Meichô Soganoya

Meichô Soganoya

Born: June 3, 1908
Died: April 13, 1999
in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Meichô Soganoya...

Make-Up
Title: Make-Up
Character: Umezendo
Released: May 2, 1984
Type: Movie
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The Geisha
Title: The Geisha
Released: September 10, 1983
Type: Movie
Yokiro was the most successful Geisha house in Western Japan during the first half of the 20th century and remains open to this day. At its peak, it was home to over 200 geisha, however behind the fabulous facade, there were many battles - between family members, men and women, and with the Yakuza. Momokawa was sold to Yokiro at age 12, and despite being the top geisha, her many complicated relationships provide unending challenges throughout her glamorous but turbulent life.
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Heaven Sent
Title: Heaven Sent
Released: December 28, 1979
Type: Movie
Sayoko is desperate to bear a child of her own, but her live-in boyfriend Shinsaku strenuously objects to the idea. One day, someone leaves behind a six-year-old child at their door, claiming that Shinsaku—or four other men—is the child's father! Sayoko and Shinsaku set out on a journey to find the real father.
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The Fixer
Title: The Fixer
Released: October 27, 1979
Type: Movie
Political fixer Homei Yamaoka's misdeeds come to light, throwing Japanese politics into deadly confusion. But he's not going down without a fight.
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Tsuma to onna no aida
Title: Tsuma to onna no aida
Character: Noguchi
Released: January 17, 1976
Type: Movie
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The Blossom and the Sword
Title: The Blossom and the Sword
Character: Kinzô Nagata
Released: November 17, 1973
Type: Movie
Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths with an assassin (Tetsuya Watari). The encounter sends her to jail as a suspected accomplice. Years later she marries a yakuza boss, whose gang is affiliated with working class people.
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Title: Kogarashi Monjiro
Character: Kyutaro
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: TV
Monjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned his hometown when he was 10 years old. He has been traveling aimlessly with a long toothpick in his mouth. Monjiro avoided getting involved in anything, but wherever he went, he ended up getting involved in incidents
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The Gambling Nun
Title: The Gambling Nun
Released: September 7, 1971
Type: Movie
A young woman, an experienced gambler, enters a nunnery to atone for some of her father's crimes. When the nunnery runs into debt, she resorts to gambling and challenges the racketeer threatening to sell the place to a game.
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Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder
Title: Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder
Released: November 11, 1970
Type: Movie
Ryotatsu, the wayward Priest blinded by Shinkai, the Wicked Priest, has his own story in this ultra-violent tale from the era of the Meiji Reconstruction. When a woman leaves her blind son at the Monastery, Ryotatsu is forced to teach the boy how to cope as a blind person in old Japan. When he takes the child with him on the road to find the boy's mother, they run afoul of not only yakuza gangsters, but some corrupt army officers have been trying to sway public opinion against the Satsuma rebels by posing as members of Saigo Takamori's group. It's a bloody mistake for them to underestimate the strength of the Blind Priest, and he'll make them pay with their lives!
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Zenigeba
Title: Zenigeba
Released: October 31, 1970
Type: Movie
Based on the comic by George Akiyama
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なにがなんでも為五郎
Title: なにがなんでも為五郎
Released: August 26, 1970
Type: Movie
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A Lively Geisha
Title: A Lively Geisha
Released: August 1, 1970
Type: Movie
Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes true. When she learns of the trouble Yukichi's business is facing, she stands ready to come to his aid, and thus repay a debt that's long overdue.
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Dawn of Judo
Title: Dawn of Judo
Released: July 25, 1970
Type: Movie
The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of physical skill, but an art which reveals the artist to himself.
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Kigeki: Ohi Kaenasutte!
Title: Kigeki: Ohi Kaenasutte!
Released: May 16, 1970
Type: Movie
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Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive
Title: Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive
Character: Kamecho
Released: April 8, 1970
Type: Movie
Oichi the Blind helps a woman escape the clutches of a high government official to go off with the man she loves. The official puts a reward on her head of fifty gold pieces and soon a menagerie of bounty hunters are after her skin. Three of them band together to accomplish this, one an expert swordsman, another a huge judo master and the third is deadly with a chain. To escape, she heads for the fishing town of Itso but soon comes face to face with Sankuro, the swordsman...
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Konto 55: Grandson of a Ninja
Title: Konto 55: Grandson of a Ninja
Released: October 10, 1969
Type: Movie
A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.
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Industrial Spy
Title: Industrial Spy
Character: Yozo Kawanishi
Released: May 21, 1968
Type: Movie
A spy learns the top secrets of a company.
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Nunnery Confidential
Title: Nunnery Confidential
Released: February 22, 1968
Type: Movie
Erotic Pinku film showcasing he life of Buddhist nuns during the Edo Period.
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Ninja's Mark
Title: Ninja's Mark
Character: Doi Ooinokami
Released: January 27, 1968
Type: Movie
When the Shogun Tokugawa III is in bed with a girl, she turns into a monster. The court believes she is Ninja Magic, used to frighten the lord off women so that there will be no heir. Tôma, a famous swordsman, is called in and exposes the Ninja, even discovering their leader, a beautiful young girl named Kagiroi. Guessing that she is the daughter of some ousted daimyo anxious to get back into favor, he is about to unmask her when he is taken prisoner...
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Big Time Gambling Boss
Title: Big Time Gambling Boss
Released: January 14, 1968
Type: Movie
Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer.
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Everybody, Let's Go!
Title: Everybody, Let's Go!
Character: Miyata
Released: August 5, 1967
Type: Movie
A new stationmaster is appointed to a dilapidated local line. On top of the failing local line feuding for hot spring customers with a bus company looking to start a new route, they even get involved in a disappearance and a murder...
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Eighteen Years in Prison
Title: Eighteen Years in Prison
Released: February 24, 1967
Type: Movie
A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cross again as they both fall in love with the same woman.
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Three Generations of Yakuza
Title: Three Generations of Yakuza
Released: May 14, 1966
Type: Movie
The film depicts the fate of a young yakuza boss and his father, who confront each other, not knowing that they are relatives, and become victims of a brutal war for territory between the clans according to the merciless laws of the yakuza.
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True Osaka Grit
Title: True Osaka Grit
Released: October 24, 1965
Type: Movie
Based on a novel by Kôen Hasegawa
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Young Guy at Sea
Title: Young Guy at Sea
Character: マーケット店長
Released: August 8, 1965
Type: Movie
Eternal young guy, Yuzo Kayama stars in this fifth installment of the Young Guy series. Young Guy returns to the swim team from the first movie, boards his rival Blue Guy's boat, and meets a young woman on a small island.
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Hoodlum Match
Title: Hoodlum Match
Released: February 13, 1965
Type: Movie
A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.
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The Boss
Title: The Boss
Released: January 3, 1965
Type: Movie
Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous way. Nakagami, the head of the Kanto Joseikai, is ordered to acquire the rights to work to level the reclaimed land and prevent the Doshikai from expanding from Kansai into Tokyo, but the interference of the Koda-gumi, associated with the Kansai Doshikai, intensifies. Nakagami's younger brother Hayami, unhappy that the situation is moving slowly, tries to blackmail the mayor into moving forward, but... A true Toei gangster film with an all-star cast including Koji Tsuruta and Ken Takakura!
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Red Diamond
Title: Red Diamond
Character: Genichiro Mori
Released: October 14, 1964
Type: Movie
After losing all his money, Kizuka Keita, a seller on the black market, is trying to commit suicide. But he is saved by Morigen, a broker on the azuki beans market. A young man tries to regain his wealth in the bean market.
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Female Ninja Magic
Title: Female Ninja Magic
Character: Ieyasu Tokugawa
Released: October 3, 1964
Type: Movie
In Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position, fearing Toyotomi's blood descendents would end, he impregnates one of five Shinano female ninja with the seed of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in hopes of continuing the bloodline. Princess Sen and the five female ninja escape from Osaka castle by blending in with the handmaidens. Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu who was supposed to rule all under the heavens was informed of this secret. So Ieyasu orders five samurai of the Iga Ninja clan (brought by Hattori Hanzo) to stop the Toyotomi bloodline by killing the Kunoichi ninja. An attack of ninja magic arts unfolds in a battle of the sexes.
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The Glamorous Ghost
Title: The Glamorous Ghost
Character: Kitamura Yoshinosuke
Released: October 3, 1964
Type: Movie
Based on the novel by Naoki Prize-nominated author Taro Takeshita, a thriller full of black humor. A jealous husband murders his adulterous wife, then embarks on a crusade to extort all the wealthy men whom she had affairs with.
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The Sandal Keeper
Title: The Sandal Keeper
Character: Masuzaemon Masuda
Released: June 11, 1964
Type: Movie
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Shingo's Final Duel
Title: Shingo's Final Duel
Released: May 23, 1964
Type: Movie
After Aoi Shingo, the illegitimate son of Shogun Yoshimune has gained prominence as the finest swordsman in the land, he tries to lead a peaceful life with his mother far away from the seat of government in Edo. Not wanting to inconvenience his father anymore his plan is to stay away from the city and enjoy life like a normal man. Unfortunately for him, his past comes back to haunt him in the person of his mortal enemy, the one swordsman that is skillful enough to defeat him. This is the most perilous moment of Shingo's life as he must face his deadliest foe in a battle to the death!
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Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man
Title: Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man
Released: April 4, 1964
Type: Movie
Richshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha, and throws her into the river. But later, he falls in love with her. Yasaburo, the oyabun of the Nishikawa Gang, loves her very much too. However, as he likes Tatsu's dynamic personality, he volunteers to become a go-between for their marriage. Yasaburo gets tipped off by Yajima who wants to take over the territory of the Nishikawa Gang, and is arrested and imprisoned. After his release, Yajima tries to kill him. Ginjiro, a lover of Tamaryu respects Kimiyakko as an older sister and a follower of Tatsu, is murdered. After the third marriage ceremony just between Tatsu and Kimiyakko, Tatsu goes off to the place of fighting.
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Fools at Work
Title: Fools at Work
Character: Mantis
Released: January 19, 1964
Type: Movie
A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.
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A Country Boss
Title: A Country Boss
Character: Sushi shop proprietor
Released: January 25, 1962
Type: Movie
A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.
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寛美の三等社員
Title: 寛美の三等社員
Character: Tsunekichi
Released: September 9, 1961
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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Osaka Tough
Title: Osaka Tough
Released: May 9, 1961
Type: Movie
The film takes place in a dark area of the giant city of Osaka and tells about a group of people who find themselves at the bottom of society, and about the courage of a man who defies the city of violence in search of his beloved sister.
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Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi
Title: Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi
Character: Hatsue's father
Released: November 22, 1959
Type: Movie
A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.
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The Adventures of Kantaro
Title: The Adventures of Kantaro
Released: October 18, 1959
Type: Movie
Comedy historical film about a wandering warrior, based on the novel by Shin Hasegawa.