Gajiro Satoh

Gajiro Satoh

Born: August 9, 1944
Died: December 9, 2022
in Takaishi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Gajiro Satoh...

Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Title: Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Character: Gen
Released: December 27, 2019
Type: Movie
The 50th film in Tora-san series, using the old footages and newly shot scenes to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series. The adult Mitsuo, Tora-san’s nephew, who runs into Izumi, his first love, whom he had once promised to marry. The familiar faces of Kurumaya Cafe, which Tora-san’s family ran in Shibamata, also return. Catching up with old friends, it is always their dearest memories of Tora-san which everyone shares on such occasions…
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The King of Minami Returns: A Winning Divorce, a Losing Divorce
Title: The King of Minami Returns: A Winning Divorce, a Losing Divorce
Released: January 6, 2018
Type: Movie
Osaka loan shark Ginjiro Manda becomes entangled in an elaborate divorce scheme targeting a hard-working waitress at his cafe.
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Hamon: Yakuza Boogie
Title: Hamon: Yakuza Boogie
Released: January 28, 2017
Type: Movie
Keisuke Ninomiya (Yu Yokoyama) works as a construction consultant. Through his work, he becomes acquainted with yakuza Yasuhiko Kuwabara (Kuranosuke Sasaki). One day, film producer Koshimizu brings a movie investment proposal to yakuza leader Shimada. Shimada decide to invest in the film and he assigns Yasuhiko Kuwabara to oversee his investment in the film. Film producer Koshimizu though runs away with their investment money. Keisuke and Yasuhiko struggle to get Shimada’s money back from Koshimizu.
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Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 29
Title: Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 29
Released: July 20, 2015
Type: Movie
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Disregarded People
Title: Disregarded People
Released: October 20, 2013
Type: Movie
Young man, Yusuke Mamiana, fed up with his life meats a unattractive ugly girl, Kyoko, at his hometown. Out of his impulsive desire, he had a relationship by nearly raping her. They started to live together and gradually feel 'Family' attachment in each other. As time passes, Yusuke starts to think more about 'Happiness' of his family and himself.
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Title: 好好!キョンシーガール 東京電視台戦記
Released: October 12, 2012
Type: TV
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Title: Solitary Gourmet
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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About Her Brother
Title: About Her Brother
Character: Udon Delivery Man
Released: January 30, 2010
Type: Movie
Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to disown him. The two reunite when she discovers Tetsuro is terminally ill. Tetsuro’s impending death marks the beginning of love and toleration.
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Title: Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
Character: Guest
Released: July 27, 2003
Type: TV
After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of competitions, the losing members of the Gaki no Tsukai are selected to spend 24 hours in a setting which they have no knowledge of the theme nor the course of the events. They are exposed to various absurd and crazy situations nonstop for 24 hours and must refrain from laughing. If they do so, hang-men appear and hit the rule breakers with a weapon (the weapon varies every year).
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Graveyard of Honor
Title: Graveyard of Honor
Character: Moguri Doctor
Released: June 22, 2002
Type: Movie
A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
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The King of Minami 19
Title: The King of Minami 19
Released: May 10, 2002
Type: Movie
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A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
Title: A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
Released: November 11, 2000
Type: Movie
Bored with school, 15-year-old Daisuke Kawashima embarks on a pilgrimage to visit the 7,000-year-old cedar tree on distant Yakushima Island. Through his journey, Daisuke meets a number of interesting people, including friendly truck driver Sumire and a mysterious mountaineer girl.
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The Peking Man
Title: The Peking Man
Character: Dr. Todoroki
Released: December 20, 1997
Type: Movie
In 1929 the fossil of a 500,000 year old man is discovered in China. In 1941 the Japanese army confiscates this find, but during the war the remains disappear. Based on these factual events, this movie takes off with a science fiction story involving a space rocket which places a satellite in orbit containing a secret cargo. The satellite crashes on a remote island and footprints are found in the sand leading away from the crash site. A story of how an ancient primitive cave-dwelling family contends with the scientists who want to study them.
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Steel & Lead
Title: Steel & Lead
Character: 情報屋
Released: November 15, 1997
Type: Movie
A hard-boiled film that follows a detective who will be killed the next morning should he fail his mission, the yakuza assigned to watch over him, and the friendship that develops as they work together.
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Shura ga Yuku 6
Title: Shura ga Yuku 6
Released: September 19, 1997
Type: Movie
Set in Aizuwakamatsu, where resort development is progressing, the sixth installment of the gangster action series that depicts the battle between the eastern and western gangsters aiming for national domination.
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Supermarket Woman
Title: Supermarket Woman
Character: Decoration Truck Driver
Released: June 15, 1996
Type: Movie
Failing supermarket manager Goro hires the energetic Hanako, his old classmate, to help him compete with a new, rival business in town. Soon, Hanako's ideas and energy completely revitalize the store – but not without ruffling some feathers and sparking some romance along the way.
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Tora-san to the Rescue
Title: Tora-san to the Rescue
Character: Gen
Released: December 23, 1995
Type: Movie
Tora-san works hard to bring together his nephew, Mitsuo, and Mitsuo’s girlfriend who is engaged to someone else.
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Osaka Tough Guys
Title: Osaka Tough Guys
Character: Sabu
Released: June 21, 1995
Type: Movie
Osaka Tough Guys stars Kentaro Nakakura and Yoshiyuki Ohmori. It tells the story of two hoods forced to take on paid work when they run out of money for booze, who end up being drawn into the spiderweb of the yakuza. Gaijiro Saito and Sei Hiraizumi co-star. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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The Pachinko Game Drifter
Title: The Pachinko Game Drifter
Released: January 20, 1995
Type: Movie
Based on the comic by Yoshikazu Ebisu, starring Riki Takeuchi, Dan-chan, who plays the role of Takeuchi, challenges the great game of the century, betting on the existence of a certain pachinko parlor
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Tora-san's Easy Advice
Title: Tora-san's Easy Advice
Character: Gen
Released: December 23, 1994
Type: Movie
Mitsuo, unhappy in his new job as a shoe salesman, is invited to a festival and is introduced to a friend’s sister. Tora-san meanwhile helps an injured housewife on her yearly vacation.
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Tora-san's Matchmaker
Title: Tora-san's Matchmaker
Character: Gen
Released: December 25, 1993
Type: Movie
After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island, and develops a crush on a young nurse there. Tora-san, dispatched to bring Mitsuo back home, himself falls in love with an attractive but troubled woman visiting her father.
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Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
Title: Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
Released: July 3, 1993
Type: Movie
A young girl befriends an infant T-rex after her palentologist father nurtures a lair of lost dinosaur eggs.
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Tora-san Makes Excuses
Title: Tora-san Makes Excuses
Character: Gen
Released: December 26, 1992
Type: Movie
Tora-san Makes Excuses is a 1992 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his love interest or "Madonna".
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Tora-san Confesses
Title: Tora-san Confesses
Character: Gen
Released: December 23, 1991
Type: Movie
When Izumi can't stand seeing her mother flirt with other men, she leaves home. She sends a letter to Mitsuo and Mitsuo goes looking for her. But Izumi unexpectedly meets Tora-san.
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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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Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Title: Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Character: Gen
Released: December 22, 1990
Type: Movie
Mitsuo goes to Nagoya to visit Izumi, whose father left Izumi’s sad, bar hostess mother for another woman, so together they decide to confront him in Oita. Meanwhile, Izumi’s mother befriends Tora-san and together they travel to Oita to meet them, with Tora-san quickly falling for her en route.
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Tora-san, My Uncle
Title: Tora-san, My Uncle
Released: December 27, 1989
Type: Movie
Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.
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Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Title: Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Character: Genko
Released: August 5, 1989
Type: Movie
During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vienna, but winds up homesick for Japan.
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Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Title: Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Character: Genko
Released: December 24, 1988
Type: Movie
In his travels through Japan, Tora-san meets and falls in love with a female doctor, however he is afraid of committing to a relationship.
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Tora-san Plays Daddy
Title: Tora-san Plays Daddy
Character: Genko
Released: December 26, 1987
Type: Movie
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the boy’s mother, Tora-san meets a cosmetics saleslady and the three become a surrogate family, with Tora-san as “daddy”.
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Tora-san Goes North
Title: Tora-san Goes North
Character: Genko
Released: August 15, 1987
Type: Movie
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged daughter, and a woman in whom he is secretly interested.
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Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Title: Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Character: Genko
Released: December 20, 1986
Type: Movie
During his travels, Tora-san comes across a traditional theater he used to visit, and discovers that one of his old friends has died. Tora-san and his family help the friend's daughter, who becomes romantically involved with an aspiring artist.
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Tora-san's Island Encounter
Title: Tora-san's Island Encounter
Character: Genko
Released: December 28, 1985
Type: Movie
Tora-san's family's neighbor, Akemi, who had been married in Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984), runs away from her husband, who is only interested in work. Tora-san follows her to Shikinejima, and attempts to bring her back to her home. In doing so he encounters a school-reunion group who are traveling to meet their elementary school teacher, which is a reference to the film Twenty-Four Eyes by Keisuke Kinoshita. Tora-san joins them and falls in love with the teacher.
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Tora-san, the Go-Between
Title: Tora-san, the Go-Between
Character: Genko
Released: August 3, 1985
Type: Movie
In Nagasaki, Tora-san and an acquaintance help an old woman who has fallen and injured herself. She invites them to her home where the three share a night of eating and drinking. The old woman's health deteriorates and she dies. At her funeral, Tora-san falls in love with the old woman's daughter, but winds up acting as a go-between for her and a young law student.
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Tora-san's Forbidden Love
Title: Tora-san's Forbidden Love
Character: Genko
Released: December 28, 1984
Type: Movie
Tora-san spends several days at the home of a hard-working salaryman ("salaried worker"), who abruptly disappears. When the man's wife asks Tora-san to help find him, he falls in love with her, and secretly hopes the husband will not be found.
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Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Title: Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Character: Genko
Released: August 4, 1984
Type: Movie
In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate Province. Tora-san refuses to drink with him, afraid that the acquaintance, now settled and married, will again become attracted to Tora-san's wandering existence. Tora-san becomes attracted to a female barber, but must break off their relationship so that she too can live a secure life. She instead gets into an abusive relationship with a motorcyclist.
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Tora-san Goes Religious?
Title: Tora-san Goes Religious?
Character: Genko
Released: December 28, 1983
Type: Movie
Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated, Tora-san wearing the priest's robe delivers the memorial speech, much to his family's surprise. Thinking he's found his true calling, Tora-san decides to join the order, and falls for the priest's divorced daughter.
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Tora-san's Song of Love
Title: Tora-san's Song of Love
Character: Genko
Released: August 6, 1983
Type: Movie
Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san's nephew) athletic event. Tora-san volunteers to take his place, but gets into an argument with his brother-in-law's boss and returns to the road. He meets a young woman in Niigata who, unbeknownst to him, is a popular enka singer.
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Tora-san, the Expert
Title: Tora-san, the Expert
Released: December 28, 1982
Type: Movie
Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburō, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all return to Tokyo.
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Ninja Wars
Title: Ninja Wars
Character: Curly haired Evil Monk
Released: December 18, 1982
Type: Movie
A fortuneteller prophesizes that whoever marries the beautiful Ukio will become the ruler of the world. Naturally, this makes her very popular with those vying for power, particularly the insatiably greedy Lord Donjo. Only the ninja Jotaro can stop Donjo's plan, but to do so, he must first battle the deadly team of "Devil Monks" serving the lord. Will Jotaro succeed in his mission? And if so, will Ukio marry him, thus making him the ruler of the world?
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Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Title: Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Character: Genkou
Released: August 7, 1982
Type: Movie
During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist. At his home, Tora-san makes a good impression on the old man's maid, who apparently falls in love with Tora-san.
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Tora-san's Promise
Title: Tora-san's Promise
Released: December 28, 1981
Type: Movie
Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all his ex-classmates, he resumes his travels. In Kyushu he meets an outspoken 18-year-old girl who becomes enamored of Tora-san and follows him around. One of Tora-san's old friends is terminally ill and makes Tora-san promise him to marry his wife once he is gone.
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The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
Title: The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
Character: Real estate agent
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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Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Title: Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Character: Gen
Released: August 8, 1981
Type: Movie
When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs his family that he plans to marry her. His plans are foiled when the geisha informs Tora-san that she is engaged.
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Title: Pro Hunter
Released: April 7, 1981
Type: TV
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Foster Daddy, Tora!
Title: Foster Daddy, Tora!
Released: December 27, 1980
Type: Movie
After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she can study for a night school exam.
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Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Title: Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Released: August 2, 1980
Type: Movie
When cabaret singer Lily writes Toraya about her illness, Tora-san rushes to Okinawa to be by her side.
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Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Title: Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Released: December 28, 1979
Type: Movie
Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata.
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Faraway Tomorrow
Title: Faraway Tomorrow
Released: November 3, 1979
Type: Movie
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G.I. Samurai
Title: G.I. Samurai
Character: Foot Soldier
Released: September 17, 1979
Type: Movie
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.
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Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Title: Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Character: Gen
Released: August 4, 1979
Type: Movie
Tora-san helps out a runaway bride.
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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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Prey
Title: Prey
Released: June 23, 1979
Type: Movie
A rock singer who has returned to the U.S. approaches his former musician friends with the soulful sound of reggae that he encountered during his stay in the U.S. However, his friends lost their old energy and were busy chasing only the songs that would sell, and did not pay attention to reggae. Eventually, the lonely and violent rock singer turns to mass indiscriminate murder out of repugnance to the blurred times and humanity.
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Title: Battle Fever J
Character: Tetsuo Iwata
Released: February 3, 1979
Type: TV
Five agents stand against the evil organization Egos. They fight incorporating dance moves from all around the world! This was the first time giant robots appeared on the Sentai series.
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Talk of the Town Tora-san
Title: Talk of the Town Tora-san
Character: Gen
Released: December 27, 1978
Type: Movie
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed when a beautiful lady starts working at Toraya.
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Pink Lady's Motion Picture
Title: Pink Lady's Motion Picture
Released: December 16, 1978
Type: Movie
The Japanese pop music duo Pink Lady are circus performers who show kindness toward a captured "monster," a sad, furry being (played by a man in a bulky, over-sized pink acrylic costume) who suffers acts of unusual cruelty by the keeper and ringmaster before the girls escape with the creature in a circus trailer.
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The Killing Game
Title: The Killing Game
Character: Egawa
Released: December 2, 1978
Type: Movie
The second movie of Tôru Murakawa's "Game" trilogy. After making a sensational hit, a hitman has gone into hiding for five years. When he comes back he bumps into two women that he has spared five years ago. Two rival yakuza bosses hire Narumi to kill the other. Will Narumi's sense of chivalry entrap him again?
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Stage-Struck Tora-san
Title: Stage-Struck Tora-san
Character: Gen
Released: August 5, 1978
Type: Movie
Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who looks up to Tora-san.
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Title: Dinosaur Corps Koseidon
Character: 毛利
Released: July 7, 1978
Type: TV
The series follows the adventures of Go, a superhero leading a patrol who travel in time to defeat the Godmess Empire, an alien armada who, after landing on Earth 70 million years ago, has altered the course of time. Go's enemies include dinosaurs which are telepathically controlled by the aliens. He has the ability to stop time for 30 seconds.
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Tora-san Plays Cupid
Title: Tora-san Plays Cupid
Character: Genkō
Released: December 24, 1977
Type: Movie
Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya's newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes by the nickname Watt. Tora attempts to match Watt with a young waitress.
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Proof of the Man
Title: Proof of the Man
Released: October 8, 1977
Type: Movie
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
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Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Title: Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Character: Genko
Released: August 6, 1977
Type: Movie
Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo.
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Short and Fat
Title: Short and Fat
Character: Teacher
Released: April 29, 1977
Type: Movie
A high-school student rescues his baseball team. Live-action adaptation of Shinji Mizushima's manga "Dokaben".
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Suddenly, Like a Storm
Title: Suddenly, Like a Storm
Character: Hitoshi
Released: April 29, 1977
Type: Movie
21-year-old Hideo Ishida is a reckless young man. Today again, he took part in a car race with a stolen driver's license and a car belonging to the junkyard. But unfortunately, things go wrong and after a collision with another car, the seriously injured Hideo is taken to the hospital. Here he meets the nurse Yuki Kobayashi. Yuki is the opposite of Hideo. During the day she works as a nurse and in the evening she studies hard. However, Hideo's behavior leaves an unforgettable impression on Yuki and the two soon develop an intimate friendship ...
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Nuns That Bite
Title: Nuns That Bite
Released: April 8, 1977
Type: Movie
A woman on the run is raped, rescued, then raped again. Escaping, she heads for the hills and finds safe haven at a convent. After becoming a postulant (trainee nun), she catches her fellow sisters engaging in lesbianism, fighting over nothing, hurling snakes at each other, and engaging in mild flesh eating.
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The Japanese Belly Button
Title: The Japanese Belly Button
Character: Hattori / Pianist
Released: March 15, 1977
Type: Movie
Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss.
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Tora-san's Pure Love
Title: Tora-san's Pure Love
Character: Genko
Released: December 25, 1976
Type: Movie
When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love with the teacher's mother.
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Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Title: Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Released: July 23, 1976
Type: Movie
Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a surly old man with a sad story, whose identity will surprise everyone. Later, Tora meets Botan, a geisha.
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The Classroom of Terror
Title: The Classroom of Terror
Released: July 1, 1976
Type: Movie
Yusaku Matsuda plays an ex-boxer who killed an opponent during a fight. He is brought into a school to deal with a gang of disruptive students led by Hiroshi Tachi.
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Outlaw Cop
Title: Outlaw Cop
Character: Takeda
Released: February 4, 1976
Type: Movie
A bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs away with another man, who turns out to be the very same man that her husband is hunting. Once he discovers this, he loses his nerve and turns in his badge. But the chase turns into a personal vendetta where the ex-cop plans to wipe out the entire gang.
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Dragon Princess
Title: Dragon Princess
Released: January 31, 1976
Type: Movie
A karate master played by Sonny Chiba is attacked and left crippled and blinded in one eye. He trains his daughter (Etsuko Shihomi) with the intention of her avenging not only himself but a murdered friend.
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Tora-san, the Intellectual
Title: Tora-san, the Intellectual
Released: December 27, 1975
Type: Movie
Tora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years ago. When he returns to Shibamata with the intent to study, he falls for Toraya's new tenant instead.
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Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Title: Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Character: Genko
Released: August 19, 1975
Type: Movie
Tora-san visits Hokkaido and is reunited with Lily. Now divorced, she plans to resume her singing career and renews her unusual relationship with Tora-san.
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The Viper Brothers and the Young General
Title: The Viper Brothers and the Young General
Released: March 1, 1975
Type: Movie
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Tora-san's Lullaby
Title: Tora-san's Lullaby
Character: Gen
Released: December 28, 1974
Type: Movie
After Hiroshi is injured in a workplace accident, Torajiro gives Sakura the money he has saved and leaves to work as a traveling salesman once again. During his travels, Torajiro meets a father who shares a drink with him. In the morning, Torajiro is shocked to learn that the man has left his baby behind and a note asking Tora to take care of the child.
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The Four Roughnecks
Title: The Four Roughnecks
Released: November 22, 1974
Type: Movie
Gimme gimme gimme! Yusaku Matsuda and his gang are on the hunt for women, money and more money! The late legendary actor, Yusaku Matsuda, stars in this explosive motion picture about the hedonistic lifestyles of four roughnecks directed by Yukihiro Sawada. Takeo Natsuki (Yusaku Matsuda) was just released from prison. He was the leader of three rascals; all they did was cause trouble. When they meet a girl whose father is resisting a forced eviction to make way for a construction site, they come up with their own plans to solve the problem.
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Tora-san's Lovesick
Title: Tora-san's Lovesick
Released: August 10, 1974
Type: Movie
After Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into Utako (last seen in Tora-san's Dear Old Home), now a widow.
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Japan Beauty Story
Title: Japan Beauty Story
Released: July 13, 1974
Type: Movie
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Oh Wonderful Utamaro!
Title: Oh Wonderful Utamaro!
Released: June 1, 1974
Type: Movie
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Reformatory Buddies
Title: Reformatory Buddies
Released: March 30, 1974
Type: Movie
Third film in the series.
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Tora-san Loves an Artist
Title: Tora-san Loves an Artist
Released: December 25, 1973
Type: Movie
Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Later, he encounters an old school chum and begins to have feeling for his artist sister.
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Stray Dog
Title: Stray Dog
Released: September 29, 1973
Type: Movie
When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior, Chief Detective Sato, Murakami works feverishly to trace the location of his pistol, ultimately clashing with a gang of youthful Okinawans.
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The Incident at Takanodai
Title: The Incident at Takanodai
Released: July 29, 1973
Type: Movie
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A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
Title: A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
Released: July 4, 1973
Type: Movie
After a desperate gang of ex-soldiers and gamblers meet in a fistfight in occupied Ginza they decide to make the neighborhood their own.
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Quarreling with Yakuza
Title: Quarreling with Yakuza
Released: March 3, 1973
Type: Movie
Set loose in a postwar world with no rules, an ex-juvenile delinquent begins building the most powerful gang in Tokyo's glittering Shibuya ward.
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Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Title: Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Character: Genko
Released: January 4, 1973
Type: Movie
On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.
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Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Title: Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Character: Genko
Released: December 29, 1972
Type: Movie
When Tora-san returns to visit his family, he is surprised to find an arrogant professor occupying his room. The professor and Tora-san become rivals for the affection of Chiyo.
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Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Title: Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Released: August 5, 1972
Type: Movie
While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young women on vacation during his travels.
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Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
Title: Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
Released: July 24, 1971
Type: Movie
Comedy centered on a stripper agency
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Follow the Girls
Title: Follow the Girls
Character: College student
Released: May 19, 1971
Type: Movie
Comedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers.
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Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Title: Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Character: Genko
Released: April 28, 1971
Type: Movie
After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride.
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Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Title: Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Character: Genko
Released: January 15, 1971
Type: Movie
Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown and meeting a young woman that reminds him of his sister Sakura. Meanwhile, a new tenant moves into Toraya restaurant.
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Tora-san's Runaway
Title: Tora-san's Runaway
Released: August 26, 1970
Type: Movie
After an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro attempts to change his vagrant lifestyle and become an honest worker with a steady job.
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Melody of Rebellion
Title: Melody of Rebellion
Released: July 22, 1970
Type: Movie
The disbandment of the Tanno clan left gang member Tetsu to stray from the crime family's fold. He roamed the streets as a one man band, wearing a denim jacket and long hair with sunglasses to cover his piercing eyes. Befriending a like-minded lone wolf by the name of Gebasaku, Tetsu builds a coalition against higher forces. A graphic portrayal of irrepressible anger and a friendship worth dying for.
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Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Title: Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Character: Genkichi
Released: February 26, 1970
Type: Movie
After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he owes them, but the plan hits a snag. Also, a pretty kindergarten teacher rents a room at Toraya.
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Tora-san, His Tender Love
Title: Tora-san, His Tender Love
Character: Genkichi
Released: January 15, 1970
Type: Movie
Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
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Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Title: Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Released: November 14, 1969
Type: Movie
Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.
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Women Can't Be Beaten
Title: Women Can't Be Beaten
Released: October 1, 1969
Type: Movie
An uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving his boorish older brother.
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Watch Out, Crimson Bat!
Title: Watch Out, Crimson Bat!
Character: Hanji
Released: October 1, 1969
Type: Movie
A young female samurai comes upon a dying messenger and agrees to deliver the scroll he was carrying to its destination. However, unbeknownst to her, the scroll is actually a formula for a new kind of gunpowder. An evil clan that is planning to overthrow the Emperor is also after the scroll, and they try to take it from her.
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It's Tough Being a Man
Title: It's Tough Being a Man
Character: Genkichi
Released: August 27, 1969
Type: Movie
Tora-San, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting and ruining Sakura's chance to marry someone, as well as just being a real pain to those around him. There is a sentimental side to him also, and the best way to describe him is that he grows on you.
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Fallen Leaves and Sweet Memories
Title: Fallen Leaves and Sweet Memories
Character: Man at the marriage meeting
Released: March 29, 1969
Type: Movie
Nobuko and five male friends graduate from a high school, promising to remain friends forever. One year later, Nobuko is working as a mediocre actress for TV commercials, and the five men are wearing beards and have formed a psychedelic rock band. One day, Nobuko meets Jun, who draws cartoons based on his experiences.
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大安旅行
Title: 大安旅行
Released: December 28, 1968
Type: Movie
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In Broad Daylight
Title: In Broad Daylight
Character: Noda
Released: October 26, 1968
Type: Movie
After his company goes bankrupt, Katsuji Watanabe resorts to pickpocketing again with his old swindler buddies. However, one by one, his friends start getting caught. Katsuji decides to play a high stakes game of robbing the proceeds of a department store.
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Title: It's Tough Being a Man
Released: October 3, 1968
Type: TV
The original TV Drama series the famous Tora film series was based on.
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It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
Title: It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
Released: October 3, 1968
Type: Movie
This is the DVD version of the TV show, which consists of a single video that plays the first and last episodes of the tv show bridged by an edit recapping the major events of the lost middle episodes.
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The Shy Deceiver
Title: The Shy Deceiver
Character: Gasu
Released: June 15, 1968
Type: Movie
A young thug wanna-be yakuza falls in love with a country girl.
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Code Between Brothers 6
Title: Code Between Brothers 6
Released: December 23, 1967
Type: Movie
Sixth film in the "Kyodai Jingi" series. Three gangsters challenge an underworld group in northern Japan.