Mizuho Suzuki

Mizuho Suzuki

Born: October 23, 1927
in Manchukuo, China

Movies for Mizuho Suzuki...

Don't Lose Heart
Title: Don't Lose Heart
Character: Sadakichi Shibata
Released: November 16, 2013
Type: Movie
Depicts the life of best-selling Japanese poet Toyo Shibata. Toyo Shibata first began writing poems at the age of 92 and published her first collection of poems "Kujikenaide" (″Don't lose heart″) in 2009, which sold over 1.5 million copies.
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Patisserie Coin De Rue
Title: Patisserie Coin De Rue
Character: Tadao Yoshikawa
Released: February 11, 2011
Type: Movie
A disillusioned Natsume arrives at Coin de Rue, a popular Tokyo pastry shop, begging for work. Aiming to become a high-calibre pastry chef, she is determined to overcome both her past and the challenges ahead. Pastry critic Tomura is a frequent visitor to Coin de Rue. Moved by Natsume's persistence, he slowly begins to confront his own painful past aided, of course, by mouthfuls of tasty pastries.
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Girls College Terror
Title: Girls College Terror
Released: August 31, 2010
Type: Movie
Tales of terror spreading throughout Jaanese high school girls...are real! While singing karaoke with friends, Ai found a strange silent girl in the room. The legendary female ghost of Ohatsutenjin would suck the energy of young males at night.
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Death Kappa
Title: Death Kappa
Released: June 25, 2010
Type: Movie
When military experiments go haywire and trigger an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic proportions. A monster arrives in the midst of the nuclear fallout, and Japan's defenses are helpless against it. Mankind's only savior is an irradiated water goblin from Japanese folklore called the "Death Kappa." The two rival monsters must go head-to-head in the ultimate battle between good and evil!
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Battle Under Orion
Title: Battle Under Orion
Released: June 13, 2009
Type: Movie
The story of a Japanese sub's last mission during WWII.
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Kabei: Our Mother
Title: Kabei: Our Mother
Character: Hajime Nikaido
Released: January 26, 2008
Type: Movie
Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist. His wife Kayo works frantically from morning to night to maintain the household and bring up her two daughters with the support of Shigeru's sister Hisako and Shigeru's ex-student Yamazaki, but her husband does not return. WWII breaks out and casts dark shadows on the entire country, but Kayo still tries to keep her cheerful determination, and sustain the family with her love. This is an emotional drama of a mother and an eternal message for peace.
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Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: Volume 3, Part 2
Title: Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: Volume 3, Part 2
Released: March 13, 2007
Type: Movie
A new season of the acclaimed series finishes with these twenty sensational shorts capturing the essence of psychological terror with chilling visuals.
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Title: Humanoid Monster Bem
Character: Narration (voice)
Released: April 1, 2006
Type: TV
The plot of the series revolves around three youkai, Bem, Bera and Barro, who arrive at a large coastal city and come across an evil atmosphere, which was brought about by immoral behavior by humans and mischief caused by monsters and youkai. They therefore decide to stay in the city, fighting against other monsters and yōkai which attack humans, making a few friends in the way. Even though the three youkai are often abused by other human beings due to their appearance, they still strive in protecting the human populace of the city from other monsters, one day hoping to become human beings in return for their good actions.
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Tales of Terror from Tokyo: Volume 1
Title: Tales of Terror from Tokyo: Volume 1
Released: February 3, 2003
Type: Movie
An anthology series based on stories collected throughout Japan, mainly by writers Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama.
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Hotel Rose
Title: Hotel Rose
Released: May 18, 1996
Type: Movie
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Pearl Harbor: The View from Japan
Title: Pearl Harbor: The View from Japan
Character: voice
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Documentary, Historical Documentaries, Military Documentaries - In an interesting historical departure, this fascinating documentary analyzes the attack on Pearl Harbor from the Japanese point of view and focuses on Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese military mastermind who (though bitterly opposed) planned the attack on the U.S. fleet anchored in Hawaii. If history is written by the victors, this view of the events of December 7, 1941, fills an important gap in the historical narrative of World War II.
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Kachô Shima Kôsaku
Title: Kachô Shima Kôsaku
Released: October 3, 1992
Type: Movie
Based on the comic book by Kenshi Hirokane
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I Like You!
Title: I Like You!
Released: December 15, 1990
Type: Movie
A romantic comedy, it comically depicts a great twist of fate between a young man who leads an attractive life and a girl who was unlucky in life.
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Title: Tokai no Mori
Released: July 6, 1990
Type: TV
Fresh out of judicial training school, Shinsuke Yabashi becomes a rookie lawyer at the Funamoto Law Firm. When he takes on the role of lead counsel for a case involving a female teacher accused of having an affair with a student's father and killing her husband, Shinsuke boldly asserts her innocence amidst a courtroom where everyone assumes her guilt.
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Dark Myth Gaki Chapter/Heaven Chapter
Title: Dark Myth Gaki Chapter/Heaven Chapter
Released: January 13, 1990
Type: Movie
An animated adaptation of Daijiro Morohoshi's masterpiece, which shocked the 70's Japanese sci-fi manga world with its rich ancient history pedantry and the charm of its elaborately constructed worldview. The production of the main animation is Asiado of "Chibi Maruko-chan". The director is Tomomi Mochizuki of "Dirty Pair FLASH2". A young boy, Takeshi, is guided by a mysterious old man, Takeuchi, from Nagano to ancient Izumo. Takeshi gets lost in a dark world while visiting famous places related to ancient mythology. So Brahman, the will of the universe, began to tell Takeshi a startling fact.
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Four Days of Snow and Blood
Title: Four Days of Snow and Blood
Character: Nobuyuki Abe
Released: June 17, 1989
Type: Movie
Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of Tokyo was briefly held by the insurgents before the coup was suppressed.
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The Silk Road
Title: The Silk Road
Released: June 25, 1988
Type: Movie
In 1026, students in western China are shanghaied into the forces of crown prince Li Yuanhao of Xi Xia, who wants to control the length of the Silk Road. One student is Zhao Xingde, who becomes the favorite of his commander, Zhu Wangli. While sacking a fortress, Xingde discovers Tsurpia, princess of the Uighur. He hides her; they fall in love. When he's sent away to study Xixian, he leaves Tsurpia in Zhu's care, but returns to find her engaged to Li. Tragedy follows, and he and Zhu enter a pact to take revenge when Li arrives at Dun-Huang, the region's seat of learning and culture. Against overwhelming odds, they find a surprising way to leave a monument to their life and love.
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There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
Title: There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
Released: December 12, 1987
Type: Movie
Benio, a peppy tomboy, is surprised to learn that she has been secretly betrothed by her grandfather to a young officer named Shinobu Ijuin. Because of his family’s noble status, Benio must first undergo rigorous training to learn how to be a proper bride and wife before she can marry. However, because of her vivacious personality, this proves to me more challenging than anyone imagined.
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Desperate Pursuit
Title: Desperate Pursuit
Character: CEO Kurata
Released: May 17, 1986
Type: Movie
In the desert of Egypt, Kurata, the CEO of the Japanese corporation Tokokaihatsu, is killed by a sniper. After the news reaches Japan, the CEO's lawyer, Yamamoto, receives a visit from two men that attempt to steal the deceased CEO's will. This is witnessed by two detectives, Tsuzuki and Ōnuki, but they fail to catch the perps. Yamamoto hands the detectives a set of keys before he stops breathing. Tsuzuki and Ōnuki now have to investigate Kurata's murder...
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Godzilla 1985
Title: Godzilla 1985
Character: Foreign Minister Emori
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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Penguin's Memory: A Tale of Happiness
Title: Penguin's Memory: A Tale of Happiness
Character: Dr. Moe (voice)
Released: June 22, 1985
Type: Movie
Mike is a penguin soldier who returns home after being injured during combat. Estranged from his family and friends, he leaves his hometown and starts to roam adrift through the country.
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The Return of Godzilla
Title: The Return of Godzilla
Character: Foreign Minister Emori
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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Make-Up
Title: Make-Up
Character: Professor Hirai
Released: May 2, 1984
Type: Movie
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Title: Dallos
Character: Taisō Nonomura (voice)
Released: December 21, 1983
Type: TV
In a near future, mankind has moved from a drained Earth to the Moon. Rebel acts of terrorism lead to conflicts with the Earth Federal Government. A mysterious entity called Dallos appears to restore hope.
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Dallos
Title: Dallos
Character: Taisô Nonomura (voice)
Released: December 21, 1983
Type: Movie
In a near future, mankind has moved from a drained Earth to the Moon. Rebel acts of terrorism lead to conflicts with the Earth Federal Government. A mysterious entity called Dallos appears to restore hope.
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Legend of the Eight Samurai
Title: Legend of the Eight Samurai
Character: Guide Samurai
Released: December 10, 1983
Type: Movie
The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their clutches. She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of powerful magic crystal, led by Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba!) to help rescue the remaining members of her court and revenge her family. Along the way, they must fight undead warriors, evil spirits, poisonous beauties and a giant centipede.
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The Fir Trees Remain
Title: The Fir Trees Remain
Released: December 1, 1983
Type: Movie
The 21-year-old feudal on Sendai, Tsunamune Date, was prohibited to go out in the daytime for his misbehavior during his short stay in Edo. On the next day, his 4 attendants were killed one after another. Sakai Utanokamike, the Rozyu, is turned out to be involved in this scheme, and the aim is to destroy the Date family. Tsunamune's brother Munekatsu Date who is willing to take over the family doesn't know the real purpose of Utanokami and helps him. Munesuku Harada gets to know the whole picture of the incident and takes action alone for the sake of protecting the Date family, leaving his own family. His lonely fight continues for 10 years and he got in danger in Utanokamike's house, and...
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Title: Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
Released: December 1, 1983
Type: TV
A human drama based on the "Date Riots".
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Konnichiwa Hânesu
Title: Konnichiwa Hânesu
Released: August 21, 1983
Type: Movie
A female college student who aims to become a pianist meets a boy who raises a guide dog.
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The Undercover Ninja Organization
Title: The Undercover Ninja Organization
Released: July 12, 1983
Type: Movie
Oniwaban is an organization that is composed of two ninja groups… Iga and Koga. This is a story of a secret spy who settled in Okazaki Joka town during the Seitoku period of General Ietsugu and his son who trained to be a Ninja.
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Okori-jizō
Title: Okori-jizō
Released: June 15, 1983
Type: Movie
Hiro-chan, a girl celebrating her sixth birthday, visits her neighborhood Laughing Jizo statue. At that moment, on August 6, 1945, the atomic bomb detonates over the city of Hiroshima
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The Yoshida School
Title: The Yoshida School
Character: Ryuichiro Nakaikawa
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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The Highest Honour
Title: The Highest Honour
Character: Major General Kawamura
Released: May 15, 1982
Type: Movie
After a highly successful raid on Singapore Harbour, soldiers of Z Special Unit lead a new expedition in Singapore, with disastrous results.
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Lowly Ronin
Title: Lowly Ronin
Released: October 30, 1981
Type: Movie
Reprising his role from the popular TV series "Koya no Suronin" (The Lowly Ronin), Mifune Toshiro stars in this full-length, stand-alone made for TV movie. The wandering ronin is reminiscent of his most famous role as the samurai without a name in Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" and "Sanjuro". He travels about Japan, and while he may seek happiness, violence and tragedy always cross his path. This time, he reluctantly agrees when a girl hires him to kill a local offical who has unfairly taxed her villagers. But he soon discoves that not all is at it appears when he finds a direct link to his past.
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This Is Noriko
Title: This Is Noriko
Released: September 12, 1981
Type: Movie
Fictionalized account of 20-year-old Noriko Tsuji, a real-life victim of a severe birth defect which afflicted 8,000 Japanese, children whose mothers took the sedative thalidomide during pregnancy. Tsuji has stunted flipper-like arms amputated at the behest of a father who deserted her soon after her birth. Nonetheless, the resourceful Noriko uses her feet to accomplish most of the tasks others would do with their hands.
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Samurai Reincarnation
Title: Samurai Reincarnation
Character: Ogasawara Homyo Hidekiyo
Released: June 6, 1981
Type: Movie
After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him in a murderous rampage.
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Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 1
Title: Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 1
Released: May 15, 1981
Type: Movie
The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his father Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune seeks to reunite with his lost son.  Part 1 sets up the story and introduces the characters.  When the secrets of Shingo's birth are revealed to him, it sets off a series of events that bring him to cross swords with members of the shogun's inner circle. 
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Aoba gakuen monogatari
Title: Aoba gakuen monogatari
Released: April 26, 1981
Type: Movie
1981 Japanese film based on the novel by Naoshiro Yoshimoto.
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The Moon Mask Rider
Title: The Moon Mask Rider
Released: March 14, 1981
Type: Movie
The Moon Mask Rider is a tokusatsu movie produced by Purumie International/Herald Enterprises and distributed by Nippon Herald Pictures, was released theatrically on March 14, 1981. Considered Japan's answer to the American box-office fiasco, The Legend of the Lone Ranger (released the same year), this updated version of the Moonlight Mask legend bombed at the Japanese box-office. Daisuke Kuwahara (who, like Klinton Spilsbury , disappeared from doing films) plays George Owara (Moon Mask Rider's new alter-ego), and the rest of the cast made up of veteran action starlets: Sue Shihomi, Daijiro Harada and Takayuki Godai.
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Gate of Youth
Title: Gate of Youth
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 15, 1981
Type: Movie
The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner. Ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of his life. Shinsuke's father a group leader at the mine, dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a friendly Harley-riding yakuza boss. This movie has it all, drama, romance, sex, yakuza and violence! It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine Shukan Gendai in 1969-70.
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Magnitude 7.9
Title: Magnitude 7.9
Character: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Released: August 30, 1980
Type: Movie
A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.
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Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima
Title: Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima
Character: Father
Released: July 5, 1980
Type: Movie
Second live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.
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The Way to The Gold Medals
Title: The Way to The Gold Medals
Released: April 5, 1980
Type: Movie
About Soviet and Japanese volley-ball players who are both rivals and friends. The events cover the period from the 1976 Montreal Olympics to the eve of XXII Olympics in Moscow.
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A Distant Cry from Spring
Title: A Distant Cry from Spring
Character: Shuunichiro Tajima
Released: March 15, 1980
Type: Movie
The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the heart of the mother and shows her boy the importance of grit and kindness, but then he leaves with the autumn wind.
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Gassan
Title: Gassan
Character: Hojo
Released: October 20, 1979
Type: Movie
Akira leaves for the Mt. Gassan foothills before winter's onset, visiting the local temple and interacting with the residents all while falling for fair Fumiko.
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G.I. Samurai
Title: G.I. Samurai
Character: Ashikaga Yoshiaki
Released: September 17, 1979
Type: Movie
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.
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Eighteen Years, to the Sea
Title: Eighteen Years, to the Sea
Character: Takahide Moromoto
Released: August 18, 1979
Type: Movie
Kei and Atsuo were both enrolled in summer school. Kei was an honor student, and Atsuo was the polar opposite - but opposites attract. After school, the two head to the beach, where they find another student from their school competing against a local gang member, to see who is able to hold his breath longer under water. Overwhelmed by the excitement, Kei and Atsuo decide to try themselves.
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Nomugi Pass
Title: Nomugi Pass
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: June 30, 1979
Type: Movie
The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya which lies just beyond the Nomugi Pass. The women and girls worked in a hot, humid atmosphere without rest, and endured those conditions and sexual harassment to earn money for their poor families. Across the ocean, it was the great depression in America.
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Komugīro no tenshi suzume to shōnen
Title: Komugīro no tenshi suzume to shōnen
Character: 三島先生
Released: December 24, 1978
Type: Movie
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The Fall of Ako Castle
Title: The Fall of Ako Castle
Character: Narrator
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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Have Wings on Your Heart
Title: Have Wings on Your Heart
Released: October 14, 1978
Type: Movie
Tragedy about a terminally ill girl.
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The Demon
Title: The Demon
Character: Detective
Released: October 7, 1978
Type: Movie
When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children with Sokichi - and his very surprised and angry wife Oume - and disappears.
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August without Emperor
Title: August without Emperor
Character: Army General Mano
Released: September 23, 1978
Type: Movie
Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.
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Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
Title: Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
Character: Kijima
Released: September 9, 1978
Type: Movie
The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determine who will become Don of Japan.
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Sweet Revenge
Title: Sweet Revenge
Released: December 17, 1977
Type: Movie
Masao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of money. His sister Kiriko makes the long trip to Tokyo, specifically to accost Otsuka, Japan's top criminal defence lawyer, and plead with him to take her brother's case. They live in Kitakyushu which, though a city, she contends that the local lawyers are not up to the job. Otsuka contemptuously brushes her off. A year passes. Masao has suicided in jail, his appeal having failed due to the lack of interest and competence of the local defence lawyer. Kiriko returns to Tokyo, planning revenge on Otsuka for refusing the case and causing her brother's death.
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Title: Akai kizuna
Released: December 2, 1977
Type: TV
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High Seas Hijack
Title: High Seas Hijack
Character: Commander of Defense Katsuragi
Released: October 20, 1977
Type: Movie
Terrorists hijack an oil tanker and threaten to blow it up unless Japan meets their demands.
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Proof of the Man
Title: Proof of the Man
Released: October 8, 1977
Type: Movie
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
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Title: Suna no Utsuwa
Character: 捜査一課長
Released: October 1, 1977
Type: TV
Two police investigate the death of a corpse found in a train yard.
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Title: Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
Released: August 20, 1977
Type: TV
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Curse of the Dog God
Title: Curse of the Dog God
Character: Gozo Kenmochi
Released: June 18, 1977
Type: Movie
A trio of young scientists investigate a source of uranium at the base of a sacred mountain, and after running over a dog, find themselves cursed by the locals.
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Title: Special Crime Investigation Front
Released: April 6, 1977
Type: TV
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Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
Title: Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
Released: November 13, 1976
Type: Movie
A great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there were frequent uprisings in rural areas due to farmers losing their land as a result of strict tax collection. The Tonegawa area of ​​Boso was a lawless area for a generation, as two major forces fought against each other: Sukegoro of Iioka, who wields power with his industrial capital behind him, and Shigezo of Sasakawa, a rising yakuza. Furthermore, the successive floods of the Tone River, which could be called fate, forced the farmers into even more poverty and despair. Meanwhile, farmers in Nabe Village continue to live a lethargic life, but agricultural reform is about to begin under the hands of Yugaku Ohara, a ronin who has settled in the village.
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A Life of Mao
Title: A Life of Mao
Released: September 12, 1976
Type: Movie
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Solar Eclipse
Title: Solar Eclipse
Released: September 6, 1975
Type: Movie
When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, greed and even murder are on the ballot.
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The Bullet Train
Title: The Bullet Train
Character: Hanamura
Released: July 5, 1975
Type: Movie
A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb.
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The Perennial Weed
Title: The Perennial Weed
Released: June 7, 1975
Type: Movie
A detective wonders that his sister is a murder suspect.
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Cops vs. Thugs
Title: Cops vs. Thugs
Character: Assistant Chief Miura
Released: April 26, 1975
Type: Movie
When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the acting boss of the Ohara gang also has his eyes on the property and recruits crooked detective Tokumatsu Kuno to help him hijack the deal. With relations between the rival gangs at breaking point, it's not long before all-out war breaks out as the gangsters, police and local politicians battle for control of the city.
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The Legend of Love & Sincerity: Continuation
Title: The Legend of Love & Sincerity: Continuation
Released: March 15, 1975
Type: Movie
Meet Saotome Ai, a high school girl from a well-to-do family. When she was a small child, she was in an accident that resulted in a young boy being permanently scarred between his eyes while she emerged unscathed. The young boy saved her life and although she never knew who he was, she never forgot him. Meet Taiga Makoto, a young man with a scar between his eyes who has had a rough life, but has emerged as a rough, tough bully - a thug and a brawler and about as rude as they come - all of which he blames on the incident that gave him his scar. When Ai and Makoto run into each other again, Ai feels guilt for what Makoto has become and decides to intervene and rehabilitate him. But is he a diamond in the rough, or just a bully?
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Prophecies of Nostradamus
Title: Prophecies of Nostradamus
Character: Director General of Environment Agency
Released: July 13, 1974
Type: Movie
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.
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The Legend of Love & Sincerity
Title: The Legend of Love & Sincerity
Character: Ai's father
Released: July 13, 1974
Type: Movie
Meet Saotome Ai, a high school girl from a well-to-do family. When she was a small child, she was in an accident that resulted in a young boy being permanently scarred between his eyes while she emerged unscathed. The young boy saved her life and although she never knew who he was, she never forgot him. Meet Taiga Makoto, a young man with a scar between his eyes who has had a rough life, but has emerged as a rough, tough bully - a thug and a brawler and about as rude as they come - all of which he blames on the incident that gave him his scar. When Ai and Makoto run into each other again, Ai feels guilt for what Makoto has become and decides to intervene and rehabilitate him. But is he a diamond in the rough, or just a bully?
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Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Title: Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: June 15, 1974
Type: Movie
Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Title: Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Released: January 15, 1974
Type: Movie
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.
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Nijūsai no genten
Title: Nijūsai no genten
Character: Masahiko Takano
Released: October 27, 1973
Type: Movie
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Men and War III: The Final Chapter
Title: Men and War III: The Final Chapter
Character: Shunichiro Tajima / Narrator
Released: August 11, 1973
Type: Movie
Final part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family through the Sino-Japanese War through the Soviet Union's sudden attack upon Japanese troops at the end of the war.
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Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
Title: Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
Character: Police Chief
Released: April 7, 1973
Type: Movie
Rica wanting a fresh start leaves her friends and past life behind or at least that is what she thinks as trouble always seems to find her. Rica's looks into a ship that exploded and everyone who survived this disaster who comes in contact with her dies. Rica only chance of solving the mystery of the sunken ship is if she can locate a old friend of hers who just happened to be on that ship the night it blew up.
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Chase That Man
Title: Chase That Man
Released: February 23, 1972
Type: Movie
The story of the desperate struggle between the police and a large crime syndicate.
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Morning Fog
Title: Morning Fog
Released: September 18, 1971
Type: Movie
Kyoko and her mother Yuki returned to their hometown of Fukui. Yuki runs a dressmaker's store in the city, and Kyoko has taken a job as a nurse at a prefectural hospital. The film depicts the daughter's attempt to grow from adolescence to adulthood in a family of one mother and one daughter, and her emotional exchange with her mother against the backdrop of the harsh natural environment.
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Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Title: Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: June 12, 1971
Type: Movie
Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family from 1935 through Japan's invasion of China. Based on the novels by Jumpei Gomikawa, who also penned The Human Condition.
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Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Title: Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: August 14, 1970
Type: Movie
The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they plan military expansion into Manchuria.
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Apart from Life
Title: Apart from Life
Character: Unami
Released: January 30, 1970
Type: Movie
A film set in Nagasaki examining prejudice against atom bomb victims.
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Blood End
Title: Blood End
Character: Gunnoshin
Released: November 15, 1969
Type: Movie
Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time of famine. He is befriended by Kada Gentaro, a leader in the Mito Tengu group, which plans to overthrow the shogunate.
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Second Generation Young Boss
Title: Second Generation Young Boss
Character: Togawa
Released: November 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Takeshi Nanjo, a junior lieutenant in the navy whose father, the head of the Nanjo-gumi yakuza family, was killed, is forced to leave the army and become the head of the Nanjo-gumi in the second generation. He brutally chivalrously avenges the death of his father by a vicious yakuza linked to extremists within the army through the courage and swordsmanship of naval training!
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 13: The Full Moon Swordsman
Title: Sleepy Eyes of Death 13: The Full Moon Swordsman
Released: October 4, 1969
Type: Movie
Inspector General Kanjuro Sano conspires with the future shogun twin brother. They replace Ieyoshi Tokugawa with his twin, but it becomes a problem when suspicion arises and Nemuri Kyoshiro gets involved.
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Woman Gambling Expert: Odd/Even Gambling Trip
Title: Woman Gambling Expert: Odd/Even Gambling Trip
Released: August 9, 1969
Type: Movie
14th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
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Safari 5000
Title: Safari 5000
Released: July 19, 1969
Type: Movie
A Japanese racing driver for Nissan named Godai (Yujiro Ishihara) have a rivalry with a French driver named Pierre (Jean-Claude Drouot). Godai is enlisted to race in an annual endurance race, The East African Safari Rally. Peripheral to this is the story concerning Godai's former lover Yuko (Ruriko Asaoka), a fashion designer, and her friend Anna (Emmanuel Riva), who happens to be Pierre's wife.
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The Snow Woman
Title: The Snow Woman
Character: Gyôkei
Released: April 20, 1968
Type: Movie
A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a bad snow storm after finding a special tree for carving a statue for the local temple. Finding refuge in an abandoned hut they celebrate their luck in finding the tree but soon they are visited by the Snow Witch who freezes the sculptor to death but takes pity on the apprentice. He must promise to never speak of this or she'll return and kill him.
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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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Dorei kōjō
Title: Dorei kōjō
Released: January 25, 1968
Type: Movie
After the death of a colleague, the workers at a factory form a labor union.
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Lost Love
Title: Lost Love
Character: Nezu
Released: September 23, 1967
Type: Movie
Shimamura is a young man whose family went broke and lost their house. One day, as he returns to his former house to get a camellia blooming from the garden, he sees a beautiful schoolgirl who lives there. After they coincidentally meet again they fall for each other, but she is already engaged.
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Zatoichi the Outlaw
Title: Zatoichi the Outlaw
Character: Shusui Ohara
Released: August 12, 1967
Type: Movie
When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival gambling house pays their debts and sets them free.
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A Warm Misty Night
Title: A Warm Misty Night
Character: Chan Nui
Released: March 11, 1967
Type: Movie
When Toru Sagara (Yujiro Ishihara) returns home from a foreign cargo route, he proposes to his beloved girlfriend Akiko (Ruriko Asaoka). She joyously agrees, promising a life together. On the day they were to be joined in matrimony, Akiko suddenly goes missing. Toru waits hours for her to show, but he is only greeted by the darkness of night. Four years later, his fiancée turns up at a night club in Yokohama with another man.
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Title: Three Sisters
Character: Kuruma Zenshichi
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: TV
The Story is about three daughters of a "Hatamoto" during the end of the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration.
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The Lovable Tramp
Title: The Lovable Tramp
Released: November 12, 1966
Type: Movie
Saotome is a white-collar worker on the brink of a burnout who one day strikes up a friendship with Gen, a boorish drifter who approaches life one day at a time.
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I'll Never Cry!
Title: I'll Never Cry!
Released: October 29, 1966
Type: Movie
The rehabilitation of a delinquent on leaving reformatory. Her redemption comes through a boy in a wheelchair; by his rehabilitation, growing comes in courage along with her patient, she grows by finding meaning in her own existence. She finally sees a new world before her and has the determination to lead a normal life.
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The Great White Tower
Title: The Great White Tower
Released: October 15, 1966
Type: Movie
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.
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Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
Title: Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
Character: Akiyama
Released: July 29, 1966
Type: Movie
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A Windmill, Tulips and Love
Title: A Windmill, Tulips and Love
Released: June 25, 1966
Type: Movie
Young Mariko is torn between two admirers, Natsukawa and Rikizo.
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Red Glass
Title: Red Glass
Character: Sugiura
Released: May 18, 1966
Type: Movie
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I Love The Sun
Title: I Love The Sun
Released: May 11, 1966
Type: Movie
A coming-of-age drama based on a novel by Kei Moriyama.
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The Freezing Point
Title: The Freezing Point
Character: Takagi
Released: March 26, 1966
Type: Movie
Keizo Tsujiguchi believes his wife Natsue was having an extramarital affair when their child was kidnapped and killed. He believes of her extramarital affair she was unable to watch over their child properly and blames her for their daughter's death. To exact revenge on his wife, he then adopts the killer's child without telling the truth to his wife or their newly adopted child.
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Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
Title: Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
Released: June 12, 1965
Type: Movie
[Period covered: 1637-1651] This is one of the most complicated plots of any of the Shinobi no Mono films! This film tells the story of Saizo’s son, Kirigakure Saisuke, who after seeing his father die at the Battle Of Shimabara, grows up to be an expert ninja. Before he dies, “Mist” Saizo tells his children Saisuke, and Yuri that they are not really brother and sister. She, in fact, is the daughter of the late lord Sanada Yukimura, and must be saved from the shogun’s forces. In the chess match of spy versus spy, can Saisuke defeat the shogun’s chief strategist, Matsudaira Izunokami at his own game? Showing many exciting ninja tactics, it is not to be missed.
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A Chain of Islands
Title: A Chain of Islands
Character: Kurosaki
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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Tale of Japanese Burglars
Title: Tale of Japanese Burglars
Released: May 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some communists are found guilty of causing the incident, but he knows it wasn't them. He can save innocent people but for that he must confess his own crime.
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A Man's Crest: Fight Challenge
Title: A Man's Crest: Fight Challenge
Released: December 19, 1964
Type: Movie
Sixth part in the Enblem of Man series.
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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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Gun Demon Without Form
Title: Gun Demon Without Form
Released: March 4, 1964
Type: Movie
A detective drama that realistically shows the work of an experienced detective who, under cover, pursues the organizer of the arms trade route from Kobe.
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Prince of Wolves
Title: Prince of Wolves
Character: Shimabara
Released: October 4, 1963
Type: Movie
As the post-war turmoil continued, Take, the boss of the waifs, stole the money of US soldiers and lived with friends. They were like children of wolves. By chance, they were found by and became a members of a yakuza family. Five years later, Take dominated the port town as a young boss.
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Youth of the Beast
Title: Youth of the Beast
Character: Detective Hirokawa
Released: April 21, 1963
Type: Movie
When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.
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The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
Title: The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
Character: Detective Tonegawa
Released: February 10, 1963
Type: Movie
Jiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different worlds. Having met by accident, they soon discover a new life together. But their love is ill-fated. Mami's family will not accept her choice, while leading an honest life seems like an unattainable goal for Jiro. Can there be anything else but a tragic ending?
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Kikenna onna
Title: Kikenna onna
Released: December 16, 1959
Type: Movie
Based on the Seichō Matsumoto's story The Woman Who Took the Local Paper.
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A Secret Rendezvous
Title: A Secret Rendezvous
Character: Law professor
Released: November 11, 1959
Type: Movie
After witnessing a murder, a married woman and a student agree not to meet and see each other out of fear of exposing their affair.
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The Ghost of Iwojima
Title: The Ghost of Iwojima
Released: October 21, 1959
Type: Movie
The monologue and mysterious death of a man who survived and returned from Iwo Jima. A newspaper reporter writes an article about "The Man from Iwo Jima" asking the people who were close to him about his character and the painful memories off all those involved.
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Break Down that Wall
Title: Break Down that Wall
Released: June 23, 1959
Type: Movie
A man is wrongfully accused of murder.
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The Night is mine
Title: The Night is mine
Released: July 13, 1958
Type: Movie
Four criminals break into the home of a jewelry merchant, Sanpodo, rob the diamonds, and escape. However, one of them receives a bullet during a skirmish between bandits, and the second is wounded by the police. To help their wounded comrades, criminals lock themselves in a city clinic...