Tatsuya Nakadai
Also Known As: Тацуя Накадай, Tatsuya Nakadaki, 仲代达矢, تاتسویا ناکادای
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tatsuya Nakadai (仲代 達矢 Nakadai Tatsuya, born Motohisa Nakadai December 13, 1932) is a Japanese leading film actor. He became a star after he was discovered working as a Tokyo shop clerk by filmmaker Masaki Kobayashi during the early 1950s. He became the favorite leading man of internationally-acclaimed director Akira Kurosawa after a well publicized fallout between Kurosawa and the legendary Toshirō Mifune. Beginning in the late 1950s, he worked with a number of Japan's best-known filmmakers, starring or co-starring in five Kurosawa films, along with significant films made by Hiroshi Teshigahara (The Face of Another), Mikio Naruse (When a Woman Ascends the Stairs), Kihachi Okamoto (Kill! and Sword of Doom), Hideo Gosha (Goyokin), Shiro Toyoda (Portrait of Hell) and Kon Ichikawa (Enjo and Odd Obsession). Notably, his long-term collaboration with Masaki Kobayashi invites comparison to the working relationship between Akira Kurosawa and Toshirō Mifune. Nakadai was featured in 11 Kobayashi films including the The Human Condition trilogy, Harakiri, Samurai Rebellion and Kwaidan. The Thick-Walled Room marked Nakadai's acting debut. His next role was a little noticed and uncredited one in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai where he appears for a few seconds as a samurai wandering about town. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tatsuya Nakadai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Birthday: December 13, 1932
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Kwaidan
Overview: Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-01-06
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Sanjuro
Overview: Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Overview: After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-15
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Ran
Overview: With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-06-01
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Kagemusha
Overview: Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.
Genres: Action Drama History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-04-26
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Yojimbo
Overview: A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-25
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Hachiko
Overview: The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-08-01
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Samurai Rebellion
Overview: The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.
Genres: Drama History Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-05-27
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High and Low
Overview: In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-01
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Phoenix
Overview: Emi Ikushima, a star actress in the Roses, is half-hearted, but she wasn't disappointed by the news of her father Enmy's sudden death, and she performed enthusiastically on the stage that night, attracting a crowded audience.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-06-14
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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Overview: Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-11-20
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The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Overview: After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-28
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The Wolves
Overview: After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets released early -- only to find that his former gang has merged with the Kannos. But with bitter resentments lingering on both sides, how long will it be before the bloodshed begins anew? Set in 1926 Japan, this serpentine crime thriller from director Hideo Gosha also stars Toshio Kurosawa and Isao Natsuyagi as Iwahashi's closest ally.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-10-30
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Harakiri
Overview: Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and integrity, suspecting Hanshirō of seeking charity rather than an honorable end. What follows is a pair of interlocking stories which lay bare the difference between honor and respect, and promises to examine the legendary foundations of the Samurai code.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-15
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The Face of Another
Overview: A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-07-15
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Overview: Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-15
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Tenchu!
Overview: A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.
Genres: History Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-08-09
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Odd Obsession
Overview: A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the introduction of his daughter's lover to his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-06-23
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13 Assassins
Overview: In between the original 1963 13 ASSASSINS film and the 2010 remake by Miike Takashi, Fuji TV produced a version for TV. Starring Nakadai Tatsuya and Natsuyagi Isao, with strong support from Tanba Tetsuro and Tanaka Ken, this is the ultimate tale of samurai justice carried out in a historical masterpiece. The shogun’s half-brother, Matsudaira Naritsugu has been slated to join the Roju Council of Elders as a senior adviser even though he is criminally insane. His outrageous acts cause one of his top retainers to commit ritual suicide in protest over his lord’s crimes. Alerted to these crimes, Roju Councilor Doi asks Inspector General Shmada Shinzaemon to assassinate Naritsugu before he can be seated on the council. Gathering a band of 13 (including himself), Shimada sets out on a death-defying journey to cut down the lord before he can reach Edo. Can a band of 13 samurai defeat the vile Naritsugu’s 200 man entourage and enact justice against his cruelty?
Genres: Action Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-03-28
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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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Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
Overview: In 2010, while covering the issue of the "secret agreement" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the author came across diplomatic documents relating to the reversion of Okinawa and was particularly impressed by the handwritten documents of Kazuo Chiba, then Director of the North American First Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which, unlike ordinary bureaucrats, "stood out from the crowd and seemed unique". The name of Chiba subsequently appeared in a number of documents left by former Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's secretary, and the author became interested in finding out what kind of person he was.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-30
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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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Magistrate of the Floating World
Overview: Kodaira Mochizuki has come from Edo to keep Horisoto secure.
Genres: Action Drama Comedy History TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-05-01
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Wish Upon a Star
Overview: Japanese TV film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-26
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Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!
Overview: A man, released after a jail term for a crime he did not commit, raises a gang to go after the man who framed him.
Genres: Western Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-03-28
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Goyokin
Overview: A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-01
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Illusion of Blood
Overview: The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-07-25
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Final Yamato
Overview: The Galman Empire is destroyed but the planet Galmania is not, by a chance collision of galaxies. The Bolar Federation worlds including Planet Bolar are destroyed. The Yamato, back under the command of Captain Okita, encounters the planet Denguil too late to save its humanoid civilization from being flooded by the water planet Aquarius. The surviving Denguil, a warrior race who believe only the strong should survive, plan to use Aquarius to flood Earth and destroy humanity, in order to create a new home for their race.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-03-19
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Ant Hell War
Overview: The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-04-29
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Wicked City
Overview: Taki and his partner Kai is assigned to go after Daishu for selling a drug from the Rapters's world, called 'Happiness' which causes people to evaporate.
Genres: Action Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-11-20
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The Sword of Doom
Overview: Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-02-25
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Portrait of Hell
Overview: The story, set in the Heian era, depicts the conflict between Korean painter Yoshihide (Nakadai) and his Japanese patron, the cruel and egotistical daimyo Horikawa (Nakamura). It is based on the 1918 short story Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-18
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Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Overview: The blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a jealous husband bent on revenge. Zatoichi tours Edo's underground via a rousing onsen fight scene, gambling houses and the gender-bending character of Umeji, before a final, flame-filled conflagration.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-08-12
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Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Overview: Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-laws have no objection to her return to her own family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-05-21
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Kurosawa
Overview: Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-24
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Return from the River Kwai
Overview: A group of war prisoners has spilt blood, sweat and tears to construct a bridge over the river Kwai in Thailand. Just when the bridge is ready, an American bomber arrives and destroys it. Camp commander Tanaka wants to set an example and orders that some of the prisoners must be executed. Just in time major Harada arrives with orders that the healthiest prisoners must be transported to Japan by train and boat. A treacherous journey since the allied forces keep a close eye on railroads and practically own the seas.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-07
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Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Overview: Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-12-17
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Oban kanketsu hen
Overview: Ushinosuke returns to Tokyo with new ambitions. Fourth and final part of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-07-01
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Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Overview: Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-07-01
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Ôban
Overview: A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-03-05
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Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Overview: Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-19
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Conflagration
Overview: Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distress.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-09-22
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Inn of Evil
Overview: The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an isolated inn (the one that the title refers to), the head-quarters of a group of smugglers, with stolen money intended to ransom his loved one who is forced to work in a brothel.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-09-11
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Black River
Overview: A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell the building through illicit means.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-10-23
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Haru's Journey
Overview: Stuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao's grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo, a trip Tadao is reluctant to make.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-05-22
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Blood End
Overview: Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time of famine. He is befriended by Kada Gentaro, a leader in the Mito Tengu group, which plans to overthrow the shogunate.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Romance History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-15
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The Human Bullet
Overview: A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the war draws to a close, his commanding officers become increasingly desperate and push their men to ever more absurd extremes. The ridiculousness of the orders from above peak when the hero of the story is assigned to drive a one-man submarine straight into the hull of an enemy battleship.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-10-22
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Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
Overview: Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. His struggles with his boss, the Shikoku Godfather, and the tumultuous life of his adopted daughter, Matsue, form the backdrop of this epic tale of justice, obedience, and bloody vengeance.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-06-05
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Immortal Love
Overview: The year is 1932, and a woman, whose tenant-farmer fiancé is fighting in China, is raped by the landowner's son, who has returned from the war with a crippling injury, and then forced into marriage with him. In four more chapters, presented over three decades, their children undertake their own searches for love, while the parents try to make each other as miserable as possible.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-09-16
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Battle of the Japan Sea
Overview: Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, with results which stun both nations. Meanwhile, Major Genjiro Akashi makes secret negotiations with the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia, negotiations that have repercussions far beyond the conflict at hand.
Genres: War History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-08-01
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Like Asura
Overview: The four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a private detective to investigate.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-08
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Japan's Tragedy
Overview: In 2010, 31,560 people ended their own lives and about 20,000 people died or went missing with the earthquake. Unemployed widower Fujio Murai’s family tragedy contains instances of both; diagnosed with lung cancer, Fujio refuses surgery and returns home with his son Yoshio.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-10-05
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East Meets West
Overview: A disgraced warrior planning the murder of a Japanese diplomat, and a ninja in the employ of a navy official are about to land in San Francisco when a band of thieves steal the money the diplomats are carrying. The two set off on a chase across the American west to catch the robbers.
Genres: Western Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-08-12
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Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor
Overview: Shinichi Tominaga is a prosecutor, newly appointed to the special investigation division for the Tokyo district prosecutors' office. He is currently busy with a case involving suspicious donations to powerful politician Yohei Tachibana. Shinichi then receives a mysterious message from his friend Samon Kondo. His friend is in charge of space development at The The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The message talks about a scandal related to space development. Samon soon goes missing after sending the message. Shinichi begins to see a connection between the two cases.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-05
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I Am a Cat
Overview: Nakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens of films and televisions shows. Viewers who are especially fans of Nakadai will appreciate how the actor comically rants about here. His home life is almost disastrous, with a ditzy (but attractive) wife, three young children, a loud school nearby that’s controlled by a corrupt businessman he loathes, and frequent visits from layabout friends. And the grey-furred, green-eyed cat!
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-05-31
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Heat Wave
Overview: Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-02-09
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The Battle of Okinawa
Overview: The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army divisions to defend it at all costs. The mission quickly degenerates as vital resources and troops are diverted to other islands. After a civilian evacuation ends in tragedy most of non-combatants are forced to remain on the island. Many convert to soldier status. Tokyo sends mixed messages that squander time and resources, as when they order the defenders to build an airstrip for aircraft that never come. The truth soon becomes obvious: the high command decides that the island cannot be held and effectively abandons the Okinawan defenders. When the Americans land many troops are deployed in the wrong places. As the slaughter mounts, a suicidal attitude takes hold. Okinawa becomes a death trap, for civilian volunteers and non-combatants as well.
Genres: War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-08-14
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Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Overview: A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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The Inheritance
Overview: A dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown, so a bevy of lawyers and associates scheme to take advantage of the situation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-16
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Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
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Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-09-17
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Battle Cry
Overview: During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to fight Imperial troops. But Sentaro's friendship with a pickpocket, who switches sides whenever it suits his needs, leads to complications that could cost Sentaro his life as they infiltrate enemy lines.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-03-14
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第1回欽ちゃんのシネマジャック
Overview: Kin chan no Cinema Jack is an anthology film starring Yuen Biao and produced by Jackie Chan
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1993-05-22
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The Age of Assassins
Overview: A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin. Surviving somewhat miraculously, he fends off other assassins and with the help of reporter Keiko Tsurumaki and car mechanic Bill Otomo, eventually discovering that a "population control" association is really an assassination squad led by Shogo Mizorogi, who has been training patients of a mental asylum to become killers.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-02-04
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The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
Overview: An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of stifling, moralistic laws.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-04-18
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The Law of Hell
Overview: At a restaurant called Anrakutei on an island is a wasteland surrounded by moat and swamp. The owner Ikuzo manages the restaurant with his daughter. It’s customers who have a dark past have utmost respect for Ikuzo. One day, a half-dead man Tomijiro comes to the restaurant. This is the beginning of Ikuzo’s terrible fight.
Genres: Drama Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-08-30
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The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
Overview: A biographical drama depicting the life full of love and suffering of the writer and poet Kenji Miyazawa, who celebrated his 100th birthday in 1996.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-09-14
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Duel at Fort Ezo
Overview: 1864. Samurai Shinbei is sent in a secret mission to Ezo, in the North of Japan, to stop riots of villagers commanded by Jirozaemon. A Russian count's daughter, the village leader's daughter and a secret treasure add up to the adventure.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-09
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Love Under the Crucifix
Overview: The basic story in Love under the Crucifix is about Ogin, daughter of a tea master, who are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a feudal prince, also a Christian who is already married, and that creates problems. Further, when the Shogun bans Christianity, the situation worsens.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-03
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Vengeance for Sale
Overview: In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sukeroku the Helper, a ‘cool and rambling yakuza’ that has made a business out of helping victims carry out their revenge. When he returns to his hometown to pay a visit to his mother’s grave he meets a deadly ronin who carries a secret which eventually leads him into a vendetta of his own.
Genres: Comedy Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-02-16
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After the Rain
Overview: A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst the trapped travelers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-01-22
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Rise, Fair Sun
Overview: Though a farmer and his fellow villagers in this Japanese film resist the effort to turn the unspoiled region in which they live into a land development, they are ultimately unsuccessful.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-10-27
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Until the Break of Dawn
Overview: High school student Ayumi is trained by his grandmother to act as a "tsunagu," an intermediary for people who want to reach the dead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-11-10
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A Dangerous Hero
Overview: A film by Hideo Suzuki.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-30
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ふたりの死刑囚
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-07-05
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Murder of the Inugami Clan
Overview: Inugami Sahei, who built up the wealth of the Inugami Clan, passes away, leaving a will with Furudate, his legal adviser, for his daughters Matsuko, Takeko and Umeko, all of whom have different mothers, and for their sons, as well as for Nonomiya Tamayo, the granddaughter of a person to whom Sahei feels heavily indebted. The will states that all his assets are inherited by Tamayo alone, on the condition that she marries one of the sons of the daughters. Furudate's assistant learns the content of the will, and seeks advice from Kindaichi Kosuke, a private detective, as he senses the air of unease. Shortly afterwards, murders start to occur one after another in the clan.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-12-16
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A Boy and Three Mothers
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-02-18
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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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Fireflies in the North
Overview: Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-09-01
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The Empty Table
Overview: One year has passed since the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist kidnapping, which resulted in multiple deaths. Although the parents of all the other perpetrators have either resigned from their professional positions or taken their own lives, Nobuyuki Kidoji tries to remain adamant that he was not responsible for his son's actions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-11-01
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Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
Overview: A Japanese film that tells the tale of the birth of VHS. It follows Kagatani Shizuo, an electronics employee who rallies his coworkers to save their jobs by increasing sales. They do this by developing the VHS standard. They battle with Sony and their standard and ultimately prevail.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-06-16
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Giovanni's Island
Overview: In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two different countries timidly blossomed, striving to overcome language barriers and the waves of history. Inspired by true events.
Genres: Animation Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-02-22
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Safari 5000
Overview: A Japanese racing driver for Nissan named Godai (Yujiro Ishihara) have a rivalry with a French driver named Pierre (Jean-Claude Drouot). Godai is enlisted to race in an annual endurance race, The East African Safari Rally. Peripheral to this is the story concerning Godai's former lover Yuko (Ruriko Asaoka), a fashion designer, and her friend Anna (Emmanuel Riva), who happens to be Pierre's wife.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-19
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Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Overview: For his first film in fourteen years animation director Isao Takahata embarked on a visually sumptuous adaptation of "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya". A dream project for the director that would hopefully establish the recently formed Ghibli Studio 7, created to meet the demands of a new type of modern animation process. But almost immediately the epic production is faced with difficulties and falls dramatically behind schedule. In this compelling and insightful documentary we follow Isao Takahata and his dedicated team of artists as they frantically strive against adversity to make their vision a reality and bring Studio Ghibli into a new Era.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-27
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Listen to My Heart
Overview: A radio DJ, Mai starts a new program called, "Love Letters from the Drawer" to assist people who need an extra push to send out their simple yet very important message for their loved ones. The show was inspired by her own experience after reading a letter from her father after he died. Through her radio show, various characters come to light as everyone awaits for a miracle to happen. A miracle which can occur only by them expressing their true feelings... The movie is full of emotions and music plays an important part of it. It has a great cast that represent the many faces of love. Parents, sons, lovers, and friends. The movie takes you to several locations within Japan, you can get a look at the beautiful coast and shrine, as well as the city sights
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-11-10
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Untamed Woman
Overview: A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for success, takes up with a tailor who cannot console himself with her strong personality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-05-28
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Basara: The Princess Goh
Overview: Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū, the former tea master, was ordered to commit suicide. Princess Goh, daughter of the lord but adopted by Hideyoshi, is outraged when Rikyū's severed head is thrown in the Nijo River. She sends Usu, Oribe's servant, to retrieve the head and deliver it to Rikyū's adopted daughter.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-04-11
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Belladonna of Sadness
Overview: An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives. After she's eventually banished from her village, the girl makes a pact with the devil to gain magical ability and take revenge.
Genres: Animation Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-06-30
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The Gate of Youth
Overview: Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of the life of the characters. Shinsuke's father dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a kind Korean and a Harley-riding yakuza.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-02-15
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Life Work of Akira Kurosawa
Overview: Acclaimed filmmaker Akira Kurosawa has been misunderstood. Despite his public perception an a perfectionist who would clash with anyone in his way, the real Kurosawa was actually a very gentle and soft-spoken director. This documentary depicts the human being Akira Kurosawa on the set of his masterpiece "Ran".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-25
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Seven Samurai
Overview: A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-04-26
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Making of Ran
Overview: Behind the scenes of Akira Kurosawa's Ran, produced by Kurosawa Productions.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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The Fir Trees Remain
Overview: The 21-year-old feudal on Sendai, Tsunamune Date, was prohibited to go out in the daytime for his misbehavior during his short stay in Edo. On the next day, his 4 attendants were killed one after another. Sakai Utanokamike, the Rozyu, is turned out to be involved in this scheme, and the aim is to destroy the Date family. Tsunamune's brother Munekatsu Date who is willing to take over the family doesn't know the real purpose of Utanokami and helps him. Munesuku Harada gets to know the whole picture of the incident and takes action alone for the sake of protecting the Date family, leaving his own family. His lonely fight continues for 10 years and he got in danger in Utanokamike's house, and...
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-12-01
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Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
Overview: A noble samurai serving the Shogun as 'Kogi Kaishaku-nin' (Official Executioner) is the target of a plot by the evil Yagyu Clan to take away his position and replace him with a member of their own family. When his wife is murdered and evidence is produced that he was plotting against the Shogun the Code of Bushido calls for him and his son to commit sepuku. Instead he defies the Shogun's orders and takes up arms against his enemies, becoming an assassin for hire.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-02-06
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The Family
Overview: Set in the post-World War II climate of the 1960s in Kobe, the movie explores the struggle for power within the powerful Manpyo family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-01-26
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Fort Graveyard
Overview: Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His commander, Captain Sakuma, is vicious and dictatorial. Sakuma places Kosugi in charge of training for combat what once was the military band. Kosugi must somehow prepare his inept soldiers for the rigors of combat.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-09-18
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Queen Bee
Overview: To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country estate, family secrets and lies dating back several generations must be sorted out once and for all.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-02-11
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Will to Conquer
Overview: The struggles of a low-ranking samurai (Nakamura) coming to terms with the end of the Tokugawa shogunate and the end of Japan's feudal age with the 1868 Restoration.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-10-17
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Gaku
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-01-01
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風車の浜吉捕物綴
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Port Arthur
Overview: Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-08-02
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Blood Type: Blue
Overview: UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest of mankind, and eventually certain all-too-familiar measures begin to be taken against them.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-11-23
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Shadow Hunters
Overview: The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the collapse of small hans (prefectures). "Kagekari" are people who were hired by Daimyos (mayers of local governments) to resist kage. The young mayor of Suwa Takashiwa, Tadamaru was assaulted by a kage on his way to Edo. Zyubei and Gennnosuke, the Kagekaris, try to carry injured Tadamaru to Edo.
Genres: Drama History Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-10-06
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The Ambitious
Overview: The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was considered an outlaw by his own clan, hunted by his government, and was despised by supporters of the Shogun as well as the Loyalists for desiring the opening of Japan to the West in order to learn its technology, in the hopes of one day defeating the West with a modern army and navy.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-14
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Cash Calls Hell
Overview: Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in exchange for a half-share of 30,000,000 yen, he is to assassinate three strangers given to him on a list. However, upon meeting his first potential victim, Oida has second thoughts. Yet, even as he tries to back out, the body count starts climbing. Oida must now try to alert the people on his list of their impending danger, and find out why they are being targeted in the first place.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-01-15
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The Human Trust
Overview: A professional scammer is hired by a wealthy young businessman to find a hidden treasure looted from the Bank of Japan and supposedly stashed away by a group of men after WWII in various locations around the globe. Eventually an assassin is put on their trail.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-10-19
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Three Yakuza
Overview: A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each part tells the story of a different drifter’s life. Part 1: A man is on the run after killing two Hasshu Officials to avenge his Boss. He must make a life or death decision as he is asked to protect a gang from attack. Part 2: A pair of gamblers chased out of a crooked game must fight not only their pursuers, but the ghosts of their pasts as well. Part 3: A wanderer who wants to live according to the Yakuza Code, but is not sure that he can do so when asked to save a town from an evil official.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-05-22
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The Phoenix
Overview: This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai, represented by Prince Susano-O and elderly advisor Sumuke, hire Yumihiko of Matsuro to hunt the phoenix so that Queen Himiko, sister of Susano-O can have eteranal life.
Genres: Adventure Animation Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-08-12
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Solar Eclipse
Overview: When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, greed and even murder are on the ballot.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-09-06
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A. K.
Overview: An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-05-20
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Through the Mist
Overview: A biopic of the late musician Dédé Fortin, the singer, songwriter, and founder of a very popular Québécois band called "Les Colocs".
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-03-13
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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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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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Jubaku: Spellbound
Overview: When a major bank is caught paying off a corporate extortionist, the media and prosecutors begin to dig, breaking open a money-and-favours scandal that threatens to rock the entire structure of business and government to its core. While the bank's top executives continue to vacillate, a quartet of middle-management reformers, led by straight-arrow Kitano (Koji Yakusho), decide to stage a boardroom coup and install a new, clean management team. With the aid of a hotshot news anchor (Miho Wada) and a hard-nosed prosecutor (Kenichi Endo), heads begin to roll.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-09-18
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裸足の青春
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-10-16
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Atami Murder Case
Overview: Chief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the Metropolitan Police Department. Transferred to Denbei's Criminal Investigation Division 1, Detective KUMADA Tomekichi arrives from the Toyama Prefectural Police. KUMADA is disconcerted by Denbei's position that murderers nowadays do not need a plausible motive, but gradually adapts to Denbei's unusual methods of investigation.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-06-07
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The Corporation
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Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-08-14
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Lear on the Shore
Overview: Kuwahata Chokichi used to be a famous actor, but now he's suspected to be suffering from dementia. He is betrayed by his older daughter, Yukiko, her husband-cum-his-former-disciple, Ikuo, and Yukiko's lover, a mysterious driver, and gets sent to a high-class old folks' home. One day, Choukichi runs away from the home and wanders to the beach where he meets his younger daughter, Nobuko, who he had with his lover. Although he had thrown Nobuko out in the past, he begins to imagine seeing her as the image of Cordelia, who is the beloved daughter of King Lear, after talking to her. Gradually, his past memories start to come back to him, and Choukichi heads towards the world of insanity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-06-03
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Human Revolution II
Overview: Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-06-19
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The Blue Beast
Overview: Tatsuya Nakadai plays a scheming low-level executive who plays labor against management and uses anyone he can to further his career in this moral drama. When things get too hot, he bails and goes to work for a prominent politician (Koreya Senda). Soon he has impregnated the daughter (Yoko Tsukasa) of his boss, but he figures marriage will solve his current problems. His happiness is short-lived when he is stalked by a union radical he once double-crossed who now seeks vengeance.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-06-26
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Chibusa o daku musume tachi
Overview: Japanese drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-07
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Four Days of Snow and Blood
Overview: Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of Tokyo was briefly held by the insurgents before the coup was suppressed.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-06-17
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Oración
Overview: Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is given the name Oracion or "prayer". When Oracion is grown, a factory owner buys the horse. Will he be the key to solving the man's problems? Based on the novel by Teru Miyamoto.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-07-23
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As the Clouds Scatter
Overview: A provincial bus driver plans to marry his conductress, but one night he glimpses the woman he once loved, which throws him into turmoil.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-09
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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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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
Overview: Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Kagemusha" (1980).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-10-25
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'
Overview: Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Yojimbo" (1961).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-10-25
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
Overview: Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Sanjuro" (1962).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-10-25
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
Overview: Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "High and Low" (1963).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-10-25
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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Overview: Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate.
Genres: Animation Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-23
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The Last Judgment
Overview: The last judgment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-05-16
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Pressure of Guilt
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Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-02-17
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The Naked Sun
Overview: A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-future, have enough money to get married. As they have agreed on this procedure, it comes as a shock to the young woman to find out from her husband-to-be that he just loaned all the money they had saved to a friend. She is understandably miffed, and a big disagreement results. But after some time goes by, she discovers why the friend needed the money so badly, and the couple are back on solid footing again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-01
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Get 'em All
Overview: Gang of robbers quarrel about the loot, but when one of them gets killed, his younger brother seeks them out to ice them one by one.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-11-29
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The Beast Shall Die
Overview: A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mother with a younger man.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-06-09
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Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
Overview: A re-make of the classic story made for television in 1982.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-10-22
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Journey
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-11-12
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Admiral Yamamoto
Overview: As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-08-14
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A Duel Tale
Overview: Nakadai Tatsuya, Japan’s greatest living actor, gives the performance of a lifetime as Shoji Sanosuke, and elderly samurai forced to pick up his sword to protect those he loves in this adaptation of a Fujisawa Shuhei novel. As a ”Heya-zumi” (essentially a freeloader living off his family) Sanosuke has one last chance to help his grandniece escape from the cruel samurai of an arranged marriage. Nakadai proves he ”still has it,” when fate forces him into a deadly duel. This award winning samurai drama from the pen of noted author Fujisawa Shuhei is a tribute to one of the greatest actors to ever grace the silver screen!
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-10-31
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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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Before The Leaves Fall
Overview: An elderly woman sets out to see in person a painting by a famous artist.She believes she was the inspiration for the painting.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-05-23
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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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Tatsuya Nakadai on 'The Human Condition'
Overview: In this new video interview with Tatsuya Nakadai, conducted in 2009, the screen legend discusses his landmark role as Kaji in THE HUMAN CONDITION.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-09-08
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Gun Woman
Overview: A brilliant doctor on a quest for revenge buys a young woman and trains her to be the ultimate assassin, implanting gun parts in her body that she must later assemble and use to kill her target before she bleeds to death.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-02-28
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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 Return
Overview: Tatsuya Nakadai, the world’s greatest living actor, returns to the screen in a brilliant adaptation of a story by novelist Shuhei Fujisawa. A traveling gambler known as “Funeral Uno” he is now 86 years old and returning to his hometown for the first time in 30 years. Partly told in flashbacks, he is forced to face his lifelong nemesis, Boss Kyuzo, a vile yakuza portrayed by another superstar of samurai cinema, Atsuo Nakamura! Before the two old gamblers can settle a 30-year-old score they must put their lives on the line in a game of dice that can only lead to a bloody sword duel the likes of which has never before been seen! Superb performances all around in a film loaded with surprises and exciting swordplay!
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-11-04
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Zatoichi: The Last
Overview: A blind master swordsman attempts to lead a quiet life with his wife but he is provoked back into battle.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-05-29
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Willful Murder
Overview: The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and shutdowns. The government says that the president was murdered; the police claim it was a suicide. A quizzical reporter follows the case for years, but the basic question remains unanswered: was the victim killed by members of the burgeoning Communist movement in Japan, or was the death stage-managed by the authorities in hopes of discrediting the Communists?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-11-07
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Faraway Sunset
Overview: Faraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the agent that cause syphilis, and for his relentless search for a cure to yellow fever. As a toddler, his mother's neglect had caused an accident to his left hand, fusing together all the fingers in a bizarre twist of fate. Naturally extremely remorseful for being the cause of her son's handicap, she does everything she could to ensure that he gets to lead a normal life, despite having to fend off bullies and unfair prejudices.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-07-04
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All About Marriage
Overview: Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-05-26
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To Dance with the White Dog
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-04-13
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The Legend of Sayo
Overview: Sayo has just celebrated her sixteenth birthday when she attends a temple festival. On her way back she sees a large cherry tree which is infamous for the legend of dead white horse. When her fiancé returns from war and visits her he comes across a white horse which he takes in. The man also does not see himself engaged anymore as his family has lost its wealth.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-12-17
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Michi
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-09-06
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Sazae-san
Overview: An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-12-12
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Teenage Sazae
Overview: Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-12-28
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Yamato
Overview: Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. The film was never released in the United States, where reviewers who have seen it have compared the military epic to "Titanic" and "Saving Private Ryan."
Genres: War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-12-17
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Pilgrimage at Night
Overview: Adapted by Yasumi Toshio and directed by Toyoda Shiro, this is a literary work based on a full-length novel of the same name published by Shiga Naoya of the Shirakaba School.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-09-20
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Sugata Sanshiro
Overview: The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of physical skill, but an art which reveals the artist to himself.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-10-29
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A Town and a Tall Chimney
Overview: Japan in 1910, industrialization is unstoppable and devastating entire areas in the name of progress. In X, a farming village in Ibaraki Prefecture, the environment is so polluted that the plants in the fields die and the air, which is laden with toxic smoke, can no longer be breathed. But Saburo, the grandson of the village elder, can no longer put up with this and forms the resistance of the villagers. In Junpei, the idealistic employee of Hitachi, he finds an unexpected ally, and together they fight for a way to save the village.
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-06-22
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The Human Revolution
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-09-08
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The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-06-17
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Japan's Longest Day
Overview: Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-08-03
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Sleeping Village
Overview: In 1961, a spectacular criminal case shocks Japan: at what became known as the “Nabari Poison Wine” incident, five people lose their lives at a village social gathering. One of the attendants, Masaru OKUNISHI, is made out as the main suspect. Rumor has it that he wanted to kill his wife and his lover in order to end his extra-marital affair. After being questioned by the police for days, he signs a confession, only to withdraw it soon afterwards. Nonetheless, he is sentenced to death and all pleas for a retrial are denied.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-02-02
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Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate
Overview: Masaru Okunishi is a prisoner who has been on death-row for over 40 years. In 1961, 5 women died from drinking poisoned wine in a small village gathering in Nabari City in Mie Prefecture. After his arrest, he appealed his innocence on the grounds that the police coerced his confession. He was found not guilty in the first trial. However, it was overturned and he received a death sentence in the second trial, which was upheld by the Supreme Court in 1972. Since then, Okunishi has continuously appealed for retrial, fighting against the horror of capital punishment. This TV dramatization of the Nabari Poisoned Wine Case depicts Okunishi in an isolated cell, his mother’s unwavering belief in his innocence, and the effort of people who have rallied to Okunishi’s defense.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-16
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NORINTEN 稲塚権次郎物語
Overview: It is a breeding person of "agriculture and forestry No.10 (norin ten)" based on more than 70% of the world's wheat, and rescues the global food crisis after World War II, and draws the half life of gonjiro inzuka called "the God of agriculture" by starring Tatsuya nakashiro.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-19
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The Thick-Walled Room
Overview: A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-10-31
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Let Him Rest in Peace
Overview: This TV dramatization of Kitakata Kenzo's hard-boiled novel depicts a man who fights a deadly battle with a group of corrupt bosses who control the hot spring town. Sakaguchi, the owner of a long-established inn in a seaside hot spring town, rebels against the Shimoyama Tourism company that dominates the town, and is arrested by the police for a minor assault. One day, Sakaguchi's old best friend Shindo shows up and tells Sakaguchi's son that he will definitely get his father out of the police. (TV film adaptation of the novel, separate from the 1985 Yoichi Sai-directed film)
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-11-03
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