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無法街の野郎ども (1959)
Character: Detective Nakanishi
An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.
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考える葉 (1962)
Character: N/A
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
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モーガン警部と謎の男 (1961)
Character: Minegishi
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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組織暴力 (1967)
Character: N/A
A war breaks out on the streets between rivaling Yakuza clans.
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終電車の死美人 (1955)
Character: N/A
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: N/A
Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.
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戰艦大和 (1953)
Character: Officer Katahira
The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".
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風流深川唄 (1960)
Character: N/A
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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はだかっ子 (1961)
Character: N/A
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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天下の快男児 旋風太郎 (1961)
Character: N/A
The third film in the Taro series, following "The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Eternity" and "The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Rush." Taro, who had painstakingly graduated from the University of Merchant Marine after six years, was on his way to work for Saikai Kaiun on a tourist ship on the Beppu route. He was in a euphoric mood, teasing a young lady playing golf on the deck, and helping the geisha Umeka who was being harassed by a drunkard, with his natural sense of justice, as the ship arrived at Beppu Port.
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民謡の旅 桜島 おてもやん (1962)
Character: Yajima
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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ギャング忠臣蔵 (1963)
Character: N/A
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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血まみれの決闘 (1957)
Character: N/A
Hayata and his best friend Ushijima came to Tokyo to become champions. Hayata repeatedly sought to join Tamura's boxing club, but Tamura fell in love with Ushijima's punch. Then Hayata decides to become Ushijima's manager and make good money on his friend's talent. Ushijima himself is a peaceful, kind guy who doesn't really like boxing, but under the wise guidance of Hayata, he starts to defeat one opponent after another...
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恋と太陽とギャング (1962)
Character: N/A
Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named Tsuneda who is planning the same robbery and agree to work together.
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海底大戦争 (1966)
Character: Nishida
While covering a test of guided torpedoes, two reporters believe they see what appears to be a strange-looking swimming creature. They investigate the matter further and discover that there is a race of fish-men living under the sea. The fish-men capture the pair and keep them prisoner in their underwater city.
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アナタハン (1953)
Character: Kusakabe, Husband of Keiko
From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan.
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飢餓海峡 (1965)
Character: Detective Sato
Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest.
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網走番外地 (1965)
Character: N/A
Abashiri Prison is located in the coldest place in Japan. Two men, handcuffed together have escaped from the prison, one a yakuza, the other a petty criminal, and although they hate each other they must work together if they are to evade capture in this harshest of climates.
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大いなる驀進 (1960)
Character: Railway police officer B
A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...
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誇り高き挑戦 (1962)
Character: N/A
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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どたんば (1957)
Character: Diver
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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森と湖のまつり (1958)
Character: N/A
A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun Takeda.
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脅迫 (1966)
Character: N/A
Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family. They will force him to collect the child's ransom for them.
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銃殺 (1964)
Character: N/A
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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博徒解散式 (1968)
Character: Sanada
The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.
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