Saburo Shinoda
Also Known As: 篠田三郎, Saburō Shinoda
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: December 05, 1948
Age: 76 years old
Gender: Male
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Way Out, Way In
Overview: Japanese crime film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-05-01
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Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Overview: A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-12-09
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Godzilla vs. Mothra
Overview: Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by calling Mothra to battle the creature. Unfortunately a meteorite has awoken a hibernating Godzilla as a three way battle for the Earth begins.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-12-12
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Midnight Disk Jockey
Overview: Pinky violence film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-10-24
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Innocent Sinner
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-07-01
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The High School Deviates
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-12-15
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Love for Eternity
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-05-05
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Snow Country Elegy
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-05-05
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Poem
Overview: The ascetic houseboy of a Japanese lawyer bears witness to the secretive sexual relationship between the lawyer's assistant and the maid, the lawyer's wife's sexual dissatisfaction, and the arrival of the lawyer's brother, who has a plan for the family's land and property.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-06-17
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Tsuma to onna no aida
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-01-17
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The All-Out Game
Overview: When Daisaku Hotta (Kosaburo Onogawa), the cheer leader of Tonan High School, hears that Rikiya Kudo (Saburo Shindo), the captain of the Judo team and Shiro Usami (Kei Wakakura) of the boxing team are about to fight, he breaks it up that are apt to erupt so suddenly on campus. Rikiya is an honor student, recommended to the Toa University by his school and is almost certain of being accepted next spring. Shiro is long on brute strength but short on brains. Naturally, they waste little love on each other, so there is very little ground for any understanding between them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-09-12
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Not Forgotten
Overview: Three WWII veterans, reunited by family circumstances, quickly find their life savings threatened by a private corporation; they band together to fight back.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-12-23
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Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
Overview: 16th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-21
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Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon
Overview: After killing his brother, Prince Yamato is banished from his father's kingdom until he can bring his dangerous powers under control. On his journey, he meets and joins with the magical priestess Oto, and together they go to fight against an evil god that has been ravaging the Earth in the form of an enormous hydra. Will Yamato ever return home to reclaim his rightful place on the throne?
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-07-09
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The Kiss
Overview: One day Kyoko watches television and sees a man turning himself in to the police after murdering a family. Something within Kyoko connects with the man, as she recognizes a similar soul. Despite the worries of the killer's lawyer, she approaches the killer and the two start corresponding.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-22
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Thousand Cranes
Overview: April 1954. 12 year old schoolgirl Sadako thinks her main problem is being unable to pass the baton in relay races. But just as her team starts winning, she starts getting tired more easily. She is sent back to the American Base Victory Hospital, where the diagnosis is lymphatic leukemia. And she has no more than a year left to live. Her parents agree with the doctor that Sadako should not be told, but will she find out anyway ?
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-06-24
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Sakura
Overview: The story of a bus conductor who dedicates his life to the cherished Japanese symbol.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-04-09
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Into the White Night
Overview: A pawn shop owner in Osaka is murdered, but due to a lack of conclusive evidence the police lists the man's death as a suicide. Detective Sasagaki, who investigated the case, can't forget the dark eyes of the main suspect's daughter Yukiho and the pawn shop owner's son Ryouji. As time goes by, more mysterious deaths surround Yukiho & Ryouji. Detective Sasagaki still unable to let go of the pawn shop owner case discovers startling details about Yukiho and Ryouji ...
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-01-29
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Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills
Overview: Based on a short story written by Shuhei Fujisawa (who also wrote Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor), the film depicts the uneasy life of Noe Isomura (Rena Tanaka) with the difficult family she has married into after her former husband passed away. One day as she tries to brake off a branch of a cherry tree, she is aided by a samurai who she does not recognize but who recognizes her. He turns out to be a former suitor that she never met named Yaichiro Tezuka (Noriyuki Higashiyama) and who teaches swordsmanship to the local samurai. Meanwhile, the powerful new chief retainer of the village enacts land policies that threaten the survival of the local farmers.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-05-31
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Riot in Gujo
Overview: Naoto Ogata plays Sadajiro, a young farmer fighting out the battle of the riot through to the end. Sadajiro's wife is played by Hiromi Iwasaki, his father is played by Go Kato and Ryuzo Hayashi plays a leader of the Riot. The Riot in Gujo is called one of the biggest three riots in the Edo Period as it took almost 5 years to settle and also involved the Edo government. This movie is a period film about the riot and Gujo farmers fighting for their tenacity of purpose. The farmers had suffered enough from heavy taxes and decided to rise up in riot when the domain lord, Yorikane, issued a new act, which practically forced tax increases. Asking the lord to retract the act, they pour down to the Hachiman Castle. For once they attain the repeal deed signed by the chief retainer. However the promise is broken. Now the farmers decide to make a direct plea to the Edo Residence…This film is full tension and breathless moments.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-12-23
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ウルトラマンタロウ ウルトラの母は太陽のように
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Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-08-07
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Luxury Yacht: First Love Tour Murder Case
Overview: Office worker Kanako takes a trip to Nanki Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture as part of a travel agency project to reunite with her first love. She was nominated by Yamano, a classmate from elementary school. Kanako meets Yamano for the first time in 15 years, but for some reason their old stories don't add up. She gradually begins to suspect that Yamano is a fake, but...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-08-11
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Sex Revolution
Overview: Story exposes free-sex among highschool students.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-07-01
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Nemuri Kyōshirō
Overview: Kyoshiro rescues Shizu who was being abused by her husband, even since she had been violated by the man posing as Ieyoshi. He then learned that Ieyoshi had been acting oddly ever since returning from Kyoto six months ago. Sir Fumiya's investigation of the O'oku (Shogun's harem in Edo Castle) uncovered the plot and reported that Sir Higo-no-Kami had been controlling the fraud. That's when Kyoshiro heads to Kyoto to find clues...
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-04-22
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The Driverless Hearse
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Genres: TV Movie Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-10-17
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The Frame
Overview: Japanese director Satoshi Isaka spins this taunt thriller about an ultra-ambitious reporter who soon finds herself on the receiving end of tabloid dirt. Popular television actress Hitomi Kuroki stars as Yuko, an ice-queen TV news editor who is approached by a mysterious man from the PTT Ministry. The man offers her proof, on videotape, that a major university is bribing a particular government official to overlook a massive media merger. The secret transaction has already resulted in the death of one investigator. Yuko promptly broadcasts the damning footage, and high-ranking bureaucrat Aso (Takanori Jinnai) is forced out of office.
Genres: Thriller Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-03-11
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The Temple of the Golden Pavillion
Overview: The story takes place during the end of the Pacific War and the aftermath period and it focuses on Mizoguchi, who is the son of a Buddhist Priest. When his father dies, he’s sent to the Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto. Mizoguchi is physically unattractive and becomes, in some way, jealous of the beautiful Temple that he loves so much.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-07-17
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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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Mystery of the Coral Seas
Overview: A trading company employee's girlfriend loses her memory while on a trip. In place of the friend who was supposed to have accompanied her the whole time is a mysterious man.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-04-23
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Deluxe Salon Car Engagement Tour Murders
Overview: Fukami, a secretary engaged to company president Kaido, her employer, is invited by his close friends, the Nogis, to a three-day-two-night tour. The tour group is traveling in a luxurious coach to Lake Megami in the Tateshina Plains. On the way, they are disturbed to hear that Shirai, a hostess who was supposed to come along on the tour, has been murdered. And the next day, the body of Hasegawa, another tour member, is floating in Lake Megami...
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-09-12
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The Awakening
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-10-10
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Maya no isshou
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Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-08-20
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The Imperial Japanese Empire
Overview: Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-08-07
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Mori no gakkō
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-07-20
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High School Affair
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-08-22
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Eternal Monument
Overview: A remake of the 1953 film of the same name.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-06-12
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Takamine - The Man By Which Cherry Blossoms Bloomed in America
Overview: Takamine is a biopic about Dr. Jokichi Takamine, the late biochemist known for successfully crystallizing and isolating adrenaline, which is also called epinephrine. Dubbed the father of modern biotechnology, Takamine also produced Takadiastase, a digestive enzyme still used as an ingredient in medicines. He was also enthusiastic about establishing friendly relations between Japan and the United States. He was responsible for a gift of 3,000 cherry trees in the U.S. capital, Washington D.C.
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-05-16
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Tea Brewer
Overview: Raita is a deaf boy who has just lost his father. His father wanted him to succeed his tea shop, but Raita didn't want to because his relationship with his father was not good. While he was closing the tea shop, Teiji, who is a genius tea blender, came to the shop and challenged Raita to compete on blending the regendally tea which Raita's father was famous for.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-11
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あぶない！財テク主婦の株体験
Overview: A housewife who wins a large fortune in the stock market becomes obsessed with financial strategies and eventually develops an affair.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-09-05
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It Was a Faint Dream
Overview: Set in 13th century Kyoto, where the Imperial court is under control of the clergy. Shijo was a peasant girl sold to a powerful daima as a concubine. Bored by her life in seclusion she starts an affair with State Councillor and the brother of a retired Emperor. Realising that she is only a plaything of the court, she becomes a nun and wanders the country.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-10-26
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