Utae Shōji
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Utashinai, Hokkaido, Japan
Birthday: August 13, 1929
Deathday: January 19, 2024
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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チンピラ仁義 極楽とんぼ2
Overview: The follow up to the very popular first instalment.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-05-12
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Kyūjin ryokō
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-08-12
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The Little Hero
Overview: A five year old boy leaves his mother and grandparents to see his father who has gone to work in Osaka.
Genres: Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-09-23
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A Country Boss
Overview: A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-25
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Lily Festival
Overview: Sachi Hamano's Yurisai (Lily Festival) is about a man (Mickey Curtis) in his seventies who comes to live in an apartment building that also houses seven elderly women. The film examines the ladies' sexual desires as the man proceeds to woo each of them. Kazuko Yoshiyuki portrays one of the female residents. The film was adapted from a novel by Houko Momotani and was screened at the Montreal World Film Festival.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-08-26
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The Boss' Wife
Overview: The widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her husband. After her release, as she is shadowed by a hitman, she returns to thoughts of revenge.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-11-19
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A Tale of Young Elopement
Overview: A 30-year-old man's life gets up-ended when his girlfriend accepts an arranged marriage meeting with a more successful man.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-02-07
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Heaven Sent
Overview: Sayoko is desperate to bear a child of her own, but her live-in boyfriend Shinsaku strenuously objects to the idea. One day, someone leaves behind a six-year-old child at their door, claiming that Shinsaku—or four other men—is the child's father! Sayoko and Shinsaku set out on a journey to find the real father.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-12-28
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Go!! Karate Club
Overview: Adapted from a manga and anime of the same name.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-03-17
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Departing Osaka Station at 0:00
Overview: This film is about a train departing Osaka Station at midnight to an unknown destination. The people on this train all have some difficulties in their lives, and they end up on this train. Hanoko is suicidal, Yuka has caught her boyfriend with another woman, Michiru is aimless, Mr. Wakabayashi has just been fired, and one other man just lost his wife. They take the train to Kazumachi, a small village. They decide to stay and enter a small world of discovery about themselves, courtesy of the inhabitants of the village, all of whom are engaging.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-10-07
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Zatoichi at Large
Overview: Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes the baby in search of its father and finds the child's aunt, who is about to be forced into prostitution for want of a payment the dead mother was bringing. Zatoichi determines to save the woman from her cruel fate.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-01-15
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KILL THEM ALL
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-11-23
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Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder
Overview: Ryotatsu, the wayward Priest blinded by Shinkai, the Wicked Priest, has his own story in this ultra-violent tale from the era of the Meiji Reconstruction. When a woman leaves her blind son at the Monastery, Ryotatsu is forced to teach the boy how to cope as a blind person in old Japan. When he takes the child with him on the road to find the boy's mother, they run afoul of not only yakuza gangsters, but some corrupt army officers have been trying to sway public opinion against the Satsuma rebels by posing as members of Saigo Takamori's group. It's a bloody mistake for them to underestimate the strength of the Blind Priest, and he'll make them pay with their lives!
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-11-11
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The Princess Says No
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-12-08
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Sucharaka Shain
Overview: Maeda Yoichi's film adaptation of the long-running TV comedy series of the same name (1961-1967; TBS) written by Kagawa Toshio and produced by Sawada Takaharu (Tenamonda Sandogasa). The humorous story of a group of likeable loser ("sucharaka") employees at an Osaka branch who learn that unless they band together and actually work(!), their company will go into bankruptcy. Miyako Chocho appears as the Company President.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-08-13
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The Big Chase
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Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-06-25
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