Eiken Shoji

Eiken Shoji

Born: July 6, 1923
Died: September 15, 2015
in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Eiken Shoji...

Shuuchakueki: Twilight express no koi
Title: Shuuchakueki: Twilight express no koi
Released: March 20, 2012
Type: Movie
The drama is set on the Twilight Express, Japan's longest overnight train service, which runs approximately 22 hours between Osaka and Sapporo. Nakayama and Sato play Chie and Keisuke, two lovers who have decided to part ways at the end of the journey. Chie already has a family but has been carrying on a passionate, secret affair with Keisuke. The story mainly takes place in their suite room on the train. The drama was filmed aboard the actual Twilight Express with cooperation from the JR West company, which operates the train service.
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Title: Code Blue
Character: Takigawa's Haiku Companion
Released: July 3, 2008
Type: TV
Four young physicians are assigned to the “Doctor Helicopter” system, the latest medical system where a medical team is dispatched to the patients via helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. The doctors experience traumatic medical situations, deal with personal ambitions, and witness the fragility of life, all while growing personally and professionally.
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Aoi bara satsujin jiken
Title: Aoi bara satsujin jiken
Character: Furuya
Released: June 29, 1993
Type: Movie
A magazine reporter gets involved in a murder case while covering a rose nursery that's developing a blue rose.
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松田聖子のスイート・メモリーズ
Title: 松田聖子のスイート・メモリーズ
Released: September 30, 1987
Type: Movie
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The Yoshida School
Title: The Yoshida School
Character: Jōtarō Kawakami
Released: April 9, 1983
Type: Movie
Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history released, superimposed cast, a group image of real politicians centered on Shigeru Yoshida and political history after the war.
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Title: Against The Grain
Character: Imamura
Released: February 28, 1976
Type: TV
Employees of a security company from different generations and backgrounds confront many difficult questions
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My Way
Title: My Way
Released: September 7, 1974
Type: Movie
Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government bureaucracy and indifference all along the way.
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Title: Kogarashi Monjiro
Character: Tamekichi
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: TV
Monjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned his hometown when he was 10 years old. He has been traveling aimlessly with a long toothpick in his mouth. Monjiro avoided getting involved in anything, but wherever he went, he ended up getting involved in incidents
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The Sands of Kurobe
Title: The Sands of Kurobe
Released: March 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel crosses an earthquake fault and Kitagawa is beleaguered not only by cave-ins and flooding, but by strife between management and the workers's union. Adding to Kitagawa's stress is the knowledge that as his attention is pulled inexorably toward the tunnel construction, his youngest daughter is dying from leukemia.
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Burning Clouds
Title: Burning Clouds
Character: Akiyama
Released: May 3, 1967
Type: Movie
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A Chain of Islands
Title: A Chain of Islands
Character: Kawakita
Released: May 26, 1965
Type: Movie
When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation uncovers a black market scheme involving counterfeit money, murder, and conspiracy.
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The Soundless Cry
Title: The Soundless Cry
Character: Detective Tajima
Released: January 30, 1965
Type: Movie
Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one happiness is his friendship with a girl who works in a bar nearby. Then, one day, his mother dies after drinking the medicine that Shinichi himself gave her. It is discovered that the pills contained poison. He is apprehended on suspicion of murder and taken away for interrogation, unable to defend himself - being deaf and dumb - or even to proclaim his innocence.
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Whirlpool of Flesh
Title: Whirlpool of Flesh
Character: Oikawa
Released: October 21, 1964
Type: Movie
During the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is apparent that their needs are not matched. He would much rather be translating Shakespeare than attending to her, and she has a secret in her past - one that results in her sleeping with a great number of men.
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The Hunter's Diary
Title: The Hunter's Diary
Released: April 19, 1964
Type: Movie
Leaving his wife in Osaka, Honda leads a double life in Tokyo – after spending the day as an elite businessman, he flirts around in the evenings. He even rents a secret apartment where he keeps record of his girl hunts in his diary, the ‘Hunter’s Diary’. One day, he finds an article in the newspaper – a murder of a young woman in his diary. A few days later, another woman from his diary is murdered. He soon finds himself in a labyrinth of fear, as women named in his diary are killed one after another...
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The Long Death
Title: The Long Death
Released: April 12, 1964
Type: Movie
On January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned the bank employees and fled the scene with a large amount of money. In parallel with the investigation conducted by the Japanese police, journalists are also trying to find the culprit. Based on a true incident.
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Sun and stars
Title: Sun and stars
Released: July 1, 1962
Type: Movie
It's a thrilling, action-packed entertainer with sparks of men versus villains in an up-and-down tale of brothers burning with masculine will and passion.
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That Guy and I
Title: That Guy and I
Released: September 10, 1961
Type: Movie
Asada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's house, she meets his father Kokichi and his mother Motoko. Motoko is a famous hair dresser, who openly flaunts her lover. When Kokichi and Motoko fight, which they do a lot, he routinely threatens to leave but never quite does. A relationship develops between Saburo and Keiko, but Saburo is shaken when his mother tells Keiko the truth about Saburo's past and the secret of his birth.
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Wait for Tomorrow
Title: Wait for Tomorrow
Released: October 26, 1960
Type: Movie
Kohei Misugi works in a vegetable market, but his ambition is to be a photographer. He is given his first opportunity to demonstrate his talent by the Sakura Film Company which offers him an assignment to "Cover Tokyo" with a camera. But he is disillusioned when he is told he must work together with Miharu, a good looking girl in the film company's publicity department. Then the fun begins.
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Jungle Block
Title: Jungle Block
Released: June 15, 1960
Type: Movie
A young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted upon his sister, whose engagement was broken as a result.
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Cape Ashizuri
Title: Cape Ashizuri
Released: May 18, 1954
Type: Movie
1950s Japanese drama.
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Miniature
Title: Miniature
Released: April 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate.
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Children of Hiroshima
Title: Children of Hiroshima
Released: August 6, 1952
Type: Movie
Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.