Masao Komatsu

Masao Komatsu

Born: January 10, 1942
Died: December 7, 2020
in Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan

Movies for Masao Komatsu...

The Pledge to Megumi
Title: The Pledge to Megumi
Released: February 19, 2021
Type: Movie
A film depicting the story of Yokota Megumi who was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977.
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Mo-Ruerani
Title: Mo-Ruerani
Character: Yoshiro Nozaki
Released: February 6, 2021
Type: Movie
The owner of an established photo studio, collapses from illness. His son Shinta, who was raised by his divorced wife, comes home. One day, an elderly woman named shows up at the studio and beckons Shinta to come with her. They arrive at a grassy field where Shinta finds about the secret of the "singing voice" that keeps echoing in his memory and about his father's feelings.
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Title: Sugu Shinun Dakara
Character: Roku
Released: August 23, 2020
Type: TV
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A Gambler's Odyssey 2020
Title: A Gambler's Odyssey 2020
Character: Demetoku
Released: April 5, 2019
Type: Movie
Boyatetsu travels to the year 2020 in Tokyo from the year 1945. Tokyo is now plagued by a decreasing population and an increase in unemployment.
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The World's Longest Photograph
Title: The World's Longest Photograph
Character: Yoshiro Takenaka
Released: June 23, 2018
Type: Movie
Hironobu goes through his boring days aimlessly. He finds a camera at a recycle shop which is owned by his grandfather. The camera is able to take the longest panoramic photo. Hironobu's life soon changes.
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Title: The Habitation
Character: Yoda
Released: June 2, 2018
Type: TV
There was a time when Japan’s housing projects, or “danchi,” were the dream homes of the masses. They produced a culture of residency unique to Japan, but today, these towers and their residents have aged. It is human nature to wish to deny the present and idealize the past the more one grows older. The man dedicates what life he has left to restoring the past, and chases after his ideal family and danchi. However, like a river, time can never go backwards. Aiming to bring back the danchi of the past for the sake of his granddaughter's future, the man's passion for his contradictory ideal gradually descends into madness.
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Golden Orchestra
Title: Golden Orchestra
Character: Tomi
Released: November 11, 2016
Type: Movie
When Chizuru joins as a teacher at Umega High School, she hears an amateur orchestra perform. Reminiscing her old days of playing the violin, she decides to enroll in one.
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Journey to the Shore
Title: Journey to the Shore
Character: Mr. Shimakage
Released: September 30, 2015
Type: Movie
Mizuki’s husband Yusuke went missing for 3 years. He suddenly comes back home one day and asks Mizuki to go on a trip with him. Their trip consists of visiting the people that helped Yusuke on his previous travel. While travelling together, Misuki sees, touches and feels what Yusuke did for those 3 years.
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Furiko
Title: Furiko
Released: February 28, 2015
Type: Movie
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孤独のグルメSeason4 真夏の博多・出張スペシャル
Title: 孤独のグルメSeason4 真夏の博多・出張スペシャル
Released: August 9, 2014
Type: Movie
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Hameln
Title: Hameln
Released: September 6, 2013
Type: Movie
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Title: Solitary Gourmet
Character: うどん屋店主
Released: January 4, 2012
Type: TV
Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments and experiences the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.
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Nagaiki Kyousou
Title: Nagaiki Kyousou
Released: December 26, 2008
Type: Movie
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108
Title: 108
Released: August 9, 2008
Type: Movie
At a high school in the city of Yokohoma the baseball team trains to go to the top. There are struggles, hardships and successes and not all of it is due the star pitcher or batter and those in the centre of attention. There are rewards to being the great, but it is a long way to the top and they know it.
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Title: Kagerou no Tsuji
Character: Kinbee
Released: July 19, 2007
Type: TV
Sakazaki Iwane is a ronin who spends idle days in Edo. Until a few months ago, he was a promising son and successor to a powerful family in Bungo. He has came back to Edo, where he lived for a while for swordplay training with his two best friends, after a tragedy in the three's home domain—both of the two friends died, one of them killed by Iwane by command of the domain lord's chief retainer. Iwane left his home for Edo, leaving behind his fiancée, a sister of the friend he killed. Eventually, Iwane detects the conspiracy behind the deaths of the two friends and struggles to reform his domain.
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Aria
Title: Aria
Character: Kuzo
Released: June 1, 2007
Type: Movie
The piano tuner Ota is still in mourning for the loss of his beloved wife. He would like to go on, but he can’t find the beach where his wife wanted her ashes to be scattered. While helping his friend Kojima with his antique shop, Ota meets the old Kuzo, a ventriloquist with a mysterious and fascinating female puppet, Aria, and his disciple, Senju. But during a show, the old man collapses. At the hospital, he asks Ota to find a piano he sold a long time ago to a pawn shop, and dies. Ota and Senju decide to look for the piano, even if Kuzo will not be able to enjoy it anymore, as a way to carry on the master’s memory. Just before the departure, a mysterious and beautiful woman enters the antique shop, claiming to be Kuzo’s daughter. She wants to join them in the quest for the piano. The three leave in search of the long forgotten piano: they will meet a number of uncommon characters, who will guide them in a journey through the master’s past, and their memories, towards the future.
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Title: Haken no Hinkaku
Character: Shigeru Ogasawara
Released: January 10, 2007
Type: TV
Oomae Haruko is an A+ Temp worker who never cracks a smile or minces words, and leaves work on the dot. But her cynical nature indicates she has something painful to hide. Satonaka Kensuke has just been promoted to head S&F's new Marketing Division. Saddled with a rag-tag group of subordinates, he is struggling to lift his division off the ground. When Oomae is placed in Kensuke's department, she finds herself doing more work than she's ever done before. This is a timely drama that examines the different attitudes toward temp workers and regular employees, and the ways to overcome frictions in interpersonal relationships. This follows an October report on labor conditions by the Labor Ministry, which showed that, after regulations were relaxed, the proportion of regular employees to Temps had doubled compared to that of eight years ago.
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Clouds of Yesterday
Title: Clouds of Yesterday
Released: November 30, 2005
Type: Movie
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Title: GARO
Character: Osamu Shonai
Released: October 7, 2005
Type: TV
"Where there is light, shadows lurk and fear reigns. But by the blade of Knights, Mankind was given hope." The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the task of watching over a district and eliminating any Horrors that manifest there. GARO follows the tales of the Knights bearing the title of ‘Golden Knight Garo’, and their duty to vanquish the Horrors and protect Humanity from the darkness.
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University of Laughs
Title: University of Laughs
Released: October 30, 2004
Type: Movie
In pre-war Japan, a government censor tries to make the writer for a theater troupe alter his comedic script. As they work with and against each other, the script ends up developing in unexpected ways.
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Title: AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Released: October 9, 2002
Type: TV
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.
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Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
Title: Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
Released: October 21, 2000
Type: Movie
A musical- style comedy movie set in Hakata.
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Round About Midnight
Title: Round About Midnight
Character: Magician
Released: November 6, 1999
Type: Movie
Koji, a jazz musician, takes a cigarette break in between sets at a Tokyo nightclub. He witnesses a murder and runs into a girl, Linda, who is being pursued by the killers. For the next two hours, Koji and Linda are running from both the hitmen and the police. Mistakenly identified as prime suspects, they have to solve the crime but time is running out: Koji has to be back to perform in his club by midnight, as a very special guest will be attending.
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Title: Omizu no Hanamichi
Released: January 6, 1999
Type: TV
The drama tells the story of a hostess turning 30 years old.
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Shomuni
Title: Shomuni
Released: November 28, 1998
Type: Movie
Based on the comic by Hiroyuki Yasuda
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密告(チクリ) マル暴裏捜査
Title: 密告(チクリ) マル暴裏捜査
Released: June 12, 1998
Type: Movie
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Two People Talking
Title: Two People Talking
Released: August 23, 1997
Type: Movie
A fictionalised version of the Osaka-born female manzai duo Tonight, whose personal conflicts clash with their stand up routine.
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Title: Farewell, Mr. Premier
Released: April 8, 1997
Type: TV
What happens when the Prime Minister of Japan suddenly has the lowest approval ratings in history? Tamura Masakazu plays an unpopular Prime Minister who faces daily protests of citizens, inside betrayals, and the decision of a new Chief Cabinet Secretary. He makes an unprecedented selection, choosing his daughter's private tutor, who is only in his 20s and not even a politician! Will the Prime Minister be able to turn his ratings around, or will he be forced to resign? This drama focuses on the government of Japan, with a comedic twist.
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The Happy and Short Life of a Goldfish
Title: The Happy and Short Life of a Goldfish
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: November 3, 1995
Type: Movie
Goldfish born in Tenjinnuma, a famous goldfish production area, were auctioned off and sold to Yokota Gumi. The goldfish scooped by elementary school student Mitsui at the night store scooping goldfish will be kept at his house. For a while, the goldfish attracted attention as a pet of the Mitsui brothers and sisters, but on that Christmas, the green turtle took its place and was sent to his sister, Kana's friend, Sacchan's house. Sachi-chan is a kind child and loved to name the goldfish Hiroshi, but one day in August, a forgotten goldfish left in the garden for cleaning was exposed to too much direct sunlight, Close the whole life without missing. 1 year old and 2 months. She cried and buried the goldfish in her grave, but a week later she forgot.
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Title: Hashiran ka!
Character: 白水勝利
Released: October 3, 1995
Type: TV
Set in Hakata, the series is about a young man who wants to play rock music even though his father expects him to follow him in making Hakata ningyou (a traditional Japanese clay doll). One of the few Asadora starring a male character.
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Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
Title: Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
Released: May 22, 1992
Type: Movie
There is a man who divorced his wife. He moved to rural Hokkaido from Tokyo where he lived with his family without running water or electricity. He has his son and daughter in tow and works hard for them. The folk in the area try to help. A couple of years pass and the older son moves back to Tokyo, attends school and works part-time. The daughter commutes to the city to attend school. She wants to become a nurse. To become a registered nurse she needs to study a further three years. This takes money.
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Lone Wolf Cop: The Sex Doll Case
Title: Lone Wolf Cop: The Sex Doll Case
Released: September 27, 1991
Type: Movie
A police officer is recruited to a special agency and given a license to kill. He is given a dozen or so young policemen and a bar as a front. Meanwhile, girls are disappearing and the friend of one girl is searching for her. It turns out the girls are being kidnapped and sold into bizarre kinky sex games to rich industrialists by a megalomaniacal corporation. One of the young deputies becomes involved and finds a friend of his (the boyfriend of the searching woman) is involved.
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Yakuza Ladies 3
Title: Yakuza Ladies 3
Character: Junnosuke Nogata
Released: April 8, 1989
Type: Movie
Upon the passing of the Sakanishi Clan’s boss, a fierce battle between his wife Hazuki and his disciple Terada breaks out. Will Hazuki be able to assume her husband’s position as the head of the established yakuza clan?
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Yakuza Ladies
Title: Yakuza Ladies
Character: Hajime Kawase
Released: November 15, 1986
Type: Movie
While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her younger sister, marries a member of a rival band after being raped by him. The two sisters, united by blood ties but married to enemy yakuzas, will ultimately have to decide whose side they’re on.
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Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
Title: Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
Released: March 6, 1985
Type: Movie
Momoko Watanabe—a student who, upon visiting a shrine in order to wish good luck on a friend of hers, witnesses a murder in the forest...and she knows the culprit! Unfortunately, she doesn't have it in her to tell anybody about it, and to make matters worse, said aforementioned friend gets accused of the murder.
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Yakyuukyou no Uta
Title: Yakyuukyou no Uta
Released: January 7, 1985
Type: Movie
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Main Theme
Title: Main Theme
Character: Customer in Osaka
Released: July 14, 1984
Type: Movie
A kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find love.
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It's All Right, My Friend
Title: It's All Right, My Friend
Character: Crying Man
Released: April 15, 1983
Type: Movie
An alien with super powers fallen from the sky is befriended by some people who help him stop an evil group out to get him.
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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 King and His Vassal
Title: The King and His Vassal
Released: August 30, 1981
Type: Movie
This is a story of "Takechiyo," the previous name of Iemitsu Tokunaga, the third Shogun (General). Takechiyo got sick of daily run-of-the-mill tasks, and it put him off being the Shogun, saying "there is no truth". Then, Hikozaemon Ookubo took him to Tasuke Isshin to bring him up into a full-fledged and admirable man.
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The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story
Title: The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story
Released: July 21, 1981
Type: Movie
Sent to an institution for mentally handicapped children by his parents, he began creating artworks using torn strips of paper. After running away to avoid army conscription, he began his wanderings around Japan, encountering many scenes which he would recreate as torn paper art from his amazing photographic memory.
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Blue Jeans Memory
Title: Blue Jeans Memory
Released: July 11, 1981
Type: Movie
A trio of high school boys get summer jobs at a seaside resort. Soon, however, they learn that the woman who runs it is in financial trouble. The three decide to help her.
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Heaven Sent
Title: Heaven Sent
Released: December 28, 1979
Type: Movie
Sayoko is desperate to bear a child of her own, but her live-in boyfriend Shinsaku strenuously objects to the idea. One day, someone leaves behind a six-year-old child at their door, claiming that Shinsaku—or four other men—is the child's father! Sayoko and Shinsaku set out on a journey to find the real father.
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Title: Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
Released: October 11, 1978
Type: TV
A maverick man arrives at Yūhigaoka School. The drama incorporates educational issues as well as family problems and adult romance, and can be enjoyed by the whole family.
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Let's Go, Grandma!
Title: Let's Go, Grandma!
Released: July 12, 1975
Type: Movie
Let's Go, Grandma! plays like an exuberant, goofy update to Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story. Kinuyo Tanaka plays the titular Grandma, who, after selling her Hokkaido property, is apparently flush with cash but newly homeless. Her grown children take turns hosting her, making extravagant performances of filial devotion with an eye to potential profit. Making use of a catalog of wacky visual effects, bracketed by gratuitous ham-fisted fight scenes, and costarring pop singer Hideki Saijo, the film is balanced by Tanaka's nuanced performance, which delivers a denunciation of hypocrisy and greed.
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Living Together
Title: Living Together
Released: April 14, 1973
Type: Movie
Two former design school classmates, 21-year-old office worker Kyoko and illustrator Jiro, run into each other on the street and soon begin living together. With great care for their feelings, the two embark on a genuine love affair, expressed through their taboo and tension-filled cohabitation. Whilst hurting each other, they continue to explore the boundaries of their relationship in this boldly controversial film.
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Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
Title: Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
Released: April 7, 1973
Type: Movie
Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike
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Sex Up And Down
Title: Sex Up And Down
Released: January 22, 1972
Type: Movie
A con man sets up a consulting firm where he poses as a doctor specializing in curing people of their sexual problems and hang-ups.
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The Instant Services Bureau
Title: The Instant Services Bureau
Released: August 7, 1971
Type: Movie
Comedy of two brothers working at a local governmental office.
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Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger
Title: Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger
Character: Tomohiko Hosoi
Released: May 8, 1971
Type: Movie
Comedy about a car salesman who invents a condom against premature ejaculation.
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喜劇 右向けェ左!
Title: 喜劇 右向けェ左!
Released: December 31, 1970
Type: Movie
Mamoru Hirayama, the sales manager of Clover Shoji, a women's underwear manufacturer, was selected by President Usui to be the manager of the foreign affairs section newly established in the sales department. Masaaki Sakata, Yasushi Inoda, Osamu Yamabe, and Jiro Oi were assigned to this foreign affairs section. Hirayama, a former soldier, is suddenly enthusiastic when the company orders him to join the Self-Defense Forces. One day, in the library where the records of the former army are displayed, Hirayama recalls his memories of that time. It turned out that the bundle of bills that the captain had made a mess of was packed in a box and buried somewhere.
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Thugs of Shinjuku
Title: Thugs of Shinjuku
Released: December 18, 1970
Type: Movie
Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he forms a rag-tag gang called “the Shinjuku Brothers.” The members of their gang are thugs who only wish they were traditional yakuza. When they turn up at the funeral for a gangster, they are not welcomed, but a senior boss intervenes to keep things calm. The boss of bosses invites them to join a respected local council of warlords. Katsumata is suspicious of why such powerful men would extend an invitation to lowlife like himself.
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Tomorrow's Joe
Title: Tomorrow's Joe
Released: July 22, 1970
Type: Movie
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盛り場流し唄 新宿の女
Title: 盛り場流し唄 新宿の女
Released: May 30, 1970
Type: Movie
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Shameless School
Title: Shameless School
Released: May 2, 1970
Type: Movie
Comedy of high school where students and teachers run wild, based on a popular comic strip.
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Wolf Escort
Title: Wolf Escort
Released: July 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Rivalry between a hoodlum group and gangster organization.
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The Tigers - Hi! London
Title: The Tigers - Hi! London
Character: Yamazaki
Released: July 12, 1969
Type: Movie
The Tigers are much too busy to have a holiday; but one day a mysterious man appears in their dressing room and offers them a trip to anywhere in the world. But he tells them they must come back in 24 hours or else he'll own their hearts. The mysterious man is the devil.
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ドリフターズですよ!全員突撃
Title: ドリフターズですよ!全員突撃
Released: April 27, 1969
Type: Movie
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New Year Trip
Title: New Year Trip
Released: January 3, 1968
Type: Movie
A comedy about a good-natured train conductor Shinsaku helping his old friend Miwako find her missing brother.
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Monsieur Zivaco
Title: Monsieur Zivaco
Character: Go-Go Club presenter
Released: October 28, 1967
Type: Movie
International thief Zivaco, who can assume any identity, eludes the authorities and battles rival thief WCWC for a rare gold samurai sword.