Kurosawa’s frequent screenwriter, Shinobu Hashimoto, and stars Kurosawa’s frequent star Takashi Shimura.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-11-24
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Police Precinct
Overview: A taxi robbery and murder occurred in Fukagawa late at night. Detectives Nagata and Miyagawa of the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division, who suspect the perpetrator as a habitual offender, flew to Yanagibashi using the remains as clues, and suspect a forester, but before this case was closed, a new incident using the same method occurred in Shinbashi, and this time the driver's corpse was not found.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-02-18
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Tower of Lilies
Overview: A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-01-09
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Pleasant Company
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-07
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The Viper Brothers
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Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-06-01
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The Man of Seven Faces
Overview: Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-04-26
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Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō
Overview: Chiezo's two-guns-at-all-costs film, directed by Ozawa Shigehiro (Kengo Tengu Matsuri) from a screenplay by Matsuura Kenro (The Dice Magistrate). Shot by Nishikawa Shoei (I Am the Magician of Hell).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-21
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Pure-Hearted Unit
Overview: A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows, and triumphs.
Genres: War Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-15
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