Michiyo Aratama
Also Known As: Митиё Аратама
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michiyo Aratama (新珠 三千代, Aratama Michiyo, 15 January 1930 – 17 March 2001) was a Japanese actress who appeared in leading and supporting roles in such films as Hiroshi Inagaki's Chushingura, Kihachi Okamoto's Samurai Assassin and Sword of Doom, and Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan, Hymn to a Tired Man and The Human Condition trilogy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michiyo Aratama, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Birthday: January 15, 1930
Deathday: March 17, 2001
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Life of a Horse-Trader
Overview: Hokkaido at the end of the Taisho era is Kitami. On the day his wife died of a dystocia, Bakuro Yonetaro fell asleep after being kicked by a sick woman Yuki at a vague shop after violence.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-08-14
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Kwaidan
Overview: Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-01-06
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Three Faces
Overview: Five years have passed since the three comrades who saved their lives on the Burma Campaign-Kenichiro Kishi, Eiji Shiga, and Daizo Kobayashi promised to meet again five years later at the platform of Shinagawa Station, which was crowded with repatriates. , The day of reunion is approaching.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-08-09
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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 Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Overview: Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-11-20
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The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Overview: After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-28
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The End of Summer
Overview: The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-10-29
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Victory and Defeat
Overview: After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Yamanaka (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who is no longer in top form and is ranked number one, for a title fight, but his comrade Hata (Kojiro Hongo) is not happy with this choice, and so he moves to the gym run by the criminal businessman Goda (Toru Abe) and burning desire to beat Yamanaka.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-04-27
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The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
Overview: Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-11-20
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続サラリーマン清水港
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-03-07
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Salaryman Shimizu Minato
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-03
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The Sword of Doom
Overview: Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-02-25
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The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Overview: A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-11-16
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Samurai Assassin
Overview: Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.
Genres: Drama Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-01-03
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Conflagration
Overview: Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distress.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-09-22
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The Heart
Overview: In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained relationship stemming from an unknown incident in their past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-08-31
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The Thin Line
Overview: Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is racked with guilt and confesses to his wife, Masako. In an effort to further relieve his tortured sense of guilt, he then confesses to Sugimoto. Neither his wife nor his friend can believe that he could have been involved.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-02-12
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Devil's Temple
Overview: An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women, and a vicious killer. Bloody violence erupts whenever strangers approach the temple. Can the traveling priest bring his belief in the Buddha and rid the three temple residents of the devils that hold their souls?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-31
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Ai no uzu shio
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-22
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Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
Overview: In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-03-01
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Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-01
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Hymn to a Tired Man
Overview: Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son's fallen for the daughter of a war officer responsible for the maiming.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-06-08
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Heso no taisho
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-20
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Tora-san, His Tender Love
Overview: Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-01-15
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The Masterless 47
Overview: Part one of The Masterless 47.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-12-25
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A Boy and Three Mothers
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-02-18
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Sky Scraper!
Overview: A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-14
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The Gambler's Code
Overview: One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds that he must take care of the wife and child of a yakuza he had been forced by the code of the gamblers to fight man to man. In a brilliant performance from super-star Ichikawa Raizo, with strong support from two of the greats from Toho, Shimura Takashi (7 Samurai) and Aratama Michiyo (Sword of Doom) the heartfelt story reaches new heights. Tokijiro, having learned the true nature of the boss to whom he was obligated for having spent a night and eaten at the gang's headquarters takes up arms against them in a running battle fought across the back roads of the entire nation. Another powerful rendition of this superb story, it is not to be missed!
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-06-14
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Aoi Secret Book
Overview: A Golden Age drama depicting the exploits of passionate patriot Uotaro Toge in the midst of a mysterious standoff over the Secret Book of Aoi, which will determine the rise or fall of the 350,000-koku Mito clan, and showcasing swashbuckling swordsmanship.
Genres: Drama Thriller History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-03-25
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Wife
Overview: Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and the husband finds the wife slovenly and mean-spirited: she neither cooks not cleans particularly well and is generally disagreeable. In turn, he alternately ignores her and treats her as a servant. Neither is particularly happy, not helped by their unsatisfactory lodgers. The husband is easily seduced by an ex-colleague, a widow with a small child who needs some security, and considers leaving his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-04-29
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Zoku shachō shinshiroku
Overview: Shûe Matsubayashi movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-02-29
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Tsukiyo no kasa
Overview: Housewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in a residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo. If two people come together, they will talk about selling kimonos, if three people come together, they will discuss food shopping, and when four people come together, there will be laughter. Focusing on four housewives who gather at the edge of the well, it depicts the daily life of each household.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-08-21
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大安旅行
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-12-28
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A Trap
Overview: When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.
Genres: Mystery Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-05-28
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Summer Clouds
Overview: A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-09-02
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The Balloon
Overview: Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress and a new lover who sings at a nightclub. When Murakami’s daughter befriends the mistress, the affair throws the family into turmoil.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-02-19
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Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Overview: A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job pouring sake for male customers at a small bar run by a sympathetic older woman, while Yoshigi is shunted off into a nearby noodle shop, where he gets a job delivering noodles. Tsutue charms and runs off with one of her clients. Yoshigi, ignoring the attentions of a sweet co-worker, pursues Tsutue.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-07-31
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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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Family of Sorrow
Overview: Japanese drama film, originally released in two parts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-04-04
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Called to the Stand
Overview: Chief editor Shirou Kanzaka (Hisaya Morishige) of Sankei Publishing Inc. is being tried for embezzlement and the staging of Chiyo Umehara's suicide. The victim is a woman who's said to have had sexual relations with the defendant. Four intertwined witnesses; a critic, Shirou's employee, a singer, and his wife, are all called to the stand. His destiny now lies in their hands.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-02-25
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The Twilight Story
Overview: In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher (at least he says he's unmarried) and falls in love. When she learns that he lied and is married to a woman whose child was fathered by another man, she is crushed. He returns to his wife. The woman becomes more distraught when she learns her uncle has misused the money she has sent. As the final straw, her mother dies, and the girl becomes sick.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-08-28
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The Gambling Samurai
Overview: Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family. A final tragedy leads Kunisada to join with a band of rogues living in the forest in robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, always with an eye toward avenging himself on Magistrate Matsui.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-28
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The Gambling Samurai
Overview: Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family. A final tragedy leads Kunisada to join with a band of rogues living in the forest in robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, always with an eye toward avenging himself on Magistrate Matsui.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-28
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Once a Rainy Day
Overview: Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-10-01
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Brand of Evil
Overview: A Japanese detective, Kikuchi, is framed for a murder and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency to investigate his case and investigates Mitsue Takazawa, the wife of a local trading firm whom is really a crime lord responsible for Kikuchi's imprisonment and now sets sights on Setsuko, a woman Kikuchi becomes romantically involved with.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-05-29
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Human Revolution II
Overview: Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-06-19
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Three Faces of Love
Overview: When a gifted Japanese craftsmen dies, his three daughters are summoned to decide who will take over the family ribbon business in this family drama. Only one daughter cares to carry on her father's work, but she is met with resistance from her stepmother. One sister cares nothing for the artisan tradition, while the other is an icy opportunist whose only love is for money. It is the daughter who cares the most for her father's work who wanders away in a symbolic journey of self discovery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-01-14
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The Hidden Profile
Overview: Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-02-17
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Structure of Hate
Overview: Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over their inequitable positions and love lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-11-12
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Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
Overview: A biopic about Japanese baseball player, Tetsuharu Kawakami.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-03
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Gambler and the Princess
Overview: Film directed by Kenji Misumi.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-28
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Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
Overview: These are the first two parts of the popular series in which a young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite with his birth father, Shogun Yoshimune, he heads for the castle.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
Overview: On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-04-12
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Crossroad
Overview: Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having an affair with his secretary, Harumi. In his attempt to perfect his crime, he drives to a remote quarry to bury his wife’s body, but along the way, he finds another dead body in the back of his car! Given no choice, Ise dumps both bodies. Meanwhile, Yoshie begins her search for her missing brother, Yoshihiko. After surprising twists and turns, Ise faces his fate.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-03-14
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Till We Meet Again
Overview: Jiro Sone sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is disappointed with her husband Kappei, who is more attracted to mountain climbing and another girl. When Yachiyo’s father is introduced to Jiro, all of their lives become intertwined...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-05-29
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Devils-in-Law
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-01-14
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The Baby Carriage
Overview: Upon discovering that her father has a mistress, a young girl befriends the "other woman" and her child. Realizing that her half-sister is doomed to being regarded as an outcast, the heroine sets about to spiritually legitimize the girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-21
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Dancing Sisters
Overview: It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daughters. Haruko, the eldest, is the lead vocalist in a band. Natsuko is the conscientious type, who spends her days in ballet classes beautifying herself. The youngest of the three, Akiko is a bookworm who found her niche in philosophy. Although the sisters may appear to have nothing in common, there is one thing they all agree on; "Mom needs a new husband".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-01-03
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The Masterless 47 – Part II
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-25
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Chûshingura
Overview: After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
Genres: History Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-03
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Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-29
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All About Marriage
Overview: Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-05-26
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Swords and Brocade
Overview: A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-06-22
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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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The Tempters: Smile After Tears
Overview: Layabout teen Shoken is dissatisfied with his nagging single mother and bullies at school. He and his friends decide to form a cool rock band, but a tragic discovery about his family weighs on Shoken heavily.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-03-29
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The Human Revolution
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-09-08
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The Dangerous Kiss
Overview: Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-06-26
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The Walking Major
Overview: U.S. Army Captain Clark Allen gains attention by walking back and forth, the length of Japan, gambling with U.S. servicemen in order to raise funds to rebuild an orphanage. Suspicious of Allen's motives, a Japanese newsman, Hiroshi Kitabayashi, traces the American's background until he discovers the motive behind Allen's long walk.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-06-06
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Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Overview: From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-11-16
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Five Gents' Trick Book
Overview: The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-01-03
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The Samurai of Edo
Overview: This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji Restoration, and therefore, shows audience the dynamic change from Edo to Meiji. Before the war, the director, Eisuke Takizawa, together with the writers, formed a scenario writer group "Narutaki-gumi and they shot many historical masterpieces.
Genres: History War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-10-23
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Japan's Longest Day
Overview: Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-08-03
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Vanished Glory
Overview: In the first group of Yoshitake Ichi and Taketatsu Sada Preparatory Training, the team leader was Sou Adachi, a veteran warrior with strict training. Yoshitake's father was called, and his mother lived in the house where he used to work, but Midori, a female student at that house, secretly loved Yoshitake.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-07-12
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Muhō Ichidai
Overview: The movie is about a man who started a brothel to make money out of his poor circumstances in the late Meiji period.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-03-20
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Hymn to a Tired Man
Overview: Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son's fallen for the daughter of a war officer responsible for the maiming.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-06-08
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