Chieko Matsubara
Chieko Matsubara (born 6 January 1945) is a Japanese actress. She is best known for her roles in Tokyo Drifter (1966) and the Outlaw series. Spotted at a beauty contest sponsored by the Nikkatsu studio, Matsubara made her debut in 1961 at age 16 in Yoru no chōsensha. Matsubara won popularity and became one of the representative actresses of the Nikkatsu. She appeared in over 100 films at Nikkatsu.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.008 |
| Birthday | 1945-01-06 |
| Place of Birth | Ikeda, Gifu Prefecture, Japan |
| Also Known As | Matsubara Chieko, 松原智惠子, 마츠바라 치에코, چیکو ماتسوبارا, |
2002
Dolls
7.6/328
Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is...
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2023
Natchan's Little Secret
6.5/1
When three drag queens, Virgin, Moririn, and Zubuko, learn that their mentor and former drag queen, Natchan, has died suddenly, they take it upon them...
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Natchan's Little Secret
1964
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
0/0
The film is set in Fukagawa in the early Showa period and depicts a fateful confrontation between two men who rise and fall in a black stream, trying...
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Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1966
Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love
0/0
Sequel to Tokyo Drifter
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Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love
1963
Itsudemo yume o
0/0
This is a factory area in downtown Tokyo, and Hikaru, nicknamed Pika-chan, is a nurse at the Mihara Clinic, a friend of the poor.
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Itsudemo yume o
1968
The Blazing Continent
0/0
A youthful Nikkatsu drama about a Japanese painter who travels to Australia and falls in love.
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The Blazing Continent
1963
Kanto Wanderer
6.3/10
Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu is less ethical, and allows the idiotic...
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Kanto Wanderer
1962
Nuki uchi fūraibō
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Nuki uchi fūraibō
2008
Gu Gu, the Cat
6.8/8
Asako, a comic book artist in her early forties, is devastated by the death of her precious cat, Saba, which kept her company for over 15 years, as he...
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Gu Gu, the Cat
1966
Tokyo Drifter
7.1/189
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo...
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Tokyo Drifter
1969
Whirlwind Of Love
0/0
A young woman in Hokkaido gets cold feet during her marriage ceremony and runs to Tokyo with her friends.
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Whirlwind Of Love
1962
Yume ga ippai abarenbō
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Yume ga ippai abarenbō
1961
早射ち無頼 大平原の男
0/0
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早射ち無頼 大平原の男
1966
Black Tight Killers
6.4/10
Daisuke Honda, a war photographer in Vietnam, meets Yuriko Sawanouchi, a stewardess on his plane back to Japan. After drinking with her at a Tokyo bar...
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2016
Sento: The Bathhouse
0/0
A schoolboy has a crush on his pretty class-mate Keiko on the inland island of Awaji. He figures her routine of taking baths at the public one is a go...
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Sento: The Bathhouse
1997
To Love
5.5/2
Mitsu works in a factory and has a crush on Tsutomu, a young man she met on the Tokyo streets. One day the two go out, and after some deception, Tsuto...
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To Love
1969
前科・仮釈放
0/0
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前科・仮釈放
1970
Rebel Against Glory
0/0
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Rebel Against Glory
1964
Cruel Gun Story
6.5/19
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's...
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Cruel Gun Story
1970
A Young Man's Stronghold
0/0
A 1970 juvenile delinquent drama.
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A Young Man's Stronghold
1961
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
0/0
1961 Japanese movie
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Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
2004
Shinibana
0/0
After the death of a man in their nursing home, a group of residents find his notebook titled "Shinibana" containing a plan to tunnel into and steal 1...
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Shinibana
2008
Be yourself
0/0
Yasushi and Yuka, who have both lost their spouses in the past, are brought together by fate and lead a happy life together, blessed with two children...
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Be yourself
1963
Modern Children
0/0
After their father dies, his children try to get by on a house boat.
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Modern Children
1961
Wharf Temperament
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The story of male friendship unfolding during a boxing match between the navigator, who took responsibility for the accident and went ashore from the...
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Wharf Temperament
1970
Gambling Den Desire
0/0
In a small town on the Kasumigaura coast in the early Showa period, the Masukawa clan from Tokyo is trying to take away the interests of the local Ise...
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Gambling Den Desire
1970
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
6.6/7
The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they plan military expansion into Manchuria...
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Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1969
Gorgeous Leopardess
0/0
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Gorgeous Leopardess
1967
The Aftermath of War
0/0
After World War II life in Japan was hard. There was lawlessness, rapine, never enough food or money. One girl, raped by three men, called out the nam...
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The Aftermath of War
1990
16-Sai no Marine Blue
0/0
A film by Akiyoshi Imazeki. Emi is a 16-year-old girl who lives in Enoshima. An adolescent movie depicting teenagers' outlook on life, values, and lif...
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16-Sai no Marine Blue
1962
Moeru minamijūjisei
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Moeru minamijūjisei
1969
Youth Bell
0/0
A college student comes to a wealthy family as a tutor for their son, an elementary school student, he cheerfully encourages his student, captivates h...
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Youth Bell
1966
Your Life
0/0
A moodo/akushon yakuza picture with heavy emphasis on poignant seishun romance.
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Your Life
2016
Anniversary
0/0
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Anniversary
1967
Aruhi watashi wa
0/0
The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriage, a maternal love, and a destined love between pa...
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Aruhi watashi wa
1968
若い川の流れ
0/0
The story follows Misako Kitaoka, a junior college graduate and Nitto Lease sales department employee, as she grows through work, love, and friendship...
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若い川の流れ
1966
The Scarred Angel
0/0
A musical film based on the original work of Saigo Teruhiko. After leaving the juvenile detention center and returning to his hometown of Ibusuki, Hac...
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The Scarred Angel
1961
Pursuit
0/0
Tsuiseki is a 1961 crime film.
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Pursuit
1971
Night Butterflies
0/0
A 1971 crime film
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Night Butterflies
1962
Jigoku no yoru wa makka da ze
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Jigoku no yoru wa makka da ze
1967
Lost Love
0/0
Shimamura is a young man whose family went broke and lost their house. One day, as he returns to his former house to get a camellia blooming from the...
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Lost Love
1968
Eternal Love
0/0
The love story of an aspiring architect and a charcoal-making daughter, who discover that they are actually brother and sister.
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Eternal Love
1962
Return of the Whirlwind
0/0
Based on the original work of Yasunori Kawauchi of "Moonlight Mask", this is the fifth in the "Ginza Whirlwind Child (Mitsutogai)" series in which Asa...
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Return of the Whirlwind
1963
Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
0/0
A kidnapping occurred over a seven-million-dollar diamond that was sewn into his stomach. Takuya Nikaido, the hero of Kamideki, challenges the undergr...
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Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
1961
Crimson pistol belt
0/0
Wearing a symbol of justice and brotherhood on his waist – a crimson pistol belt, Ace Joe engages in a fight with villains trying to seize the mine.
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Crimson pistol belt
2007
Yellow Tears
4.5/2
The movie is centered around five friends as they end up spending the summer of 1962 shackled up together in a tiny studio apartment in Tokyo. The fiv...
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Yellow Tears
2013
Yellow Elephant
6/10
Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One day,...
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Yellow Elephant
1962
Bōkyō no umi
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Bōkyō no umi
1990
Bakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch
0/0
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1964
Traveling Alone with a Guitar
0/0
Kobayashi Akira stars as a wandering musician, who lost his brother and lover to dishonest rival Henmi. The third work in Nikkatsu's "Gambler" series.
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Traveling Alone with a Guitar
2011
At River's Edge
8.5/2
A samurai Sakunosuke gets an order from clan chamberlain to kill another samurai who is married with his own younger sister. As a loyal samurai he has...
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At River's Edge
1976
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
0/0
The fourth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. A comical road movie of two long-distance truckers, “Momojiro” and “Kinzo,” who travel around Japan in hig...
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Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
2015
3つの街の物語
6.5/2
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3つの街の物語
1969
Ruthless Gambler
0/0
Unlike traditional gangster movies, it is a gangster swashbuckler that mixes romance and humanity with a yakuza lover as the main character. A young m...
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Ruthless Gambler
1967
Let's find your sweetheart
0/0
Tetsuo, the captain of the rugby team, who was preparing for the university entrance exams, starts working to earn money for his mother's surgery afte...
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Let's find your sweetheart
2012
My Uncle
0/0
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My Uncle
2009
Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly
0/0
Nursing home "Yuyoso". Many lonely old people live there, including botanist Taro Makiso, a physicist, an actor, a bar mom, and a chef. Maki has spent...
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Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly
1978
江戸川乱歩「悪魔の紋章」より 死刑台の美女
0/0
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江戸川乱歩「悪魔の紋章」より 死刑台の美女
2004
Onigiri: Arcadia monogatari
2/1
A couple flees Tokyo, their family and friends. The girlfriend is a member of a rock band. She is dating the man, but friends and family are against i...
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Onigiri: Arcadia monogatari
1968
Outlaw: Gangster VIP
6.7/11
Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself...
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP
1964
The Flower and the Angry Waves
6.9/9
A young yakuza in love with the girl who's to marry his clan oyabun, kidnaps the girl before fleeing with her. In Tokyo, he hides under the identity o...
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The Flower and the Angry Waves
1969
Aisuru ashita
0/0
Youth drama
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Aisuru ashita
1965
Song of Dawn
0/0
Musical actress Noriko feels frustrated by the futility of her affair with a married man. Then she is offered a role in a new production that appears...
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Song of Dawn
1971
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
7/1
A story of lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty.
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
2016
ぼくが命をいただいた3日間
0/0
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ぼくが命をいただいた3日間
1968
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
6.8/8
Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his condolences to Yumeko and to reunite with Yukiko (Chie...
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
1968
Outlaw: Heartless
6.6/8
Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) was indebted to Mitsugimoto. Sawada, a low rank yakuza with a gambling problem owed Mitsugimoto three million yen. This...
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Outlaw: Heartless
1968
Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
6.7/6
On a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of Meishin-Kai. The deed costs them time in prison, but Goro had...
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Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
1968
Outlaw: Black Dagger
6.4/8
A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the middle of action. Through a knife fight against Sueo,...
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Outlaw: Black Dagger
1969
Outlaw: Kill!
6.7/7
Goro has always been a lone wolf. When he arrives at an industrial city in Keihin, there is certain restlessness in the air. The Iriezaki family and t...
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Outlaw: Kill!
1964
Dai nippon kosodoro den
0/0
Japanese comedy film.
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Dai nippon kosodoro den
1966
Star of Destiny
0/0
"She's out there somewhere, well and alive." Eiji (Teruhiko Saigo) and his sister hadn't seen their mother in almost 20 years. The war had separated t...
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Star of Destiny
1966
Cry for Sorrow
0/0
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Namida ni naritai" by Teruhiko Saigo.
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Cry for Sorrow
1964
The Call of Blood
6/6
Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.
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The Call of Blood
1980
The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
0/0
A despicable boss uses a husband's “promotion” as bait to assault his subordinate's wife (Chieko Matsubara). The wife finally kills him, but...
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The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
1980
Onryō! Azawarau ningyō
0/0
The mysterious death of a trading company employee on an overseas business trip triggers a corruption and bribery case. A bizarre mystery surrounding...
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Onryō! Azawarau ningyō
2017
Our Meal for Tomorrow
6.3/5
A 7 year love story between Ryota Hayama and Koharu Uemura from their first date to eventual marriage. Ryota and Koharu are high school students. Ryo...
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Our Meal for Tomorrow
1976
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
6.444/9
The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constan...
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1970
Dangerous Games
5/4
Drama is afoot at Shirobara Middle School when the bold Henmi Ryoko transfers into Class A, 9th Grade. She immediately picks a fight with, Masuda, the...
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Dangerous Games
1965
Killer Sword
0/0
1884. The samurai days have come to an end. Capitalism and democracy flourished across Japan. But in Chichibu, an area just north of Tokyo, samurai sp...
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Killer Sword
1964
Tiger of the Sea
0/0
A group of pirates sail the treacherous Pacific ocean in search for wealth.
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Tiger of the Sea
2005
Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter
0/0
Master swordsman Akiyama Kohei’s simple life in retirement is jarred into violent sword action when he meets an elderly fencing instructor who may be...
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Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter
2014
Itsukano, Genkantachi to
0/0
A high school student has decided to go to Tokyo once she graduates. One day, her older sister Sumire comes back home with her daughter, who will even...
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Itsukano, Genkantachi to
1965
The Stars and I Decided...
0/0
The brother of an up-and-coming kendoka is mysteriously murdered while working on a new model of motorboat.
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The Stars and I Decided...
1967
My Sweetheart
0/0
It had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by director Ishizaki and his film crew, Mitsuo is excited to st...
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My Sweetheart
1962
Love in the Air
0/0
Satake Shoji had been a trapeze artist in the Ezaki Circus, but when Shingo, his team mate, slipped and fell to his death, he had felt responsible and...
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Love in the Air
2019
A Long Goodbye
6.9/10
Mari and Humi learn from their mother that their father has dementia on his 70th birthday. They help prepare their mother for his farewell and prepare...
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A Long Goodbye
2001
Merdeka 17805
0/0
True story of a number of Imperial Japanese Army officers and soldiers who remained in Indonesia to fight off European colonists trying to retake the...
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Merdeka 17805
1965
The Dragon of Macao
8/3
Ryu (Akira Kobayashi) sets foot on the Yokohama port with a suitcase filled with 300 thousand dollars. He was sent by a jewelry company in Hong Kong t...
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The Dragon of Macao
1966
Love Eternal
0/0
A deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an executive member of a drug trafficking syndicate, Kano is pret...
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Love Eternal
1963
The School Cap
0/0
A Tokyo student transfers to a rural school and finds it difficult to adjust himself to its customs and traditions. One of the customs is the wearing...
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The School Cap
1967
The Spiders' The Reckless Operation
0/0
The Spiders, a Japanese pop group, in their first starring role, walk from Yokohama to Tokyo, to prove their love for a girl who told them "the person...
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The Spiders' The Reckless Operation
1965
Taking the Castle
0/0
The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near. Only one man was brave enough to stand...
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Taking the Castle
1966
Till We Meet Again
0/0
College life starts off great for Michiko. She and her friend join the Italian Culture Research Club that performs canzone, a genre they are both in l...
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Till We Meet Again
1968
Song of my Life
0/0
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Song of my Life
1961
Kitakami yakyoku
0/0
Keisuke and Shizuko grew up by the Kitakami river and came to fall in love before they knew it. Eighteen years ago, Shizuko was left an orphan and was...
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Kitakami yakyoku
2014
Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy
4/2
Pikanchi Half is a spin-off of the two previous movies in the Pikanchi series, showing the five friends, now in their 30s, having a reunion as they ar...
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Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy
2019
Smiles Leading To Happiness
0/0
Daichi (Mahiro Takasugi) is a young dental technician. He is called a prince due to his excellent skills at work and his handsome appearance. One day,...
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Smiles Leading To Happiness
1964
Jinsei Gekijo
0/0
1964 Nikkatsu Theater of Life adaptation.
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Jinsei Gekijo
1969
Gambler's Dilemma
0/0
The love story between a traveling guest and a geisha who inadvertently becomes the leader of her father's yakuza clan, after his death.
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Gambler's Dilemma
2011
Made in Japan: Kora!
0/0
The story of an ordinary family where upon the grandmother's death Kanji becomes an alcoholic homebody, Hinako begins acting up and smiling leaves the...
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Made in Japan: Kora!
1971
Onna no Iji
0/0
2 years ago, Kumi broke up with Shuhei and decided to forget everything about him for good. However, after being told that her younger sister, Junko,...
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Onna no Iji
1964
Nakamatachi
0/0
Today is a new day with hopes. A youth hymn that depicts a young truck driver growing up in love with a dream while being supported by his friends who...
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Nakamatachi
1961
Ashita ni Mukatte Tsuppashire
0/0
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Ashita ni Mukatte Tsuppashire
1961
Otona to kodomo no ainoko dai
0/0
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Otona to kodomo no ainoko dai
1961
The Story of a Salesman: Every Man Has a Dream
0/0
A lighthearted comedy that tells the story of love and the cheerful heroism of a young salesman pursuing a man's dream.
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The Story of a Salesman: Every Man Has a Dream
1965
Nageta daisu ga ashita o yobu
0/0
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Nageta daisu ga ashita o yobu
1965
Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze
0/0
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Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze
1963
午前零時の出獄
0/0
This movie depicts the confrontation between a man entangled in a despicable trap and the shadow of murderous intent, and the efforts of a journalist...
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