Choji Oka
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 07, 1909
Deathday: March 23, 1977
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-28
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Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
Overview: Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. Masuo's colleague is invited to thank him for the newlyweds, but Masuo has been told by Managing Director Hanamura to go on a business trip to Kansai. Before long, Masuo contacted Sazae to come to Osaka.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-12-26
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Sazae-san's Newlywed Family
Overview: Sazae's wish came true and she got married to Masuo. The two ended up living together at Sazae's parents' home, the Isono family. However, the newlywed life that started at the Isono family was a disaster. At the Isono family, where bonito and Wakame pranks and neighbors visit, it is difficult even to be alone.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-08-23
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Mermaids and Sea Robbers
Overview: Rival bands of pirates try to get hold of a priceless treasure.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-21
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Enomoto's Heaven and Hell
Overview: Keita, after his death, was taken to the court of heaven as Defendant No. 1361, where his past was projected. He was formerly a favorite of the Meriken Circus troupe, yet he sinned by exposing a certain woman. During the screening, he realizes what he has done, and fate gives him a chance to redeem his sins.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-10-12
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Romance Express
Overview: Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a straightforward but indecisive hero. The passengers also include the bubbly Dan Reiko, and Ozawa Eitaro as a dour company president. Based on the novel "Seven and a half hours", by Shishi Bunroku.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-04
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女難コースを突破せよ
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-01
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Sazae-san Plays Cupid
Overview: An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-03-28
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Sir Galahad in Campus
Overview: The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-08
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Pig and Goldfish
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-20
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Zoku sararīman yajikita dōchū
Overview: 1961 Japanese movie
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-23
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Awamori-kun kanpai!
Overview: Second of the three Awamori-kun movies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-10-08
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The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Overview: Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-21
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Tenten Musume
Overview: Based on the comic by Shosuke Kurakane. Shown in two parts.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-12-12
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Jigoku no kagebōshi
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-11
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Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-17
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Toilet Manager
Overview: The life of a toilet-seller during the Japanese Economic Miracle.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-08-29
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Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-16
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The Dangoro Party in the Sky
Overview: The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success at the performances of the Toho Takarazuka Theater at the end of the year. The troupe "Kumo no Ue Dangoro" continues to tour from town to village. The small cast of the troupe includes its leader (Kenichi Enomoto), Norizo (Norihei Miki) and Taizo (Mutoshi Happa), who play female roles - they are all super actors, each of whom plays five roles. Dan Goro dreams of performing in a major theater and tries to put on a big show with a young man he meets in Shikoku named Sakai (Frankie Sakai), but...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-15
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金語楼の成金王
Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-03
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Street of Ronin
Overview: Based on the famous novel by Yamagami Itaro, this is the story of a group of ronin living in abject poverty in the latter days of the Edo period. Starring the great Konoe Jushiro, Ronin Gai is populated by an ensemble of colorful characters, social outcasts who patronize a restaurant and bar on the outskirts of Edo. Among them are masterless samurai reduced to drunkenness and debauchery. One disgraced and disillusioned former warrior gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to retrieve a famous knife from a corrupt lord. This is the third version directed by Makino Masahiro and is considered a true classic.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-04-03
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Showdown at Lightning Pass
Overview: A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-27
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The Scent of Pheasant’s Eye: An Episode from the Tales of Flowers
Overview: When Kaoru's sister-in-law Miyoko arrives at the family home, tender feelings start to grow between the two. However, the initial happiness that Kaoru finds in the company of her beautiful sister-in-law is frustrated by her brother Mitsuo, Miyoko's husband, who intervenes in their budding passion. Full of unspoken words, deeply suggestive mise-en-scène, and forbidden glances, Fukujuso is a compelling melodrama that surprises us with its potent homoeroticism, especially considering its year of production.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-03-07
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Sazae-san
Overview: An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-12-12
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Woman of Design
Overview: Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-28
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Awamori-kun uridasu
Overview: First of three Awamori-kun movies. Based on the comic by Kaoru Akiyoshi.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-30
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Marital Relations
Overview: The story of a couple, a spoiled son and a down-to-earth girl, in Osaka in the early Showa era. The film won the prestigious Blue Ribbon awards for best director, best actor (Morishige) and best actress (Awashima), and the Mainichi Concours award for best actor and best screenplay (Yasumi Toshio). It ranked second (after Naruse Mikio’s Ukigumo) on the Kinema Junpō top ten films for the year.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-09-13
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Case of Umon: Red Lizard
Overview: Umon goes on an investigation to unveil the murderer known as Red Lizard.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-29
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Different Sons
Overview: In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over work, money, and romance. Their father's sudden unemployment later in life causes friction among the siblings of the Akagi family. Kensuke, a salaryman at a top company, refuses to support his parents while his brother, Shoji, determines to care for them despite only working as a taxi driver. The concern over money affects Noriko's own love life as she courts a wealthy salaryman to the chagrin of her mechanic boyfriend.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-11-12
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Awamori-kun nishi-e iku
Overview: Based on the comic by Kaoru Akiyoshi
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-24
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Notorious Bastard
Overview: When Tornado Joe is wrongly accused of distributing counterfeit banknotes, he gets on a mission to clear his name and challenge the mastermind behind this scheme.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-03
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