Tōru Chiba

Tōru Chiba

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Brutal Woman
Title: Brutal Woman
Released: June 4, 1960
Type: Movie
Tired of poverty, Keiko leaves home and soon takes a lover, but leads a wanton life without paying heed to his advice. However, the younger sister Yoshiko, is an innocent and kind girl. One day, with the sudden death of their mother in a car accident, Keiko learns that she and Yoshiko are actually stepsisters, and that she is the daughter of a murderer. She now plans extortion from Yoshiko's true father who is the president of a well-known trading company.
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Decisive Battle at Kuroda Castle
Title: Decisive Battle at Kuroda Castle
Released: May 28, 1960
Type: Movie
After the massacre of Christians at Shimabara, followers of Amakusa Shiro band together in a plot to overthrow the shogunate in order to exact revenge on the Tokugawa. At the same time there is a succession dispute in the Kuroda clan, as one faction tried to usurp the rightful heir and take over the honored clan. Before his untimely death, the lord of the Kuroda bestowed “Nihongo”, a magnificent spear, on his finest warrior, which ultimately brings him into contact with two of Japan’s most famous historical figures, Yagyu Jubei and Miyamoto Musashi. Can the three masters of martial art join forces to defeat their enemies and save the nation?
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Basement of Death
Title: Basement of Death
Character: Detective Yoshimura
Released: February 14, 1960
Type: Movie
Shintoho crime film directed by Kyotaro Namiki.
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爆弾を抱く女怪盗
Title: 爆弾を抱く女怪盗
Released: February 7, 1960
Type: Movie
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Beyond the Hills
Title: Beyond the Hills
Released: January 30, 1960
Type: Movie
On September 1, 1923, an unprecedented earthquake hit the Kanto region. The streets are filled with victims, and rumors are circulating around. The military seized the opportunity to round up and kill many socialists, anarchists, and Koreans, culminating in the arrest and murder of Sakae Osugi. His comrades and students are outraged by this atrocity. The young man Furukawa also becomes stronger in his determination to overthrow the military...
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Queen of the China Sea
Title: Queen of the China Sea
Released: May 15, 1959
Type: Movie
Rika, a manageress of a night club is about to be arrested on suspicion of smuggling. However, she escapes through the assistance rendered her by First Lieutenant Yokoyama of the Japanese Naval Commander's Office. After the end of war, Yokoyama plans to escape from riot-ridden Amoy and finally succeeds with the help of Rika to whom he gives a destroyer. Rika is actually the leader of a gang of pirates, and plans to rule the East China Sea by crushing Banryu, her rival.
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The Lady Vampire
Title: The Lady Vampire
Released: March 7, 1959
Type: Movie
Tamio takes Itsuko to an art gallery and the two find one painting is a nude portrait of Itsuko's mother, who disappeared twenty years ago when she was just a baby. No one knows the first thing about the artist who painted it, but he goes by the name Shiro Sofue, and he's always wearing shades in the daytime...
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カックン超特急
Title: カックン超特急
Released: January 15, 1959
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
Title: The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
Character: Secretary Omura
Released: January 3, 1959
Type: Movie
In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and her forces push forward to the borders of India. But gradually the tide turns in favour of the Allies and after the atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is compelled to accept the Potsdam Declaration and by the order of the Emperor agrees to unconditional surrender. Under the supervision of the occupation forces the International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo to try the Japanese war leaders. Established in the cause of justice, and to prevent future aggressive wars the trials drag on for two and a half years. And on December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six other war leaders mount the thirteen steps to the gallows at Tokyo's Sugamo prison.
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太陽娘と社長族
Title: 太陽娘と社長族
Released: May 18, 1958
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
Title: Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
Released: March 14, 1958
Type: Movie
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Hibari ga oka no taiketsu
Title: Hibari ga oka no taiketsu
Released: October 15, 1957
Type: Movie
Kyôko Yashiro's film debut for Shintoho.
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Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Title: Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Character: Navigator on the Mikasa
Released: April 29, 1957
Type: Movie
Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
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Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
Title: Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
Released: November 7, 1956
Type: Movie
A 1956 alien invasion tokusatsu film directed by Shinichi Sekizawa, the screenwriter noted for his immense contributions to Toho's Godzilla series by providing the screenplays/stories for the majority of the original Showa films.
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Riverside Fish Market Empire
Title: Riverside Fish Market Empire
Released: March 14, 1952
Type: Movie
Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki
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Ginza Cosmetics
Title: Ginza Cosmetics
Released: April 14, 1951
Type: Movie
A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.