Keiko Awaji
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Keiko Awaji (1933) is a Japanese film actress.
Notable highlights of her career were an appearance in Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog, and a role as Kimiko in The Bridges at Toko-Ri, where she appeared alongside William Holden and Mickey Rooney.
Her first husband was Filipino musician and actor Rodrigo "Bimbo" Danao; they had two children together. Their eldest is actor Etsuo Shima.
Her second husband was Japanese actor Yorozuya Kinnosuke, but they divorced in 1987. Their eldest son Akihiro died in a car crash in 1990. In 2004, their youngest son Kichinosuke Yorozuya (Satoshi Ida) was arrested for breaking into her home and served six months in prison. On June 16, 2010, Kichinosuke committed suicide by jumping off his apartment in Shinjuku.
The actress is apparently a big fan of the Dragon Quest games, even going so far as to say it is her dream to play one last game before she dies.
She died of esophageal cancer in Tokyo on 11 January 2014, aged 80
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.003 |
| Birthday | 1933-07-17 |
| Place of Birth | Tokyo, Japan |
| Also Known As | Кэйко Авадзи, 淡路恵子, |
1961
An Urban Affair
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Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawara line, the film takes up the problem of real esta...
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An Urban Affair
1949
Stray Dog
7.5/313
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Stray Dog
1958
The Undefeated Woman
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The Undefeated Woman
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The Undefeated Woman
1962
Hagure kigeki mandara
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Hagure kigeki mandara
1954
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
5.9/76
A naval aviator is assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War.
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The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1962
Long Way to Okinawa
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Long Way to Okinawa
1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
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1962 Japanese movie
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Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
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1962 Japanese movie
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2001
Inugami
5.3/28
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Inugami
1962
Secret Love
0/0
A painfully sad woman's heart cries from forbidden love. A love triangle drawn by three stars of Japanese cinema: Keiji Sada, Miyuki Kuwano and Keiko...
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Secret Love
1953
A Japanese Tragedy
5.6/12
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A Japanese Tragedy
1957
Birth of Romance
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The cabaret «Romance», run by Masami Daisaku's father, is experiencing financial difficulties, and Masami is betting on changes and asks singer Hibari...
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Birth of Romance
1966
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
6.6/14
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Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1958
Yaji and Kita on the Road
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1963
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
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1960
Hito mo arukeba
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A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.
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Hito mo arukeba
1953
Sincere Heart
6.3/9
A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from afar.
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Downtown Heroes
8.4/8
The adventures and tribulations of a group of students during the years following the II World War.
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Downtown Heroes
1961
Toilet Manager
0/0
The life of a toilet-seller during the Japanese Economic Miracle.
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Toilet Manager
1959
Samurai Saga
6.7/16
Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady....
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Samurai Saga
1958
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
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1958 Japanese movie
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Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1962
Kigeki ekimae onsen
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1962 Japanese movie
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Kigeki ekimae onsen
1953
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
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The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
1961
Kigeki ekimae bentô
0/0
Third film in the "Ekimae" series set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko asks for adv...
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Kigeki ekimae bentô
2003
Pretty Woman
0/0
Elderly ladies rise to the challenge of staging a play and struggle to launch a theater company. Based on the actual amateur theater company "Theatri...
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Pretty Woman
1954
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
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Third film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
2002
Married Executioner R Mission 1: Bloody Mischief
0/0
Akikawa Reiko has been married for three years, has a banker husband and a seemingly happy married life, but has a secret side: she is a state secret...
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1959
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
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Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. O...
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Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1962
喜劇 駅前飯店
0/0
The fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.
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喜劇 駅前飯店
1963
Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
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Comedy has the proprietors of a tonkatsu (deep-fried pork) restaurant match wits with a Chinese developer.
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Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
1955
元祿美少年記
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On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while waiting his turn for seppuku at the Mizuno residence. When...
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元祿美少年記
1953
Sisters
0/0
Three beautiful daughters grew up in a dog and cat care clinic. The eldest was named Takako (Keiko Tsushima), the second was Tsugumi (Keiko Awaji), an...
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Sisters
1962
Wakai kisetsu
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Wakai kisetsu
1957
Hadaka no Machi
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Hadaka no Machi
1955
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
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Yoshida Denkichi does loses sight of his wife Chiyoko and daughter Toyoko during the war, and is taken in by a familiar woman, Oshige, and becomes the...
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(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
1953
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
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1953
New Tokyo March
0/0
Follows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter, engineer, boxer, sushi restaurant owner—but whose roman...
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New Tokyo March
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
7.1/8
Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-law...
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Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1957
Geisha in the Old City
0/0
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and res...
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1957
Black River
6.9/30
A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell t...
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1954
Kyūkon sannin musume
0/0
1954 Japanese movie
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2005
Veronika Decides to Die
5/2
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1953
Always in My Heart
6.8/4
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Always in My Heart
1953
Always in My Heart Part 2
6.5/4
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.
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Always in My Heart Part 2
1965
Illusion of Blood
6.2/9
The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.
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Illusion of Blood
1963
For Love and Money
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1960
The Twilight Story
8/1
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...
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The Twilight Story
1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
8/111
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful ar...
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
8/2
During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vienna, but winds up homesick for Japan.
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Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1963
A Woman's Life
7.1/12
A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.
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A Woman's Life
1962
The Wiser Age
7.3/7
Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.
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The Wiser Age
1961
The Other Woman
6.3/7
In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable Gi...
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The Other Woman
1967
Green Light to Joy
0/0
Drama about the friendship between a lonely laborer (Atsumi) and a young woman (Hoshi) unable to enter college.
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Green Light to Joy
2013
Mourning Recipe
6/9
A widower and his daughter deal with the death of the man's wife.
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Mourning Recipe
1959
Temptation on Glamour Island
6/1
Comedy about three soldiers, two female reporters, six prostitutes, and the wife of an officer, all stranded on a South Seas island at the end of Worl...
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Temptation on Glamour Island
1995
A Brief Message from the Heart
0/0
A young woman tries to reconcile with her mother, who left their family for another man.
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A Brief Message from the Heart
1960
The Blue Beast
0/0
Tatsuya Nakadai plays a scheming low-level executive who plays labor against management and uses anyone he can to further his career in this moral dra...
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The Blue Beast
1997
Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
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Kyuketsu Onsen e Yokoso (吸血温泉へようこそ kyuuketsu onsen e youkoso, translated as Welcome to the blood-sucking hot spring) alternatively known as K...
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Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
1961
Acchan no bebi gyangu
0/0
Based on the comic by Fuyuhiko Okabe.
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Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
0/0
Based on the comic by Fuyahiko Okabe.
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3 Dolls and Baby Gang
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
0/0
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Stray Dog" (1949).
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
1958
The Princess of Badger Palace
0/0
Princess Kinuta runs away from the palace because she doesn't want a marriage of convenience. Princess Kinuta, who has never left the palace, didn't e...
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The Princess of Badger Palace
1965
Hoodlum Soldier
7.3/3
A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an e...
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Hoodlum Soldier
1959
The Lord Pretends
0/0
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The Lord Pretends
1957
Price of Beauty
0/0
Melodrama about a young factory girl who "chooses riches over chastity".
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Price of Beauty
1963
The Maid Story
0/0
Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are...
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The Maid Story
1954
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
0/0
This is a paradise of dream and illusion, a country of Raccoon Dogs. The Bat Tribe lives in a neighboring country took a young prince of Raccoon Dogs...
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Quick Change Tanuki Palace
1990
Hong Kong Paradise
0/0
Set in decadent, chaotic Hong Kong and Tokyo, the film tells the story of a young woman caught up in a mysterious turn of events. A young tour guide,...
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Hong Kong Paradise
1963
The Best Playboy In Japan
0/0
The music teacher, who danced the twist at the graduation ceremony of the solemn female school, was fired but became star. First film in popular "Numb...
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The Best Playboy In Japan
1958
The Hotelman's Holiday
0/0
A longtime hotel employee (Morishige) struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.
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The Hotelman's Holiday
1957
Down Town
0/0
A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of h...
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Down Town
1958
City of Love
0/0
Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with the bar...
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City of Love
1965
A Comedy: The University Around the Corner
0/0
#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie Sakai) mentors a group of university hopefuls. Cut to 2...
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A Comedy: The University Around the Corner
2011
Hard Romanticker
7/2
Writer-director Gu Su-yeon's new film draws on his own semiautobiographical account of growing up as a delinquent zainichi Korean (Japanese-born, but...
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Hard Romanticker
1962
Chûshingura
7.3/42
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their hon...
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Chûshingura
2007
Three for the Road
4/2
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Three for the Road
1956
Women in Prison
1/1
The woman prison has a cast all with a story of their own and with no dull or routine day. There is an employee who is divorced after her husband had...
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Women in Prison
1965
The Flower and the Dragon
7.3/3
A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing a family of longshoreman, centering on their love...
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The Flower and the Dragon
1990
She-Shogun
0/0
The rise to power of the famed Lady Kasuga no Tsubone, who established the 'Ooku' (the women's quarters at Edo castle) and acted as nursemaid to Tokug...
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She-Shogun
1953
Yasugorō shusse
0/0
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Yasugorō shusse
1987
Tora-san Goes North
8.7/3
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged daughter,...
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Tora-san Goes North
1966
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
10/1
The sequel to "Flowers and Dragons". Kingoro Tamai founded a family in the port of Wakamatsu. He unites people with his courage, and revolts against t...
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Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
1959
The Lord and the Gambler
0/0
Fate begins to smile upon young Chonosuke Tokugawa, son of eleventh Tokugawa Shogun, after some twenty years of life as a dependent at his step-brothe...
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The Lord and the Gambler
1960
Scarred Yosaburo
0/0
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 emotiona...
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Scarred Yosaburo
1959
The Adventures of Kantaro
0/0
Comedy historical film about a wandering warrior, based on the novel by Shin Hasegawa.
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The Adventures of Kantaro
1963
Kureji sakusen: Kudabare! Musekinin
0/0
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Kureji sakusen: Kudabare! Musekinin
1959
Zoku shachōtaiheiki
0/0
7th film in the President series and the first entry in color.
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Zoku shachōtaiheiki
1959
社長太平記
0/0
Sixth entry in the Company President Series.
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社長太平記
1958
The Third President
0/0
The fifth entry in the Company President Series
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The Third President
2010
More wonderful night than usual
0/0
An entry in a series focused on "love" and "erotica," in which six creators from multiple fields - from film and TV to direct-to-video and manga - com...
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More wonderful night than usual
1956
Morishige, where are you going?
0/0
A man who seemed to have found happiness with a wife and child loses his wife and his daughter gets married... A man's life, full of joy and sorrow, i...
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Morishige, where are you going?
1963
Crazy Operation
0/0
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Crazy Operation
1960
Jiyūgaoka fujin
0/0
1960 Japanese movie
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