Daisuke Katō
Daisuke Katō (加東 大介 Katō Daisuke, February 18, 1911 – July 31, 1975) was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 150 films, including Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as the loyal comrade Shichiroji), Rashomon, Yojimbo (as the "wild pig" Inokichi), Ikiru, and Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy and Chushingura.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8707 |
| Birthday | 1911-02-18 |
| Place of Birth | Tokyo, Japan |
| Also Known As | 加東大介, 加东大介, 市川莚司, |
1950
Rashomon
8.03/2541
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
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Rashomon
1956
Early Spring
7.5/97
A young salaryman and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he embarks on an extramarital affair.
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Early Spring
1954
Turbid Youth
9/1
Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at the indignation of the chairman Hayash...
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Turbid Youth
1948
G-Men of Japan
0/0
The investigative unit of the Metropolitan Police Department organized a special investigative team to uncover a series of frequent gang robberies and...
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G-Men of Japan
1961
Yojimbo
8.08/1707
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the loca...
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Yojimbo
1962
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1949
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
0/0
The purple hood reveals the embezzlement of public money by officials. A remake of Masahiro Makino's 1923 film.
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Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
1952
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
0/0
Part one of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.
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Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1961
The End of Summer
7.5/109
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mis...
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The End of Summer
1952
Mother
7/20
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
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Mother
1950
G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
0/0
The second part of an action-packed action movie about the struggle between smugglers, the Japanese Coast Guard and G-men. Having caught a suspicious...
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G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
1956
Dotanba
6/1
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 contempor...
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Dotanba
1952
The Life of Oharu
7.691/196
During the Edo Period, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
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The Life of Oharu
1952
Forty-Eight Man
8/1
Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki
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Forty-Eight Man
1962
Chûshingura
7.1/47
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their hon...
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Chûshingura
1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
9/1
1962 Japanese movie
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Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1952
恐妻時代
0/0
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恐妻時代
1953
An Edoite Judge
0/0
Period film about a feudal era judge living in Edo
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An Edoite Judge
1941
The 47 Ronin
6.9/77
In the early 18th-century, Lord Takumi-no-kami Asano, feuding with Lord Kira, tries to kill his opponent in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The...
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The 47 Ronin
1949
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
0/0
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The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman
8/1
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Shimizu Port Salaryman
1964
Hail the 3 Gents
8/1
A lighthearted satire of Japan’s postwar corporate elite, The Executive Gentleman’s Register blends farce, romance, and boardroom comedy with the poli...
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Hail the 3 Gents
1956
Outlaw island
0/0
The southern tip of Shikoku. This village, surrounded by a bay, where, according to legend, the former warriors of the Heike clan settled, is famous f...
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Outlaw island
1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
7/1
1962 Japanese movie
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Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1950
A Man from Akagi
0/0
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A Man from Akagi
1954
Mako Osorubeshi
0/0
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Mako Osorubeshi
1937
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
10/1
Story of a bandit king part 2.
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Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1964
The Naked Executive
9/1
The executive director of the «Chuo Shoji» company, Hidaka Shiro, is called a "demon of work", but the hostess of the bar calls him "the loneliest per...
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The Naked Executive
1955
Floating Clouds
7.7/107
A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He do...
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Floating Clouds
1957
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
8/1
Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer.
Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.
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Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1958
Oban kanketsu hen
0/0
Ushinosuke returns to Tokyo with new ambitions.
Fourth and final part of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.
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Oban kanketsu hen
1957
Ôban
9/1
A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku S...
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Ôban
1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
9/1
Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful.
Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shis...
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Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1960
Beyond the Hills
0/0
Story of young love in the hills.
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Beyond the Hills
1958
Yaji and Kita on the Road
0/0
Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their wi...
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Yaji and Kita on the Road
1952
Vendetta of a Samurai
6.625/16
Mataemon Araki, a renowned swordsman, helps a young man find vengeance.
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Vendetta of a Samurai
1962
Star of Hong Kong
8/1
Wang Xinglian returns from her studies in Japan to visit her father in Hong Kong where she has an encounter with the young Japanese Hasegawa Toru. The...
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Star of Hong Kong
1960
Hito mo arukeba
9/1
A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.
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Hito mo arukeba
1955
Twilight Saloon
8/4
Inside a bustling postwar Tokyo beer hall, a diverse group of patrons, performers, and workers spend a single evening navigating their personal frustr...
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Twilight Saloon
1962
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
6.5/3
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Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1958
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
8/1
1958 Japanese movie
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Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
6.6/15
Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely d...
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Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1958
Little Peach
6.067/15
Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitors, until she marries a beginning writer named Ryok...
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Little Peach
1958
Assistant President
10/1
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Assistant President
1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
8/1
Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko a...
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1967
The Greatest Challenge of All
7/1
After an argument with his father a son leaves his home and comes back only, as an adult, many years later just to cause them problem after problem.
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The Greatest Challenge of All
1955
The Romance of Yushima
8/2
Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after Haya...
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The Romance of Yushima
1955
Ejima and Ikushima
0/0
This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the Ooku...
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Ejima and Ikushima
1956
Street of Shame
7.7/151
Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
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Street of Shame
1960
The Masterless 47
10/1
Part one of The Masterless 47.
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The Masterless 47
1971
Morning for Two
8/1
While Keisuke and Jiro were brothers, the characters of the two were opposite. My older brother Keisuke was a sophomore college graduate, a honest and...
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Morning for Two
1951
The Tale of Genji
6/7
Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his hea...
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The Tale of Genji
1954
爆笑天国 とんち教室
0/0
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爆笑天国 とんち教室
1962
Shin kitsune to tanuki
7/1
1962 Japanese movie
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Shin kitsune to tanuki
1938
The Abe Clan
7/1
“19 vassals of Lord Hosokawa ask permission to commit harakiri with him, as a demonstration of their loyalty. Only Yaichiemon Abe is refused permissio...
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The Abe Clan
1967
The Bogus Policeman
8/1
Toramatsu is a very enthusiastic policeman. Believing that the police should help others he is dismissed the force when his pistol is stolen while doi...
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The Bogus Policeman
1955
Mune yori mune ni
10/1
Japanese drama
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Mune yori mune ni
1960
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
0/0
A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines.
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Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1951
A Spectacular Murder
0/0
When a theater producer Kurato is murdered in the audience on opening night, Inspector Kawano investigates the prop pistols used on stage, but all wer...
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A Spectacular Murder
1956
The Storm
8.5/2
A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.
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The Storm
1968
Admiral Yamamoto
8.5/9
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet....
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Admiral Yamamoto
1956
Fountainhead
6/9
A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.
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Fountainhead
1952
Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil
0/0
Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato.
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Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil
1960
This Greedy Old Skin
10/1
A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers, incl...
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This Greedy Old Skin
1964
3 Gents in the Snow Country
10/1
Shûe Matsubayashi movie
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3 Gents in the Snow Country
1960
The Approach of Autumn
6.9/13
A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle's family, runs a struggling grocery sto...
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The Approach of Autumn
1952
Ikiru
8.301/1361
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look...
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Ikiru
1956
Will-o'-the-Wisp
9/1
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Will-o'-the-Wisp
1951
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
8/1
A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the shogun's harem. Kinuyo Tanaka stylishly...
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The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1954
Late Chrysanthemums
7.297/37
What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Kin has saved, and become a wealthy money-lender, spending her days c...
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Late Chrysanthemums
1956
Flowing
7.2/34
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade...
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Flowing
1956
Sudden Rain
6.7/15
Fumiko and Ryōtarō Namiki's marriage has gone stale, with both constantly arguing over what to do on a day off, or about her cutting out recipes from...
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Sudden Rain
1958
Summer Clouds
7.6/15
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns ou...
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Summer Clouds
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
7.3/10
Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-law...
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Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1956
A Wife's Heart
6.917/12
A young woman tries to raise money to open her own coffee shop. She arranges a loan when her rigid family won't help and then her husband becomes jeal...
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A Wife's Heart
1966
The Stranger Within a Woman
7.4/14
Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Ta...
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The Stranger Within a Woman
1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
7.167/12
Based on the life and career of novelist Fumiko Hayashi, she bitterly struggles for literary recognition in the first half of the 20th-century – her a...
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A Wanderer's Notebook
1952
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
9/1
1952 Japanese movie
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One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
6.6/14
Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying upward, and being blackmailed by the evil...
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Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1955
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
7.355/38
Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the various people th...
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Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
1955
Here Is a Spring
8.2/5
The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages shortl...
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Here Is a Spring
1955
Foul Play
6/1
Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was k...
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Foul Play
1954
Mother's First Love
8/1
A melodrama based on the novel by Yasunari Kawabata, telling about the tragic fate of a mother and daughter who are attracted to the same man.
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Mother's First Love
1960
The Gambling Samurai
6.9/7
Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's...
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The Gambling Samurai
1965
Stairs of Evil
0/0
Iwao, , Kumagai, and Konishi broke into the safe containing the wages of the employees of Ato Industries and obtained a fortune large enough to live a...
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Stairs of Evil
1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
8/127
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful ar...
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1955
No Time for Tears
9/1
Coach Shimamura of the hapless Sparrows baseball team is pleased to obtain a hot new pitcher named Onishi. But when Onishi begins a romantic relations...
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No Time for Tears
1963
A Woman's Life
7.1/14
A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.
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A Woman's Life
1962
The Wiser Age
7.2/8
Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.
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The Wiser Age
1966
Moment of Terror
5.9/13
When the only son of a working class woman is fatally struck by a car driven by the adulterous wife of a company president in a hit-and-run, the victi...
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Moment of Terror
1963
Nonsense Boys
0/0
Japanese comedy film.
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Nonsense Boys
1964
Nippon Paradise
7/1
Japanese comedy film.
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Nippon Paradise
1958
Bright Young Maidens
10/1
In order to get Kanako (Izumi Yukimura) married, her mother places a rental listing in the student medical school newsletter and attempts to find a su...
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Bright Young Maidens
1953
Mr. Pu
6.667/3
A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.
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Mr. Pu
1966
Once a Rainy Day
7/1
Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.
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Once a Rainy Day
1967
Two in the Shadow
7.8/48
A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves,...
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Two in the Shadow
1961
Snow in the South Seas
9/1
Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits up and endure the extremely difficult conditions.
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Snow in the South Seas
1961
A Night in Hong Kong
10/1
Romantic melodrama set in contemporary Hong Kong, Japan and Laos. Hiroshi Tanaka (Takarada) is a Japanese journalist on assignment in Hong Kong who me...
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A Night in Hong Kong
1966
Assignment Cloud
2/1
A sequel to the popular "The School of Spies", this film continues the adventures of one of the graduates who is assigned to crack a powerful spy ring...
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Assignment Cloud
1967
Secret Assignment
10/2
In the fourth film of series, Secret Assignment, Raizo again plays the Jiro Shiina. This time he's out to discover who is spying for the British in th...
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Secret Assignment
1968
The Night before Pearl Harbor
9.5/2
The last film in the series brings the tale to the doorstep of Pacific War, with the planning of the bombing of Pearl Harbor dominant in Nakano Spy Sc...
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The Night before Pearl Harbor
1967
Assignment Dragon No. 3
7/2
In late 1940 the Japanese were anxious to conclude peace in China and to that end sent Colonel Hidaka to inaugurate negotiations. He was mysteriously...
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Assignment Dragon No. 3
1966
The School of Spies
6.6/5
Nakano Institution is the so-called ‘Spy School’ where many young men are trained to be excellent spies. They erase their names, families, even lovers...
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The School of Spies
1964
How to Make Money
0/0
Japanese comedy film.
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How to Make Money
1955
Seven Masks of Revenge
0/0
The eighth film in the "master detective with seven faces" series. Bannachi patrols the town in his taxi when he sees a man heading into Shiodome Tow...
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Seven Masks of Revenge
1961
Awamori-kun kanpai!
0/0
Second of the three Awamori-kun movies.
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Awamori-kun kanpai!
1957
Snow Country
6.727/11
It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous t...
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Snow Country
1957
Untamed Woman
7.455/11
A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for...
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Untamed Woman
1962
Born in Sin
9/1
A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.
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Born in Sin
1964
Superexpress
8/4
A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a large tract of land in order, he says, to build an...
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Superexpress
1965
The Radish and the Carrot
9/2
One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his life...
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The Radish and the Carrot
1959
I Want to Be a Shellfish
10/3
On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police...
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
1966
Rise Against the Sword
6.3/10
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees...
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Rise Against the Sword
1952
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
8/1
A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where she is going t...
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The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1958
The Naked General
7/1
A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.
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The Naked General
1951
The Bitch
8/1
The fall of an accountant enthralled by the sexual charms of a cabaret dancer.
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The Bitch
1951
The Killing of Otsuya
0/0
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The Killing of Otsuya
1962
An Autumn Afternoon
7.9/323
Widower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he comes to realize that Michiko should not be obliged to look af...
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An Autumn Afternoon
1966
The Daphne
10/1
Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their long-suffer...
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The Daphne
1955
The Lone Journey
9/1
Forced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. Movie posters for local cinemas were often displayed at s...
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The Lone Journey
1961
The Masterless 47 – Part II
9/1
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The Masterless 47 – Part II
1958
A Bridge for Two Alone
0/0
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A Bridge for Two Alone
1953
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
8/1
Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province.
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Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1953
Jirocho's Home-Coming
10/1
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Jirocho's Home-Coming
1959
Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
7/1
An Ishiro Honda film.
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Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
1937
Humanity and Paper Balloons
7.856/52
In a slum in Edo Japan, a ronin hopes that his deceased father's former master will hire him while a disgraced hairdresser attempts to regain his prid...
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Humanity and Paper Balloons
1962
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
9/1
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Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1954
Seven Samurai
8.4/4279
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...
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Seven Samurai
1957
Itohan Monogatari
7/1
Based on the original work by Shuji Hojo, Itohan Monogatari depicts the fate of a clumsy and kind-hearted woman in the Taisho era.
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Itohan Monogatari
1952
Shanghai Rose
8/1
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Shanghai Rose
1953
Yasugorō shusse
10/1
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Yasugorō shusse
1936
Priest of Darkness
7.118/17
A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of events.
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Priest of Darkness
1955
A Woman's Life
0/0
The film adaptation of Yuzo Yamamoto's novel tells the story of the difficult fate of a single mother in pre-war Japan.
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A Woman's Life
1956
Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
5.5/8
The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island.
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Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
1968
Gamblers: The Raid
10/1
5th entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.
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Gamblers: The Raid
1965
Sanshiro Sugata
7.1/10
Remake of Akira Kurosawa's films "Sanshiro Sugata and "Sanshiro Sugata Part II". A young man, Sanshiro Sugata, troubled by personal problems, takes up...
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Sanshiro Sugata
1953
The Blue Revolution
8/1
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The Blue Revolution
1968
Lemon in the Rainbow
7/1
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Lemon in the Rainbow
1954
The Surf
8/1
Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo.
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The Surf
1955
五十円横町
0/0
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五十円横町
1965
Five Gents' Trick Book
10/1
The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.
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Five Gents' Trick Book
1949
The Man Who Laughs Last
0/0
The East Asian Acrobatic circus enjoys popularity after welcoming the Asuka brothers, two prestigious trapeze acrobats. One day, one of the brothers g...
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The Man Who Laughs Last
1959
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
10/1
Sixth entry in the Company President Series.
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Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1958
The Third President
10/1
The fifth entry in the Company President Series
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The Third President
1959
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
9/1
7th film in the President series and the first entry in color.
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Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1967
Japan's Longest Day
7.258/33
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies...
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Japan's Longest Day
1950
The Motherland Far Far Away
7/1
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The Motherland Far Far Away
1962
Pachinko
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Pachinko
1949
Goblin Courier
6/1
Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.
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Goblin Courier
1964
I'm a Bodyguard
8/1
Kita Ippei (Atsumi Kiyoshi) became a security officer in the Metropolitan Police Department's Security Division after catching a thug who attacked a w...
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I'm a Bodyguard
1963
Crazy Operation: First Move
10/1
After being fired from his company, Hitoshi Ueda opens a arbitration company. Experts from various fields gather around him and with their natural vit...
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Crazy Operation: First Move
1952
三万両五十三次
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三万両五十三次
1961
The Preacher of Love
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1961 Japanese movie
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The Preacher of Love
1953
Ganpeki
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1953 Japanese movie
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Ganpeki
1967
Zoku izuko e
0/0
Sequel to "何処へ" (1966). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka.
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Zoku izuko e
1964
The Sharks
9/1
A film adaptation of Masatsugu Nobuhiko's novel of the same name, directed by Tasaka Tomotaka and starring Nakamura Kinnosuke. This literary epic tell...
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The Sharks
1972
First Love
0/0
A 1970s Toho coming-of-age film.
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First Love
1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
7.163/212
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
7.2/142
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for h...
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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
7.179/140
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He'...
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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
0/0
Part two of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.
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Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1960
Jiyūgaoka fujin
10/1
1960 Japanese movie
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Jiyūgaoka fujin
1956
Samurai of the Great Earth
7/1
A film adaptation of Rikuo Honjo's novel "Ishikari River".
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Samurai of the Great Earth
1951
上州鴉
0/0
This happened at a post station on the Shinshu road. Takizo Hoshigoe, a wanted man who has been missing since breaking through the Oto checkpoint, cam...
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上州鴉
1954
All of Myself
0/0
The daughter of a former Miss Universe winner finds success as a fashion model in Tokyo following the death of her fiancé.
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All of Myself
1959
The Terrible Game
7/1
Story of rebellious youth follows the 19-year-old son of a Hokkaido farmer who has an affair with the daughter of a wealthy trading company president...
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The Terrible Game
1963
Travel Stories of a Company President
7/1
It is the 16th series of the call series with the highest masterpiece among the "President" series. The president of the U. s.solar paint, heitaro Dom...
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Travel Stories of a Company President
1974
Center of Tokyo
0/0
Set in the downtown area in the heart of Tokyo, this film depicts the lives of poor but kind-hearted people.
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Center of Tokyo
1959
New Third-Class Executive
8/1
At an Osaka electronics company, power struggles, corporate schemes, and personal agendas collide when the boss is away. As tensions rise around a med...
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New Third-Class Executive
1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
8/1
A struggling salesman at World Electric finds his major deal blocked by internal politics and pressure from all sides. During a company trip to Beppu,...
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New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
9/1
World Electric's top ad model disappears, throwing the company into disarray. A fortune-teller’s influence spreads through upper management, sending s...
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New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
8/1
Amid management shakeups and arranged marriage plans at Sekai Electric, an executive couple tries to support a young woman’s relationship with an acad...
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New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1961
Playboy President
10/1
A straight-laced employee is tasked with supervising his impulsive CEO during a business trip intended to revive struggling sales.
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Playboy President
1961
Playboy President: Part II
8/1
After a promotion brings new professional challenges, a diligent employee is pulled into corporate matchmaking and a high-stakes business conflict ove...
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Playboy President: Part II
1963
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
9/1
While on a business trip to Kyushu, a paint company president competes with a rival firm for a key overseas client, only to face setbacks both in work...
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Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963
3 Gents In Hawaii
8/1
Executives from a Japanese department store travel to Hawaii to acquire land for expansion but become entangled in romantic distractions and miscommun...
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3 Gents In Hawaii
1963
Aloha 3 Gents
8/1
As Marukyū Department Store plans its Hawaii expansion, company executives become sidetracked by local pleasures and personal entanglements. By the ti...
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Aloha 3 Gents
1965
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
8/1
Iwato Construction secures a major project in Hokkaido and promotes a key employee, but chaos follows—personal conflicts, missed deals, and a lost hot...
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President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1966
A Company President's Life Story
7/1
A clothing manufacturer president tries to revitalize his company during a business downturn by securing new sales partners and chasing a deal with a...
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A Company President's Life Story
1966
Five Gents on the Spot
7/1
As his fashion company rides a wave of post-recession success, President Kurihara seeks to expand into women’s apparel through a deepening partnership...
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Five Gents on the Spot
1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
0/0
At a coastal hot spring inn, a group of women navigate work, personal struggles, and unexpected scandals. When a guest threatens to expose one maid's...
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Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1967
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
8/1
In this outing, Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo 70.
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Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
1967
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
9/1
In this continuation of Discover Japan with the 5 Gents (Shacho sen ichiya, 1967), Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo...
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Five Gents Prefer Geisha
1968
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
9/1
"Shacho" comedy about the president of a salt manufacturing company.
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Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
7/1
An aging company president pushes a youth-focused corporate fitness campaign but struggles to keep up himself.
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Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
10/1
A cosmetics company president launches an aggressive new business strategy while balancing corporate pressure, romantic entanglements, and a high-prof...
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5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
7/1
A cosmetics executive promoted to chairman faces chaos at home and work as his company undergoes major changes and internal power shifts.
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5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1970
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
8/1
A food company president is promoted to chairman, but his continued involvement creates leadership confusion.
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Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970
Five Gents and a Kuniang
9/1
A food company undergoes leadership changes, with younger staff rising to key roles.
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Five Gents and a Kuniang
1963
Miren
0/0
The story follows Tomoko, a writer who becomes involved in a strange and distant relationship with Shingo, a married novelist. Though they haven't see...
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Miren
1971
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
7/1
After a major corporate merger, a middle-aged executive is demoted but unexpectedly appointed president of a small subsidiary.
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First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
10/1
After a highway accident forces a motel stay, a company president devises a plan to create spring-based beds, sparking unexpected business deals, roma...
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First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1959
Fox and Raccoon
9/1
A group of hustling peddlers swindle rural towns with fake goods, facing betrayals, close calls, and constant setbacks as they chase survival and drea...
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Fox and Raccoon
1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
0/0
A university graduate determined to become a fishmonger defies his mother's wishes, tangles with bar hostesses and a beer company heiress, and—after m...
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Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
0/0
A beer salesman with a passion for fishmongering stumbles through mishaps, rivalries, and gangster trouble while chasing a big contract, winning the d...
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Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1963
We Are Salarymen
7/1
Eiichiro, a talented young salesman, grows disillusioned with office politics and returns to his family’s traditional tofu business, applying skill an...
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We Are Salarymen
1963
Devices Stronger Than Women
0/0
An ad campaign for a TV show called the “Male Training Contest” stirs chaos at a major electronics company. On opening night, PR manager Sugishita is...
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Devices Stronger Than Women
1950
Ore wa yōjimbō
9/1
1950 Japanese movie
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Ore wa yōjimbō
1958
Holiday in Tokyo
9/1
May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes o...
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Holiday in Tokyo
1956
Dadakko Shachou
0/0
Adapted from a novel by Kaoru Funayama
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Dadakko Shachou
1960
Singing in the Sun
8/1
After their troupe disbands, musician Moriyama and his friends join Orion Records and form “Orion Stars.” Their song Love Express becomes a hit, expos...
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Singing in the Sun
1959
The College Ruggers
9/1
Story of love, friendship, and college sports.
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The College Ruggers
1958
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
10/1
A clumsy but determined car salesman, Hideyoshi, faces rivalry, romance troubles, and job setbacks, but through persistence and humor, he wins a big d...
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Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
8/1
After a transfer to a rural factory, salesman Hideyoshi faces blunders, schemers, and rivalries but proves his integrity, winning respect and a return...
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Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
9/1
Optimistic student Hideyoshi struggles to land a job at Japan Motors, facing setbacks and rivalry but winning his way in through persistence—and a mix...
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Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1959
Young Lovers
0/0
Engineer Shuichi defies his wealthy family to live with bar hostess Kazuyo, whose loyalty to her struggling family complicates their love. As class, p...
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Young Lovers
1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
8/1
Apparently a baseball drama starring real-life stars Nagashima (The Babe Ruth of Japanese Baseball) and teammate Oh-known collectively as ON-from the...
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Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1965
We Will Remember
10/1
Near the end of the war, a number of young Japanese join an army band hoping to avoid the front lines, but instead are sent to the Chinese Front.
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We Will Remember
1956
Gendai no yokubô
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Gendai no yokubô
1964
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
0/0
An omnibus comedy set in a newly built housing complex, the film follows seven interconnected stories about the everyday vices simmering behind thin a...
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Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1967
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
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Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
1956
The Lady Was Pawn
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The Lady Was Pawn
1960
Older Wife, Younger Husband
0/0
Comedy about a husband and wife.
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Older Wife, Younger Husband
1960
The Husband Was a Baby
0/0
Modern Comedy
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The Husband Was a Baby
1959
Samurai in the Office
9/1
The fourth "Diary of a Successful Salaryman" feature.
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Samurai in the Office
1960
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
0/0
Salaryman comedy.
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Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
1960
Respect, Flatter, and Love
7/1
Modern love story about three disparate sisters, one (Tsukasa) of whom who suspects her husband (Kobayashi) has been unfaithful.
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Respect, Flatter, and Love
1956
A Brother and His Sister
8/1
In a household of three the husband is a salaryman who lives with his younger sister and wife in Tokyo. He is returning home late in the evenings beca...
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A Brother and His Sister
1959
Kiri aru jyoji
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Kiri aru jyoji
1956
Pure Love
0/0
Toshiro, a naval reserve student, is a kamikaze pilot. Unsure of how long he will live, Toshiro had no intention of marrying. However, after witnessin...
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Pure Love
1953
Moth Lamp
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Moth Lamp
1955
Tôjûrô no koi
0/0
When the hidden longing of Okaji, proprietress of a traditional restaurant, for the celebrated actor Tōjūrō Sakata finally comes to light, a shocking...
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Tôjûrô no koi
1948
Tengu of Kiso
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Tengu of Kiso
1950
Yami ni hikarume
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Yami ni hikarume
Kakute ninjutsu eiga wa owarinu
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Kakute ninjutsu eiga wa owarinu
1948
The Fifth Witness
0/0
Five regulars at “Maxwell,” a cabaret tucked away in the back streets of Ginza—including Chida and Numai—are once again having a lively discussion wit...
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