Junkichi Orimoto

Junkichi Orimoto

Born: February 9, 1927
Died: March 18, 2019
in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Junkichi Orimoto...

blank 13
Title: blank 13
Released: February 3, 2018
Type: Movie
Thirteen years after abandoning his wife and two sons by stepping out for a pack of cigarettes and never returning, deadbeat gambler Masato dies of stomach cancer. At his funeral, a motley crew of fellow mahjong players, pachinko parlor employees and former drinking buddies gather to pay their respects and tell stories, revealing aspects of Masato’s life that complicate his sons’ resentment towards him.
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Desperate Sunflowers
Title: Desperate Sunflowers
Character: Takaaki Kondo
Released: June 25, 2016
Type: Movie
Natsuko Kotani was born to be a swindler. Meanwhile, Tetsuko Ishida is Natsuko’s distant relative. Unlike Natsuko, Tetsuko is an attorney with an upright disposition. Whenever Natsuko makes trouble, Tetsuko is called to solve her troubles. Believing that Natsuko is using her, Tetsuko, with her boring life, begins to change.
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Title: 0.5 mm
Character: Shozo Kataoka
Released: November 8, 2014
Type: Movie
Sawa, a home helper for a middle class family with an elderly infirm grandfather, is forced to stretch her morals to keep her job. As a result, she finds herself broke and out on the street. She survives her first night by striking up an ambiguous friendship with a kindly old man, gaining access to a portion of the immense wealth held by Japan's aging population. She continues with similar encounters, and while these begin as scams or revenge on rampant sexism, they ultimately become vulnerable intergenerational exchanges.
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Title: Testimony of N
Character: Nohara Kanefumi
Released: October 17, 2014
Type: TV
University student Sugishita Nozomi, Naruse Shinji, Ando Nozomi and Nishizaki Masato end up coming upon the scene of the murder of the Noguchi couple, because of a plan they had devised. Nishizaki is arrested at the scene and is given a 10-year prison term because of his voluntary confession. 10 years later, Takano Shigeru, a former police officer who has misgivings about the verdict of this case, starts to pursue the truth. He is convinced that it all began as a result of an incident caused by Nozomi and Naruse on an island in the Seto Inland Sea in the summer 15 years. “They committed a crime at that time. It was for the sake of each N.”
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Piano in a Storeroom
Title: Piano in a Storeroom
Released: February 9, 2014
Type: Movie
Two sisters living on a peach farm in Koori town, Fukushima Prefecture,are opposites. Haruka Miyamoto feels less beautiful than her sister Akiba Miyamoto and hates being compared to her. She finds comfort in playing a piano in a barn. A year after the Great East Japan Earthquake, she decides she wants to be a pianist. Akiba, for her part, moved to Tokyo to attend college. When she moves back to Koori, Haruka is unsettled and memories connected to the disaster she has tried to forget resurface.
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Title: Night School Teacher, SAKURA
Character: Tomio Takakura(高倉 富雄)
Released: January 17, 2014
Type: TV
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Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File
Title: Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File
Character: Shigeo Yazaki
Released: March 7, 2011
Type: Movie
"Elite" members of an insurance company are gathered together to form a unit to investigate an accident and whether the company needs to pay out on the insurance policy or not.
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Title: Garden of the Wind
Character: Misawa
Released: October 9, 2008
Type: TV
The lead, Dr. Sadami Shiratori worked in the operating room at a famous Tokyo hospital was around death on a daily basis. His own father, Teizo Shiratori is also a doctor, called Grandfather as he raised the estranged children of his wayward son, he practiced medicine in a small town on Hokkaido, Japan’s most northern island. His practice was limited only to terminal patients…in their own homes. He cared for them and helped both them and their families prepare for the ‘final journey’.
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Kizumomo.
Title: Kizumomo.
Released: September 6, 2008
Type: Movie
Aki, who loves freedom, mets Masaya, an aspiring watchmaker. The two have opposite personalities and initially clash. The two reach better terms when Masaya is able to see Akis inner pain. Eventually, Masaya uncovers Akis sad past which was supposed to be held secret from everyone.
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Be a Man!! Samurai School
Title: Be a Man!! Samurai School
Released: January 26, 2008
Type: Movie
Momotaro and Hidemaro are 1st-years at Otokojuku, a private boys school where true men are made. Momotaro, proficient in academics and martial arts becomes good friends with Hidemaro an underachieving weakling. Omito Date, former student leader, plans his revenge against his former school. Now leader of an evil army from rival Kanto Gogakuren school he fully intends on taking over Otokojuku.
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Boy
Title: Boy
Released: April 22, 2007
Type: Movie
Jun, a 16-year-old teen, refuses to stand while the national anthem is being played at his graduation ceremony. This event will totally change his life, as he involuntarily becomes the new hero of a rebel anti-system youth. Singer Muy's pop music and his friend, Nozomi, with whom he shares his sadness and hatred for the society that surrounds them, help him bear his terrible loneliness.
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The Graduates
Title: The Graduates
Released: March 31, 2007
Type: Movie
The experiences and relationships of five senior students at a rural high school, during the last year leading to graduation.
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Love Tomato
Title: Love Tomato
Released: May 13, 2006
Type: Movie
Middle-aged farmer Noda Masao (Daichi Yasuo) is a good, honest man, but his attempts for marriage have all met with failure. Through a friend, Masao meets Liberty (Ruby Moreno), a Filipino woman working in Japan. When they decide to get married, Masao borrows money from his Agricultural Association and travels to the Philippines for the wedding - only to discover that it was all a scam. Stranded in Manila with no money, Masao ends up staying to work. One day he meets a beautiful farmer's daughter, Christina (Alice Dixson), reawakening not only his chances for love, but also his love for farming.
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Title: Izumo no Okuni
Character: Baian
Released: January 13, 2006
Type: TV
Izumo no Okuni was born about 1571. This time period in Japanese history was fraught with struggle. It was known as the Period of Warring States, that is, the land barrons (daimyo) fought against one another for power. Her father was a blacksmith for the Izumo Grand Shrine and, consequently, the family served as well. It was a custom to send priests and young women, such as Buddhist nuns, among others to solicit contributions. Izumo was sent to Kyoto to perform sacred dances and songs. Her Okuni Kabuki was known and applauded throughout the land. After 25 years she retired.
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Mori no gakkō
Title: Mori no gakkō
Character: Manzo Hatano
Released: July 20, 2002
Type: Movie
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National Conquest Tekiya Tamashii
Title: National Conquest Tekiya Tamashii
Released: July 16, 2001
Type: Movie
It's Ricky!
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Another Battle
Title: Another Battle
Released: November 25, 2000
Type: Movie
Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with a distaste for crime gangs. When a yakuza boss dies, a struggle for his position takes place between Kaneo's boss Awano and the young Nakahira. Nakahira's men try to extort money from Masatatsu, bringing him in between a yakuza battle.
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Karaoke
Title: Karaoke
Released: June 12, 1999
Type: Movie
Kodama learns that his old classmate Hayashi is getting married to an idol, and organizes a junior high school reunion.
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Title: Weekend Marriage
Released: April 9, 1999
Type: TV
Yoko always seems to say and do the right thing and has forever been the center of attention. Her younger sister, Tsukiko, having been compared to her sister since birth cannot help but feel inferior. Yoko has benefited from this situation for so long that she expects it to last forever. However, when Tsukiko's career takes a turn for the better and she gets engaged, Yoko feels that she must somehow sabotage her sister's success since her own career and marriage are not faring well. Tsukiko decides to defend herself, and the resultant feud threatens to ensnare their family and loved ones.
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The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
Title: The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
Character: priest
Released: September 14, 1996
Type: Movie
A biographical drama depicting the life full of love and suffering of the writer and poet Kenji Miyazawa, who celebrated his 100th birthday in 1996.
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Title: Hideyoshi
Character: Sakuma Nobumori
Released: January 7, 1996
Type: TV
A dramatized biography of the second of Japan's three legendary leaders. Rising from obscurity, Hideyoshi served under the command of Oda Nobunaga. With an extraordinary combination of intelligence, bravery and military skill, Hideyoshi rose to near-absolute power and greatly expanded upon Nobunaga's unification of Japan's warlords. This series also focused on Hideyoshi's personal life, particularly his relationships with his mother and his wife, and the pair's rivalry for influence over him.
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Goodbye Japan
Title: Goodbye Japan
Released: September 2, 1995
Type: Movie
Yukihiko's first film.
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Free and Easy 6
Title: Free and Easy 6
Released: December 25, 1993
Type: Movie
Hama-chan and Su-san go fishing during a business trip, but Hama-chan has to give a lecture on Su-san's behalf in a case of mistaken identity.
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Hanzo, the Razor
Title: Hanzo, the Razor
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
During Tenpo period, Bakuhu announced a law regulating expenditures in order to improve the financial situation. However, Doshin of a government office Itami Hanzo, called Kamisori Hanzo, challenged Bakuhu's oppressive way. Because of this, his father Magobei was told to kill himself by the Bakuhu and Hanzo himself was demoted. Five years later, Hanzo came back to the government office and implement a law regulating expenditures. He stands up for revenge Torii Kainokami who desires power as he likes.
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Shy Security
Title: Shy Security
Released: April 13, 1991
Type: Movie
A motocross rider avenges his father's death
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Title: Don't touch the thief!
Character: Tokikuni Heisei
Released: October 18, 1990
Type: TV
A drama adaptation of Jiro Akagawa's "Thief Series". Junichi Konno, also known as Phantom Thief Dark Cat, is a world-class thief, and his wife is Mayumi, a detective in the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division. A bumpy but friendly couple solves various cases.
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Betrayal tomorrow
Title: Betrayal tomorrow
Released: September 14, 1990
Type: Movie
A violent detective who can handle assault and blackmail in a straight forward manner.
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Aurora Borealis
Title: Aurora Borealis
Character: landowner
Released: August 3, 1990
Type: Movie
The story of a man and a wolf-dog in East Siberia during the early 1900s.
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Title: Tales of the Bizarre
Released: April 19, 1990
Type: TV
Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and actors as the main characters. While horror and supernatural themes are predominant, a variety of genres like comedy and drama are also produced. Most episodes, however, have a bad ending.
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The Enchantment
Title: The Enchantment
Character: Parking attendant
Released: October 29, 1989
Type: Movie
A Tokyo psychiatrist is hoping to better his career by marrying the daughter of a prominent doctor. The match is threatened however when an attractive but very troubled tourist guide comes to him for consultation...
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Festival of Dreams
Title: Festival of Dreams
Released: June 24, 1989
Type: Movie
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Nemuri Kyōshirō
Title: Nemuri Kyōshirō
Released: April 22, 1989
Type: Movie
Kyoshiro rescues Shizu who was being abused by her husband, even since she had been violated by the man posing as Ieyoshi. He then learned that Ieyoshi had been acting oddly ever since returning from Kyoto six months ago. Sir Fumiya's investigation of the O'oku (Shogun's harem in Edo Castle) uncovered the plot and reported that Sir Higo-no-Kami had been controlling the fraud. That's when Kyoshiro heads to Kyoto to find clues...
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Title: Kasuga the Court Lady
Character: Shigemichi Inaba
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: TV
This is the story about the a very powerful Lady Kasuga who established Ooku the inner palace.
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Mystery of the Coral Seas
Title: Mystery of the Coral Seas
Character: Takuzo Nakamori
Released: April 23, 1988
Type: Movie
A trading company employee's girlfriend loses her memory while on a trip. In place of the friend who was supposed to have accompanied her the whole time is a mysterious man.
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Moonlight Rabbit
Title: Moonlight Rabbit
Released: March 7, 1987
Type: Movie
Eighteen-year-old Isamu works at a coffee shop. Rebelling against his father, he eloped with Momo (Yasuko Tomita). One night, Isamu injures a middle-aged woman by hitting her with his bicycle.
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Mofuku no niau hitozuma futari
Title: Mofuku no niau hitozuma futari
Released: August 9, 1986
Type: Movie
Yuki Kimura, a company president's secretary, agrees to marry his son Yutaka on the president's recommendation. When Yutaka breaks up with his lover, a hostess, she implies she's going to commit suicide. In a panic to get to her quickly, Yutaka punches a man at a taxi stand. The next day, when Yutaka's lover hears the news about a man dying and realizes it was the man Yutaka punched, she demands money...
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Sure Death! 3
Title: Sure Death! 3
Released: May 24, 1986
Type: Movie
Third movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. Chasing the killer of a lawman, a group of assassins fall foul of a group of blackmarket financiers who dispatch their own hitmen to dispose of them.
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Godzilla 1985
Title: Godzilla 1985
Character: Director-General of the Defense Agency
Released: July 26, 1985
Type: Movie
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Title: Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Character: General Mashita (segment "November 25, 1970")
Released: May 15, 1985
Type: Movie
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.
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The Return of Godzilla
Title: The Return of Godzilla
Character: Director-General of the Defense Agency
Released: December 15, 1984
Type: Movie
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.
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Beauty in the Flame
Title: Beauty in the Flame
Released: November 10, 1984
Type: Movie
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Ana
Title: Ana
Character: Chief Sasaki
Released: March 13, 1984
Type: Movie
A double suicide happens in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture. The two were employees of rival real estate companies. A prosecutor who senses a setup exposes the truth.
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Aijin Bank Satsujin Jiken
Title: Aijin Bank Satsujin Jiken
Character: Detective Matsuno
Released: February 11, 1984
Type: Movie
An office lady joins a "mistress bank", starts falling in love with her client and gets involved in a murder case.
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Appassionata
Title: Appassionata
Released: January 14, 1984
Type: Movie
This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") that Uemura painted at the age of 61. The main character, Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Tsuya, who loves painting more than anything and is hopeless at housework, attends art school and at age 15 receives the name Shōsui (from the characters for "pine" and "green") from her teacher. The crown prince of England purchases one of her works, propelling her to fame overnight. The novel portrays the remainder of her stormy life, during which she is impregnated by her teacher and raises a fatherless child; through it all she devotes herself to her painting, undaunted.
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Ginpei From Koina: Migratory Bird of Winter
Title: Ginpei From Koina: Migratory Bird of Winter
Released: August 25, 1983
Type: Movie
Shimoda, Izu, the venerable Amimoto Onabe family is repeatedly harassed by the upstart Hotate family, who targeted their fishing grounds. Ginpei, the head of the Onabe family, is in love with Oichi, the only daughter of Gohei, the adviser. Ginpei is told that he plans to have her marry Unokichi. Finally, the Onabe family and the Hotate family get into a fight, and Ginpei kills Tajiro, the hotate family’s proxy. Ginpei leaves Oichi in Unokichi’s care and sets off on a treacherous journey. Five years later, while traveling, Ginpei learns that the boss of the Onabe family has died and that the Hotate family is in trouble… Ginpei then returns to Shimoda.
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Title: A Samurai's Sorrow
Released: June 17, 1983
Type: TV
A Japanese period drama broadcast in prime-time in 1984, based on Goseki Kojima and Kazuo Koike 's manga of the same title. Kainage Mondo is a secret child of Tokugawa Yoshimune and skilled swordsman. His job is a part to test food for poison for Yoshimune. He was on a journey but he goes to Edo to see Yoshimune. The Owari han have longed for the post of shogun and try to murder Yoshimune, in order to get shogun's post. Fuki is a kunoichi of Kōka. She tries to murder Yoshimue but she comes to like Mondo and eventually starts working for Mondo and Yoshimune. Mondo protects Yoshimune's life from Owari han and other enemies.
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Title: 古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Akio Kamijō
Released: February 19, 1983
Type: TV
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Title: 古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Kōan Murase
Released: February 19, 1983
Type: TV
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Title: 古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Terasaka
Released: February 19, 1983
Type: TV
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The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
Title: The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
Released: August 30, 1982
Type: Movie
The fish market is to be moved to Shinagawa, and Tasuke Isshin (Jun Inoue) got in trouble. Hikosaemon Ookubo (Eijiro Tono) heard of it from Tasuke, and ask about it to Iemitsu (Ken Tanaka). However, on the contrary, Hikosaemon received penitence for a bribe that he doesn't know.
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The Imperial Japanese Empire
Title: The Imperial Japanese Empire
Character: Teijiro Toyoda
Released: August 7, 1982
Type: Movie
Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.
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Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2
Title: Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2
Released: February 26, 1982
Type: Movie
Brings Shingo face to face against Yagyu Tajima, the Shogun’s fencing instructor in a match that could save a domain near Osaka.  Meanwhile Shogun Yoshimune must face a painful decision whether or not he can finally see his son for the first time.
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Willful Murder
Title: Willful Murder
Released: November 7, 1981
Type: Movie
The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and shutdowns. The government says that the president was murdered; the police claim it was a suicide. A quizzical reporter follows the case for years, but the basic question remains unanswered: was the victim killed by members of the burgeoning Communist movement in Japan, or was the death stage-managed by the authorities in hopes of discrediting the Communists?
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Station
Title: Station
Released: November 7, 1981
Type: Movie
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
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The Imperial Navy
Title: The Imperial Navy
Released: August 8, 1981
Type: Movie
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.
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May Love Be Restored
Title: May Love Be Restored
Character: Genyu
Released: April 29, 1980
Type: Movie
A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk.
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No More Easy Life
Title: No More Easy Life
Released: December 25, 1979
Type: Movie
Mariko is living the life of a typical Japanese college student in the 70's, spending far more of her time balancing boyfriends and part-time jobs than on her schoolwork. She finds herself torn between a former boyfriend who's the tough, insensitive-but-sexy, type, and a new acquaintance who's more sensitive to her feelings, but who still acts childishly selfish at times. Will she choose one of them, or decide to go her own way?
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0計画を阻止せよ-総理大臣誘拐!!-
Title: 0計画を阻止せよ-総理大臣誘拐!!-
Character: Inspector Yabe
Released: March 3, 1979
Type: Movie
Samonji, a reporter, receives a message on his answering machine from his friend Takada that says "stop it... zero plan! February." Learning that Takada is dead, Samonji begins an investigation. He and his younger sister Fumiko investigate major events happening in February but cannot find anything relevant. Meanwhile, Kanzaki, a doctor who works at a clinic on a remote island, is working on a plan to extort two billion yen.
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The Fall of Ako Castle
Title: The Fall of Ako Castle
Character: Tokubei
Released: October 28, 1978
Type: Movie
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.
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Message from Space
Title: Message from Space
Character: Kido
Released: April 29, 1978
Type: Movie
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to Gavana Prince Hans to young Terrans Meia, Kido, and Aaron all have different reactions to being chosen.
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Title: Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
Released: August 20, 1977
Type: TV
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New Female Prisoner Scorpion: Special Cellblock X
Title: New Female Prisoner Scorpion: Special Cellblock X
Character: Dr. Katô
Released: June 18, 1977
Type: Movie
A nurse is framed for her involvement in the hospital murder of a politician who was threatening to expose corrupt practices. She escapes from jail but is captured and sent back, resulting in the rest of the inmates being punished, added to which of a new, tougher, head of security arrives to take up her new job....
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Hokuriku Proxy War
Title: Hokuriku Proxy War
Character: Yanaka
Released: February 26, 1977
Type: Movie
In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows battles among yakuza who value land over tradition. Hiroki Matsukata stars as Noboru Kawada, a Hokuriku yakuza who will use any measure for survival, disregarding parents, brothers, and tradition.
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Japan's Don
Title: Japan's Don
Released: January 22, 1977
Type: Movie
A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.
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Yakuza Graveyard
Title: Yakuza Graveyard
Character: Takechi Hatano
Released: October 30, 1976
Type: Movie
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.
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The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
Title: The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
Released: September 4, 1976
Type: Movie
Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent gangsters battling their way through fight after bloody fight with rival yakuza on the streets of Okinawa.
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
Title: New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
Released: April 24, 1976
Type: Movie
The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constantly bullied by the upper organization and “bleed in vain” in gang wars.
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Operation Plazma in Osaka
Title: Operation Plazma in Osaka
Released: January 31, 1976
Type: Movie
Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.
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Truck Rascals II: Ichibanboshi Runs Wild
Title: Truck Rascals II: Ichibanboshi Runs Wild
Released: December 27, 1975
Type: Movie
The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help bring home the father of two young children in time to celebrate New Year’s together.
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
Title: New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
Character: Seiji Izeki
Released: November 1, 1975
Type: Movie
The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for territorial rights and drug smuggling. The Owada sends their man, Tetsu, and his friend Shuji to kill the Kyoei boss. With the promise of fame and riches, Shuji takes the fall and goes to jail for 7 years. But when he's released, he discovers that he and Tetsu have been all but forgotten by the Owada. Feeling betrayed, Shuji takes matters into his own hands and becomes an unsuspecting pawn in an internal conflict and an assassination attempt on the Owada boss. And now angered, Shuji seeks revenge...
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My Way
Title: My Way
Character: Yamada
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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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Title: Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Character: Hideo Hayakawa
Released: June 29, 1974
Type: Movie
While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.
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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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My Voiceless Friends
Title: My Voiceless Friends
Released: April 29, 1972
Type: Movie
A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.
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Kaoyaku
Title: Kaoyaku
Character: Yoshikawa
Released: August 12, 1971
Type: Movie
A detective is charged with investigating a bank corruption scandal.
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A Woman Called En
Title: A Woman Called En
Released: May 29, 1971
Type: Movie
Set at the end of the feudal period. A woman spends most of her early life in prison, incarcerated by political opponents of her father. When she is released at the age of 44, the power struggles of her clan continue to disturb her life and the man whom she loves.
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Song of Vengeance
Title: Song of Vengeance
Character: 杉良
Released: September 17, 1968
Type: Movie
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Samurai Wolf II
Title: Samurai Wolf II
Released: May 13, 1967
Type: Movie
Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his dead father. There are crooked gold miners, a beautiful girl who is unfortunately a complete lunatic and a dojo master who is obsessed with killing Kiba just to prove that his school's sword style is the best.
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Samurai Wolf
Title: Samurai Wolf
Released: November 19, 1966
Type: Movie
This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba – who arrives at a village to defend a beautiful, blind woman against a sinister plot. Her assailants then send against him another samurai, named Sana, who is without scruples. The fight between them will become personal, for the honor and love of the blind woman.
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Game of Chance
Title: Game of Chance
Released: October 22, 1966
Type: Movie
Bungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling. Deciding to quit his vices, he works menial jobs, drifting from city to city. However, not completely losing his gambling tastes, he became a hunted man and must escape to Tokyo after he was found cheating at dice. Bungo and his son Kenichi comes upon the Kizaki Family in Asakusa, where more troubles are awaiting them...
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Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Title: Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Character: Ippusai
Released: May 25, 1966
Type: Movie
Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for his clan. He recovers but has lost an eye and an arm. Taking a new identity as Tange Sazen, he searches for a stolen urn which has hidden significance to his clan. But Tange Sazen has his own reasons for seeking the urn.
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
Title: Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
Released: January 13, 1966
Type: Movie
Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor to the Soda Family, he kills the boss of the rival Sakaki Family. When the Soda attacks the Sakaki and double-crosses him, with sword in hand, Hidejiro seeks brutal retribution.
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Dupe
Title: Dupe
Released: October 1, 1965
Type: Movie
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Kwaidan
Title: Kwaidan
Character: (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Released: January 6, 1965
Type: Movie
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
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Detective
Title: Detective
Released: December 5, 1964
Type: Movie
The first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a criminal, which takes place in Yokohama. Tamba enthusiastically plays a police inspector who pursues a criminal who kidnapped his sister.
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Revenge
Title: Revenge
Released: November 1, 1964
Type: Movie
An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The situation snowballs out of control, leading to a deadly duel and political fallout which threatens the entire clan. Declared mentally unstable by the corrupt authority, Shinpachi begins his descent into true insanity…
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Assassination
Title: Assassination
Character: Kamo Serizawa
Released: July 4, 1964
Type: Movie
Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political manoeuvring that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. At a time when assassination had become a disturbing political tool, Shinoda's film follows Hachiro Kiyokawa, an ambitious, masterless samurai whose allegiances drift dangerously between the Shogunate and the Emperor.
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Roadside Stone
Title: Roadside Stone
Character: Junkichi
Released: June 14, 1964
Type: Movie
The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The year is 1910 and the place is a small Japanese village. Goichi is suffering because he wants to go to school, but his family is too poor to afford that luxury. Even when a kind friend agrees to help out, Goichi's father refuses to give in to his son's request for an education. Instead, he sends Goichi off to work as an indentured servant for a cold-hearted merchant and his family. As tragedy strikes and the suffering of the young boy increases, he begins to look for some way out of his bleak situation.
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Three Outlaw Samurai
Title: Three Outlaw Samurai
Character: Kurahashi
Released: May 13, 1964
Type: Movie
Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.
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Element of Surprise
Title: Element of Surprise
Released: September 21, 1963
Type: Movie
1963 Toei war / action film.
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Tale of Army Brutality
Title: Tale of Army Brutality
Released: June 14, 1963
Type: Movie
Director Jun'ya Satô's debut film focuses on the inhuman training of recruits, the brutal drill system that reigned in the Japanese army during World War II, where in the first two years of training, ordinary people were turned into inhuman killers. For his first film, the director was awarded the Blue Ribbon Awards in the Debutant of the Year nomination.
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Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
Title: Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
Released: March 9, 1963
Type: Movie
1963 Japanese movie
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Gang and G-Men Part 2
Title: Gang and G-Men Part 2
Released: February 24, 1963
Type: Movie
A gang plans to steal twenty billion yen by safecracking tactics; however, they discover that one of the gang members is an infiltrating cop.
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Curry Rice
Title: Curry Rice
Released: November 23, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Gang vs. G-Men
Title: Gang vs. G-Men
Character: Yuichi Noguchi
Released: November 2, 1962
Type: Movie
Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.
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Tokyo Untouchable
Title: Tokyo Untouchable
Character: as Hisakazu Yoshii
Released: October 21, 1962
Type: Movie
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The Injured Boy
Title: The Injured Boy
Released: April 4, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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The Escape
Title: The Escape
Released: March 14, 1962
Type: Movie
Film about the 2-26 Incident.
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Run, Genta, Run!
Title: Run, Genta, Run!
Released: November 22, 1961
Type: Movie
A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.
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If You're Man Enough
Title: If You're Man Enough
Released: November 29, 1960
Type: Movie
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World War III Breaks Out
Title: World War III Breaks Out
Released: October 19, 1960
Type: Movie
The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is ultimately evacuated as the two superpowers invoke the 'nuclear option'.
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Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
Title: Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
Released: May 10, 1960
Type: Movie
Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.
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Police Precinct Part 12
Title: Police Precinct Part 12
Released: January 27, 1960
Type: Movie
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Hell's Companion
Title: Hell's Companion
Released: June 1, 1959
Type: Movie
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Title: The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Character: (uncredited)
Released: January 15, 1959
Type: Movie
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
Title: I Want to Be a Shellfish
Released: October 31, 1958
Type: Movie
Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder. According to the accusation by GHQ, Toyomatsu "attemped to kill a US prisoner", which was nothing but an order by his superior and failed after all with hurting the prisoner by weak Toyomatsu. Also, Toyomatsu was driven to corner at the trial by the fact that he fed the US prisoner some burdock roots to nourish him. Toyomatsu believes nothing but being not guilty, but he is sentenced to death by hanging. Prior to the execution, Toyomatsu writes a long farewell letter to his family, the wife and the only son: "If I ever incarnate, I hate to be a human being any more.... Oh yes, I would like to be...a shellfish living on the rock-bottom of the sea."
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Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
Title: Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
Released: December 22, 1957
Type: Movie
After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department began canvassing the area around the crime scene. As a result, they found a wallet with bloodstains that seemed to belong to the victim, a woman's wallet that did not fit the field, earrings, and other valuable materials, which led them on a foot search. The woman's purse had been picked up by a male prostitute on the subway, and from the prostitute's testimony, they were able to identify the pickpocket's face, but the next day, the man was found dead in a road accident, apparently murdered.
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The Story of Pure Love
Title: The Story of Pure Love
Character: Detective A
Released: October 15, 1957
Type: Movie
Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial laborers who can get little pay, society outcasts, and of course, lovers. Junai Monogatari depicts, mostly, their struggles within the Japanese reformatory system and Mitsuko's worsening sickness.
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I Will Buy You
Title: I Will Buy You
Character: Shirô Kurita
Released: November 21, 1956
Type: Movie
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.
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Tengoku wa doko da
Title: Tengoku wa doko da
Released: April 23, 1956
Type: Movie
Japanese drama.
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Darkness at Noon
Title: Darkness at Noon
Character: Detective Sugita
Released: March 26, 1956
Type: Movie
Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.
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Forever a Woman
Title: Forever a Woman
Character: Shigeru Anzai
Released: November 23, 1955
Type: Movie
Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and her breast cancer diagnosis. In the last stage of her life, she meets a young journalist from Tokyo who wants to write a story on her life.
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Beautiful Days
Title: Beautiful Days
Character: (uncredited)
Released: May 25, 1955
Type: Movie
Masaki Kobayashi directs this romantic drama concerning a family of florists.
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The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
Title: The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
Released: January 9, 1955
Type: Movie
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The Street Without Sun
Title: The Street Without Sun
Released: June 24, 1954
Type: Movie
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At the End of the Clouds
Title: At the End of the Clouds
Released: June 9, 1953
Type: Movie
A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.
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A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Title: A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Character: Kiichi Yamada
Released: February 20, 1953
Type: Movie
Onna Hitori Daichi wo Yuku (A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, Kinuta Production, 1953) was the second feature film directed by Kamei Fumio, who is known as a master of documentary films, and followed his “Haha Nareba Onna Nareba(Become a Mother, Become a Woman)” (1952).