Ayuko Saijō
Also Known As: 西条鮎子, 西條鮎子
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: Not available
Age: Not available
Gender: Female
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The Tokyo Kid
Overview: A young, talented singer (Misora) is orphaned, not once but twice, and has to turn to a rather unlikely, and unwilling, parental figure, while avoiding her wealthy, absentee father, his hired goons, and the neighborhood fortune teller (Enoken) who's after the reward money.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-09-09
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Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter
Overview: Around the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior councilor Matsudaira Sakon Shogen. He was commonly known as the Bored Samurai of the Hatamoto rank. Just as he was engulfed in boredom, Tokugawa Jo-Kaibo, claiming to be the Shogun's illegitimate child, made a grand entrance into Edo. At the behest of Sakon Shogen, Shusui-no-Suke was tasked to investigate Jo-Kaibo's background and had his young page Kyoya disguise as a woman to infiltrate Jo-Kaibo's gun mansion.
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-01-14
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憧れの星座
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Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-11-22
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疾風愛憎峠
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-03-10
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Bannai Tarao Series Demon King of Kyokumadan
Overview: Sixth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-01-03
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Merciless Blade Part 3
Overview: The final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.
Genres: History Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-06-17
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The Swordsman and the Actress
Overview: A fellow member of the company named Hanjiro tells Koharu, an actress in a traveling theatrical troupe, about a keepsake folding fan that his lost love Lady Okyo gave him years ago. It turns out this fan is a precious clan heirloom whose possession, for convoluted reasons, will determine the clan's leadership. Sword-slinging bad guys descend to capture the fan, and Koharu embarks on a road trip to Edo to return the MacGuffin to the rightful hands of Lady Okyo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-01-09
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The Crimson Peacock
Overview: One of the greatest film serials ever to come out of Japan puts together an all-star cast in the search for the key of the Crimson Peacock, a treasure trove that will make whoever discovers it the richest man in the world. The battle lines are drawn between two rival groups, the Swans and the Skulls competing to find the key and the map, while unrequited love for a beautiful woman complicates everything as she is forced to take a potion that gives her an evil heart. It’s edge of the seat excitement from start to finish in this 5 movie serial as parts 1 through 4 each end with a cliffhanger, building suspense to the very end when all is revealed! There is action, romance, and intrigue, with a touch of black magic as the forces of good and evil collide!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-07-02
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