Mitsukazu Kawamura
Also Known As: 河村満和
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
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Gender: Male
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Keepers of Order
Overview: Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal Nakayama and boss Sukegoro Iioka. Chuji is then aided by boss Shigezo Sasagawa, Ishimatsu, and a few young yakuza.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-08-22
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八幡鳩九郎
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-14
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鷹天皇飄々剣 吉野の風雲児
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-21
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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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Cantankerous Edo
Overview: It's fighting fires and swordsmen with a touch of music in this free-for-all of action and excitement combining the talents of Japan's most popular couple... Misora Hibari and Okawa Hashizo. Along with the great Otomo Rytaro as Tatsugoro the fire chief, they keep Edo safe as part of the famed Megumi Fire Squad.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-09
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Sasaki Kojiro
Overview: Ronin Sasaki Kojiro pursues his ultimate goal of becoming a master swordsman. Along the way he encounters another great swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-10-22
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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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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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Sekki shichihenge
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-23
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Red peonies on the skin
Overview: Genjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies, he helps his younger brother who is caught up in a conflict with Hatamoto.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-02
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Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-24
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Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-08
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Abekobe dōchū
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-09
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Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion
Overview: Bored Hatamoto film #17
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-12-27
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Tales of Young Genji Kuro
Overview: Genji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the Otsubo family.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-04-15
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神変美女桜
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-12-11
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Uta matsuri akagiyama
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-09
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The Black Hooded Man 4
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-10-02
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The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman
Overview: In the fourth film in this exciting series, and the first since losing his left eye, Yagyu Jubei is charged again with the task of protecting the Yagyu Secret Scrolls. The two scrolls are held in separate locations to assure their safety. Within them there is information other than the techniques of the Yagyu Shin-kage style. They contain a secret that could throw the country into turmoil. Clan founder Yagyu Sekishusai had split the scroll into two parts to prevent its contents from being known to the public. This is Jubei's toughest assignment yet as he puts his life on the line to save the nation!
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-16
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Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption
Overview: In the fifth installment, Yagyu Jubei must prove the innocence of his family who is suspected of conspiring to take Shogun's life.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-02-23
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The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy
Overview: Yagyu Jubei must protect the Yagyu scroll that holds the secret of the infamous assassination plotted by the Tokugawa government 30 years ago.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-08-07
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Watari and the Fantasticks
Overview: Watari and his ninja friends continue their battles against evil people in long ago Japan.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Yagyu Chronicles 9: Assassin's Sword
Overview: The Yagyu Family have been teaching the Shinkage style of fencing for generations. Now a new fencing school has opened in Edo, claiming to be the true Shinkage style. Yagyu Jubei faces his biggest challenge yet when the master of the new school claims he is the legitimate successor of Shinkage and tries to take the Yagyu's political power.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-10-14
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Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Overview: Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the various people they meet on their journey, including a policeman in pursuit of a thief, a young child and a woman who is to be sold into prostitution.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-02-27
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Miyamoto Musashi
Overview: In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of the historic battle. He and his friend Matahachi manage to escape the slaughter although the latter is wounded in his leg. They stumble across the young Akemi who makes her living with her mother Oko by robbing corpses of their armor and anything else they can sell. Oko takes it into her head to seduce Matahachi, which she does first by skillfully sucking the gangrene from his blood, and then just by sucking.
Genres: History Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-27
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Souls in the Moonlight
Overview: First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesnt hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good. Despite the authors explicit refusal, the series were later made into plays and movies several times.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-13
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The Ninja Hunt
Overview: Four ninja are hired to fight against the Shogunate’s plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, the regional barons struggling to reinstate their young heir Tanemaru as their Lord.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-09-05
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Big Time Gambling Boss
Overview: Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-01-14
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Castle of Flames
Overview: In 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed: his peace-loving father has died in what he soon finds to be mysterious circumstances, and his mother's married to his uncle, whose ruthless ambition is causing turmoil in the kingdom. Not knowing who to trust, Masato feigns madness, vowing to get to the truth, even though his act causes distress to the girl he loves, who's waited for him all these years. The ghost of his father turns up now and then to show him the way. Meanwhile a peasant revolt is brewing... It all ends tragically.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-10-30
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The Red Shadow
Overview: Fifteen years after Ishida Mitsunari lost in the battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu foresees his unavoidable battle with Toyotomi Hideyori and goes into Fushimi Castle. At the night, Hattori Hanzo, the leader of 36 Iga members who were performing as guards of the castle, perceives the existence of a ninja and captures the mysterious sneaker.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-24
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The Great Duel
Overview: In this gritty tale of gamblers battling in the samurai era, Okawa Hashizo gives perhaps his greatest performance as a gambler returning to his home town. Swearing allegiance to his fiancée’s father, a decent boss, he had taken to the road after a gang fight until things cooled down. While honing his sword skills in his travels, everything in the town had changed and he descended into a virtual hell of violence. Opponents were being slaughtered by a former samurai ‘Bodyguard’ played by Tanba Tetsuro at the height of his amazing career. While these two master swordsmen are fated to meet, before that can even happen they must survive one of the longest, bloodiest swordfights in movie history!
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-09-05
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Hoodlum Match
Overview: A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-02-13
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Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Overview: Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young sweetheart, but despite their mutual poverty, her status as the daughter of a samurai blocked their path to happiness. A chance opportunity to achieve samurai status would come one day, but Gonza will regret trusting the so-called honorable samurai who extended this fateful offer, and the terrible price he'd pay, fighting for his life in one of the most blood-spattered samurai battles ever filmed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-04-21
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The Black Hooded Man
Overview: A mysterious black hooded man intervenes when an anti-government group who plots to steal the precious blue diamond called “Maguna no Hitomi.”
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-04-05
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Ninja's Weapon
Overview: During a time of war, Lord Ogata is betrayed by two of his closest vassals and killed by his enemy, Sarashina Danjo. Ten years later, Lord Ogata's only living heir, now a skilled ninja, uses sorcery to avenge the murders of his parents.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-10-31
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Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
Overview: Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-07-12
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Showdown of Men
Overview: Part one.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-07-01
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Mark of Blood
Overview: Three young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil.
Genres: Crime Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-12
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Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
Overview: In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-01-03
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Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
Overview: Eight villains, former pirates, gather to attack the magistrate's office. They develop a plan and begin their actions in secret, making full use of their special abilities. In the end, their plan goes beyond what was intended and turns into a good deed for many people. A masterpiece of historical drama, full of breathtaking thrills and action.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-08-26
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Lion Crest Part 2
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-12-15
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The Unleashed Lord
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-02-10
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Three for The Road
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-15
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A Laughable Journey
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-02-01
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Road In the Mist
Overview: Okinu, the beautiful daughter of a feudal lord, discovers her true identity and leaves her lavish life behind to avenge her birth father's death.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-04-06
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Ninja's Mark
Overview: When the Shogun Tokugawa III is in bed with a girl, she turns into a monster. The court believes she is Ninja Magic, used to frighten the lord off women so that there will be no heir. Tôma, a famous swordsman, is called in and exposes the Ninja, even discovering their leader, a beautiful young girl named Kagiroi. Guessing that she is the daughter of some ousted daimyo anxious to get back into favor, he is about to unmask her when he is taken prisoner...
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-01-27
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A Warrior Generation
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-14
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Chivalrous Nature
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-08-01
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Tokaido Fullhouse
Overview: When Kanbe Nagakichi has his turf taken over by Ano-Toku, the father-in-law of his sworn brother Kira Nikichi sets in motion one of the most violent gang battles in Japanese history. Forced by the situation to choose between family and yakuza honor, Nikichi faces off against the vile combination of Ano-Toku and Kurokoma Katsuzo, villains so low as to ambush their foes using snipers. Nikichi, who owes allegiance to Boss Jirocho of Shimizu asks Jirocho to spare Ano-Toku’s life until events force a showdown between the 30 member Shimizu gang and a force of over 200 men fighting on Ano-Toku’s behalf. Meanwhile, a mysterious samurai may hold the key to deciding the outcome of this battle!
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-01-03
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The Bandits
Overview: Action drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese mountain bandits.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-05-21
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Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
Overview: A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed and vandalized, streets teeming with panicked citizens. Is Ijyuin Tanomo, highly-placed official of Owari clan, secretly using deadly ninja to foment riot and rebellion? Narumiya Shinbei, a lone samurai spy adept at ninjutsu must uncover the hidden hand orchestrating these shocking crimes. Shinbei enlists a small band of dedicated ninja to lay siege to the enemy’s stronghold, where his own sister works as an undercover agent. Now, ninja must fight ninja in a last desperate battle to save the shogunate.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-15
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Little Tengu
Overview: A story about a tomboy, Otoshi, who is good at singing, dancing and fencing.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-25
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53 Stages of the Road
Overview: An Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-10-18
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The Mysterious Cape
Overview: Ryujin Misaki, located at the edge of the Genkai Sea, is known as an isolation ward for leprosy patients. When Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogun, hears news of a doctor gone missing, he begins to suspect that things are not what they seem at Ryujin Misaki. Intent on discovering the truth, Saotome launches a private investigation.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-01-09
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Tsubakuro dōchū
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-18
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Noble Tasuke
Overview: The story opens in October of 1624 when the newly appointed Shogun Iemitsu visits the famed Kan-ei temple. On his way the procession is disrupted when a small child runs into the street, a crime punishable by execution. One man steps forward to save her life by putting his on the line. Brave and compassionate Isshin Tasuke has come into the limelight as a hero of legendary proportions. His uncanny resemblance to Shogun Iemitsu will lead to many adventures that formed on of the great series in Japanese cinema. With his intelligence and personality, Tasuke seeks to intervene in the struggle between opposing factions in the Shogun's Ruling Council.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-02-05
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Magistrate Ooka’s Legends
Overview: A hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-07-23
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Seven Knights Pt. 2
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-08-26
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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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