Momonosuke Ichikawa
Also Known As: 百々木直
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: May 08, 1906
Age: 119 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: January 15, 1978
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The Samurai Markets
Overview: The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-22
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Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship
Overview: Bored Hatamoto film #20
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-07-12
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.7
Overview: A series of grisly murders with strange claw marks lead Mito Komon into discovering a deadly plan that involves a strange gorilla creature.
Genres: Crime Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-03-26
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Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Letter of Challenge
Overview: Bored Hatamoto film #19
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-12-28
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Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki
Overview: Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1934-11-01
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Road Warriors
Overview: A dashing edition with fights , love, and laughter, in which the sorrows and joys of the guiltless world are colored by the guiltless travel crow, Ayame 's Gantaro, with the turbulent and exciting Wakizashi Hitoshi .
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-05-17
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Eight Views of Samurai
Overview: Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai family to pretend they are a married couple, and gets involved in the troubles of the samurai clan.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-05-27
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Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
Overview: Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-06-28
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Mito Komon - The Secret Letter
Overview: Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-01-15
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Flowers on the Trail
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-29
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Red-Lacquered Sword
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Genres: Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-11-20
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続変化大名
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-11-15
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直八子供旅
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-02-25
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Kunisada Chuji
Overview: Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mercy of corrupt officials. Intent on fulfilling a dying wish from one of his henchmen, Asataro, to find a decent home for his young nephew, Chuji descends from his hide-out in the mountain, and heads to the city in spite of numerous dangers that await him there.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-08-27
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牢獄の花嫁
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-08-29
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Akagaki Genzo
Overview: Forty-seven Ronin of the Ako clan are waiting for the right moment to avenge the insult and death of their master. The film tells the story of one of them named Akagaki Genzo.
Genres: History Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-11-17
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Echo of Love
Overview: A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge his father-in-law's death and retrieve the family heirloom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-07-14
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Mito Komon - The Bloody Swords
Overview: Final installment of the Okochi / Arai / Yamanaka Mito Komon series and just as good as the others (a good deal longer, as well). Again, this film like the other two is similar in tone and spirit to the Yamanaka Tange Sazen film and would appeal to fans of that film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-04-03
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The Scroll’s Secret
Overview: Shogun Yoshitane’s order to recover the secret scroll triggers a series of ninja warfare during the Muromachi period.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-09
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Japan Samurai: Niiro Tsuruchiyo
Overview: An adaptation of the famous novel by Jiromasa Gunji about the difficult story of Niiro Tsuruchiyo, the illegitimate son of the great elder of the Bakumatsu era, Ii Naosuke. This masterpiece depicts the suffering and love of Tsuruchiyo, who never knew his father until the end of his life. Niiro Tsuruchiyo, the illegitimate son of Elder Ii Naosuke, grew up with his mother, a former geisha. However, he was refused an engagement to Yae, the daughter of Samanosuke Yoshimura from the Maeda domain of Kaga Province, to whom she tied her future. After this refusal, Tsuruchiyo begins to be interested in the mystery of his birth…
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-03-13
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Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower
Overview: Bored Hatamoto film #21
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-15
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Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
Overview: The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-03-01
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Shadow Over Fuji
Overview: The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was an open official secret, took place on the foothills of Mt. Fuji. Fearing attacks from within and without, the Shogunate planned to build a training castle utilizing the most advanced techniques. Two master castle architects, Sato Kikutaro and Kumai Hakuten, were selected to compete for the honor of building this castle. Lord Mizuno Dewa has even ordered the townspeople to assist both sides with their land surveys and preparations. This leads to fear on the part of farmers that their land will be taken away from them, and sets off a series of events which rock the nation to its very roots. With an all-star cast, this is an important story with relevance to current times. One of Ichikawa Utaemon's finest performances, a true classic!
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-10-29
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Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
Overview: The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-04-14
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Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba
Overview: The tale of Nakayama Yasubei’s duel is famous, even if he in reality probably did not cut down 18 opponents. The story has been related in film, rakugo, kodan and on stage many times, in part because Nakayama later joined the famous 47 Ronin (Chushingura) as Horibe Yasubei. But Makino and Inagaki’s version gives no hint of this more serious future, playing up the thrills and the comedy with Bando’s bravura performance. The multiple pans of Yasubei running to the duel are an exemplar of the experimental flourishes of 1930s Japanese cinema and the final duel, performed virtually like a dance number, is a marker of Makino’s love of rhythm and one of the best sword fights in Japanese film history. The film was originally released under the title Chikemuri Takadanoba (Bloody Takadanobaba) with a length of 57 minutes, but suffered some cuts and a title change when it was re-released in 1952.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-12-31
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Lord Mito
Overview: This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside rectifying government corruption along with his faithful attendants Suke and Kaku.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-08-11
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An Unforgettable Grudge
Overview: Set in the Edo period, the film deals with two brothers falling in love with the same girl. Sadly, only 12 minutes of footage survive.
Genres: History Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1926-11-20
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Samurai Hawk
Overview: 1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the government tries to keep these incidents under wraps, they must take any means possible to get to the bottom of this mystery and find out who is behind them.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-03-05
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The Cave of the Vampire Bats
Overview: A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing the bored Lord is walking by, he saved the girls but was too late to save the maiden, quickly he finds himself mixed up in a mystery of murdered maidens, an unknown ninja clan, attempted assassinations towards himself and a cursed vampire bat cave, can the bored Lord solve this puzzle before maidens lose their lives?
Genres: Mystery Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-08-01
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The Medicine Case
Overview: Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-09-30
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Lords of Oppression
Overview: Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-03-13
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Lords of Oppression 2
Overview: Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-03-27
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The Unleashed Lord
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-02-10
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Lord of Red Banner
Overview: A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-02-14
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Turbulent Highways
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-03-25
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Kuriyama Daizen
Overview: Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-11-12
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Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
Overview: Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to most as the "Bored Hatamoto" is the only one who can save the shogunate from the dastardly plot to take over the country.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-09
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Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
Overview: Directed by Daisuke Itō.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1934-05-17
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Lord of Steel Heart
Overview: A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a famous spear fighter and warrior, is a vassal of lord Honjo. One of Honjo's most trusted under-lords is Sanzaemon. He has designs on Matabei's fief, and he plots to kill Matabei. He finally convinces Lord Honjo of Matabei's guilt. Now Matabei must fight to survive.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-09
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Iwami Jûtarô
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Genres: Horror
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1928-01-01
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The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
Overview: Jidaigeki film from 1960
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-08-28
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Eight Brave Brothers
Overview: This remake of Satomi Hakkenden is the most requested of all Toei movies and features some of the greatest special effects ever filmed. Set in the mountains of Awa Province, a monster bat from the heavens, a monster eagle from the clouds, a killer amphibian man, and a fire-breathing monster serpent! Mean-while being protected by the black magic of two sorceresses, the army of Ogigayatsu Sadamasa surges on! Young Satomi Yoshimichi stands up to the onslaught in defense of peace and happiness. As incarnates of the loyal family canine Yatsufusa, eight young warriors are bound by eight mystical beads of virtue. These are the adventures of eight warrior brothers, Satomi Hakkenden!
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-08-11
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Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
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Genres: History Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-04-12
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やくざ大名
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-10-24
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The Black Hooded Man Rides Again
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-08-02
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Queen of the Treasure Island
Overview: At a tavern in Shimoda, Ronin Tadakazu Yamakawa saved a samurai girl named Mino from the clutches of the Benten family. When Mino's father, Kyohei Tsuchihashi, is murdered by unknown assailants, Tadakazu is summoned to Akane-ya, the landlord of this area. He promises to ensure the safety of Mino for three days, during which the Benten family must not harm her...
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-11-15
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