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お染久松 そよ風日傘 (1959)
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A young, feisty woman named Osome searches for her true love in the midst of a family crisis.
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紅孔雀 (1954)
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One of the greatest film serials ever to come out of Japan puts together an all-star cast in the search for the key of the Crimson Peacock, a treasure trove that will make whoever discovers it the richest man in the world. The battle lines are drawn between two rival groups, the Swans and the Skulls competing to find the key and the map, while unrequited love for a beautiful woman complicates everything as she is forced to take a potion that gives her an evil heart. It’s edge of the seat excitement from start to finish in this 5 movie serial as parts 1 through 4 each end with a cliffhanger, building suspense to the very end when all is revealed! There is action, romance, and intrigue, with a touch of black magic as the forces of good and evil collide!
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いろは若衆 花駕篭峠 (1959)
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An adventure of a feisty girl Oyuki and Santa, a homeless child she saves.
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大いなる旅路 (1960)
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The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .
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黄門と弥次喜多 からす組異変 (1951)
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1951 Japanese movie. The characters of Mito Kōmon and Yaji and Kita are brought together
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大菩薩峠 完結篇 (1959)
Character: Okimi
Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be served for the lost innocent lives? The conclusion of the famed Jidaigeki series is an amazing film, with a completely different perspective on the story from the later versions. While the international audience is more familiar with the “Sword of Doom” and “Satan’s Sword” versions of Daibosatsu Toge (The Great Bodhisattva Pass), the “Souls in the Moonlight” trilogy casts an entirely different light on Ryunosuke and his motives. Can this brutal killer be brought to justice, or is living his life as a blind wanderer a more terrible fate? His sword skills have not diminished, nor has his desire to kill!
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裸の太陽 (1958)
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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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路傍の石 (1938)
Character: Oni
Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamoto novel, takes place around 1902, was about a young boy brought up entirely by his mother since his drunken father is never home. An intelligent teacher wants to send him to middle school, but instead the father apprentices him to a clothing store to which he is in debt. The mother dies and the boy is forced to quit work when his father insults the store owner. Later the boy goes to Tokyo, but only to continue his hardships. First he is forced to do a maid's job at a boarding house and later is used by an old woman to steal at funerals. Finally he is rescued by the teacher, whom he meets in Tokyo.
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路傍の石 (1964)
Character: Okami
The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The year is 1910 and the place is a small Japanese village. Goichi is suffering because he wants to go to school, but his family is too poor to afford that luxury. Even when a kind friend agrees to help out, Goichi's father refuses to give in to his son's request for an education. Instead, he sends Goichi off to work as an indentured servant for a cold-hearted merchant and his family. As tragedy strikes and the suffering of the young boy increases, he begins to look for some way out of his bleak situation.
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往生安楽国 (1978)
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1978 Japanese film directed by Yoichi Takabayashi.
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不良少女 (1949)
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A melodramatic love story, a would-be apprenticeship between the titular bad girl and the optimistic scholar returning from the big city. It is presumed to be a lost film.
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怪談番町皿屋敷 (1957)
Character: Chizuru
Harima Aoyama (Chiyonosuke Azume) was a young hatamoto (samurai bannerman) to the Shogun. He seduced his commoner house maid Okiku (Hibari). He promised that his love was no passing infatuation & she would never suffer for it. She resisted his charms for some while knowing full well that they are of classes that do not intermarry, but in time he broke down her resistance, for how could she help but love him. Political expedience puts the young hatamoto in the way of a marriage with a woman of his own station. This will cement family connections & see his family safely through a crisis, at a time when many clans were finding themselves abolished on any pretext.
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べらんめえ芸者 (1959)
Character: Momochiyo
Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an argument between their two fathers. Can their love survive in spite of the bitterness between their two families?
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珍説忠臣蔵 (1953)
Character: Otsuya
A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.
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天下の快男児 突進太郎 (1960)
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An upstanding young man’s racy adventure filled with conspiracies and love.
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べらんめえ芸者罷り通る (1961)
Character: Shimecho
A comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to take over a lucrative diamond mine business.
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続々べらんめえ芸者 (1960)
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Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved in a robbery of precious diamond.
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天下の快男児 万年太郎 (1960)
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An upstanding young man who is popular with the ladies takes on a corrupt group of men in his company.
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七つの弾丸 (1959)
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A year ago, Tetsuo Yazaki was unemployed and wanted money, attacked a police box in Kobe, robbed a policeman of his pistol, attacked Hamamatsu OS Theater and Nagoya Shinwa Bank, and succeeded in robbing a large amount of money.
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終電車の死美人 (1955)
Character: Yuki
One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.
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多羅尾伴内 七つの顔の男だぜ (1960)
Character: Michi Sakurai
Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.
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地図にない道 (1984)
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To solve the mystery of her deceased husband, his wife departs to Shinshu.
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怪猫腰抜け大騒動 (1954)
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Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period
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勢ぞろい喧嘩若衆 (1955)
Character: Okoto
A group of five law enforcers search Edo for a missing sword.
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魔の黄金 (1950)
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1950 film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
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大菩薩峠 第二部 (1958)
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This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirsty samurai, Tsukue Ryunosuke. Blinded in an explosion and further injured from a fall, the master swordsman is taken in by Otoyo, a woman who falls in love with him. Under Otoyo’s dedicated care, Ryunosuke’s physical and emotional wounds seem to heal. However, deep inside, the demons that drive him to kill yearn to resurface. Meanwhile he is being pursued by Utsugi Hyoma, a young samurai seeking to avenge his brother’s death at Tsukue’s hands. Hyoma is being aided along the way by the clever thief Shichibei.
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娘の中の娘 (1958)
Character: Toshiko Sakamoto
Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker.
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おこんの初恋 花嫁七変化 (1958)
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A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.
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恋愛自由型 (1958)
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The love between young college students Toki and the handsome Takaga is tested when Takaya's parents, who despise Toki's family's geisha house business, intervenes in their relationship.
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娘十八御意見無用 (1958)
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A comical love story between two college students — Hitomi, a strong-willed girl, and Shogo, a handsome, earnest and poverty stricken man.
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風流深川唄 (1960)
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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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民謡の旅 桜島 おてもやん (1962)
Character: Ochika
Yumemi, the president of Shirayuri Tours, visits Kagoshima in an attempt to save the contract with Satsuma Inn. After learning about the abrupt cancellation of the contract with the family-run Satsuma Inn in Kagoshima, Yumemi, launches her own investigation into the matter. Amidst her efforts to resume her company’s contract with the inn, Yumemi finds herself personally involved in the inn’s family affairs and with their guests in a surprising discover of love and friendship.
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ひばりの佐渡情話 (1962)
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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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若さま侍捕物手帖 地獄の皿屋敷 (1956)
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As a result of illness and unemployment, Yamaoka Tatewaki, a "Hatamoto" (or direct vassal of the Shogun), pawned his family heirloom, a valuable Gosu plate for 100 ryo. When, of all occasions, Yokogawa Dewa came to visit and asked to see the Gosu plate on May 5th, Boy's Festival. Yamaoka then sent his steward to borrow the plate back, but the pawnbroker coldheartedly refused. He died soon thereafter of an unknown cause. Soon after that, two warehouses were broken into, but nothing was taken. When Detective Shokichi seeks the help of Young lord samurai, in solving these mysterious crimes that plague the town he takes the case and immediately surmises that the thief was looking for something special. Could the answer be hidden in the coffin of a deceased merchant who had his most valuable things buried with him. The tension mounts and the mystery deepens. Can Young lord solve the case?
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警視庁物語 19号埋立地 (1962)
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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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純情部隊 (1957)
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A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows, and triumphs.
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警視庁物語 血液型の秘密 (1960)
Character: Matsue
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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鍵を握る女 (1946)
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Shochiku melodrama about the loves of the humble people living in the poor tenament called the Ryuheiso.
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若さま侍捕物手帖 べらんめえ活人剣 (1956)
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After getting permission to dig up the pawnbroker's grave, Young lord samurai was surprised to find the body was missing, as was the Gosu plate. He had a suspect in mind, and was able to use him to learn of the pawnbroker's hideout and try to piece together the parts of the puzzle. A superb and exciting conclusion to a very clever mystery story set during the Golden Age of Japan. With no easy questions and his life hanging in the balance, can Young lord solve the mystery and regain the valuable plate?
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第三次世界大戦 四十一時間の恐怖 (1960)
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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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希望の乙女 (1958)
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Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and songs, this story shows how a girl raised on a farm was able to make her dream a reality, with the love of those around her.
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二つの處女線 (1952)
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Melodrama about two sisters with different mothers.
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若さま侍捕物帖 深夜の死美人 (1957)
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A young lord solves the mystery of multiple murders involving a young couple and a woman.
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若き日の次郎長 東海道のつむじ風 (1962)
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Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.
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笛吹若武者 (1955)
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Tale of tragic love between samurai and princess during Heian period.
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ずべ公天使 (1960)
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One of the earliest of sukeban / girl boss type eiga
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天竜母恋い笠 (1960)
Character: Itchubushi Ocho
From the opening theme song to the grand finale, you know that you have found something special as this exciting movie stars the great Misora Hibari in one of her most memorable performances as she plays Shintaro and Oharu, a brother and sister, the children of a lumber dealer who had been murdered by the evil boss Kumagoro who plots to take over Shintaro's family business with the help of a corrupt deputy who has fooled the family into believing that he is on their side.
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若様侍捕物帳 魔の死美人屋敷 (1956)
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Okawa Hashizo as 'Young Lord', the unlikely sleuth sets out to untangle the riddle of what went on at the Inner Palace, where a young woman who had served the Shogun came home in fear for her life. Will the Young Lord uncover the truth of what went on at the Palace, and does it relate to a series of murders that have been occurring just before the festival?
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若さま侍捕物帖 鮮血の人魚 (1957)
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The sixth episode of Hashizo Okawa's "Wakasama Samurai" catch series.
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若さま侍捕物帖 鮮血の晴着 (1957)
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A murdered pawnbroker found clutching a blood-soaked wedding gown, the kidnapped daughter of a Shogun vassal, mysterious robberies, brutal killings, a vault with no key, a suspect killed while in police custody. This fragmented trail of clues could well be one of the most baffling cases that Young Lord has ever had to solve as he attempts to unravel the mystery and bring the guilty party to justice.
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ジェット機出動 第101航空基地 (1957)
Character: Toshiko Sato
The first batch of flight control officer candidates, full of yearning for the sky, are assembled at the 101st Air Regiment base. Nakata, Sato, and the other cadets undergo intensive training under Captain Kotani, a famous pilot, but gradually begin to resent his strict leadership. A youthful story that vividly portrays the young pilots of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force who place their hopes in the sky. Japan's first full-length film about jet aviation, it was shot on location at the Hamamatsu Air Self-Defense Force Base over an extended period of time, with dozens of jets being mobilized for the filming.
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お役者変化捕物帖 弁天屋敷 (1961)
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The first work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on the original work of Tatsuro Jinde. Kasumi Ippei is a popular ronin actor, and when he is not on stage he is investigating intricate crimes, in this film Ippei will solve the abduction of seven beautiful young girls.
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浅間の暴れん坊 (1958)
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When Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss Shohei's Okabe Yakuza family with a merciless gang of raiders, Itaro of Asama was missing. With the courage of a lion he had gone off to face the enemy and settle the score all by himself. As a result he had to take the blame in place of Boss Shohei, and went off to adventures on his own.
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