Kyōko Kishida

Kyōko Kishida

Born: April 29, 1930
Died: December 17, 2006
in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Kyōko Kishida (April 29, 1930 – December 17, 2006) was a Japanese actress, voice actress, and writer of children's books.

Her father was Kunio Kishida, a playwright and the founder of the Bungaku-za. She became an actress in 1950, and starred in a Yukio Mishima production of Salome (1960). Her film and television drama credits number in the hundreds. Among them are four Taiga drama series on NHK television, with roles such as Aguri (the wife of Asano Naganori and Yodo-Dono (the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi). She appeared in various roles, including acting and narrating, in various Ōoku series on television. In the series Gokenin Zankurō, she portrayed the mother of the title character (played by Ken Watanabe), and narrated a Lone Wolf and Cub television series.

Kishida's film credits include Yasujirō Ozu's An Autumn Afternoon (1962), The Broken Commandment (based on a novel by Shimazaki Toson), Hiroshi Teshigahara's The Woman in the Dunes (1964) and The Face of Another (1966) (both from novels by Kōbō Abe), Kon Ichikawa's The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (1987), based on the classic story, Heaven and Earth (1990), and Spring Snow, the 2005 Isao Yukisada adaptation of the Mishima novel.

Anime fans know Kishida as the voice of Moomin in the original 1960s television series. She provided narration for Vampire Princess Miyu and Princess Tutu as well as the 2005 Book of the Dead. In addition, she dubbed roles for Columbo and Miss Marple, and narrated Prophecies of Nostradamus. Kishida appeared in commercials for Nestle, TDK, and Asahi Shimbun.

Kyōko Kishida died on December 17, 2006 in Tokyo from respiratory failure caused by a brain tumor.

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Movies for Kyōko Kishida...

Wool 100%
Title: Wool 100%
Character: Ume
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
A drama of two aging women who live a solitary life collecting discarded items from a nearby town. One day they return home to find a young girl knitting a red sweater in their house. Each time the girl finishes her dress, she promptly unravels it and the mystery unfolds.
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Under the Same Moon
Title: Under the Same Moon
Character: Azumaya
Released: November 19, 2005
Type: Movie
When Tetsuya (Yosuke Kubozuka) was 10-years-old he met Emi (Meisa Kuroki), who suffered from a heart disease. In hopes to cure Emi's condition, Tetsuya decided to become a doctor. Following through on his dreams, Tetsuya is now a doctor and is about to marry Emi. One day though, Tetsuya hears about Don (Edison Chen). Tetsuya remembers the times he spent with Emi and Don as a child and also feels insecure about Don.
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Title: Love Song
Released: October 12, 2005
Type: TV
A drama about a man and woman who come to know true love after unexpected circumstances cause them to live under the same roof. Singer and songwriter Tamaki Koji returns to acting after a 8 year hiatus, to star opposite Kanno Miho in this drama. Koji plays a very kind policeman; a champion of the weak and a pacifist. Having lost his wife 4 years earlier, he has been saddled with the arduous task of raising 3 children single-handedly. Kanno stars as the unfortunate heroine with an ugly personality who grows through her encounters with this good natured middle aged man.
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Spring Snow
Title: Spring Snow
Released: October 9, 2005
Type: Movie
Based on the first novel, Spring Snow, of Mishima Yukio's Sea of Fertility tetralogy, it follows the troubled and illicit affair between two youngsters amongst the aristocracy and rich of early twentieth century Japan.
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The Book of the Dead
Title: The Book of the Dead
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: July 1, 2005
Type: Movie
A sheltered aristocratic woman in feudal Japan, bored and unfamiliar with the world outside her estate, passes the time copying a special Buddhist sutra sent by her father who has been absent on official business for years. While gazing out her window one late afternoon, the setting sun creates a vision of a holy figure in the distant mountains.
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Title: Natsumeke no Shokutaku
Released: January 5, 2005
Type: TV
A Meiji era home drama about the great writer Soseki Natsume and his wife Kyōko. A story of love and tears of a funny couple starring Rie Miyazawa and Masahiro Motoki!
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Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
Title: Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
Released: November 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Higuchi Ichiyo is the first female professional novelist in Japanese literature. This tanpatsu drama is a biography of her personal life.
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Title: 女の中の二つの顔
Released: August 25, 2004
Type: TV
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Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
Title: Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
Released: August 22, 2004
Type: Movie
2004 film
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Title: Joi - Yu
Released: July 5, 2004
Type: TV
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Title: 稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Kōkin Miyagawa
Released: April 3, 2004
Type: TV
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Tracing Jake
Title: Tracing Jake
Released: February 7, 2004
Type: Movie
Inuyama is intrigued by the existence of "Jake," a mysterious crocodile that has been sighted in many countries around the world. He continues to travel around the world, listening to the testimonies of various people of different ages, nationalities, and sighting situations who have seen "Jake".
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Title: Bewitched In Tokyo
Character: Sakura
Released: January 16, 2004
Type: TV
Arisa is fascinated by humans. So much so that she leaves the magic world. But the broom she uses is faulty and she winds up in Japan. There she meets Joji Matsui who works at an advertising agency. Joji has been assigned by his boss Ichio Suzuki the difficult task of winning over Shiori Nomo who is in charge of corporate communications at a client. However a little word from Arisa helps Joji win over Shiori and his agency gets the opportunity to pitch. Arisa and Joji fall in love and marry. Arisa swears never to use magic again as she and Joji begin their strange witch/human married life.
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Winter Days
Title: Winter Days
Released: November 27, 2003
Type: Movie
Winter Days is a 2003 animated film, directed by Kihachirō Kawamoto. It is based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bashō. The creation of the film followed the traditional collaborative nature of the source material – the visuals for each of the 36 stanzas were independently created by 35 different animators. As well as many Japanese animators, Kawamoto assembled leading names of animation from across the world. Each animator was asked to contribute at least 30 seconds to illustrate their stanza, and most of the sequences are under a minute (Yuriy Norshteyn's, though, is nearly two minutes long).
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Title: Animal Doctor
Released: April 17, 2003
Type: TV
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Title: Lone Wolf and Cub
Character: Narrator
Released: October 14, 2002
Type: TV
Ronin Ogami Itto travels around 17th century Japan, accompanied by his young son Daigoro, in search of those who has offended him.
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Title: HR
Character: Yagita's mother
Released: October 9, 2002
Type: TV
A situation comedy set in a fixed-time high school in Tokyo.
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Title: AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Released: October 9, 2002
Type: TV
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.
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Title: Princess Tutu
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: August 16, 2002
Type: TV
Princess Tutu follows Duck, a duck who was transformed into a young girl and takes ballet at a private school. She becomes enamoured of her mysterious schoolmate Mytho, and transforms into Princess Tutu to restore his shattered heart. Mytho's girlfriend Rue transforms into Princess Kraehe to frustrate Tutu's efforts, and Mytho's protective friend Fakir discourages Mytho's burgeoning emotions. When it becomes apparent that Duck, Rue, Mytho, and Fakir are meant to play out the characters in a story by a long-dead writer named Drosselmeyer, they resist their assigned fates and fight to keep the story from becoming a tragedy.
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Title: The Private Detective Mike
Released: July 1, 2002
Type: TV
Mike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the ladies and a soft spot in his heart, especially for his kid sister Akane. Mike's so down on his luck he'll take any case, from finding a lost pet to spying on cheating spouses. But every now and then, along comes a client with dubious and dangerous case… and that's when Mike shows his stuff.
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Vengeance for Sale
Title: Vengeance for Sale
Character: Otome
Released: February 16, 2002
Type: Movie
In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sukeroku the Helper, a ‘cool and rambling yakuza’ that has made a business out of helping victims carry out their revenge. When he returns to his hometown to pay a visit to his mother’s grave he meets a deadly ronin who carries a secret which eventually leads him into a vendetta of his own.
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Title: Nurseman
Released: January 19, 2002
Type: TV
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Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
Title: Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
Released: December 15, 2001
Type: Movie
Based on the ancient Japanese Tale of Genji. This film is set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her husband, a Japanese noble, then moves on to her recruitment to train the Prince's young 'wives in waiting'. It is dotted throughout and actually composed mainly of one of the fictional stories she wrote, the tale of Genji. Genji is a rich playboy who falls in love and has a son to his stepmother. He falls in love often and has many wives whom are all completely subservient to him. Genji is played by a woman actress from the all-female Takarazuka theatre. The two interrelating stories are also interrupted occasionally by fantasimical musical clips from a past Japanese teen-idol, Seiko Matsuda.
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Chloe
Title: Chloe
Character: Cleaning Lady
Released: June 15, 2001
Type: Movie
Kotaro and Kuroe marry almost immediately in a Christian ceremony and move into an apartment. Life is completely joyous until, one day, Kuroe falls ill.
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Dora-heita
Title: Dora-heita
Character: Lady of the Sister Wind
Released: May 13, 2000
Type: Movie
A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions and prejudices to defeat his enemies and uproot corruption.
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Shinsengumi
Title: Shinsengumi
Released: January 15, 2000
Type: Movie
Produced for Fuji TV in 2000, the film reinterprets the story of a special samurai force - the Shinsengumi - at the end of the Edo period.
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Title: Maikosan wa Meitantei!
Released: April 15, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: Good News
Released: April 11, 1999
Type: TV
Kurosawa, who works for a film production company, meets Akiko, a divorcee and single mother, who works at a publishing house. Through the efforts of Akiko's son, Naoya, they fall in love and decide to get married. The good news continues with Kurosawa becoming an assistant producer, and Akiko's parents offering to make the down-payment for their apartment. However, things start to go wrong when the ever-generous and sometimes naive Kurosawa helps a respected friend by co-signing on his financial obligation. A warm and occasionally wacky comedy for the whole family.
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Title: Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Character: Matsushima
Released: January 4, 1998
Type: TV
The 37th NHK Taiga Drama is Tokugawa Yoshinobu. The series focuses on the life of Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the 15th and final ruler of the Tokugawa period. Born the seventh son of Lord Nariaki of Mito, Yoshinobu is named shogun when he is just 29 years old. With a wisdom and vision beyond his years, he tries to prolong the life of this 200-year-old dynasty which began with Ieyasu. However, he is unable to forestall the winds of revolution as clans in Choshu, Satsuma and Tosa, with the help of the Imperial Court, clamor for change.
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Title: Forbidden Fruit
Character: Mizukoshi Ayako
Released: October 9, 1997
Type: TV
Mayako, a married woman, finds her life of comfort and casual affairs thrown into disarray when she unexpectedly falls in love with a younger man. Here is a modern fable of the moral dilemmas facing today's women, in a time where the expectations of love, marriage, and divorce from earlier generations no longer seem true.
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To Love
Title: To Love
Character: Taeko Kano
Released: October 4, 1997
Type: Movie
Mitsu works in a factory and has a crush on Tsutomu, a young man she met on the Tokyo streets. One day the two go out, and after some deception, Tsutomu manages to have his way with her. Coming from a broken home, he is frightened by love, so he cruelly allows her to wake up alone. A month passes and a more grown-up Tsutomu returns. The lovers joyously reunite and move in together. All is blissful until both notice a strange sore on Mitsu's arm. The doctors diagnose it as leprosy. Without telling Tsutomu, Mitsu checks into a leper sanitarium. Hanging out with society's pariahs gives her much insight. She discovers the old lepers to be wonderful people. In turn, Mitsu becomes their source of joy and renewed hope. Still, she misses her Tsutomu. One day, the doctors inform her that they erred and that the sore is not leprosy. Happily she heads back to her true love until she realizes with a guilty pang that to return to him would mean unhappiness for her newfound friends
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The 8-Tomb Village
Title: The 8-Tomb Village
Character: Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi
Released: October 26, 1996
Type: Movie
A band of samurai warriors places a curse on a family fortune thus frustrating the heir 4 centuries later.
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Haunted School 2
Title: Haunted School 2
Character: School Master
Released: July 20, 1996
Type: Movie
Sequel to the 1995 film Haunted School aka Gakkou no Kaidan. Similar to the first, in that it's about a group of youngsters that get stuck in a haunted school and have to deal with an assortment of ghosts.
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Title: Gokenin Zankuro
Character: Zankurô's mother
Released: January 9, 1995
Type: TV
Zankuro Matsudaira (Ken Watanabe) is a low-grade vassal of the Tokugawa Shogun, forced to moonlight as a bodyguard and executioner to make ends meet. He also has a drinking problem, an overeating mother, and a propensity to protect the oppressed, all of which eat into his finances. His confident mother Masajo (Kyoko Kishida) is the descendant of a famous family of shogunate retainers and a mistress of the pen and sword, who regards her son as a failure.
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Dark hunter
Title: Dark hunter
Character: Ohama
Released: April 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Thief Yaheiji (Keizo Kanie) helped a dying young samurai (Hiroaki Murakami), after recovering, he lost his memory and returned to Edo under the name of Yataro Tanigawa. Yaheiji meets Yataro again in Edo, by which time Yataro has become a dark hunter (Hired Assassin). The boss of thieves to whom Yaheiji obeys is killed, and Yaheiji participates in the battle to take his place Yataro helps him defeat and save his life, and Yaheiji also tries to save Yataro from the world of assassins... The drama "Dark Hunter" is based on the novel by Shotaro Ikenami, who is best known for his TV series Onihei Hankacho, Kenkaku Shobai and Fujieda Baian's Shikake-nin. The film version directed by Hideo Gosha is well known, but this version is more faithful to the original.
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Title: Karin
Character: 小森晶乃
Released: October 4, 1993
Type: TV
A young woman Chiaki whose family runs an old miso company in Nagano Prefecture, the only daughter of old traditional family. For generations, they were making soybean paste for living. Now she needs to take over this business and rebuild it. She lives through the hardships of postwar Japan.
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Fusa
Title: Fusa
Released: April 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Period piece about a samurai who marries a mysterious beautiful young woman who claims to have lost her memory.
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Title: Kagi-shi
Released: March 12, 1993
Type: TV
A locksmith who can open any kind of lock with his well-honed fingertip skills is caught up in a case in which his nephew is put in danger just because he played a role in exposing political bribery due to his special skills, and his love for his sister-in-law.
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Zodiac Killers
Title: Zodiac Killers
Character: Old geisha Miyako (cameo)
Released: July 20, 1991
Type: Movie
Hong Kong student Ben Lee becomes friends with his mainland Chinese classmate Chang Chih while studying abroad in Japan. Ben is unmotivated to study and only cares about money and on the other hand, whenever Chih encounters a Chinese person, he would ask whereabouts of his childhood sweetheart. Ming is also from Hong Kong and in order to elevate his social status, he becomes involved with a bar hostess and owner Yuriko, hoping to become Yakuza leader Yamada Ishikawa's brother in-law.
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Noh Mask Murders
Title: Noh Mask Murders
Character: Natsu Mizukami
Released: March 15, 1991
Type: Movie
The patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who will succeed him as a leading practitioner of Noh theater, his granddaughter or grandson.
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Heaven and Earth
Title: Heaven and Earth
Character: Maid-In-Waiting
Released: November 24, 1990
Type: Movie
Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. The two samurai leaders pursue one another across the countryside, engaging in massive battles of cavalry and infantry. Younger and less brutal, Kagetora must find the strength to be as brutal as his opponent, but at what cost?
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Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
Title: Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
Character: Narration (voice)
Released: August 10, 1990
Type: Movie
On her fifteenth birthday the princess finds a diary written by her mother when she was young. The diary tells of the Queen's secret, early love. The Princess goes into the forest to meet her mother's former lover. When she looks into his eyes, she realizes why her mother had fallen in love...
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Title: Tales of the Bizarre
Released: April 19, 1990
Type: TV
Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and actors as the main characters. While horror and supernatural themes are predominant, a variety of genres like comedy and drama are also produced. Most episodes, however, have a bad ending.
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Rikyu
Title: Rikyu
Character: Wife
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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Crane
Title: Crane
Character: Kichibi
Released: May 21, 1988
Type: Movie
Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju and says she will become his wife...
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Tokyo Bordello
Title: Tokyo Bordello
Character: Narrator
Released: June 13, 1987
Type: Movie
A ruined businessman was forced to sell his daughter, Hisano, to a brothel in Yoshiwara, the largest red-light district in Tokyo. The owner of the brothel has hopes to make her a great new addition which will attract the richest of customers. But after several months of training, she tries to flee Yoshiwara when the time has come for her to take her first customer...
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Sure Death 4
Title: Sure Death 4
Character: Benten
Released: June 6, 1987
Type: Movie
Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by a group of masked thugs who are soon attacked in turn by an unseen force. He begins to suspect the work of assassins, but whose side are they on?
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Let's Gotokuji
Title: Let's Gotokuji
Released: April 11, 1987
Type: Movie
The Gotokuji family has a colossal amount of money. Yuri is a paid housekeeper and sent to this family. While working at the house, she finds a new form of love.
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A Tale of Young Elopement
Title: A Tale of Young Elopement
Character: Nobuko Kitashiro
Released: February 7, 1987
Type: Movie
A 30-year-old man's life gets up-ended when his girlfriend accepts an arranged marriage meeting with a more successful man.
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Actress
Title: Actress
Character: Kuginukiya
Released: January 17, 1987
Type: Movie
Story of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi.
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The Sea and Poison
Title: The Sea and Poison
Character: Ohba, Head Nurse
Released: October 17, 1986
Type: Movie
Two interns and a nurse are interrogated by American MPs for their involvement in an atrocity during the war: the vivisections of a downed American air crew.
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The Hall of the Crying Deer
Title: The Hall of the Crying Deer
Released: September 20, 1986
Type: Movie
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Spring Bell
Title: Spring Bell
Character: Fusako Ishimoto
Released: November 9, 1985
Type: Movie
Rokuheita Narumi is fascinated by oriental art and works as the director of the Saho Art Museum in Nara. His wife, Noriko, is unable to leave Tokyo, despite his wishes, and the two live separately. Feeling lonely and neglected by her husband, she immerses herself in the depraved life of the city and continues to have a loveless relationship with a doctor, Katsumori. One day, Narumi arrives in Tokyo and learns of Noriko's affair, but he cannot divorce her for the sake of their child, so he devotes himself to his work.
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Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
Title: Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
Released: January 8, 1985
Type: Movie
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Title: Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
Character: Kie Azuma
Released: January 8, 1985
Type: TV
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Seito shokun!
Title: Seito shokun!
Released: December 22, 1984
Type: Movie
Based on the comic book of the same name by Youko Shouji
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Title: Romansu
Character: 真之助の母・香木艶子
Released: April 2, 1984
Type: TV
The 32nd NHK Asadora. Starring Takaaki Enoki as a young man who becomes a film director. The first Asadora with a male lead since 1967.
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I Lived, But...
Title: I Lived, But...
Character: Self
Released: October 29, 1983
Type: Movie
An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both interviews and Ozu-related locations) shot by Ozu's long-time camera-man (who came out of retirement to work on this). Surprisingly (or perhaps not), it focuses less on Ozu's accomplishments as a film-maker than on his impact on the lives of the people he worked with..
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Detective Story
Title: Detective Story
Character: Kimie Hasenuma
Released: July 16, 1983
Type: Movie
Naomi is a university student who is leaving for the US to study in a week; Shuichi is a washed-up gumshoe who's hired by Naomi's father to bodygard his daughter until she leaves. Shuichi finds the job annoying and wants to quit. But he also has a screwed-up ex and alimony to pay. Things go from bad to worse when Naomi and Shuichi stumble upon a murder which might involve the yakuza. They decide to find out who committed the murder but God knows what it will lead to.
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Lullaby of Death
Title: Lullaby of Death
Released: October 9, 1982
Type: Movie
Following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them.
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Rennyo and His Mother
Title: Rennyo and His Mother
Released: October 7, 1981
Type: Movie
Rennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in particular the Honganji lineage that had a slump in its fortunes during the Middle Ages. According to the legend, his motivation was a pivotal childhood incident at the age of six when his mother summoned him and told him about his destiny to revive the fortunes of the Honganji school to which he was the next in line. She then mysteriously disappeared from the temple. Taking her words to heart, from a background of great poverty and hardship, at the age of 16 he set out to spread the word across the land.
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The Shogun's Vault
Title: The Shogun's Vault
Released: July 14, 1981
Type: Movie
Tomizo, a master storehouse-breaker who has been released from prison in Denmacho after serving five years plans to break into the Edo Castle gold storehouse to avenge the death of his father, who died a violent death at a gold mine on Sado Island. With the help of Hanji, a playboy who took care of him in prison, as his partner, Tomizo decides on the night of fireworks to be held in Edo Castle as the day to carry out his plan. Kanpei, a wise man, is suspicious of the plan.
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The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
Title: The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
Released: November 15, 1980
Type: Movie
Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.
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Toward the Terra
Title: Toward the Terra
Character: Grandmother (voice)
Released: April 26, 1980
Type: Movie
A young boy learns he is part of a powerful race of psionic humans who must fight the normal humans determined to keep them from Earth.
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Title: A-Un
Released: March 9, 1980
Type: TV
Senkichi Mizuta, a pharmaceutical company employee, and Shuzo Kadokura, a war profiteer, are diametrically opposed in appearance and personality, but are best friends. Kadokura secretly loves Mizuta's wife, Tami, and both Mizuta and Tami are aware of it. The drama depicts the subtle relationship between the two men and the people around them against the backdrop of the times and customs of the early Showa period, in which both are aware of each other's love, but no one speaks of it.
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The Inferno
Title: The Inferno
Character: Shima Ikegata
Released: June 3, 1979
Type: Movie
Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave.
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Title: The 47 Ronins of Ako
Character: Ôishi Riku
Released: April 16, 1979
Type: TV
Set in the eighteenth century, during the reign of the fifth Tokugawa shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. Akō-han is demolished by the Tokugawa shogunate. Hotta Hayato is a ronin who is living a desperate life because of his sad past. But one day he starts working for Chisaka Takafusa, the Chief retainer of the Uesugi clan. The Uesugi clan and Chisaka are wary of Ōishi Kuranosuke and Ako Roshi's movements, so Chisaka orders Hotta to observe Ōishi Kuranosuke.
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Nichiren
Title: Nichiren
Released: March 10, 1979
Type: Movie
An epic drama about Nichiren's life. Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived for 60 years during the Kamakura period (1185-1333) in Japan. Nichiren taught devotion to the Lotus Sutra as the exclusive means to attain enlightenment. Because of his devout belief, Nichiren is met with opposition throught his travels, with life on the line, can Nichiren accomplish his goal?
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Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Title: Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Character: Naoko Anekoji
Released: October 29, 1977
Type: Movie
An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association.
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Sugata Sanshiro
Title: Sugata Sanshiro
Character: Omon
Released: October 29, 1977
Type: Movie
The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of physical skill, but an art which reveals the artist to himself.
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Curse of the Dog God
Title: Curse of the Dog God
Character: Kimiyo Tarumi
Released: June 18, 1977
Type: Movie
A trio of young scientists investigate a source of uranium at the base of a sacred mountain, and after running over a dog, find themselves cursed by the locals.
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Utamaro's World
Title: Utamaro's World
Character: Ochika
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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The Inugamis
Title: The Inugamis
Character: Koto Teacher
Released: October 16, 1976
Type: Movie
When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pitting blood against blood.
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Title: Akai Unmei
Released: April 23, 1976
Type: TV
The story of two girls switched in an orphanage.
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Title: Wounded Angels
Character: Ayabe Takako
Released: October 5, 1974
Type: TV
Two lovable idiot "private detectives" (or at least, that's their cover story —more like gangsters) try to make ends meet on the mean streets of Tokyo.
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Prophecies of Nostradamus
Title: Prophecies of Nostradamus
Character: Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy)
Released: July 13, 1974
Type: Movie
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.
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Title: Onna: Sono Ai no Series
Released: October 3, 1973
Type: TV
Collection of short stories about women in various periods of Japanese history. Based on famous Japanese novels.
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Journey Into Solitude
Title: Journey Into Solitude
Character: Mama, the girl's mother
Released: October 28, 1972
Type: Movie
Bored with her school life, a 16-year-old student leaves home to take a trip along the Pacific Ocean. After meeting with a theatre group she falls sick and is rescued by a fisherman with who she shares her life with.
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Sapporo Winter Olympics
Title: Sapporo Winter Olympics
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: June 24, 1972
Type: Movie
A documentary about the 1972 Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo, Japan.
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Title: New Moomin
Character: Moomin (voice)
Released: January 9, 1972
Type: TV
A remake of the 1969-70 Moomin series. This version is more closely based on the books by the Finnish illustrator and writer Tove Jansson.
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Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Title: Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Character: Sanko Otori
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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A Woman Called En
Title: A Woman Called En
Released: May 29, 1971
Type: Movie
Set at the end of the feudal period. A woman spends most of her early life in prison, incarcerated by political opponents of her father. When she is released at the age of 44, the power struggles of her clan continue to disturb her life and the man whom she loves.
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Title: Haru no Sakamichi
Character: Yodo-dono
Released: January 3, 1971
Type: TV
The story chronicles the life of Yagyū Munenori.
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Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Title: Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Character: Sanko Otori
Released: August 14, 1970
Type: Movie
The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they plan military expansion into Manchuria.
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Vixen
Title: Vixen
Character: Akie
Released: October 18, 1969
Type: Movie
Michi's first encounter with Nobuyuki Ishida, secretary to the chairman of a private school, takes place in the drawing room, when she attempts to swindle him out of two million yen for alleged rape by his son. Akie (Kyoko Kishida), Ishida's wife and the chairman's daughter, offers her a million, but he gives her what she demands. Now Michi is not only satisfied, but she has a mad desire for Ishida and calls him every day asking for a date. His sympathy for her gradually evolves into love, and he soon allows her insatiable passion to strip him of his decency.
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Title: Moomin
Character: Moomin (voice)
Released: October 5, 1969
Type: TV
Moomin is a Japanese anime series broadcast on the Fuji Television Network between 1969 and 1970. It is loosely based on the Moomin books by the Finnish author Tove Jansson.
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A Thousand and One Nights
Title: A Thousand and One Nights
Character: Miriam / Jaris (voice)
Released: June 14, 1969
Type: Movie
Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power.
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Where did Sharaku go?
Title: Where did Sharaku go?
Character: Oharu Tsutaya
Released: August 22, 1968
Type: Movie
Writer Jippensha Ikku hears Tsutaya Juzaburo, a wholesaler of picture books, mutter on his deathbed, "Where has Sharaku gone?" He begins to figure out the true identity of Sharaku, who disappeared after about 150 portraits of actors he created came out.
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The Time of Reckoning
Title: The Time of Reckoning
Released: June 29, 1968
Type: Movie
"The Time of Reckoning" transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful businessman with serious relationship problems involving three women: his wife of ten years who announces she is pregnant by another man; a mistress who wants to have a baby with him; and an ex-lover who claims he fathered her son.
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The Shogun and His Mistresses
Title: The Shogun and His Mistresses
Character: Urao
Released: July 30, 1967
Type: Movie
Three tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period.
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Title: ゴメスの名はゴメス
Released: April 27, 1967
Type: TV
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Mothers
Title: Mothers
Character: (voice)
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Documentary about the relationships between mothers and their children.
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The Face of Another
Title: The Face of Another
Character: Nurse
Released: July 15, 1966
Type: Movie
A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.
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Warm Current
Title: Warm Current
Character: Mikie Shima
Released: April 29, 1966
Type: Movie
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Conquest
Title: Conquest
Character: Kaoyo
Released: November 21, 1965
Type: Movie
Provincial 14th century governor Moronao, attracted to the wife of a court magistrate, tries to seduce her and when she rejects his advances plots to send her husband into battle.
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The School of Flesh
Title: The School of Flesh
Released: February 14, 1965
Type: Movie
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Love
Title: Love
Released: December 31, 1964
Type: Movie
A short experimental anime about a woman desperately in love. Made by Yoji Kuri, a well-known Japanese indie animator.
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Manji
Title: Manji
Character: Sonoko Kakiuchi
Released: July 25, 1964
Type: Movie
The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.
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Homicide
Title: Homicide
Character: Fumiko Ando
Released: June 20, 1964
Type: Movie
This film tells about the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Aikawa, the head of the Bureau of Military Affairs, about the beginning of the incident 2.26 and the execution of young officers.
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Brand of Evil
Title: Brand of Evil
Released: May 29, 1964
Type: Movie
A Japanese detective, Kikuchi, is framed for a murder and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency to investigate his case and investigates Mitsue Takazawa, the wife of a local trading firm whom is really a crime lord responsible for Kikuchi's imprisonment and now sets sights on Setsuko, a woman Kikuchi becomes romantically involved with.
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こんにちは赤ちゃん
Title: こんにちは赤ちゃん
Character: Ms Okiyama
Released: March 20, 1964
Type: Movie
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Love and Greed
Title: Love and Greed
Character: Yoko Saijyo
Released: February 24, 1964
Type: Movie
Namiko gets a crush on Ishizuka, a young CEO of a nightclub, but he was plotting to destroy her husband’s company by greenmail.
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Woman in the Dunes
Title: Woman in the Dunes
Character: The Woman
Released: February 15, 1964
Type: Movie
A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village and made to live with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.
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Title: Akō Rōshi
Character: Aguri
Released: January 5, 1964
Type: TV
"Ako Roshi" is a group of 47 former retainers of Lord Asano. Lord Asano was forced to commit suicide after attempting to kill Lord Kira. Once the retainers hear about their Lord's death, they sacrifice their lives to regain the honor of their former master.
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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Title: Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Character: Lady Hagi
Released: April 28, 1963
Type: Movie
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.
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Five Ronins
Title: Five Ronins
Released: March 3, 1963
Type: Movie
The story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl, Oichi, from an evil vassal.
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Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Title: Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Character: Inone
Released: December 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to assassinate the warlord before he completes his task.
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Being Two Isn't Easy
Title: Being Two Isn't Easy
Character: Chiyo's Friend
Released: November 18, 1962
Type: Movie
The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well as that of his parents.
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An Autumn Afternoon
Title: An Autumn Afternoon
Character: Madame Kaoru
Released: November 18, 1962
Type: Movie
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
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A Flame at the Pier
Title: A Flame at the Pier
Character: Reiko
Released: September 30, 1962
Type: Movie
A young dockworker who owes his life to his boss becomes embroiled in union activity on the Yokohama waterfront. The rebel Saburo works as an errand boy for a shipping company and vents his frustrations by plucking on the guitar.
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Human Zoo
Title: Human Zoo
Released: September 14, 1962
Type: Movie
A montage of scenes that describe how people can be as bad as animals.
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The Broken Commandment
Title: The Broken Commandment
Character: Inoko's wife
Released: April 6, 1962
Type: Movie
Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such discrimination.
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Love at the Fogged Harbor
Title: Love at the Fogged Harbor
Released: February 21, 1962
Type: Movie
A bittersweet love story between yakuza Hiroshi and a married woman Reiko.
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Night Mist Makes Women Cry
Title: Night Mist Makes Women Cry
Character: Yoshiko Hoshino
Released: February 4, 1962
Type: Movie
A love melodrama.
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Challenge to Live
Title: Challenge to Live
Released: June 17, 1961
Type: Movie
An employee at an oil cartel (Mihashi) is haunted by an act years before when he euthanized a fellow soldier when the two were adrift at sea during the Pacific War. Matters are complicated further when he falls in love with the soldier's younger sister (Tsukasa).
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Ten Dark Women
Title: Ten Dark Women
Character: Sayoko Goto
Released: May 3, 1961
Type: Movie
Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. However each woman would rather keep him alive, as long as she was the only woman in his life.
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The Harbor Lights
Title: The Harbor Lights
Released: February 26, 1961
Type: Movie
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The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Title: The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Character: Ryûko
Released: January 28, 1961
Type: Movie
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.
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Get 'em All
Title: Get 'em All
Character: Sally
Released: November 29, 1960
Type: Movie
Gang of robbers quarrel about the loot, but when one of them gets killed, his younger brother seeks them out to ice them one by one.
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Her Brother
Title: Her Brother
Character: Mrs. Tanuma
Released: November 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother.
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The Twilight Story
Title: The Twilight Story
Released: August 28, 1960
Type: Movie
In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher (at least he says he's unmarried) and falls in love. When she learns that he lied and is married to a woman whose child was fathered by another man, she is crushed. He returns to his wife. The woman becomes more distraught when she learns her uncle has misused the money she has sent. As the final straw, her mother dies, and the girl becomes sick.
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Temptation on Glamour Island
Title: Temptation on Glamour Island
Character: Sumiko Tsuboi
Released: January 15, 1959
Type: Movie
Comedy about three soldiers, two female reporters, six prostitutes, and the wife of an officer, all stranded on a South Seas island at the end of World War II.
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The Days of Evil Women
Title: The Days of Evil Women
Released: November 30, 1958
Type: Movie
The common-law wife and daughter of a wealthy old man plot to murder him and steal his fortune, with the help of their male acquaintances.
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The Lowest Man
Title: The Lowest Man
Character: Sakie
Released: September 7, 1958
Type: Movie
A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to kill him.
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Yaneura no Onna-tachi
Title: Yaneura no Onna-tachi
Released: May 14, 1956
Type: Movie
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Title: Cinépanorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1956
Type: TV
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An Inlet of Muddy Water
Title: An Inlet of Muddy Water
Released: November 23, 1953
Type: Movie
A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself in.