Ruriko Asaoka

Ruriko Asaoka

Born: July 2, 1940
in Xinjing, Manchukuo, China
Ruriko Asaoka (浅丘 ルリ子 Asaoka Ruriko), born 2 July 1940 in Xinjing, Manchukuo (now Changchun, Jilin, China), is a Japanese actress.

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Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Title: Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Character: Lily
Released: December 27, 2019
Type: Movie
The 50th film in Tora-san series, using the old footages and newly shot scenes to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series. The adult Mitsuo, Tora-san’s nephew, who runs into Izumi, his first love, whom he had once promised to marry. The familiar faces of Kurumaya Cafe, which Tora-san’s family ran in Shibamata, also return. Catching up with old friends, it is always their dearest memories of Tora-san which everyone shares on such occasions…
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Title: Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
Released: April 8, 2019
Type: TV
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Title: Yasuragi no Sato A Peaceful Place
Released: April 1, 2017
Type: TV
The drama is set in an retirement home named "Yasuragi no Sato La Strada" where only those who had worked in the TV entertainment industry such as actors, writers, musicians and artists are allowed to live at. Kikumura Sakae, who used to be a popular scriptwriter, lives among the former stars and the problems they face are presented in a humorous manner.
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Dendera
Title: Dendera
Character: Kayu Saito
Released: June 25, 2011
Type: Movie
Fifty elderly women are abandoned to die on a snow covered mountain, but instead wor together to build their own village named "Dendera." Some of the women wants to live their remaining days in peace, but others seek revenge against the villagers and their own families who left them to die.
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Gene Waltz
Title: Gene Waltz
Character: Maria Saegusa
Released: February 5, 2011
Type: Movie
Doctor Rie (Miho Kanno) is know as the Joan of Ark of Obstetrics & Gynecology. She works in a challenging environment with clinics shutting down due to lack of doctors and the system itself breaking down. Dr. Rie then helps an infertile woman conceive with a surrogate mother which is prohibited in Japan...
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Title: Sekushii Boisu Ando Robo
Released: April 10, 2007
Type: TV
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Title: Sexy Voice and Robo
Character: Maki Makyona
Released: April 10, 2007
Type: TV
Hayashi Niko is a mature middle school student with heightened hearing and the ability to mimic the voice of anyone she encounters. Sudo Ichiro is an immature Otaku who is obsessed with toy robots. Together they will form Sexy Voice and Robo; a spy team that solves various cases.
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The Professor and His Beloved Equation
Title: The Professor and His Beloved Equation
Character: Widow
Released: January 21, 2006
Type: Movie
This is the story between single mother housekeeper and mathematics professor,who has a brain damage.
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Title: 川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語
Released: December 21, 2003
Type: TV
NHK's 50th-anniversary memorial drama serial. This drama consisting of several short stories starring some of the well-known actors and actress of Japan today. A ball floats from the river's source to the sea, unlocking the portrayal of six love stories across the four seasons of the year.
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Title: Suika
Character: Natsuko Sakiya
Released: July 12, 2003
Type: TV
Suika, which means watermelon, is a Japanese television drama about four roommates, played by Satomi Kobayashi, Rie Tomosaka, Mikako Ichikawa, and Ruriko Asaoka.
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Mokuyo Kumikyoku
Title: Mokuyo Kumikyoku
Released: October 12, 2002
Type: Movie
A closed-room mystery where five women gathered in memory of a mysteriously dead female writer to unravel the mystery behind her death. Based on the novel of the same name by Riku Onda, directed by Tetsuo Shinohara. Four years ago, an actress/novelist died of overdose. Since then, five women who were her friends gather around once every year to recollect her memories. However this year, they receive flowers with a strange message which insinuates that her death could have been a murder.
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Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
Title: Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
Character: Lily
Released: November 22, 1997
Type: Movie
Carrying a bag full of samples, Mitsuo makes rounds to shoe stores in remote cities. While staying at budget hotels, his thoughts turn to Tora-san.
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Tora-san to the Rescue
Title: Tora-san to the Rescue
Character: Lily
Released: December 23, 1995
Type: Movie
Tora-san works hard to bring together his nephew, Mitsuo, and Mitsuo’s girlfriend who is engaged to someone else.
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47 Ronin
Title: 47 Ronin
Character: Riku
Released: October 22, 1994
Type: Movie
Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death.
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Title: アイラブユーからはじめよう Let's Start With I Love You
Character: Shoko Himuro
Released: April 7, 1989
Type: TV
TBS calls it a " Route 246 splendid love story set on National Route 246 , etc. along Futakotamagawa , Shibuya , Aoyama, Akasaka ," and it is a love drama that unfolds between celebrity men and women and college students in . The setting is Aoyama Dori (National Route 246). A love story between two beautiful mother-daughter couples whose mothers are related to each other and a playboy's second architectural designer. a nationally beautiful girl Kumiko Goto, It received a lot of attention because it starred . In addition, he had just entered high school at the time, and it was his return work from the summer of the previous year, when he took a break to take the high school entrance exams.
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The Hall of the Crying Deer
Title: The Hall of the Crying Deer
Released: September 20, 1986
Type: Movie
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Again
Title: Again
Released: February 18, 1984
Type: Movie
An anthology that embodies the essence of Toei action films with a stylish flair, this movie follows an aging hitman (Jō Shishido) on a quest to find a former rival he once shared the screen with. The story unfolds as he roams, creating a distinctive narrative.
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Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Title: Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Character: Lily
Released: August 2, 1980
Type: Movie
When cabaret singer Lily writes Toraya about her illness, Tora-san rushes to Okinawa to be by her side.
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Title: 家族熱
Released: July 7, 1978
Type: TV
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Invitation from the Beach
Title: Invitation from the Beach
Character: Natsuko Kurahashi
Released: April 8, 1978
Type: Movie
A wealthy Japanese sugar factory manager in Hawaii finds his wife sinking into depression and madness.
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Title: Kashin
Character: Irie
Released: January 2, 1977
Type: TV
Centered around Masujiro Omura, who became a commander for the Choshu clan, and founded the modern Japanese millitary system.
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Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
Title: Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
Released: November 13, 1976
Type: Movie
A great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there were frequent uprisings in rural areas due to farmers losing their land as a result of strict tax collection. The Tonegawa area of ​​Boso was a lawless area for a generation, as two major forces fought against each other: Sukegoro of Iioka, who wields power with his industrial capital behind him, and Shigezo of Sasakawa, a rising yakuza. Furthermore, the successive floods of the Tone River, which could be called fate, forced the farmers into even more poverty and despair. Meanwhile, farmers in Nabe Village continue to live a lethargic life, but agricultural reform is about to begin under the hands of Yugaku Ohara, a ronin who has settled in the village.
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Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Title: Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Character: Lily
Released: August 19, 1975
Type: Movie
Tora-san visits Hokkaido and is reunited with Lily. Now divorced, she plans to resume her singing career and renews her unusual relationship with Tora-san.
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Wings of Love
Title: Wings of Love
Released: April 26, 1975
Type: Movie
Japanese drama film.
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Men and War III: The Final Chapter
Title: Men and War III: The Final Chapter
Character: Yukiko Godai
Released: August 11, 1973
Type: Movie
Final part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family through the Sino-Japanese War through the Soviet Union's sudden attack upon Japanese troops at the end of the war.
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Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Title: Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Character: Lily
Released: January 4, 1973
Type: Movie
On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.
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Shadow Hunters
Title: Shadow Hunters
Character: Chitose
Released: June 10, 1972
Type: Movie
Set during the declining years of the Tokugawa shogunate, Shadow Hunters details the questionably noble exploits of three ronin who act as "Shadow Hunters". These three ronin are not your normal ornery ruffians who are looking for a drink, a broad and someone to jab a sword into, but are in fact former samurai who, rather than follow their destroyed fiefs and murdered masters into death via seppuku, have dedicated their combined sword prowess to stopping the government from raping its daimyos for valuable resources.
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Shadow of Love
Title: Shadow of Love
Released: February 5, 1972
Type: Movie
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Confessions Among Actresses
Title: Confessions Among Actresses
Character: Aki Kaido
Released: November 17, 1971
Type: Movie
In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid bare, and scenes from their lives are woven in and out of interviews with each of them. Each of them has experienced a traumatic event which contributes to their particular enjoyment of becoming someone else in dramatic roles.
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Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Title: Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Character: Yukiko Godai
Released: June 12, 1971
Type: Movie
Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family from 1935 through Japan's invasion of China. Based on the novels by Jumpei Gomikawa, who also penned The Human Condition.
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To Love Again
Title: To Love Again
Released: April 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A Japanese girl and a French boy make strides in overcoming the cultural barriers that prevent them from fully expressing the love they have for one another.
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Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Title: Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Character: Yukiko Godai
Released: August 14, 1970
Type: Movie
The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they plan military expansion into Manchuria.
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The Walking Major
Title: The Walking Major
Character: Setsuko Takiguchi
Released: June 6, 1970
Type: Movie
U.S. Army Captain Clark Allen gains attention by walking back and forth, the length of Japan, gambling with U.S. servicemen in order to raise funds to rebuild an orphanage. Suspicious of Allen's motives, a Japanese newsman, Hiroshi Kitabayashi, traces the American's background until he discovers the motive behind Allen's long walk.
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Incident at Blood Pass
Title: Incident at Blood Pass
Character: Okuni
Released: April 21, 1970
Type: Movie
In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin's assignment becomes clear, to help the gang, he's ordered to kill the inn's residents, including a woman he's rescued from an abusive husband. He's reluctant to murder innocent people; then he learns that the gold shipment is a trap and he's part of a double cross. How he sorts through these divided loyalties tests of his samurai honor, and perhaps of his love for a woman.
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Gorgeous Leopardess
Title: Gorgeous Leopardess
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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Vixen
Title: Vixen
Character: Michi
Released: October 18, 1969
Type: Movie
Michi's first encounter with Nobuyuki Ishida, secretary to the chairman of a private school, takes place in the drawing room, when she attempts to swindle him out of two million yen for alleged rape by his son. Akie (Kyoko Kishida), Ishida's wife and the chairman's daughter, offers her a million, but he gives her what she demands. Now Michi is not only satisfied, but she has a mad desire for Ishida and calls him every day asking for a date. His sympathy for her gradually evolves into love, and he soon allows her insatiable passion to strip him of his decency.
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The Girl I Abandoned
Title: The Girl I Abandoned
Released: September 3, 1969
Type: Movie
Tsutomu Yoshioka, a Tokyo office worker, is enaged to Mariko, the niece of his company's president. But Yoshioka has a crisis of consence when he remembers his former love Mitsu, a rural girl whom he met and later left while in college. Shimako, a former friend, persuades Yoshioka to meet with Mitsu while she plots to blackmail Yoshioka by photographing the meeting to break up Mariko and Yoshioka.
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Safari 5000
Title: Safari 5000
Released: July 19, 1969
Type: Movie
A Japanese racing driver for Nissan named Godai (Yujiro Ishihara) have a rivalry with a French driver named Pierre (Jean-Claude Drouot). Godai is enlisted to race in an annual endurance race, The East African Safari Rally. Peripheral to this is the story concerning Godai's former lover Yuko (Ruriko Asaoka), a fashion designer, and her friend Anna (Emmanuel Riva), who happens to be Pierre's wife.
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Goyokin
Title: Goyokin
Character: Oriha
Released: May 1, 1969
Type: Movie
A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
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Exiled to Hell
Title: Exiled to Hell
Character: Koshin Kataoka
Released: January 22, 1969
Type: Movie
It is the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), and at the Hanazuki-tei theatre in Asakusa, the famous performance of storyteller Koiso Kikuji and performer Kataoka Koshin is reaching its climax when the Tawaraya family interferes... This is an entertaining action film bursting with righteousness and humanity, centred on men who try to live righteously against a corrupt boss who preys on the performers.
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Sun Above, Death Below
Title: Sun Above, Death Below
Released: November 23, 1968
Type: Movie
Suspense drama about an assassin charged with breaking up a gold smuggling ring, and the contract subsequently purchased against him and his employer.
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Man of a Stormy Era
Title: Man of a Stormy Era
Released: June 22, 1968
Type: Movie
The early years of the Showa period were turbulent times for Japan. The country suffered financial crisis and famine, women worked under intolerable employment conditions, and political corruption was a major issue. Out of fear that the great nation would soon fall, a group of young patriotic men gathered to lay out plans to assassinate the crooked politicians. One of these young terrorists was Shinsuke Kusaka. He receives orders to kill the Prime Minister.
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Dice and Swords
Title: Dice and Swords
Released: January 13, 1968
Type: Movie
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 syndicate saw this as an opportunity to expand its territory. The Odera boss arranges marriage between his daughter Orin (Ruriko Asaoka) and the son of notorious Gyotoku clan, but Orin’s heart belonged to Shinjiro (Yujiro Ishihara), a member of her father’s clan.
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Title: Ryoma ga Yuku
Character: Oryo
Released: January 7, 1968
Type: TV
The chronicles of Sakamoto Ryoma, a pre-revolutionary who helped shape the face of modern Japan. In order to study swordsmanship, Ryoma heads for Edo where he meets many people who influence his thinking. He becomes close friends with men like Katsu Kaishu and Saigo Takamori and later establishes a naval training school in Kobe. Ryoma's controversial political views make him a target for shogunate assassins but his fervent belief in a classless society helps forge the Choshu-Satsuma alliance which ultimately brings about the Meiji Restoration.
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My Sweetheart
Title: My Sweetheart
Character: Assistant
Released: November 3, 1967
Type: Movie
It had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by director Ishizaki and his film crew, Mitsuo is excited to star as the lead in "My Sweetheart". One day, half way through production, he meets his friends from a popular rock group, "The Spiders". Through their discussion regarding the climax scene, they criticize that the script is too grim. In a notion to protect their friend's career, they decide to pay the scriptwriter a little visit.
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Velvet Hustler
Title: Velvet Hustler
Released: October 6, 1967
Type: Movie
A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He hangs out with loose women and hard men and always manages to stay one step ahead of the law. In his exile, he comes under suspicion for a murder and meets the girlfriend of the murdered man. They develop a strange bond while unbeknown to Goro, another hitman is after him for the job he did in Tokyo.
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Hawk of the Harbour
Title: Hawk of the Harbour
Released: August 12, 1967
Type: Movie
A Nikkatsu Action film with Yujiro Ishihara as the head of a small shipping company who gets harassed by the yakuza.
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Asia-Pol
Title: Asia-Pol
Character: Sachiko
Released: June 22, 1967
Type: Movie
Yang Ming Xuan intercepts a truckload of contraband, but the criminals stage a brazen helicopter attack, ruthlessly eliminating their own operatives and destroying most of the shipment before it can be confiscated. In the process, Ming Xuan's partner is killed, and the young agent is brought to the unwelcome attention of the leader of the smuggling operation.
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A Warm Misty Night
Title: A Warm Misty Night
Character: Akiko Kitazawa
Released: March 11, 1967
Type: Movie
When Toru Sagara (Yujiro Ishihara) returns home from a foreign cargo route, he proposes to his beloved girlfriend Akiko (Ruriko Asaoka). She joyously agrees, promising a life together. On the day they were to be joined in matrimony, Akiko suddenly goes missing. Toru waits hours for her to show, but he is only greeted by the darkness of night. Four years later, his fiancée turns up at a night club in Yokohama with another man.
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The Man of Victory
Title: The Man of Victory
Released: February 25, 1967
Type: Movie
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Thirst for Love
Title: Thirst for Love
Character: Etsuko
Released: February 18, 1967
Type: Movie
A young wealthy widow becomes sexually involved with her father-in-law, while harboring a destructive obsession with the family gardener.
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Immortal Guy
Title: Immortal Guy
Released: January 14, 1967
Type: Movie
Kosuke Suzuki was presumed dead after boss Toseikai Setouchi lynched him and threw him into the sea off the coast of Kobe. However, three months later, Kosuke suddenly appears in Kagoshima and reunites with his partner, the vagrant Kumagoro. However, Kosuke's relief does not last long, he learns from Kumagoro that Toseikai are acting ruthlessly here too.
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Asiapol Secret Service
Title: Asiapol Secret Service
Character: Kyoko Misaki
Released: December 10, 1966
Type: Movie
A major international action film filmed on location in Hong Kong, depicting the activities of Asian Interpol, the Asian branch of a secret police organization that pursues global criminal organizations.
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Challenge for Glory
Title: Challenge for Glory
Released: October 18, 1966
Type: Movie
A young ex-boxer has become a successful businessman, running his various enterprises with his best friend, another boxer whom he accidentally injured in a match. When the latter is found dead, he cannot believe it is suicide and decides to investigate. Sure enough, a group of gangsters is behind his death and, resenting his intrusion, try to ruin him and to pin the murder of his young friend's fiancee on him. At the last minute he shoots it out with the villains and emerges with his reputation intact.
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Kaerazeru hatoba
Title: Kaerazeru hatoba
Character: Saeko Mizusawa
Released: August 13, 1966
Type: Movie
A crime film from 1966
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Love Eternal
Title: Love Eternal
Character: Ayako Kambayashi
Released: July 9, 1966
Type: Movie
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 pretty high up in the food chain, but "status" bears no value to him. All he cares for is Ayako, the boss' mistress. After one last job, they intend to run off together to Hong Kong, but their plans are hindered when an uninvited yakuza stirs up a vicious shootout. In the midst of it all, Ayako is kidnapped.
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The Tale of Genji
Title: The Tale of Genji
Character: Lady Murasaki
Released: January 14, 1966
Type: Movie
An eroticized adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu's classic novel, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the nobility of Kyoto for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing the one object of desire he must never obtain: his father's young and beautiful bride. Following the tragic consequences of his obsession, Genji wanders from one affair to another, always seeking some sort of completion to his life.
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A Story Written with Water
Title: A Story Written with Water
Character: Yumiko Hashimoto
Released: November 23, 1965
Type: Movie
Struggling with his true emotions, dreams, memories of the past and the reality Shizuo is about to marry, but is torn between his wife-to-be and the love to his mother.
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In Tears
Title: In Tears
Released: October 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Hiroshi is the second officer on board the Hakuromaru. Lead by his captain, he heads out to town to recruit new crew members for their next voyage. Hiroshi is baffled when his captain approaches the Daigo-Kuroshiomaru crew, a notorious group nicknamed "the hoodlums of the sea". Their offer is greeted with scoffs and quickly turned down.
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Song of Dawn
Title: Song of Dawn
Character: Noriko Midorikawa
Released: May 26, 1965
Type: Movie
Musical actress Noriko feels frustrated by the futility of her affair with a married man. Then she is offered a role in a new production that appears to mirror her own private life... An excellent work that stylishly depicts its gradually evolving heroine.
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Four Young Sisters
Title: Four Young Sisters
Character: Yuki Komura
Released: December 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Three girls come to Tokyo to stay with their elder sister. Actually they are running away from home because their father has married again to a very young woman. They have many romantic adventures and one finally decides against the boy she thought she loved because he, just like her father is always away from home. But directly after her marriage to another young man, her sister runs after the former boy-friend.
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The Flame of Devotion
Title: The Flame of Devotion
Character: Kiyono Kusaka
Released: November 22, 1964
Type: Movie
The tragic tale of Kiyono, a young woman from the mountain who fell in love with Takuji, a fisherman's son, and her devotion to him during a time of war.
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Punishment of a Lawless Villian
Title: Punishment of a Lawless Villian
Released: March 25, 1964
Type: Movie
In the early Meiji era, two contrasting craftsmen, who had been bound by a ten-year strong friendship, suddenly hated each other and face many obstacles. Adapted from Shugoro Yamamoto novel.
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Red Handkerchief
Title: Red Handkerchief
Released: January 3, 1964
Type: Movie
A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years, only to return to find the woman he loved married to his former partner. He searches for answers to his troubled past, knowing that his inevitable doomed fate is more or less sealed.
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Alone Across the Pacific
Title: Alone Across the Pacific
Character: Youth's Sister
Released: October 27, 1963
Type: Movie
Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his careful planning many unforeseen events will test his determination.
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Prince of Wolves
Title: Prince of Wolves
Character: Yoko Kikuchi
Released: October 4, 1963
Type: Movie
As the post-war turmoil continued, Take, the boss of the waifs, stole the money of US soldiers and lived with friends. They were like children of wolves. By chance, they were found by and became a members of a yakuza family. Five years later, Take dominated the port town as a young boss.
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The Hill is Full of Flowers
Title: The Hill is Full of Flowers
Character: Miwako Kazuki
Released: September 11, 1963
Type: Movie
A youth drama directed by Kiyoshi Horiike, who was adapted from "Young Tokyo no Yane" by Akira Saiga from "Oka wa Hanazakari" based on Yojiro Ishizaka. Miwako Kazuki left the English literature department and joined Toyo Critics. She was attracted by Noro, the editor-in-chief, whose wife died a few years ago and was now living with her two orphans and her old mother....
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Acacia no Ame ga Yamu Toki
Title: Acacia no Ame ga Yamu Toki
Released: April 14, 1963
Type: Movie
Hideo Ishizaki, who was painting on the shore of the lake, saves a woman named Keiko.
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I Fly for Kicks
Title: I Fly for Kicks
Released: March 3, 1963
Type: Movie
A musical film with Yūjirō Ishihara and Ruriko Asaoka.
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Hana to ryu
Title: Hana to ryu
Released: December 26, 1962
Type: Movie
Hana to ryu: Toshio Masuda directed movie
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Danger Pays
Title: Danger Pays
Character: Tomoko Akiyama
Released: December 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Joe, Okita, and Serizawa hear of the armed robbery of a truck carrying one billion eighty million yen's worth of Mint paper. Knowing that the thugs will now need a counterfeiter to make the bogus bills, they each decide to cash in on it by selling them the idea that they need Sakamoto, the best counterfeiter in Japan. A seesaw game unfolds between the three men as each tries to outdo the other two in handing over Sakamoto for one million yen to Hijikata, the big boss, who intends to make counterfeit money with the stolen paper. A little belatedly, they realize it needs their combined forces to outwit Hijikata and they raid his place together. Outnumbered, however, they are thrown into a basement room and the gas is turned on. Certain death stares them in the face, but the three men are not ones to take things lying down....
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Ai to shi no katami
Title: Ai to shi no katami
Released: November 21, 1962
Type: Movie
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Fresh Leaves
Title: Fresh Leaves
Character: Sumiko Hashimoto
Released: October 6, 1962
Type: Movie
Keiko is pretty and intelligent but her home life is not a happy one. Never having known a father's love, she develops a possessive attachment to Mr. Mazaki, the new mathematics teacher.
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I Hate But Love
Title: I Hate But Love
Character: Noriko Sakakita
Released: July 9, 1962
Type: Movie
A celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. When his controlling manager, the woman he loves, follows, the two must reconcile while dodging reporters.
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Hitori tabi
Title: Hitori tabi
Released: June 24, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Facing to the Clouds
Title: Facing to the Clouds
Released: May 1, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Yume ga ippai abarenbō
Title: Yume ga ippai abarenbō
Released: April 1, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Love in Ginza
Title: Love in Ginza
Released: March 4, 1962
Type: Movie
Hanjiro is a struggling painter that shares a tiny apartment in the back streets of Ginza with his jazz pianist friend who works at a bar. When he and his sweet heart, Hisako decide to get married, Hanjiro is faced with a tough decision. Needing to buy a ticket back home to tell his mother the good news, he compromises his creative principles for love and sells his portrait of Hisako. Hisako heads to the station to see him off, but gets hit by a car...
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Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
Title: Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
Released: February 25, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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The Rambler Goes North
Title: The Rambler Goes North
Released: January 3, 1962
Type: Movie
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, from a horse to fringes, guitar and even a trusty bullwhip.
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Dai shinrin ni mukatte tatsu
Title: Dai shinrin ni mukatte tatsu
Released: September 23, 1961
Type: Movie
Strife between competing lumber mills.
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The Plateau Man
Title: The Plateau Man
Released: August 13, 1961
Type: Movie
Japanese Western set at a mountain ranch in Kyushu.
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Rambling in the Sea
Title: Rambling in the Sea
Released: April 29, 1961
Type: Movie
Seventh in the nine-film series, "The Wandering Guitarist".
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Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm
Title: Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm
Released: February 25, 1961
Type: Movie
The Ginza Whirlwind (Akira Kobayashi) attempts to solve a murder.
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The Rambler under the Southern Cross
Title: The Rambler under the Southern Cross
Released: January 3, 1961
Type: Movie
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, from a horse to fringes, guitar and even a trusty bullwhip.
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The Angry Rambler
Title: The Angry Rambler
Released: November 16, 1960
Type: Movie
Fourth installment of Nikkatsu's "Drifter" series, with Kobayashi Akira.
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The Rambler Rides Again
Title: The Rambler Rides Again
Released: October 12, 1960
Type: Movie
In this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to Hokkaido, where he helps protect an Ainu village from unscrupulous land developers.
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Sixteen years old
Title: Sixteen years old
Released: October 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Senko Tamagawa is a third-year junior high school student, and she is the captain of the badminton club. Her father, Kinzo, remodeled her barn and lent it to her only Mikayo. Senko was somehow envious of her flashy life... In a tragedy with a girl living in the base as the main character, Katsumi Miki of "Life like a weed" adapted the original story of Muraji Uchiki and directed by Eisuke Takizawa of "Ajisai no Uta".
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The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
Title: The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
Released: September 3, 1960
Type: Movie
Set in Uwajima, Shikoku, an action film starring Akira Kobayashi who uncovers evils related to pearl farming.
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The Tokyo Mighty Guy
Title: The Tokyo Mighty Guy
Character: Hideko Matsuda
Released: July 29, 1960
Type: Movie
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 dashing good looks bring in the women as well as unwanted trouble, while an explosive political scandal builds around his girlfriend’s business...
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The Rambler in the Sunset
Title: The Rambler in the Sunset
Released: July 1, 1960
Type: Movie
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 while encountering the sinister rival, Masa "the pistol guy".
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The Lost Diamond
Title: The Lost Diamond
Released: June 18, 1960
Type: Movie
Two men perform a robbery on an airplane before parachuting to safety, and a newspaper reporter attempts to solve the crime.
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Wind of Volcano
Title: Wind of Volcano
Released: May 28, 1960
Type: Movie
An airplane loaded with 50 million yen for the reconstruction of Amami Oshima crashes en route from Kagoshima, Kyushu, but neither the money nor the remains of the pilot can be found.
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The Gun Like Lightning
Title: The Gun Like Lightning
Character: Reiko
Released: May 14, 1960
Type: Movie
Sadao, is saved from death at the hands of Goro, a killer belonging to a rival gang by Joji just released from prison who has resolved to turn over a new leaf. He has returned, however, because of Keiko, his sweetheart, who he now finds is engaged to Noboru, a detective and son of Jinsaku, boss of the Otsu gang. That night at the night club, headquarters of the Highlight Group - which Noboru is investigating, Majima meets Joji who knows of his attempt to kill Jinsaku, and resolves to kill him.
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Return of the Vagabond
Title: Return of the Vagabond
Released: April 23, 1960
Type: Movie
The 3rd film of the famous "Wataridori" (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. The young rambler, Shinji Taki (Akira Kobayashi), with his guitar arrives in Sadogashima Island, Niigata, Japan. Of course, Shinji meets yet another beautiful girl named Noriko, who closely resembles the famous actress Ruriko Asaoka again. Of course, Noriko is in trouble. Of course, Shinji's yet another skilled rival named "Tetsu, the Gunman" comes to Sado shortly. Of course, the villain tries to kill Shinji and Tetsu. Of course, Shinji solves the problem and leaves Sado suddenly.
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He's the Witness
Title: He's the Witness
Released: March 26, 1960
Type: Movie
Takuya witnesses the homicide of the detective leading an investigation into the murder of the chairman of the People’s Economic Association, and he disguises himself.
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The Guitarist from the Sea
Title: The Guitarist from the Sea
Released: February 28, 1960
Type: Movie
Plans to build a touristic hot spring on the island of Izu Oshima run afoul of the Kobe yakuza group, which intends to use the island as a relay base for drug smuggling.
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Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Title: Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Character: Midori Ishii
Released: February 14, 1960
Type: Movie
When Ryuji - the Gun Slinger, a drug addict leaves hospital to which he was taken after a gunfight by a notorious killer named Gin of Colt, he is employed as a bodyguard by Yo Sangen, chief of a narcotics smuggling ring.
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The Guitarist and the Rancher
Title: The Guitarist and the Rancher
Released: January 3, 1960
Type: Movie
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 turning an honest ranch into a gambling resort.
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Who is in the Background?
Title: Who is in the Background?
Released: December 6, 1959
Type: Movie
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The Rambling Guitarist
Title: The Rambling Guitarist
Character: Yuki
Released: October 11, 1959
Type: Movie
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 a sinister gunman, Taki's mysterious past catches up with him.
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The Human Cyclone
Title: The Human Cyclone
Character: Akiko Murakoshi
Released: September 20, 1959
Type: Movie
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Farewell to Southern Tosa
Title: Farewell to Southern Tosa
Released: August 2, 1959
Type: Movie
Story of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard.
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Downhill Youth
Title: Downhill Youth
Released: June 30, 1959
Type: Movie
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Abashiri Prison
Title: Abashiri Prison
Released: May 2, 1959
Type: Movie
Also Known As: Abashiri Native Ground
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A Man Explodes
Title: A Man Explodes
Released: April 28, 1959
Type: Movie
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, who jumps into a waterfall. Having injured his eyes in the process, he is brought to Tokyo for medical treatment. In Tokyo, Kensaku visits his mother Kaneko who left her son years ago. She now owns an exclusive club and has a son, Isao, with the president of Kobe Concern. Isao plots to steal Kensuke's farm as part of a land development scheme with Fukiko's husband. Without knowing they are blood related, their conflict over the farm intensifies.
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I Will Challenge
Title: I Will Challenge
Released: April 8, 1959
Type: Movie
Akira, a student who is professionally engaged in boxing, aspires to follow in the footsteps of his late father and become a champion when, during training, he becomes embroiled in a murder case. His school friend is involved in the case, and Akira also becomes the target of villains...
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Friendship of Jazz
Title: Friendship of Jazz
Character: Chiaki Tomooka
Released: January 3, 1959
Type: Movie
Kenichi, who lives like a stray dog among fellow gangsters, finds his love for the first time while the police are trying to catch him on suspicion of murder.
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Osaka no kaze
Title: Osaka no kaze
Released: December 3, 1958
Type: Movie
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Zesshou
Title: Zesshou
Character: Koyuki
Released: October 15, 1958
Type: Movie
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The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
Title: The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
Character: Noriko Komatsu
Released: September 2, 1958
Type: Movie
Former boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow for Daishiro. One day, Daishiro got a call from his relative Morihiko. He said he forgot the winning lottery ticket of 2 million yen at the hotel, so he wants Daishiro to go and pick it up. Morihiko used the hotel for secret meetings, so he said he couldn't go there himself because he was afraid it would become public. When Daishiro entered the hotel, the Yakuza, who learned about the lottery from the newspaper, threaten the hotel maid Noriko, and want to rob her. Daishiro helps Noriko and safely picks up the lottery, but a message arrives from his relative Seikichi from Osaka. His missing son Kaoru is said to be a boxer in Osaka. "My son... He has the blood of a boxer in him..." Daishiro is heading to Osaka in a hurry...
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The Boy Who Came Back
Title: The Boy Who Came Back
Character: Кадзуэ Сугита
Released: June 29, 1958
Type: Movie
Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past.
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The Nun
Title: The Nun
Character: Etsuko Masui
Released: May 6, 1958
Type: Movie
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Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku
Title: Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku
Released: April 29, 1958
Type: Movie
"Tomorrow is Another Day" tells the story of three brothers who struggle to shake free of the father's ties to the yakuza underworld. A star vehicle for the popular singer/actor Yūjirō Ishihara.
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Fangs of Night
Title: Fangs of Night
Released: January 15, 1958
Type: Movie
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 uncover a shady group of criminals with a sinister plot.
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Forbidden Lips
Title: Forbidden Lips
Released: January 3, 1958
Type: Movie
A youth lyrical story of pure love of a girl who grew up in the Kyoto Gion quarter, with a geisha mother and sisters Maiko and a college student.
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The Eagle and the Hawk
Title: The Eagle and the Hawk
Character: Akiko
Released: September 29, 1957
Type: Movie
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 a rusty cargo ship Kaiyo Maru. One is a troublemaker with bad attitudes, Senkichi Nomura, who pursues an enemy in order to take revenge for his father's death. The other is Keizo Sasaki, a buff, eagle-eyed man on board for a certain mission.
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Jûnana-sai no teikô
Title: Jûnana-sai no teikô
Released: July 30, 1957
Type: Movie
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 owner of the Matsukawa troupe, she grew up without knowing the love of her mother. She has been on stage since she was a child, but oneday she cried and complained to her father, and she stopped going to school. In a mock exams, Kanako overtook her classmate Tetsuji to take the lead. That evening, Kanako went to the Yasue Theater in the neighboring town with Eikichi, and saw the affair of her stepmother, Yumi, who should have been resting due to her illness. The man ran away in a hurry, and Yumi confessed that Kanako's mother, Miyako, had also run away for the same reason...
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This Day's Life
Title: This Day's Life
Released: June 26, 1957
Type: Movie
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Dancing Sisters
Title: Dancing Sisters
Character: Akiko Taki
Released: January 3, 1957
Type: Movie
It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daughters. Haruko, the eldest, is the lead vocalist in a band. Natsuko is the conscientious type, who spends her days in ballet classes beautifying herself. The youngest of the three, Akiko is a bookworm who found her niche in philosophy. Although the sisters may appear to have nothing in common, there is one thing they all agree on; "Mom needs a new husband".
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Funny Friend: The Baby and Express
Title: Funny Friend: The Baby and Express
Released: January 29, 1956
Type: Movie
East-West Transportation, headquartered in Tokyo, operates daily scheduled cargo flights on the Tokaido Road from Tokyo to Osaka and back, as the name suggests. Daikichi was a driver working for the East-West transportation company, and Rokuheita served as his assistant. The Daikichi truck, which was packed with luggage today, has left for its destination. And soon after Daikichi's truck left, Rokuheita heard a cat meowing from behind, so Daikichi stopped the car and turned to check the cargo, and there in a large basket he saw a crying baby...
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Tales of Ginza
Title: Tales of Ginza
Character: Ruriko
Released: September 14, 1955
Type: Movie
In the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged husband’s art collection attempts to identify the man who painted her own portrait fifteen years prior.
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The Green Music Box
Title: The Green Music Box
Character: Ruriko
Released: May 8, 1955
Type: Movie
Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doesn't know about. Ever since he moved up to the research laboratory in Hokkaido, Ruriko hasn't heard from him. The only thing that reminded her of his warmth was the green music box that he’d left behind for her. She longed to reunite with her father. The little box played music that lifted her spirits, to a place where everything was perfect.