Kenji Kimura

Kenji Kimura

Born: December 17, 1887
in Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan

Movies for Kenji Kimura...

Tora-san's Promise
Title: Tora-san's Promise
Released: December 28, 1981
Type: Movie
Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all his ex-classmates, he resumes his travels. In Kyushu he meets an outspoken 18-year-old girl who becomes enamored of Tora-san and follows him around. One of Tora-san's old friends is terminally ill and makes Tora-san promise him to marry his wife once he is gone.
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Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Title: Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Released: August 8, 1981
Type: Movie
When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs his family that he plans to marry her. His plans are foiled when the geisha informs Tora-san that she is engaged.
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Foster Daddy, Tora!
Title: Foster Daddy, Tora!
Released: December 27, 1980
Type: Movie
After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she can study for a night school exam.
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Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Title: Tora-san's Tropical Fever
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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Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Title: Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Released: December 28, 1979
Type: Movie
Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata.
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Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Title: Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Released: August 4, 1979
Type: Movie
Tora-san helps out a runaway bride.
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Talk of the Town Tora-san
Title: Talk of the Town Tora-san
Released: December 27, 1978
Type: Movie
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed when a beautiful lady starts working at Toraya.
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Stage-Struck Tora-san
Title: Stage-Struck Tora-san
Released: August 5, 1978
Type: Movie
Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who looks up to Tora-san.
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Tora-san Plays Cupid
Title: Tora-san Plays Cupid
Released: December 24, 1977
Type: Movie
Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya's newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes by the nickname Watt. Tora attempts to match Watt with a young waitress.
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Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Title: Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Released: August 6, 1977
Type: Movie
Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo.
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Tora-san's Pure Love
Title: Tora-san's Pure Love
Released: December 25, 1976
Type: Movie
When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love with the teacher's mother.
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Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Title: Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Released: July 23, 1976
Type: Movie
Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a surly old man with a sad story, whose identity will surprise everyone. Later, Tora meets Botan, a geisha.
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The Village
Title: The Village
Released: April 12, 1976
Type: Movie
This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a musical. They would have to pay the overhead and, being that they are farmers and always busy and not rich, question the wisdom and feasibility of such an idea. A spokesperson for the acting troupe Ms. Kono lays out the whole thing and they must decide. You get little slices of rural life in Japan far, at least in sentiment, from Tokyo. The best thing about this film is that it has heart. The acting is good, but it is really about the simple storyline of outing on a show. Films rarely get made with such simplistic plots these days. Enjoy this little slice of what city people call “the simple life”.
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Tora-san, the Intellectual
Title: Tora-san, the Intellectual
Released: December 27, 1975
Type: Movie
Tora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years ago. When he returns to Shibamata with the intent to study, he falls for Toraya's new tenant instead.
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Tora-san's Lullaby
Title: Tora-san's Lullaby
Released: December 28, 1974
Type: Movie
After Hiroshi is injured in a workplace accident, Torajiro gives Sakura the money he has saved and leaves to work as a traveling salesman once again. During his travels, Torajiro meets a father who shares a drink with him. In the morning, Torajiro is shocked to learn that the man has left his baby behind and a note asking Tora to take care of the child.
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The Last Samurai
Title: The Last Samurai
Released: September 20, 1974
Type: Movie
The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.
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Tora-san Loves an Artist
Title: Tora-san Loves an Artist
Released: December 25, 1973
Type: Movie
Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Later, he encounters an old school chum and begins to have feeling for his artist sister.
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Stray Dog
Title: Stray Dog
Released: September 29, 1973
Type: Movie
When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior, Chief Detective Sato, Murakami works feverishly to trace the location of his pistol, ultimately clashing with a gang of youthful Okinawans.
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Miyamoto Musashi
Title: Miyamoto Musashi
Released: July 13, 1973
Type: Movie
In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Kojiro. Part II builds toward that great duel on Ganryu Island, with considerable focus on Musashi's planning & forethought as to how to gain an advantage.
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Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Title: Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Released: January 4, 1973
Type: Movie
On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.
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Love and Power
Title: Love and Power
Released: August 29, 1930
Type: Movie
Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.
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Kiro Ni Tachite
Title: Kiro Ni Tachite
Released: May 9, 1930
Type: Movie
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Reijin
Title: Reijin
Character: Kanshichi Kamigo
Released: April 26, 1930
Type: Movie
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Walk Cheerfully
Title: Walk Cheerfully
Character: Hotel Manager
Released: March 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Kenji is a small-time thief who likes drinking and fighting. When he falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, and she finds out what kind of guy he really is, she leaves him "until he becomes an honest person." Kenji soon finds it's not easy to get rid of one's past.
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I Graduated, But...
Title: I Graduated, But...
Character: Executive
Released: September 6, 1929
Type: Movie
Tetsuo Nomoto, a young graduated student tries to find a decent job by himself. Later on, he will marry his girlfriend, Machiko, whom he hides the fact that he has no job. Hardships come quickly, which forces Machiko to find a job in a bar.
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Physical Beauty
Title: Physical Beauty
Character: Denuemon Okura
Released: December 1, 1928
Type: Movie
A hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts with her and humiliates him, he decides to get revenge by trying his own hand as a painter. Considered to be a lost film.