Jiro Tamiya

Jiro Tamiya

Born: August 25, 1935
Died: December 29, 1978
in Kyoto City, Japan

Movies for Jiro Tamiya...

Title: The White Tower
Character: 財前五郎
Released: June 3, 1978
Type: TV
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.
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Title: Hikarugake
Released: April 8, 1977
Type: TV
The drama depicts the fateful meeting and falling in love between a man living in the glamorous world of the fashion business and a woman living in the social reality of law and order.
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Cobra 2
Title: Cobra 2
Character: Komura
Released: June 26, 1976
Type: Movie
Japanese crime film.
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Title: 高原へいらっしゃい(1976)
Released: March 25, 1976
Type: TV
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Main Line to Terror
Title: Main Line to Terror
Character: Takigawa
Released: November 6, 1975
Type: Movie
Akiyama is an intern, disgusted with the noise pollution caused by the bullet trains and the heart attacks that noise has been causing in older hospital patients, plots to disrupt and, in ten days, destroy a unit of the operation. He warns the Japan National Railway, that, if nothing is done to reduce the noise, he will derail a bullet train. Takigawa is the police detective sent to stop him.
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Cobra
Title: Cobra
Character: Komura
Released: February 16, 1974
Type: Movie
Japanese crime film.
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The Family
Title: The Family
Character: Ataru Mima
Released: January 26, 1974
Type: Movie
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Yellow Dog
Title: Yellow Dog
Character: Kimura
Released: August 11, 1973
Type: Movie
A Japanese cop is sent to join the London police force on a secret investigation.
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Title: Shiroi kage
Released: July 13, 1973
Type: TV
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Miyamoto Musashi
Title: Miyamoto Musashi
Character: Kojiro Sasaki
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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Professional Killers
Title: Professional Killers
Character: Baian Fujieda
Released: June 9, 1973
Type: Movie
Two assassins are hired to carry out a hit on the second wife of a candle merchant, but someone is watching...
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Flower and Dragon
Title: Flower and Dragon
Released: March 17, 1973
Type: Movie
Kingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the Tamai-gumi, a stevedore group, to vie for work with two other powerful groups. Gingo is Tamai's chief rival who falls in love with the latter's wife and tries to kill Tamai.
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Theater Of Life
Title: Theater Of Life
Released: July 15, 1972
Type: Movie
Centred on Aonari Hyokichi, a young literary man with aspirations to become a writer, and the surrounding people, including Kira Tsuneo and Tobigashikaku.
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Sword and Flower
Title: Sword and Flower
Released: April 14, 1972
Type: Movie
Masuda Toshio film starring Watari Tetsuya and Mori Masayuki, about a lone-wolf type (Watari) seeking love and defending the honor of an elderly widower (Mori).
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Chase That Man
Title: Chase That Man
Released: February 23, 1972
Type: Movie
The story of the desperate struggle between the police and a large crime syndicate.
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3,000 Kilometer Trap
Title: 3,000 Kilometer Trap
Released: May 22, 1971
Type: Movie
A young man has to deliver a Mitsubishi Galant GTO from Kagoshima (on the southern tip of the southern Japanese island of Kyushu) 3000 kilometers across the length of Japan to the northern island of Hokkaido
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The Creature Called Man
Title: The Creature Called Man
Character: Kujo
Released: April 4, 1970
Type: Movie
A top police-guard, charged with protecting a visiting politician and ruthless dictator, contends with an assassin set to kill the man.
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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Title: Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Character: Hitoshi Fujii
Released: October 16, 1969
Type: Movie
This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
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The Time of Reckoning
Title: The Time of Reckoning
Released: June 29, 1968
Type: Movie
"The Time of Reckoning" transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful businessman with serious relationship problems involving three women: his wife of ten years who announces she is pregnant by another man; a mistress who wants to have a baby with him; and an ex-lover who claims he fathered her son.
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The Great Villains
Title: The Great Villains
Character: Nihei Tokuda
Released: February 24, 1968
Type: Movie
Psychological action drama about the activities of a corrupt lawyer.
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Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty
Title: Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty
Released: January 13, 1968
Type: Movie
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The Silent Gun
Title: The Silent Gun
Character: Daisuke Kamoi
Released: October 14, 1967
Type: Movie
A series of murders has been committed by someone with a new model gun, a Mord-Gessel X 38. Indeed, Daisuke himself is almost killed while investigating the case. This occurred while he was with Ritsuko, daughter of a company president. Detective Kimura thinks that the president himself, returned to Japan after an absence of fifteen years, might be the killer, or at least the man who supplied the gun. Ritsuko's father limps and though she explains this as the result of a traffic accident, Kimura remembers a narcotics smuggler named Suginami who shot himself in the ankle and then escaped from the hospital. He believes that the company president and the drug peddler are the same.
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Bad Reputation: The Notorious Man of Legend
Title: Bad Reputation: The Notorious Man of Legend
Released: June 17, 1967
Type: Movie
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Quick-Draw Dog
Title: Quick-Draw Dog
Character: Daisuke Kamoi
Released: May 27, 1967
Type: Movie
Quick Drawer Dog (早射ち犬 Hayauchi inu) is a 1967 film directed by Tetsutarō Murano. It is the eighth film in the Inu series.
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Stray Dog
Title: Stray Dog
Character: Daisuke Kamoi
Released: November 26, 1966
Type: Movie
Stray Dog (野良犬) is a 1966 film directed by Yoshio Inoue. It is the seventh film in the Inu series.
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The Great White Tower
Title: The Great White Tower
Character: Goro
Released: October 15, 1966
Type: Movie
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.
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Zoku teppō inu
Title: Zoku teppō inu
Character: Daisuke Kamoi
Released: April 9, 1966
Type: Movie
Zoku teppō inu (続鉄砲犬) is a 1966 film directed by Mitsuo Murayama. It is the sixth film in the Inu series.
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Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms
Title: Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms
Released: March 12, 1966
Type: Movie
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Trigger Happy Romeo
Title: Trigger Happy Romeo
Character: Daisuke Kamoi
Released: December 24, 1965
Type: Movie
Fifth film in the "Inu" series.
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Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men
Title: Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men
Released: October 27, 1965
Type: Movie
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Black Temptation
Title: Black Temptation
Released: October 2, 1965
Type: Movie
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The Spy
Title: The Spy
Released: September 4, 1965
Type: Movie
Based on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped illegal alien internment.
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Fangs of Vengeance
Title: Fangs of Vengeance
Released: June 25, 1965
Type: Movie
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Rampaging Dog
Title: Rampaging Dog
Character: Daisuke Kamoi
Released: May 6, 1965
Type: Movie
Abare inu is a 1965 action-comedy film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is the fourth film in the series.
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Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again
Title: Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again
Released: May 1, 1965
Type: Movie
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Back Stairways
Title: Back Stairways
Released: February 6, 1965
Type: Movie
A young man named Kijima who works as a pianist in a small bar is surprised when one of the customers asks if he won't pretend to be the fiance of his sister. He is even more surprised when he is offered a million yen to play this apparently harmless role. Actually, it is anything but harmless. Both the customer and his sister are involved in a jewel robbery in which they have double-crossed two of their accomplices who are now out of prison and thirsting for revenge.
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The Dedicated Gunman
Title: The Dedicated Gunman
Character: Daisuke Kamoi
Released: January 13, 1965
Type: Movie
Third film in the "Inu" series.
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Sweet Seventeen
Title: Sweet Seventeen
Released: December 19, 1964
Type: Movie
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Superexpress
Title: Superexpress
Character: Keiichi Kikyo
Released: October 31, 1964
Type: Movie
A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a large tract of land in order, he says, to build an automobile factory. But by accident the realtor learns that the Tokaido Railway Line is going to be built directly across the land just acquired. Also known as Black Super Express
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Clamouring Canines
Title: Clamouring Canines
Character: Daisuke Kamoi
Released: September 17, 1964
Type: Movie
The second film in the "Inu" series.
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Bad Reputation: The Big Drum
Title: Bad Reputation: The Big Drum
Character: Seiji
Released: August 8, 1964
Type: Movie
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Black Trump Card
Title: Black Trump Card
Released: July 25, 1964
Type: Movie
Chairman of the Shin Nihon Kaihatsu company Fukazawa, using clever ways to circumvent the law, rose to the top of the economic backstage. Three people are sacrificed to his greed. The president of a small company who committed suicide, a Yakuza who died during the destruction of his territory, and a former viscount whose wife and property were stolen by Fukazawa. Their sons vowed to hunt down Fukazawa and take revenge.
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Black Weapon
Title: Black Weapon
Released: June 20, 1964
Type: Movie
Industrial espionage gets in the way of love and marriage for factory worker Katayanagi.
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Homeless Dog
Title: Homeless Dog
Character: Daisuke Kamoi
Released: May 2, 1964
Type: Movie
First movie of the Inu series directed by Tokuzō Tanaka
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Black Challenger
Title: Black Challenger
Released: April 4, 1964
Type: Movie
Young lawyer Jiro receives a late night phone call from a distraught woman sending him on a journey to uncover corruption and exploitation stemming from those at the very top of society.
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Love and Greed
Title: Love and Greed
Character: Kenichiro Ishizuka
Released: February 24, 1964
Type: Movie
Namiko gets a crush on Ishizuka, a young CEO of a nightclub, but he was plotting to destroy her husband’s company by greenmail.
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Black Speeding
Title: Black Speeding
Character: Takuya Tsuda
Released: February 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Takuya Tsuda is a cop who loves motorcycles. One day a speeding motorcycle seriously injures a child and his investigations lead Takuya to Akio Yazawa, the boss of the Sakamoto Motorcycle Club.
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Bad Reputation: Two Notorious Men in Tokyo
Title: Bad Reputation: Two Notorious Men in Tokyo
Released: December 28, 1963
Type: Movie
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Lips of Ruin
Title: Lips of Ruin
Character: Izumida
Released: November 30, 1963
Type: Movie
Industrial espionage in the pharmaceutical industry. Also know in English as “Black Parking Lot”.
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Operation Underworld
Title: Operation Underworld
Released: October 19, 1963
Type: Movie
A detective investigates a criminal organization's involvement in real estate.
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Bad Reputation: The Notorious Harbor
Title: Bad Reputation: The Notorious Harbor
Character: Seiji
Released: September 7, 1963
Type: Movie
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She Came For Love
Title: She Came For Love
Character: Keisuke Ozeki
Released: August 28, 1963
Type: Movie
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Typhoon Reporter
Title: Typhoon Reporter
Released: July 13, 1963
Type: Movie
Set around Ginza’s neon billboard boom, the movie is a drama of romance, corporate intrigue and tragic crime. A reporter (Ken Utsui) investigates a homicide in Tokyo’s bustling construction scene, meanwhile a super typhoon is brewing in the Pacific, and Ginza is square in its sights!
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Bury Me Deep
Title: Bury Me Deep
Character: Kyosuke Nakabe
Released: June 8, 1963
Type: Movie
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Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise
Title: Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise
Released: April 28, 1963
Type: Movie
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Black Dividend
Title: Black Dividend
Character: Ryokichi Ibuki
Released: April 21, 1963
Type: Movie
Ryokichi Ibuki is a clerk who learns company "top secrets" and becomes an industrial blackmailer. Kaoru Koizumi, a confidential secretary in love with Ibuki, reveals her firm's plans to him. She resigns when Ibuki blackmails her employer but Ibuki gains another spy in Ayuko Ichinoi...
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The Third Will
Title: The Third Will
Released: March 31, 1963
Type: Movie
A story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives, after the passing of their old father
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Bad Reputation of the Big Three
Title: Bad Reputation of the Big Three
Character: Seiji
Released: January 3, 1963
Type: Movie
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Order of Yakuza
Title: Order of Yakuza
Character: Hidejirô Ôgiya
Released: December 26, 1962
Type: Movie
Order of Yakuza
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A Woman's Life
Title: A Woman's Life
Character: Eiji Tsutsumi
Released: November 18, 1962
Type: Movie
One of many adaptations of "Onna no isshō", this time by Yasuzo Masumura as a starring vehicle for famed actress Machiko Kyo.
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New Bad Reputation Continues
Title: New Bad Reputation Continues
Released: November 3, 1962
Type: Movie
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Hiroshima Heartache
Title: Hiroshima Heartache
Released: September 30, 1962
Type: Movie
Seventeen years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a newspaper reporter looks for the bomb's effects, but everyone seems to have forgotten. He meets a woman who was there when it happened but when they fall in love she isn't able to move on.
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The Midday Trap
Title: The Midday Trap
Character: Satoru Fuji
Released: August 19, 1962
Type: Movie
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Black Test Car
Title: Black Test Car
Character: Yutaka Asahina
Released: June 30, 1962
Type: Movie
Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.
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The Notorious Man's Return
Title: The Notorious Man's Return
Character: Seiji
Released: June 3, 1962
Type: Movie
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B.G. monogatari: Ekinyūmon
Title: B.G. monogatari: Ekinyūmon
Released: April 29, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Stolen Pleasure
Title: Stolen Pleasure
Character: Asai
Released: March 14, 1962
Type: Movie
Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adapted by frequent Masumura scribe (and renowned director in his own right) Kaneto Shindo, this downbeat melodrama features a battle of women for the affections and commitment of the same man, a handsome car salesman. Masuko (Ayako Wakao) is the number one hostess at a cabaret, living with her lover, ... but finds out that he has a wife. When Masuko’s niece arrives the competition further ratchets up. (Also occasionally known in English as “Inflamation”)
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Night Mist Makes Women Cry
Title: Night Mist Makes Women Cry
Character: Junji Hashimoto
Released: February 4, 1962
Type: Movie
A love melodrama.
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Yume de aritai
Title: Yume de aritai
Released: January 14, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Their Legacy
Title: Their Legacy
Released: January 3, 1962
Type: Movie
Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmarried daughters and decides to split his retirement allowance he has received from his firm into 500,000 yen for each daughter as a wedding dowry. He considers them all old enough to handle the money, and gives them a free hand to use it as they wish.
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Bad Reputation Returns
Title: Bad Reputation Returns
Character: Seiji
Released: December 17, 1961
Type: Movie
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Tough Guy
Title: Tough Guy
Character: Motor Sada
Released: September 30, 1961
Type: Movie
Asakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss. When Kotoito, the geisha Asakichi is in love with, is kidnapped by a rival clan and sold to a a house of pleasure, Asakichi and Sada set out to rescue her.
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A Design for Dying
Title: A Design for Dying
Released: June 28, 1961
Type: Movie
Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as shrewd as the shrewdest of the older generation of dyed-in-the-wool Osaka businessmen, steps into picture and Shikiko soon feels that he is indispensable to her. But the advent of a man in their midst breaks up the harmony that has existed among the four women, as gradually he forces himself on them with promises of love.
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五人の突撃隊
Title: 五人の突撃隊
Released: April 26, 1961
Type: Movie
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Les Mesdemoiselles
Title: Les Mesdemoiselles
Character: Shûtarô Maki
Released: February 15, 1961
Type: Movie
A romantic comedy depicting the variant and whimsical daily lives of the Japanese mademoiselles in the Metropolis of Tokyo. How they react against the bold spirited love makers and begin to take a liking to them is the theme of the picture.
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The Woman Who Touched Legs
Title: The Woman Who Touched Legs
Character: Magazine writer Jiro
Released: August 24, 1960
Type: Movie
Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the story about her parents who killed himself and died for overwork to feel sorry about her.
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Fool's Love
Title: Fool's Love
Character: Masao Kumagi
Released: April 17, 1960
Type: Movie
A young man (Eiji Funakoshi) lavishes his complete attention and resources on a beautiful young girl (Junko Kano) who was picked up in the Ikebukuro district of Tokyo.
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Kirai Kirai Kirai
Title: Kirai Kirai Kirai
Released: February 24, 1960
Type: Movie
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A Woman's Testament
Title: A Woman's Testament
Released: January 14, 1960
Type: Movie
The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the second story, a beautiful young woman is employed by an unscrupulous real estate agent to convince male clients to invest in worthless property. The last story is about a widowed geisha who has no real financial worries and who falls in love with a forger.
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セクシー・サイン 好き好き好き
Title: セクシー・サイン 好き好き好き
Released: January 3, 1960
Type: Movie
Koji Shima movie
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Three o'clock in the morning in a big city
Title: Three o'clock in the morning in a big city
Released: January 22, 1958
Type: Movie
To avenge the death of his brother, a student shooting champion infiltrates the criminal world. An entertaining action drama and an interesting love story.
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The Grand Master
Title: The Grand Master
Character: Kin-chan
Released: October 18, 1948
Type: Movie
Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of becoming the Shogi Grand Master Champion, everything is at stake – including his family. What will it cost for Sakata to follow his passion?
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Children Hand in Hand
Title: Children Hand in Hand
Released: March 30, 1948
Type: Movie
A small-town boy with a learning disability attempts to fit in with his classmates.