Kikuko Hojo

Kikuko Hojo

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Junji Inagawa and Tamura Gan: Kanto Haunted Spots
Title: Junji Inagawa and Tamura Gan: Kanto Haunted Spots
Released: June 21, 1992
Type: Movie
An introduction video of Kanto psychic spots supervised by Junji Inagawa, a well-known psychic.
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Night Bitch
Title: Night Bitch
Released: February 3, 1966
Type: Movie
A playboy bartender pretends to be gay in order to approach women. He is in cahoots with another opportunist, a young woman who is trying to seduce a rich married man. Their attempts at making easy money can only end tragically.
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The Tale of Genji
Title: The Tale of Genji
Character: Yugao
Released: January 14, 1966
Type: Movie
An eroticized adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu's classic novel, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the nobility of Kyoto for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing the one object of desire he must never obtain: his father's young and beautiful bride. Following the tragic consequences of his obsession, Genji wanders from one affair to another, always seeking some sort of completion to his life.
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Gang's Upward Strategy
Title: Gang's Upward Strategy
Released: December 18, 1965
Type: Movie
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The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
Title: The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
Released: September 4, 1965
Type: Movie
Japanese horror film directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi.
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Black Thief
Title: Black Thief
Released: December 24, 1964
Type: Movie
Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.
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Prison Gambler
Title: Prison Gambler
Character: Kiyo
Released: October 21, 1964
Type: Movie
A film about the confrontation between two yakuza groups in the brutal Miike prison, which contained 1,500 inmates. The second film in the series Gambler / Bakuto directed by Shigehiro Ozawa.
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The Ninja Hunt
Title: The Ninja Hunt
Released: September 5, 1964
Type: Movie
Four ninja are hired to fight against the Shogunate’s plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, the regional barons struggling to reinstate their young heir Tanemaru as their Lord.
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Blind Monk Swordsman
Title: Blind Monk Swordsman
Released: June 20, 1964
Type: Movie
This is the story of a bad man who re-discovering humanity via woman and child while clashing with the yakuza and being hunted by a man called “Death” who has his own dark past. The prototype for the later two yakuza priest series with Shintaro Katsu and Tomisaburo Wakayama. Apparently so. And the swordsman motif seems to have been concurrent with Daiei's first ZATOICHI production.
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The Third Ninja
Title: The Third Ninja
Released: March 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Three Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga.
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Vanquished Foes
Title: Vanquished Foes
Released: January 9, 1964
Type: Movie
A skilled assassin's services are called upon to put an end to the ugly turf battle between two yakuza families, Mitsuwa and Aikawa. Forced by the code of the yakuza to put one's life on the line for a Boss who offered a meal and lodging, each side manages to get hold of powerful swordsmen who will stop at nothing to pay their obligations.
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Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
Title: Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
Character: Kaede
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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Ukyunosuke on Patrol
Title: Ukyunosuke on Patrol
Released: November 20, 1963
Type: Movie
This is one of the most powerfully effective ninja films that dispenses with the silly magic of earlier efforts, and concentrates on an excellent story with expert fighting. Sena Denemon is the rarest of government officials, a man of integrity, sent on a mission to uncover the corruption that ran rampant during the Edo Period. Refusing bribes, and willing to put his life on the line to raise his son properly, heinfuriates the corrupt Inspectors; thus endangering his own life. Along with his two trusted vassals, he makes a brave effort to alert the Shogun to the plot which is being carried out. After the battle, his son Ichitaro joins the Chichibu ninja group in order to master fighting so he, too, can fight the forces which have brought about so much suffering.
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20 Duels of Young Shingo - Conclusion
Title: 20 Duels of Young Shingo - Conclusion
Released: July 13, 1963
Type: Movie
While on his journey through the countryside of Japan, Shingo encounters many people whose lives have been affected by his actions. Though the many duels he fought were intended to bring justice to those who sought to do evil, he is faced with the knowledge that his victories have also caused suffering amont the family members of his victims-leading him to question his life's philosophy. This superb film is the final chapter in this part of Shingo's story. A fitting tribute to his quest to be the supreme swordsman.
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江戸忍法帖 七つの影
Title: 江戸忍法帖 七つの影
Released: May 19, 1963
Type: Movie
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Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
Title: Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
Released: May 12, 1963
Type: Movie
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The Mysterious Purple Hood
Title: The Mysterious Purple Hood
Released: January 27, 1963
Type: Movie
The Purple-Hooded Man, Japan's version of Robin Hood, tries to uncover a corruption scandal in Edo era Japan.
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The Mysterious Cape
Title: The Mysterious Cape
Character: Miyuki
Released: January 9, 1963
Type: Movie
Ryujin Misaki, located at the edge of the Genkai Sea, is known as an isolation ward for leprosy patients. When Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogun, hears news of a doctor gone missing, he begins to suspect that things are not what they seem at Ryujin Misaki. Intent on discovering the truth, Saotome launches a private investigation.
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The Paper Crane
Title: The Paper Crane
Released: December 1, 1962
Type: Movie
A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con artists.
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Edokko Nagaya
Title: Edokko Nagaya
Released: December 1, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Dokurosen
Title: Dokurosen
Released: October 21, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Drunken Sword
Title: Drunken Sword
Released: September 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Tetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt authorities.
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Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
Title: Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
Released: July 8, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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The Bandits
Title: The Bandits
Released: May 27, 1962
Type: Movie
Friendship between an ambitious young thief and an artist during the Warring States period.
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Kabe no naka no bijo
Title: Kabe no naka no bijo
Released: April 17, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Sakura Official
Title: Sakura Official
Released: February 28, 1962
Type: Movie
As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case of his career. In a masterfully woven tale, he has to face the truth about his estranged father’s possible involvement in a nefarious plot to take over rule of the Hizen Shimabara clan by assassinating the rightful lord, his son, and install one of Shogun Ienari’s offspring as daimyo.
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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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Beranmē nagaya kenka matoi
Title: Beranmē nagaya kenka matoi
Released: February 7, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Hatamoto taikutsu otoko: nazo no sango yashiki
Title: Hatamoto taikutsu otoko: nazo no sango yashiki
Released: January 23, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Young Lord and Second Son
Title: Young Lord and Second Son
Released: November 1, 1961
Type: Movie
A lord explores the lives of common people.
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Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern
Title: Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern
Character: Fumi
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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Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
Title: Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
Released: July 18, 1961
Type: Movie
The story of two young men whose ambition is to become the personal bodyguards to the Shogun's uncle, Lord Mito Komon. Portrayed by a pair of up and coming stars, Sasaki Sukesaburo (Matsukata), the son of a widower and Atsumi Kakunoshin (Kitaoji), whose mother is a widow find themselves constantly in trouble and are forced to become two of the most powerful fighters in all Japan. The stories about Mito Komon and his travels througout Japan are many, but this is one that had yet to be told. The struggles of Suke-san and Kaku-san faced in order to join the Elder in his quest to fight against injustice and corruption during the samurai era.
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Honno-Ji in Flames
Title: Honno-Ji in Flames
Character: Kikyo
Released: September 11, 1960
Type: Movie
The plot is based on the novel "Akechi Samanosuke no Koi," the final work in a trilogy by Hiroshi Kato about the forced suicide of Oda Nobunaga at the temple Honnoji. Historically, the general Akechi Mitsuhide is credited with causing Nobunaga's downfall. Kato's novel focuses on Mitsuhide's nephew Samanosuke, who fought alongside his uncle during the assault on Honnoji.
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The Hidden Treasure
Title: The Hidden Treasure
Released: April 5, 1959
Type: Movie
Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.
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Takamaru and Kikumaru
Title: Takamaru and Kikumaru
Released: March 17, 1959
Type: Movie
Two brothers, Takamaru and Kikumaru, are living with their father, Hakuraku-Ou, until one day Hakuraku-Ou is killed by "Death's-Head" Ginnosuke, a villain skilled in the art of sorcery. Hakuraku-Ou had long been seeking a Tiger Seal which, together with the Dragon Seal in his possession, would reveal the location of a huge ancestral fortune. But on the very night that the Tiger Seal was found, it was stolen by Tomomitsu, Ginnosuke's chief. When the two brothers receive the Dragon Seal from their father just before his death they determine to go to Death's-Head Castle, in order to recover the Tiger Seal.
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Tomorrow's Sun
Title: Tomorrow's Sun
Released: March 13, 1959
Type: Movie
A playful short film made in the style of a trailer for a fictional feature film that seems to be a spoof of films that were popular in Japan at the time.
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The Seven Shadows of Edo Shinobi aka Edo Ninpocho - Seven Shadows
Title: The Seven Shadows of Edo Shinobi aka Edo Ninpocho - Seven Shadows
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A ninja movie co-written by Fuutarou Yamada's "Edo Ninpocho" by Hyougo Suzuki of "Whirlwind of Chusendo" and Koji Takada of "Yogiri no Joshuji," and directed by Junji Kurata of "Jigoku no Kagehoshi." Photographed by Tsuneji Mori of the duo.