Zenji Yamada

Zenji Yamada

Born: July 17, 1914
in Hokkaidō, Japan

Movies for Zenji Yamada...

Title: Special Crime Investigation Front
Released: April 6, 1977
Type: TV
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Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Title: Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Character: Shokichi Umetani
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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Greatest Boss Of Japan
Title: Greatest Boss Of Japan
Released: April 18, 1970
Type: Movie
A man who became the third boss faces off against delinquent foreigners and villains vying to rule the underworld in order to develop the port city.
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
Title: Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
Released: April 28, 1968
Type: Movie
Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his condolences to Yumeko and to reunite with Yukiko (Chieko Matsubara), but finds that Yumeko is fatally ill. Although Yukiko was taking care of her, she is pressed for money. Goro wants to help and knows that there is only one way to come up with fast money.
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The Will to Live
Title: The Will to Live
Released: July 8, 1967
Type: Movie
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The Singing Gunman
Title: The Singing Gunman
Released: June 28, 1967
Type: Movie
Fourth film in the Aitsu series. The outlaw-cum-travelling guitarist discovers that his friend has been killed by the gangsters who held up the bullion transport.
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Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
Title: Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
Character: Captain of the Kamome-maru
Released: April 22, 1967
Type: Movie
An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.
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The Reckless One
Title: The Reckless One
Released: April 9, 1967
Type: Movie
Kosuke Suzuki returns to Hakata's hometown after learning that his best friend Takehara has disappeared. Kosuke is persistently hindered by Hasebe from Omura Sangyo. Kosuke's partner Kumagoro investigates and finds out that Hasebe, who killed the head of the Muraoka clan, made Takehara disappear in order to keep him silent. The third film in the series.
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A Colt Is My Passport
Title: A Colt Is My Passport
Character: Barge captain
Released: February 4, 1967
Type: Movie
A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.
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The Black Sheep
Title: The Black Sheep
Released: January 3, 1967
Type: Movie
Japanese drama film.
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The Scarred Angel
Title: The Scarred Angel
Released: December 24, 1966
Type: Movie
A musical film based on the original work of Saigo Teruhiko. After leaving the juvenile detention center and returning to his hometown of Ibusuki, Hachiro begins to investigate the cause of his older sister Sumiko's suicide. While Hachiro was in juvenile detention, Sumiko committed suicide, but there are too many mysteries surrounding this suicide...
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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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Chivalry Broken from All Sides
Title: Chivalry Broken from All Sides
Character: Yamada
Released: October 22, 1966
Type: Movie
This is a magnificent drama about love and chivalry, telling about the stormy fate of Seiji, nicknamed "The Rising Dragon", who swore never to take up a sword again because of the emptiness of the Yakuza's life, and the passionate fate of his named sister Maki, nicknamed "The Scarlet Cherry Blossom", who falls in love with him without suspecting that he was the one who was responsible for her father's death and to whom she should take revenge.
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No Greater Love
Title: No Greater Love
Released: September 17, 1966
Type: Movie
In 1943, Japan is amidst the Pacific War. Sobei Sonoda is one of the wealthiest landowners of the San'in region. His land spread for miles, as far as the eye can see. People treated him with respect. But even the richest must think about the future. One day, he decides to arrange a marriage between his only son, Junkichi and the daughter of an even more powerful family. Sobei, hoping to benefit from this union, soon discovers that his son was in love with a lower class girl.
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Three Wild Cats
Title: Three Wild Cats
Released: September 7, 1966
Type: Movie
Three women, deceived by a man, make full use of their feminine weapons, replete with daring and unbridled seduction strategies.
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Kill or get killed!
Title: Kill or get killed!
Released: September 7, 1966
Type: Movie
When Yakuza decides to take avenge his brother, the war shall begin.
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Tomo o okuru uta
Title: Tomo o okuru uta
Character: Policeman
Released: June 25, 1966
Type: Movie
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Cry for Sorrow
Title: Cry for Sorrow
Released: May 18, 1966
Type: Movie
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Namida ni naritai" by Teruhiko Saigo.
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Woman Gambler
Title: Woman Gambler
Released: October 22, 1965
Type: Movie
Mourning the death of her boyfriend, Yukiko wanders aimlessly from one city to another. During her mourning, she becomes addicted to gambling. One day, a man that resembles her deceased lover asks for help. He's being pursued by a dangerous gang of yakuza.
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Loss of innocence
Title: Loss of innocence
Released: June 20, 1965
Type: Movie
A young journalist is writing an article on what happens to girls who are raped. He uncovers the story of a young girl who committed suicide when recognized by her former fiancee after she had become a prostitute. Other stories are interwoven, and the journalist finally comes to the conclusion, which he publishes, that "keeping your virginity until your wedding day will never be a source of regret for either men or women."
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Thanks for the tears
Title: Thanks for the tears
Released: April 29, 1965
Type: Movie
A film starring Teruhiko Saigo and Hideki Takahashi about two men who join the fight against a gang selling weapons.
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Chivalrous Life
Title: Chivalrous Life
Released: March 7, 1965
Type: Movie
In the middle of the era, Taisho, a big boss in Asakusa Iizuka, was severely questioned by the police about the source of funds for the Daido Federation, to which he belonged. The creditor, Izo, visited the local police station daily, worried about the safety of his boss, and himself came to the attention of the police. Izo embarks on a journey to escape, but in the meantime, the new rising yakuza Dojima plans to kill Iizuka...
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Eddy Currents of Life
Title: Eddy Currents of Life
Released: November 22, 1964
Type: Movie
It is 1922 and Fumiko is a high school student. Her family is poor but she loves to study literature. Her father, a peddler, does not return home and Fumiko finds herself in financial trouble, not being able to pay for her schooling and her school excursion trip. Still, she gets a temporary job at a factory and tries to make ends meet. A film about bright side of youth adapted from the television serial of the same name.
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The Flame of Devotion
Title: The Flame of Devotion
Released: November 22, 1964
Type: Movie
The tragic tale of Kiyono, a young woman from the mountain who fell in love with Takuji, a fisherman's son, and her devotion to him during a time of war.
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Profit from Killing
Title: Profit from Killing
Released: November 11, 1964
Type: Movie
The bustling Ikebukuro area was under the control of the Hanamura Kogyo yakuza gang, and there was no end to the violence. The tramp Satoshi Tsuzuki returns to his hometown after being released from Abashiri prison, and he is noticed when he saves a student from gangsters from the Hanamura gang. But this was only the beginning of a bloody struggle...
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Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
Title: Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
Released: October 11, 1964
Type: Movie
An exciting and fast-paced entertaining action in which G-Man Joe of Aces (Japanese version 007) challenges a terrible international mafia organization based in Japan. To defeat the villains, Joe uses his unprecedented skills of fast shooting and karate secrets!
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Tiger of the Sea
Title: Tiger of the Sea
Released: August 14, 1964
Type: Movie
A group of pirates sail the treacherous Pacific ocean in search for wealth.
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Black Sun
Title: Black Sun
Character: Owner
Released: April 24, 1964
Type: Movie
Akira, a young, jazz-obsessed drifter, returns to his squat, a ruined church, and finds Gill, a wounded African-American GI, on the run after the death of a white GI. Despite terrible misunderstandings and culture clash, Akira agrees to help Gill escape towards the sea, dodging military police along the way.
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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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Cruel Gun Story
Title: Cruel Gun Story
Released: February 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their leverage is to promise him money for surgery for Rie. Togawa consents and plans the heist with three others. The plan is solid, but it doesn't go smoothly. Togawa must improvise, there are traitors somewhere, and double-crosses mount. Can Togawa escape with enough money to help his sister and ensure a passage out of Japan?
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Kakedashi keiji
Title: Kakedashi keiji
Released: January 25, 1964
Type: Movie
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Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
Title: Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
Released: August 31, 1963
Type: Movie
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Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
Title: Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
Character: Kitagoshi
Released: July 7, 1963
Type: Movie
A sequel to Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards!
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Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
Title: Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
Released: April 28, 1963
Type: Movie
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Youth of the Beast
Title: Youth of the Beast
Character: Fujita
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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Beyond the Green Hills
Title: Beyond the Green Hills
Released: January 3, 1963
Type: Movie
Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was against school regulations, Shinko was the first to take a bite out of the forbidden fruit. Expelled from her former school, she finds herself in an all-girls school in Jokamachi, where rumors fly. One day, Shinko delivers an anonymous love letter addressed to her English teacher, Ms. Shimazaki. Convinced that the students are playing a prank, Ms. Shimazaki is adamant about getting to the bottom of this "problem”.
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Namari o buchikome
Title: Namari o buchikome
Released: December 16, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Danger Pays
Title: Danger Pays
Character: Nagai
Released: December 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Joe, Okita, and Serizawa hear of the armed robbery of a truck carrying one billion eighty million yen's worth of Mint paper. Knowing that the thugs will now need a counterfeiter to make the bogus bills, they each decide to cash in on it by selling them the idea that they need Sakamoto, the best counterfeiter in Japan. A seesaw game unfolds between the three men as each tries to outdo the other two in handing over Sakamoto for one million yen to Hijikata, the big boss, who intends to make counterfeit money with the stolen paper. A little belatedly, they realize it needs their combined forces to outwit Hijikata and they raid his place together. Outnumbered, however, they are thrown into a basement room and the gas is turned on. Certain death stares them in the face, but the three men are not ones to take things lying down....
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Ai to shi no katami
Title: Ai to shi no katami
Released: November 21, 1962
Type: Movie
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Kidō sōsahan Tōkyō bōryoku chizu
Title: Kidō sōsahan Tōkyō bōryoku chizu
Released: September 22, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Yoko o muita seishun
Title: Yoko o muita seishun
Released: September 19, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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The Rambler Returns Home
Title: The Rambler Returns Home
Released: August 12, 1962
Type: Movie
Final installment of THE WANDERING GUITARIST series.
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I Hate But Love
Title: I Hate But Love
Released: July 9, 1962
Type: Movie
A celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. When his controlling manager, the woman he loves, follows, the two must reconcile while dodging reporters.
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The Man From the Sea
Title: The Man From the Sea
Released: July 8, 1962
Type: Movie
Japanese action film.
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Teenage Yakuza
Title: Teenage Yakuza
Character: Yoshio's Father
Released: June 20, 1962
Type: Movie
A high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighbouring city.
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Kidō sōsahan Tōkyō gozenreiji
Title: Kidō sōsahan Tōkyō gozenreiji
Released: May 20, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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The Frozen Plains
Title: The Frozen Plains
Released: April 22, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
Title: Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
Released: February 25, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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事件記者 拳銃貸します
Title: 事件記者 拳銃貸します
Released: February 18, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Wind and waves of the South
Title: Wind and waves of the South
Character: Shimadachi
Released: November 19, 1961
Type: Movie
Little dark-eyed boy Kazuo. Yes, he dreamed of the sea. However, like everyone here in the village. Kazuo only wanted to study first, to finish school... But he failed. Mother died. The woman who replaced her brought with her affection, comfort, and warmth of mother's hands. It seemed that joy settled in their house again. But one day a storm caught the fishermen at sea. Father did not return... Father's friends, fishermen, tried to help the widow, who was left with two children. But the money was still not enough. And then Kazuo decided to become a fisherman. After all, he was now the eldest in the family...
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Wharf Temperament
Title: Wharf Temperament
Character: Owner of the diner
Released: October 14, 1961
Type: Movie
The story of male friendship unfolding during a boxing match between the navigator, who took responsibility for the accident and went ashore from the ship, and a young docker, whom he loves like a younger brother.
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Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
Title: Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
Character: Senkichi Hamada
Released: May 13, 1961
Type: Movie
A marine security officer stranded on the ocean in a small boat is rescued by a crew of buccaneers.
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Tōkyō dodonpa musume
Title: Tōkyō dodonpa musume
Released: May 13, 1961
Type: Movie
Motomu Ida movie
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Quick Draw Joe
Title: Quick Draw Joe
Released: April 1, 1961
Type: Movie
One day, a lone horseman rides into town with a wounded man strapped behind him. Joe, the Ace, had captured one of the bandits who had held up the armored payroll car headed for the dam construction site, takes the wounded man to the police and claims the reward offered. He is told to wait until the driver of the armored car returns to identify the bandit and goes over to the Blue Star where he is introduced to Mishima, the owner of the cabaret, who is highly respected in the town. Joe then meets Saburo, while fishing, and his lovely sister, who seem to sense the real man beneath the rough appearance and take him into their home. Word reaches Joe that the bandit he'd captured had been shot and he hurries over to the hospital.
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Dai shusse monogatari
Title: Dai shusse monogatari
Released: January 3, 1961
Type: Movie
1961 Japanese movie
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Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
Title: Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
Character: Ozuka
Released: December 3, 1960
Type: Movie
The fourth film in the Tales of a Gunman series. When Ryuji throws his pistol into the sea, he is attacked by a man who calls himself Sabu and says that he is the younger brother of Colt Jo's killer. When Ryuji escaped difficulties with one blow knocking out the enemy's weapon, Sabu reveals that Colt Jo is in the hospital in Gifu. Ryuji decides to visit his old enemy. However, he does not know that this is a trap.
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The Man with a Sinister Laugh
Title: The Man with a Sinister Laugh
Released: August 6, 1960
Type: Movie
After getting out of prison, a young yakuza tries to find out who killed his girlfriend, attempts not to get drawn back into crime, and to find his missing sister.
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Intimidation
Title: Intimidation
Character: Ono
Released: March 23, 1960
Type: Movie
Koreyoshi Kurahara's ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a desperate bank manager, blackmailed for book-cooking, and his resentful but timid underling, passed over for a promotion. The marvelously moody Intimidation is an elegantly stripped-down and carefully paced crime drama.
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Knock Down
Title: Knock Down
Released: March 20, 1960
Type: Movie
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The Devil's Sigh
Title: The Devil's Sigh
Released: January 9, 1960
Type: Movie
Japanese crime film
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A Turning to Hell
Title: A Turning to Hell
Character: Suzuki
Released: October 6, 1959
Type: Movie
Maki, a porter at the Sakura Hotel, finds a body in Room No. 2 and picks up a piece of paper on which is written "one-third of the key", also the part of a key. From a newspaper he learns that the dead man is an official who has been detained as a suspect in a bribery case involving 150,000,000 yen and that another suspect named Matsunaga is still in custody. Maki realizes that if he can obtain the other two-thirds of the key, he will be a multi-millionaire.
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The Human Cyclone
Title: The Human Cyclone
Released: September 20, 1959
Type: Movie
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JA750 Gōki Yukuefumei
Title: JA750 Gōki Yukuefumei
Released: March 25, 1959
Type: Movie
1958 Newspaper Association Sweepstakes Winning Broadcast Drama Movie. A heartwarming and moving story that bloomed behind the competition between two newspaper reporters, one young and the other old, who followed the whereabouts of the distressed aircraft. It is an adaptation of the prize-winning broadcast drama recruited by the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Week in 1958. The original author was Tsuneyuki Mori.
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Red Pier
Title: Red Pier
Character: Tanabe
Released: September 23, 1958
Type: Movie
Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop.
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Underworld Beauty
Title: Underworld Beauty
Released: March 25, 1958
Type: Movie
The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds he had stashed before getting pinched. When he returns to his haunt to make good by friend who took a bullet for him, he is diverted by the greedy boss Oyane and his insatiable taste for Miyamoto's precious stones.
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Fangs of Night
Title: Fangs of Night
Released: January 15, 1958
Type: Movie
A young doctor discovers that the city hall of records has a record of his death. He and some friends try to seek out the person who reported it, and uncover a shady group of criminals with a sinister plot.
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Man Who Causes a Storm
Title: Man Who Causes a Storm
Character: Zenzo Shima
Released: December 28, 1957
Type: Movie
Shoichi Kokubun (Yujiro Ishihara) is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to catch the attention of a popular jazz band, his brother appeals to their manager who has the power to make him a star. In a graphic portrayal of love, betrayal and success, Shoichi brews up a storm with a 'rat-a-tat-tat' on the drums.
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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Title: A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Released: July 14, 1957
Type: Movie
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commission” for his troubles.
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The Champion
Title: The Champion
Character: Coach Yamamoto
Released: May 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Eikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club Champion owned by his fiancé Natsuko’s father. He lost a title match five years ago as he was besotted by Natsuko, but Eikichi actually cannot give up the dream of the championship. One day, he meets Shuntaro Fuma, who is a punk kid but a promising boxer, and realizes the dream that he himself could never fulfill. Then, they together start to train with the aim of the title. Mari Shiraki is an up-and-coming ballerina under the patronage of Eikichi as well. Eikichi forbids Shuntaro and Mari to be romantically involved with someone during their training, however, they start to go on a date. (source: Nikkatsu International)
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Birth of a Jazz Maiden
Title: Birth of a Jazz Maiden
Released: April 3, 1957
Type: Movie
Kawai Midori's father left the family a long time ago and since her mother passed away, she has taken care of her younger siblings by herself by working with a group of itinerant camellia oil peddlers. While she is In Izu selling camellia oil, she meets a young student, Katō Yutaka, who asks her to let him take her picture. The peddlers also meet a jazz band, and when Midori sings a song, teased by the band's star singer Nanjō Haruo, the band members are enraptured by her beautiful voice. She eventually joins the band and quickly becomes a popular jazz singer.
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Eight Hours of Terror
Title: Eight Hours of Terror
Character: Junpei Murakoshi
Released: March 8, 1957
Type: Movie
A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.
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Saigo no totsugeki
Title: Saigo no totsugeki
Released: January 22, 1957
Type: Movie
A narrative depicting the appearance of soldiers scattered in Rabaul during the Pacific War. The original work of Yoshinori Matsuura was dramatized by Toyama Tetsu of “Smuggling of the Body”, also directed by Yutaka Abe, and Shigeyoshi Mine of “Densuke's Propaganda” was in charge of the shooting. The main performers are Michitaro Mizushima of “Smuggling of the Body”, Ryoji Hayama of “The Sorrowful Garden”, Shoji Yasui of “The People of Okino”, Shiro Osaka of “Lonely Man”, “Tetsuji Kawakami Story 16” In addition to Hiroshi Nihonyanagi, Shinsuke Maki, Isamu Kosugi of the "Hunger Soul", Ko Mishima, Satoshi Nishimura, Saburo Hiromatsu, Hiroshi Kondo and others.
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Summer Storm
Title: Summer Storm
Character: Janitor
Released: October 1, 1956
Type: Movie
A woman falls in love with her sister's fiancé.
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The Shadow of Fear
Title: The Shadow of Fear
Released: September 11, 1956
Type: Movie
In the backstreets of Ginza, the boss of a hairdressing salon is found dead, killed by strangulation. The detective on the case soon hears rumors about the murder.
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Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Title: Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Character: Man Looks Like Carpenter
Released: July 31, 1956
Type: Movie
A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job pouring sake for male customers at a small bar run by a sympathetic older woman, while Yoshigi is shunted off into a nearby noodle shop, where he gets a job delivering noodles. Tsutue charms and runs off with one of her clients. Yoshigi, ignoring the attentions of a sweet co-worker, pursues Tsutue.
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Crazed Fruit
Title: Crazed Fruit
Released: July 12, 1956
Type: Movie
Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking.
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Semyonov's Gold Ingots
Title: Semyonov's Gold Ingots
Released: June 26, 1956
Type: Movie
Ippei, a bored private detective hears from his assistant Hideko an interesting story that General Semyonov who has been exiled to Japan buried his gold bullion somewhere.
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Hi no tori
Title: Hi no tori
Released: June 14, 1956
Type: Movie
Emi Ikushima, a star actress in the Roses, is half-hearted, but she wasn't disappointed by the news of her father Enmy's sudden death, and she performed enthusiastically on the stage that night, attracting a crowded audience.
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Confession
Title: Confession
Released: March 21, 1956
Type: Movie
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Crossroad
Title: Crossroad
Character: Lawyer Nagata
Released: March 14, 1956
Type: Movie
Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having an affair with his secretary, Harumi. In his attempt to perfect his crime, he drives to a remote quarry to bury his wife’s body, but along the way, he finds another dead body in the back of his car! Given no choice, Ise dumps both bodies. Meanwhile, Yoshie begins her search for her missing brother, Yoshihiko. After surprising twists and turns, Ise faces his fate.
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Jigoku no hatoba
Title: Jigoku no hatoba
Released: March 4, 1956
Type: Movie
A battle for a large sum of money unfolds on the docks near a steel mill in a foggy atmosphere. Manzo, an engineer on the verge of retirement, witnesses two men shooting each other and collapsing on the quay while his assistant Shinsuke is away.
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Cell No. 8
Title: Cell No. 8
Released: January 15, 1956
Type: Movie
A man and a woman meet through a strange fate. This unique melodrama depicts the course of their budding love in a corner of the big city.
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Forever a Woman
Title: Forever a Woman
Released: November 23, 1955
Type: Movie
Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and her breast cancer diagnosis. In the last stage of her life, she meets a young journalist from Tokyo who wants to write a story on her life.
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Such is Life
Title: Such is Life
Released: November 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Japanese drama film.
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Tales of Ginza
Title: Tales of Ginza
Character: "Bar Carol" manager
Released: September 14, 1955
Type: Movie
In the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged husband’s art collection attempts to identify the man who painted her own portrait fifteen years prior.
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The Heart
Title: The Heart
Character: Nobuchi's uncle
Released: August 31, 1955
Type: Movie
In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained relationship stemming from an unknown incident in their past.
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The Green Music Box
Title: The Green Music Box
Character: Police Officer
Released: May 8, 1955
Type: Movie
Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doesn't know about. Ever since he moved up to the research laboratory in Hokkaido, Ruriko hasn't heard from him. The only thing that reminded her of his warmth was the green music box that he’d left behind for her. She longed to reunite with her father. The little box played music that lifted her spirits, to a place where everything was perfect.
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The Wild Geese
Title: The Wild Geese
Released: September 15, 1953
Type: Movie
A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age.
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Brother and Sister
Title: Brother and Sister
Character: Toyogorô
Released: August 19, 1953
Type: Movie
The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.
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Vendetta of a Samurai
Title: Vendetta of a Samurai
Released: January 3, 1952
Type: Movie
The famous showdown at Kagiya corner has been told many times, but never before with the realism and intensity of this version scripted by Kurosawa Akira and starring Mifune Toshiro as the famed swordsman who must face his best friend as they are forced to take opposite sides in a vendetta caused by the murder of a family member. Told mostly in flashback as the avengers await the arrival of their quarry, this film displays true heroism in the face of fear as most of the combatants, while of the samurai class are not skilled swordsmen. They contrast sharply with the true warriors involved in this battle. Araki Mataemon (Mifune), who was not only a direct student of Yagyu Munenori, but the founder of his own sword style under the Yagyu name is a powerful force ready to assist his brother-in-law against the murderer's allies that include not only another noted sword teacher, but the deadly spear of Katsumi no Hanbei.