Takashi Sue
Also Known As: 陶隆, Takashi Sue, 陶隆司
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tatebayashi, Gunma, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: July 31, 1921
Age: 103 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: December 26, 2010
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A Woman Called En
Overview: Set at the end of the feudal period. A woman spends most of her early life in prison, incarcerated by political opponents of her father. When she is released at the age of 44, the power struggles of her clan continue to disturb her life and the man whom she loves.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-05-29
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Sudachi no toki kyoiku wa shinazu
Overview: Here is a school that has never expelled a single student, believing in its children even after betrayal and betrayal after betrayal! Yoji (Yoichi Sase), the son of a doctor in Suwa, and Nobuko (Mayuki Kirihara), the daughter of a weaver in Kyoto, are transferred to the class of Omura (Chiemi Eri), a PE teacher at Shinonoi Asahi High School, a private school for troubled children. The school principal (Hiroyuki Nagato) says that the school's policy of "not letting anyone drop out of school" must be upheld, and Omura struggles to do everything in his power to respond. Based on a true story by Shigeta Wakabayashi, an education critic, the film depicts the relationship between a student abandoned by his parents and a teacher who sincerely deals with them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-11-14
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Stepbrothers
Overview: In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic household where dissent is forbidden is used to reveal the whole imperialist system that afflicted Japan between 1921 and 1946. Winner of the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-06-25
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Okinawa
Overview: A group of teenagers grow up in Okinawa amid the protests and resistance against the presence of the American base in the island.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-05-26
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Dorei kōjō
Overview: After the death of a colleague, the workers at a factory form a labor union.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-01-25
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Barefoot Gen
Overview: First live action adaptation of Keiji Nakazawa's manga.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-01-24
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The Class of the Sewage Canal
Overview: The struggle of a young man and boys who try to create the environment where they can speak their minds freely.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-12-19
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The Long Death
Overview: On January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned the bank employees and fled the scene with a large amount of money. In parallel with the investigation conducted by the Japanese police, journalists are also trying to find the culprit. Based on a true incident.
Genres: Mystery Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-04-12
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Red Paper Lantern
Overview: A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfamiliar relationships with their surroundings.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-03-23
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Elegy of the North
Overview: A sensitive young woman aged 22 fell in love with a middle aged man who was troubled by his unfaithful wife.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-09-01
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Fight of the Gamblers
Overview: Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his misdeeds. At home, when his mother, the boss of a construction gang, bids for and gets the job of building the Town Hall, other gangs set out to disrupt her business and try to kill her.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-25
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Rape and Death of a Housewife
Overview: Three young boys drunkenly rape a woman named Emiko, the wife of a man they've developed a friendship with. She dies of heart failure during the attack. Her chicken farmer husband, incapable of dealing with her death tends to her corpse as though it were still alive completely unable to accept her demise.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-07-08
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Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
Overview: A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years after the war, she seeks out four survivors of her husband's garrison. Each tells a dramatically different story about her husband's conduct, but she is determined to learn the truth.
Genres: Drama Mystery War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-03-12
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Kakedashi keiji
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Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-01-25
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Double Suicide
Overview: Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, even foregoing other customers while Jihei schemes to somehow buy her freedom. His efforts yield ruinous consequences for his business and his family life, and Koharu is meanwhile purchased by another client.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-24
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Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Devil's Rose
Overview: The first installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-11-24
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An Ocean to Cross
Overview: Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and bring a high priest back to Japan with them. The film tells the tale of the four monks' youth and the life and times of the high priest Ganjin.
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-01-26
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The Story of Pure Love
Overview: Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial laborers who can get little pay, society outcasts, and of course, lovers. Junai Monogatari depicts, mostly, their struggles within the Japanese reformatory system and Mitsuko's worsening sickness.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-10-15
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The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Overview: After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-28
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The Gentle Japanese
Overview: A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-03-05
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A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
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Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-10-06
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Seven-Color Mask: Terrifying Revenge
Overview: The second installment of Seven-Color Mask.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-10-20
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Seven-Color Mask: Chase of Death
Overview: The third installment of Seven-Color Mask.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-10-27
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Seven-Color Mask
Overview: The first installment of Seven-Color Mask.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-10-13
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Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Disappearing Gentleman
Overview: The second installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-12-01
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Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Challenge from the Dead
Overview: The third and final installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-12-08
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