Minoru Takada

Minoru Takada

Movies for Minoru Takada...

Rebel Against Glory
Title: Rebel Against Glory
Released: April 4, 1970
Type: Movie
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Crazy Big Explosion
Title: Crazy Big Explosion
Released: April 27, 1969
Type: Movie
A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.
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Japan's Longest Day
Title: Japan's Longest Day
Character: Vice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau
Released: August 12, 1967
Type: Movie
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
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Let's Go! Young Guy
Title: Let's Go! Young Guy
Character: Inakawa
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
College student Yuuichi Tanuma is fired up for Nationals where his university Kyonan will face off against their rivals, Seihoku. Yuuichi has his sights set on winning football gold, but his father, who wants him to take over his sukiyaki restaurant, isn't too keen on this. Set in Kyoto, Hong Kong, and Macau, we follow Yuuichi as he falls in love and chases after his dreams.
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Adventure in Kigan Castle
Title: Adventure in Kigan Castle
Character: Old King in Kotan
Released: April 28, 1966
Type: Movie
Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in the Middle East, where they find intrigue and romance in the court of an evil king.
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Evil Brain from Outer Space
Title: Evil Brain from Outer Space
Released: January 21, 1966
Type: Movie
An evil brain from outer space unleashes monsters with deadly diseases on Earth with trying to conquer the universe. Superhero Starman must battle them all to save his planet.
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Title: Ultra Q
Character: Professor Genda
Released: January 2, 1966
Type: TV
As supernatural events and monster attacks rock Japan, the military and government look to be overwhelmed. Three intrepid young investigators—two pilots and a reporter—take it upon themselves to study these unexplained phenomena in order to inform and protect the public. With allies and science aiding them on their journey, the trio must separate myth from history as they explore the greater mysteries of these occurrences: are they unrelated, or is this barrage somehow a portent of even worse things to come?
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Invaders from Space
Title: Invaders from Space
Released: May 31, 1965
Type: Movie
A bunch of pernicious salamander men from the planet Kulimon in the Moffit Galaxy plan on taking over Earth by unleashing a lethal plague on mankind. It's up to valiant superhero Starman from the Emerald Planet to save the human race before it's too late.
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Atomic Rulers
Title: Atomic Rulers
Character: Father
Released: April 10, 1965
Type: Movie
Super criminals are planning to infiltrate Earth with mass nuclear destruction! Only Starman can defend civilization by thwarting evil!
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Attack from Space
Title: Attack from Space
Released: March 6, 1965
Type: Movie
The superhero Starman is sent by the Emerald Planet to protect Earth from belligerent aliens from the Sapphire Galaxy. The Sapphireans (or "Spherions") kidnap Dr. Yamanaka and force him to use his spaceship against the Earth.
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Title: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Character: Prime Minister (uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1964
Type: Movie
After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
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Atragon
Title: Atragon
Character: Government Official
Released: December 22, 1963
Type: Movie
The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World War II Captain has created the greatest warship ever seen, and possibly the surface world's only defense.
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The Last War
Title: The Last War
Character: Tokyo Defense Command Commander
Released: October 8, 1961
Type: Movie
A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.
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Sazae-san Plays Cupid
Title: Sazae-san Plays Cupid
Released: March 28, 1961
Type: Movie
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.
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Battle in Outer Space
Title: Battle in Outer Space
Character: The Commander
Released: December 26, 1959
Type: Movie
In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men. In response, a global council meeting is held to determine the source of the attacks and prepare a rocket ship armada for a counter-attack, a true battle in outer space. . . The film is a sequel of sorts to Toho's THE MYSTERIANS in the reprise of the Etsuko Shiraishi character of that film as its heroine. It was edited to 74 minutes for its American release.
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Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
Title: Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
Released: July 4, 1959
Type: Movie
In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplomats, to take them to the Canaries and arrange an armistice. When they get there, peace has been declared, but the sub's crew don't know as their radio has failed. They send their passengers ashore and go out to face a final battle...
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The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
Title: The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
Character: Prime Minister Konoe
Released: January 3, 1959
Type: Movie
In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and her forces push forward to the borders of India. But gradually the tide turns in favour of the Allies and after the atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is compelled to accept the Potsdam Declaration and by the order of the Emperor agrees to unconditional surrender. Under the supervision of the occupation forces the International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo to try the Japanese war leaders. Established in the cause of justice, and to prevent future aggressive wars the trials drag on for two and a half years. And on December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six other war leaders mount the thirteen steps to the gallows at Tokyo's Sugamo prison.
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Kegareta nikutai seijo
Title: Kegareta nikutai seijo
Released: November 29, 1958
Type: Movie
A sensual love-story between two lesbian nuns.
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黄金奉行
Title: 黄金奉行
Released: June 29, 1958
Type: Movie
Japanese film.
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Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
Title: Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
Character: War Minister Yamagata
Released: March 14, 1958
Type: Movie
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稲妻奉行
Title: 稲妻奉行
Released: January 15, 1958
Type: Movie
Japanese film.
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Traitors of the Blue Castle
Title: Traitors of the Blue Castle
Character: Aki Date
Released: December 3, 1957
Type: Movie
Harada Kai, the Date clan's Chamberlain attempts to take power from the lord himself.
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ひばりの三役 競艶雪之丞変化 後篇
Title: ひばりの三役 競艶雪之丞変化 後篇
Released: November 23, 1957
Type: Movie
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Hibari no san'yaku: Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge
Title: Hibari no san'yaku: Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge
Released: November 17, 1957
Type: Movie
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Super Giant Continues
Title: Super Giant Continues
Released: August 13, 1957
Type: Movie
The 2nd Super Giant film. Super Giant continues his battle against the foreign terrorists. In return, they frame him for murder. (Part 2 of 2)
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Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Title: Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Character: Aritomo Yamagata
Released: April 29, 1957
Type: Movie
Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
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Mother Peacock
Title: Mother Peacock
Released: December 5, 1956
Type: Movie
Japanese drama film.
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Shin ono ga tsumi
Title: Shin ono ga tsumi
Character: Takahiro Sakurado
Released: October 9, 1956
Type: Movie
20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901).
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勤王? 佐幕? 女人曼陀羅
Title: 勤王? 佐幕? 女人曼陀羅
Released: August 14, 1956
Type: Movie
1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.
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Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
Title: Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
Character: Fumimaro Konoe
Released: July 21, 1956
Type: Movie
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.
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Appeal on the Cross
Title: Appeal on the Cross
Released: June 27, 1956
Type: Movie
Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan.
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Kingoro's Soldier
Title: Kingoro's Soldier
Released: May 11, 1956
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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Speed King
Title: Speed King
Released: April 11, 1956
Type: Movie
Japanese film about motorcycle racing.
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So Young, So Bright
Title: So Young, So Bright
Released: November 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Two high school girls, Ruri and Yumi, go to Kyoto on a school trip, here they get acquainted with Hinagiku, there are many adventures ahead of the three of them. A musical starring 3 Japanese pop music and TV stars.
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Morishige no demakase shinshi
Title: Morishige no demakase shinshi
Released: September 6, 1955
Type: Movie
Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control.
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花眞珠
Title: 花眞珠
Released: August 22, 1955
Type: Movie
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The Vassal's Neck
Title: The Vassal's Neck
Released: July 26, 1955
Type: Movie
Japanese film.
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Twilight Saloon
Title: Twilight Saloon
Character: Ryusuke Nakakoji
Released: June 19, 1955
Type: Movie
Takes place in one place, a beer hall, over the course of one evening. Uchida employs this concentration of setting and time to fashion a microcosm for a group portrait of Japan. One by one, the regulars of the bar appear: the pianist who dreams of becoming a composer but has disappeared from the music world after a knifing; a stripper who had planned to be a ballet dancer; an elderly painter trying to make a living at pachinko, and who rues his art having been used for militarist propaganda during the war; a young waitress considering elopement; a colonel turned real estate broker who attempts to rouse the crowd in military song until he realizes the tune has been transformed by marchers in the street into a leftist chant. The "twilight" is more than just a time of day; here, it is a state of being, a suspension between past and present, between the camaraderie of the saloon and the harsh world outside.
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The Green Music Box
Title: The Green Music Box
Character: Professor
Released: May 8, 1955
Type: Movie
Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doesn't know about. Ever since he moved up to the research laboratory in Hokkaido, Ruriko hasn't heard from him. The only thing that reminded her of his warmth was the green music box that he’d left behind for her. She longed to reunite with her father. The little box played music that lifted her spirits, to a place where everything was perfect.
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Fantasy of Youth
Title: Fantasy of Youth
Released: April 19, 1955
Type: Movie
Adaptation of the novel by Bunroku Shishi.
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Invisible Man
Title: Invisible Man
Character: Yajima, gang boss
Released: December 29, 1954
Type: Movie
When an invisible man is run down by a car it’s up to an eager young reporter and a strange clown to bring a dangerous gang to justice.
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Inugami-ke no nazo: Akuma wa odoru
Title: Inugami-ke no nazo: Akuma wa odoru
Released: August 10, 1954
Type: Movie
Early adaptation of the book "The Inugami Clan", featuring the detective Kōsuke Kindaichi.
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Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
Title: Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
Released: July 13, 1954
Type: Movie
Japanese war film.
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続南国太平記 薩南の嵐
Title: 続南国太平記 薩南の嵐
Released: February 3, 1954
Type: Movie
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Nangoku Taiheiki
Title: Nangoku Taiheiki
Released: January 15, 1954
Type: Movie
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A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival
Title: A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival
Released: January 9, 1954
Type: Movie
Japanese musical.
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Love Letter
Title: Love Letter
Released: December 13, 1953
Type: Movie
A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.
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憧れの星座 
Title: 憧れの星座 
Released: November 22, 1953
Type: Movie
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Eagle of the Pacific
Title: Eagle of the Pacific
Character: Prince Fumimaro Konoe
Released: October 21, 1953
Type: Movie
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.
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The Battleship Yamato
Title: The Battleship Yamato
Character: 2nd Fleet Commander-in-Chief Ito
Released: June 15, 1953
Type: Movie
The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".
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花吹雪男祭り 
Title: 花吹雪男祭り 
Released: November 29, 1952
Type: Movie
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Sunset Over Mount Fuji
Title: Sunset Over Mount Fuji
Character: Father Iori
Released: November 10, 1952
Type: Movie
Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi
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Geisha Waltz
Title: Geisha Waltz
Released: October 2, 1952
Type: Movie
1952 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.
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Kyōshū
Title: Kyōshū
Released: July 2, 1952
Type: Movie
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A Ripple in a Morning
Title: A Ripple in a Morning
Character: President Sugayama
Released: May 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2
Title: Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2
Released: March 6, 1952
Type: Movie
At the transformed Fumaden (Demon Subduing) Temple, with the dynamic efforts of Sukesan and Kakusan, and the appearance of the heroic woman Oshin, Lord Kōmon's ingenious strategy swiftly overcomes the wicked bandits in this exhilarating and unrivaled episode.
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1
Title: Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1
Released: February 14, 1952
Type: Movie
The deputy shogun of the realm, accompanied by his loyal and capable aides, makes a stop at Jigokudani, a place along his journey through various provinces. Here, a lively and entertaining tale unfolds, filled with swordplay where heroes and villains clash, intertwined with heartwarming humor.
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母恋草
Title: 母恋草
Released: June 29, 1951
Type: Movie
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Golden Beast
Title: Golden Beast
Character: Inspector Tajimi
Released: November 4, 1950
Type: Movie
One Sunday morning, Toshio Esaki, a young dentist, wakes up in his clinic. It seems that he was drunk and spent the night in the clinic instead of going home. When he goes into the laboratory to get a drink of water, he finds a woman wearing a green striped Western-style dress lying there.
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A Bullet Hole Underground
Title: A Bullet Hole Underground
Released: May 2, 1949
Type: Movie
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Lady From Hell
Title: Lady From Hell
Released: March 15, 1949
Type: Movie
Three and a half years after Japan was bombed, the tax authorities organized the T-Men. Nango is in love with a girl called Mibu, and the two are against the T-Men organization. Mibu whats to kill all of the T-Men one-by-one.
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Twenty-One Fingerprints
Title: Twenty-One Fingerprints
Released: July 12, 1948
Type: Movie
Third film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka
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These Foolish Times
Title: These Foolish Times
Released: October 12, 1947
Type: Movie
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Ai to chikai
Title: Ai to chikai
Character: Shiraishi
Released: July 26, 1945
Type: Movie
After facing hard times, an orphan Korean boy gets adopted to Japanese society. He meets several Japanese people who are kind to him, and grows up wanting to repay his debt to Japan, by becoming a kamikaze pilot.
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Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
Title: Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
Released: March 9, 1944
Type: Movie
A 1944 propaganda film that depicts the fictionalised career of IJAAF pilot Tateo Kato, who led the 64th Sentai during the early months of the Pacific War. The film has scenes featuring Ki-43 fighters escorting Ki-21 bombers to attack Rangoon, where they are attacked by P-40 Warhawk and Brewster Buffalo fighters.
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Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
Title: Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
Released: May 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the pressure of the war had led the government to shorten the training and expand the age range of the recruits. Yokaren was highly selective, and thus an object of great fascination and desire for boys and young men. In this Navy–sponsored film, Setsuko Hara plays the daughter of a family that often entertains recruits on their days off—a surrogate sister to many trainees. Her fragile younger brother aspires to join the program, but is rejected. With perseverance and much support from Hara and their mother, he surmounts his weaknesses and becomes a flier.
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Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
Title: Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
Character: Assistant Police Inspector Takatsu
Released: April 15, 1943
Type: Movie
Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a military outpost threatened by "bandits."
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Sky of Hope
Title: Sky of Hope
Character: Momosaburo
Released: January 14, 1942
Type: Movie
What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy in 1942.
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White Heron
Title: White Heron
Released: September 9, 1941
Type: Movie
OSHINO, the beautiful daughter of restaurant owners, is in love with SHIRASAGI the painter. But there is another young man, the son of a moneylender family, who is desperately in love with Oshino...
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Yukiko and Natsuyo
Title: Yukiko and Natsuyo
Character: Shoichi Utsumi
Released: August 14, 1941
Type: Movie
Adaptation of a novel by Nobuko Yoshiya that was serialized in "Shufu no tomo" between 1939 and 1940.
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The Poppy
Title: The Poppy
Character: Kingo Kono
Released: June 18, 1941
Type: Movie
1941 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.
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Sincerity
Title: Sincerity
Character: Keikichi Asada
Released: September 10, 1939
Type: Movie
Two young girls, Nobiko and Tomiko, go to the same school. The less fortunate girl Nobiko is one of the top students, while the rich girl Tomiko is not. At one time Tomiko's father was quite fond of Nobuko's mother.
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Iron Brothers
Title: Iron Brothers
Released: June 28, 1939
Type: Movie
It's been a long time since the war. Since we haven't been at war with America yet, there is a line in the movie that asks, "How do you say "dried fish" in English?" Brothers who work at a factory that handles iron in Tokyo. After losing his parents, his older brother (Takada Minoru) sends his younger brother (Ito Kaoru) to night school, and the brothers help each other survive. The older brother wants his younger brother to study and attend a higher school (university?). A mysterious woman (Sachiko Chiba) moves into the apartment where the two live. The landlady of the apartment is busy gossiping about her and who she is.
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Ichiyo Higuchi
Title: Ichiyo Higuchi
Character: Tosui Nakarai
Released: May 31, 1939
Type: Movie
Japanese film based on the life of writer Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896).
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Enoken’s Shrewd Period
Title: Enoken’s Shrewd Period
Released: January 11, 1939
Type: Movie
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Pastoral Symphony
Title: Pastoral Symphony
Released: June 11, 1938
Type: Movie
A priest in Hokkaido adopts a blind orphan girl, and as she grows up he finds himself falling in love with her.
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Learn from Experience, Part Two
Title: Learn from Experience, Part Two
Character: Shintaro
Released: December 18, 1937
Type: Movie
Part 2 of a 2-part romance (fist part - Kafuku zempen) based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. In the second half, we discover that Toyomi is pregnant -- and while Shintaro and Yurie are on their extended honeymoon, she bears his child, a girl named Kiyoko. She is supported in adversity by Michiko -- and gets considerable moral support from not only her own mother but also from Shintaro's mother and siblings. Even more surprisingly, Yurie strikes up a friendship of sorts with her. When Yurie learns that the child is Shintaro's, she convinces Toyomi that it would be best to let Shintaro (and her) raise Kiyoko, so Toyomi can get on with making a proper life for herself. Tearfully, Toyomi agrees. Sometime later, Michiko goes to visit Toyomi -- and sees her at work, as a kindergarten teacher.
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Learn from Experience, Part One
Title: Learn from Experience, Part One
Character: Shintaro
Released: October 1, 1937
Type: Movie
Part 1 of a 2-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. The central character here is Toyomi (played by Takako IRIE, star of Mizoguchi’s "Water Magician), a rich young woman in love with Shintaro (Minoru TAKADA), a rich young man. Unfortunately, Shintaro’s father is in the process of arranging a marriage for him with Yurie (Chieko TAKEHISA), the scion of an even wealthier family. In order to avoid this, the two young lovers flee to Tokyo to live together. When Shintaro comes back to proclaim his intent to marry Toyomi, his father browbeats him into attending the long-arranged marriage meeting with Yurie. While Shintaro is back home, Toyomi goes on a vacation trip with her closest chum, Michiko (Yumeko AIZOME). At a class reunion, Toyomi is to distressed (at not having heard from Shintaro for so long), she doesn’t go out on the town with her classmates. Michiko, however, runs into Shintaro and Yurie (also out on the town), and pulling him aside, demands an explanation.
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Japanese Women's Textbook
Title: Japanese Women's Textbook
Character: (Volume 1)
Released: May 21, 1937
Type: Movie
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A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
Title: A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
Released: April 1, 1937
Type: Movie
Kayo and Kuniko graduated from girls' school together and are as close as sisters. Kuniko's fiancé, Minakami, feels something that attracts him deeply towards Kayo. On the other hand, Kayo prays for the happiness of her best friend and marries a very ordinary man. However, at one point, this mediocre but increasingly ferocious husband died in an accident ... A triangular love story develops depicting a woman's heart that sways between love and morals. Based on a novel by Nobuko Yoshiya, there were originally two parts to the film (If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again), both supposed to be 85 minutes, but apparently what we have now is this 103-minute amalgam of the two.
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Sun over the River
Title: Sun over the River
Character: Kentaro
Released: May 17, 1934
Type: Movie
Father, son Kentaro and daughter Ochiyo, who live on the banks of the Sumida River, regain their love for each other after family discord and separation. The film is considered lost.
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Tsuki yori no shisha
Title: Tsuki yori no shisha
Character: Susumu Hirota
Released: March 29, 1934
Type: Movie
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Silver Stream
Title: Silver Stream
Character: Soichi Negishi
Released: February 14, 1931
Type: Movie
Michiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid the shame. Later she meets the rapist again who is now a union leader in opposition of her husband.
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Marching On
Title: Marching On
Released: March 7, 1930
Type: Movie
A farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real aircraft, develops a friendship with the daughter of the local squire, who introduces the lad to her pilot brother and his flying officer friends; through hard work, and despite the handicap of a lowly class status, he eventually succeeds in qualifying as a pilot and joining the air force.
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Walk Cheerfully
Title: Walk Cheerfully
Character: Kenji Koyama
Released: March 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Kenji is a small-time thief who likes drinking and fighting. When he falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, and she finds out what kind of guy he really is, she leaves him "until he becomes an honest person." Kenji soon finds it's not easy to get rid of one's past.
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A Primer on Marriage
Title: A Primer on Marriage
Character: Shinichirô Takebayashi
Released: January 5, 1930
Type: Movie
Bored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds himself embroiled in a series of misunderstandings with his wife, the young woman and her husband. Considered to be a lost film.
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I Graduated, But...
Title: I Graduated, But...
Character: Tetsuo Nomoto
Released: September 6, 1929
Type: Movie
Tetsuo Nomoto, a young graduated student tries to find a decent job by himself. Later on, he will marry his girlfriend, Machiko, whom he hides the fact that he has no job. Hardships come quickly, which forces Machiko to find a job in a bar.
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Eternal Heart
Title: Eternal Heart
Character: Shozo Narita
Released: April 29, 1929
Type: Movie
Toshie, a young, conservative secretary-typist has fallen in love with Shozo Narita, a young man she has met through her work.