Yasushi Nagata
Also Known As: Kiyoshi Nagata
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: October 11, 1907
Age: 117 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: September 12, 1972
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Stray Dog
Overview: A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-10-17
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South Pacific Waves Are High
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-09
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The Long Darkness
Overview: A delicate study of the relationship between two disillusioned young people, shot in atmospheric monochrome among Tokyo's decaying lumberyards and the inhospitable snowscapes of the north.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-05-25
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Kanbi no ware koso wa ittō shain
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-29
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Hiroba no kōdoku
Overview: Based on the novel by Yoshie Hotta
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-09-15
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Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship
Overview: Bored Hatamoto film #20
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-07-12
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.7
Overview: A series of grisly murders with strange claw marks lead Mito Komon into discovering a deadly plan that involves a strange gorilla creature.
Genres: Crime Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-03-26
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Hell's Companion
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-06-01
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Horus: Prince of the Sun
Overview: Young Horus lives in a mythical Scandinavia of the Iron Age. Recovering the stolen Sword of the Sun from a rock giant, he learns he must travel to the lands of his ancestors, encountering the beautiful but enigmatic Hilda as his journey leads to a series of adventures.
Genres: Adventure Drama Animation Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-07-24
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Young People
Overview: "Young People" is a story about the lives of four brothers and a sister, Sato. After the death of his parents, the older brother, Taro, who works in construction, decides to replace them. The second brother, Jiro, is a truck driver. The third, Saburo, is a student, dreams of a better future for the whole family are connected with him, with his career. Brothers and sisters are fighting to give him a higher education. And, finally, the youngest of the brothers, Suekichi, is also going to enter the university after graduation. The life of the Sato family is complicated. Taro is kind, but limited, not always able to find a common language with his brothers and sister Orie. The girl cannot stand the despotism of her brother, leaves her home and goes to work at the factory. With her departure, everything in the house goes upside down. Suekichi fails her university entrance exams, Orie is forced to return to her family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-12-16
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Sincere Heart
Overview: A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from afar.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-01-29
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Zankokuna tsuki
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-27
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Stolen Pleasure
Overview: Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adapted by frequent Masumura scribe Kaneto Shindo, this downbeat melodrama features a battle of women for the affections and commitment of the same man, a handsome car salesman. Masuko is the number one hostess at a cabaret, living with her lover, ... but finds out that he has a wife. When Masuko’s niece arrives the competition further ratchets up.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-14
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Floating Weeds Diary
Overview: A travelling theater troupe, led by Umagoro Ichikawa, comes to play in a mining town, and manages to sell every seat. Before the play begins, however, a miners' strike is announced, creating an uproar. In addition, the players find they have been cheated out of their profits by a crooked impresario.
Genres: History Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-11-15
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The Thinking Leaf
Overview: Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-16
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Second Generation Young Boss
Overview: Takeshi Nanjo, a junior lieutenant in the navy whose father, the head of the Nanjo-gumi yakuza family, was killed, is forced to leave the army and become the head of the Nanjo-gumi in the second generation. He brutally chivalrously avenges the death of his father by a vicious yakuza linked to extremists within the army through the courage and swordsmanship of naval training!
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-01
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Umi no Chizu
Overview: Akiko Mizushina, a university student, is in love with Keisuke Okazaki, a member of the rugby team at the same university. Sugiura, a brilliant scholarly student, also has feelings for Akiko. During the summer vacation, Akiko thought she was enjoying the joys of youth, but she was filled with a feeling that something was missing.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-06-30
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Wakaki sugata
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1943-12-01
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Young Boss, Fugitive
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Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-08-12
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Flowers on the Trail
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-29
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Kirimaru Kirigakure
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Genres: Drama Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-03
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続変化大名
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-11-15
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悲劇の将軍 山下奉文
Overview: When Japan entered into the great tragedy that was unforgettable, the general general of the history of the Ming Dynasty, hokudai Yamashita, left the Malay front and occupied Singapore at once, and was praised as a "Malay tiger." However, the situation in Japan changed steadily by the failure of Sai pan from the GA Talca translation.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-04-29
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Curry Rice
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-23
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The Scarred Angel
Overview: A musical film based on the original work of Saigo Teruhiko. After leaving the juvenile detention center and returning to his hometown of Ibusuki, Hachiro begins to investigate the cause of his older sister Sumiko's suicide. While Hachiro was in juvenile detention, Sumiko committed suicide, but there are too many mysteries surrounding this suicide...
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-12-24
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New Bad Reputation Continues
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-03
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風雲児
Overview: Yano, a progressive individual who seeks to overcome strength with gentleness and confronts physical power with moral principles, faces off against a man protecting jujitsu in the twilight of Kikyōgahara!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-05-18
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A Flame at the Pier
Overview: A young dockworker who owes his life to his boss becomes embroiled in union activity on the Yokohama waterfront. The rebel Saburo works as an errand boy for a shipping company and vents his frustrations by plucking on the guitar.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-30
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Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten
Overview: Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten: Kiyoshi Saeki directed movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-03-24
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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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The Wolves
Overview: A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a plan to rob a cash delivery truck in order to provide for their families.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-07-03
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The Snow Flurry
Overview: After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-03
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The Life of Matsu the Untamed
Overview: Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy, Toshio, and is hired by the boy's parents.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1943-10-28
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Farewell to Spring
Overview: Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-04-28
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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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Apostasy
Overview: In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-11-30
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Devil's Nursery Rhyme
Overview: 1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-11-15
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Moonlight Mask
Overview: First Moonlight Mask theatrical film.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-07-30
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The Spy
Overview: Based on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped illegal alien internment.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-09-04
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Moonlight Mask: Duel to the Death in Dangerous Waters
Overview: Second Moonlight Mask theatrical film.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-08-06
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Immortal Love
Overview: A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through three decades of bitter conflict which engulfs their children and those around them.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-09-16
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Points and Lines
Overview: Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the truth behind an apparent double suicide.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-11-11
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The Human Wall
Overview: Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-10-18
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Street of Violence
Overview: An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-02-26
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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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Chase That Man
Overview: The story of the desperate struggle between the police and a large crime syndicate.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-02-23
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Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Overview: Japanese drama film.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-10
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The Silent Gun
Overview: A series of murders has been committed by someone with a new model gun, a Mord-Gessel X 38. Indeed, Daisuke himself is almost killed while investigating the case. This occurred while he was with Ritsuko, daughter of a company president. Detective Kimura thinks that the president himself, returned to Japan after an absence of fifteen years, might be the killer, or at least the man who supplied the gun. Ritsuko's father limps and though she explains this as the result of a traffic accident, Kimura remembers a narcotics smuggler named Suginami who shot himself in the ankle and then escaped from the hospital. He believes that the company president and the drug peddler are the same.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-10-14
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Fall of the Shogun's Militia
Overview: Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerless swordsman who devoted his life to protecting the shogun and fighting on the side of the Tokugawa. This tells the story of the Shinsengumi starting at the moment of their greatest triumph through the final battles as the Tokugawa shogunate was brought down.
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-11-22
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The Orphan Brother
Overview: After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their mother dies, they are sold to Sansho the Bailiff, a cruel man who subjects them to hideous torments. While Anju falls into a lake and is transformed into a swan, Zushio escapes and after being adopted to a nobleman grows to a young man. He will then fight to defeat the evil Dayu and free all the slaves.
Genres: History Animation Family Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-19
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The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List
Overview: When the country is in peril, Lord Yagyu Tajima summons his son Yagyu Jubei to retrieve the mystical Yagyu Scroll in order to save all of Japan. This time, Jubei must stop the evil plot of Lord Hayato-no-sho, who secretly plans on overthrowing the Shogunate. This is the most exciting film in the long-running series about one of the greatest swordsmen in Japanese history. Konoe Jushiro gives one of his finest performances in this classic tale.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-05-25
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The South Sea Wolf
Overview: Namie's in trouble again, getting snatched by an evil gang in search of treasure. Kirimaru sets out to rescue his sweetheart, and falls in with a band of pirates who are also hunting the hidden stash.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-09
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The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy
Overview: Yagyu Jubei must protect the Yagyu scroll that holds the secret of the infamous assassination plotted by the Tokugawa government 30 years ago.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-08-07
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A Thousand Suspects
Overview: Suspense film based on Ryuji Hori's non-fiction book about the kidnapping and murder of 4-year-old Yoshinobu Murakoshi in 1963.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-09-08
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Sword of the Beast
Overview: Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes his sense of honor that he decides to live in the wild, like an animal. There he joins up with a motley group who are illegally mining the shogun’s gold, and, with the aid of another swordsman, gets a chance not just at survival but to recover his name and honor.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-09-18
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A Life of Intimidation
Overview: Japanese action film.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-07
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The Sword Knows
Overview: In the midst of the warring age, a young samurai Kyonosuke defies his former lord Hojo Ujikatsu in order to avenge his parents’ deaths.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-09-03
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Souls in the Moonlight
Overview: First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesnt hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good. Despite the authors explicit refusal, the series were later made into plays and movies several times.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-13
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BGs of Ginza
Overview: Story of love, jealousy and hatred among waitresses of a deluxe bar.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-17
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Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
Overview: A young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite with his birth father, he travels to Edo to find Shogun Yoshimune.
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
Overview: Nemuri Kyoshiro discovers a conspiracy centering around a band of disgruntled samurai wanting to avenge the death of their sensei, a political reformer that pushed for better provisions for the lower classes until he was assassinated by Shogunate agents. Their plot, to set fire to the oil refineries of two rich merchants and unleash a raging inferno that will hopefully burn down the Edo Castle.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-11-09
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The Kii River
Overview: Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-06-11
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Tough Guy
Overview: Asakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss. When Kotoito, the geisha Asakichi is in love with, is kidnapped by a rival clan and sold to a a house of pleasure, Asakichi and Sada set out to rescue her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-09-30
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Overview: A comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to take over a lucrative diamond mine business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-09
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
Overview: Getting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself involved in a series of dangerous encounters.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-12-20
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Maria of the Ant Village
Overview: Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been baptized under the name of Maria, comes to offer her services. However, Ant Village is not just an ordinary vagrants' community but a fine autonomous organization, and as the municipal authorities have long been demanding that the people of Ant Village leave the site, Satoko is utilized to publicize the Village and win public sympathy. While being utilized in this manner, Satoko is nevertheless glad to be able to help the people of Ant Village, especially the children, and when the summer vacation comes she decides to take the children on an excursion to Hakone. To raise funds for this purpose she becomes a rag-picker herself.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-12-07
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Hiroshima
Overview: Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, and its effects on various civilians, especially children, of that city.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-10-07
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The Sand City in Manchuria
Overview: When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-08-24
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Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-04-28
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Yassamossa
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-02-25
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Actress
Overview: Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society. This is another version of Kenji Mizoguchi's film "The Love of Sumako the Actress" ("Joyû Sumako no koi"), from the same year. Both tells the story of the famous actress Sumako Mitsui (1886-1919), considered the first great modern theater actress in Japan. Mizoguchi himself is said to have preferred Kinugasa's version.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1947-12-29
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Get Married, Mother
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-01
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Ai Sureba Koso
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-07-05
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The Street Without Sun
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-06-24
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Bad Reputation Returns
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-17
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The Coming of Age
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-17
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The Black Hooded Man 4
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-10-02
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Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon
Overview: A luxury car was stolen near a certain nightclub in Akasaka, and the owner of the car was shot and killed. The investigation by detective Nagata, head of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Headquarters, revealed that the perpetrator shot a silenced gun, and that a film camera was taken away from the car he abandoned. Furthermore, fluids left at the scene indicate that the perpetrator was a tuberculosis patient...
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-02-19
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Three-Headed Tower
Overview: Newly graduated Miyamoto Otone is to inherit a fortune from a distant relative on the condition that she marries Takato Shunsaku, a man she has never heard of. The lawyers haven't located Shunsaku yet, allowing Otone to think about whether she accepts the conditions of the will. One month later after, Takato Shunsaku is found. Murdered. At the birthday party of Otone's uncle. With Shunsaku dead and thus making it impossible for Otone to marry him, the inheritence is to split amongst all (living) family members. And yes, as always, that means that the potential successors get killed off one by one. But Kosuke Kindaichi is on the trail...
Genres: Horror Mystery Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-04-25
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Hell's Juggler
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-15
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Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
Overview: Fukasaku and Chiba are back in a sequel filmed with the same cast and released just two weeks after the first film. This time the storyline is set in a small seaside town and the film favours detective and watadori film influences over westerns. Like its predecessor, the film runs barely over one hour and never drags. It’s a little less goofy, but doesn’t have as beautiful landscapes the first movie had. Not an especially good film, but for fans of Fukasaku and Chiba it’s an entertaining if flawed 60 minutes.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-06-22
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Witness Chair
Overview: Murder case and trial.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-05-15
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The Day England Falls
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Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-11-19
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That Night's Adventure
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Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-09-28
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Lucky Dragon No. 5
Overview: An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the Pacific line fishing. While the ship is near Bikini Atoll, the ship's navigator sees a flash. All the crew come up to watch. They realize it is an atomic explosion, but take time to clear their fishing gear. A short time later, grey ash starts to fall on the ship. When the ship returns to port the sailors have been burned brown. They unload the fish, which are then transported away. They visit the local doctor and then go to Tokyo for an examination. It turns out they are all highly radioactive. Their symptoms become worse, and the contaminated fish causes a panic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-02-18
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Horror of the Fifth Columnist
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-04-16
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Actress
Overview: Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-11-27
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人形佐七捕物帖 般若の面
Overview: A thrilling entertainment mystery period drama directed by Daisuke Yamazaki, depicting the remarkable feats of the puppet showman Sakichi of Otama Pond, who skillfully unravels the serial murders involving Hannya masks swirling around the streets of Edo's 808 districts with his adept jutte handling. This is the first installment in the series starring Tomisaburō Wakayama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-08
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Mannen Taro and His Feminine Colleagues
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-10-07
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The Great Road
Overview: The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-08
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快剣士・笑いの面
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-03-08
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20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2
Overview: The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-07-09
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Flying in the Air
Overview: The movie depicts the youth of kamikaze pilots who scattered young lives in the sky.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-09
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Yellow Cherries
Overview: The film is based on the 1959 hit song of the same name by the Three Cats.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-18
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人形佐七捕物帖 くらやみ坂の死美人
Overview: The second installment of the detective series starring Tomisaburō Wakayama. Depicting the remarkable achievements of Sakichi, the puppet showman of Otama Pond, in unraveling the mysterious incidents surrounding the Bat Slug Gang swirling in the streets of Edo's 808 districts with his skilled handling of the jutte.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-22
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