Toshio Hosokawa
Also Known As: Тосио Хосокава, Tosio Hosokawa
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: September 06, 1916
Age: 108 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: August 08, 1985
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Overview: A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-20
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I am the Judge

Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-02-11
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Bridge

Overview: A 1959 Yoshiaki Bansho adaptation of an Osaragi Jiro story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-03-04
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Black Cat Mansion

Overview: The descendant of the servant of a cruel and vicious samurai returns to the town where she was born, only to find that a cat who is possessed by the spirits of those murdered by the samurai is trying to kill her.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-07-13
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Devil Princess’ Beauty Competition

Overview: An exciting historical drama in which a beautiful woman secretly solves the family problems of the Owari clan. Hibari Misora plays two roles: a charming princess and a dashing youngster, performs songs and dances throughout the film until the big decisive battle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-12-28
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Surging Waves

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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-10-13
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Fireworks Over the Sea

Overview: A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-10-25
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The Militarists

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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-09-11
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Five Siblings

Overview: A businessman runs afoul of the law and commits suicide, leaving behind a wife and five children. The eldest son takes the family to Tokyo and labors to restore its name and fortune
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-07-20
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Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: Naked Princess and Mysterious Bear Man

Overview: This time around, Sashichi is investigating a case of serial murders believed to be perpetrated by a giant bear.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-12-13
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The Yoshida School

Overview: Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history released, superimposed cast, a group image of real politicians centered on Shigeru Yoshida and political history after the war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-04-09
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Hanran

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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-01-03
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Soldiers' Girls

Overview: Women endure hardship and struggle to keep away from prostitution in the immediate aftermath of WWII. The "Special Comfort Women Association" (RAA) creates a shelter for women to avoid falling into prostitution. Young Fumiko and Yuko will try their luck there.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-04
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The Woman’s Reflective Pool

Overview: Tozai Electric president Minamoto (Yanagi) is about to be pursued by the public prosecutor's office and tries to bribe Manabe (Saburi), the man in charge, but fails. His daughter Naeko (Takamine) finds out and takes on the role herself. This is a love romance adapted from an original story by Seiichi Funabashi that appeared in the magazine "Romance.”
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-01-03
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You Are the Next Eagle

Overview: A boy aviator endures rigorous training and a sad fate, and grows into a strong man with his eyes set on becoming an eagle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1944-09-14
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A Flame at the Pier

Overview: A young dockworker who owes his life to his boss becomes embroiled in union activity on the Yokohama waterfront. The rebel Saburo works as an errand boy for a shipping company and vents his frustrations by plucking on the guitar.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-30
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Female Detective

Overview: With the object of discovering the male accomplice of Hideko, a bad girl, Michiko, a police-woman, disguises herself and infiltrates a gang. Then in a reformatory, under the name of Suzuko, she finds a certain girl who is familiar with Hideko and from her she approaches a woman, named Keiko. One day, at a beer-hall, the police-woman meets Keiko who just finished a secret narcotics transaction and asks her about Hideko. However, with the sudden appearance of Saburo, one of the gang, her search fails, and an exciting pursuit begins. Later Keiko is found dead.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-08-19
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King of the Ring: The World of Glory

Overview: Boxing film directed by Teruo Ishii in his directorial debut.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-04-10
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The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty

Overview: The year is 1937, and it has been six months since the Sendai Infantry left for Manchuria. The rotted corpse of a young woman is found at the bottom of a well, but her face and limbs are gone. The military police begin an investigation and search fervently for the person responsible, but they can't even determine the victim's identity, much less find any clues. However, the incident is made public when newspapers give wide coverage to the story, so Staff Sergeant Kosaka is dispatched from Tokyo to solve the case. Eventually, General Tsunekichi is taken into custody by local infantrymen because of the testimony of another unit, but the spirit of the dead woman appears before Staff Sergeant Kosaka, who continues to investigate on his own...
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-08-06
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Kuro to aka no hanabira

Overview: Crime film distributed by Taiho.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-14
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An Inn at Osaka

Overview: An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. He takes a room at a small inn and tries to rebuild his life. Notable for its exquisite framing and cinematography, An Inn at Osaka allows its complicated plotlines to disappear behind the minutiae of penury and humiliation that Mito and others suffer during the post-war economic and social reconstruction.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-04-20
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Freelance Samurai

Overview: One of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in this terrific version of legendary Demon slaying Peach Boy.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-12-15
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Dances of Flame

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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-11-23
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Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

Overview: Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
Genres: History War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-04-29
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The Snow Flurry

Overview: After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-03
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Stormy Virtue

Overview: Yuri is looking forward to marrying her fiancé Minoru. However, a few days before the wedding she falls victim to his brother Takehiko, and against her will, she becomes Takehiko's wife. The day after the wedding, Yuri begins her silent revenge by not talking to her husband. She retains her love for Minoru and never gives herself to Takehiko's embrace again. She also contributes large sums of money from Takehiko's fortune to charity.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-04-03
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女大学野球狂時代

Overview: Japanese comedy film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-07-26
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Queen of Asia

Overview: Japanese war film based on the true story of Yoshiko Kawashima, played by actress Miyuki Takakura in her film debut.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-12-28
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Speed King

Overview: Japanese film about motorcycle racing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-04-11
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Beyond the Hills

Overview: On September 1, 1923, an unprecedented earthquake hit the Kanto region. The streets are filled with victims, and rumors are circulating around. The military seized the opportunity to round up and kill many socialists, anarchists, and Koreans, culminating in the arrest and murder of Sakae Osugi. His comrades and students are outraged by this atrocity. The young man Furukawa also becomes stronger in his determination to overthrow the military...
Genres: Thriller Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-30
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Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu

Overview: During the naval battle of Midway in WWII, the battleship Mutsu was in its home port in Japan. The ship's officers and crew were frustrated at not being able to take part in the fighting. They had been held back by orders from the Naval Ministry, but there was also a plot by saboteurs, who were trying to prevent the sailing of the Mutsu. Director Komori developed a suspenseful plot by including a fictional adaptation of the Russian spy Richard Sorge, who had been captured in Japan and subsequently executed. Komori brings a fictional Russian spy to the screen by portraying him as a military attaché at the German embassy. As Germany was an ally of Japan in WWII, a secret agent being a mole in the German embassy is a perfect cover. The interaction of the saboteurs and the officers and crew of the Mutsu make an exciting story.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-04-01
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Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced

Overview: Japanese war film.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-07-13
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南郷次郎探偵帳 影なき殺人者

Overview: Japanese mystery film marking Yuka Mizuhara's film debut.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-19
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The Shadow Avenger

Overview: For the poor, Edo is Hell on Earth, starving under the rule of Tanuma Okitsugi, corrupt councilor to the shogun. But the courageous vagabond called “Kageboshi” (Shadow Avenger), will fight for the common folk, robbing the rich so the people will have rice. Tanuma’s henchmen will hire an evil swordsman to pose as Kageboshi, starting a wave of murder, kidnapping and robbery, searching for two antique sword-guards that will reveal the hiding place of a fortune in buried gold. But who will claim the gold? The poor of Edo, or the conniving Tanuma? Only Kageboshi’s flashing sword, tearing through Tanuma’s bloodthirsty minions, can forestall his wicked schemes.
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-04-29
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皇室と戦争とわが民族

Overview: Japanese war film.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-06-11
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The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal

Overview: In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and her forces push forward to the borders of India. But gradually the tide turns in favour of the Allies and after the atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is compelled to accept the Potsdam Declaration and by the order of the Emperor agrees to unconditional surrender. Under the supervision of the occupation forces the International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo to try the Japanese war leaders. Established in the cause of justice, and to prevent future aggressive wars the trials drag on for two and a half years. And on December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six other war leaders mount the thirteen steps to the gallows at Tokyo's Sugamo prison.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-03
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Black Line

Overview: Freelance reporter “Scoop” Machida is hot on the trail of a prostitution ring called the Black Line, when he is framed for the murder of a young woman. Forced to clear his own name, the handsome journalist sinks deeper into the Black Line’s rotten swamp of drugs, prostitution, and murder and finds unexpected help in Maya, a steamy female gambler familiar with the neon-lit streets, shadowy alleyways, and seedy nightclubs he must navigate. The closest film in the Line series to classic American film noir, Ishii’s Black Line is a pulpy assortment of crime film conventions including the starkly expressionistic black and white cinematography by Jûgyô Yoshida, a jazzy music score by Michiaki Watanabe, and a sleazy screenplay by Ishii and Ichirô Miyagawa.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-13
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Love Forsaken

Overview: The story is about Tomoko and her relationships with three men.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-04-01
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Ore no sora

Overview: Based on the manga of the same name. Originally published in the Japanese magazine Weekly Playboy. It follows Ippei Yasuda, son of a prominent family, who is immensely gifted in nearly everything he does.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-05-28
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Sexy Line

Overview: It tells the story of a couple who fall into a trap set up by a sinister organization. One of them is a guy who is framed for the murder of his lover. The other is a woman pick-pocket who is entrapped by the organization's schemes involving their crimes. Fate places them together, and they start to investigate the prostitution ring run by the organization...
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-09
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Lust of the White Serpent

Overview: A work with the motif of a legend that remains in the mountain villages of Shinshu and Hida. A white snake helped by a young man transfers to a girl's body, longing for him and burning in an endless passion.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-19
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Mysterious Pygmy

Overview: Horror film about a killer dwarf.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-02-12
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スパイと貞操

Overview: Japanese spy film.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-06-22
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Tokyo Bay

Overview: An investigation into a drug smuggler who is assassinated in front of an insurance building sets two detectives, Sumikawa and Akine, into a sprawling investigation through Tokyo's underworld.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-27
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Destiny's Son

Overview: In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her lord’s concubine. Decades later, his adoptive family is massacred for keeping the secret. Armed with an unbeatable swordfighting technique, Shingo embarks on the path of the masterless samurai in search of vengeance and a path beyond his own ignominious origins.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-01
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Gonpachi

Overview: Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-12-28
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This Is a Man's World

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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-10-20
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I Go to Tokyo

Overview: A young man working as a cameraman in Tokyo is visited for three days by his parents from the countryside.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-08-03
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Army

Overview: Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstanding military tradition.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1944-12-07
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The Living Magoroku

Overview: A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1943-11-18
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Female Slave Ship

Overview: The year is 1945, months prior to Japan's ultimate defeat in WW2, and military lieutenant Sugawa is sent on a critical mission to deliver micro-fiche war plans to Tokyo from his base in Malaysia. But while flying over Chinese waters his plane is shot down and he is taken aboard a ship bound for Shanghai to deliver its merchandise - a ship filled with Female Slaves kidnapped from Japan. Will he abandon the women to pursue his main objective? Or will he fight foes, spies and pirates to save these women against all odds?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-03
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Lovers' Duet

Overview: Melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-08-31
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Queen of the China Sea

Overview: Rika, a manageress of a night club is about to be arrested on suspicion of smuggling. However, she escapes through the assistance rendered her by First Lieutenant Yokoyama of the Japanese Naval Commander's Office. After the end of war, Yokoyama plans to escape from riot-ridden Amoy and finally succeeds with the help of Rika to whom he gives a destroyer. Rika is actually the leader of a gang of pirates, and plans to rule the East China Sea by crushing Banryu, her rival.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-05-15
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Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

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Genres: History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-03-14
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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Overview: In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
Genres: War History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-26
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Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp

Overview: A remake of Kaidan Saga yashiki (1953).
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-06-18
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Secret of Naruto

Overview: From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima the mad lord dreams of conquest and forges a bloody revolt against the Tokugawa shogunate. A mysterious swordsman named Noriyuki Gennojo has crossed Naruto’s waters to uncover the Awa clan’s secrets. He puts his life on the line after finding a testament of Awa’s secrets, written in blood by a dying man. Joining Noriyuki are a female ninja who loves him, and the beautiful daughter of an enemy who’s sworn to kill him. Awa’s defenders willl stop at nothing to prevent the blood-soaked letter from reaching the shogun.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-09-29
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Demonfire Palanquin

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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-11-09
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Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

Overview: Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-07-21
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Kiri ni Kieta Hito

Overview: The movie depicts the complicated romantic feelings of a woman who is attracted to a man other than her fiancé.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-21
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愛する

Overview: 1961 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-22
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Rira no hana wasureji

Overview: In the 30th year, Nirasaki Den'emon established the Nirasaki Hokkaido Development Company with investment from Sonoi to build railway facilities. However, the endeavor faced criticism for attempting to buy Ainu land at low prices. Tokyo Nippo reporter Toshimasa Matsuzaka, who was actually Nirasaki's son, wants to expose the flawed practices of the company.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1947-10-08
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Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

Overview: Part two of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-02-19
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刑事部屋

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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-04-04
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Five Sisters

Overview: The story of five sisters.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-06-08
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Holiday in Japan

Overview: Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-15
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