Yasuko Goto
Also Known As: 後藤泰子, Yatsuko Goto, 後藤やつこ, ごとうやつこ
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
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Gender: Female
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Watch Out, Crimson Bat!
Overview: A young female samurai comes upon a dying messenger and agrees to deliver the scroll he was carrying to its destination. However, unbeknownst to her, the scroll is actually a formula for a new kind of gunpowder. An evil clan that is planning to overthrow the Emperor is also after the scroll, and they try to take it from her.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-01
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Enraptured
Overview: A promising dancer asks her professor to write a libretto for a Nō play. He then introduces her to a student of classical literature, but also a classical theatre student in the hope that the latter will marry Senya..
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-18
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Street of Love and Hope
Overview: A young man runs a scam selling pigeons that always return to his home. He falls under the wing of Kyoko, an older student whose heart is touched after Masuo sells his pigeons to her. However, after his scam is revealed, can these feelings truly remain the same?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-11-17
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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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Ai to kanashimi to
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-29
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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.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-08-05
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Kyūjin ryokō
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-08-12
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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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Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
Overview: Akane Kawasaki, known for her aversion to physical contact with men, possesses some unfavorable habits such as stealing. Despite these flaws, she garners popularity in the slums due to her compassionate care for children. In an attempt to secure a stable future for their child, she enters into marriage with Tsutomu Yamazaki, who struggles with a stutter. Unfortunately, their union is cut short by the untimely death of Tsutomu Yamazaki in an accident.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-12-09
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The Rendezvous
Overview: The brief love story of an attentive young man and a beautiful woman who meet, fall in love and part during the course of a train ride.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-03-29
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The Great Department Store Robbery
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-12-26
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Foster Daddy, Tora!
Overview: After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she can study for a night school exam.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-12-27
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Human Target
Overview: At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was being arrested by detective Negoro, the detective's bullet struck Sakuko, Yamabe's girl friend who attempted to protect him, and crippled her. When Yamabe was sent to prison, Negoro cared for her and they fell in love. Sakuko asked him to marry her, but Negoro was reluctant to take the killer's sweetheart from him. Learning of the relationship of his girl friend and the detective, Yamabe had pledged revenge.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-09-15
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Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Overview: During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist. At his home, Tora-san makes a good impression on the old man's maid, who apparently falls in love with Tora-san.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-08-07
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It's Tough Being a Man
Overview: Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting and ruining Sakura's chance to marry someone, as well as just being a real pain to those around him. There is a sentimental side to him also, and the best way to describe him is that he grows on you.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-08-27
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Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Overview: When cabaret singer Lily writes Toraya about her illness, Tora-san rushes to Okinawa to be by her side.
Genres: Comedy Family Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-08-02
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Tora-san, the Intellectual
Overview: Tora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years ago. When he returns to Shibamata with the intent to study, he falls for Toraya's new tenant instead.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-12-27
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Tora-san's Lovesick
Overview: After Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into Utako (last seen in Tora-san's Dear Old Home), now a widow.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-08-10
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Stage-Struck Tora-san
Overview: Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who looks up to Tora-san.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-08-05
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Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Overview: While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young women on vacation during his travels.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-08-05
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Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Overview: When Tora-san returns to visit his family, he is surprised to find an arrogant professor occupying his room. The professor and Tora-san become rivals for the affection of Chiyo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-12-29
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Farewell, My Beloved
Overview: During the early days of the war a young student, Makito (Kazuo Funaki), falls in love with Yuko (Mayumi Ozora), the widow of a naval officer. She, however, is living with the memories of her husband and it is her younger sister, Yumiko (Nana Ozaki), who grows fond of the student. Then, one day, a young naval officer, Tadayuki (Ken Ogata), a friend of her late husband, comes to see the widow and she becomes attracted to him. Though Makito is inspired to study for the navy, he is much upset when he learns that Yuko and Tadayuki are to marry.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-02-21
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