Annu Mari
Also Known As: Vasanthidevi Sheth, Anne Mari, ワサンティデヴィ・シェス
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Annu Mari (born May 20, 1948 raised in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan) is an Indo–Japanese actress. She is best known in the West for her role as the femme fatale in Branded to Kill (1967). Her sisters are model Prabha Sheth and actress Yuka Kumari. She is married to conductor Yoshikazu Fukumura. Description above from the Wikipedia article Annu Mari, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Birthday: May 20, 1948
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Car Thieves
Overview: Mixed-race children in Japan become involved in the petty theft of car parts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-10-04
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Branded to Kill
Overview: After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
Genres: Thriller Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-06-15
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Night Guy
Overview: Tokyo at night. It has another face, different from the daytime. Gorgeous neon lights and dressed-up women decorate the city at night. And then, there are men who live off of these women. This movie depicts the conflict of sex and desire between a procurer, called a "night arranger," and women who live in the neon city seeking money and pleasure.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-06-15
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Mini-Skirt Lynchers
Overview: The group led by Teruko was the most famous in the port city of Yokohama. One day, however, a group claiming the same name as Teruko and her group appeared and began extorting them. The group was led by Rosa, who had come from Hayama. Teruko and the others were taken in by Detective Jitsusei on suspicion of extortion, and were even doused with oil. What saved the day was a witness, a runaway daughter named Toshie. Toshie is a half-sister.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-06-28
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The Killing Bottle
Overview: In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group bent on assassinating the Prime Minister of Buddhabal. ISP Agents Carter and Kitami are assigned to the case. When the Prime Minister arrives in Tokyo for a friendship visit, Carter and Kitami are on hand to protect him. On hand, too, are assorted ZZZ blackguards. Several attempts on the Prime Minister's life fail, until finally the ZZZ introduces a new device designed to eliminate not only the Prime Minister but the ISP Agents as well: THE KILLING BOTTLE, then, is a pocket-sized container filled with a substance that can expand to thousands of times its size and throttle its victim, then disappear leaving only the corpse.
Genres: Action Comedy Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-02-11
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Age of Japanese Guerrillas
Overview: Kinta (Nabe Osami) is Japanese by birth, but raised by a Chinese man. He stowsaway to Japan to see his girlfriend Yukiko but gets picked up for vagrancy in Shinjuku and thrown in jail. Helped by a yakuza and a prostitute, he goes on a search for Yukiko but winds up on a journey of sexual discovery.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-08-30
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Midnight Virgin
Overview: Chie (Sanae Ōhori), newly arrived in Tokyo, saves her friend from school, Mari (Annu Mari), from a suicide attempt. The two girls become close, eventually leading to a lesbian relationship. Their affair drifts into sadism and involvement with a bizarre sex cult, resulting in the deaths of the two lovers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-04-18
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The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup
Overview: This is the thirteenth film in the series.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-09-14
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Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
Overview: In this outing of Harenchi Gakuen the students undergo a health check after school, but all is not what it seems. Teacher 'Beard Godzilla' has kicked out the infirmary's doctor and taken his place. A trio of students notice the trick and dress up as medical professionals to assist the female portion of the school body. A newspaper has caught wind of this.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-08-01
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Sign of the Jack
Overview: Hanamura, widely known in gangland a professional trouble shooter has the sign of the Jack tattooed on his chest. His follower is his sworn partner Kurahara. They attempt to help the Towada-Gumi gang against its rival group the Kamioka-Gumi which is seeking the chance to conquer the Towada-Gumi in collusion with Noda, a big shot in the town operating a real estate firm.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-10-14
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Ninja's Mark
Overview: When the Shogun Tokugawa III is in bed with a girl, she turns into a monster. The court believes she is Ninja Magic, used to frighten the lord off women so that there will be no heir. Tôma, a famous swordsman, is called in and exposes the Ninja, even discovering their leader, a beautiful young girl named Kagiroi. Guessing that she is the daughter of some ousted daimyo anxious to get back into favor, he is about to unmask her when he is taken prisoner...
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-01-27
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Lady Battle Cop
Overview: When a four-man terrorist group known as Team Phantom begins raising havoc in downtown Tokyo, the city is in desperate need of a hero. An unexpected champion appears in the form of Lady Battle Cop, a former female tennis champion who has been transformed into a seemingly unstoppable cyborg.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-11-09
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The Quiet Don: A New Chapter
Overview: Mild-mannered Shizuya Kondo lives a normal life, occupied with his dreary office job as a women's underwear designer. But, he also happens to be the only son of the leader of the biggest criminal organization in the Kanto region... and when his father is murdered by a rival gang, Shizuya is forced to become the new head of his yakuza family! Working as a businessman by day and a yakuza boss by night, Shizuya finally begins to realize his true potential. But, things take an unexpected turn when Akemi, his secret office-crush, is suddenly kidnapped.
Genres: Comedy Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-09-05
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The Spiders' The Noisy Parade
Overview: Popular Japanese Group Sounds band, The Spiders, star in their second movie, a "HELP!" inspired rock n roll spy movie!
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-01-03
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Hana-Dama: Phantom
Overview: “Hana-Dama”—a flower in the wasteland. This flower is a symbol of earthly desires and every human is overwhelmed by desire and their rationality collapses wherever the flower is in bloom. And even today, the “Hana-Dama” continues to blossom profusely somewhere in the world. The story is set in a film theater, the facility keeps on closing one after another during recent years. The last day has come to a film theater which has been maintained by a film-loving owner, the staff, and their unique audiences. The symbol of human desire, “Hana-Dama,” blossoms at the theater and instigates people’s erratic behavior. Upon facing its closure, tremendous chaos that will be noted in the history of Japanese film takes place within this film theater.
Genres: Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-02-27
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Konto 55: The Weaknesses of the Century
Overview: A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-11-02
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Invitation to Jail
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Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-09-02
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The Love of a Very Ordinary Wife
Overview: A young man, Keiji, loses at mahjong and has to work at a snack bar to pay off his debt. There he meets Yoko, a woman with a bewitching atmosphere, and falls in love with her at first sight. However, Yoko has a missing yakuza husband and she is forced to work in his place.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-13
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Spider Woman
Overview: Japanese horror movie from 1973.
Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-04-02
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Mappira shain yūkyōden
Overview: 1968 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-10-05
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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Overview: Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mah-jong parlour. Lately the customers have been talking about an old lady who pushes a baby carriage through the streets. They say she is carrying something for a crime syndicate, and they wonder what it is she has in the carriage Money? Drugs? One day, the owner of the mah-jong parlour sends Tsuneo out to walk his dog. A baby carriage comes rolling down a hill and crashes into a guard rail. The old lady asks him to look into the carriage, where he finds a young woman clutching a knife. This is how Tsuneo first meets the girl who calls herself Josee.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-12-13
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There's Always Tomorrow - The Movie
Overview: Office drama wherein a mediocre salaryman struggling hard to face a dream.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-10-25
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