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次郎長三国志 第三部 (1964)
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The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.
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次郎長三国志 (1963)
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The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on the path to fame and fortune. One of the smartest and strongest of all the gang bosses, he went on to survive the end of the samurai era and become a successful businessman. But first, he must survive against all odds in order to build his reputation and develop his strength. Powerful portrayals of the group are led by the great Tsuruta Koji with help from the likes of Matsukata Hiroki.
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人生劇場 新 飛車角 (1964)
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Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.
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ギャング対Ｇメン 集団金庫破り (1963)
Character: N/A
A gang plans to steal twenty billion yen by safecracking tactics; however, they discover that one of the gang members is an infiltrating cop.
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ヒマラヤ無宿 心臓破りの野郎ども (1961)
Character: N/A
One after another, expedition teams were being attacked in the Himalayas. With the unprecedented boom in snow men, the public began to make a fuss about the fact that the monster that attacked them must be the snow man. Even in Las Vegas, betting began on which country would catch the Snowman. Later, news broke that a Japanese Himalayan expedition had caught the Snowman. The expedition, led by its leader, Dr Kenkichi Domon, lands at the airport, where onlookers and, for some reason, a man named President Otake and his henchmen are waiting to take the Yukio's life, and who appears with the doctor is... a chimpanzee. But this was a trick that Domon used to avoid the panic caused by the boom.
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Shingo juuban shoubu (1990)
Character: Lady Okoi
The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his father Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune seeks to reunite with his lost son. When the secrets of Shingo's birth are revealed to him, it sets off a series of events that bring him to cross swords with members of the shogun's inner circle in a series of duels that could change the destiny of Japan.
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愛欲 (1966)
Character: Yuki Shimizu
Natsuko, a Tokyo bar proprietress, and Yuki, a Kyoto Ryokan owner, vie for the affections of an advertising professional.
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砂漠を渡る太陽 (1960)
Character: N/A
When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.
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遺産相続 (1990)
Character: Kikue Shoji
The unexpected death of Fujishima Motoharu, president of a medium-sized firm, triggers a fierce battle over his estate inheritance among family members.
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湖畔の人 (1961)
Character: Minako Fukai
A story of Minako who struggles finding love and peace in life. When Minako’s hope for ultimate happiness, marriage to her beloved fiancé, comes to a sudden halt, Minako finds herself in search of new love which in turn leads her into a complicated love triangle.
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黄色い風土 (1961)
Character: N/A
Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
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大奥(秘)物語 (1967)
Character: O-chise
Three tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period.
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故郷は緑なりき (1961)
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A sad love story between young Umihiko Kojima and a beautiful girl named Yukiko Shino.
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超高層のあけぼの (1969)
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A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.
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母子草 (1959)
Character: Mutsuko Ozawa
Based on the Nobu Koito story
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大空の無法者 (1960)
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Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.
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たつまき奉行 (1959)
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One of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no Kinsan investigates the tragic shipwreck of the 'Sadomaru' near Cape Kasumigaseki. The ship carrying gold bars from Sado Island to Edo for the shogunate disappeared into the ocean on a day with clear skies and no wind. While it is conveniently blamed on a surprise tornado or whirlwind, the Sado Magistrate asks his lifelong friend Magistrate Toyama to get to the root of the mystery in order to save his reputation and avoid a life of shame.
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石松社員は男でござる (1961)
Character: Misato Shiraki
A story about the nature of office workers today.
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図々しい奴 (1964)
Character: N/A
Naomasa, the former lord of Okayama Castle and the head of the Iseda family, takes a strange boy, Kirihito, under his wing. However, Naomasa is sent to Europe for his rather too liberal lifestyle…
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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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多羅尾伴内 七つの顔の男だぜ (1960)
Character: Sonoko Matsukawa
Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.
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あゝ同期の桜 (1967)
Character: Noriko Nanjô
A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.
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旗本退屈男 謎の南蛮太鼓 (1959)
Character: N/A
Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town.
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二発目は地獄行きだぜ (1960)
Character: N/A
Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.
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商魂一代 天下の暴れん坊 (1970)
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The struggles of a low-ranking samurai (Nakamura) coming to terms with the end of the Tokugawa shogunate and the end of Japan's feudal age with the 1868 Restoration.
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人間魚雷 あゝ回天特別攻撃隊 (1968)
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Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.
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花と龍 (1965)
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A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing a family of longshoreman, centering on their love and struggle.
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ギャング忠臣蔵 (1963)
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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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大奥絵巻 (1968)
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Love-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle.
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源九郎義経 (1962)
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An exciting historical drama that dynamically depicts the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune from the period of his stay on Mount Kurama to his reconciliation with his brother Yoritomo.
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病院坂の首縊りの家 (1979)
Character: Yayoi Hogen
This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion and doubt clouds Kousuke's mind.
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越後つついし親不知 (1964)
Character: Oshin
A sake factory worker on holiday returns to his home town, where he rapes the wife of one of his co-workers in the forest. The other man returns home to find his wife changed and suspects that she has been unfaithful.
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喜劇 急行列車 (1967)
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Atsumi Kiyoshi, famous for his role in Torasan, stars as Aoki Goichi, a veteran train conductor who dedicates himself in providing quality service to his passengers. With his many years of experience, he never fails to find solutions for any troubles that occur along the way. A comedic drama revolving around the lives of those who ride the express train.
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柔道一代 (1963)
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Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judoka Shiro Saigo (Chiba), the second student of judo founder Jigoro Kano (Naoki Sugiura). Akira Kurosawa’s Sanshiro Sugata is based on the same character and shares some scenes, but Judo for Life focuses more on the martial arts philosophy and training, including scenes depicting how the protagonist learned his famous cat-like landing, coined the term judo, and trained with Tsunejiro Tomita (Hideo Murata). There’s also a slight yakuza film influence. The port street ambush scene is found in both films, but in Judo for Life it’s not Kano but a travelling yakuza that jumps out of the rickshaw. Entertaining and beautifully old fashioned, one does however with there were more shades of gray between good and evil, and a stronger ninkyo-like moral / honour conflict.
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にっぽん泥棒物語 (1965)
Character: Hana Takahashi
Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some communists are found guilty of causing the incident, but he knows it wasn't them. He can save innocent people but for that he must confess his own crime.
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太平洋のＧメン (1962)
Character: Akemi
G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama.
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五番町夕霧楼 (1963)
Character: Yuko Katagiri
With her family suffering from extreme poverty, Yuko, as the eldest daughter, is sold to a successful brothel in Kyoto. There she is assigned to serve Takamatsu, one of the brothel’s top customers. But while Takamatsu falls madly in love with Yuko, she finds herself attracted to a young priest named Kunugida. Torn by jealousy, Takamatsu hatches an evil plan to tear them apart.
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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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喜劇 団体列車 (1967)
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A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.
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孤独の賭け (1965)
Character: Momoko Inui
In post-war Japan, it is difficult for private business to stay afloat. The small atelier has a debt of several million yen. To get a loan, his proprietress is forced to turn to a successful businessman, owner of entertainment establishments and bars. But she has nothing to guarantee the return of the debt, and then she offers herself as collateral. A drama about the contradictory nature of human feelings.
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ギャング対Ｇメン (1962)
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Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.
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続・次郎長三国志 (1963)
Character: N/A
Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.
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源氏物語 千年の謎 (2011)
Character: Omyobu
"Genji Monogatari" focuses on the love and hate relationships surrounding Genji Hakaru. Lady Fujitsubo is Genji's first love. Ryokuzono Miyasutokoro is obsessed with Genji and eventually becomes a spirit. Yu Kao, who is from the lower class, give comfort to Genji's emotional wounds. Writer Murasaki Shikibu is jealous of Genji and is eventually ordered by Seime Abe to write a work ...
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顔役 (1965)
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Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous way. Nakagami, the head of the Kanto Joseikai, is ordered to acquire the rights to work to level the reclaimed land and prevent the Doshikai from expanding from Kansai into Tokyo, but the interference of the Koda-gumi, associated with the Kansai Doshikai, intensifies. Nakagami's younger brother Hayami, unhappy that the situation is moving slowly, tries to blackmail the mayor into moving forward, but...
A true Toei gangster film with an all-star cast including Koji Tsuruta and Ken Takakura!
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竜虎一代 (1964)
Character: Kumi Kitajima
An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an ambush. It turns out the man is the head of a hard working clan appointed to a railway construction project. A ruthless yakuza gang is also trying to get their share of the project and attempts to sabotage the work. After the old man dies, his son (Sonny Chiba) and daughter (Junko Fuji) try to complete the project. Tsuruta joins them while also falling in love with a local woman working in a bar (after all, Tsuruta always was more of a lover than his stoic colleague Takakura).
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戦争と人間 第二部 (1971)
Character: Atsuko Sato
Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family from 1935 through Japan's invasion of China. Based on the novels by Jumpei Gomikawa, who also penned The Human Condition.
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新吾十番勝負 第三部 (1960)
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The adventures of Aoi Shingo continue. Shingo is finally given permission to officially meet his father, the Shogun. However, his journey is disturbed by those who wish to claim his life. This is the third part of "THE 10 DUELS OF YOUNG SHINGO", following the first 2 parts (which were actually done as one movie). The tension mounts as young Shingo must face obstacles the like of which he had never before seen. And, can he avenge the death of his master? The man to whom he owes everything.
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警視庁物語 １２人の刑事 (1961)
Character: Kaoru
The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night before, and the evidence, in addition to shoe horns and handkerchiefs, is soap with the name of the tavern. When detectives at Shiogama Station followed the man's tracks, it turned out that he had come from Ueno.
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ひばりの花形探偵合戦 (1958)
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A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating the missing person's case from a wealthy family.
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喜劇 初詣列車 (1968)
Character: N/A
A comedy about a good-natured train conductor Shinsaku helping his old friend Miwako find her missing brother.
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Earthquake Bird (2019)
Character: Mrs. Yamamoto
Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with photography.
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細雪 (1983)
Character: Sachiko Makioka
This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.
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独眼竜政宗 (1959)
Character: Chiyo
During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After crushing almost all of his enemies, Date Masamune aka the "Hawk of the North" sets his eyes on Hatakeyama's lands. The young warlord is about to face his greatest challenge.
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人生劇場 続 飛車角 (1963)
Character: N/A
Upon his release from the prison, Hishakaku joins the Kikkyo family who is struggling to regain their turf from their rival, Domoto family. To reciprocate the kindness of the Kikkyos, Hishakaku heads to meet the leader of Domoto, Osumi, and finds himself emotionally involved with her.
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風林火山 (1969)
Character: Princess Yufu
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces the widow, Princess Yu, to accept this arrangement and to bear Takeda a son. He pledges them his life. He then spends years using treachery, poetic sensibility, military and political strategy to expand Takeda's realm, advance the claim of Yu's son as the heir, and prepare for an ultimate battle with the forces of Echigo. Has Kansuke overreached? Are his dreams, blinded by love, too big?
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大いなる驀進 (1960)
Character: Kimie Mochizuki
A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...
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安寿と厨子王丸 (1961)
Character: Anju (voice)
After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their mother dies, they are sold to Sansho the Bailiff, a cruel man who subjects them to hideous torments. While Anju falls into a lake and is transformed into a swan, Zushio escapes and after being adopted to a nobleman grows to a young man. He will then fight to defeat the evil Dayu and free all the slaves.
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湖の琴 (1966)
Character: Saku
A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo, known for its production of quality shamisen strings, only to find her peaceful life turned upside down when a master musician takes personal interest in her.
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人生劇場 飛車角 (1963)
Character: Otoyo
After eloping with a prostitute named Otoyo, Hishakaku takes refuge in the Kogane family’s turf. Indebted to Boss Kogane for his kindness, Hishakaku swears to dedicate himself to protect the Koganes in time of crisis. Hishakaku’s humble life comes to a sudden halt when the Kogane family becomes involved in a fatal feud with their rival, and Hishakaku’s services are called upon.
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続花と龍 洞海湾の決斗 (1966)
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The sequel to "Flowers and Dragons". Kingoro Tamai founded a family in the port of Wakamatsu. He unites people with his courage, and revolts against the entrepreneur Oki Nakashi, who is teeming with vices. Kingoro and his family are also forced to fight against the Ezaki-Gumi group, which is opposed by Tomoda Kizo, who is trying to control the port of Wakamatsu.
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