Yuriko Hoshi
Also Known As: Юрико Хоси, یوریکو هوشی
Biography: Yuriko Hoshi (星由里子 Hoshi Yuriko) was a Japanese actress. As one of Toho's young stars in the 1960's, she played reporters in the Godzilla films Godzilla vs. Mothra and Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, as well as Yuichi Tanuma's girlfriend in the Young Guy series. Hoshi passed away from lung cancer on May 16, 2018, at the age of 74.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Birthday: December 06, 1943
Deathday: May 17, 2018
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Mothra vs. Godzilla
Overview: Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.
Genres: Drama Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-04-29
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The Lovelorn Geisha
Overview: A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself 'already dead'.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-07-12
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The Summit of Mt. Fuji
Overview: The Japanese government decides to install a radar on the top of Mt. Fuji, in order to detect typhoons as far as 800 km south of the Japanese archipelago, but the task will not be easy.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-28
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Aoi sanmyaku
Overview: Remake of 1949 film
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-08-09
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Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-14
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Till Tomorow Comes
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-10
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Long Way to Okinawa
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-07
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Chûshingura
Overview: After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
Genres: History Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-03
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Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Overview: Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all are content...The Shinsengumi, a small army of samurai, farmers and peasants, band together to do battle against the tide of history. Their leader, Isami Kondo is a man who rises from farmer to fighter to head the fierce Shinsengumi brigade. Using a stern hand and a heart of gold, he rallies his men in defense of the tottering Shogunate. But bloodshed and treachery lurk around every corner.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-12-05
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Overview: After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-12-20
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Musume to watashi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-01
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Kill!
Overview: A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with gangsters. But when both men discover the wrongdoings of the nefarious clan leader, they side with a band of rebels who are under siege at a remote mountain cabin.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-06-22
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Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Overview: In an alternate timeline the original Godzilla is never defeated and repeatedly reemerges to feed on Japan's energy sources. A new inter-dimensional weapon called the Dimension Tide is created with the intent of eliminating Godzilla. However, the new weapon might also serve as a gateway to something far more sinister.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-11-03
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Chihō kisha
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-13
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The Naked Executive
Overview: The executive director of the «Chuo Shoji» company, Hidaka Shiro, is called a "demon of work", but the hostess of the bar calls him "the loneliest person in Japan." He lost his wife ten years ago and has been living as a widower ever since. He plotted to marry off his 22-year-old daughter Keiko for political gain, but Keiko is in love with Okuda, who is her father's subordinate. A story full of sadness and joy, depicting a man gripped by different thoughts, as an employee of the company and a father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-07-01
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The Last War
Overview: A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-10-08
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Beyond the Hills
Overview: Story of young love in the hills.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-02-02
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Pomegranate Time
Overview: Comedy-drama about university tennis players.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-09-15
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The Witness Killed
Overview: Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda
Genres: Action Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-17
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The Age of Undutiful Children
Overview: Comedy with music starring the rock band The Spiders.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-12-07
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A Woman's Life
Overview: A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-11-16
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Wandering -SASURAI-
Overview: A high school girl becomes convinced that her mother, who was said to have died fourteen years ago, is alive and residing in Hokkaido.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-05-28
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Whirlwind
Overview: Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle chaos and the persecution of the Shogun's army. Five samurai decide on different fates when it becomes clear that their side is being destroyed. One wants to attack the enemy head on in a final honorable death. Another decides to commit hari-kiri but wants to find a glorious view to do it. His close friend, the "coward", just wants to run and give up the life of a samurai. The final two set their own castle on fire to garner favors from the enemy and therefore avert their own death during the massacre of all defeated soldiers as
Genres: History Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-07-26
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Daredevil in the Castle
Overview: During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.
Genres: History War Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-03
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Young Guy at Sea
Overview: Eternal young guy, Yuzo Kayama stars in this fifth installment of the Young Guy series. Young Guy returns to the swim team from the first movie, boards his rival Blue Guy's boat, and meets a young woman on a small island.
Genres: Comedy Action Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-08-08
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I Shall Not Forget
Overview: Hearing that his friend Yosuke Tsumura had died, Shiro Okabe returned to Kyoto. He felt that Yusuke's wife, Yusuke Tsumura's former love Yuko, knew something about Yosuke's death, but he was unable to find out what she knew. Okabe investigates Yosuke's death, but someone kills the people who provide clues one after another. Okabe follows Rumi, a woman at a bar who was close to Yosuke, to Mt. Hiei, and to his surprise learns that Yosuke is still alive.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-12-28
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Angel, My Song Is Your Song
Overview: A young man finds out that his ex-lover has only one week left to live, and with the help of angels, he scrambles to change his fate. A love story in which popular actor Yuji Oda starred in 1992 during his big break.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-11-07
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Arupusu no wakadaishô
Overview: Seventh movie of the Wakadaishō series directed by Kengo Furusawa
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-05-28
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The Young Ace in the South Pacific
Overview: The 10th film in the Wakadaisho series, the Young Ace Yuichi Tanuma travels to Hawaii to train in deep-sea navigation. The Young Ace comes to the rescue of various women in peril, teaches a would-be restauranteur how to make sukiyaki, thwarts the romantic aspirations of his rival Ao Daisho, and competes in the finals of the Japan Judo Championship at the Nippon Budokan. Shot across various locations across Hawaii, Tahiti, Saipan, and Tokyo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-07-01
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River of First Love
Overview: 8-year old boy, Shimpei, who loves fishing and painting, lives with his beautiful mother, surrounded by nature. His mother, Satsuki, has a weak constitution and lost her husband years ago. She takes care of her son lovingly but sometimes strictly, on her own. Shimpei's childhood sweetheart, Sayuri, is deaf, but somehow they can understand each other and they always spend time together.
Genres: Family Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-11-13
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River of Forever
Overview: Pure love story
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-02-19
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Rise Against the Sword
Overview: Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees the success Goemon has achieved, he attempts to recruit him to fight in a conflict between Asakura and another clan. Goemon refuses, and Lord Asakura sets out to destroy him.
Genres: History Action War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-11-25
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Hidden Fangs
Overview: Set in a juvenile detention center and depicted with a documentary touch.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-08
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Mount Hakone
Overview: Japanese drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-15
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Garakuta
Overview: 1964 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-08-01
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A Keg of Powder
Overview: In the third installment in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series, agent Jiro Kitami investigates the mysterious disappearance of a prominent scientist. Edited into Woody Allen's "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" along with the 4th film in the series, "Key of Keys".
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-12-09
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Night Train to the Stars
Overview: “Night Train to the Stars” is a biography of the fascinating life of Kenji Miyazawa, one of Japan's most beloved fantasy novelists. Miyazawa is an idealist pledging with his friend Kanai to work for the improved life of farmers. Troubled by his family’s interest in money making and social status, he leaves home after graduating high school to join a Buddhist sect in Tokyo. After falling out with a friend, and receiving news about his sister re-emerging pneumonia, he decides to return home where starts his own experimental school, teaching new farming methods to young local farmers while also instructing them in music and arts. It was only after his death, through the help of his brother Seiroku, that his writings became widely read.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-10-19
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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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クレージーの殴り込み清水港
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-01-15
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The Wiser Age
Overview: Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-14
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The Other Woman
Overview: In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable Ginza aunt is really their mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-30
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Operation Enemy Fort
Overview: Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attempt to destroy an enemy fort.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-20
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Green Light to Joy
Overview: Drama about the friendship between a lonely laborer (Atsumi) and a young woman (Hoshi) unable to enter college.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-12-06
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die
Overview: The ninth and final film in the Contemporary Tales of Chivalry series.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-12-30
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Warring Clans
Overview: A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been smuggling arms to the enemy. The remaining samurai try in vain to coerce him back, but their efforts are thwarted by crooked warriors who launch an attack...
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-23
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Unrequited Love
Overview: Childhood best friends. Cousins. Housemates. Coworkers. Eight stories of unrequited love, eight sets of people who weren't meant to be together. Several short films put together under the common theme of One Sided Love: ***My Nickname is Butatchi ***Something Blue ***Asahan no Yuge ***Kataomoi Supairaru ***Usotsuki no Koi ***Ibu no Okurimono ***Radio Personality ***Boku no Sabotin
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-07-02
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The Domain: Flower and Dragon
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Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-31
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New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-12-29
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Kojiro
Overview: Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi (Tatsuya Nakadai). Oscar winning Hiroshi Inagaki directs this epic motion picture based on Genzo Murakami’s fascinating story. Despite his humble birth, the orphan Sasaki Kojiro (Onoe Kikunosuke) is determined to become the foremost swordsman in all Japan, a title that traditionally belongs to a nobleman. At fencing school, young Kojiro receives the contempt of his classmates because of his superior swordsmanship. When rumors of the upcoming civil war between Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans spread, Kojiro leaves the school and sets out, seizing every opportunity to realize his dream.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-04-01
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Man Against Man
Overview: Kikumori runs a cabaret on the docks, while his friend Kaji operates transport boats. When a gang of drug dealers tries to force the pair to cooperate in a smuggling scheme, conflict arises between the two friends. Falsely blamed for murder, Kikumori is blackmailed into an attempt to sabotage Kaji's boats and kill him. But the friendship between the two men proves an obstacle to the gangleader's plans.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-08-14
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Sir Galahad in Campus
Overview: The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-08
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Pride of the Campus
Overview: Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant, singing in a band, and preparing for an important boxing tournament.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-10
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Born in Sin
Overview: A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-23
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Campus A Go-Go
Overview: Young Guy (Kayama) competes in an electric guitar competition and plays American-style football. Released alongside Invasion of Astro Monster.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-12-19
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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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Lullaby for a Tough Guy
Overview: A ruffian joins the ranks of the emperor’s guards.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-04-01
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Only the Cat Knows
Overview: Masaru and Yukiko have been married 44 years. They have three children who live independently from them. Masaru and Yukiko enjoy their peaceful days, but, one day, Yukiko tells her daughter Naoko that she wants to divorce Masaru.
Genres: Drama Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-05-10
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New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
Overview: Katsuji takes revenge on evil Tamaru who forcefully took control of the fishery business run by Katsuji’s friend.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-12-27
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Legacy of the 500,000
Overview: During World War II, Japan sends gold to the Phillipines. After the war, the gold is lost in the bay of Manille. Former soldier Takeichi Matsuo is now working as a business executive. He meets Mintsura Gunji, the boss of a large company, who offers him to go to the Philippines and bring back the gold.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-04-18
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Devils-in-Law
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-01-14
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Let's Go! Young Guy
Overview: College student Yuuichi Tanuma is fired up for Nationals where his university Kyonan will face off against their rivals, Seihoku. Yuuichi has his sights set on winning football gold, but his father, who wants him to take over his sukiyaki restaurant, isn't too keen on this. Set in Kyoto, Hong Kong, and Macau, we follow Yuuichi as he falls in love and chases after his dreams.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Wish You Were Here
Overview: On the eve of her latest fashion showcase in Beijing, successful entrepreneur Yuan Yuan is approached by Keiko, a mysterious young Japanese woman. An admirer of Yuan Yuan’s career, Keiko has learned Mandarin and fashion design for a chance to speak with her idol. As Yuan Yuan takes Keiko under her wing, long suppressed memories begin to surface of her time in Hokkaido and the husband she’d left behind.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2019-04-12
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College Champ
Overview: Yuuichi Tanuma, our young hero, is a senior at Kyonan University and captain of the marathon team. His parents run a sukiyaki restaurant back in his hometown. When his allowance stops coming in, Yuuichi moves back in with his folks to work part-time. He has his eyes set on nationals in the fall, until one day he runs into a young woman who's fallen into trouble with the Lightning Gang...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-14
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The Daphne
Overview: Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their long-suffering mother. The mother and her brother try various schemes to find husbands for them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-10-01
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The Story of Iron Arm Inao
Overview: An Ishiro Honda film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-03-21
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Blood on the Sea
Overview: Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-08-13
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New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
Overview: Prisoner Katsuji must fend for himself and his prison mates in the fierce battle involving a family feud.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-08-14
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Free and Easy 18
Overview: Hama-chan goes to Okayama to look for Su-san when he goes missing a few days after freezing up during his inaugural speech as the company chairman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-08
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Tiger Flight
Overview: A 1964 war film directed by Kengo Furusawa
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-02-29
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Kôtei ni kochi fuite
Overview: A drama in which Yasuko Sawaguchi starred in the movie for the first time in nine years since "Autumn Autumn" and played an elementary school teacher who loves children. Tomoyo Miki became a third-grade class teacher at the transferred elementary school. Children with a variety of circumstances, such as children with a "situation mood disorder" that cannot speak at all at school, and children with a lot of troubled behaviors who have a poor life due to the debt of their divorced mother and father. Tomoyo, in cooperation with his classmates and parents, face each other with all his might. The original is a novel of the same name by Fumiko Shibakaki who has experience as a primary school teacher. Sawaguchi plays the role of Tomoyo Miki, a female teacher of the main character, and Yuhiro Murata, Kumiko Endo, Yuriko Hoshi and others set aside.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-17
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The Dangerous Kiss
Overview: Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-06-26
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Hoero Datsugoku-shu
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-15
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The Young Ace in Hawaii
Overview: Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous screening with Matango. Filmed on location in Hawaii.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-08-11
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Young Girls in Love
Overview: The story of a young girl's first love is told from the heroine's point of view. Surrounded by various people, she finally begins to awaken to her own feelings as a woman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-12-13
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Afternoon of the Evil Spirits
Overview: An ancient evil spirit resurrects in the modern age and possesses a beautiful woman.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-12-03
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Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
Overview: The third and final chapter of MP & GI's Toho Trilogy expands the geographical reach of the franchise, taking stars Lucilla You Min and Takarada Akira across the Pacific to Hawaii, where scenic travelogue passages add to the cross-cultural affair. Also expanded is the romantic entanglement, as the love birds find themselves embroiled in an intricate love pentagon! By then a rising star of Toho boasting multiple talents, Jimmy Lin was bestowed the unenviable task of playing one of the five, the Lucilla character's long-lost fiancé…
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1963-11-01
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Someday I'll Know
Overview: A modern love story involving different affairs.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-09-08
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