
Eijirō Yanagi
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.044 |
Birthday | 1895-09-16 |
Place of Birth | Hyogo Prefecture, Japan |
Also Known As | 柳栄二郎, |

1958

Zesshou
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Zesshou

1951

The Idiot
7/113
Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love Kame...
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The Idiot

1963

Edo Ninja Scroll: Seven Shadows
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During the reign of Shogun Tsunayoshi, seven ninja of the Koga clan secretly plot against the illegitimate son of the former shogun.
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Edo Ninja Scroll: Seven Shadows

1964

Two Lives, Two Yakuza
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An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an ambu...
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Two Lives, Two Yakuza

1961

Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Bloodskull Mansion
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The second work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on the original work of Tatsuro Jinde. Popular ronin acto...
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Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Bloodskull Mansion

1963

An Actor's Revenge
6.5/62
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
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An Actor's Revenge

1957

The Adventures of Chuji
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Chuji Kunisada runs into strange adventures which tests his skill as a samurai as he untangles intrigue and murder against the backdrop of the majesti...
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The Adventures of Chuji

1961

腕まくり七色娘
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1961 Japanese movie
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腕まくり七色娘

1959

53 Stages of the Road
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An Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto.
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53 Stages of the Road

1962

The Eve of the Chinese Festival
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A kabuki actor is assassinated during a New Year celebration show, in front of everyone, fortunately the great detective Umon is among the audience. A...
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The Eve of the Chinese Festival

1959

Diary of a Wandering Lord
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Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen.
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Diary of a Wandering Lord

1950

Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
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Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki
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Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog

1960

The Song Lantern
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The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns.
The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...
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The Song Lantern

1955

Taira Clan Saga
7.1/26
Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the monks of Mount Hiei.
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Taira Clan Saga

1950

Portrait of Madame Yuki
6.7/25
A young woman takes up her new job as the servant of a noblewoman and soon discovers that underneath her facade of luxury lies great unhappiness.
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Portrait of Madame Yuki

1951

Miss Oyu
7.2/57
Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry...
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Miss Oyu

1962

The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
6.982/85
Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in...
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The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

1962

170 Leagues to Edo
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170 Leagues to Edo

1960

Delinquent Angel
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One of the earliest of sukeban / girl boss type eiga
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Delinquent Angel

1953

A Japanese Tragedy
5.6/12
At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with...
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A Japanese Tragedy

1957

Sasaki Kojiro
6/5
Ronin Sasaki Kojiro pursues his ultimate goal of becoming a master swordsman. Along the way he encounters another great swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.
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Sasaki Kojiro

1962

Destiny's Son
6.6/16
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...
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Destiny's Son

1952

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
7.6/88
The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.
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The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

1959

Hell's Companion
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Hell's Companion

1951

Sasaki Kojiro
5/3
Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as Sasak...
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Sasaki Kojiro

1964

The Naked Executive
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The executive director of the «Chuo Shoji» company, Hidaka Shiro, is called a "demon of work", but the hostess of the bar calls him "the loneliest per...
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The Naked Executive

1957

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
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Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer.
Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.
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Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen

1957

Ôban
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A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku S...
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Ôban

1957

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
0/0
Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful.
Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shis...
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Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

1971

Morning Fog
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Kyoko and her mother Yuki returned to their hometown of Fukui. Yuki runs a dressmaker's store in the city, and Kyoko has taken a job as a nurse at a p...
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Morning Fog

1962

Tokyo's Business District
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Tokyo's Business District

1960

Samurai Desperadoes
6/1
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Samurai Desperadoes

1968

The Sands of Kurobe
6.2/5
Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of t...
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The Sands of Kurobe

1945

The Sword
5.8/10
In 19th century Japan, a young swordsmith is determined to make the best sword possible after an inferior one he made indirectly led to the death of h...
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The Sword

1955

The Phantom Horse
6/1
Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.
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The Phantom Horse

1955

The Tattered Wings
6.4/7
A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she's seen with her intense, no-nonsense chi...
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The Tattered Wings

1952

Sisters of Nishijin
8/1
A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.
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Sisters of Nishijin

1962

The Thinking Leaf
0/0
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
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The Thinking Leaf

1969

Battle of the Japan Sea
6/7
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a...
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Battle of the Japan Sea

1950

Kagebōshi
0/0
On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken down. His colleague Ryunosuke felt responsible and decided...
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Kagebōshi

1952

Passion Fire
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The time was the first year of Keio (1865). Upon hearing the news that the Imperial Army was approaching Hida Takayama, the district head Shimizu Uzen...
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Passion Fire

1952

The Imposter
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Around the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior councilor Matsudaira Sakon Shogen. He was commonly known as...
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The Imposter

1953

Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
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At the end of the Edo period - On his way back after being invited by the three Mikados of Higashi Shirakawa, Kurama Tengu was attacked by the Shinsen...
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Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha

1953

Hana no shôgai
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In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His friend...
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Hana no shôgai

1954

お役者変化
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During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed swords with the Magistrate Kurobane Yatayu, who tr...
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お役者変化

1954

Denshichi Torimonocho: Tattoo Woman Trouble
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During the era of Tokugawa Ieyasu, one night a carver named Fujijiro was murdered. Immediately launching an investigation, Denhichi, accompanied by Ot...
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Denshichi Torimonocho: Tattoo Woman Trouble

1955

八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
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Hatamoto Ooka Gentaro was deeply committed to a future with a beautiful girl named Omachi, a relationship facilitated by his love of the shamisen. Oma...
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八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線

1955

Ejima and Ikushima
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This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the Ooku...
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Ejima and Ikushima

1956

Sound in the Mist
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In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night, Ka...
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Sound in the Mist

1940

晴小袖
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A lost film directed by Ushihara Kiyohiko based on a story published in the Mainichi Sunday Newspaper entitled '恋女扇.' It stars a wild man who falls...
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晴小袖

1962

Records of loyal vassals
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In the 15th year of the Genroku era (1688), the world praised the 47 ronin who avenged the death of their master Asano Takumi-no-kami. Shogun Tsunayos...
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Records of loyal vassals

1968

Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
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A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.
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Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi

1952

Doctor's Day Off
6/3
Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day a ma...
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Doctor's Day Off

1962

The Demon of Sendai's Castle
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Tsunamune Date, the young lord of Sendai Domain, was ordered by the shogunate to stand down after being spotted in a brothel. Shortly after, four advi...
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The Demon of Sendai's Castle

1957

Kodokan Under a Morning Moon
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The picture tells of a tremendous conflict between ju-jitsu, an aggressive art practiced by vicious hoodlums led by Takamatsu, and judo, which is used...
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Kodokan Under a Morning Moon

1959

A Man Explodes
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Kensaku Muro and his father manage a farm in Sakudaira at the foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains. One day Kensuke saves a suicidal woman, Fukiko Uzu, w...
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A Man Explodes

1960

The Masterless 47
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Part one of The Masterless 47.
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The Masterless 47

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

1969

Sky Scraper!
0/0
A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.
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Sky Scraper!

1963

Rififi in Tokyo
5.65/10
Van Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very valuable diamond.
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Rififi in Tokyo

1958

Magistrate Ooka’s Legends
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A hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic.
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Magistrate Ooka’s Legends

1957

悪魔の顔
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悪魔の顔

1958

Kunisada Chuji
5.2/6
Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mercy of corrupt officials. Intent on fulfilling a dy...
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Kunisada Chuji

1955

The Dawn of Judo
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The Dawn of Judo

1957

白磁の人
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白磁の人

1955

The Further Adventures of Genta
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The Further Adventures of Genta

1956

Bridge of Japan
7.3/3
Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic melodramas—a...
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Bridge of Japan

1962

Skull Coins
0/0
The mysterious story behind the Skull Coins, which are said to reveal the location of treasure, and the battle for them will make your heart beat fast...
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Skull Coins

1965

Red Beard
8.1/373
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him...
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Red Beard

1951

The Woman’s Reflective Pool
0/0
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 cha...
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The Woman’s Reflective Pool

1951

Ginza Cosmetics
5.8/8
A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.
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Ginza Cosmetics

1962

Uragirimono wa jigoku daze
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Uragirimono wa jigoku daze

1959

Whirlwind Magistrate
5.5/2
One of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no Kinsan investigates the tragic shipwreck of the 'Sadomaru...
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Whirlwind Magistrate

1957

Yataro’s Travel Hat
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Yataro’s Travel Hat

1955

Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda
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A dynamic story depicting the rise to power of Oda Nobunaga. The story of a young man on the battlefields of the Sengoku era, who possessed character...
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Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda

1958

Hana no yukyo-den
0/0
1958 Japanese movie
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Hana no yukyo-den

1951

Minami kaze
0/0
1951 Japanese movie
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Minami kaze

1953

Dreaming People
0/0
Shinya Ban (Masao Wakahara) returns from the south and is deeply disappointed when he learns that his mutual friend Yuriko (Mieko Takamine) is marryin...
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Dreaming People

1953

The Eagle of the Pacific
7.7/7
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war w...
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The Eagle of the Pacific

1956

The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
7/1
Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.
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The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye

1953

Always in My Heart
6.8/4
Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge during the Great Tokyo Air Raid in March 1945. Machiko and...
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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

1968

Human Torpedoes
0/0
Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.
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Human Torpedoes

1949

Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo
6/1
Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their lead...
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Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo

1967

Rebellion of Japan
0/0
Suzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist reprisals), lives for over five years in a love affair wit...
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Rebellion of Japan

1960

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
0/0
Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2

1954

Onatsu and Seijuro
0/0
Based on the popular story of the tragic lovers, Onatsu and Seijuro.
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Onatsu and Seijuro

1958

Night Drum
6.1/12
Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially gree...
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Night Drum

1952

The Life of Oharu
7.8/174
In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
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The Life of Oharu

1960

Deep River Melody
6/1
A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.
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Deep River Melody

1961

Tale of a Company Boss
0/0
Japanese comedy film.
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Tale of a Company Boss

1961

A Fishwife's Tale
0/0
Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological...
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A Fishwife's Tale

1961

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
0/0
A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as a...
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The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

1958

A Martial Crowd
5.7/3
As a result of a superstitious belief that twins bring bad luck to the family, newborn twin princesses are separated. Yukihime, who was sent away to b...
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A Martial Crowd

1961

Hunting Rifle
7/1
Story of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger who claims it is the husband's child. Saiko embarks on...
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Hunting Rifle

1961

Big Shots Die at Dawn
6.2/4
An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively kno...
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Big Shots Die at Dawn

1943

The Song Lantern
6.8/6
A self-absorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer, who then commits suicide. His act of cruelty compels his father to disown him, leadin...
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The Song Lantern

1962

365 Nights
0/0
A touching drama about a love triangle between a young architect, Koroku, and two women, Ranko and Teruko. Ranko comes from a wealthy family and is of...
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365 Nights

1961

Case of Umon: The Nanbanzame Murders
6/1
The serial killing of a samurai each night by strangulation at various temples confounds investigators and brings a chill to the residents of Edo. Wit...
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Case of Umon: The Nanbanzame Murders

1960

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
0/0
Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.
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Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

1959

Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
7.5/4
Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy milit...
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Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda

1960

Official with a Tattoo
6/1
Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not commit.
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Official with a Tattoo

1961

Rascals! Go to Hell
0/0
A boss of underworld helps the police crush an evil gang.
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Rascals! Go to Hell

1960

The Second Bullet is Marked
6/1
Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.
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The Second Bullet is Marked

1962

The Sentencer
0/0
A man challenges a territorial fight between gangs.
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The Sentencer

1959

The Acrobats of Death
5.8/5
Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town.
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The Acrobats of Death

1962

Sakura Official
6/1
As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case of his...
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Sakura Official

1967

Organized Violence II
6/1
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Organized Violence II

1958

Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
7/1
Thanks to a secret message hidden on the two sacred swords Kaen and Suien, the samurai Genji Kurô (Nakamura Kinnosuke) found the hidden treasure of Lo...
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Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2

1959

Stop the Old Fox
5/1
Historical and political detective. The main characters are drawn into court intrigues, and the investigation of corruption in the administration of t...
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Stop the Old Fox

1961

Greed in Broad Daylight
7/1
After a successful robbery the culprits, from very different backgrounds, at once turn on each other.
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Greed in Broad Daylight

1963

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
7/23
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice the...
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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

1975

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
6.8/12
In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts the life...
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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

1962

Seven Miles to Nakayama
6.3/3
When a corrupt magistrate rapes Oshima, Masa (Raizō Ichikawa) avenges her by killing the officer, becoming thereby a fugitive, haunted and grief-stric...
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Seven Miles to Nakayama

1968

The Woman Gambler's Supplication
0/0
Eleventh film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
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The Woman Gambler's Supplication

1958

The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
0/0
The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-shogunate activities in Kyoto. A sinister plot to ov...
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The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi

1957

Falcon Magistrate
0/0
Toyama Kinshiro, a commissioner from northern Edo, goes undercover to unravel the mystery behind a series of murders. Kinshiro, played by Kataoka Chie...
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Falcon Magistrate

1956

Ancient Coins
0/0
This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version.
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Ancient Coins

1957

Jigoku bana
0/0
Period drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.
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Jigoku bana

1961

The Yellow Climate
0/0
Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
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The Yellow Climate

1962

The Escape
7/2
Film about the 2-26 Incident.
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The Escape

1961

The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
0/0
Japanese comedy film.
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The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado

1968

Dice and Swords
7/2
The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything is being rebuilt from the ground up. Odera crime synd...
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Dice and Swords

1967

King of the Gang
0/0
The 11th and final film in the Gang series. Most of the films had different directors and cast, and were only connected by the title and Toei's market...
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King of the Gang

1967

Gambler's World
0/0
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Gambler's World

1968

The Cheating Underworld
0.5/1
Gangsters are robbed of five hundred million yens.
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The Cheating Underworld

1951

Miki, the Swordman
5/3
After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up as...
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Miki, the Swordman

1959

The Hidden Treasure
0/0
Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.
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The Hidden Treasure

1959

Men in a Rough Town
0/0
An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.
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Men in a Rough Town

1963

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
5/2
A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era...
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Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

1961

Mist and Shadows
0/0
The film adaptation of the bestseller of the same name by Tsutomu Mizukami. A large-scale detective drama in which two newspaper reporters investigate...
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Mist and Shadows

1959

No Stronger Swords
6/1
Featuring some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells the story of a battle between the evil sword style cal...
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No Stronger Swords

1955

Growing Up
6.8/5
A boy falls in love with a girl. Neither of them know that she's to be sold to a brothel.
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Growing Up

1954

Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
0/0
A Japanese drama featuring the one-eyed, one-armed swordsman
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Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot

1951

The Killing of Otsuya
0/0
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The Killing of Otsuya

1952

Devil’s Statue
0/0
A gallant swordsman takes on the forces of evil with the help of his trusty friends.
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Devil’s Statue

1961

Tange Sazen and the Princess
5.2/4
Tange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family.
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Tange Sazen and the Princess

1954

Always in My Heart Part 3
7/1
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again, but Haruki departs to Europe.
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Always in My Heart Part 3

1958

The Envoy
0/0
Sinza who is secretly the well known "Sea Glow Burglar", gives to the poor the money he takes from the bad lords and greedy merchants, who live just t...
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The Envoy

1957

Advance Patrol
5.5/2
In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance troop...
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Advance Patrol

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

1962

A Revengeful Raid
5/4
In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido is called upon to help a young yakuz...
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A Revengeful Raid

1959

Echo in the Mountains
6/1
A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...
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Echo in the Mountains

1964

The Scent of Incense
7.2/9
After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life d...
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The Scent of Incense

1962

The Tale of Zatoichi
7.274/133
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's...
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The Tale of Zatoichi

1953

Miniature
8/3
Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope i...
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Miniature

1957

Hearts A-Flutter
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Hearts A-Flutter

1963

The Mysterious Purple Hood
0/0
The Purple-Hooded Man, Japan's version of Robin Hood, tries to uncover a corruption scandal in Edo era Japan.
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The Mysterious Purple Hood

1962

The Mad Fox
7.357/14
A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appears to be on the horizon after he becomes romantica...
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The Mad Fox

1962

Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
0/0
Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.
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Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido

1960

Mighty Shosuke
0/0
A comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered to serve the clan lord.
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Mighty Shosuke

1944

Goju no to
0/0
Based on Kōda Rohan's novella The Five-Storied Pagoda.
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Goju no to

1958

Fireball Magistrate
0/0
Two guardians of the Nijo Castle, Shioya and Kamazawa, discover a map leading to a secret passage to Edo Castle. Instead of reporting their find to lo...
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Fireball Magistrate

1968

Admiral Yamamoto
8.3/8
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet....
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Admiral Yamamoto

1958

The Lost Public Funds
10/1
Four thousand gold coins were stolen from the vault of Nijo Castle in Kyoto, which were collected as a tax to the shogun. The guard of Nijo castle Asa...
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The Lost Public Funds

1963

A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
10/1
The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status. Soo...
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A Samurai Never Tells a Lie

1959

The Forbidden Castle
5.4/5
From an original story by Shibata Renzaburo, the novelist who created such classics as: the "Nemuri Kyoshiro" series (Son of the Black Mass), "Destiny...
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The Forbidden Castle

1969

Lone Rebel
0/0
Nomi-gumi, who plans to control Tama City, has begun to hurt Takase-gumi. Muraki, an executive, was entrusted with the destruction, but he was a broth...
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Lone Rebel

1961

Hell's Juggler
0/0
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Hell's Juggler

1951

Farewell to the Highland Station
0/0
A young botanical researcher moves to the highlands to collect plants for research, and falls in love with a nurse there.
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Farewell to the Highland Station

1960

Road Warriors
6/1
A dashing edition with fights , love, and laughter, in which the sorrows and joys of the guiltless world are colored by the guiltless travel crow, Aya...
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Road Warriors

1963

Twin Sisters of Kyoto
6.5/10
In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan it was thought that twins...
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Twin Sisters of Kyoto

1954

Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
0/0
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Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord

1960

The Beloved Image
0/0
A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.
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The Beloved Image

1950

Homecoming
0/0
A former naval officer returns to Japan after the Second World War ends, encounters the former mistress who ratted him out, and reconnects with his da...
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Homecoming

1956

Migratory Birds of the Flowers
0/0
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Migratory Birds of the Flowers

1961

Works of the Fish Man
5/3
Katsujiro the fisherman overcomes his laziness when he learns of his younger sister Okiku’s unfortunate fate.
Nakamura Kinnosuke stars in two roles (...
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Works of the Fish Man

1961

Edo Purebreed
0/0
Action and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters, Kichigoro and Jirokichi in old Japan. When Mukai Sadayu, the v...
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Edo Purebreed

1957

Chikaiteshi
0/0
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Chikaiteshi

1960

The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
0/0
Jidaigeki film from 1960
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The Swordsman In The Golden Valley

1950

Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
0/0
A continuation of the prior film (影法師).
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Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu

1950

Guntō nanban-sen
0/0
1950 Japanese movie
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Guntō nanban-sen

1961

痛快太郎
0/0
1961 Japanese movie
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痛快太郎

1959

A Man's Dark Finger
0/0
A touching action film about a young yakuza who becomes infected with evil because he has the ability to easily decipher the mechanism of a safe. Afte...
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A Man's Dark Finger

1961

Golden Peacock Castle, Part 1
6/4
A group of pirates led by the evil Gondaiyu and his wizard, Genkuro, capture the Golden Peacock Castle and massacre the peaceful clan that lives there...
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Golden Peacock Castle, Part 1

1960

Sandy Cruise
0/0
The news that the fifth Shogun Tsunayoshi was seriously ill caused a fierce struggle for the post of sixth shogun between the Mito faction and the fac...
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Sandy Cruise

1960

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
0/0
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Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

1972

Dasshutsu
0/0
1972 Japanese movie
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