Takashi Kanda

Takashi Kanda

Born: April 14, 1918
Died: July 13, 1986
in Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan

Movies for Takashi Kanda...

My Neighbor's Wife 3
Title: My Neighbor's Wife 3
Released: January 31, 2018
Type: Movie
Even though he is newly married for six months, the husband can only sleep because of the overtime! Satsuki complains about an affair because of her dissatisfaction, and confides in her troubles with her neighbor Mizuki.
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Surgical Designs in Flames
Title: Surgical Designs in Flames
Released: May 24, 1986
Type: Movie
A story of the skilled brain surgeon, Todo, whose talent and ambition are put to test through a series of high risk surgical procedures.
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奥飛騨二重心中
Title: 奥飛騨二重心中
Character: Shunsuke Ebara
Released: November 30, 1985
Type: Movie
A man who lost his wife and a woman whose husband died have a fateful meeting in connection with a double suicide and fall madly in love.
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Fine, with Occasional Murders
Title: Fine, with Occasional Murders
Character: Hitoshi Tsuburaya, director
Released: May 26, 1984
Type: Movie
Kanako returns from the USA to a troubled mother who witnessed a man leaving a murder scene and is consequently under persistent threat. For the time being.
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Mermaid Legend
Title: Mermaid Legend
Character: Lawyer Daiji Hanaoka
Released: April 14, 1984
Type: Movie
After a woman is framed for the murder of her fisherman husband, she seeks out a bloody revenge on the corrupt businessmen responsible.
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The Yoshida School
Title: The Yoshida School
Character: Tadao Ohasa
Released: April 9, 1983
Type: Movie
Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history released, superimposed cast, a group image of real politicians centered on Shigeru Yoshida and political history after the war.
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Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
Title: Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
Released: July 10, 1982
Type: Movie
Samon Kamiyama, a skilled yoriki under Toyama Saemon-no-jō Kagemoto is feared and known to the villains as “Samon from the Hell.” Samon suspects that the drowning incident at the raw silk wholesaler Shinano-ya was the work of Maruya Rihei, a kimono wholesaler favored by the Ōoku, but has no evidence to prove his allegation. The elder Arao Tsushima-no-kami who is colluding with Maruya plan on building a gold mine on an uninhabited island using prisoners. Arao gives the supervision charge to Samon, who along with his comrades and Horikawa takes up his post on the island but is attacked by assassins one after another.
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Masterpiece Ghost Story Series: Makai Bancho Sarayashiki
Title: Masterpiece Ghost Story Series: Makai Bancho Sarayashiki
Released: August 7, 1981
Type: Movie
Japanese television horror movie from 1981.
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August without Emperor
Title: August without Emperor
Released: September 23, 1978
Type: Movie
Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.
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Case of the Disjointed Murder
Title: Case of the Disjointed Murder
Character: Toyo Kamiyama
Released: March 14, 1977
Type: Movie
In the summer of 1947, various men and women gather at a mansion in the countryside at the invitation of Kazuma Utagawa. They are artists, novelists, poets, painters, playwrights, actresses, etc. Then the murders begin, one after another. The incident seemed to have no continuity...
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Japan's Don
Title: Japan's Don
Released: January 22, 1977
Type: Movie
A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.
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Outlaw Cop
Title: Outlaw Cop
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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Solar Eclipse
Title: Solar Eclipse
Character: Leader of the next Administration
Released: September 6, 1975
Type: Movie
When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, greed and even murder are on the ballot.
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Title: Professional Killers
Released: September 2, 1972
Type: TV
A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...
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Human Target
Title: Human Target
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: Movie
At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was being arrested by detective Negoro, the detective's bullet struck Sakuko, Yamabe's girl friend who attempted to protect him, and crippled her. When Yamabe was sent to prison, Negoro cared for her and they fell in love. Sakuko asked him to marry her, but Negoro was reluctant to take the killer's sweetheart from him. Learning of the relationship of his girl friend and the detective, Yamabe had pledged revenge.
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Shadow of Deception
Title: Shadow of Deception
Released: February 10, 1971
Type: Movie
It was five years ago when Minako spent a night with Sozo, younger brother of her ex-husband. She now lives in a local town with a rich old man who owns a dry goods store. Minako travels to Tokyo on business every three months, during which time she continues to meet Sozo, who has married the daughter of his respected teacher.
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High-School Outcasts
Title: High-School Outcasts
Character: Gozo Matsubara
Released: December 16, 1970
Type: Movie
Tsutomu (Kensaku Morita), an orphan who once stabbed a man, is released from a reformatory and goes to Tottori, on the Japan Sea coast, to enter a high school. On the beach, he meets a young fisherman, Yusuke (Norihiko Yamamoto) also a student of the same school. They become friends and Tsutomu is offered free board at Yusuke's home.
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Forbidden Affair
Title: Forbidden Affair
Released: August 29, 1970
Type: Movie
Ryô is a young leopard, Maki a rhythmical wave. The barrier between a teacher and a student gives way to the passionate embrace of a man and a woman desperately in love.
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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Title: Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Released: October 16, 1969
Type: Movie
This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
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The SAKURA Code
Title: The SAKURA Code
Released: August 23, 1969
Type: Movie
Cold-blooded obligations and loyalty in the gambler's world.
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Lefty Fencer
Title: Lefty Fencer
Released: June 14, 1969
Type: Movie
As a child, Okin the one-armed one-eyed swordswoman was disfigured by Lord Daizen-dayu, who was after her family's most treasured possession, the famed Drenched Swallow sword. As an adult, she has become a skilled swordswoman and lives a carefree life with her adopted family. One day, Okin saves a girl from a group of yakuza, and in doing so, gets involved in a grand conspiracy involving religious leaders, government officials, the yakuza and Lord Daizen-dayu, the man who killed her father and mutilated her body...
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Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare
Title: Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare
Character: Hyogo Isobe
Released: December 1, 1968
Type: Movie
When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him.
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Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters
Title: Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters
Character: Reimon Tajimaya
Released: March 20, 1968
Type: Movie
A greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people out of a tenement building and destroy the shrine in back. But he makes the fatal mistake of hosting a 100 Ghost Stories ceremony without the closing cleansing ritual, opening the door for the Yokai Monsters to punish the wicked.
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Three Seconds to Zero Hour
Title: Three Seconds to Zero Hour
Character: Takashima
Released: October 21, 1967
Type: Movie
“I like shady dealings,” purrs undercover superspy Yabuki en route to infiltrating a sadistic, trigger-happy gang of international jewel thieves. Gone renegade from the shadowy espionage bureau that honed his killer instincts to a razor’s edge, the implacable Yabuki teams up with fellow mercenary crime fighter Yamawaki. Together, they follow a trail of stolen gems leading from the final days of WWII to a contemporary conspiracy that reaches into the highest corridors of corporate power and nefarious international villainy.
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Massacre Gun
Title: Massacre Gun
Character: Akazawa
Released: September 6, 1967
Type: Movie
Kuroda is a mob hitman who turns on his employers after being forced to execute his lover. Joining forces with his similarly wronged brothers, hot-headed Eiji and aspiring boxer Saburo, the trio escalate their mob retaliation to all-out turf war where no one will stop until one faction emerges victorious.
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A Fallen Woman
Title: A Fallen Woman
Character: Detective
Released: June 28, 1967
Type: Movie
The daughter of a Prime Minister turns down the proposal of a young teacher when she falls for the wrong man. Despite the continual degradation by the man she loves, she is unwilling to leave her awful relationship.
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Fearless Comrades
Title: Fearless Comrades
Released: October 8, 1966
Type: Movie
The first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but decided to leave after his best friend died a brutal death at the hands of the gang leader. He goes on a trip with a guitar in his hand and ends up in Yokohama. The guitar he plays at the bar in the evening was given to him by his late best friend. At the bar, Kosuke meets Kumagoro. Kosuke saves Kumagoro from bandits. Kumagoro is a funny man, he came to this city to reunite with the woman he swore to marry. Kosuke decides to settle in this city and help him find his beloved, but the future of this city is not cloudless either, because the cruel Yakuza is in power in the city, and soon Kosuke will have to fight with him...
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Dynamite Doctor Returns
Title: Dynamite Doctor Returns
Released: September 17, 1966
Type: Movie
Second movie in the yoidore hakase serie
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Return of Giant Majin
Title: Return of Giant Majin
Character: Lord Danjô Mikoshiba
Released: August 13, 1966
Type: Movie
The tyrannical Lord Danjo Mikoshiba covets the rich, fertile lands surrounding Lake Yakumo. During a memorial ceremony for the late Chigusa lord, Mikoshiba launches an attack, overthrowing the honorable Lord Juro. Just when all seems lost, Daimajin rises from Lake Yakumo to settle a score of his own.
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Night of Sorrow
Title: Night of Sorrow
Character: Eiji Uzuki
Released: March 27, 1966
Type: Movie
A young lawyer looking for a true culprit to save his innocent friend. But behind the case is the father of a woman he loves.
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The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil
Title: The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil
Released: January 27, 1966
Type: Movie
The fictional land "Pandora" sends three (numbered) graduates of the "National Gambling University" to Japan. You should defeat the master player Kôji, control the international casino empire and use the profits to achieve world domination. But Japan's most famous left hand knows what to do.
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The Hoodlum Soldier Deserts Again
Title: The Hoodlum Soldier Deserts Again
Released: January 3, 1966
Type: Movie
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The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
Title: The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
Released: September 4, 1965
Type: Movie
Japanese horror film directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi.
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The Stars and I Decided...
Title: The Stars and I Decided...
Character: Yusaku Amemiya
Released: August 14, 1965
Type: Movie
The brother of an up-and-coming kendoka is mysteriously murdered while working on a new model of motorboat.
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Young Boss: Prison Release
Title: Young Boss: Prison Release
Released: August 14, 1965
Type: Movie
The further adventures of Takeshi Nanjo, the Young Boss.
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Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi
Title: Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi
Released: April 3, 1965
Type: Movie
Nezumi Kozō is the nickname of Nakamura Jirokichi, a Japanese thief and folk hero who lived in Edo during the Edo period. His exploits have been commemorated in kabuki theatre, folk songs, jidaigeki, and modern pop culture.
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Title: Taikouki
Character: Niwa Nagahide
Released: January 3, 1965
Type: TV
Based on the life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi (February 2, 1537 – September 18, 1598) a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan.
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The Boss
Title: The Boss
Released: January 3, 1965
Type: Movie
Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous way. Nakagami, the head of the Kanto Joseikai, is ordered to acquire the rights to work to level the reclaimed land and prevent the Doshikai from expanding from Kansai into Tokyo, but the interference of the Koda-gumi, associated with the Kansai Doshikai, intensifies. Nakagami's younger brother Hayami, unhappy that the situation is moving slowly, tries to blackmail the mayor into moving forward, but... A true Toei gangster film with an all-star cast including Koji Tsuruta and Ken Takakura!
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Police Department Story Pt.24: Missing
Title: Police Department Story Pt.24: Missing
Character: Chief Detective
Released: December 5, 1964
Type: Movie
Two people disappeared, engineers of the company Yamato Matsui and Koyama. The two worked overtime, and it is proven that they consumed alcohol together. According to the sushi restaurant employee who delivered the order around 9 p.m., the two were arguing loudly. Traces of blood were found at the scene, and it looks like a murder occurred. The Investigative Department begins an investigation… The 24nd work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.
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Homicide
Title: Homicide
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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Main Street in the Underworld
Title: Main Street in the Underworld
Released: April 25, 1964
Type: Movie
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The Desperate
Title: The Desperate
Released: April 18, 1964
Type: Movie
A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its depths. Ace detective Sugai (Oki Minoru) pursues Chiyo (Hara Chisako), the mistress of a man who was arrested for extortion, and takes advantage of her weakness. However, as his colleague Tokumochi (Hisashi Igawa) and others regard him with suspicion, he is tormented by remorse.
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Police Department Story Pt.23: Confession
Title: Police Department Story Pt.23: Confession
Character: Chief Detective
Released: February 23, 1964
Type: Movie
The corpse of a man is found in the Dobu River in Tokyo, the victim was a man named Genzaburo Sakai, who was engaged in debt collection. The shoe shiner Kinoshita, who was in debt to Sakai, was soon apprehended. During interrogation, Kinoshita said that he was the one who killed Sakai. However, after a while, he admitted that he lied, because he thought that in prison he could eat plenty of rice for free. The investigation established that Sakai was a repatriate from Manchuria, and after returning to Japan, he had a wife, Rie Kawai. The investigation begins the search for Rie... The 23nd work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.
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Judo Hall Demon
Title: Judo Hall Demon
Released: February 2, 1964
Type: Movie
Sequel to the movie Judo Ichidai (Judo Life) with Sonny Chiba
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A Life of Intimidation
Title: A Life of Intimidation
Released: December 7, 1963
Type: Movie
Japanese action film.
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Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Title: Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Released: October 20, 1963
Type: Movie
A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era.
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Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
Title: Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
Released: August 14, 1963
Type: Movie
In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission of learning; with the introduction of his arch-rival Sasaki Kojiro; and lastly the large cast of characters rendezvouses for a fateful finale.
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Duel of the Underworld
Title: Duel of the Underworld
Released: July 13, 1963
Type: Movie
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Police Department Story Pt.22: Teenage Footsteps
Title: Police Department Story Pt.22: Teenage Footsteps
Character: Chief Detective
Released: July 7, 1963
Type: Movie
A 16-year-old high school student Midori Matsumoto was found dead on the banks of the Tama River. The only clue is shoe marks on rubber soles. From the interview of witnesses, it became clear that Midori was walking with a guy last night. In addition, it turned out that Midori was close to a college student Kimoto, and a high school student Miyazaki. According to his friends, Miyazaki had an alibi, but Kimoto did not. A unique work in which the problems of teenage sex are considered from the point of view of the murder of a girl. The 21nd work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.
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Police Precinct Part 21
Title: Police Precinct Part 21
Character: Chief Detective
Released: June 14, 1963
Type: Movie
A burnt corpse of a man was found in Okutama. As a result of the investigation, it turns out that the criminal strangled the victim with a bandage, smashed his face with an oil canister and burned the body, trying to hide the identity of the victim. But the investigation establishes that the victim is a former criminal named Hisashi Sayama. According to the daughter-in-law of the Sayama, a man named Kitamura got him a job, so he left home with a copy of the family register. Trying to find the killer, the First Investigation Department is investigating all over the country, including Akita, Yokkaichi and Okinawa.
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Judo Life
Title: Judo Life
Released: April 21, 1963
Type: Movie
Sonny Chiba in an adaption from Ryutaro Kondo work
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The Big Boss
Title: The Big Boss
Released: April 12, 1963
Type: Movie
A shooting incident occurs at the Asahina family gambling hall in Tokyo's Joto district. It is the work of Gaijin boss Brown and his henchman Yamaoka, whose territory is in the Jonan district, in response to Kikuya, the head of the Asahina family, refusing to join the Syndicate. Yamaoka relentlessly pursues the Asahina family and uses his brother Komatsu to kill Shibaki, Kikuya's brother, who owns Nagoya territory. When Kikuya receives information that a general meeting of the Brown and Yamaoka Syndicate is to be held in Nagoya, he is determined to root out the syndicate and rushes to Nagoya, ready to die...
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Police Department Story Pt.20: Backing Investigation
Title: Police Department Story Pt.20: Backing Investigation
Character: Chief Detective
Released: February 10, 1963
Type: Movie
This time, the investigation division is investigating the case of a man who confessed to killing a woman in a labyrinth 2 years ago, adhering to the constitutional provision that "confessing a suspect is not a crime." The 20nd work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.
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Fearful Witch
Title: Fearful Witch
Released: December 16, 1962
Type: Movie
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Operation Diamond
Title: Operation Diamond
Released: December 9, 1962
Type: Movie
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The King
Title: The King
Released: November 23, 1962
Type: Movie
The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneducated zori sandal maker, becomes a professional shogi player through his genius shogi skills and lives a fanatically devoted shogi game supported by the love of his family. This is the 3rd adaptation of Hideji Hojo's famous play.
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Gang vs. G-Men
Title: Gang vs. G-Men
Character: Police Department Fujikawa
Released: November 2, 1962
Type: Movie
Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.
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Hell's Kitchen
Title: Hell's Kitchen
Released: October 12, 1962
Type: Movie
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Hibari's Tale of Pathos
Title: Hibari's Tale of Pathos
Released: October 6, 1962
Type: Movie
Hibari Misora plays a singing guide, who is secretly in love, her fortunes turn for the worse when a gangster’s henchman hears her singing and takes a liking to her beautiful voice. The trouble starts when her family borrows money from the gangsters, setting off a series of incidents which lead to tragedy.
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Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain
Title: Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain
Released: September 22, 1962
Type: Movie
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365 Nights
Title: 365 Nights
Released: September 9, 1962
Type: Movie
A touching drama about a love triangle between a young architect, Koroku, and two women, Ranko and Teruko. Ranko comes from a wealthy family and is offering to repay Koroku’s family debts in exchange for marriage, but Koroku is in love with his landlord’s daughter, Teruko. Things are further complicated when the wicked Tsugawa takes interest in both women, for his own marriage.
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Mid-August Commotion
Title: Mid-August Commotion
Released: August 22, 1962
Type: Movie
A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General Staff of the Konoe Division on the eve of the end of the Pacific War.
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Hibari the Traveling Performer
Title: Hibari the Traveling Performer
Released: August 12, 1962
Type: Movie
Kimie, a traveling guitarist, performs at various inns at help out her sickly mother. One night while out with her mother, Otoshi, Kimie unexpectedly sees her father, who had abandoned the family 20 years ago. Her hopes for a happy reunion are quickly dashed as her father, having married into a wealthy family, wants nothing to do with her. Will Kimie be able to regain her father’s love?
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The Sentencer
Title: The Sentencer
Released: August 4, 1962
Type: Movie
A man challenges a territorial fight between gangs.
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Police Department Story Pt.19: Landfill
Title: Police Department Story Pt.19: Landfill
Character: Chief Detective
Released: July 29, 1962
Type: Movie
In the former landfill, where construction is currently underway, the corpse of a middle-aged man with an unusual rosary in his hand was dug up. An autopsy showed that the victim was about 40 years old, 170 cm tall, had bad teeth, and had been strangled about a month ago. The police department begins an investigation, Detectives Hayashi and Kitagawa set out to investigate the origin of the rosary, and Detectives Nagata and Watanabe begin interviewing construction workers. In the end, it turns out that the rosary belongs to some new religion... The 19th work from the series "Keishicho Monogatari".
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Police Department Story Pt.18: Mysterious Red Phone
Title: Police Department Story Pt.18: Mysterious Red Phone
Character: Chief Detective
Released: June 24, 1962
Type: Movie
The investigation team of the police department is chasing a vicious criminal who kidnaps children, the key to catching the villain this time is the phone. The 18th work from the series "Keishicho Monogatari".
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Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
Title: Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
Released: May 9, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Sazen Tange: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon
Title: Sazen Tange: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon
Character: Gamo Taiken
Released: April 17, 1962
Type: Movie
This movie depicts a familiar samurai Tange Sazen story realistically. A Tange loses one of his eyes and arms in an attempt to recover a masterpiece sword for his lord. However, his efforts are not appreciated and he becomes a man of hatred.
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The Challenge
Title: The Challenge
Released: March 28, 1962
Type: Movie
Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the cover-up of a murder on an American base during the Allied Occupation. The film rolls along as a suspenseful thriller while offering a critique of political corruption, hypocrisy, and journalistic cowardice in postwar Japan.
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The Escape
Title: The Escape
Released: March 14, 1962
Type: Movie
Film about the 2-26 Incident.
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Pleasant Company
Title: Pleasant Company
Released: March 7, 1962
Type: Movie
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Run, Genta, Run!
Title: Run, Genta, Run!
Released: November 22, 1961
Type: Movie
A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.
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Devil's Nursery Rhyme
Title: Devil's Nursery Rhyme
Character: Inspector Isokawa
Released: November 15, 1961
Type: Movie
1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.
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Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
Title: Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
Character: Kyozo Tajima
Released: October 22, 1961
Type: Movie
Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor.
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The Yellow Climate
Title: The Yellow Climate
Released: September 23, 1961
Type: Movie
Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
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Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
Title: Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
Released: September 13, 1961
Type: Movie
Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba returns as the reckless son of a private detective takes on the case of a minor league baseball pitcher who disappears right before signing a contract into the major leagues. Meanwhile, the body of an orthopedist is discovered in the river.
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Police Precinct Part 17
Title: Police Precinct Part 17
Character: Chief Detective
Released: September 13, 1961
Type: Movie
The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night before, and the evidence, in addition to shoe horns and handkerchiefs, is soap with the name of the tavern. When detectives at Shiogama Station followed the man's tracks, it turned out that he had come from Ueno.
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Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
Title: Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
Character: Todoroki
Released: August 13, 1961
Type: Movie
Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan’s friend in Arizona.
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Man with the Funky Hat
Title: Man with the Funky Hat
Released: August 5, 1961
Type: Movie
Ichiro (Chiba) is a scrappy little sport in a big car and funny hat always looking for some fun and some extra cash on the side. He and his friends get themselves involved in some shady business dealings involving a kidnapping.
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Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
Title: Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
Released: June 22, 1961
Type: Movie
Fukasaku and Chiba are back in a sequel filmed with the same cast and released just two weeks after the first film. This time the storyline is set in a small seaside town and the film favours detective and watadori film influences over westerns. Like its predecessor, the film runs barely over one hour and never drags. It’s a little less goofy, but doesn’t have as beautiful landscapes the first movie had. Not an especially good film, but for fans of Fukasaku and Chiba it’s an entertaining if flawed 60 minutes.
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Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
Title: Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
Character: Kito Daisaku
Released: June 9, 1961
Type: Movie
The great Sonny Chiba stars as Goro Saionji, a drifting thrill-seeker. Out to investigate a suspisious plane crash in the Red Valley, he uncovers a plot involving yakuza and a shady land developer to evict an old farmer off of his land to build a sky resort. Goro must now help the old farmer and his daughter and take those criminals on.
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Tenka no Kaidanji Senpû Tarô
Title: Tenka no Kaidanji Senpû Tarô
Released: February 14, 1961
Type: Movie
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Police Department Story Pt.16: 15 Year Old Woman
Title: Police Department Story Pt.16: 15 Year Old Woman
Released: February 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Detectives of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old girl, whose strangled corpse was found in the bay of the Tama River. As usual, the film runs only one hour and doesn’t depart too far from the usual formula; however, it greatly benefits from frequent outdoor locations that were missing from the previous film. It also touches far more serious topics, such as child abuse and mental insanity. 16th work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.
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Hell's Juggler
Title: Hell's Juggler
Released: January 15, 1961
Type: Movie
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Invasion of the Neptune Men
Title: Invasion of the Neptune Men
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Clumsy invaders from Neptune are thwarted by hero Space Chief and a nondescript group of microshort-wearing Japanese kids.
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If You're Man Enough
Title: If You're Man Enough
Released: November 29, 1960
Type: Movie
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World War III Breaks Out
Title: World War III Breaks Out
Released: October 19, 1960
Type: Movie
The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is ultimately evacuated as the two superpowers invoke the 'nuclear option'.
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Deep River Melody
Title: Deep River Melody
Released: September 13, 1960
Type: Movie
A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.
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The Sand City in Manchuria
Title: The Sand City in Manchuria
Character: Mayor
Released: August 24, 1960
Type: Movie
When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.
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Man of the World 2
Title: Man of the World 2
Released: July 13, 1960
Type: Movie
An upstanding young man’s racy adventure filled with conspiracies and love.
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Police Precinct Part 14
Title: Police Precinct Part 14
Character: Chief Investigator
Released: June 21, 1960
Type: Movie
An elderly woman, Ume Matsumoto, complained to the First Investigation Department that her son Hirasaka, who runs a shoe store, had disappeared. The ominous foreboding of the First Investigation Department hit the mark, it turned out that the discovered unidentified body of the drowned man was Hirasaka. Moreover, the land in front of the station, owned by Hirasaka, was sold by someone. Suspecting that this is a planned murder, the Investigative Group, fearing the escape of the criminal, begins to act secretly, without creating an investigation headquarters.
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Police Precinct Part 13
Title: Police Precinct Part 13
Character: Chief Investigator
Released: June 7, 1960
Type: Movie
On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was determined. Detectives Hayashi, Kaneko, Nagata and Yamagata begin their investigation, suspecting the parents of the murdered child. They use a towel, baby diapers and bruises on the baby's body as clues in the investigation. Who killed the baby?
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
Title: The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
Released: March 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.
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Police Precinct Part 12
Title: Police Precinct Part 12
Released: January 27, 1960
Type: Movie
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Speed Crazy
Title: Speed Crazy
Released: December 20, 1959
Type: Movie
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Four Hours of Terror
Title: Four Hours of Terror
Released: September 30, 1959
Type: Movie
Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.
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Tokyo Detective Girl
Title: Tokyo Detective Girl
Released: September 23, 1959
Type: Movie
Woman private eye Emiko goes undercover to reveal the truth of a murder case.
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Keishichō monogatari iryū-hin nashi
Title: Keishichō monogatari iryū-hin nashi
Released: September 15, 1959
Type: Movie
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Keishichō monogatari 108 gōsha
Title: Keishichō monogatari 108 gōsha
Released: June 9, 1959
Type: Movie
1959 Japanese movie
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Hell's Companion
Title: Hell's Companion
Released: June 1, 1959
Type: Movie
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Prince of Space
Title: Prince of Space
Character: Inspector Takeda
Released: May 19, 1959
Type: Movie
Attracted by the report of the development of a new type of rocket fuel, the vicious dictator of Krangkor, the dark planet, descends on Earth to steal the formula from its creator, the benevolent Dr. Makin.
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A Dead Drifter
Title: A Dead Drifter
Released: May 13, 1959
Type: Movie
A Dead Drifter / Hyoryû shitaî
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Hahakogusa
Title: Hahakogusa
Released: April 22, 1959
Type: Movie
Based on the Nobu Koito story
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The Boy Detectives Club – The Enemy Is an Atomic Submarine
Title: The Boy Detectives Club – The Enemy Is an Atomic Submarine
Released: March 25, 1959
Type: Movie
Ninth and final film in the Boy Detectives Club series. Features Tatsuo Umemiya's film debut.
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The Tokyo Dame
Title: The Tokyo Dame
Released: March 17, 1959
Type: Movie
A young woman tries to keep her family together after her father disowns her sister.
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Keishichō monogatari gao no nai on'na
Title: Keishichō monogatari gao no nai on'na
Released: February 18, 1959
Type: Movie
1959 Japanese movie
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Eyes of Mother and Daughter
Title: Eyes of Mother and Daughter
Released: February 4, 1959
Type: Movie
Japanese drama film.
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The Happy Family
Title: The Happy Family
Released: January 28, 1959
Type: Movie
Japanese family drama.
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Sister with Sister
Title: Sister with Sister
Character: President Sekiguchi
Released: December 9, 1958
Type: Movie
Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker.
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Points and Lines
Title: Points and Lines
Character: Sayama's brother
Released: November 11, 1958
Type: Movie
Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the truth behind an apparent double suicide.
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The Naked Sun
Title: The Naked Sun
Released: October 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-future, have enough money to get married. As they have agreed on this procedure, it comes as a shock to the young woman to find out from her husband-to-be that he just loaned all the money they had saved to a friend. She is understandably miffed, and a big disagreement results. But after some time goes by, she discovers why the friend needed the money so badly, and the couple are back on solid footing again.
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Police Precinct Part 8
Title: Police Precinct Part 8
Released: June 22, 1958
Type: Movie
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Police Precinct Part 7
Title: Police Precinct Part 7
Released: June 10, 1958
Type: Movie
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The Boy Detectives Club – The No-Headed Man
Title: The Boy Detectives Club – The No-Headed Man
Released: March 25, 1958
Type: Movie
Eighth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
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The Boy Detectives Club – The Invisible Fiend
Title: The Boy Detectives Club – The Invisible Fiend
Released: February 25, 1958
Type: Movie
Seventh film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
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Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
Title: Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
Released: December 22, 1957
Type: Movie
After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department began canvassing the area around the crime scene. As a result, they found a wallet with bloodstains that seemed to belong to the victim, a woman's wallet that did not fit the field, earrings, and other valuable materials, which led them on a foot search. The woman's purse had been picked up by a male prostitute on the subway, and from the prostitute's testimony, they were able to identify the pickpocket's face, but the next day, the man was found dead in a road accident, apparently murdered.
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Jet Air Base 101
Title: Jet Air Base 101
Character: Ono
Released: December 15, 1957
Type: Movie
Japanese war film.
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The Eleventh Hour
Title: The Eleventh Hour
Character: Tachibana
Released: November 24, 1957
Type: Movie
Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to rescue a group of trapped miners. The title is a figure of speech — (essentially “last minute” or “eleventh hour”) — that refers to a situation of peril. The film boasts a script co-written by Uchida and Akira Kurosawa’s frequent screenwriter, Shinobu Hashimoto, and stars Kurosawa’s frequent star Takashi Shimura.
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The Story of Pure Love
Title: The Story of Pure Love
Released: October 15, 1957
Type: Movie
Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial laborers who can get little pay, society outcasts, and of course, lovers. Junai Monogatari depicts, mostly, their struggles within the Japanese reformatory system and Mitsuko's worsening sickness.
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Police Precinct Part 5
Title: Police Precinct Part 5
Character: Chief Investigator
Released: August 28, 1957
Type: Movie
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The Boy Detectives Club – The Glow-in-the-Dark Monster
Title: The Boy Detectives Club – The Glow-in-the-Dark Monster
Released: August 11, 1957
Type: Movie
Sixth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
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The Boy Detectives Club – The Revenge of Twenty Faces
Title: The Boy Detectives Club – The Revenge of Twenty Faces
Released: August 6, 1957
Type: Movie
Fifth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
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Employee Full of Fight
Title: Employee Full of Fight
Released: March 13, 1957
Type: Movie
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Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon
Title: Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon
Released: February 19, 1957
Type: Movie
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Cantankerous Edo
Title: Cantankerous Edo
Released: January 9, 1957
Type: Movie
It's fighting fires and swordsmen with a touch of music in this free-for-all of action and excitement combining the talents of Japan's most popular couple... Misora Hibari and Okawa Hashizo. Along with the great Otomo Rytaro as Tatsugoro the fire chief, they keep Edo safe as part of the famed Megumi Fire Squad.
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Police Precinct: The Left-Handed Killer
Title: Police Precinct: The Left-Handed Killer
Character: Chief Investigator
Released: December 11, 1956
Type: Movie
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The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces
Title: The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces
Released: November 14, 1956
Type: Movie
Second film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
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Mysteries of Edo
Title: Mysteries of Edo
Released: November 7, 1956
Type: Movie
A princess in disguise, Oshichi launches an investigation to reveal the truth about the disappearance of young women in Edo.
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The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantom
Title: The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantom
Released: November 7, 1956
Type: Movie
First film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
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Manchurian Sunset
Title: Manchurian Sunset
Character: Major Nakayama
Released: September 18, 1956
Type: Movie
A film adaptation of the original novel by Kazuo Dan. This exciting film, set in Asia on the eve of violent changes, tells the story of a young man Rinnosuke Date, who, following his dream, love and passion, breaks through the blood- and dust-drenched land of Manchuria with a pistol in a piercing wind.
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旗本退屈男 謎の幽霊船
Title: 旗本退屈男 謎の幽霊船
Released: July 12, 1956
Type: Movie
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Virtue in Spades
Title: Virtue in Spades
Released: May 3, 1956
Type: Movie
Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.
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The Chop Professor
Title: The Chop Professor
Released: April 4, 1956
Type: Movie
Junpei Kihara, a young president of the University's wrestling club, is nicknamed "Mr. Chop". One day, on the way back from visiting the hospital after being thrown by Nobuyoshi Shinohara during practice and injured, he met Asako, the sister of Arisawa's mother, Katsuko. When they entering a coffee shop run by Asako's best friend Hisako, Hisako misunderstood them as lovers...
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Police Precinct Part 2
Title: Police Precinct Part 2
Character: Chief Investigator
Released: March 8, 1956
Type: Movie
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Police Precinct
Title: Police Precinct
Released: February 18, 1956
Type: Movie
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Denko karate uchi
Title: Denko karate uchi
Released: January 29, 1956
Type: Movie
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Five Paths to Revenge
Title: Five Paths to Revenge
Released: January 22, 1956
Type: Movie
The orphaned son of a count who was assassinated by his subordinates in a conspiracy during the Pacific War becomes obsessed with taking revenge on his late father's enemies.
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旗本退屈男謎の伏魔殿
Title: 旗本退屈男謎の伏魔殿
Released: December 25, 1955
Type: Movie
In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Sosuke Saotome, appears and helps a woman being chased by a spy named Genshichi. Unfortunately, the woman is shot and killed. Later, Genshichi explains that the woman was a member of a band of thieves, and because she was let go once, the police officer, Genjuro Mazaki, was demoted to a desk job. Consumed by guilt, Boredom Otoko...
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Mune yori mune ni
Title: Mune yori mune ni
Character: Oka
Released: December 6, 1955
Type: Movie
Japanese drama
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The Black Hooded Man 2
Title: The Black Hooded Man 2
Character: Kondo Isami
Released: August 7, 1955
Type: Movie
The mysterious black hooded man, Kurozukin, helps transport funds raised to fight against the government.
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Minamoto Yoshitsune
Title: Minamoto Yoshitsune
Released: July 30, 1955
Type: Movie
A historical scroll depicting the story of the tragic fate of the young samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune, based on the novel by Genzo Murakami. The action of the first part takes place in the late Heian period, when the Taira clan came to power, and Genji was oppressed. The great dream and ambitions of Genkuro Yoshitsune in his youth are depicted, he joins forces with his older brother Yoritomo to raise an army to defeat the Taira clan, and the second part depicts the fall of the clan, persecution and murder.
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Ai Sureba Koso
Title: Ai Sureba Koso
Character: Master (segment 1)
Released: July 5, 1955
Type: Movie
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Hirado Pirates
Title: Hirado Pirates
Released: June 7, 1955
Type: Movie
In the 9th year of the Tempo era, after a long sea voyage, Moritaya Seizo returned to Hirado, who earned huge amounts of gold by piracy. Along the way, he picked up Ichinojo Kaneko, a Ronin who survived the disaster at sea. Seizo and Orin, the daughter of merchant Yohei, are in love with each other and want to get married. However, Kashiwakura Gaiki, the samurai of the domain, wants to kill Seizo for the sake of his son Shozaburo, who is in love with Arin, and Kurando Matsuura, the owner of the castle, wants to seize all the gold for himself...
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The Black Hooded Man
Title: The Black Hooded Man
Character: Matsudaira Mondonosho
Released: April 5, 1955
Type: Movie
A mysterious black hooded man intervenes when an anti-government group who plots to steal the precious blue diamond called “Maguna no Hitomi.”
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The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
Title: The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
Released: January 9, 1955
Type: Movie
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旗本退屈男 謎の百万両
Title: 旗本退屈男 謎の百万両
Released: August 31, 1954
Type: Movie
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The Ditch
Title: The Ditch
Released: July 27, 1954
Type: Movie
Toku, a factory worker gives food to a starving woman, Tsuru, who then follows him home. He shares a shack in a shanty village in Kawasaki with his friend Pin-chan. The two men try to get rid of her but then let her stay when she gives them money. Tsuru tells the people of the village that she lost her job due to a strike, then was robbed of her severance pay, then sold to a brothel in Tsuchiura. She ran away with a friend from Kawasaki. Toku and Pin-chan sell her to a geisha house and spend the money. She is thrown out. The owner demands his money back. Tsuru earns the money to pay their debt by working as a prostitute outside the station. The other prostitutes beat her. She fends them off with a policeman's revolver and is then shot dead by the police.
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The Street Without Sun
Title: The Street Without Sun
Character: Man with glasses
Released: June 24, 1954
Type: Movie
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Cape Ashizuri
Title: Cape Ashizuri
Released: May 18, 1954
Type: Movie
1950s Japanese drama.
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Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten
Title: Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten
Character: Yasugorô Inoue
Released: March 24, 1954
Type: Movie
Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten: Kiyoshi Saeki directed movie
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The End of a Day
Title: The End of a Day
Released: February 3, 1954
Type: Movie
Military doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts during the war in the Philippines with a local girl. The officer in command orders Lieutenant Uji to shoot Hanada. Uji takes a sharpshooter called Takagi and tracks him. At first Uji cannot forgive Hanada but as Uji is isolated from the main force he too starts to think of desertion.
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Kaiketsu kuro zukin
Title: Kaiketsu kuro zukin
Released: November 29, 1953
Type: Movie
First film of the The Black Hooded Man series.
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Hiroshima
Title: Hiroshima
Character: Senda
Released: October 7, 1953
Type: Movie
The film shows the bombing of Hiroshima and the horrific aftermath following the detonation of an atomic bomb on humans for the first time in history.
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At the End of the Clouds
Title: At the End of the Clouds
Released: June 9, 1953
Type: Movie
A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.
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Tower of Lilies
Title: Tower of Lilies
Released: January 9, 1953
Type: Movie
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.
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Vacuum Zone
Title: Vacuum Zone
Character: Troop Commander Mine
Released: December 10, 1952
Type: Movie
Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his term for theft. Told in flashback, viewers learn about Kitani's past and reasons behind his prison sentence.
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Become a Mother, Become a Woman
Title: Become a Mother, Become a Woman
Character: Kenji Takase
Released: January 17, 1952
Type: Movie
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Scandal
Title: Scandal
Released: April 26, 1950
Type: Movie
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.
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Street of Violence
Title: Street of Violence
Character: Masuyama
Released: February 26, 1950
Type: Movie
An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.
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Sad Whistling
Title: Sad Whistling
Character: Yamaguchi
Released: October 24, 1949
Type: Movie
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A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Title: A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Character: Suzuki
Released: September 18, 1948
Type: Movie
Four unlucky pirates head to a weather tracking station set on a remote island with the intention of holding the weather trackers as hostages and assaulting their next incoming supply ship; but at the station they are told that a serious typhoon is on the way, so the ship will be delayed.
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Great X
Title: Great X
Released: May 7, 1948
Type: Movie
A 1948 Japanese film.
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Temptation
Title: Temptation
Released: April 1, 1948
Type: Movie
A young lawyer falls in love with the daughter of his former professor, whom he's hired to tutor his children.
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Shachō to onna tenin
Title: Shachō to onna tenin
Released: January 7, 1948
Type: Movie
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The Ball at the Anjo House
Title: The Ball at the Anjo House
Character: Tooyama
Released: September 27, 1947
Type: Movie
After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the family holds one last ball before leaving.
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The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
Title: The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
Released: April 1, 1947
Type: Movie
The film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five men ate an elephant that died in a zoo. The elephant's corpse however, was infested with deadly bacteria and the men have only 30 hours left to live...