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大奥(秘)物語 (1967)
Character: Tamaoka
Three tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period.
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浪花女 (1940)
Character: N/A
When Ochika, from a rich family, marries Danpei, a poor shamisen player, she devotes herself completely to him and takes over her business, to the point of sowing dissensions within the Jōruri troupe in which her husband plays. Considered a lost film.
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浪花の恋の物語 (1959)
Character: Okiyo
Chubei, the adopted son of an Osaka courier, falls desperately in love with the courtesan Umegawa. To prevent a wealthy client from purchasing her, he steals money from his employer to buy her freedom himself. Now hunted criminals, the lovers flee toward Yamato, pursued by the law.
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芸道一代男 (1941)
Character: N/A
Based on Matsutaro Kawaguchi's novel "Geido Ichidai Otoko." Considered a lost film.
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乞食大将 (1952)
Character: Ōhōri Tsuruhime
Gotō Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually dislikes the ruthless personality of Kuroda Nagamasa and leaves the clan. Seven years later, he joins Toyotomi Hideyori's army. Filmed in 1945 and released in 1952.
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舞妓と暗殺者 (1963)
Character: N/A
19th century Japan, at the end of the Edo period. A samurai falls in love with a young woman while taking up arms to overthrow the local shogunate.
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のれん一代 女侠 (1966)
Character: N/A
Mine, the only daughter of Kiyagen, is faced with running the family's timber business when her father falls ill. Under a great deal of pressure to continue the five generation long run of the business, Mine is put to the ultimate test when a former gangster sets his sights on closing her down.
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美しさと哀しみと (1965)
Character: Old woman in Arashiyama
When the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager--and then wrote a bestselling novel about it--reappears in her life, her pupil--and lesbian lover--hatches a plot to destroy the man and his family.
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鞍馬天狗 (1959)
Character: N/A
Kurama Tengu is a hero to the common people, saving them from the malicious attacks of Kinnoroshi and Shinsengumi.
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嵐を呼ぶ十八人 (1963)
Character: Yasue Murata
Experienced shipyard worker Shimazaki gets an offer of free lodging from his employer in the company seaside rest house if he agrees to see to its running. After moving in, Shimazaki finds out that this will also mean taking care of a flock of youngsters, and he soon becomes their none-too-successful warden. At work the boys are disciplined, as soon as they return to their dormitory however they turn into an unmanageable mob.
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明治侠客伝 三代目襲名 (1965)
Character: N/A
Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running, tame his late oyabun’s hot-blooded son and suffer the throes of his impossible love for beautiful geisha Hatsue.
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沓掛時次郎 遊侠一匹 (1966)
Character: N/A
Tokijiro has the unfortunate duty according to the code of the gamblers to join in the fighting when afforded a night’s stay and meals at the home of a town boss. Though he dislikes killing, the strength of his swordsmanship will be tested time and time again in the bloody tale.
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徳川女系図 (1968)
Character: N/A
A tragic love story involving the 5th Shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty and a woman who became one of his concubines.
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古都 (1963)
Character: Shige
In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan it was thought that twins bring bad luck, so the sister was abandoned at birth. Later her parents tell her that her sister was kidnapped. The woman doesn't believe this and when she eventually meets her twin, both women are involved in love affairs. The merchant's daughter is seeing an educated fellow. Trouble ensues when she begins suspecting that he may be more interested in her sister.
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