Minoru Chiaki
Also Known As: 千秋實, مینورو چیاکی, Mindru Chiaki
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Minoru Chiaki (千秋 実 Chiaki Minoru) was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress. In Seven Samurai he was the good-natured samurai Heihachi. Later in his career he appeared as a secondary actor in many Toei films. In 1986 he was given the Best Actor prize at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony for his performance in Toei's Gray Sunset (1985). Description above from the Wikipedia article Minoru Chiaki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hokkaido, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: April 28, 1917
Age: 108 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: November 01, 1999
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The Hidden Fortress
Overview: In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-12-28
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Rashomon
Overview: Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-08-26
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Godzilla Raids Again
Overview: Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to lure Godzilla away from the mainland. But Anguirus soon arrives and the two monsters make their way towards Osaka as Japan braces for tragedy.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-04-24
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20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1
Overview: With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, who just happens to be from an extremely privileged background.
Genres: Action History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-03
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Oogonju
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Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-11-04
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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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20 Duels of Young Shingo - Conclusion
Overview: While on his journey through the countryside of Japan, Shingo encounters many people whose lives have been affected by his actions. Though the many duels he fought were intended to bring justice to those who sought to do evil, he is faced with the knowledge that his victories have also caused suffering amont the family members of his victims-leading him to question his life's philosophy. This superb film is the final chapter in this part of Shingo's story. A fitting tribute to his quest to be the supreme swordsman.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-07-13
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Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
Overview: Maruyama, a day laborer, is living on an abandoned ship at the port of Osaka when he meets an elusive man offering a job.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-01
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Ikiru
Overview: Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-10-09
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Bodyguard from Hell
Overview: Kitagawa, a drug control officer in the Kanto Shinetsu area, was ordered to investigate the situation of drug trafficking around Yokohama.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-03-11
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I Live in Fear
Overview: Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil. His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada, a Domestic Court counselor, attempts to arbitrate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-11-22
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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Overview: A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-03
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Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella
Overview: Ryutaro Otomo as the Edo magistrate Umon Kondo is out to solve a crime that centers around the murder of a jail guard & the escape of a criminal who is later himself killed. His dying words in Umon's arms were, "I didn't kill the guard." The murdered criminal had been a safe-cracker & only his girlfriend knows where he hid a fortune. She is kidnapped, so the plot gets thicker & thicker.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-06-30
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The Idiot
Overview: Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love Kameda, but is loved in turn by Akama. When Akama realizes that he will never have Taeko, his thoughts turn to murder, and great tragedy ensues.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-05-23
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Young Lord Yakuza
Overview: Young Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under the disguise of a ronin.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-06-11
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The Lower Depths
Overview: Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off his affair with landlady Osugi to romance her younger sister, Okayo, Osugi extracts her revenge by revealing her infidelity to her jealous husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-10-01
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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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Till Tomorow Comes
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-10
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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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Samurai Vagabonds
Overview: On New Year's Day 1716, Munenaga of Owari and Yoshinao of Kii were both named as candidates for the title of 8th Shogun. The wise and just Munenaga is plunged into a dispute with Tokugawa Yoshinao that will lead to one of them ascending the throne. This is an exciting and informative film that brings the brilliant history of Japan to the surface in a new light.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-15
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Sekidô matsuri
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-12-07
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Today is Payday
Overview: Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-10-02
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Riverside Fish Market Empire
Overview: Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-03-14
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Shinran
Overview: A biographical movie about Shinran
Genres: Drama History Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-06-21
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Eight Views of Samurai
Overview: Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai family to pretend they are a married couple, and gets involved in the troubles of the samurai clan.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-05-27
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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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The Emperor's Hat
Overview: A man working in a museum steals the Emperor's hat on display.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-12-01
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Vendetta of a Samurai
Overview: The famous showdown at Kagiya corner has been told many times, but never before with the realism and intensity of this version scripted by Kurosawa Akira and starring Mifune Toshiro as the famed swordsman who must face his best friend as they are forced to take opposite sides in a vendetta caused by the murder of a family member. Told mostly in flashback as the avengers await the arrival of their quarry, this film displays true heroism in the face of fear as most of the combatants, while of the samurai class are not skilled swordsmen. They contrast sharply with the true warriors involved in this battle. Araki Mataemon (Mifune), who was not only a direct student of Yagyu Munenori, but the founder of his own sword style under the Yagyu name is a powerful force ready to assist his brother-in-law against the murderer's allies that include not only another noted sword teacher, but the deadly spear of Katsumi no Hanbei.
Genres: Drama Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-01-03
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Innocent Sinner
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-07-01
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Tokyo's Business District
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-08-29
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If You're Man Enough
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-11-29
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What Price Love?
Overview: Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebrated historical case tried by magistrate Tadasuke Ooka, whose shrewd legal decisions became the stuff of legend. Okuma Shirokoya, the daughter of a lumber merchant in Edo (today’s Tokyo), embarked on an affair and was executed after conspiring with her maid to murder her husband. (Source: https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/proiezione/shirokoya-komako/)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-09
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The Story of Shunkin
Overview: Based on the novel by Junichiro Tanizaki. Story of the beautiful blind daughter of a wealthy businessman who falls in love with a servant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-06-27
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Inu to Asachan
Overview: A daughter from an island in the Seto Inland Sea takes a job as a nanny in Tokyo. She thrills the hearts of fishmongers and milkmen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-13
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Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-03-19
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Gigantis, the Fire Monster
Overview: A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.
Genres: Action Horror Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-21
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Shinran, Part II
Overview: Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Shinran, born of the fading aristocratic class, was placed in a monastary on Mount Hiei when still a child. He did not come down for twenty years, when his wanderings begin as he spreads his ideas for achieving enlightenment through the Pure Land sutra. Because his teachings contradict the powerful Tendai sect, he comes to grief with the government, his followers persecuted, himself exiled to far coastal Echigo where he married & began raising a family but soonafter was wandering & teaching again. He lived to be ninety.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-27
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Koto—The Lake of Tears
Overview: A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo, known for its production of quality shamisen strings, only to find her peaceful life turned upside down when a master musician takes personal interest in her.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-11-13
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Gray Sunset
Overview: Grandfather Fuyukichi Takano, a former university professor, gets fired from his museum job when he is affected by Alzheimer's disease, but his affliction serves to deepen family ties. Japan's submission to the 58th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-10-10
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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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Throne of Blood
Overview: Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-15
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Hero of the Red Light District
Overview: A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring birthmark on his face. Even the courtesans in Yoshiwara refuse to entertain him, until an indentured peasant prostitute, Tamarazu, takes the unsavoury assignment and treats him with brash tenderness.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-03
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Yakuza of Ina
Overview: Tossing his hat in the air to pick a direction, Yataro the wanderer sets out on a journey of adventure, not knowing what tomorrow may bring. The son of a Hatamoto, he has left the samurai life and become a yakuza, gambling on life's fortune and ready to risk his life at a moment's notice. Featuring an all-star cast that includes the debonair Azuma Chiyonosuke, this is a tale of excitement and action that brings the best of black and white to the silver screen. An adventure like no other, this is one of Kinnosuke's lost gems. A series of mishaps leads Yataro to watching over the beloved daughter of his close friend.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-02-23
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A Wife's Heart
Overview: Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close to the bank clerk (Mifune Toshiro) she's asked for a loan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-05-03
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Little Peach
Overview: Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitors, until she marries a beginning writer named Ryokichi. Their life quickly sinks into despair.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-05-13
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Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
Overview: Don Matsugoro and his son Don Jr fight against a disgustingly reach family who tries to take over a kid's playground called Children Land.
Genres: Action Adventure Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-12-19
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The Scroll’s Secret
Overview: Shogun Yoshitane’s order to recover the secret scroll triggers a series of ninja warfare during the Muromachi period.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-09
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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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A Carpenter and Children
Overview: A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate woman named Oritsu. It's a winning combination of drama and humor. The warm friendship that grows between the carpenter, the woman and the children making this into a true masterpiece.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-10
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Zero Fighter
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Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-07-13
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Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Overview: Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-04-10
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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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Run, Genta, Run!
Overview: A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-11-22
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The Vampire Moth
Overview: The story of a professional nude model stalked by a bizarre, unknown man wearing a hideous mask.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-04-11
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Mother's First Love
Overview: A melodrama based on the novel by Yasunari Kawabata, telling about the tragic fate of a mother and daughter who are attracted to the same man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-09-17
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Beyond the Hills
Overview: Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-07-08
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The Paper Crane
Overview: A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con artists.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-01
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The Rainbow-Colored Flower
Overview: Ebihara is a budding novelist entangled in a complicated web of relationships with three women from three different generations: Kazue, a coquettish teenage war orphan who tries to offer herself for money but is instead taken in by Ebihara, Koyabu, a middle-aged woman who has spent much of her life as the kept woman of a wealthy man, and Teruko, the modest daughter of Ebihara's former teacher who comes to rely on him after the death of her father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-10-14
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The Phantom Goblin
Overview: An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his behalf.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-08-12
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乾杯！女学生
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-06-29
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Saga of the Vagabonds
Overview: Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting and befriending Taro, Rokuro decides to return the money to Taro. But Taro's unscrupulous brother Jiro falsely accuse Taro of the theft, and Taro reactively joins the outlaw band and encourages them to steal from the nobles and give to the poor.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-08-09
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Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Overview: The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is about to be purchased by a client, steals money from his employer to redeem her. Hunted criminals, the two young lovers take flight to Yamato, but, as in Chikamatsu's other domestic tragedies of love and duty (known as sewamono), they must be pursued and their passion destroyed by death. Favourite Uchida themes, such as the indenturing of a prostitute , and his characteristic emphasis on performance and theatrical artifice re-emerge here; but the daring device of having Chikamatsu appear as a character - not unlike having Shakespeare interpolated into a film adaptation of one of his plays - is just one of many surprises this remarkable film holds. “Extraordinary” (Donald Richie).
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-09-13
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The Ambitious Youth
Overview: As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flourish his employer’s food business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-03
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Black Thief
Overview: Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-12-24
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Libido
Overview: aka Libido.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-06-28
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The Bride In Uguisu Castle
Overview: The life of three beautiful princesses in feudal Japan.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-22
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Sasuke and His Comedians
Overview: Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan children are wandering through the battlefield scavenging for armour when they encounter a young boy named Sasuke with magical powers he says came from a meteor that crashed onto the Earth…
Genres: Fantasy Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-11
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A House in the Quarter
Overview: With her family suffering from extreme poverty, Yuko, as the eldest daughter, is sold to a successful brothel in Kyoto. There she is assigned to serve Takamatsu, one of the brothel’s top customers. But while Takamatsu falls madly in love with Yuko, she finds herself attracted to a young priest named Kunugida. Torn by jealousy, Takamatsu hatches an evil plan to tear them apart.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-11-01
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Young Lord and Second Son
Overview: A lord explores the lives of common people.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-11-01
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Mole Alley
Overview: 33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating from a girls' school in Hokuriku, she immediately moved to Tokyo to meet and marry Ogata. After neatly writing Ogata's manuscript, he would buy dorayaki as a gratuity and devour it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-05-07
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Travels of Hibari and Chiemi
Overview: Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer’s investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a drug deal taking place at their theater.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-03
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Drunken Sword
Overview: Tetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt authorities.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-01
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Five Ronins
Overview: The story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl, Oichi, from an evil vassal.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-03
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The Christian Revolt
Overview: In the year 1637 in Shimabara of Tokugawa-era Japan, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of a charismatic Christian rebel leader Shiro Amakusa.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-21
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Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
Overview: A princess seeks adventure and true love, with help from her loyal servant.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-01-09
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Goblin in Stirrups
Overview: Kurama Tengu is a hero to the common people, saving them from the malicious attacks of Kinnoroshi and Shinsengumi.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-02-04
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Wakôdo no uta
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-08-31
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The Youth and His Amulet
Overview: Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the boy's rescue in times of difficulty.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-09-17
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Scarier than the Devil
Overview: A stage director who directs a “Mori no Ishimatsu” play time travels and becomes “Mori no Ishimatsu” himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-11-22
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Futari dake no hashi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-03-05
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Jirocho in Disgrace
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-07-14
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Karafuto 1945 Summer
Overview: The film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War. On August 15, 1945, Soviet forces invaded Karafuto. On August 20, the postal telegraph office in Maoka suspended operations and nine of the twelve telephone operators committed suicide by taking potassium cyanide while the city was being invaded.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-08-17
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Beauty and the Thief
Overview: The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and poetic, with two central themes which intermingle to compound an admirable panel of a critical period in Japanese history: the great famine in the mid 19th Century.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-09-22
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Taking the Castle
Overview: The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near. Only one man was brave enough to stand in Ieyasu's way - A lone wolf samurai by the name of Kagekatsu Uesugi. Inspired by Uesugi's courage to revolt, a young samurai warrior, Touzou Kuruma decides to join the fight. Their target: the Tamonyama Castle.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-03-06
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Street of Wandering Men
Overview: When a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin decides to help her and a drunken calligrapher. In doing so, he uncovers a wider scheme.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-02-17
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Mighty Shosuke
Overview: A comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered to serve the clan lord.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-10-09
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Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Overview: Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.
Genres: Drama Crime History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-03
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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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The Body
Overview: The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-08
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Scoundrel
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-05-10
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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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Sunflower Girl
Overview: Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that her fellow workers think the women employees should not have to act in such a servile manner. When the women go on strike over the issue, Setsuko finds herself caught in the middle. When the heir to the company, Ryosuke Tanabe, proposes marriage to Setsuko, she is honored, but realizes that her real affection is for Hitachi.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-03-26
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Case of a Young Lord 8
Overview: A family is brutally murdered in their own home and the official government's sake dealer is framed as a rebel by a corrupt member of the Shogun's Council of Elders. Young Lord decides to take on the Shogun's vile chief attendant.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-12-27
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Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
Overview: Escaping the hustle and bustle of Edo, the Young Lord came to Oshima Island in Izu to take a vacation. Unexpectedly, the island's boss, Amimoto, was brutally murdered with a harpoon. As usual, the Young Lord sets out to solve the case. However, most of the islanders have a grudge against Amimoto, and there are so many suspects that he is at his wits' end this time. Set against the beautiful sea of Izu and the majestic Mt. Mihara, the Young Lord's brilliant deductions and his secret sword Ichimonjo-Kakureshi cut through the mystery!
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-09-23
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The Scarlet Cherry Lord
Overview: Light-hearted samurai comedy. The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged marriage. He saves the life of a princess whom he gets to fall in love with. It turns out that she is just his prospective bride.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-29
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Lord Mito: All Star Version
Overview: In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later, another fire broke out, this time in Komagome, burning down the two gates of Asakusa and Sujikai, and continuing on into the night. As the government Elders consider evidence that these fires were arson, a fire breaks out in Hirakawa-cho, outside of Hanzo Gate. Nishonmaru catches on fire and burns down completely. When this rash of fires even strikes Kyoto, the task of finding who’s behind the arson, and stopping them falls to the Shogun’s uncle, the Elder Lord of Mito. Together with his trusted bodyguards, Kaku and Suke, the trio set of to save Japan from this scourge of evil. Featuring virtually all of their most famous stars, this is the best film in the Toei series about Mito Komon, one of Japan’s most popular historical figures who traveled through the country incognito to check on the people and fight injustice.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-08-07
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Scandal
Overview: A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-04-26
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Song of Love
Overview: The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-04-29
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Official with a Tattoo
Overview: Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not commit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-15
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The Unleashed Lord
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-02-10
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Lion Festival of Echigo
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-30
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The Princess and the Bearded Lord
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-14
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Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
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Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-05-24
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Jolly Barbers
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-11-17
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Yakuza Vassal
Overview: A young samurai defends townsfolk from evil forces.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-03-10
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Won't Stand for Dying
Overview: The son of the murdered Yakuza, Kenji, at the request of his mother, worked in a stable company. However, soon the girl Kenji Amy, who was in favor of the director of the company, is sexually harassed by him. Kenji beats the director and resigns. He asks his brother Ryota, the manager of the cabaret, to find a job, but his brother refuses him, and he is taken in by Senba, a yakuza boss specializing in smuggling and drugs...
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-05-10
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Fearless Opposition
Overview: This action film depicts the conflict between two brothers, one a detective and the other a yakuza.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-05-07
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Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
Overview: Fukagawa's chef Ushimatsu of the restaurant Kawatake fell in love with a maid named Omame and changed dramatically. He stopped gambling and womanizing much to the surprise of his friends. As their wedding day approached, Minosuke who had long been infatuated with Omame threatened her mother Okuma by using a promissory note for three ryō that he lent to her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-11-30
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Kono sora no aru kagiri
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-11-14
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The Sharks
Overview: A film adaptation of Masatsugu Nobuhiko's novel of the same name, directed by Tasaka Tomotaka and starring Nakamura Kinnosuke. This literary epic tells the story of how the protagonist, who has become mired in evil due to his poverty and low position, eventually awakens to humanity through an encounter with a nun. Shark was born without a father in a fishing village where the main occupation is catching sharks. In his poor and humiliating life, his only source of comfort is the tender love of his mother. However, on the night of a festival, the village burns to the ground and his mother dies. Left alone, Shark sets off for Kyoto with an old caster.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-06-27
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Uogashi no senpū musume
Overview: 1963 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-03
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Tactics of Love
Overview: 1955 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-11-01
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Futaridake no taiyō
Overview: 1961 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-14
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Talkative Company President
Overview: A former company man turned drifter is pulled back to lead a struggling toy company, enforcing bold reforms that shake up its corporate culture. Just as success arrives, he quietly walks away, leaving a changed company behind.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-03
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