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次郎長三国志 第六部 旅がらす次郎長一家 (1953)
Character: N/A
A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.
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次郎長三国志 第八部 海道一の暴れん坊 (1954)
Character: N/A
A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.
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神阪四郎の犯罪 (1956)
Character: N/A
Chief editor Shirou Kanzaka (Hisaya Morishige) of Sankei Publishing Inc. is being tried for embezzlement and the staging of Chiyo Umehara's suicide. The victim is a woman who's said to have had sexual relations with the defendant. Four intertwined witnesses; a critic, Shirou's employee, a singer, and his wife, are all called to the stand. His destiny now lies in their hands.
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忠臣蔵 (1985)
Character: N/A
This is the story of the 47 ronin of the Ako clan who rose up to avenge the brutal death of their beloved master Asano Takumi-no-kami after his failed attack on the vile Lord Kira led to his being ordered to commit ritual suicide in a garden on the grounds of the shogun's palace.
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暖簾 (1958)
Character: N/A
The lives of a family of kelp (kombu) merchants in Osaka across three generations, spanning from the Meiji era through the aftermath of World War II.
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路傍の石 (1960)
Character: Shogo Aikawa
In Meiji era Japan a sixth grade boy is smart, likable and confident and owing to his academic success liked by his teacher. Things are not going well at home, however, where his father does not work leaving the mother to toil . With the boy's family having no money he cannot progress his education and has to drop out of school. A neighbour, who is a bookstore owner, offers the family money to allow the boy to continue his schooling, but the father is too proud to accept and rebuffs the offer forcing the boy to work.
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へそくり社長 (1956)
Character: Zennosuke Tashiro
A new third-class president wins an appointment thanks to his marriage with the former president's daughter.
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社長紳士録 (1964)
Character: Reijiro Koizumi
A lighthearted satire of Japan’s postwar corporate elite, The Executive Gentleman’s Register blends farce, romance, and boardroom comedy with the polished charm of 1960s salaryman cinema. When mild-mannered secretary Tsutomu Harada’s wedding is postponed yet again due to the sudden promotion of his matchmaker, Reitarō Koizumi, to company president, chaos ensues in the world of business and matrimony alike. At a raucous nightclub party, a game of musical chairs leads to injury, scandal, and rivalry with a competing paper-bag tycoon. Limping through his first day as president, Reitarō faces corporate sabotage, eccentric clients, and a disastrously comic “business trip” that tangles together love, liquor, and misplaced ambition.
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重盛君上京す (1954)
Character: Shigemori Shigeo
Movie version of NHK renzoku drama "Tokyo Romance"
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森繁のデマカセ紳士 (1955)
Character: N/A
Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control.
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恋の蘭燈 (1951)
Character: N/A
"My mother is Japanese, a drifting diva of Tokyo" After the death of her father Reika goes to Japan to visit her mother, but can't find her, so she starts performing at a cabaret in Yokohama. Her mother, already settled, found about Reika's whereabouts, but won't acknowledge her daughter for fear of loosing her current status.
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欲 (1958)
Character: N/A
Half a Loaf... Avarice / Yoku
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屋根の上のバイオリン弾き (1983)
Character: Tevye
Special 50th anniversary recording of the Tokyo Imperial Theater production of the Fiddler on the Roof. Set in the little village of Anatevka, the story centers on Tevye, a poor milkman, and his five daughters. With the help of a colorful and tight-knit Jewish community, Tevye tries to protect his daughters and instill them with traditional values in the face of changing social mores and the growing anti-Semitism of Czarist Russia.
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喜劇駅前温泉 (1962)
Character: N/A
Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.
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社長漫遊記 (1963)
Character: N/A
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 Domoto (Morishige), has become completely American, and plans to rationalize the company to the American style and prohibit the company's entertainment. Members of the Taiko Kyushu Branch Company (Ryohei Miki), who were living in the banquet, were hit by a big blow, and the company and the meeting club were very annoying. After that, the president who went to the business trip to Kyushu met with a sexy Geisha (Junko Ikeuchi) on the way to the tour, and he felt like a fool.
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喜劇 駅前百年 (1967)
Character: N/A
The 21st film in the Ekimae series, commemorating the 35th anniversary of Toho. The film is a loose remake of the first film in the series, Ekimae Ryoukan.
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喜劇 駅前茶釜 (1963)
Character: N/A
Sixth entry in the Ekimae series, loosely based on the folktale of the tanuki and the tea kettle.
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喜劇 駅前女将 (1964)
Character: N/A
Seventh in the Ekimae series, detailing the exploits of the landladies around Ryogoku Station in Tokyo, and their sumo clientele.
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GOING WEST 西へ… (1997)
Character: Neighbor Osamu
Sakuma Ryu, who runs a liquor store alone in downtown Tokyo, ends up living with his eldest son and his wife after a small fire breaks out. His sons are always there to help, but Ryu, who has stubbornly lived alone since her husband's death, feels uncomfortable there, and frequently visits his tea-drinking buddy Kinue to vent his frustrations. However, Kinue's sudden death and a postcard inspire Ryu to set off on a solo trip in her husband's beloved Mini Cooper. Her destination is Matsuyama in Shikoku, where she spent her childhood and where her first love, for whom she harbored a faint crush, still lives. The Mini Cooper speeds smoothly between Gifu and Kyoto. But when Shota and a young couple from the future join Ryu in the Mini Cooper, things start to look ominous...
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土曜日の天使 (1954)
Character: N/A
The story follows a dysfunctional family whose daily life is thrown into chaos when an English tutor from abroad moves into their home. Her presence awakens hidden desires, jealousy, and emotional conflicts among the father, mother, and children, gradually transforming the entire household. At its heart, the film explores love, rivalry, and the longing for a new beginning.
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都会の横顔 (1953)
Character: Mr. Maki
A motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old girl after she is separated from her mother on the crowded streets of Ginza.
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白い野望 (1986)
Character: N/A
A story of the skilled brain surgeon, Todo, whose talent and ambition are put to test through a series of high risk surgical procedures.
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ふんどし医者 (1960)
Character: N/A
A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first time in Japan. Unfortunately for him, however, his wife's addiction to gambling is of such a magnitude that he is down to selling his underwear to make money. The image sticks and he becomes known as the 'underwear doctor.' On the other hand, his successful surgery's patient is so grateful he himself wants to become a physician.
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恍惚の人 (1973)
Character: Shigezo Tachibana
A woman looks after her father in law.
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気違い部落 (1957)
Character: N/A
A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.
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小説吉田学校 (1983)
Character: Shigeru Yoshida
Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history released, superimposed cast, a group image of real politicians centered on Shigeru Yoshida and political history after the war.
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地の涯に生きるもの (1960)
Character: Hikoichi
A semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.
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坊っちゃん (1953)
Character: Akashatsu
1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.
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アマカラ珍騒動 (1950)
Character: N/A
Kotaro Shimoyama, once a government official, loses his job and separates from his wife, Sachie. He now resides with his daughter, Haruko. By chance, he apprehends a criminal and reconnects with his former colleague, Sakamoto, leading him to become a security guard at a film studio. Haruko, secretly a singer, rises to stardom within the same studio. Unbeknownst to each other, they both work there. As the studio faces turmoil, their hidden identities are unveiled...
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喜劇 団地親分 (1962)
Character: Takeo Aihara
A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.
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台所太平記 (1963)
Character: N/A
Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are forever looking for new maids. As the years go by maid servants become hired help and more bossy and independent, so Chikura and his wife find themselves adjusting their lives to keep up with changing times.
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続 へそくり社長 (1956)
Character: Zennosuke Tashiro
The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher and spies on his movements.
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街の灯 (1974)
Character: Kurita
Chiyomatsu under the hill, also known as Choromatsu. He is a young man whose occupation is an approach shop, that is, a phony business of sex brokerage. Choromatsu is partnered with Umekichi, whom he calls "big brother," in this business. They live on the second floor of the aka-chochin (red lantern) owned by Takeko, where boys and girls who were abandoned at the abandoned children's temple on Mukojima also live together, making up a family of people who are not related to each other.
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社長忍法帖 (1965)
Character: Kutaro Iwato
The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.
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はりきり社長 (1956)
Character: N/A
The third installment in the Shacho Series.
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続・社長三代記 (1958)
Character: Keitaro Asakawa
The fifth entry in the Company President Series
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社長太平記 (1959)
Character: N/A
Sixth entry in the Company President Series.
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喜劇 駅前団地 (1961)
Character: Kintaro Togura
Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawara line, the film takes up the problem of real estate around the expanding Yurigaoka apartments.
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喜劇駅前弁当 (1961)
Character: Kintaro
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 asks for advice from her childhood friends Kintaro, a textile manufacturer, and Magosaku, an entrepreneur, about a big-shot from Osaka who wants to invest in her shop. However, Kintaro and Magosaku suspect that things are not what they seem...
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喜劇 駅前飯店 (1962)
Character: Toku
The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.
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喜劇・女売り出します (1972)
Character: N/A
The third film in the "Woman" series, based on the original work by Shinji Fujiwara, set in the Shinjuku Entertainment Company.
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喜劇 駅前桟橋 (1969)
Character: N/A
The 24th and final entry in the Ekimae series, set at Takamatsu Station in Kagawa Prefecture, formerly known for its ferry service to the Seto Inland Sea.
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おしゃべり社長 (1957)
Character: Osamu Saotome
A former company man turned drifter is pulled back to lead a struggling toy company, enforcing bold reforms that shake up its corporate culture. Just as success arrives, he quietly walks away, leaving a changed company behind.
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社長道中記 (1961)
Character: Misawa Einosuke
A straight-laced employee is tasked with supervising his impulsive CEO during a business trip intended to revive struggling sales.
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喜劇 駅前弁天 (1966)
Character: N/A
The 14th film in the Ekimae series, set in Nagano Prefecture, focusing on the love lives of a group of husbands and their wives.
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男性飼育法 (1959)
Character: N/A
Three wives launch a sex strike to put their domineering husbands in their place!
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スラバヤ殿下 (1955)
Character: Kyutaro Nagasogabe/Eiji Nagasogabe
Hisaya Morishige is Kyutaro, a nuclear physicist and his twin brother, Eiji, a con man. Eiji finally hits on his most elaborate scheme yet, to pretend to be a king of a remote, undiscovered island, and becomes a media sensation.
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ふたりのイーダ (1976)
Character: Riichiro Sugawa
Based on a children's book. Two children encounter a wooden chair that moves and speaks. The chair awaits their return, unaware the sister died in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
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姿三四郎 (1977)
Character: Osho
The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of physical skill, but an art which reveals the artist to himself.
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続・社長太平記 (1959)
Character: N/A
7th film in the President series and the first entry in color.
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続 社長外遊記 (1963)
Character: Keinosuke Kazama (Company President)
As Marukyū Department Store plans its Hawaii expansion, company executives become sidetracked by local pleasures and personal entanglements. By the time they resume business, the target property is lost to a rival—forcing an abrupt return to Japan with both deals and relationships unresolved.
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社長千一夜 (1967)
Character: Keitarō Shōji (President, Shōji Tourism)
In this outing, Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo 70.
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続 社長えんま帖 (1969)
Character: Ōtaka Chōtarō
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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続 社長学ABC (1970)
Character: Amino Santarō
A food company undergoes leadership changes, with younger staff rising to key roles.
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狐と狸 (1959)
Character: Tampei Nukada
A group of hustling peddlers swindle rural towns with fake goods, facing betrayals, close calls, and constant setbacks as they chase survival and dream of a better future.
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社長えんま帖 (1969)
Character: Chōtarō Ōtaka (President, Marubō Cosmetics)
A cosmetics company president launches an aggressive new business strategy while balancing corporate pressure, romantic entanglements, and a high-profile international partnership.
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上海帰りのリル (1952)
Character: Ichiro Okamura
In pre-war Shanghai, a man falls in love with a mysterious woman, but she eventually disappears. Back in Japan, he is obsessed by her memory and tries to recreate the world he knew then.
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女生きてます 盛り場渡り鳥 (1972)
Character: Kanazawa
Akane Kawasaki, known for her aversion to physical contact with men, possesses some unfavorable habits such as stealing. Despite these flaws, she garners popularity in the slums due to her compassionate care for children. In an attempt to secure a stable future for their child, she enters into marriage with Tsutomu Yamazaki, who struggles with a stutter. Unfortunately, their union is cut short by the untimely death of Tsutomu Yamazaki in an accident.
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新・三等重役 (1959)
Character: Shirō Sawamura
At an Osaka electronics company, power struggles, corporate schemes, and personal agendas collide when the boss is away. As tensions rise around a meddling heiress and a collapsing business deal, one quiet employee steps up to set things right.
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新・三等重役 旅と女と酒の巻 (1960)
Character: Shirō Sawamura (Executive Director)
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, personal entanglements and old company secrets surface, forcing difficult choices and quiet compromises.
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新・三等重役 当るも八卦の巻 (1960)
Character: Shiro Sawamura
World Electric's top ad model disappears, throwing the company into disarray. A fortune-teller’s influence spreads through upper management, sending staff on a misguided search. Misinformation, internal friction, and unexpected revelations push the company to its limits.
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新・三等重役 亭主教育の巻 (1960)
Character: Shirō Sawamura
Amid management shakeups and arranged marriage plans at Sekai Electric, an executive couple tries to support a young woman’s relationship with an academic over a business heir.
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続 社長道中記 (1961)
Character: Eisuke Misawa
After a promotion brings new professional challenges, a diligent employee is pulled into corporate matchmaking and a high-stakes business conflict over a critical eel supply.
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続 社長漫遊記 (1963)
Character: Heitarō Dōmoto (President)
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 and in the personal affairs of his team.
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社長外遊記 (1963)
Character: Kazama Keinosuke (President)
Executives from a Japanese department store travel to Hawaii to acquire land for expansion but become entangled in romantic distractions and miscommunication. By the time they act, the property is lost to a rival, forcing an abrupt return to Tokyo and uncertain outcomes.
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続 社長忍法帖 (1965)
Character: Kyutarō Iwato (President, Iwato Construction)
Iwato Construction secures a major project in Hokkaido and promotes a key employee, but chaos follows—personal conflicts, missed deals, and a lost hotel contract. Redemption comes when they restore a fire-damaged department store, earning overdue payment and a morale boost.
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社長行状記 (1966)
Character: Kurihara Yaichirō (Sunrise President)
A clothing manufacturer president tries to revitalize his company during a business downturn by securing new sales partners and chasing a deal with a world-renowned fashion designer.
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続 社長行状記 (1966)
Character: Yaichiro Kurihara
As his fashion company rides a wave of post-recession success, President Kurihara seeks to expand into women’s apparel through a deepening partnership with a French firm.
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続 社長千一夜 (1967)
Character: Keitarō Shōji (President, Shōji Tourism)
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 70.
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社長繁盛記 (1968)
Character: Keitaro Takayama (Takayama Trading President)
"Shacho" comedy about the president of a salt manufacturing company.
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続 社長繁盛記 (1968)
Character: Keitarō Takayama
An aging company president pushes a youth-focused corporate fitness campaign but struggles to keep up himself.
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社長学ABC (1970)
Character: Saburo Amino
A food company president is promoted to chairman, but his continued involvement creates leadership confusion.
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のんき裁判 (1955)
Character: N/A
A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of beauty, the crime of a terrifying wife, the crime of taking the wrong course, the crime of seducing, and the crime of killing with laughter.
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戦場にながれる歌 (1965)
Character: N/A
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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番場の忠太郎 (1955)
Character: N/A
Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This heartfelt story concerns a wandering gambler from Banba by the name of Chutaro. Set during the Tenpo Period, Chutaro runs afoul of Boss Sukegoro of Iioka. Pursued by vengeance seeking swordsmen, Chutaro displays his phenomenal martial art skills. Abandoned as a child, he seeks to find his long lost mother, while at the same time fighting off numerous attacks by Iioka’s men.
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死に花 (2004)
Character: Rokusaburō Aoki
After the death of a man in their nursing home, a group of residents find his notebook titled "Shinibana" containing a plan to tunnel into and steal 1.7 billion yen from a bank.
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南の島に雪が降る (1961)
Character: N/A
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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白虎隊 (1986)
Character: N/A
The Byakkotai was part of Aizu’s four-unit military, set up in the domain’s drive to finalize its military modernization, in the wake of the Battle of Toba-Fushimi. The other three units were Genbutai, Seiryūtai, and Suzakutai. Each of the four was named after the protecting gods of compass directions. Byakkotai was meant to be a reserve unit, as it was composed of the young teenage 16 to 17 year old sons of Aizu samurai in a group of around 350, who fought in the Boshin War (1868–1869).
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飛びっちょ勘太郎 (1959)
Character: Kantaro
Comedy historical film about a wandering warrior, based on the novel by Shin Hasegawa.
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座頭市御用旅 (1972)
Character: Constable Tobei
Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes the baby in search of its father and finds the child's aunt, who is about to be forced into prostitution for want of a payment the dead mother was bringing. Zatoichi determines to save the woman from her cruel fate.
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「春情鳩の街」より 渡り鳥いつ帰る (1955)
Character: Denkichi Yoshida
Yoshida Denkichi does loses sight of his wife Chiyoko and daughter Toyoko during the war, and is taken in by a familiar woman, Oshige, and becomes the owner of "Fujimura" in the town of Hato. Eiko is a timid woman who hates Terada, a watchmaker who is obsessed with her; Tamie is a hard worker who asks for money from customers to support her mother and daughter Teruko; Tane, who dreams of the day they can be together, gives money to her lover Takeda; Machiko, an apres girl, is selective about her customers in the name of romance. They are women working in the red light district at "Fujimura."
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小早川家の秋 (1961)
Character: Isomura Eiichirou
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 mistress from his youth.
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猫と庄造と二人のをんな (1956)
Character: Shozo
Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.
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もぐら横丁 (1953)
Character: N/A
33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating from a girls' school in Hokuriku, she immediately moved to Tokyo to meet and marry Ogata. After neatly writing Ogata's manuscript, he would buy dorayaki as a gratuity and devour it.
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がめつい奴 (1960)
Character: Hikohachi Mukoyama
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, including her own son, who makes a meagre living stripping taxicabs.
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喜劇 駅前怪談 (1964)
Character: N/A
Eighth in the Ekimae series, portraying competition between two hot spring resort owners in Yamanashi.
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喜劇駅前大学 (1965)
Character: Morita Tokunosuke
#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie Sakai) mentors a group of university hopefuls. Cut to 25 years later, the students have each settled into their careers and cross paths with Professor Sakai's son, a P.E. teacher (also played by Sakai).
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剣 (1964)
Character: Mibu
Kokubu, captain of his university's kendo team, is a mystery to those who know him: An ascetic dedicated to a point of obsession with the simplicity and beauty of the sword arts. Kagawa, a promising but arrogant kendo student, is attracted to Kokubu's devout leadership but kept at a distance by his standoffish nature. With the national championships fast approaching, the pair clash as Kokubu drives his students with increasingly rigorous training and Kagawa tests Kokubu's grip on the class.
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グラマ島の誘惑 (1959)
Character: Navy Captain Prince Tamehisa
Comedy about three soldiers, two female reporters, six prostitutes, and the wife of an officer, all stranded on a South Seas island at the end of World War II.
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男はつらいよ 純情篇 (1971)
Character: Senzo
Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown and meeting a young woman that reminds him of his sister Sakura. Meanwhile, a new tenant moves into Toraya restaurant.
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雪国 (1957)
Character: Imura
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 trip, and it seems like love. She's the foster daughter of a local family, almost engaged to the family's son Yukio, now dying of consumption. He's tended by his sister Yuko who's angry at Komako for abandoning her brother. Shimamura returns to Tokyo but promises he will be back soon. In anticipation of his return, Komako breaks with her patron and her family loses their home. Complications arise when Shimamura doesn't come back as promised. Then Komako discovers that he and Yuko knew each other in Tokyo. Can Komako escape destiny?
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裸の重役 (1964)
Character: Kôshirô Hidaka
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 person in Japan." He lost his wife ten years ago and has been living as a widower ever since. He plotted to marry off his 22-year-old daughter Keiko for political gain, but Keiko is in love with Okuda, who is her father's subordinate. A story full of sadness and joy, depicting a man gripped by different thoughts, as an employee of the company and a father.
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つづり方兄妹 (1958)
Character: Mr. Kawahara
A touching story about little Futyan and his sister Matiko. Their parents are very poor, but the children are not discouraged—they run to school together and find many interesting things in life. The children love literature and are good at writing essays. When they hear about a global competition for the best essay, they decide to take part and write an essay about how their school is going to be demolished and a military factory built in its place, about how difficult life is for their parents, how poor they are, but how they never lose their cheerfulness and hope. The essay was sent to Moscow, and the children eagerly await the decision. But Futyan did not wait for the answer; he caught a cold and became seriously ill. And since there was no money for his treatment, little Futyan died, and soon the answer came — the brother and sister's essay was awarded first prize.
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警察日記 (1955)
Character: Patrolman Yoshii
Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the officers of this local police station, it‘s part of their daily routine. One day, patrolman Yoshii (Hisaya Morishige) finds an abandoned baby and a six year old girl standing in front of the station. When he's declined by the welfare office, orphanage and local health clinic to take them in, he decides to take care of them himself.
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駅前旅館 (1958)
Character: Jihei Ikuno
Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.
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夫婦善哉 (1955)
Character: Ryukichi
Ryukichi, the pampered heir to a cosmetics wholesaler, abandons his wife and child to pursue a scandalous affair with a famous geisha named Choko. This betrayal leads his father to disown him, leaving the unskilled Ryukichi with no way to earn a living. To keep them afloat, Choko is forced to continue working as a geisha while secretly scraping together a nest egg to start their own business. However, Ryukichi remains trapped in his hedonistic lifestyle, eventually squandering Choko’s hard-earned savings on his own self-indulgence.
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喜劇 駅前漫画 (1966)
Character: Tokunosuke Morita
15th entry in the Ekimae series, surrounding the then-insanely popular Weekly Shounen Sunday series Osomatsu-kun and Obake no Q-Taro.
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忠臣蔵 花の巻・雪の巻 (1962)
Character: N/A
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
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もののけ姫 (1997)
Character: Chief of Affairs (voice)
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.
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事件 (1978)
Character: Kiyokawa
The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old shipyard worker, is arrested and charged with the murder. At Ueda's trial, a complex story unfolds.
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空海 (1984)
Character: N/A
The life and times of Kûkai, a Japanese monk who studies Esoteric Buddhism in the far reaches of India, China and Tibet, then uses their combined influence to establish the Shingon school during the Heian period in early 9th Century AD.
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二百三高地 (1980)
Character: Hirobumi Ito
Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.
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森繁よ何処へ行く (1956)
Character: Shigetaro Mori
A man who seemed to have found happiness with a wife and child loses his wife and his daughter gets married... A man's life, full of joy and sorrow, is vividly depicted to the tune of "Moonlit Desert" in this humanistic drama full of pathos, starring Hisaya Morishige.
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のび太と翼の勇者たち (2001)
Character: Professor Torino (voice)
Doraemon and his friends have to rescue the people of Birdopia from the wrongdoing of vengeful former bird troopers before they unleash a wicked ancient dragon.
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流転の海 (1990)
Character: N/A
Set in Osaka just after the end of the war, the story depicts an unconventional merchant who returns from evacuation. The film is based on the novel of the same name written by Teru Miyamoto, and the screenplay was written by Eizo Sugawa, who also wrote "Horagawa". The director is Takeichi Saito, who also directed "Kawachi no Osan no Uta: Yokita no Ware". Kozo Okazaki, who worked on "I am a Cat," is in charge of the cinematography.
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人生劇場 青春・愛欲・残侠篇 (1972)
Character: N/A
Centred on Aonari Hyokichi, a young literary man with aspirations to become a writer, and the surrounding people, including Kira Tsuneo and Tobigashikaku.
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水戸黄門漫遊記 (1969)
Character: Kômon Mito
In the 9th year of Genroku, Mitsukuni Mito Komon of Hitachi Province set out on a pilgrimage to various countries with his reluctant vassals, Sukesaburo and Kakunosuke, under the name of Koemon, a retired peasant.
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海峡 (1982)
Character: Gensuke Kishida
After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this project Akutsu becomes involved with Tae Makimura leading to his estrangement from his wife.
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東京の恋人 (1952)
Character: Akazawa
Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a streetcorner artist all struggle to make their livings and to find happiness in difficult surroundings.
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縞の背広の親分衆 (1961)
Character: N/A
Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitimate descendant left behind in Osaka and a brother of the Otorigumi, returned from South America for the first time in 15 years. When he stepped on the soil of his native land, his first thought was to visit Otanuki Fudo, the guardian deity of the Otorigumi, but the Otorigumi had fallen and Otanuki Fudo was on the verge of eviction for the construction of an expressway. Keisuke and Joji put on the striped suits left to them by their late boss, and set out to rebuild the clan...
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連合艦隊 (1981)
Character: Naoki Hongo
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.
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五稜郭 (1988)
Character: N/A
After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nation that was recognized by more than one European country. Survivors of the Shinsengumi were among the followers of Enomoto Takeaki who took them to the northernmost island of Ezo where they fought their final battle at the star shaped fort, Goryokaku. The Japanese Civil Wars fought in the name of the emperor signaled the complete end of the feudal system and Japan’s entry into the modern world as those brave samurai tried to halt progress and learned that the age of modern warfare and weaponry had passed them by. Swords were no match for rifles and cannons, nor was any man a match for the power of the imperial flag. Japanese loyalty to the emperor has long defined the nation and culture despite the changing times.
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白蛇伝 (1958)
Character: Xu-Xian / Fa-Hai / Panda / Dragon King / Catfish King / Narrator (voice)
As a young boy, Xu-Xian is forced to free his pet, a small snake. Unbeknownst to him, the snake is actually a young snake goddess named Bai-Niang and she is in love with him. Many years later, when they are both adults, the princess is magically transformed into a human and sets out to find her love. But the local wizard believes her to be a vampire, and banishes Xu-Xian from the village in order to save him. Xu-Xian's pet pandas Panda and Mimi set out to save him and bring him, in the process becoming leaders of an animal gang.
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さよならジュピター (1984)
Character: Earth Federation President
In the 22nd century, scientists from an energy-depleted Earth research new fuel sources in the far corners of the solar system, where they discover an ancient alien race from Jupiter as well as the emergence of an apocalyptically dangerous black hole. Koji Hashimoto's 1983 sci-fi adventure was conceived as a Japanese competitor to the upcoming sequel to Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001, titled 2010, and often mirrors the sequel's plot.
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四十七人の刺客 (1994)
Character: Hyobu Chisaka
Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death.
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銀座二十四帖 (1955)
Character: Narrator (voice)
In the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged husband’s art collection attempts to identify the man who painted her own portrait fifteen years prior.
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花のれん (1959)
Character: N/A
The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.
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