Koji Nakata
Also Known As: 中田耕二
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Birthday: February 15, 1920
Deathday: March 13, 1974
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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抱寝の長脇差
Overview: Tatsuo Osone movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-26
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Shin nitōhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki
Overview: Second "Pfc. Story" sequel and the ninth and final sequel to "Story of Second Class Private", the only one in both series not directed by Seiichi Fukuda.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-15
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
Overview: During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt government and end the bloodshed between the Choshu and Satsuma clans which would ultimately lead to the alliance of these 2 clans and restoration of the emperor to full power. Based on the play that made Sawada Shojiro famous, this is the story of Tsukigata Hanpeita, a forward looking samurai from Choshu, who along with Katsura Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma of Tosa worked to bring their dream of a new era in Japan.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-05-29
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Stray Dog
Overview: When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior, Chief Detective Sato, Murakami works feverishly to trace the location of his pistol, ultimately clashing with a gang of youthful Okinawans.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-09-29
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Umineko ga tonde
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-05
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The Soundless Cry
Overview: Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one happiness is his friendship with a girl who works in a bar nearby. Then, one day, his mother dies after drinking the medicine that Shinichi himself gave her. It is discovered that the pills contained poison. He is apprehended on suspicion of murder and taken away for interrogation, unable to defend himself - being deaf and dumb - or even to proclaim his innocence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-01-30
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お役者小僧
Overview: The phantom thief, known as the "Actor Kid", who was creating a stir in the Daimyo's mansion, especially in the inner chambers, was called Inaba Goutaro. He was the adopted son of a samurai, Inaba Buemon. An incident occurred where his foster father collided with the palanquin of the lord's concubine. In the subsequent altercation, Goutaro killed one of the attendants. Taking responsibility for the act, his foster father committed seppuku, and Goutaro was hunted down. Facing death, his foster father revealed to Goutaro that after the death of his biological father, Goutaro's real mother and his younger brother were forcibly made to serve a lord. This revelation ignited Goutaro's determination to infiltrate the Daimyo's mansion to meet his birth mother.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-04-15
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Hana no shôgai
Overview: In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His friend, the Kokugaku scholar Nagano Shuzen, introduced him to a captivating shamisen master named Murayama Taka. Naosuke became deeply infatuated with her, disregarding the jealousy of his consort Shizu and the warnings of his senior retainer, Gaiji. However, upon discovering Taka's relationship with Shuzen, Naosuke promptly ended his ties with her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-10-14
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Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider
Overview: In the town of Izu known for its hot springs, Den Shichi from Kuromon Town sets off for a healing trip with his companion, a bamboo craftsman with a nose like a lion's snout, at a time when the town is under a tight security network due to a nearby gunpowder depot explosion. Staying at Tsuruya, Den Shichi and his group are investigated by officials whose behavior seems somewhat odd. That night, a man looking like a craftsman is murdered, and gunpowder residue is found at the scene, prompting Den Shichi to suspect that something is amiss.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-04-19
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振袖釼法
Overview: In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for marrying Tsuji, the most beautiful woman in the domain. However, due to a personal grudge held by Horikawa Gentazaemon, the swordsmanship instructor, Genbachi met an untimely and bitter death through foul means within the precincts of the Hachiman Shrine. Due to the domain's oppressive treatment of those of low status, Tsuji, now with her infant son Botaro, was dispossessed of her home and exiled.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-07-26
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荒木又右衛門
Overview: Watanabe Kazuma and Kawai Matagorō from the Bizen Okayama Ikeda clan were close friends, but they inevitably became enemies after Matagorō killed Kazuma's younger brother, Gentayū, and fled. Seeking assistance, Kazuma asked his brother-in-law, Araki Mataemon, for help, but Mataemon refused, saying that it was against the code for a brother to avenge another brother's death. On the other hand, the lord of the clan, Ikeda Tadao, ordered a search for Matagorō, who was found to be sheltered by the Hatamoto, including Andō Jiemon, in Edo. Tadao was furious but unable to act. Matagorō, in Edo, came to regret his birth as a samurai. He met and fell in love with Okō, a bathhouse maid. As the discord between the Hatamoto and the Ikeda clan deepened, Tadao died of illness. Seizing the opportunity to ease the conflict, the shogunate ordered the Ikeda clan to be succeeded by the young lord Katsugorō and to relocate to the Ikeda clan of Inshū Tottori. Meanwhile, Matagorō was exiled from Edo.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-09-21
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命との対決
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-13
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元祿美少年記
Overview: On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while waiting his turn for seppuku at the Mizuno residence. When news of his lord, Asano Naganori, attacking Kira Yoshinaka in the palace reached Akō, Uemon no Shichi was sixteen. The family elder, Ōishi Kuranosuke, determined to avenge, gathered allies, but Uemon no Shichi's father, Chōsuke, being sickly and considered too young, was not included. Chōsuke committed suicide.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-12-21
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Sword: Flower-Strewn Path of Courage
Overview: After serving his sentence, Yakuza family member Toshin-gumi Umebayashi is released from prison. Toshin-gumi was already headed by the boss in the second generation of Shotaro, but Shotaro fell into a trap, he is manipulated by his sworn enemy Kanzaki-gumi. Kanzaki-gumi captures the Toshin-gumi oil fields mined by the first boss. Umebayashi explodes in anger and attacks Kanzaki-gumi, but...
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-02-02
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The Further Adventures of Genta
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-06-07
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Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-30
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Akagi no komori-uta
Overview: Film directed by Tadashi Ashihara
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-12-10
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Miyamoto Musashi
Overview: In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Kojiro. Part II builds toward that great duel on Ganryu Island, with considerable focus on Musashi's planning & forethought as to how to gain an advantage.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-07-13
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Weeping Doll
Overview: A Hibari Misora musical about an impoverished girl and her brother in Postwar Japan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-05-19
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Hunting Rifle
Overview: Story of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger who claims it is the husband's child. Saiko embarks on an affair with her cousin's husband, but a crisis threatens when she discovers that her ex-husband is about to remarry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-03
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The X from Outer Space
Overview: The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-03-25
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The Image of Mother
Overview: A resolute young man searching for his mother, whom he was separated from as a child, defies a family who mistreat the poor and homeless.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-24
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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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Broken Drum
Overview: When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in order to regain financial stability.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-12-01
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By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Overview: Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz, and tasteless fashion sense, and only the tough but suave Dr. Amamiya (Ando) can stop them, as long as he gets rid of his silly peace-loving ideals.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-03-23
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Den nana torimono jō bijo koumori
Overview: The head of Oshu, Harumichi Honma, was ordered by the boat bugyo (Commissioner of the board) Tajima Kuze to extract five gold coins to the Shogun family in Edo, and put it into Ryujin Maru. However, Tajima, who was the chief retainer of the shogunate, said that he was a member of the board, tetsugoro Funabashi, kumiyumi no Kami ichibei, and his son, masakichi, and others, and in the middle of the night, he killed all the members with poison in the night of the storm, threw Masayoshi, who was a fellow of the city, and masakichi, who escaped from the death of poison, into the sea and sank the boat to eliminate evidence.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-29
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Kono sora no aru kagiri
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-11-14
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The Undefeated Woman
Overview: The Undefeated Woman
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-21
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