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豪快千両槍 (1961)
Character: N/A
Lord Gennosuke and Princess Yoshi are to be betrothed to one another, however Gennosuke is already in love with Suzue who is from a lower caste. The order has been sent from up on high that if Gennosuke won't change his mind then Suzue must be dealt with one way or another. When spearmaster, Fuwa Mondo, a Ronin and all around happy guy stumbles into the plot, things get a little hokey-pokey.
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偽りの花嫁 (1982)
Character: Aunt Tokiko
A young wife is frightened that her husband and her father's second wife may be in cahoots with each other and are after her fortune. And then, finally, a murder occurs.
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春を待つ人々 (1959)
Character: Kazuko Nishiwaki
This drama centers on an elderly politician and depicts how humans can return to their true selves when they are freed from selfish desires and self-interest.
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新諸国物語 オテナの塔 前篇 (1955)
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Ainu chieftain Otena Kamui dies leaving a secret to his son. Years later, the grown son and his child are drawn into the hunt for the “Tower of Otena” treasure while a corrupt magistrate’s family fractures around them.
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新諸国物語 オテナの塔 後篇 (1956)
Character: N/A
As the map fragments are united, conspiracies tighten around the magistrate’s clan. Storms, uprisings and betrayals lead the young hero to the secret of the “Tower of Otena” and a final reckoning.
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女系家族 (1963)
Character: N/A
A story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives, after the passing of their old father.
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恋の画集 (1961)
Character: Chikako Yokoi
Taiji (Kawazu Yusuke), who works at Noble Cosmetics, wants to marry his girlfriend Tomie (Kuwano Miyuki), but is having a hard time saving up the money. On a night train, he casually takes a photo of a middle-aged man and a young woman sleeping close together in seats diagonally opposite each other. In reality, the man is Aizawa (Sano Shuji), the section chief at the government agency where Tomie works. Tomie tells Taiji that she is pregnant and wants them to get married soon, so Taiji sends Aizawa the same photo. This is to ask him to buy it...
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予科練物語・紺碧の空遠く (1960)
Character: Saiga's older sister Ayako
A story of an ardent young man who laid down his life for his country.
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関の弥太っぺ (1963)
Character: Osumi
A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito. While traveling, he rescues a young girl, Osayo, whose father entrusts her to him with his dying wish. To honor his promise to Osayo's deceased father, Yatappe brings her to safety, and from a distance keeps a watchful eye on her well being.
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わかれ (1959)
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A mother and her daughter who run a quiet mountain hotel, and guests who visit the hotel. A girl who does not know what a broken heart is, the attractive joy of first love, and separation is like parting with life. The mother-daughter duet with Isuzu Yamada attracted a lot of attention at that time. Haruko Wanibuchi, demonstrated rare attractiveness and pure charm by playing a heroine living in a beautiful and pure first love.
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神田川 (1974)
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Based on a blockbuster song by Kaguyahime, a folk group. Makoto, a college student who belongs to a puppet theatre club, meets Michiko, who works at a printing factory, and they come to learn the bitterness and sadness of love. The two live humbly by the River Kanda, but are viewed coldly by people around them.
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激闘 (1959)
Character: N/A
The president of the Hong Kong Almond Cola company, Liu's grandfather, signed a purchase and sale agreement with Showa Nakajima from Japan, and shortly before leaving for Japan, someone attacked him. Before he died, before he lost consciousness, he transferred all the rights to the company to his close confidant Murota and told him to transfer them to his daughter, whom he left in Japan 20 years ago. Murota, who inherited Liu's will, went to Japan. However, the gang of James Howe, the head of the Hong Kong trading world, was waiting for him, seeking to obtain the rights to Almond Cola…
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乾いた湖 (1960)
Character: Shizue Katsura
Young people are caught up in the political revolt that culminates in student riots against the 1960 Japanese-American mutual security treaty. Nihilist Takuya, politically engaged but also confused––he decorates his walls with pictures of political figures ranging from FDR to Hitler to Castro––becomes involved with Yoko, whose politician father has recently committed suicide, brought on by threats to expose his corruption. Her family is left penniless by his death and, with the consent of their mother, her older sister has agreed to sleep with a conservative pundit for monetary favors.
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恋の片道切符 (1960)
Character: Eiko Yoshinaga
The backstage romances of an egotistical singer and his under-valued manager, a lovelorn bandman and a nude dancer.
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北の宿から (1976)
Character: N/A
Japanese film based on the song by Harumi Miyako.
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霧と影 (1961)
Character: Yukiko
A veteran reporter and a young journalist doggedly pursue clues through sheer persistence and intuition to unravel the mystery behind the sudden death of a teacher in the remote Hokuriku region. In pursuit of the truth, they are led to a web of corporate fraud, an inbred village, bundles of toilet paper, and flatfoots with something to hide as the bodies pile up.
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眼の壁 (1958)
Character: N/A
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
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八州遊侠伝 男の盃 (1963)
Character: Oshino
This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other words, he was the Japanese Robin Hood. In this film Kunisada (Chiezo Kataoka) arrives to a small town terrorized by an evil gang. He insists that he is not Kunisada, as the word is Kunisada has been executed, but of course the audience know better. Sonny Chiba plays an unusual supporting role as a helpless young man unable to defend himself from the gangsters. He does, however, get to play taiko drums and dance with Junko Fuji (who makes her film debut here). Chiba's father, an old judge who helps Kunisada, is played by Takashi Shimura. The film hardly anything exceptional, but it's a pretty decent jidai geki / yakuza drama.
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ある少女の告白 禁断の果実 (1968)
Character: N/A
A unique depiction of the awakening of male and female sexuality in youth.
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