Akira Nakao

Akira Nakao

Born: August 11, 1942
in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Akira Nakao (中尾 彬, Nakao Akira, born August 11, 1942) is a Japanese actor, TV personality, and artist from Kisarazu, Chiba. Nakao is represented by the Furutachi Project agency.

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Title: Sanctuary
Released: May 4, 2023
Type: TV
A tough, desperate kid becomes a sumo wrestler, captivating fans with his cocky attitude — and upsetting an industry steeped in tradition.
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Title: Creator's File: GOLD
Released: June 3, 2021
Type: TV
Comedian Ryuji Akiyama satirizes top "creators" in Japan with a deadpan, unerring eye for humor, with help from some surprising celebrity guest stars.
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Title: Detective Akechi Kogoro
Character: Udagawa Dougen
Released: March 30, 2019
Type: TV
Dangerous hacker group “Phantom 20” is known internationally. They begin an attack on Hikari Bank in Japan. Kenjiro Namikoshi (Teruyuki Kagawa) is the chief of the criminal investigation section at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He leads the investigation into the group. Kenjiro Namikoshi thinks of Kogoro Akechi (Hidetoshi Nishijima) who holds vast knowledge on hacking and leads BD team hacker group. To ask him for advisor help on the investigation, Kenjiro Namikoshi sends Yoshio Kobayashi (Atsushi Ito).
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Fly me to the Saitama
Title: Fly me to the Saitama
Character: Kenzo Hakuhodo
Released: February 22, 2019
Type: Movie
People from Saitama Prefecture are persecuted and, because of this, they hide the fact that they are from there. In Tokyo, Momomi Hakuhodo is a male high school student and the son of the Tokyo governor. Physically, Momomi Hakuhodo looks like a girl. One day, he meets mysterious male transfer student Rei Asami. They are attracted to each other, but Rei Asami is from Saitama Prefecture.
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Title: Yasei Bakudan no za Wārudo Chaneringu
Released: July 7, 2017
Type: TV
In the first variety series hosted by Yasei Bakudan, the comic duo invites VIP guests to take part in projects such as sacred-place tours for wannabe-idols, a mini-drama series written and directed by Kukki, an advice corner with Rossi, etc.
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No Longer Heroine
Title: No Longer Heroine
Character: Akira Nakao
Released: September 19, 2015
Type: Movie
Hatori Matsuzaki is a female high school student. She has a crush on her childhood friend Rita Terasaka and believes he will eventually choose her as her heroine, but Rita Terasaka begins dating Miho Adachi. Meanwhile, the most popular male student, Kosuke Hiromitsu takes an interest in Hatori Matsuzaki.
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No Longer Heroine
Title: No Longer Heroine
Released: September 19, 2015
Type: Movie
Hatori Matsuzaki is a female high school student. She has a crush on her childhood friend Rita Terasaka and believes he will eventually choose her as her heroine, but Rita Terasaka begins dating Miho Adachi. Meanwhile, the most popular male student, Kosuke Hiromitsu takes an interest in Hatori Matsuzaki.
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Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
Title: Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
Character: Mokichi
Released: April 25, 2015
Type: Movie
Ryuzo and his 7 former henchmen are all retired yakuza, but they now live as regular old men. One day, Ryuzo becomes the victim of a phishing fraud. He calls his 7 men together to reform their society.
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Moon Dream
Title: Moon Dream
Released: June 29, 2013
Type: Movie
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Title: Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
Character: Tetsuya Kurobe(黒部 徹也)
Released: October 18, 2012
Type: TV
Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor placement service” that has her wander from hospital to hospital. The harsh environment at the hospitals led many doctors to retire from their positions, forcing hospitals to make use of said program to fill the empty spots at least temporary. However, Michiko doesn’t look like a doctor at all with her flashy clothes and eccentric attitude. In the first episode she raises objections to a certain operation which is planned to be done by the head of a hospital who hasn’t performed an operation for a very long time. This causes Michiko to incur odium at the hospital, however, everyone becomes frozen when Michiko points out the outdated skills of the director. She also holds a scrupulous compliance when it comes to her working hours, never does any unnecessary chores that don’t require a medical license, and couldn’t care less about the power struggles within the hospitals. Nobody knows how she acquired such a top-level skill that allows her to claim exorbitant sums as reward, but her private life is an even greater mystery to everyone around her. Tanaka plays a rookie surgeon, Uchida an anesthetist, Kishibe the head of the placement service, and Ito the head of the surgical department of this institution.
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Beyond Outrage
Title: Beyond Outrage
Character: Tomita
Released: September 3, 2012
Type: Movie
As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now become a nationwide war in Outrage Beyond.
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Title: The Mission and Soul's Limit
Character: 島原総一郎
Released: November 5, 2011
Type: TV
The suspenseful story is set in the heart surgery department of a university hospital. Ishihara plays a medical trainee aiming to become a heart surgeon, while holding doubts about the real cause of the death of her father, who died during an operation.
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Title: Tsukahara Bokuden
Released: November 2, 2011
Type: TV
Takahara is a legendary figure in the Warring States Period of Japan. He was born in Kagoshima, the sacred place of sword. He learned the art of Taidao in Kagoshima from childhood. He had faced many life-and-death battles in his life, but he had never been injured at one time. In this new play, the story will be unfolded centering on the youth period of Sakahara, which has never been shown on the big screen before.
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Title: Taro no Tō
Released: February 26, 2011
Type: TV
A life story of Taro Okamoto, one of the most prominent Japanese avant-garde artists of the 20th Century. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth in 2011, the drama depicts his struggle for the completion of his emblematic work "The Tower of Taro," known as the symbol of the Osaka Expo in 1970, and his eccentric relationships with his family.
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GARO: Red Requiem
Title: GARO: Red Requiem
Character: Kenichi Kurusu
Released: October 30, 2010
Type: Movie
The current wearer of the gold wolf armor Garo, doesn’t believe women can be chosen to wear mystic armor. When Kouga's quest thrusts him into conflict alongside Priestess Rekka, he’s forced to acknowledge that the female species can be deadly!
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The Vulture
Title: The Vulture
Character: Ryosuke Iijima
Released: June 6, 2009
Type: Movie
A Japanese company is being targeted by a Chinese financial group that takes advantage of weak and struggling firms - in other words, a vulture. A Japanese financier/former vulture Masahiko Washizu is recruited to fight the threat.
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Anmitsu Hime 2
Title: Anmitsu Hime 2
Released: January 11, 2009
Type: Movie
The second Anmitsu Hime TV-movie.
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Achilles and the Tortoise
Title: Achilles and the Tortoise
Character: Risuke Kuramochi
Released: September 20, 2008
Type: Movie
Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.
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Title: ハゲタカ
Character: Ryousuke Iijima
Released: February 17, 2007
Type: TV
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Title: Yoshitsune
Character: Kajiwara Kagetoki
Released: January 9, 2005
Type: TV
Yoshitsune is a Japanese television drama series originally broadcast between 9 January and 11 December 2005, with a three-part special compilation being aired from 24 December to 25 December 2005. The 44th Taiga Drama, the original work is by Miyao Tomiko, screenplay by Kaneko Narito and starring Hideaki Takizawa.
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Godzilla: Final Wars
Title: Godzilla: Final Wars
Character: Original Gotengo Commander
Released: December 4, 2004
Type: Movie
Humanity finally rids themselves of Godzilla, imprisoning him in an icy tomb in the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay waste to Earth's cities. Overwhelmed, humanity is seemingly saved by a race of benevolent aliens known as Xiliens. But not all is what it seems with these bizarre visitors. If humanity wishes to survive, they must reluctantly resurrect their most hated enemy, Godzilla.
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Title: ラーメン発見伝
Released: October 12, 2004
Type: TV
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Title: 川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語
Released: December 21, 2003
Type: TV
NHK's 50th-anniversary memorial drama serial. This drama consisting of several short stories starring some of the well-known actors and actress of Japan today. A ball floats from the river's source to the sea, unlocking the portrayal of six love stories across the four seasons of the year.
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Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Title: Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Character: Premier Hayoto Igarashi
Released: December 13, 2003
Type: Movie
Mothra and her fairies return to Japan to warn mankind that they must return Kiryu to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. However Godzilla has survived to menace Japan leaving Kiryu as the nation's only defense.
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Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
Title: Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
Character: 2003 Prime Minister Hayato Igarashi
Released: November 2, 2002
Type: Movie
JSDF pilot Akane has a fateful encounter when a new Godzilla emerges in Tateyama. As a countermeasure, a cyborg named Kiryu is constructed from the remains of the original. The machine is discovered to harbor the restless soul of the original monster as Akane must learn to find value in her own life as well.
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Yakuza Ladies 11
Title: Yakuza Ladies 11
Released: July 28, 2001
Type: Movie
When her husband is betrayed by his fellow yakuza and jailed, his wife takes over and fights to prevent his expulsion from the clan.
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Title: Marriage at Twenty
Character: Kosaburo Chuganji
Released: July 6, 2000
Type: TV
Although marriage is the farthest thing from her mind, Renko meets a special person on her twentieth birthday and starts to seriously think about marriage. In this light comedy, these feelings inside her clash with those of her friends and family members, but they all add to the growing experience of her first true love.
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The Frame
Title: The Frame
Character: Hirofumi Arikawa
Released: March 11, 2000
Type: Movie
Japanese director Satoshi Isaka spins this taunt thriller about an ultra-ambitious reporter who soon finds herself on the receiving end of tabloid dirt. Popular television actress Hitomi Kuroki stars as Yuko, an ice-queen TV news editor who is approached by a mysterious man from the PTT Ministry. The man offers her proof, on videotape, that a major university is bribing a particular government official to overlook a massive media merger. The secret transaction has already resulted in the death of one investigator. Yuko promptly broadcasts the damning footage, and high-ranking bureaucrat Aso (Takanori Jinnai) is forced out of office.
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GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
Title: GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
Character: Hiroshi Uchiyamada
Released: December 18, 1999
Type: Movie
Tohru Fujisawa's popular manga about a wildly irreverent high school teacher comes to the screen in this live-action comedy drama. Eikichi Onizuka (Takashi Sorimachi), who barely earned his teaching degree at a second-rate college, rolls into Horobonai, a small rural town in Northern Japan on his motorcycle to take a job as a substitute instructor. Ever since the closing of the local theme park, Horobonai has fallen into an economic tailspin, and many of the town's teenagers have sunk into a deep depression. Onizuka, however, isn't the sort of person who respects the town's newly somber personality; willing to mouth off to both his students and his superiors, Onizuka isn't much of a teacher, but he knows how to get people interested, and soon his brash style (and willingness to kick a few butts) brings new life to Horobonai.
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Yakuza Ladies 8
Title: Yakuza Ladies 8
Released: March 6, 1999
Type: Movie
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Title: GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
Released: July 7, 1998
Type: TV
Eikichi Onizuka, former gang leader, becomes a teacher of a class of students who torment their teachers and fellow students. Of course they do not do this out of whim, they have their reasons. Onizuka is charged by the chairlady to help these troubled students into a more healthy adulthood, and help rehabilitate the teachers in the process as well.
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Title: GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
Character: Hiroshi Uchiyamada
Released: July 7, 1998
Type: TV
Eikichi Onizuka, former gang leader, becomes a teacher of a class of students who torment their teachers and fellow students. Of course they do not do this out of whim, they have their reasons. Onizuka is charged by the chairlady to help these troubled students into a more healthy adulthood, and help rehabilitate the teachers in the process as well.
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Fallen Angels
Title: Fallen Angels
Released: March 14, 1998
Type: Movie
Midori is a university student that finds part-time work at a hostess club, near the end of Japan's "Bubble Economy," in the late 80s. She agrees to become the mistress of one of the wealthy young patrons for two million yen a month, but then the bubble bursts...
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Yakuza Ladies: Decision
Title: Yakuza Ladies: Decision
Released: January 17, 1998
Type: Movie
Kasuga’s husband gets arrested for a murder of his beloved protégé. She and her family investigate and find out he was trapped by greedy Nagoshi, the boss of their rival yakuza family. She has to make a decision to revenge Nagoshi.
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The Files of Young Kindaichi: Legend of the Shanghai Mermaid
Title: The Files of Young Kindaichi: Legend of the Shanghai Mermaid
Character: 藤堂 壮介(Sousuke Toudou)
Released: December 13, 1997
Type: Movie
Kindaichi is off on yet another case, this time in Shanghai. When the father of a Chinese friend of the young Kindaichi is murdered at the circus, it is up to the ever-resourceful and clever young high-school detective to solve the case. But hidden in the background is the 4000 year-old legend of the Shanghai Mermaid.
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Tokyo Dragon
Title: Tokyo Dragon
Character: Shoji Yazaki
Released: November 22, 1997
Type: Movie
When I was young, Takato Kuroda took a hand at seeing "Qi" at my grandfather Shigaru who was a great feng shui, but since I closed my eyes with fear, I could not see myself ever since. From the complex with respect to the deceased grandfather, Dragon has developed a software to look at attention with computers, and has an office of management consultant. This summer, Tokyo was suffering from extreme weather which rain continues for over 20 days, and urban function was deprived. One day, a who visited an old shop owner and Suzuki with an introduction of an owner and Yazaki ...
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The King of Minami 9
Title: The King of Minami 9
Released: November 1, 1997
Type: Movie
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Akagi the Gambler II
Title: Akagi the Gambler II
Released: July 25, 1997
Type: Movie
Akagi appears again one year after the night where he first played mahjong.
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Noctiluca
Title: Noctiluca
Released: July 10, 1997
Type: Movie
1997 original video
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Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 7 - Underworld Horse Racing Hell
Title: Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 7 - Underworld Horse Racing Hell
Released: March 28, 1997
Type: Movie
Ginji (Kiyoshi Nakajo), a man who made a huge fortune by taking advantage of the fierce competition for survival in the Japanese political and business world. Under him, the president of the Japan Horse Racing Promotion Association came to ask for help. Kawai, the former president of the Liberal Democratic Party, who is aiming for a comeback in the presidential election, has demanded 30 billion election funds. So Ginji offers Kawai a horse race for Sashi, who bets 30 billion. What is the whereabouts of a one-shot game in which Ryohei, who has outstanding memory, and Keisuke, who has excellent programming ability, are brought in and bet on Ginji's dark gold life?
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Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 6 - Trap of Fear
Title: Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 6 - Trap of Fear
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
The Japanese political and business world where Chimimoryō is in control. Ginji (Kiyoshi Nakajo), a man who won the fierce competition and built a huge fortune. A new enemy appeared in front of him. Former President of the Liberal Democratic Party, Kawai. He has requested the Japan Horse Racing Promotion Association for 30 billion election funds for the next presidential election. Ginji first brought in a young man named Ryohei, who has an outstanding memory, who remembers all the results of the 10-year race. In order to defeat Kawai, he uses his memory to make a trick.
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Title: Hideyoshi
Character: Shibata Katsuie
Released: January 7, 1996
Type: TV
A dramatized biography of the second of Japan's three legendary leaders. Rising from obscurity, Hideyoshi served under the command of Oda Nobunaga. With an extraordinary combination of intelligence, bravery and military skill, Hideyoshi rose to near-absolute power and greatly expanded upon Nobunaga's unification of Japan's warlords. This series also focused on Hideyoshi's personal life, particularly his relationships with his mother and his wife, and the pair's rivalry for influence over him.
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Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Title: Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Character: Commander Takaki Aso
Released: December 9, 1995
Type: Movie
A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla.
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Yankee Reppuutai
Title: Yankee Reppuutai
Released: September 23, 1995
Type: Movie
Based on the comic book series of the same name by Masahide Motohashi.
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Goodbye Japan
Title: Goodbye Japan
Released: September 2, 1995
Type: Movie
Yukihiko's first film.
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Mahjong Hishoden: Ryu the Caller
Title: Mahjong Hishoden: Ryu the Caller
Character: Michizo Sakurada
Released: June 17, 1995
Type: Movie
There is a man, who always win a mahjong game... His name is Ryu the Caller.
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Kirikomi
Title: Kirikomi
Released: February 8, 1995
Type: Movie
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Title: Shonan Junai-gumi!
Character: Principal Dokudai Tokiaritsune
Released: January 27, 1995
Type: TV
Eikichi Onizuka and Ryuji Danma are the deadly duo, Oni-Baku (Demon Explosion), with the sole mission of losing their virginities. As they turn away from the gang life to accomplish this, old enemies resurface to haunt them, and new ones appear to take their fame.
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Jingi 5
Title: Jingi 5
Released: January 2, 1995
Type: Movie
Yoshiro Yazaki (Toshihiko Sakakibara), who is loved by Misato (Chikako Aoyama), the daughter of Iwami (Akira Nakao), a director of the Kanto Ichienkai, was forced into a difficult position between the Sumida River Association and Iwami. Hitoshi Kamibayashi (Riki Takeuchi), acting leader of the sand group, is approached by Iwami and is ordered to push Iwami in the next presidential election. However, Iwami is demoted by the presidential election due to the strategy of Sunagawa, the parent of Hitoshi. The furious Iwami immediately awakened the Iwami group and declared a full-scale war to the Kanto Ichienkai.
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Jingi 4
Title: Jingi 4
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Hitoshi Kamibayashi (Takeuchi) and Yoshiro Yazaki (Sakakibara), who quickly rushed to the position of director of the sand group, crushed the conflicting organization, Ryugumi leader Mizuta, at the same Sumida River Association, and further expanded their position. At that time, Sorimachi, who once fought off the rice paddies and the five-minute brothers' cup, is released after a long sentence. Sorimachi is stunned by the strange appearance of the group. He was furious at the rise of Hitoshi and Yoshiro, and began to draw a picture of the killing of the two and the takeover of the Sumida River Association. On the other hand, Yoshiro, who noticed Iwami, the upper organization of the Sumida River Association, Don of the Kanto Ichienkai, approaches Misato, the daughter of Iwami.
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Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Title: Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Character: Commander Takaki Aso
Released: December 10, 1994
Type: Movie
A mysterious extraterrestrial being resembling Godzilla rapidly approaches Earth. The monster, dubbed SpaceGodzilla, lands to challenge the King of the Monsters.
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Title: Yoru ni Dakarete
Released: October 19, 1994
Type: TV
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In Blazing Love
Title: In Blazing Love
Released: October 1, 1994
Type: Movie
An illustration of the tragic lives of geishas at a popular geisha house, Shinonomero. Shortly after being sold to a geisha house at age 5, Shizu is befriended by a fellow older geisha, Tsuru. After years of living and working together, Tsuru and Shizu manage to run the operations of Shinonomero as the proprietress and assistant. Despite vows to never to let their lovers come between them or Shinonomero, moments of weakness leave Tsuru and Shizu caught up in a web of betrayal and plunged into debt. With the guilt of losing Shinonomero to Udo, a yakuza who loaned them money, it is now up to young Shizu to redeem Tsuru’s honor and restore Shinonomero as their own.
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Maji! 2
Title: Maji! 2
Released: June 8, 1994
Type: Movie
After the Nagisa clan's infighting three years earlier, the young boss, Kikuchi , who is unwilling to take over from his successor, Hirakawachi , establishes his own gang, the Kikuchi clan.
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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Title: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Character: Commander Takaki Aso
Released: December 11, 1993
Type: Movie
The U.N.G.C.C. (United Nations Godzilla Countermeasure Center) recovers the remains of Mecha-King Ghidorah and construct Mechagodzilla as a countermeasure against Godzilla. Meanwhile, a giant egg is discovered along with a new monster called Rodan. The egg is soon found to be none other than an infant Godzillasaurus.
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Double Action. 45
Title: Double Action. 45
Released: August 19, 1993
Type: Movie
A detective vs an international drug syndicate
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Title: Kagi-shi
Released: March 12, 1993
Type: TV
A locksmith who can open any kind of lock with his well-honed fingertip skills is caught up in a case in which his nephew is put in danger just because he played a role in exposing political bribery due to his special skills, and his love for his sister-in-law.
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Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2
Title: Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2
Released: January 30, 1993
Type: Movie
Recently released from prison for a murder sentence, a yakuza boss's wife leaves Hong Kong for a fresh start, but a betrayal leads to her return.
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Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Title: Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Character: Ibaki
Released: May 16, 1992
Type: Movie
An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they can get a contract for a meeting of important foreign officials.
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Drop Out: Supple Female Leopard
Title: Drop Out: Supple Female Leopard
Released: February 21, 1992
Type: Movie
A story about a female hitman, Lisa Yajima, who carries out an assassination at the command of an organization, gets involved in an organization's plot.
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Yakuza Warfare
Title: Yakuza Warfare
Released: November 9, 1991
Type: Movie
Two childhood friends find themselves caught in the midst of an all-out turf war between rival factions in the yakuza-stained region of Kyushu.
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Castle of Sand
Title: Castle of Sand
Character: First Investigation Division Chief
Released: October 1, 1991
Type: Movie
What is the dark fate of a young up-and-coming artist who is on the verge of achieving glory? The story depicts the fate of a detective who relentlessly pursues a murder case that seemed to be heading into a labyrinth, and the young man who is the culprit. It was produced and aired on the TV Asahi network on October 1, 1991 (20:02-22:24) as the "Each station's competition series commemorating the 40th anniversary of Matsumoto Seicho's work" (each station created two Seicho works) . TV drama (1 episode in total). Selected from the top 21 programs of the 9th ATP Awards .
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Title: 清里高原神隠し
Released: July 22, 1991
Type: TV
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Kanei Chronicles
Title: Kanei Chronicles
Character: Yorinobu Tokugawa
Released: July 19, 1991
Type: Movie
From all over Japan, the greatest warriors: Yagyu Jubei, Miyamoto Musashi, Araki Mataemon, and more came to test their blades in a tournament of swords. But behind the match a bloodthirsty plot is born. Tokugawa Yorinobu, a corrupt shogunate official plans to assassinate Shogun Iemitsu and take his place. With scheming samurai Yui Shosetsu and ruthless Negoro ninja leader Genyusai, he plans to incite a ronin uprising and cut a bloody trail across Japan, with terrifying Chinese gunboats to back his play. Matsudaira Izu-no-kami, councilor and friend to the shogun, along with master swordsman Yagyu Jubei and ninja master Hanzo Hattori must stop Yui Shosetsu and his army of ronin and ninja assassins from tearing the country in half and taking over the government!
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1750 Days of Turbulence
Title: 1750 Days of Turbulence
Released: September 15, 1990
Type: Movie
After the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years.
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Ronin-gai
Title: Ronin-gai
Character: Shichirôemon Obata
Released: August 18, 1990
Type: Movie
Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district attempt to regain their honor by defending a brothel from a hostile militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes.
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Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 9
Title: Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 9
Released: May 26, 1990
Type: Movie
Kyosuke Kozu (Masaomi Kondo), a university professor and a famous detective, is a big magic lover. He was asked to judge the Magic Competition to be held in Ito, and set out with his sister Nobuko, her lover's newspaper reporter Kenzo, and the brothers Shiro Kishibe. On the day, Shigeko Mizutani, who was supposed to play the guillotine technique, went missing, and she was found dead while her sister Yoshiko was taking her place. The suspects include Yoshiko, Shigeko's husband, Ryohei Mizutani, and her secretary, Yuriko.
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Shingo's Ten Duels
Title: Shingo's Ten Duels
Character: Kuroda Tsunamasa
Released: January 1, 1990
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. 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 in a series of duels that could change the destiny of Japan.
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Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Title: Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Released: April 22, 1989
Type: Movie
The tale of Ogami Itto and his son Daigoro has come full circle with the greatest sword actor of all time, Wakayama Tomisaburo now playing Lone Wolf's mortal enemy, the evil Lord Yagyu Retsudo, who masterminded Ogami's fall from grace. Brilliant sword actor Takahashi Hideki takes over as the former shogunate decapitator, and his stunning swordsmanship is second to none! The story of Lone Wolf and Child has been told many times, but never before like this. With the magnificent sword skills of Takahashi Hideki as Ogami Itto, the Shogun's Decapitator and Wakayama Tomisaburo as the power hungry Lord Yagyu Retsudo the story has come full circle.
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Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 8
Title: Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 8
Released: August 13, 1988
Type: Movie
President Ito, a major apparel maker, was poisoned in the president's office. Kenzo (Baku Ohwada), who happened to be interviewing nearby, rushes to the site. According to his secretary Masae, Ito's ex-wife's younger brother Yoshimoto visited and he started arguing with Ito, but he suddenly escaped. Kenzo asks Kyosuke Kozu (Masaomi Kondo) to investigate. It turns out that Ito's son Takashi, who was killed, is enrolled in Kyosuke Kamizu's university. When Kyosuke Kamizu met at the university, his mother-in-law, Yoko, aimed at his father's fortune and said, "I think he teamed up with designer Kawahara ." Yoko has a relationship with Kawahara, and Ito, who died, was confused because she had an affair with her secretary, Masae. Takashi is said to have already left home and is living on his own.
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Labyrinth Romanesque
Title: Labyrinth Romanesque
Character: Ichitaro Akimoto
Released: January 15, 1988
Type: Movie
A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel.
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Spring Bell
Title: Spring Bell
Released: November 9, 1985
Type: Movie
Rokuheita Narumi is fascinated by oriental art and works as the director of the Saho Art Museum in Nara. His wife, Noriko, is unable to leave Tokyo, despite his wishes, and the two live separately. Feeling lonely and neglected by her husband, she immerses herself in the depraved life of the city and continues to have a loveless relationship with a doctor, Katsumori. One day, Narumi arrives in Tokyo and learns of Noriko's affair, but he cannot divorce her for the sake of their child, so he devotes himself to his work.
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Barrow Gang BC
Title: Barrow Gang BC
Released: April 27, 1985
Type: Movie
Film about a pirate radio station.
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The Audition
Title: The Audition
Character: Yajima
Released: November 17, 1984
Type: Movie
Four girls and their manager aiming for stardom!
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Gemini Woman
Title: Gemini Woman
Character: Maruyama
Released: August 10, 1984
Type: Movie
A man catches the eye of an elegant lady at a bar. She relents to his advances. In the morning he throws her out of his apartment. He will soon regret his mistake when she slowly plots revenge.
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Make-Up
Title: Make-Up
Character: Akiyama
Released: May 2, 1984
Type: Movie
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嵐を呼ぶ男
Title: 嵐を呼ぶ男
Released: August 4, 1983
Type: Movie
Remake of the 1957 film "The Stormy Man".
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Title: 古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Genzō Hibiki
Released: February 19, 1983
Type: TV
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Title: 古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Tamon Tatebe
Released: February 19, 1983
Type: TV
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To Trap a Kidnapper
Title: To Trap a Kidnapper
Released: September 25, 1982
Type: Movie
Hideyuki Mitamura, a student at a private school near Osaka, is kidnapped on his way home from school.
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The Blazing Valiant
Title: The Blazing Valiant
Character: Tenbo
Released: December 19, 1981
Type: Movie
Jo has just come back to Japan for the funeral of his parents, who were killed in tribal warfare in Africa where the family had been living throughout most of Jo's life. Once the funeral was over, he missed the boat that was going to take him back home, and, because of an altered itinerary, he ends up stopping in a town for awhile -- striking up an acquaintance with a teenager and her grandfather when he captures their runaway horse. He would have been glad to leave after the proper amenities were completed, but the girl's journalist brother is murdered -- he was getting too close to wrapping a major news story. At that point, Jo and a friend cannot easily drop the matter as though nothing had occurred, and the two start to track down the source of the trouble -- a factory that makes poison gas for Third World buyers. Now their task is to dismantle the operation, prevent one train shipment from arriving at a transfer point, and find the journalist's killer.
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Fallen Angel Gang
Title: Fallen Angel Gang
Character: Tôru Ishizawa
Released: October 23, 1981
Type: Movie
With soft curves and deadly cunning a widow and her two daughters take revenge for the killing of her husband who was the leader of their gang. Based on the novel by Azusa Katsume.
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Island of the Evil Spirits
Title: Island of the Evil Spirits
Character: Morie Osakabe
Released: October 3, 1981
Type: Movie
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi follows a dying man's words to an enigmatic island, where he meets beautiful twin sisters and tragic events unfold.
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In the Cellar
Title: In the Cellar
Character: Isogai Sanshiro
Released: October 3, 1981
Type: Movie
The mysterious relationship between a breast-sick sister who lives in a warehouse and the younger brother who longs for her.
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The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
Title: The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
Character: Detective Maruyama
Released: September 12, 1981
Type: Movie
A star tennis player takes revenge on the blackmailers out to ruin his athletic career.
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Monster Cat Saga Riot
Title: Monster Cat Saga Riot
Released: August 28, 1981
Type: Movie
A big deal that shakes up the Saga domain of 350,000 koku. A plot for power, the end of the desires of men and women, and a daughter's pet cat, which meets a tragic end, turns into a monster cat and takes out the grudge of its master.
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Baian the Assassin
Title: Baian the Assassin
Character: Mondonosuke
Released: April 11, 1981
Type: Movie
This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the famous Kabuki actor brothers Kinnosuke Manya and Katsuo Nakamura, who made the transition from the Kabuki world to the film industry, and a cast of gorgeous and diverse faces. The Edo period. Nagato Abe, a Hatamoto (a feudal lord), is annoyed by his son's bad behavior, and when it becomes a hindrance to his own career, he asks Otowaya Hanemon, a black marketeer, to assassinate his son. The target is then taken care of by the assassin, Umeyasu. In order to keep his mouth shut, Nagatomon no Mamoru also attempts to take Otowaya's life. Nagato's brother-in-law, Omiya Sahei, a corrupt merchant from the Kamigata region, also plans to replace Otowaya as the head of Edo's black market business, so Umebayashi and his fellow trapper Hikojiro set out to eliminate them.
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The Woman
Title: The Woman
Released: November 22, 1980
Type: Movie
Erotic drama
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The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
Title: The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
Released: November 15, 1980
Type: Movie
Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.
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The Fixer
Title: The Fixer
Released: October 27, 1979
Type: Movie
Political fixer Homei Yamaoka's misdeeds come to light, throwing Japanese politics into deadly confusion. But he's not going down without a fight.
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Dead Angle
Title: Dead Angle
Released: July 4, 1979
Type: Movie
Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.
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The Days of No Return
Title: The Days of No Return
Released: August 9, 1978
Type: Movie
The story of a high school boy (Toshiyuki Nagashima) in Tokyo returning to his home town of Nagano upon the death of his father.
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In the Realm of Death and Pleasure
Title: In the Realm of Death and Pleasure
Released: May 6, 1978
Type: Movie
1978 Japanese film directed by Yoichi Takabayashi.
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Double Suicide at Nishijin
Title: Double Suicide at Nishijin
Character: Amano
Released: October 14, 1977
Type: Movie
Yumi, an exceptionally beautiful call girl, has a close call with death when a client forces her to die with him. An old cop pities her and agrees to be her guarantor so that she could join a Nishijin weaver workshop. Yumi wishes to put her dark past behind her, but she's exposed by an ex-client. Despite the unwavered support of the old cop, she sees no way out and uses her seductive body again to get what she wants. Hiroyuki, her co-worker at the weaver workshop, is a pure-hearted young man who may redeem Yumi from her deadly path as a femme fatale.
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Title: Suna no Utsuwa
Character: 関川重雄
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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Death at an Old Mansion
Title: Death at an Old Mansion
Character: Kosuke Kindaichi
Released: September 27, 1975
Type: Movie
When a woman and her bridegroom are found dead in a double suicide the day after their wedding, it is up to the detective to figure out what could possibly have motivated them. Carefully and systematically, he pieces together the inner lives of the two.
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Title: Professional Killers
Released: September 2, 1972
Type: TV
A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...
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Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 2 - The Dish Mansion at Hell’s Banchô
Title: Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 2 - The Dish Mansion at Hell’s Banchô
Released: July 11, 1971
Type: Movie
Second film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.
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Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1
Title: Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1
Released: July 4, 1971
Type: Movie
This is the first volume of a ghost story TV series presented by Nobuo Nakagawa, Saburo Endo and Teruo Ishii. Contains films 1 to 4 in the "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.
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Onna no Iji
Title: Onna no Iji
Character: Kada Shuhei
Released: May 5, 1971
Type: Movie
2 years ago, Kumi broke up with Shuhei and decided to forget everything about him for good. However, after being told that her younger sister, Junko, fall in love with a man and is currently living with him. She was determined to discover who was the man who won her sister's heart. But what will happen when she found out that the man in question is Shuhei, her first love?
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Shadow of Deception
Title: Shadow of Deception
Character: Sozo Emura
Released: February 10, 1971
Type: Movie
It was five years ago when Minako spent a night with Sozo, younger brother of her ex-husband. She now lives in a local town with a rich old man who owns a dry goods store. Minako travels to Tokyo on business every three months, during which time she continues to meet Sozo, who has married the daughter of his respected teacher.
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Adults Games
Title: Adults Games
Released: January 27, 1971
Type: Movie
The girl students of rival junior high schools stage duels and show a curious interest in sexual pastimes.
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Take Care, Red Riding Hood
Title: Take Care, Red Riding Hood
Character: Second elder brother of Kaoru
Released: August 4, 1970
Type: Movie
A high-schooler involved in turn-of-the-decade student movements works to escape his comfort zone and apply himself.
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The Vampire Doll
Title: The Vampire Doll
Character: Hiroshi Takagi
Released: July 4, 1970
Type: Movie
A young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend's isolated country home. His sister and her boyfriend trace him to the creepy mansion, but their search becomes perilous when they uncover a gruesome family history.
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The Heart of Hiroshima
Title: The Heart of Hiroshima
Character: Fujii
Released: September 17, 1966
Type: Movie
One morning, Kazue is nearly knocked over by a motorbike in front of an instrument store, breaking all the records that she was carrying. The two connect instantly and begin seeing each other every day. However, Iwai, Yukio’s foster parent, is concerned - Yukio had been exposed to the atomic bomb when he was four years old and had been showing symptoms of atomic radiation, hospitalizing him in the Genbaku Atomic Bomb Survivor’s Hospital. Unfortunately, nobody knows when the symptoms may return. When Yukio passes out from anemia during work, he decides to part with Kazue. A couple of days later, Yukio tells her of his destiny at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, but Kazue passionately encourages him.
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The Passionate Spinster
Title: The Passionate Spinster
Character: Takeshi Tsurukawa
Released: November 23, 1965
Type: Movie
She'd watched them go one by one. Friend after friend. White dress after another. Yet again, Shimako was attending another wedding reception that wasn't hers. She knew the procedure: watch the bride and groom get congratulated, smile to cover up the loneliness. But she didn't want to feel like this forever. In that moment, Shimako decided that the next wedding she'd attend had to be her own.
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When the Flowers Bloom
Title: When the Flowers Bloom
Released: August 14, 1965
Type: Movie
Hiroko, who has a weekly magazine reporter as her lover is assigned as a public health nurse in a remote village. However, there is widespread poverty and ignorance beyond her imagination.
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Only on Mondays
Title: Only on Mondays
Character: Osamu
Released: March 4, 1964
Type: Movie
Yuka is a “good-time girl” from Yokohama who is persuaded by her papa to sleep with a foreign business executive so that he can close an important deal. Nakahira presents a shrewdly observed portrait of a modern, sexually assertive woman—an unsettling character for a changing but still patriarchal society.
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Namari o buchikome
Title: Namari o buchikome
Released: December 16, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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The Guys Who Put Money on Me
Title: The Guys Who Put Money on Me
Character: Bartender at the "Toto" bar
Released: December 9, 1962
Type: Movie
An unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Match (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young energetic boxer. This story deals more with betting action surrounding a boxing match, concentrating mostly on the high-powered Yakuza gambling dens.
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Wakai senpū
Title: Wakai senpū
Released: October 31, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Sun and stars
Title: Sun and stars
Released: July 1, 1962
Type: Movie
It's a thrilling, action-packed entertainer with sparks of men versus villains in an up-and-down tale of brothers burning with masculine will and passion.
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Yume ga ippai abarenbō
Title: Yume ga ippai abarenbō
Released: April 1, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Hana no saigetsu
Title: Hana no saigetsu
Released: March 28, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Angel and the Outlaw
Title: Angel and the Outlaw
Released: February 11, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Mahiru no yuugai
Title: Mahiru no yuugai
Released: October 8, 1961
Type: Movie
A suspense drama directed by Mitsuo Wakasugi. Students, gangsters and other young people who couldn't make money were gathering and negotiating at a coffee shop about this. They were told that if you kidnap a child from a rich family, search for him/her, their family would give you about 50,000 yen if you could send the child back.A woman named Motoko disappeared in the midst of evil, but no one noticed it. Shortly after, Kaneda and Chii appeared in a quiet residential area and took a girl about five years old from the Ohara family....
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Kitakami yakyoku
Title: Kitakami yakyoku
Character: Student
Released: May 22, 1961
Type: Movie
Keisuke and Shizuko grew up by the Kitakami river and came to fall in love before they knew it. Eighteen years ago, Shizuko was left an orphan and was taken in by Keisuke's parents, who had raised her as their own child. At the riverside when the cherry blossoms are falling, Keisuke, now enrolled in university, promises Shizuko that he will tell his parents about them at the start of the summer vacation. He then sets off for Tokyo...