Sayoko Ninomiya
Also Known As: 二宮さよ子
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Birthday: June 23, 1948
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The King of Minami: Special Ver.40
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-11-17
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Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Overview: An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-10-29
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Udon
Overview: Kosuke is 31, and tired of his hometown where nothing happens. On a whim, he departs for New York with dreams of making it big. 6 months later, he straggles home... defeated, and saddled with debt. Awaiting him are his old friends, a caring sister, a disgruntled father ...and a bowl of noodles. Namely, "udon" noodles. The town is built around udon, sustained by udon, nationally famous for udon.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-08-26
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Goyou Sen Enjou
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Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-09-10
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Japan's Don
Overview: A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-01-22
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The Petrified Forest
Overview: Follows a young med student's relationships with two women: a dangerous affair with a childhood friend and his mother's struggle to rebuild their estranged relationship.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-09-01
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A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun
Overview: Ninth movie in the Torakku Yarō series. Momojiro travels to Nagano to take Jonathan's place driving logging freight through the mountains. There he meets the wild and beautiful Natsu.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-08-04
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Tokyo Bordello
Overview: A ruined businessman was forced to sell his daughter, Hisano, to a brothel in Yoshiwara, the largest red-light district in Tokyo. The owner of the brothel has hopes to make her a great new addition which will attract the richest of customers. But after several months of training, she tries to flee Yoshiwara when the time has come for her to take her first customer...
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-06-13
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Shogun's Shadow
Overview: A shogun's eldest son must do whatever it takes to survive a series of attempts on his life. He receives much-needed aid from seven warriors who are led by a strong leader.
Genres: History Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-01-14
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Battle Anthem
Overview: The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.
Genres: War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-06-04
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Shura Group
Overview: Remake of The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-02-16
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Gray Sunset
Overview: Grandfather Fuyukichi Takano, a former university professor, gets fired from his museum job when he is affected by Alzheimer's disease, but his affliction serves to deepen family ties. Japan's submission to the 58th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-10-10
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Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit
Overview: When Nizaemon Kumogiri, a major thief quits his job as a thief, he has two more big jobs planned in order to obtain a huge sum of money to enable his many subordinates scattered all over the country to live out the rest of their lives. First, he targets Matsuya, a medicine wholesaler in Nagoya and seduces the master of the shop by using his female subordinate, Nanakake. He then calls upon Sanji, a skilled locksmith to Nagoya, but the bandit Yagura no Fukuemon who is plotting to intercept the thief plots to extract Sanji for a large sum of money. Furthermore, Abe Shikibu, the chief of the firebrand bandit reformatory who is obsessed with Nizaemon's arrest, sends his men to Nagoya.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-03-29
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Taikoki
Overview: Rising from the lowliest of country samurai to the heights of power as Taiko, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is one of the pivotal figures of the Sengoku period.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Shura Group Part 1
Overview: Denzaburo Kato, the third generation leader of the Horii family whose territory encompasses the Yokohama area, has a dramatic encounter at a certain judo hall with a young man who would later shake up Japan's yakuza society. The man's name is Ryuji Inahara, the future president of the Inahara-kai!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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The Black Hood
Overview: A horse-riding samurai fights villains.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-12-03
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Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
Overview: The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determine who will become Don of Japan.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-09-09
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Island of the Evil Spirits
Overview: Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi follows a dying man's words to an enigmatic island, where he meets beautiful twin sisters and tragic events unfold.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-10-03
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Momotarō Zamurai III
Overview: Momotaro carries this sword into battle against injustice in shogunate Japan. Aided by ninja he must now wage a furious battle against the terrible “Ran” clan, villains in league with Ohara Ukon, a bitter samurai nursing a grudge against the shogunate. Together the ruthless conspirators will threaten the foundations of shogunate rule over Japan. Only the relentless slashing sword of Momotaro may save the nation from the Ran clan's army of killers.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-03-31
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Yakuza Ladies 8
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-03-06
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The Geisha
Overview: Yokiro was the most successful Geisha house in Western Japan during the first half of the 20th century and remains open to this day. At its peak, it was home to over 200 geisha, however behind the fabulous facade, there were many battles - between family members, men and women, and with the Yakuza. Momokawa was sold to Yokiro at age 12, and despite being the top geisha, her many complicated relationships provide unending challenges throughout her glamorous but turbulent life.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-09-10
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She-Shogun
Overview: The rise to power of the famed Lady Kasuga no Tsubone, who established the 'Ooku' (the women's quarters at Edo castle) and acted as nursemaid to Tokugawa Iemitsu, the future 3rd Shogun is chronicled in this historical drama. Intrigue and suspicion abound as the two brothers Iemitsu and Tadanaga vie for the post of Shogun, while behind the scenes the remnants of the defeated Toyotomi faction, lead by Lord Ishida Mitsunari attempt to discredit the Tokugawa Shogunate and regain their former position as rulers of the nation. The hidden battles between Shogun Hidetada's wife and mistresses of the 'Ooku' come to light as they force the two brothers into a life or death struggle.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-01-20
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A Samurai's Sorrow
Overview: A rare grouping of the three Tamura brothers, Masakazu, Takahiro, and Ryu highlight this exciting tale of a series of attempts on the life of Shogun Yoshimune. The Owari have longed for the post of shogun, and are willing to do anything, including murder, in order to achieve their goal. Directed by master filmmaker Inoue Akira, this action packed movie, based on a manga by Koike Kazuo who created the Baby Cart (Lone Wolf) series, is loaded with splendid swordplay and an intelligent story line. It all starts when poison is discovered in the shogun’s food. Can the brilliant swordsman Mondo (Tamura Masakazu) manage to save Japan’s leader from certain death?!
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-04-07
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Akan ni hatsu
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-06-21
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Tsumiki kuzushi
Overview: A conflict between parents and their delinquent daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-11-03
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Siberian Express 2
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Genres: Drama War Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-01-13
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The Great Tokyo Yotsuya Ghost Story
Overview: Kazuko Murata, the head of the private detective bureau, takes on a bizarre murder case involving the wealthy Ninomiya family near the Oiwa Inari shrine in Yotsuya's Samon-cho!
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-09-02
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Flickering Flames
Overview: In the early hours of April 13th, a five year old hemophiliac child was kidnapped by someone from Tanemura General Hospital in Tokyo, Setagaya. Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Inspector Kitahara, who received the report, goes quickly to the Tanemura home, along with other police to speak to the family of the child. Then, suddenly, the phone rings. The kidnapper wants money.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-02-26
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Emperor of Upheaval
Overview: The anti-gangster law has been very bad for business, but one yakuza boss is running his syndicate like a ruthless conglomerate -- and thriving.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-06-12
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