Chisako Hara

Chisako Hara

Born: January 6, 1936
Died: January 19, 2020
in Takaoka, Japan

Movies for Chisako Hara...

Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
Title: Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
Character: Tsuyako Yamanishi
Released: July 11, 2020
Type: Movie
A young man wanders and makes calls to elders who live alone. Saying “Granny, it’s me,” he lies to them that he is their grandson. An old lady, who runs a music shop in the declining shopping area in Amakusa, answers his call and warmly accepts him. Pretending as her grandson, he settles down in the town. He gets used to his friendship with young villagers, the sound and landscape of Amakusa, and the old lady’s everyday life.
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Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
Title: Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
Released: March 9, 2019
Type: Movie
Naraho town in Fukushima Prefecture is on the front-line of the government-funded nuclear power plant decommissioning work. Kokuhei Kusunoki is transferred from Aizu Wakamatsu City to Naraho Town to take over the Disaster PR Division. Murai takes Kokuhei around Fukushima including areas washed away by the tsunami. They examine the still incomplete railway lines, the unfinished decontamination area and villages in the danger zone, where deadly cesium continues to pile up. One day Kokuhei is told to organize a party to celebrate the professor who has been appointed as deputy director of the Atomic Energy Research Institute.
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Attack on Titan
Title: Attack on Titan
Released: August 1, 2015
Type: Movie
100 years ago, titans suddenly appeared on Earth. Soon, human civilization veered on collapse due to the titans. Humans then built a giant wall to defend themselves. Within the giant walls, humans lived in peace, but, 100 years later, the giant wall is broken.
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The Burning Buddha Man
Title: The Burning Buddha Man
Released: February 23, 2013
Type: Movie
There is a series of Buddha statue thefts in Kyoto. Beniko, a high school girl, gets the Buddha statue at her family's temple stolen and has her parents killed at the same time. She needs to know what caused the death of a parents and dreams of revenge. She goes on a fantastical journey to ultimately face the demon. The entire film is produced by hand drawing all the gods 'manifesto animation' or 'gekimation' based on the amazing hand drawings.
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Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Title: Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Character: Masaya's grandmother
Released: April 14, 2007
Type: Movie
Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.
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Title: Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File
Released: April 2, 2007
Type: TV
Modern remake of the Kaiki Daisakusen / Operation Mystery tv show. A special unit called SRI (Science Research Institute) is investigating mysterious cases.
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Summer of Ubume
Title: Summer of Ubume
Character: Tomiko Sawada
Released: July 15, 2005
Type: Movie
Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has been pregnant for twenty months. Sekiguchi investigates further with the help of his friend Enokizu, a detective with the unusual ability to see people's memories. They are hired by the impossibly pregnant woman's sister to find the woman's missing husband and lay this whole matter to rest. In the end, they need the help of Kyogokudo to exorcise the family curse.
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Rampo Noir
Title: Rampo Noir
Character: (segment "Mirror Hell")
Released: May 11, 2005
Type: Movie
Mars Canal - Within absolute silence, a naked man wanders through a dark and depressing landscape recalling the excruciating details of his last encounter with his former lover. Mirror Hell - When a series of women are discovered with their faces burnt and skulls charred, a young detective investigates, discovering that a unique hand mirror is always found at the scene. Caterpillar - A war hero returns home with no limbs and only his eyesight remaining. His beautiful wife, tired of taking care of him, turns to torturing her crippled husband for amusement. Crawling Bugs - A sexy actress is returning home from a successful night on stage, until her limo driver decides that she should be coming home with him.
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Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle
Title: Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle
Character: Delacion (voice)
Released: August 2, 2003
Type: Movie
Once again, Musashi has encounter Ultraman Cosmos. Now Ultraman Cosmos has gained some new modes to defeat Scropis. Musashi has joined Team Sea to save the Blue Area. But there is mysterious evil monster, Sandros, who wants to destroy the Earth. Now it is up Musashi and Ultraman Cosmos to defeat Sandros and who’s the other Ultraman?
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Dark Water
Title: Dark Water
Character: Kayo
Released: January 19, 2002
Type: Movie
A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.
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Lily Festival
Title: Lily Festival
Character: Atsuko Namiki
Released: August 26, 2001
Type: Movie
Sachi Hamano's Yurisai (Lily Festival) is about a man (Mickey Curtis) in his seventies who comes to live in an apartment building that also houses seven elderly women. The film examines the ladies' sexual desires as the man proceeds to woo each of them. Kazuko Yoshiyuki portrays one of the female residents. The film was adapted from a novel by Houko Momotani and was screened at the Montreal World Film Festival.
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Title: Hanamura Daisuke
Released: July 4, 2000
Type: TV
A comical look at the Japanese legal system. Big corporate law firm seeking to increase their profit margin notices that a lot of the partners spend a lot of their time on cases which don't bring in a lot of revenue. They decide they need to hire an average lawyer, at a minimal salary, that will take care of these small cases and not complain. That's why the law firm hires Hanamura Daisuke (Yusuke Santamaria)...to handle these minor cases. Daisuke's approach to the law is very unique and the way he handles each case is very entertaining
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Black Angel 2
Title: Black Angel 2
Released: November 13, 1999
Type: Movie
Mayo, the Black Angel, is ordered to assassinate a powerful syndicate leader. The hit goes awry, however, as the crime boss' bodyguard steps in the way. It's none other than Yamambe, who once rescued Mayo from a rape and has lived in her heart since then.
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Wait and See
Title: Wait and See
Character: Mizuho's Aunt
Released: December 19, 1998
Type: Movie
A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his troubles, a man claiming to be his long-estranged father shows up at his house requesting shelter. One of the best of Somai's seriocomic studies of the messiness of family life.
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Murder on D Street
Title: Murder on D Street
Character: Mitsu Tsuchiya
Released: May 16, 1998
Type: Movie
Detective Kogoro Akechi is faced with a peculiar murder case involving forgeries of classic pornographic artworks.
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Free and Easy 8
Title: Free and Easy 8
Released: August 10, 1996
Type: Movie
When Su-san invites his late friend's daughter to come along on a fishing trip, she falls in love with Hama-chan's fishing protégé.
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Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
Title: Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
Released: September 2, 1995
Type: Movie
Asian Blue focuses on Koreans brought to Japan to work in forced-labor brigades during World War II
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Faraway Sunset
Title: Faraway Sunset
Released: July 4, 1992
Type: Movie
Faraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the agent that cause syphilis, and for his relentless search for a cure to yellow fever. As a toddler, his mother's neglect had caused an accident to his left hand, fusing together all the fingers in a bizarre twist of fate. Naturally extremely remorseful for being the cause of her son's handicap, she does everything she could to ensure that he gets to lead a normal life, despite having to fend off bullies and unfair prejudices.
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Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
Title: Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
Character: Woman
Released: May 11, 1990
Type: Movie
Junko (Sho Aikawa) is a low-level yakuza in the service of Yoshikawa (Toru Minegishi), despite the misgivings of his uncle (Jo Shishido). He lives off of the money earned by his girlfriend and is more interested in trying to look cool than anything else. He meets Yumeko (Chikako Aoyama), an innocent but dangerous narcoleptic runaway, after she steals his car, and she soon moves in with him. Following the assassination of a high-ranking member by the Kazama Family, Junko is called on to be the lookout while the family gets revenge. However, the other men quickly "zoom", or escape from their duty, leaving the task to Junko. Will he take out Kazama, or will he zoom?
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The Men Who Made Ultraman
Title: The Men Who Made Ultraman
Released: March 21, 1989
Type: Movie
A biographical dramatization about the production of the original Ultraman, the beloved classic special effects fantasy series from Eiji Tsuburaya.
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Hachiko
Title: Hachiko
Released: August 1, 1987
Type: Movie
The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.
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Blue Lake Girl
Title: Blue Lake Girl
Character: Fusae Sawa
Released: November 4, 1986
Type: Movie
Nagare, a painter who wanted to commit a lover’s suicide with Mizue, the wife of his friend and patron Takigawa. Growing afraid at the last moment, he doesn’t go through with it – but Mizue sinks to the bottom of Blue Lake. Some time later, Nagare follows an invitation by Takigawa, who claims to have forgiven everything. To Nagare’s shock, Takigawa’s new wife, Ameko, looks exactly like Mizue. While staying as Takigawa’s guest, Nagare becomes haunted by Mizue’s ghost, who wants to be reunited with him at the bottom of Blue Lake.
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Jesus' Ark
Title: Jesus' Ark
Released: December 9, 1985
Type: Movie
One-episode drama starring Beat Takeshi depicting the turbulent life of the protagonist Takeyoshi Sengoku, based on the "Jesus' Ark Incident".
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The Key
Title: The Key
Released: December 24, 1983
Type: Movie
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Lanterns on Blue Waters
Title: Lanterns on Blue Waters
Released: November 15, 1983
Type: Movie
The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89 and still living in Hawaii he is visited by his granddaughter who brings him a letter from his disinherited and recently dead son. This brings back memories of his life with his wife and family following the attack on Pearl Harbor, in particular of his son who had gone off to join the war for the Americans.
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Himeyuri no Tô
Title: Himeyuri no Tô
Character: Matron Oshiro
Released: June 26, 1982
Type: Movie
A remake of the 1953 film of the same name.
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The Nineteen-Year-Old's Map
Title: The Nineteen-Year-Old's Map
Released: December 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A 19-year-old newspaper delivery boy begins collecting information on the households in his neighborhood and keeping a journal of why he doesn't like them. Declaring himself a 'right-winger' and calling in bomb threats against the neighbors he doesn't like, the 19-year-old begins a war of psychological terror against the families in his neighborhood.
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Devil's Flute
Title: Devil's Flute
Character: Shino
Released: January 20, 1979
Type: Movie
Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent blend of intrigue and betrayal, set against the backdrop of wealth, this film is loaded with twists and turns and surprises at every corner.
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Have Wings on Your Heart
Title: Have Wings on Your Heart
Released: October 14, 1978
Type: Movie
Tragedy about a terminally ill girl.
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The Skies of Haruo
Title: The Skies of Haruo
Released: December 19, 1977
Type: Movie
1977 Japanese film directed by Tengo Yamada.
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Love in the Mud
Title: Love in the Mud
Released: July 30, 1977
Type: Movie
This is a story of love between a society girl and a yakuza boy. Mami lives an ordinary life in Tokyo, being with her friends and studying. Her biggest interest is ladies hats. She is rather well off, as her father is the ambassador of Japan in Spain. One day when she is out driving, she is attacked by a group of yakuza, but is saved by the honorable yakuza Jiro. This will change her life forever.
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Title: Akai Shougeki
Released: November 5, 1976
Type: TV
A track and field athlete falls in love with a cop, but...
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Preparation for the Festival
Title: Preparation for the Festival
Character: Sakae Hattori
Released: November 8, 1975
Type: Movie
Tateo, young and neurotic, wishes to leave the village his mother has raised him in.
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Title: Red Suspicion
Released: October 3, 1975
Type: TV
Sachiko is the 17-year old daughter of radiotherapist Professor Oshima. After exposure to radiation in the hospital, she develops leukemia. As if that was not enough trouble for one lifetime, discovers that Oshima is not her real father, and that her boyfriend is really her half brother.
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It Was a Faint Dream
Title: It Was a Faint Dream
Released: October 26, 1974
Type: Movie
Set in 13th century Kyoto, where the Imperial court is under control of the clergy. Shijo was a peasant girl sold to a powerful daima as a concubine. Bored by her life in seclusion she starts an affair with State Councillor and the brother of a retired Emperor. Realising that she is only a plaything of the court, she becomes a nun and wanders the country.
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Summer Days Across the River
Title: Summer Days Across the River
Released: October 26, 1973
Type: Movie
Set in Tsukuda Island, Tokyo, this drama SP depicts a misunderstanding between an old man with old-fashioned spirit and a young tenant.
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The Secret Ceremony
Title: The Secret Ceremony
Released: June 23, 1971
Type: Movie
Erotic drama.
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The Ceremony
Title: The Ceremony
Released: May 18, 1971
Type: Movie
Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional family to trace the rise and fall of militaristic Japan across several decades.
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Bullet Wound
Title: Bullet Wound
Released: September 10, 1969
Type: Movie
Yuzo Kayama is an American-Japanese operative working for the US to uncover an arms deal between an American seller and Chinese communists, and to take out both parties. After almost getting assassinated himself, he takes a wounded civilian with him despite living in a world where no one can be trusted.
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Our Wasteland
Title: Our Wasteland
Released: June 28, 1969
Type: Movie
Tetsuya, a worker at a US Air Base who moonlights as a bartender with his bar hostess roommate, dreams to move to the United States one day. Meanwhile, his best friend Jun wants to build a home on some local wasteland. Yet the introduction of Yuki, who they both fall in love with, begins to tear their friendship apart.
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Bonds of Love
Title: Bonds of Love
Character: Sanae Suzuki
Released: February 15, 1969
Type: Movie
Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but tires of their authority over his life. A chance encounter with Yukiko Hirai one rainy night brings a new romance into Ryohei's life, and he and Yukiko fall deeply in love. Yukiko, however, reveals that she has a violent husband in prison - with only a week left until his release. Ryohei, desperate to maintain his social standing, brings Yukiko to the mountains in Nagano and sets in motion an unthinkable, tragic chain of events.
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The Woman Dicer
Title: The Woman Dicer
Released: October 2, 1968
Type: Movie
Seventh 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 Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Title: The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Character: Okatsu
Released: October 28, 1967
Type: Movie
The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined to win his love that they volunteer as subjects for his experiments
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The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Title: The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Released: October 28, 1967
Type: Movie
The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined to win his love that they volunteer as subjects for his experiments
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When the Cookie Crumbles
Title: When the Cookie Crumbles
Released: June 9, 1967
Type: Movie
Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai.
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Women Doing Time
Title: Women Doing Time
Released: March 5, 1966
Type: Movie
Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series
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Evil Brain from Outer Space
Title: Evil Brain from Outer Space
Character: Kyôko Sakurai
Released: January 21, 1966
Type: Movie
An evil brain from outer space unleashes monsters with deadly diseases on Earth with trying to conquer the universe. Superhero Starman must battle them all to save his planet.
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Dupe
Title: Dupe
Released: October 1, 1965
Type: Movie
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Invaders from Space
Title: Invaders from Space
Released: May 31, 1965
Type: Movie
A bunch of pernicious salamander men from the planet Kulimon in the Moffit Galaxy plan on taking over Earth by unleashing a lethal plague on mankind. It's up to valiant superhero Starman from the Emerald Planet to save the human race before it's too late.
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Atomic Rulers
Title: Atomic Rulers
Released: April 10, 1965
Type: Movie
Super criminals are planning to infiltrate Earth with mass nuclear destruction! Only Starman can defend civilization by thwarting evil!
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Attack from Space
Title: Attack from Space
Released: March 6, 1965
Type: Movie
The superhero Starman is sent by the Emerald Planet to protect Earth from belligerent aliens from the Sapphire Galaxy. The Sapphireans (or "Spherions") kidnap Dr. Yamanaka and force him to use his spaceship against the Earth.
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The Desperate
Title: The Desperate
Released: April 18, 1964
Type: Movie
A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its depths. Ace detective Sugai (Oki Minoru) pursues Chiyo (Hara Chisako), the mistress of a man who was arrested for extortion, and takes advantage of her weakness. However, as his colleague Tokumochi (Hisashi Igawa) and others regard him with suspicion, he is tormented by remorse.
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Pale Flower
Title: Pale Flower
Character: Shinko Furuta
Released: March 1, 1964
Type: Movie
A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.
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Sora to umi no kekkon
Title: Sora to umi no kekkon
Released: December 19, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Gekkyū dorobō
Title: Gekkyū dorobō
Released: December 8, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Heso no taisho
Title: Heso no taisho
Released: June 20, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Josei jishin
Title: Josei jishin
Released: May 22, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Hagure kigeki mandara
Title: Hagure kigeki mandara
Released: February 24, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Ayako
Title: Ayako
Released: February 24, 1962
Type: Movie
An ambitious young woman uses her sex appeal to solve financial problems in her family, including a brother in debt to the yakuza, and a father who stole money from his firm to repay his son's debt.
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Woman of Design
Title: Woman of Design
Character: Hisae Fujii
Released: January 28, 1962
Type: Movie
Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.
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A Man in Red
Title: A Man in Red
Released: September 12, 1961
Type: Movie
Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a four-year sentence, only to find it infested with yakuza running a dope ring. Battling gangsters all the way, Takashi searches for his former girlfriend, now a drug addict.
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Girls of the Night
Title: Girls of the Night
Character: Kuniko
Released: September 4, 1961
Type: Movie
In the late 1950's prostitution was banned in Japan and if a woman was found exercising this profession they were sent to a reformatory. This is a story of one of these brave women Kuniko who is released from the reformatory and tries to build a new life.
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Sararīman yajikita dōchū
Title: Sararīman yajikita dōchū
Released: June 27, 1961
Type: Movie
1961 Japanese movie
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The Approach of Autumn
Title: The Approach of Autumn
Character: Harue Yamada
Released: October 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle's family, runs a struggling grocery store, and works a local inn. The boy befriends a girl, the daughter of the innkeeper.
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This Greedy Old Skin
Title: This Greedy Old Skin
Released: September 18, 1960
Type: Movie
A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers, including her own son, who makes a meagre living stripping taxicabs.
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The Twilight Story
Title: The Twilight Story
Released: August 28, 1960
Type: Movie
In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher (at least he says he's unmarried) and falls in love. When she learns that he lied and is married to a woman whose child was fathered by another man, she is crushed. He returns to his wife. The woman becomes more distraught when she learns her uncle has misused the money she has sent. As the final straw, her mother dies, and the girl becomes sick.
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The Lost Alibi
Title: The Lost Alibi
Character: Chieko Umetani
Released: March 13, 1960
Type: Movie
Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when, returning from a clandestine meeting with his lover, he runs into a neighbor who is later accused of murder. Questioned by police about the neighbor, and blackmailed by his lover's neighbor, the salaryman's lies lead him on a path to destruction.
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The Cola Game
Title: The Cola Game
Character: Junko Kadowaki
Released: July 28, 1959
Type: Movie
Explicit drama about a young woman who becomes involved with a group of college students who play "spin-the-bottle" and the women must make love or strip. The woman, Junko, becomes involved with Makoto, leader of the gang, becomes pregnant, has an abortion, then gets involved with an architect.
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Broken Blossoms
Title: Broken Blossoms
Character: Kyoko Tazaki
Released: February 25, 1959
Type: Movie
War drama about army nurses.
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Kegareta nikutai seijo
Title: Kegareta nikutai seijo
Released: November 29, 1958
Type: Movie
A sensual love-story between two lesbian nuns.
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黄金奉行
Title: 黄金奉行
Released: June 29, 1958
Type: Movie
Japanese film.
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Super Giant: The Space Mutant Appears
Title: Super Giant: The Space Mutant Appears
Released: April 29, 1958
Type: Movie
The 7th Super Giant film. Super Giant battles a marauding alien brain-like creature created by a mad scientist and an alien army. (stand-alone episode)
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The Chastity Boy and Miss Brassiere
Title: The Chastity Boy and Miss Brassiere
Character: Tamako (Barber's daughter)
Released: January 18, 1958
Type: Movie
Early pinku.
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Demon King of Yoja Manor
Title: Demon King of Yoja Manor
Character: Tomoko Nakano
Released: October 22, 1957
Type: Movie
Japanese horror movie from1957.
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The Ghost of Kasane
Title: The Ghost of Kasane
Character: Okumi
Released: July 10, 1957
Type: Movie
A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane swamp. However, the ghost of the masseur returns to haunt the samurai, who kills his wife by mistake and then goes to the swamp and drowns himself. 20 years later, the masseur's daughter unknowingly falls in love with the samurai's son who has been brought up to be a servant. After she is horribly disfigured in an accident, he plots to run away with another woman, but the path of their escape lies by the Kasane swamp...
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日米花嫁花婿入替取替合戦
Title: 日米花嫁花婿入替取替合戦
Character: Oharu, a maid
Released: April 23, 1957
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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Kingorō no omawari-san
Title: Kingorō no omawari-san
Released: August 5, 1956
Type: Movie
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.
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Tengoku wa doko da
Title: Tengoku wa doko da
Character: Midori
Released: April 23, 1956
Type: Movie
Japanese drama.
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Girl's Reform School
Title: Girl's Reform School
Released: February 5, 1956
Type: Movie
The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.