Ichirō Okuni

Ichirō Okuni

Born: December 12, 1909
in Kojima, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Ichirō Okuni...

Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
Title: Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
Character: Kamon
Released: December 15, 1963
Type: Movie
A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed and vandalized, streets teeming with panicked citizens. Is Ijyuin Tanomo, highly-placed official of Owari clan, secretly using deadly ninja to foment riot and rebellion? Narumiya Shinbei, a lone samurai spy adept at ninjutsu must uncover the hidden hand orchestrating these shocking crimes. Shinbei enlists a small band of dedicated ninja to lay siege to the enemy’s stronghold, where his own sister works as an undercover agent. Now, ninja must fight ninja in a last desperate battle to save the shogunate.
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53 Stages of Action
Title: 53 Stages of Action
Released: January 23, 1963
Type: Movie
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The Duel at the Satta Pass
Title: The Duel at the Satta Pass
Released: December 16, 1962
Type: Movie
A variety of characters, including ninja Noto, a swordsman disguised as a komuso monk, and a young samurai chasing them, participate in a chaotic bloody battle for 4,000 gold coins that were stolen from Nijo Castle.
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Edokko Nagaya
Title: Edokko Nagaya
Released: December 1, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Waka zakura kenka matoi
Title: Waka zakura kenka matoi
Released: November 17, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Jigoku no kagebōshi
Title: Jigoku no kagebōshi
Released: November 11, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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八幡鳩九郎
Title: 八幡鳩九郎
Released: February 14, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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A Warrior Generation
Title: A Warrior Generation
Released: February 14, 1962
Type: Movie
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Hibari is Fashion Crazy
Title: Hibari is Fashion Crazy
Released: December 15, 1961
Type: Movie
Under a decree by the Shogun, people of all classes are forced to lead a frugal lifestyle. However, Omitsu, a woman who is thought to have gone insane after the sudden death of her father, openly disobeys this order and goes around town fancifully dressed. Unknown to all around her, Omitsu is merely acting, using her perceived madness to roam around town conducting her own secret investigation into her father's death. Will her skillful ruse help her to reveal the truth?
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The Conspirator
Title: The Conspirator
Released: November 8, 1961
Type: Movie
Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga, provides little happiness. His manipulative mother adds further complications through her constant interference and attempts at defeating the Nobunaga family.
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Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern
Title: Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern
Released: August 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Detective Umon’s services are called upon when ronin Yaichiro is killed with a peculiar weapon, a stone wrapped in a towel.
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Magistrate of Dice
Title: Magistrate of Dice
Released: April 18, 1961
Type: Movie
Based on the exploits of real-life historical character Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan, this exciting tale brings the “Demon Magistrate” as he is called to the aid of a beautiful young woman who asks to be abducted on the eve of her wedding so that she would not have to marry a country bumpkin. Instead she plans to go to Edo, where life can be cheap and common criminals run rampant. Can Magistrate Toyama, a gambler himself, see through the plot and keep her safe from harm. Don’t miss this spectacular showpiece of samurai era action led by superstar Kataoka Chiezo in one of his signature roles. When he bares his tattooed right shoulder, all hell breaks loose!
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Yagyu Chronicles 2: The Secret Sword
Title: Yagyu Chronicles 2: The Secret Sword
Released: March 19, 1961
Type: Movie
This is the second film in the popular black and white series about the master swordsman, Yagyu Jubei. When the Yagyu clan falls victim to rival Kasumi spies, Yagyu Jubei is called to action to protect them. But in performing his duty, he becomes the target of those who wish to destroy his clan.
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Unruly Lion
Title: Unruly Lion
Released: February 1, 1961
Type: Movie
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Lord Mito: All Star Version
Title: Lord Mito: All Star Version
Released: August 7, 1960
Type: Movie
In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later, another fire broke out, this time in Komagome, burning down the two gates of Asakusa and Sujikai, and continuing on into the night. As the government Elders consider evidence that these fires were arson, a fire breaks out in Hirakawa-cho, outside of Hanzo Gate. Nishonmaru catches on fire and burns down completely. When this rash of fires even strikes Kyoto, the task of finding who’s behind the arson, and stopping them falls to the Shogun’s uncle, the Elder Lord of Mito. Together with his trusted bodyguards, Kaku and Suke, the trio set of to save Japan from this scourge of evil. Featuring virtually all of their most famous stars, this is the best film in the Toei series about Mito Komon, one of Japan’s most popular historical figures who traveled through the country incognito to check on the people and fight injustice.
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Lair of the Snakegod
Title: Lair of the Snakegod
Released: April 12, 1960
Type: Movie
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Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Road
Title: Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Road
Released: March 8, 1960
Type: Movie
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Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Akiba
Title: Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Akiba
Released: March 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Early film by Eiichi Kudô.
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Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
Title: Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
Released: March 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Umon’s services are called upon when innocent bystanders, Kayo and Minokichi, along with the ronin, Gontaro are mistakenly identified as suspects in several recent murder cases. To prove their innocence and uncover the truth, Umon launches his own investigation.
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Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
Title: Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
Released: June 28, 1959
Type: Movie
Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.
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Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
Title: Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
Character: Jintaro
Released: April 19, 1959
Type: Movie
Sixth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
Title: Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
Released: December 28, 1958
Type: Movie
Fifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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The Beloved Imposters
Title: The Beloved Imposters
Released: November 11, 1958
Type: Movie
1958 Mito Kumon movie
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Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Title: Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Character: Regiment commander
Released: April 20, 1958
Type: Movie
Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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Akagi no komori-uta
Title: Akagi no komori-uta
Released: December 10, 1957
Type: Movie
Film directed by Tadashi Ashihara
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Sekki shichihenge
Title: Sekki shichihenge
Released: July 23, 1957
Type: Movie
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Red peonies on the skin
Title: Red peonies on the skin
Released: July 2, 1957
Type: Movie
Genjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies, he helps his younger brother who is caught up in a conflict with Hatamoto.
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Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp
Title: Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp
Released: June 18, 1957
Type: Movie
A remake of Kaidan Saga yashiki (1953).
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The Young Avenger
Title: The Young Avenger
Released: May 7, 1957
Type: Movie
Akitaro Orizuru, who set out on a journey to avenge his father's death in the darkness, returned to Itako, his hometown, where the Ayame Festival was approaching, for the first time in five years. His late father's brother, Sutezo, who took off his waraji, runs a small prostitute with only one child, Sutematsu. In addition, only Shigezaburo, who left a mark in the middle wind, was ill-mannered by Inomatsu. Akitaro was accompanied by a daughter named Omitsu on the way to here, but she was Ura's younger sister who works at Fujikura's house, and the villagers worked on the fifty cars to meet her critically ill father.
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Flowers on the Trail
Title: Flowers on the Trail
Released: January 29, 1957
Type: Movie
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The Black Hooded Man 4
Title: The Black Hooded Man 4
Character: Izumiya Yoshibei
Released: October 2, 1956
Type: Movie
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.9
Title: Travels of Lord Mito Pt.9
Released: August 15, 1956
Type: Movie
9th film in the series about Lord Mito
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Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
Title: Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
Released: August 14, 1956
Type: Movie
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Flowery Hood
Title: Flowery Hood
Released: July 25, 1956
Type: Movie
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The Phantom Cat
Title: The Phantom Cat
Released: July 12, 1956
Type: Movie
In Numada, Jyoshu, Seijun's mistress dies a horrible death at the hands of a gang of vicious vassals plotting to embezzle the Kuroda family, and her beloved cat takes revenge by becoming an incarnation of the cat.
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Asataro the Crow
Title: Asataro the Crow
Released: March 28, 1956
Type: Movie
Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.
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The Kuroda Affair
Title: The Kuroda Affair
Released: January 8, 1956
Type: Movie
This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As his clan’s new leader, Tadayuki, becomes increasingly militant in his opposition to the Tokugawa shogunate, Daizen is forced to reconcile his loyalty to the clan with his loyalty to Tadayuki, who seems dead set on entangling the clan in destructive conflict. The Kuroda Affair’s mise-en-scène is said to have influenced future Toei director Eiichi Kudo. The film also features two of the greatest stars of Japanese period cinema, Chiezo Kataoka and Ryutaro Otomo.
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The Magical Warrior
Title: The Magical Warrior
Released: September 6, 1955
Type: Movie
Rikitaro and Osayo are popular entertainers who throw knives. They are sweethearts. At one day They help Ocho, who is a beautiful pickpocket when she is attacked by Ronin. in Asakusa, However, they come to be surrounded by doubtful Ronin after that. Moreover, Rikitaro is called to stop by Kajima of Edo-Karo of Nihonmatsu-Han. He calls him a young lord and treats Rikitaro as one, because his young lord, Tetsunojo is missing. Kuni-Garo makes a plan to carry out. Kikumaru, the younger brother of the mother difference in him instead of Tetsunojo, Since Rikitaro is just like Tetsunojo, then, they are convinced that it is Tetsunojo of Rikitaro. Rikitaro and Osayo decide to help Kajima and Tetsunojo. Finally they success to crush Kikumarsu's group.
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The Second Son
Title: The Second Son
Released: January 29, 1955
Type: Movie
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The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
Title: The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
Released: December 29, 1954
Type: Movie
A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim.
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Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
Title: Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
Released: March 13, 1954
Type: Movie
The Lord of Okazaki is killed by his brother-in-law. Although the Lord's widow bears a child, she is also killed. Then, a ghost cat begins stalking in the castle.
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慶安水滸傳
Title: 慶安水滸傳
Character: 武下舎人
Released: January 21, 1954
Type: Movie
Chikuzen, a ronin named Yoh Daisuke, after pacifying some ruffians at the theater of Onna-Kata Ogino Sawanojiki, formed a bond with the theater's bodyguard, Maruhashi Tadayasu, and Kaku, a priest. He ended up settling at the Kasugaya, the house of Oko, whom he had saved. When Oko decided to go to Edo, where her biological father lived, Daisuke accompanied her. Along the way, at Suruga Abe River, they encountered Sawanojiki's theater group, which had departed from Osaka earlier heading to Edo. A scuffle initiated by Tadayasu over a ferry boat with the students of Yui Masayuki but was amicably resolved through Masayuki's intervention.
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The Battleship Yamato
Title: The Battleship Yamato
Character: Veteran
Released: June 15, 1953
Type: Movie
The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".
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Forty-Eight Man
Title: Forty-Eight Man
Released: June 26, 1952
Type: Movie
Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki
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Sasaki Kojiro
Title: Sasaki Kojiro
Released: December 19, 1950
Type: Movie
Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as Sasaki Kojiro, who rises from humble beginnings to national fame, and a young Toshiro Mifune appears as the legendary master swordsman Miyamoto Musashi for the first time and essentially sets the standard for future portrayals.This masterpiece is based on the original story as written by noted author Murakami Genzo and is far superior to any other versions. Following Kojiro from his earliest days through his fateful meeting with Musashi, this movie is filled with exciting and dramatic moments culminating in the best version of the final duel ever seen on film.
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Sandai no sakazuki
Title: Sandai no sakazuki
Released: December 11, 1942
Type: Movie
1942 Japanese movie
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Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon
Title: Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon
Released: July 2, 1942
Type: Movie
The life, adventures and exploits of warlord Date Masamune the One-eyed Dragon: his early youth as an aggressive warrior, the battles he won until subduing almost all his enemies, the lonely comprehension of knowing that he actually can not take over the whole country because he was born too late.
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Phantom Castle
Title: Phantom Castle
Released: October 10, 1940
Type: Movie
Early Japanese three-part samurai / fantasy serial.
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A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo
Title: A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo
Released: September 21, 1933
Type: Movie
Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.
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Every-Night Dreams
Title: Every-Night Dreams
Released: June 8, 1933
Type: Movie
In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return of her ex-husband, who fathered the child and walked out on her years earlier.
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Young Lady
Title: Young Lady
Character: Veteran reporter
Released: December 12, 1930
Type: Movie
Two reporters find that they are repeatedly beaten to the scoop by a new female journaist, 'young miss'. They decide to team up with her to investigate a secret club for wealthy voyeurs. Considered to be a lost film.
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Youth, Why Do You Cry?
Title: Youth, Why Do You Cry?
Released: November 15, 1930
Type: Movie
A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.
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The Luck Which Touched the Leg
Title: The Luck Which Touched the Leg
Character: Kuboi
Released: October 3, 1930
Type: Movie
A salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful owner. However his colleagues immediately start borrowing money and selling him things he doesn't need, much to his wife's annoyance. Considered to be a lost film.
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I Flunked, But...
Title: I Flunked, But...
Character: Teacher
Released: April 11, 1930
Type: Movie
This bittersweet comedy tells the tale of a group of college roommates attempting to cheat their way through their exams. As the title goes, things don't work out for our roguish main character, but his classmates soon find themselves in a similarly sorry state...
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Fighting Friends
Title: Fighting Friends
Released: July 5, 1929
Type: Movie
The remaining fragments of an early Ozu film. It is the simple story of two friends who live together in a poor tenement and who share about everything in life (food, hopes, work...). Everything goes well until they gallantly rescue a young (and pretty) woman injured in a road accident. Since the lady has nowhere to go, the two good-hearted friends invite her to their home. She soon becomes their housemaid and they soon begin to seek her favors. Alas, she falls for a young student she has met in the neighborhood, much to the two friends' dismay.
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Days of Youth
Title: Days of Youth
Character: Professor Anayama
Released: April 13, 1929
Type: Movie
Students Watanabe and Yamamoto unknowingly compete for the same girl.
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Couple on the Move
Title: Couple on the Move
Character: Landlord
Released: September 28, 1928
Type: Movie
When a woman unfairly suspects her husband of flirting with a shop assistant, she decides to flirt with their landlord to get revenge. Considered to be a lost film.