Manami Fuji
Also Known As: Манами Фудзи
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: January 15, 1938
Age: 87 years old
Gender: Female
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Hush!
Overview: Naoya and Katsuhiro are boyfriends, new in their relationship. Things are uneven at first—Naoya is open and free while Katsuhiro is cautious and closeted—but nothing compares to the chaos that arrives when Asako, a troubled woman with a history of psychiatric problems, abortions, and casual sex, asks Katsuhiro to conceive a child with her.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-09-09
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Scarred Yosaburo
Overview: The film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with mistress of the gang boss. Despite the physical and emotional scars he now carries with him, Yosaburo falls for a young noblewoman. The rest of the film follows the two as they fend off attacks from gangs and the police.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-07-10
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Girl with Bamboo Leaves
Overview: Yasuda plays Omon, a woman using bamboo leaves as darts/blades to disable and kill her enemies.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-26
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Yoku
Overview: Half a Loaf... Avarice / Yoku
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-06-24
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Paper Moon
Overview: Rinka Umezawa is a housewife who pursues things that will bring her small happiness in life. Her husband Masabumi holds a stern belief that he will support his wife Rinka. The couple do not have children. Rinka begins to work part-time at a bank. She visits her clients' homes. Sometimes, she even helps her elderly clients' with their house chores. This builds a strong level of trust with her clients. One day, she visits client Kojo Hirabayashi's. At his home, she meets his grandchild Kota who came to ask for money. Her encounter with Kota changes her. Soon, Rinka embezzles one hundred million yen from her bank and runs away. Two years later, Rinka's former high school friends Yuko Okazaki and Aki Nakaji trace her embezzlement case and face their own darkness.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-01-07
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Bewitched in Tokyo SP
Overview: Christmas Special following the series.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-12-21
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その人は炎のように
Overview: Film by Deme Masanobu
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-02-05
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Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
Overview: The story depicts the sorrows and joys of women in Shinjuku, centering on a daughter who became a hostess burdened with a large compensation payment after her father was imprisoned for causing a traffic accident while driving under the influence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-05-30
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Good Evening Dear Husband: A Duel
Overview: A delirious and psychedelic TV short by Suzuki.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-06-12
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The Beloved Imposters
Overview: 1958 Mito Kōmon film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-11-11
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The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
Overview: A man is inspired to build a hospital after his mother falls ill and becomes a host to swindle money out of women.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-09-09
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Gorgeous Leopardess
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-12-31
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Bastards Without Borders
Overview: Counterfeit Japanese dollars are connected to a large-scale underground drug organization. An action masterpiece with Akira Kobayashi, in the role of an international secret police officer who challenges organizations throughout the world.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-11-13
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Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
Overview: From birth Hideyoshi was a restless, defiant spirit--a child of the poorest of the poor. Cast out of his peasant cottage, he would live by his wits, driven by his burning ambition to become a samurai and to find a warlord worth pledging his sword to. This is the story of his rise, and the thunderous battle he pinned his hopes on. The challenge that had already ruined and bloodied the armies of higher-ranking samurai than Hiyoshi. The battle that brought him rank, fame and fortune and transformed him into Hashiba Hideyoshi, right-hand man to the ruthless Lord Oda Nobunaga, and would drive him on to conquer Japan.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-08-10
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The Black Gambler
Overview: Place your bets! Koji Himuro (Akira Kobayashi) is a makeout artist with unparalleled gambling skills. Shortly after his return to Tokyo, he is invited to attend a reception being held at the Suvenian Embassy of Tokyo. This “reception” was an undercover gambling operation that was run by an international gambling syndicate. Up against a cardsharp by the name of Inumaru and his mistress Reiko, Koji plays a flawless game of Seven Bridge. Outraged by his loss, Inumaru orders Reiko to stalk Koji like a shadow.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-08-01
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Kobayashi Takiji
Overview: A tribute to proletarian author Takiji Kobayashi (1903-1933)
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-02-20
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Then Summer Came
Overview: A humorous wedding story fueled by a rather no-good father and son, disguised as the old and new “good guys.” The father Nobuo, and his son Tamio, are unable to mature, unable to break the parent-child roles, have no sense of responsibility, and keep holding on to the past. The pair is overwhelmed by all the colorful characters around them telling them what to do. They go to strenuous and humorous efforts to make Tamio’s wedding an event to remember.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-07-19
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Whispering Joe
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-12-01
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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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King of the Night Life
Overview: 1970 Toei movie.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-07-07
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Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
Overview: [Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were weakening by the day and many were there who planned to overthrow him. It was the beginning of the Sengoku (Warring States) period. Three men attack a gunpowder maker in a farmhouse, the first chopping off his arm with his sickle-&-chain weapon, the second blinding him with sword, the third giving the killing blow. His son Kojiro Kosume escapes the attackers as everything he has known up to then explodes into conflagration. He grows up & enters the start of the Tokugawa Era, intent on avenging his father.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-12-10
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Sing, Young People
Overview: A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-01-06
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Kaito Ruby
Overview: Toru Hayashi is an unremarkable bachelor who lives with his mother, until one day a young woman named Rumi moves in in the apartment upstairs. Rumi is a self-proclaimed master thief, but she needs socially awkward Toru's help to actually kickstart her so-called career.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-11-12
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The Hidden Treasure
Overview: Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-04-05
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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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Melody of Rebellion
Overview: The disbandment of the Tanno clan left gang member Tetsu to stray from the crime family's fold. He roamed the streets as a one man band, wearing a denim jacket and long hair with sunglasses to cover his piercing eyes. Befriending a like-minded lone wolf by the name of Gebasaku, Tetsu builds a coalition against higher forces. A graphic portrayal of irrepressible anger and a friendship worth dying for.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-07-22
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Nerves for Victory
Overview: A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading to a fight to the death with his own brother.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-08-26
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Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
Overview: 911 receives a call from a young woman reporting the death of an acquaintance at a hotel, and Detectives Ushio and Ogami of Shinjuku West Police Station rush to the scene!! The caller is eventually identified as Megumi, a woman whom Detective Ushio's wife Sumie had met by chance, but Megumi too has been killed...
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-01-13
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Code Between Brothers: All New
Overview: When the boss of the Nakano Family decides to retire and makes a loyal follower the new boss instead of his own son, it causes strife in the family. Sides are taken and lines are drawn. Meanwhile, a rival family with a land dispute with the Nakano starts pulling strings behind the scenes...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-04-10
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Shichinin no keiji
Overview: Miyoko Sekiguchi, who works at a second-rate trading company, and car mechanic Koji Fukumoto are in love. The morning after Koji and Miyoko went out for a drive, the strangled corpse of a call girl is discovered in Toyamagahara. Chief Akagi, Detective Sergeant Sawada, and the other detectives begin to suspect Koji during their investigation. Koji insists he's innocent, but has no evidence to prove it. Even when detectives come to Miyoko's home and workplace and her coworkers begin to look down on her, Miyoko continues to trust and love Koji...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-01-27
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Sensei
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-04-08
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Return Of Happiness
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-06-20
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Love and Life
Overview: Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-27
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A Drop of Grease
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Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-09-03
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Order of the Salaryman
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Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-05-12
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