Kenichi Tani
Also Known As: Ken'ichi Tani , 谷健一
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: Not available
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Night Butterflies
Overview: A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-04-01
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Two Wives
Overview: After a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a love-and-hate drama that threatens to engulf them. The sexual anxiety between the interwoven couples tautens right up to the nearly unbearable tension of the climax...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-04-15
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Red Love, Green Love
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-17
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Red Angel
Overview: In 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during the Sino-Japanese war. She has to assist the surgeon Dr. Okabe with an incredible number of amputations. In the crowded wards, she gives sympathy to some of the soldiers, including sexually servicing one who has lost both arms and has no hope of returning home. She falls in love with Dr. Okabe, and follows him to the front, even though he is impotent from his morphine addiction.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-10-01
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Back Stairways
Overview: A young man named Kijima who works as a pianist in a small bar is surprised when one of the customers asks if he won't pretend to be the fiance of his sister. He is even more surprised when he is offered a million yen to play this apparently harmless role. Actually, it is anything but harmless. Both the customer and his sister are involved in a jewel robbery in which they have double-crossed two of their accomplices who are now out of prison and thirsting for revenge.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-02-06
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Muchana Yakko
Overview: A comedy directed by Koji Shima about a men's game. Reckless and exciting, definitely worth watching! Miyoshi Oki was born in Hokkaido and grew up in a dirty carriage that his father owned. His dream was to have a horse with a good coat that costs 10 million yen and he set a goal for it. At the invitation of Otaki-gumi executive Iwasa, he joined Otaki-gumi while the leader Sozaburo was sick. Miyoshi's method is not to deal with the yakuza's morale and slashing, but to handle things mentally....
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-07-04
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Princess and I
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-29
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Fangs of Vengeance
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-06-25
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Innocent Sinner
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-07-01
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Dump, Hip, Bump: Give it to me Guys!
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-17
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An Ode to Yakuza
Overview: Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending her to college and turning her into a perfect young lady. He's extremely fond of Akane. His fondness for her goes beyond how he feels about his mistress, Kanae. And yet, Akane feels alone. Now, a new tutor comes into her life that seems to have taken a liking to her...
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-07-11
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Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
Overview: 16th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-21
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The Venus' Tear
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-29
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Order of Yakuza
Overview: Order of Yakuza
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-26
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High School Geisha
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-09-21
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Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-10-30
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Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-01-11
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Ashita au hito
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-16
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Black Lizard
Overview: The cunning detective Akeichi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief known as Black Lizard.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-14
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Made in Japan
Overview: A love affair between a beautiful fashion designer returning from France and a naïve young judo player against the backdrop of Japan in the early post-war period, where new customs and old traditions mix.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-12-08
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Closing Time
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-18
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The Time of Reckoning
Overview: "The Time of Reckoning" transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful businessman with serious relationship problems involving three women: his wife of ten years who announces she is pregnant by another man; a mistress who wants to have a baby with him; and an ex-lover who claims he fathered her son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-06-29
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Ninja in a Business Suit
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Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-02-19
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Play It Cool
Overview: This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure that she has a bright future. But the hard-working young woman's dreams of becoming a dressmaker are shattered.... She then becomes a nightclub hostess who plays cards with male patrons using her body as the prize.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-05-01
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A Woman's Gamble
Overview: Onna no Toba, is the first film in long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin, an honest dealer in the criminal underworld of yakuza-run gambling, as she sets out to become Japan's number one dealer.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-11-26
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Thoroughbred Women Gamblers
Overview: Fourth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-12-08
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Woman Gambler and the Nun
Overview: Eighth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-10-30
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The Woman Gambler's Supplication
Overview: Eleventh film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-12-21
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Two Enemy Women Gamblers
Overview: Twelfth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-02-08
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The Pit of Death
Overview: Horror film directed by Koji Shima.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-06-15
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A Wife Confesses
Overview: Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a confession.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-10-29
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Champion Woman Gambler
Overview: Ninth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-09-21
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Black Test Car
Overview: Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-30
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The Great White Tower
Overview: The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-10-15
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Hoodlum Soldier
Overview: A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an effort to desert by stealing a train.
Genres: Action War Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-03-18
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Gamera, the Giant Monster
Overview: A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera wreaks havoc over the entire world, and it's up to the scientists, assisted by a young boy with a strange sympathic link to the monster, to put a stop to Gamera's rampage.
Genres: Action Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-11-27
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Gamera vs. Barugon
Overview: Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is discovered to have been an egg that births a new monster called Barugon. The creature attacks the city of Osaka by emitting a destructive rainbow ray from his back, along with a freezing spray capable of incapacitating Gamera.
Genres: Fantasy Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-04-17
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Shinnin kyôshi: Nomotomiho: Chiniku no urajugyô
Overview: Yugiri High School's new English teacher, Kinko Shimazaki (Miho Nomoto) , A senior teacher and fiancé Kawamura (Rin Sakiyama) is kissing. Kawamura asked for Kinko's body, but Kinko refused, saying, "I want to have a beautiful body until I get married." During class, Kazuko Okawa (Kae Tanimoto) spread SM magazines on her desk. Upon seeing it, Kinko confiscated the magazine and rebuked Kazuko, but Kazuko took an overtly rebellious attitude. Involuntarily, Kinko slaps. Kinko meets Kawamura to discuss Kazuko. Kawamura somehow takes her to Roppongi's SM show pub "Sugar heel". According to Kawamura, Kazuko's father has made a large donation to the school and has a connection with politicians, so Kazuko is treated as a VIP. There seems to be no teacher or student against her. Kawamura takes Kinko's hand and fights for herself, so she encouraged Kinko to manage to regain a healthy school.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-12-26
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The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
Overview: 15th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-15
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Woman Gambling Expert: Odd/Even Gambling Trip
Overview: 14th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-08-09
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Fools at Work
Overview: A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-01-19
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The Great Villains
Overview: Psychological noir drama involving the tangled web of a disgraced yakuza, an innocent school girl, a blackmailed singer, and a corrupt lawyer.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-02-24
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The Phantom Horse
Overview: Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-07-20
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The Story of a Blind Woman
Overview: At sixteen, due to illness, Tsuruko goes blind, and has no choice but to become a massage therapist. One day, stumbling on a staircase, he meets a businessman named Tsuruko and falls in love with him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-02-20
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Love, Fireworks and Fire Bombs
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-11-22
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While Yet a Wife
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-10-02
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School for Thieves
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Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-04-06
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Black Trump Card
Overview: Chairman of the Shin Nihon Kaihatsu company Fukazawa, using clever ways to circumvent the law, rose to the top of the economic backstage. Three people are sacrificed to his greed. The president of a small company who committed suicide, a Yakuza who died during the destruction of his territory, and a former viscount whose wife and property were stolen by Fukazawa. Their sons vowed to hunt down Fukazawa and take revenge.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-07-25
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The Whale God
Overview: A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-15
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