Ryo Tamura

Ryo Tamura

Born: May 24, 1946
in Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Ryo Tamura (田村亮), born Yukiteru Tamura (田村 幸照), is a Japanese actor.

Movies for Ryo Tamura...

ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止
Title: ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止
Released: April 7, 2023
Type: Movie
Nasu Kano, known as Nu, has a developmental disability. As soon as she was born, her mother abandoned her in a coin locker. One day, Nu meets Kazuma Kurosako, who has just been released from prison and was attempting to make money by selling substances near Nu's coin locker. Kurosako gradually become interested in Nu and began posting Nu's paintings on social media on a whim. When Kurosako is contacted by a famous overseas artist interested in buying a painting of Nu's, he initially wants to sell it for a high price for his own profit. As he spends more time with pure-hearted Nu, Kurosako gains a more selfless conscious. All of a sudden, Nu collapses from leukemia.
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Immortal Hero
Title: Immortal Hero
Character: Doctor Momoyama
Released: October 18, 2019
Type: Movie
Makoto Mioya, a highly successful Japanese author and publisher, has a life-threatening, near-death experience. Powerful spiritual beings with whom he has communicated most of his adult life visit Makoto to remind him he has the power within to heal himself. Reborn, Makoto commits his life to sharing the almighty wisdom he receives from the spiritual realm. As doubters, including some of his own family, challenge and question his new-found ardor, Makoto must find a way to connect with his family and the ‘family of man’ to inspire a better world.
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Title: あまんじゃく
Released: September 24, 2018
Type: TV
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巨悪は眠らせない 特捜検事の標的
Title: 巨悪は眠らせない 特捜検事の標的
Character: 冨永一雄 冨永の父
Released: October 4, 2017
Type: Movie
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Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger The Movie: The Geth Indaver Strikes Back!
Title: Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger The Movie: The Geth Indaver Strikes Back!
Character: Hoi Kourou / Geth Indabee
Released: August 5, 2017
Type: Movie
With Shou presumably dead, and the Earth being threatened by a new villain, the remaining 11 Kyurangers must travel across the Cerberus System for the means to stop the mysterious Geth Indaver from destroying the entire planet.
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Bros. Maxman
Title: Bros. Maxman
Released: January 7, 2017
Type: Movie
Several years later after movie “Mr. Max Man”. Hideo is the younger brother of Masayoshi and he works at the same broadcasting station as a rookie AD. Hideo likes Rina who works as a announcer there. Meanwhile, Hideo becomes a righteous hero and fights for justice.
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Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor
Title: Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor
Character: Kazuo Tominaga
Released: October 5, 2016
Type: Movie
Shinichi Tominaga is a prosecutor, newly appointed to the special investigation division for the Tokyo district prosecutors' office. He is currently busy with a case involving suspicious donations to powerful politician Yohei Tachibana. Shinichi then receives a mysterious message from his friend Samon Kondo. His friend is in charge of space development at The The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The message talks about a scandal related to space development. Samon soon goes missing after sending the message. Shinichi begins to see a connection between the two cases.
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Misa Yamamura Suspense: Kyoto Good Luck Tour Murder
Title: Misa Yamamura Suspense: Kyoto Good Luck Tour Murder
Character: Inspector Kariya
Released: January 30, 2016
Type: Movie
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Mr. Max Man
Title: Mr. Max Man
Character: Kengo Shimauchi
Released: October 17, 2015
Type: Movie
Masayoshi is a young announcer who has worked at a broadcasting station for 3 years. He is the secondary presenter for a morning information program, but he always makes mistakes. Masayoshi also has a crush on co-worker Yuko, whom he has known since he was a child, but he can't seem to get any closer to her. Masayoshi then puts on a pair of glasses that he finds at work. He realizes the glasses gives him superhuman powers. Masayoshi decides to become a righteous hero.
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スクープ 遊軍記者・布施京一
Title: スクープ 遊軍記者・布施京一
Released: June 15, 2015
Type: Movie
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Jikan no Shûzoku
Title: Jikan no Shûzoku
Released: April 10, 2014
Type: Movie
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Title: Kumokiri Nizaemon
Released: April 10, 2013
Type: TV
During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo, and all across the Kansai region, stealing large sums of money with skillful techniques. They only target the very wealthy and never kill or injure people. They appear with the clouds and disappear like the mist. On the night that the beautiful Ochiyo is to become the bride of a dry goods dealer, a large amount of money hidden inside the shop is stolen. The gang disappears without injuring anyone. It was a two-year plan to marry Ochiyo off so that she could bring them in. The leader of this gang is Kumokiri Nizaemon, the greatest bandit of all time. He keeps a rein on his highly-skilled and notorious followers Nanabake no Ochiyo, Kinezumi no Kichigoro, Subashiri no Kumagoro, Ingakozo Rokunosuke and others.
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西村京太郎サスペンス 秋葉京介探偵事務所~狙われた男~
Title: 西村京太郎サスペンス 秋葉京介探偵事務所~狙われた男~
Character: Keizaburo Oshima
Released: September 14, 2012
Type: Movie
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The Final Judgement
Title: The Final Judgement
Character: Yujiro Nakagishi
Released: June 2, 2012
Type: Movie
26-year-old Shogo Washio sense danger from the expansion of Asian superpower nation Ouran. Shogo Washio teams up with Kenzo Nakagishi and establishes a new political party. He loses in the elections to gain a seat in the house of representatives. A few years later Japan is now invaded by the country of Ouran and falls under the military occupation of that country. Basic freedoms like speech and religion are lost, while protestors are killed. In this environment, Shogo Washio joins the underground resistance organization ROLE.
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Aa... kakugi
Title: Aa... kakugi
Released: March 9, 2012
Type: Movie
Trying to pass a strange bill to clear up the suspicion put on himself
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Kaze no Shounen: Ozaki Yutaka Towa no Densetsu
Title: Kaze no Shounen: Ozaki Yutaka Towa no Densetsu
Released: March 21, 2011
Type: Movie
The short life of singer-songwriter Ozaki Yutaka, who died suddenly in 1992 at the age of 26, will be dramatized for the first time on the TV Tokyo production, "Kaze no shounen ~ Ozaki Yutaka eien no densetsu".
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Title: Loss:Time:Life
Character: Kurosaki
Released: February 2, 2008
Type: TV
What would you do if you knew that your time in life is ticking away by the minute? A mysterious "referee" appears in front of individuals in their dying moments while living their usual lives, and announces the exact amount of time they have left to live. Each individual must make a quick decision on how to best spend the time remaining before his or her time expires. --groink
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Title: The Story of Dominating Countries
Released: January 2, 2005
Type: TV
Based on the award-winning novel by Shiba Ryotaro, the drama is set in Japan several centuries back in the Sengoku period. It depicts the struggles of three historical warriors, Saito Dosan, Oda Nobunaga and Akechi Mitsuhide.
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Title: Saigo no Chūshingura
Released: November 5, 2004
Type: TV
Chushingura is a famous story in Japan on 47 samurai in the Edo period who avenge their lord against Lord Kira, who was the cause of the master's death. This drama based on Ikemiya Shoichiro's book focuses on Terasaka Kichiemon, the only survivor of the 47 samurai. After raiding Kira's residence and taking avenge, Terasaka receives an order from Oishi Kuranosuke, the leader of the group to escape from the site. The rest of the samurai is ordered to commit seppuku by the Shogunate and kill themselves. Living in disguise and receiving contempt from others, Terasaka struggles to follow Oishi's order. He works to pass down the true intention of avenge to the next generation and at the same time looks after the families of the 46 members.
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Title: Yumemiru Budo
Released: September 29, 2003
Type: TV
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Title: A Wednesday Love Affair
Released: October 10, 2001
Type: TV
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The Burning Bride
Title: The Burning Bride
Character: Detective Kariya
Released: January 23, 1999
Type: Movie
Risako, a model, is poisoned at a fashion show. After Detective Kariya finds out that Onishi, the PR manager of the apparel maker sponsoring the show, was being blackmailed by Risako, Kariya interrogates him. While his lover, a model named Haruka, worries, the doubt regarding Onishi is cleared up. Several months later, a bride is killed by being burned alive inside a locked room.
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Title: The Curse
Released: April 9, 1998
Type: TV
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Romantic Lake Mashuko Murders
Title: Romantic Lake Mashuko Murders
Character: Kariya Kazuo
Released: February 7, 1998
Type: Movie
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Gotoshi Co. Ltd. III
Title: Gotoshi Co. Ltd. III
Released: December 3, 1994
Type: Movie
The third 'Gotoshi' film.
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A Samurai's Sorrow
Title: A Samurai's Sorrow
Released: April 7, 1993
Type: Movie
One day poison is discovered in the shogun's food. The brilliant swordsman Mondo sets out to save Japan's leader from certain death.
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A Samurai's Sorrow
Title: A Samurai's Sorrow
Released: April 7, 1993
Type: Movie
A rare grouping of the three Tamura brothers, Masakazu, Takahiro, and Ryu highlight this exciting tale of a series of attempts on the life of Shogun Yoshimune. The Owari have longed for the post of shogun, and are willing to do anything, including murder, in order to achieve their goal. Directed by master filmmaker Inoue Akira, this action packed movie, based on a manga by Koike Kazuo who created the Baby Cart (Lone Wolf) series, is loaded with splendid swordplay and an intelligent story line. It all starts when poison is discovered in the shogun’s food. Can the brilliant swordsman Mondo (Tamura Masakazu) manage to save Japan’s leader from certain death?!
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Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon
Title: Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon
Released: January 3, 1993
Type: Movie
Biopic of Date Masamune. Young Masamune upon learning of the death of Nobunaga decides that he is the man to fill those sainted clogs. The fastest way to do this is to subjugate the neighboring warlords. This is an action that results in the death of his father and younger brother and not the least brings him to the attention of Hideyoshi and not in a good way either but intervention by the regents nephew Hidetsugu and Maeda Toshiie save his neck although he is forced to move to a smaller fief and send his wife to Kyoto as hostage. Although curbed of his lofty ambitions his friendship with Hidetsugu again lands him in hot water when Ishida Mitsunari arranges the downfall of the unfortunate Hidetsugu, Toshiie and Ieyasu save his neck and the flamboyant young warlord is sent to Korea where he wins great honors. Upon his return Hideyoshi is dead and Masamune allies himself with Tokugawa Ieyasu thus assuring the survival of the Date family. An amazing story from beginning to the end!
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Tange Sazen
Title: Tange Sazen
Released: August 16, 1990
Type: Movie
One of Japan's favorite sword stars, Fujita Makoto, returns as the legendary Tange Sazen, the one-eyed, one-armed samurai who is a champion for the common people. Unflappable, except with the ladies, he fights evil in Shogun Yoshimune's Edo. The kokezaru no tsubo (earless monkey jar) has gone missing with a secret hidden inside that could change the course of history. All of Edo's top swordsmen, including Yagyu Genzaburo and Ooka Echizen are involved as villains pursue their evil quest! Superb swordplay highlights this exciting all-star extravaganza!
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Rikyu
Title: Rikyu
Character: Lord Hidenaga
Released: September 15, 1989
Type: Movie
Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan’s most powerful warlord, unifying the country.
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Shogun's Advisor
Title: Shogun's Advisor
Released: September 10, 1987
Type: Movie
Japan's greatest jidaigeki star, Mifune Toshiro is Shogun's Advisor Okubo Hikozaemon who must be coaxed out of retirement to save Shogun Iemitsu from danger. The elderly Hikozaemon has been belittled of late and has seemingly lost the will to live, much less the desire to assert himself and make Iemitsu listen to reason. The plot thickens when a lovely young woman enters the picture. Can she change Hikozaemon's mind, and thus alter the path of Japanese history? No longer a young man, can Hikozaemon gain the shogun's ear, and succeed in warning him of the evil plot to overthrow him?
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Blue Lake Girl
Title: Blue Lake Girl
Released: November 4, 1986
Type: Movie
Nagare, a painter who wanted to commit a lover’s suicide with Mizue, the wife of his friend and patron Takigawa. Growing afraid at the last moment, he doesn’t go through with it – but Mizue sinks to the bottom of Blue Lake. Some time later, Nagare follows an invitation by Takigawa, who claims to have forgiven everything. To Nagare’s shock, Takigawa’s new wife, Ameko, looks exactly like Mizue. While staying as Takigawa’s guest, Nagare becomes haunted by Mizue’s ghost, who wants to be reunited with him at the bottom of Blue Lake.
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Title: A Samurai's Sorrow
Character: Ōoka Tadasuke
Released: June 17, 1983
Type: TV
A Japanese period drama broadcast in prime-time in 1984, based on Goseki Kojima and Kazuo Koike 's manga of the same title. Kainage Mondo is a secret child of Tokugawa Yoshimune and skilled swordsman. His job is a part to test food for poison for Yoshimune. He was on a journey but he goes to Edo to see Yoshimune. The Owari han have longed for the post of shogun and try to murder Yoshimune, in order to get shogun's post. Fuki is a kunoichi of Kōka. She tries to murder Yoshimue but she comes to like Mondo and eventually starts working for Mondo and Yoshimune. Mondo protects Yoshimune's life from Owari han and other enemies.
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Alone in the Rain
Title: Alone in the Rain
Released: June 11, 1983
Type: Movie
Yoko Takahashi's directorial debut.
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Yukko no Okurimono: Cosmos no Yō ni
Title: Yukko no Okurimono: Cosmos no Yō ni
Released: October 23, 1982
Type: Movie
1982 Japanese film directed by Tengo Yamada.
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The Villain from Edo Kochiyama Soshun
Title: The Villain from Edo Kochiyama Soshun
Released: July 23, 1982
Type: Movie
Kotiyama is a swindler and extortionist, the head of a whole gang of crooks, usually posing as a poor monk; once he really took vows, but he was kicked out of the monastery long ago. He is enterprising, smart and not too cruel, so his accomplices love him. Posing as an envoy from the abbot of the Kennei Temple, Kotiama plays a show in front of Lord Matsue with an income of 150,000 koku, and extorts money from him. The film is based on the famous play by Kawatake Mokuami.
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The Fall of Ako Castle
Title: The Fall of Ako Castle
Character: Uesugi
Released: October 28, 1978
Type: Movie
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.
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Title: The Unfettered Shogun
Character: O'oka Tadasuke
Released: January 7, 1978
Type: TV
Set in the 18th century, the show follows the Shogun Yoshimune, who likes to disguise himself as a low-ranking samurai and go into his capital of Edo to see the life of the common man, as well as to seek out and punish evildoers who would hurt his citizens. He is aided by Magistrate Oo'oka and a vivacious fireman, Tatsugoro, as well as a rotating cast of other recurring characters. Along with Zenigata Heiji and Mito Kōmon, it ranks among the longest-running series in the jidaigeki genre. Like so many other jidaigeki, it falls in the category of kanzen-chōaku, loosely, "rewarding good and punishing evil."
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Utamaro's World
Title: Utamaro's World
Released: February 20, 1977
Type: Movie
Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared in Utamaro's paintings.
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Doterai Man
Title: Doterai Man
Released: February 1, 1975
Type: Movie
Business is a game! A theatrical version of the TV drama that became a social phenomenon starring Teruhiko Saigo. Set in a wholesaler town in Osaka, it depicts the activities of the main character Takezo Yamashita who repels adversity with a man's stubbornness and guts.
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The Assassination of Ryoma
Title: The Assassination of Ryoma
Character: Toshimichi Ôkubo
Released: August 2, 1974
Type: Movie
Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), imperial loyalist who tried to unite the Choshu and Satsuma clans and prepared the way for the Meiji Restoration (1868).
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The Tattered Banner
Title: The Tattered Banner
Released: May 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Film about the Ashio Copper Mine Incident and Shozo Tanaka.
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Poem
Title: Poem
Character: Wada
Released: June 17, 1972
Type: Movie
The ascetic houseboy of a Japanese lawyer bears witness to the secretive sexual relationship between the lawyer's assistant and the maid, the lawyer's wife's sexual dissatisfaction, and the arrival of the lawyer's brother, who has a plan for the family's land and property.
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Mandala
Title: Mandala
Character: Hirochi
Released: September 11, 1971
Type: Movie
Two university students from Kyoto decide to swap partners and spend the night in an isolated motel. However, one of the couples is attacked. Desperate for answers, they search for the attackers and come across a cult that promotes sexual freedom.
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Title: Haru no Sakamichi
Character: Yagyū Samon
Released: January 3, 1971
Type: TV
The story chronicles the life of Yagyū Munenori.
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Just for You
Title: Just for You
Character: Keiichi Tsumura
Released: December 25, 1970
Type: Movie
Yumi Ishikawa (Mari Atsumi) is nineteen and a popular geisha. Orphaned when a child, Yumi she was raised by Shizuko, the madame of a geisha house. Yumi is impulsive, out-going. And although she cannot claim to be good at Japanese dancing or playing musical instruments so necessary to a geisha, she is a whizz at go-go and will dance the hula at parties. But before becoming a full-fledged geisha, Yumi must go through the ceremony of the "mizuage", when a budding geisha surrenders her virginity to an experienced man who makes her a woman. Takida, a rich money-lender, is chosen for Yumi's mizuage but she offers herself first to Keiichi (Ryo Tamura), who she really loves although she knows that his world and hers are too far apart for a successful marriage.
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The Hot Little Girl
Title: The Hot Little Girl
Character: Kenji
Released: October 3, 1970
Type: Movie
A model gets involved with some gangsters trying to pull a big deal.
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This Transient Life
Title: This Transient Life
Character: Masao
Released: August 8, 1970
Type: Movie
Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to a master sculptor, only to proceed to complicate matters with his affairs.
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Admiral Yamamoto
Title: Admiral Yamamoto
Character: Sub-Lt. Mikami
Released: August 14, 1968
Type: Movie
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.
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Two Hearts in the Rain
Title: Two Hearts in the Rain
Released: March 27, 1968
Type: Movie
Love story of a working-class boy and girl.
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Pomegranate Time
Title: Pomegranate Time
Character: Teizo Kuwata
Released: September 15, 1967
Type: Movie
Comedy-drama about university tennis players.
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Rise Against the Sword
Title: Rise Against the Sword
Character: Masato Gōemon
Released: November 25, 1966
Type: Movie
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees the success Goemon has achieved, he attempts to recruit him to fight in a conflict between Asakura and another clan. Goemon refuses, and Lord Asakura sets out to destroy him.
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Come Marry Me
Title: Come Marry Me
Released: November 20, 1966
Type: Movie
Masako is a humble waitress who has a chance encounter with playboy Tamotsu. With the aid of his sister, Tamotsu seeks to win Masako's affection despite the disapproval of his wealthy parents and Masako's own feelings towards the working-class cabbie Noro.
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Once a Rainy Day
Title: Once a Rainy Day
Released: October 1, 1966
Type: Movie
Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.
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The Mad Atlantic
Title: The Mad Atlantic
Character: Tsuda
Released: July 13, 1966
Type: Movie
Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. Murakami forces the crew to work harder than they ever have, creating enmity and exhaustion. Just when the ship has taken a huge catch of tuna in its nets, Murakami learns that his ship is the only one in position to rescue the crew of another ship, sinking in a storm. He must choose between saving the catch or saving lives. Either choice may mean his ruin.