Tomio Aoki
Tomio Aoki (October 7, 1923 in Yokohama, Japan – January 24, 2004 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan) aka Tokkan Kozō was a Japanese film actor.
Aoki became famous as a child actor after debuting at the age of six in silent films directed by Yasujirō Ozu. His leading role in Ozu's 1929 short comedy Tokkan kozo gave Aoki his nickname. I Was Born, But... (1932), Passing Fancy (1933) and An Inn in Tokyo (1935) were three other Ozu films in which Aoki had notable roles. Aoki disappeared from Japanese cinema in 1940, at the age of 16, but returned to film acting in Kon Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp (1956). During the 1960s he appeared in films for directors Seijun Suzuki and Teruo Ishii before retiring again in 1972. He again returned to the screen in 1995 in Makoto Shinozaki's Okaeri, and appeared in Suzuki's Pistol Opera (2001). He continued appearing in films, and in short comedies by Shinozaki until his death in 2004. He shared the Best Actor award at the French Three Continents Festival with two of his co-stars for Shinozaki's Not Forgotten (2000). By the time of his death, at the age of 80, Aoki had performed in over 300 films.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.033 |
| Birthday | 1923-10-07 |
| Place of Birth | Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Also Known As | Томио Аоки, 突貫小僧, |
1930
A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa
0/0
The adventures of a modern day descendant of a famed Edo era thief are the basis for this short supernatural comedy romp.
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A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa
1961
Pigs and Battleships
7.1/59
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
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Pigs and Battleships
1960
Jungle Block
7/1
A young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted upon his sister, whose engagement was broken as a resu...
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Jungle Block
1956
The Burmese Harp
7.9/154
In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a...
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The Burmese Harp
1932
I Was Born, But...
7.5/129
Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Ozu's charming film is a social satire that draws from the antics of ch...
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I Was Born, But...
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
2003
Deka Matsuri
0/0
12-part omnibus made under the rules: "the main character is a detective" "at least one gag per minute" "the length must not exceed 10 minutes"
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Deka Matsuri
1962
Kimagure tosei
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Kimagure tosei
1934
A Story of Floating Weeds
7/57
An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mi...
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A Story of Floating Weeds
1962
Black Dice
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Black Dice
1962
Yume ga ippai abarenbō
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Yume ga ippai abarenbō
1962
Seinen no isu
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Seinen no isu
1962
Foundry Town
7.6/9
Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education.
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Foundry Town
1933
Apart from You
6.9/19
An aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, works alongside a young geisha, resentful of her family for forcing her into a...
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Apart from You
1961
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
0/0
1961 Japanese movie
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Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
1962
Facing to the Clouds
0/0
A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he gets acquainted with a library worker, Reiko Naka...
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Facing to the Clouds
1959
Break Down that Wall
7/1
A man is wrongfully accused of murder.
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Break Down that Wall
1932
No Blood Relation
7.1/14
An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she abandoned years be...
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No Blood Relation
1937
What Did the Lady Forget?
6.371/31
A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Despite being a minor, Setsuko is a...
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What Did the Lady Forget?
1962
The Rambler Goes North
0/0
In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western hero, fr...
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The Rambler Goes North
1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
7.191/34
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various task...
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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1934
Street Without End
6.7/9
Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some intrig...
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Street Without End
1962
Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
1958
The Perfect Game
6.2/6
College students come up with a scam to rob a gambling house. When it comes time to collect, the money isn't there, leading the young men into even mo...
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The Perfect Game
1972
The Shadow on the Wall
0/0
A blind woman suspects that something isn’t right about the reappeared wife of her brother after she was missing for 6 months. Soon things take a sini...
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The Shadow on the Wall
1933
Passing Fancy
6.6/25
In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a homeless young lady and convinces a bar owner to take...
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Passing Fancy
1960
The Rambler Rides Again
0/0
In this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to Hokkaido, where he helps protect an Ainu village from...
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The Rambler Rides Again
1956
The Thick-Walled Room
7.1/18
A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a wh...
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The Thick-Walled Room
1970
Greatest Boss Of Japan
0/0
A man who became the third boss faces off against delinquent foreigners and villains vying to rule the underworld in order to develop the port city.
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Greatest Boss Of Japan
1939
Surging Waves
0/0
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Surging Waves
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
1935
Mother's Love Letter
0/0
Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo school.
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Mother's Love Letter
1937
Forget Love for Now
7/2
Yuki is a young, single mother supporting herself and her son, Haru, with a job as a bar hostess.
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Forget Love for Now
2000
Not Forgotten
4/2
Three WWII veterans, reunited by family circumstances, quickly find their life savings threatened by a private corporation; they band together to figh...
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Not Forgotten
1995
Welcome Home
6.2/5
Yuriko, once a concert pianist, now practices home-making while husband Takashi stays out late with co-workers, leaving her to decay into severe menta...
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Welcome Home
1938
Kokumin no chikai
0/0
This film was mainly shot in the Japanese skiing resort Hokkaido in 1937-38 and was intended to create support for the coming winter olympics of 1940...
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Kokumin no chikai
1939
Five Siblings
0/0
A businessman runs afoul of the law and commits suicide, leaving behind a wife and five children. The eldest son takes the family to Tokyo and labors...
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Five Siblings
1962
Hitori tabi
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Hitori tabi
1959
Crazy Jailbreak
0/0
A prisoner escapes from prison to find the real criminal.
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Crazy Jailbreak
1962
Moeru minamijūjisei
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Moeru minamijūjisei
1929
A Straightforward Boy
5.7/27
A kidnapped boy proves to be more than his abductor can handle.
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A Straightforward Boy
1963
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
0/0
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Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
1959
A Man Explodes
0/0
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
1962
Jūdan no arashi
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Jūdan no arashi
1958
Fangs of Night
5/1
A young doctor discovers that the city hall of records has a record of his death. He and some friends try to seek out the person who reported it, and...
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Fangs of Night
1959
Yuganda tsuki
0/0
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Yuganda tsuki
1971
Blood for Blood
7/1
The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of “K City”. With the construction of new buildings and new factories underway, the city has spro...
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Blood for Blood
1954
Dancing Girls of Izu
0/0
A dancer girl in a touring company met a high school boy in a port town. The story is about their first love that is very touching and sorrowful. An a...
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Dancing Girls of Izu
1930
Hard Times
0/0
Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.
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Hard Times
1930
Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay
0/0
Silent comedic short by Mikio Naruse
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Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay
1935
A Hero of Tokyo
5/1
The story focuses on the widower Nemoto, ostensibly a businessman, who has one son, Kanichi, the hero of the title. Nemoto remarries; his new wife is...
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A Hero of Tokyo
1930
I Flunked, But...
6.1/12
This bittersweet comedy tells the tale of a group of college roommates attempting to cheat their way through their exams. As the title goes, things do...
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I Flunked, But...
1931
The Lady and the Beard
5.9/8
Graduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the tension between tradition and modernity.
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The Lady and the Beard
1934
Eclipse
0/0
The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and his cousin, Nishimiura Kinue, when they leave their home...
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Eclipse
1965
Chivalrous Life
0/0
In the middle of the era, Taisho, a big boss in Asakusa Iizuka, was severely questioned by the police about the source of funds for the Daido Federati...
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Chivalrous Life
1960
Intimidation
7.1/19
Koreyoshi Kurahara's ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a desperate bank manager, blackmailed for book-cooking, a...
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Intimidation
1930
Walk Cheerfully
6.1/19
Kenji is a small-time thief who likes drinking and fighting. When he falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, and she finds out what kind of guy he...
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Walk Cheerfully
1931
The Strength of a Moustache
0/0
Kato's splendid mustache is an obstacle when it comes to finding a job. However, he gets a job as a security guard at a construction site. The preside...
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The Strength of a Moustache
1932
Crying to the Blue Sky
0/0
After losing their parents, Eiichi and his sister Kikue are taken in by their aunt and uncle. Kikue is sent to Tokyo to work as a servant. Left alone,...
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Crying to the Blue Sky
1932
Chocolate Girl
0/0
Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.
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Chocolate Girl
1935
Burden of Life
6.4/7
A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to raise whom he resents as he was unwanted.
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Burden of Life
1935
The Groom Talks in His Sleep
6/1
A newlywed couple faces tension when the wife, after her husband leaves for work, becomes completely unmotivated to handle household chores and goes b...
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The Groom Talks in His Sleep
2004
Walking With The Dog
0/0
Dumped by a bored pet owner, a mixed-breed mutt ends up with three time loser Yasuyuki, who's loveless, homeless and jobless. Yasuyuki finds solace in...
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Walking With The Dog
1960
金語楼の俺は殺し屋だ
0/0
Japanese comedy film.
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金語楼の俺は殺し屋だ
1966
A World For Two
0/0
On a passenger ship to Japan, the journalist Kawase encounters a man who claims to be a Filipino, but Kawase believes he is a murder suspect who fled...
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A World For Two
1935
An Inn in Tokyo
6.942/26
An unemployed Japanese man and his two sons wander the industrial flatlands of Depression-era Tokyo, until he chances upon an old friend and befriends...
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An Inn in Tokyo
1969
Savage Wolf Pack
5.8/4
A professional hunter, Tetsuya, returns from Alaska to find that his hometown had become a lawless slum. He is shocked to learn that his younger siste...
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Savage Wolf Pack
1963
Fight of the Gamblers
6/1
Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his misdeed...
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Fight of the Gamblers
1965
Born Under Crossed Stars
6.4/7
A young man with a strong sense of justice is torn between two girls: the flighty Taneko and the serious Suzuko. With wisdom, courage and honor in a J...
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Born Under Crossed Stars
1956
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
7/24
A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job pourin...
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Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
1935
Him, Her, and the Boys
0/0
A Japanese film
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Him, Her, and the Boys
1961
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
5.7/3
On summer vacation, university student Shintaro gets involved with a magic troupe as they travel from festival to festival.
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The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
1957
The Eagle and the Hawk
5.7/7
In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. After the break of dawn, two seamen join the crew of...
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The Eagle and the Hawk
1937
Children in the Wind
7.6/10
On vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement.
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Children in the Wind
1960
The Rambler in the Sunset
0/0
The young rambler, Shinji Taki, with his guitar arrives a hot spa town at the foot of Mount Aizu Bandai. Of course he solves the problems in the town...
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The Rambler in the Sunset
1959
The Rambling Guitarist
6.2/5
Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local gang as a hired hand. However, with the arrival of...
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The Rambling Guitarist
1956
Pure Emotions of the Sea
0/0
A romantic adventure tale about a young guy working on a whale-hunting vessel and his love for a childhood sweetheart.
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Pure Emotions of the Sea
1961
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
0/0
In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western hero, fr...
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The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1964
Intentions of Murder
7.1/45
The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect o...
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Intentions of Murder
1962
The Young and Bad
0/0
Not too long ago, Soichiro was considered one of the most powerful men in business. But his business had failed, his granddaughter had committed suici...
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The Young and Bad
1960
Return of the Vagabond
5/3
The 3rd film of the famous "Wataridori" (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. The young rambler, Shinji Taki (Akira Kobayashi), with his guitar arrives...
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Return of the Vagabond
1962
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
5/1
An unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Match (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young energetic boxer. This story deals more with betting action...
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The Guys Who Put Money on Me
1967
The Will to Live
0/0
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The Will to Live
1960
Take Aim at the Police Van
6.2/26
A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.
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Take Aim at the Police Van
2001
Pistol Opera
6.2/19
An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killing off the competition.
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Pistol Opera
1963
Youth of the Beast
6.9/80
When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.
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Youth of the Beast
1958
Underworld Beauty
5.4/13
The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds he had stashed before getting pinched. When he retu...
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Underworld Beauty
1955
Passion and Rifle Bullets
0/0
Private Detective Ippei Shizuno faces off against a serial killer and a wealthy woman's society who runs an illegal gun trade.
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Passion and Rifle Bullets
1936
The Only Son
7.379/95
A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo...
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The Only Son
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
1955
Burden of Love
6.8/6
The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after th...
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Burden of Love
1964
The Sound of Waves
0/0
On a small island, inhabited by only fourteen hundred people, a young fisherman's son, Shinji falls in love with Hatsue, the daughter of the richest a...
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The Sound of Waves
1957
I Am Waiting
6.4/21
A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.
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I Am Waiting
1932
The Loyal 47 Ronin
0/0
This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their f...
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
1929
The Life of an Office Worker
0/0
When Tsukamoto is made redundant he cannot bring himself to tell his wife. Instead he investigates other employment opportunities. Considered to be a...
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The Life of an Office Worker
1930
The Luck Which Touched the Leg
0/0
A salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful owner. However his colleagues immediately start borrowin...
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The Luck Which Touched the Leg
1935
An Innocent Maid
0/0
In a back alley of the Shitamachi district of Tokyo, Kihachi bears witness to a series of romantic complications involving the inhabitants of the neig...
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An Innocent Maid
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
1957
Temptation
8/4
Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art gallery. One day, Hideko led a handsome art student...
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Temptation
1960
The Guitarist and the Rancher
0/0
Rambler Shinji arrives in town armed with nothing but a guitar. With assistance from an old gun-for-hire friend, he sets about to stop the mob from tu...
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The Guitarist and the Rancher
1959
The Sky Is Mine
0/0
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The Sky Is Mine
1960
Lone Wolf
0/0
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Lone Wolf
1937
A Star Athlete
6/1
During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is tested when one of them becomes involved with a woman...
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A Star Athlete
1963
The Incorrigible
6.3/3
Based on the loosely autobiographical novel of the same name by Toko Kon. Ken Yamanouchi stars as Togo Konno, the titular bastard.
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The Incorrigible
1956
Frankie the Milkman
9/1
Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to Tokyo to save a sinking milk delivery business a di...
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Frankie the Milkman
1957
Jûnana-sai no teikô
0/0
Kanako is an intelligent and beautiful girl in her third year of high school, but there was a dark shadow. Raised by her father, Jusaburo, who is the...
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Jûnana-sai no teikô
1958
Nishi Ginza Station
5.6/16
This short comedy concerns the extramarital affair of a drugstore owner. It is based on a popular song by the star of the film, Frank Nagai.
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Nishi Ginza Station
1960
The Tokyo Mighty Guy
6.4/5
Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in the busy Ginza district. His culinary skills and...
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The Tokyo Mighty Guy
1935
If You Throw This Child Away
0/0
If you throw this child away
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If You Throw This Child Away
1934
With a Single Sword Bale
0/0
Period film from 1934.
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With a Single Sword Bale
1969
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
0/0
Japanese crime film
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Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
1961
Keiji monogatari jazu wa kurutchai nē
0/0
1961 Japanese movie
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Keiji monogatari jazu wa kurutchai nē
1961
Shōjo
0/0
1961 Japanese movie
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Shōjo
1961
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
0/0
A boxing melodrama. Two friends become boxers and begin training for the championship. These two boys eventually face each other in the ring.
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Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
1965
Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu
0/0
1965 Nikkatsu youth film.
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Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu
1961
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
0/0
Against the bosses of the underworld that dominate Yokohama, Kobe, and Hong Kong, ace Joe, who plays an invincible gunman, shows off his transcendent...
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Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1957
Joshiryōsai
0/0
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