Hajime Hana
Also Known As: Хадзимэ Хана
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Birthday: February 09, 1930
Deathday: September 10, 1993
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Wings of Icarus' Flight
Overview: A young man who travels around the world with a camera in his hand finds the circus a fascinating subject. The huge tents and life-threatening acrobatics were filled with dreams, laughter, and excitement. From that moment on, his destiny changes. While living in the circus, the young man becomes fascinated by the art of performing, trains hard, and makes his debut on the big stage. He puts all of his youth into his quest to become a clown, the flower of the circus and the origin of laughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-01-26
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祭りだお化けだ全員集合！！
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-08-05
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Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
Overview: Maruyama, a day laborer, is living on an abandoned ship at the port of Osaka when he meets an elusive man offering a job.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-01
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Life of Don Matsugoro
Overview: Children's movie about a dog that can type messages into a word processor. When his owner is kidnapped, the canine summons his fellow dogs to help in the rescue effort.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-03-21
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Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda
Overview: The salaryman is the object of admiration in the world. Because there is no more carefree job than this, this cheerful song comedy is set to the hit melody of Ueki etc. [Selection of Actors and Directors].
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-12
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Never Give Up
Overview: Special forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted daughter, Yoriko: the sole survival of a bloodbath for which he is responsible. Years later, Ajisawa is forced to return to the scene of the tragedy for his new job as a claims adjuster where he is subsequently arrested for his suspected involvement. But the threat of jail time is the least of his worries as his former organization comes gunning for him.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-10-07
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Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-01-08
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Hunter in the Dark
Overview: Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds his boss's enemies almost overwhelming.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-06-17
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スーダラ節 わかっちゃいるけどやめられねぇ
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-25
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Hail the 3 Gents
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-01-03
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Nippon Irresponsible Guy
Overview: Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-23
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Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-15
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Don't Mind
Overview: Set in downtown Tokyo, it depicts the activities of a weak youth baseball team, the Chidori Boys, and the ordinary people who live there.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-03-03
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Alone Across the Pacific
Overview: Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his careful planning many unforeseen events will test his determination.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-10-27
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Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
Overview: Comedy has the proprietors of a tonkatsu (deep-fried pork) restaurant match wits with a Chinese developer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-22
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Japan for Sale
Overview: The sixth "Japan's No. 1 Man" feature. Followed by "Japan’s No. 1 Disconnected Man".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-11-02
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Preparation for the Festival
Overview: Tateo, young and neurotic, wishes to leave the village his mother has raised him in.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-11-08
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Oar
Overview: Drama about the difficult relationship between a former wrestler, his wife and their adopted children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-01-15
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The Japanese Belly Button
Overview: Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-03-15
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Cape Erimo
Overview: Harajuku, the fashion capital of Tokyo. Yasuko works at a boutique as a beginner seamstress. As snow covers the streets, the boutique's interior decorates itself with colorful clothing. An exhibition of the shop's spring line up is right around the corner. After a hard day at work Yasuko stops by at a produce market, setting all her unfinished work on the rear deck of a random truck. When she gets home, she realizes that she's missing a couple of things.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-04-01
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Hotsprings Holiday
Overview: Two rival groups of gangsters vie for control of a tiny port town in northern Japan. Daisuke, a member of the older of the two gangs, and Kosuke, a hoodlum in the newer gang, both fall in love with the daughter of an inn proprietor, even though she evinces more interest in improving the town than in their romantic advances. Eventually, the two hoodlums come to respect her efforts and decide to join forces in ridding the town of all gangsters. The two men succeed in restoring peace to the town and, rejected by the innkeeper's daughter, they leave town as friends.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-02-14
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Hippo Director's Zoo Diary
Overview: Aging zoo keeper Nishiyama Toshio acquires two young trainees: short-tempered former chef Takeshi Ishizawa and gentle vet Ichiro Hasegawa. Both are surprised by the difficulties they face in a deceptively easy job but persevere through troubles such as an escaped pelican, a dying camel, and the birth of a hippo.
Genres: Animation TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-08-23
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Yume de aimasho
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-15
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Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Overview: A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful passion for the music, giving him a chance to set things right in his life.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-11-26
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Wakai kisetsu
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-20
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Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
Overview: Three people from the future, who travel spiritually to the era of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII Philopator and her Roman lovers Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, become their closest friends as they try to unravel the nature of the plan developed in their own time by a sinister enemy.
Genres: Animation Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-09-15
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Mr. Hacchaki's Tokyo Game
Overview: A movie starring Meijin Takahashi, the God of Famicom. Based on the Hacchaki Sensei manga.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Ghost Story of Two Travelers at Tenamonya
Overview: Japanese horror comedy from 1967.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-09-02
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Ichi ka bachi ka
Overview: The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-06-16
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なにがなんでも為五郎
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-08-26
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やるぞみておれ為五郎
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-01-15
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花も実もある為五郎
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-04-28
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Dog of Fortune
Overview: From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of his master who held a secret to a weapons smuggling case and the corruptions of those who are involved, Goro's adventure unfolds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-06-02
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The Demon Comes in Spring
Overview: Island villagers find a young woman and young man swept ashore near their remote village in northeastern Japan. The two have tried to escape the girl's enforced marriage to another man, in order that they may marry themselves. The ancient custom of the village decrees that the angry sea gods must be calmed by throwing the pair back into the sea. The lovers face being sacrificed to the sea gods or perhaps something even more difficult to bear.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-04-15
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Ore wa inaka no puresurī
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-08-05
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港町紳士録
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-08-04
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Ore wa Ueno no puresurī
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-12-27
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Hana no Oedo no Musekinin
Overview: A comedy directed by Kajiro Yamamoto, based on an original idea by Koji Toita, co-written by Yasuo Tanami, who worked on "Hibari Chiemi Izumi Sannin Yoba" and Kajiro Yamamoto, who worked on "The Story of a Genius Swindler: Tanuki no Hanamichi." Photographed by Seiichi Endo of "Things That Live at the End of the Earth."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-12-20
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Red Diamond
Overview: After losing all his money, Kizuka Keita, a seller on the black market, is trying to commit suicide. But he is saved by Morigen, a broker on the azuki beans market. A young man tries to regain his wealth in the bean market.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-10-14
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ホラ吹き太閤記
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-10-31
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クレージーだよ 奇想天外
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Original Language: ja
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クレージー大作戦
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-10-29
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空想天国
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-08-14
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クレージーの殴り込み清水港
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-01-15
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Happy Go-Lucky
Overview: An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-27
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Private Lessons II
Overview: Ken, an insecure young man from Japan, meets Sophie, an interesting and sensual woman who teaches him the secrets of love and life.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-03-06
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School in the Crosshairs
Overview: Mitamura Yuka is a normal, shy high school student. Except for the fact that she has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show her skills, creating a force of psychic Nazi student enforcers, Yuka and her friends vow to stop her. But behind it all is a mysterious force that will put Yuka's powers to the ultimate test!
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-07-11
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The Woman Who Touched Legs
Overview: Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the story about her parents who killed himself and died for overwork to feel sorry about her.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-08-24
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Ten Dark Women
Overview: Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. However each woman would rather keep him alive, as long as she was the only woman in his life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-03
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こんにちは赤ちゃん
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-03-20
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A Distant Cry from Spring
Overview: The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the heart of the mother and shows her boy the importance of grit and kindness, but then he leaves with the autumn wind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-03-15
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Hokuriku Proxy War
Overview: In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows battles among yakuza who value land over tradition. Hiroki Matsukata stars as Noboru Kawada, a Hokuriku yakuza who will use any measure for survival, disregarding parents, brothers, and tradition.
Genres: Drama Crime Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-02-26
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Las Vegas Free-For-All
Overview: The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of their most popular movies, featured scenes filmed on location in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Hawaii. Appearing with the seven Cats were the lovely Mie Hama and such Japanese musical artists as The Peanuts, The Johnnys, The Drifters, and Jackie Yoshikawa & the Blue Comets.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-04-28
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Graveyard of Honor
Overview: A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his self control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-02-15
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The Crazy Adventure
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-10-31
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The Lovable Tramp
Overview: Saotome is a white-collar worker on the brink of a burnout who one day strikes up a friendship with Gen, a boorish drifter who approaches life one day at a time.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-11-12
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Twilight of the Cockroaches
Overview: The cockroaches of Saito's apartment live in peace with their human host, who gives them lots of space to breed and plenty of leftovers to munch on. In the midst of these high living times, Naomi and Ichiro plan to get married and start a family. But when a hard-bitten stranger roach named Hans appears with news of war with the humans across the lawn, it foretells disruption-not only of Naomi and Ichiro's relationship, but of the hive's entire way of life.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Science Fiction Romance Family Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-11-21
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Where Spring Comes Late
Overview: The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the mine he worked in was shut down. He decides to resettle with his whole family to Hokkaido in northern Japan and start a new life as a farmer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-10-24
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Karate Cop 3
Overview: A cop, Katayama, gains the trust of a mother and daughter whose father, Nishina, is missing after being accused of killing a gang boss.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-07-07
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Gamblers' Luck
Overview: A group of ne'er-do-wells live happily in the slums of what is now Tokyo and have a number of adventures: they get drunk and go whoring, revenge themselves on cruel landlords, animate the corpse of a money-lender in order to frighten people. Then they assist at the marriage of a lovely girl and almost kill themselves gambling to provide her with a dowry.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-03-19
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The Best Playboy In Japan
Overview: The music teacher, who danced the twist at the graduation ceremony of the solemn female school, was fired but became star. First film in popular "Number 1" Series.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-07-13
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Our Miyo-chan
Overview: Owner and workers of a tiny medicine factory fall in love with a lovable girl.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-12-31
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Aoba shigereru
Overview: Based on the novel of the same name by Hisashi Inoue.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-09-21
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Swordsman For Hire
Overview: After witnessing his chief retainer’s plot to murder their lord, Matahachiro fled to lose himself in Edo’s crowded streets. By day he sells his sword skills to the highest bidder. By night he fights for his life against deadly swordsmen his clan sends to silence him. His samurai spirit is at its lowest ebb, his only solace a lovely female ninja, his paramour and potentially his deadly enemy. But as Edo witnesses the unfolding of the legendary vendetta of 47 Ronin, sworn to avenge Lord Asano against the treacherous Kira, Matahachiro’s small role in their noble quest will revive his bushido ideals. Sword in hand, he will seek his own bloody justice!
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-05-10
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Hole in the Pants
Overview: A boy transfers into a new high school in the big city. He gets bullied, but meets a pretty girl. He tries to win her heart, but rivals abound. Debut video release from Pantsu no ana, a subsection of "BOMB" magazine.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-03-17
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Proof of the Man
Overview: When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-10-08
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Monsieur Zivaco
Overview: International thief Zivaco, who can assume any identity, eludes the authorities and battles rival thief WCWC for a rare gold samurai sword.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-10-28
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The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay
Overview: Sangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send him to prison. In prison Sangoro will have a new life
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-01-03
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The Donkey Comes on a Tank
Overview: Sabu was once a boy soldier but people in his village disliked him. He finally broke loose when his land was taken.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-12-26
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The Greatest Challenge of All
Overview: After an argument with his father a son leaves his home and comes back only, as an adult, many years later just to cause them problem after problem.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-08-05
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The Million Dollar Pursuit
Overview: Burned out butcher Hazama meets a woman at a restaurant and is asked to help her deliver a bag of diamonds.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-01-04
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Vagabond Schemer
Overview: The return of a man to Japan from Borneo creates chaos in a village.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-03-15
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The Honest Fool
Overview: Yasugoro, goes to live in a quiet town where he falls in love with the priest's daughter-in-law. His does not declare his love because she is married, but he goes on a mission to please her, and is blinded. Then her husband dies and she remarries before Yasugoro can confess his love.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-01-15
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The Irresponsible Fool
Overview: Picked up and raised on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Yasukichi's only trait is his innate mischievousness. However, because his love for his hometown is exceptionally stronger than anybody's, he is trying everything he can to somehow help the inhabitants of the island which are going through a recession. He saddles himself with a debt to bring a cheap band onto the island and tries to market the underwater sightseeing ship on the island without regards for the Marine Act.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-04-29
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Crazy Big Explosion
Overview: A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-04-27
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Mexican Free-for-All
Overview: A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-04-27
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Get Married, Mother
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-01
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Lord Mito
Overview: One of Japan’s most popular historical characters, former Vice-Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni, whose travels around the nation are legendary has made it to the silver screen in a dynamic and exciting tale featuring megastar Toshiro Mifune as an expert swordsman drawn into the action to fight injustice. The Elder Lord travels about disguised as a retired merchant with his two trusty bodyguards Sukesaburo and Kakunoshin by his side and secret agent Yashichi close by. After a chance meeting with a dying man and young woman who had been brutally attacked, they set out for Kaga Province to wreak vengeance on the responsible parties. Don’t miss this exciting journey into Japanese history!
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-12-23
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Tekken
Overview: A directionless young man, recently released from prison, tries to make a new start in life as a boxer...
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-11-23
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Crazy Operation
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-24
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Kureji sakusen: Kudabare! Musekinin
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-10-26
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Crossroads in Tokyo
Overview: A three parts movie following people forgotten by a society that modernizes at the price of expelling part of its individuals.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-04-27
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Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
Overview: A great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there were frequent uprisings in rural areas due to farmers losing their land as a result of strict tax collection. The Tonegawa area of Boso was a lawless area for a generation, as two major forces fought against each other: Sukegoro of Iioka, who wields power with his industrial capital behind him, and Shigezo of Sasakawa, a rising yakuza. Furthermore, the successive floods of the Tone River, which could be called fate, forced the farmers into even more poverty and despair. Meanwhile, farmers in Nabe Village continue to live a lethargic life, but agricultural reform is about to begin under the hands of Yugaku Ohara, a ronin who has settled in the village.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-11-13
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Me and Me
Overview: Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong vs. Godzilla.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-08-11
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Kawachi fūten zoku
Overview: 1968 film
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-05-25
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Headless Island
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Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-08-20
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アッと驚く為五郎
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-27
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腰抜け女兵騒動
Overview: 1961 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-26
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死体持参花嫁事件
Overview: The mysterious behavior and psychology of a woman who gave birth to and abandoned her lover's children twice and went on a honeymoon with another man.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-07-08
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