Jiro Kawarazaki

Jiro Kawarazaki

Born: January 18, 1941
in Yurakucho, Tokyo, Japan

Movies for Jiro Kawarazaki...

Summer of the Moonlight Sonata
Title: Summer of the Moonlight Sonata
Released: June 12, 1993
Type: Movie
Two soon-to-be kamikaze pilots stop by a local school near their base to play the piano one last time, leaving a deep impression on a teacher. Years later, she seeks out the relatives of the pilots when the piano is old and about to be discarded.
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The Strange Tale of Oyuki
Title: The Strange Tale of Oyuki
Released: June 6, 1992
Type: Movie
A story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seducer who falls madly in love for a young geisha named Oyuki. Meticulous and smartly dressed, Nagai patiently wrote in his diary his thoughts during many years. A melancholy reflection on the passage of time and a brilliant interpretive exercise.
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13 Assassins
Title: 13 Assassins
Released: March 28, 1990
Type: Movie
In between the original 1963 13 ASSASSINS film and the 2010 remake by Miike Takashi, Fuji TV produced a version for TV. Starring Nakadai Tatsuya and Natsuyagi Isao, with strong support from Tanba Tetsuro and Tanaka Ken, this is the ultimate tale of samurai justice carried out in a historical masterpiece. The shogun’s half-brother, Matsudaira Naritsugu has been slated to join the Roju Council of Elders as a senior adviser even though he is criminally insane. His outrageous acts cause one of his top retainers to commit ritual suicide in protest over his lord’s crimes. Alerted to these crimes, Roju Councilor Doi asks Inspector General Shmada Shinzaemon to assassinate Naritsugu before he can be seated on the council. Gathering a band of 13 (including himself), Shimada sets out on a death-defying journey to cut down the lord before he can reach Edo. Can a band of 13 samurai defeat the vile Naritsugu’s 200 man entourage and enact justice against his cruelty?
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Days with Harasu
Title: Days with Harasu
Released: November 18, 1989
Type: Movie
The movie depicts the interaction between a childless middle-aged couple and a small dog.
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Leave My Girl Alone
Title: Leave My Girl Alone
Character: Isao Shiraki, killer
Released: December 13, 1986
Type: Movie
Hitomi, a former orphan who is trying to leave behind her delinquent ways, one day agrees to tutor a wealthy young boy who has just become an orphan himself…
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Legend of the Assassin
Title: Legend of the Assassin
Released: March 22, 1984
Type: Movie
The Saika clan, that had succeeded in battle against the large armies of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi, had in the Tokugawa era of Ieyasu, been driven into the mountains 7 generations later, forced into subsistence hunting. A man comes to them offering revenge: to assassinate current Tokugawa Shogun Yoshimune. (Made-for-TV movie)
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Myth of the Assassins
Title: Myth of the Assassins
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
As the Saika family's reputation wanes, the son is tasked with assassinating shogun candidate Yoshimitsu of the Kishu Tokugawa clan.
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Our Teacher
Title: Our Teacher
Released: August 24, 1983
Type: Movie
Japanese film.
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Title: 古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Seiichirō Asagura
Released: February 19, 1983
Type: TV
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Suspicion
Title: Suspicion
Character: Detective Kobayashi
Released: September 11, 1982
Type: Movie
A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who perishes. Riding alongside him and surviving unhurt is his second wife, Kumako. It soon comes to light that Kumako’s husband was insured for 300 million yen and she is arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband for the insurance money. The newspapers denounce her as an evil woman, while the public is in no doubt about Kumako’s crime. Ritsuko Sahara is chosen as her defence attorney but the pair clash over almost everything...
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Assassin's Road
Title: Assassin's Road
Released: May 28, 1982
Type: Movie
Toma (Go Kato) is a son of a doctor in Takane, Yoshitomo Monzen. He was ordered by the sick federal lord and travel to Edo. It was said that Tsurunosuke, the man supposed to be the next federal lord, got a heavy disease, and the order aimed to make sure if it is true or not. On his way to Edo, Toma gave a hand to Kiku (Mayumi Okamura) who had a stomachache. However, she seemed to be in big trouble, and there were many warriors on the roads… This is the remade drama of “Wakasamamono” written by a popular novelist Tatsuji Satte. Go Kato as Dr. Waka brandishes a sword to come up against the plot of Karo, related to the inheritance of Takane Han.
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Willful Murder
Title: Willful Murder
Released: November 7, 1981
Type: Movie
The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and shutdowns. The government says that the president was murdered; the police claim it was a suicide. A quizzical reporter follows the case for years, but the basic question remains unanswered: was the victim killed by members of the burgeoning Communist movement in Japan, or was the death stage-managed by the authorities in hopes of discrediting the Communists?
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Title: Pro Hunter
Released: April 7, 1981
Type: TV
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Tetsugen
Title: Tetsugen
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Japanese film based on the life of Zen Master Tetsugen Doko.
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Drive for the Future
Title: Drive for the Future
Character: Kazuo Sumibe
Released: October 25, 1980
Type: Movie
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Port Arthur
Title: Port Arthur
Released: August 2, 1980
Type: Movie
Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.
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Gaijin: A Brazilian Odyssey
Title: Gaijin: A Brazilian Odyssey
Character: Yamada
Released: February 20, 1980
Type: Movie
Based on fact, this is the story of the struggles of Japanese immigrants who traveled to and settled in Brazil looking for a better life.
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Gassan
Title: Gassan
Character: Akira
Released: October 20, 1979
Type: Movie
Akira leaves for the Mt. Gassan foothills before winter's onset, visiting the local temple and interacting with the residents all while falling for fair Fumiko.
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Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light
Title: Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light
Released: October 28, 1978
Type: Movie
Film distributed by ATG.
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Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song
Title: Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song
Released: December 17, 1977
Type: Movie
This biopic is centered on New Year's Day of 1894, when Kitamura is recovering from a suicide attempt. Japan is then under the spell of fervent patriotism because the government wants to build up public support for a war with China. Kitamura's literary friends and militant comrades come to visit. They wonder why Kitamura wants to kill himself. Kitamura at first refuses to receive them, then he sits down with them and looks back on his days as a civil rights militant, his stormy love life and his ardent but destructive desire to live literature to the full.
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The Last Swordsman
Title: The Last Swordsman
Character: Yamanami Keisuke
Released: November 2, 1974
Type: Movie
Personal tale of Okita Soji who fights to survive in a world without pity in the merciless era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
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My Way
Title: My Way
Character: Teacher Morikawa
Released: September 7, 1974
Type: Movie
Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government bureaucracy and indifference all along the way.
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Sukeban Deka: Dirty Mary
Title: Sukeban Deka: Dirty Mary
Character: Ohsawa
Released: April 20, 1974
Type: Movie
A tough female cop matches wits with a blackmailing killer.
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A Japanese Demon
Title: A Japanese Demon
Character: Taro Hanafusa
Released: September 29, 1973
Type: Movie
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Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
Title: Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
Released: June 23, 1973
Type: Movie
Reform schools are a way of protecting society by ridding it of lawless juvenile delinquents. But who's protecting the juvenile delinquents from corrupt reform schools? Rica could be considered a bit of an expert on reform schools, having spent most of her early life in and out of them. When Rica is dragged back once again, she gets a severe beating and is finally sent off to a mental hospital with the intention of selling her and her pals into a slave trade. A trader takes Rica's friend Jun to a mountain cottage where she's pegged for the lead in his clandestine porno film operation. Once again, it's up to tough-as-nails Rica to bust up this corrupt racket once and for all!
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Hymn
Title: Hymn
Character: Sasuke Nukui
Released: December 29, 1972
Type: Movie
The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel beatings.
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A Trap
Title: A Trap
Character: Yamagami
Released: May 28, 1965
Type: Movie
When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.
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Escape from Hell
Title: Escape from Hell
Character: Kyuma
Released: January 27, 1963
Type: Movie
This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a number of homeless men to a remote island Sado to perform forced labor. Living conditions on the island are terrible and the men soon become rebellious. Based on a short story by Seichō Matsumoto.
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Pachinko
Title: Pachinko
Released: December 30, 1962
Type: Movie
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An Inlet of Muddy Water
Title: An Inlet of Muddy Water
Released: November 23, 1953
Type: Movie
A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself in.
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Still I Live On
Title: Still I Live On
Character: Yūichi, Shuzo's son
Released: July 4, 1951
Type: Movie
About the struggles of day labourers to achieve dignity and a standard of living above the starvation level. Utilising the Zenshinza theatrical troupe.