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悪名 (1961)
Character: Ochiyo
Asakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss. When Kotoito, the geisha Asakichi is in love with, is kidnapped by a rival clan and sold to a a house of pleasure, Asakichi and Sada set out to rescue her.
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夕凪 (1957)
Character: N/A
A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on her own.
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嘘 (1963)
Character: N/A
Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai" (Kinugasa/Shindô).
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東京の休日 (1958)
Character: N/A
May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes of having a quiet vacation without being noticed. But she is spotted and the press has a field-day with the returning celebrity. Her hopes of rest shattered, she agrees to put on a large-scale fashion show.
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憎いもの (1957)
Character: N/A
The story follows a humble merchant from Tohoku who travels to Tokyo to fulfill his dream of buying goods directly from wholesalers. During his stay, he experiences some of the happiest days with his daughter, only to be confronted with harsh realities that test family bonds, honor, and human frailty.
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天上大風 (1956)
Character: Akiko
When corruption spreads through a real estate company, president Hiyoshi brings in his honest friend Ryūtarō to reform it. Facing union unrest and betrayal from within, Ryūtarō exposes an embezzlement scheme and helps restore order. After the company stabilizes, he quietly leaves for Kyushu, urging his colleagues to carry on without him.
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怪談累が淵 (1960)
Character: N/A
Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daughter will also fall victim to his curse, so that she can become empowered as an agent of her father's vengeance.
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怪談蚊喰鳥 (1961)
Character: Kikuji
Features a haunted well with yet another blind masseur's vengeful ghost.
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生きている小平次 (1957)
Character: N/A
The actor Koheiji is terribly in love with the wife of his best friend, the playwright Takuro; to get her, he would even kill Takuro.
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続大番・風雲篇 (1957)
Character: Kohana
Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful.
Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban.
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奴が殺人者だ (1958)
Character: N/A
Thriller about a narcotics investigator uncovering a dope ring.
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第六の容疑者 (1960)
Character: Teruko Bessho
Police investigate the murder of a private eye/blackmailer who had numerous enemies, including six prime suspects.
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恐怖の逃亡 (1956)
Character: Kashima Mine
The story follows a man haunted by debt and crime, who flees with his mistress on a tense journey marked by betrayals and desperate choices. The film explores greed, betrayal, and the tragic downfall of a man consumed by money and despair.
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孫悟空 (1959)
Character: Queen of the spiders
The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow Buddhist travelers. Though portrayed as a literal, if rather anthropomorphized, monkey in the original legends, this film substitutes the spindly comic actor Norihei Miki, sans makeup.
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家庭の事情 (1962)
Character: N/A
Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmarried daughters and decides to split his retirement allowance he has received from his firm into 500,000 yen for each daughter as a wedding dowry. He considers them all old enough to handle the money, and gives them a free hand to use it as they wish.
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続サラリーマン出世太閤記 (1957)
Character: Geisha Kosuzu
After a transfer to a rural factory, salesman Hideyoshi faces blunders, schemers, and rivalries but proves his integrity, winning respect and a return to headquarters.
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サラリーマン出世太閤記 (1957)
Character: Geisha Kosuzu
Optimistic student Hideyoshi struggles to land a job at Japan Motors, facing setbacks and rivalry but winning his way in through persistence—and a mix of charm, luck, and chaos in both work and love.
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女探偵物語 女性ＳＯＳ (1958)
Character: N/A
A private detective and a colleague investigate a man for a wealthy young lady.
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サラリーマン御意見帖 男の一大事 (1960)
Character: Murayama Fujiko
A university graduate determined to become a fishmonger defies his mother's wishes, tangles with bar hostesses and a beer company heiress, and—after misunderstandings, brawls, and a second chance—discovers that maybe the salaryman life isn’t so bad after all.
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手錠をかけろ (1959)
Character: N/A
Crime melodrama about two detectives (Ikebe and Arashima) and one detective's trumpet-playing son (Sato) who become involved in a complex murder investigation.
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歌う不夜城 (1957)
Character: Kaoru Hayama (Star)
Backstage friendships and rivalries flare as dancers Akiko and Haruko compete for roles, clash with disapproving parents, and juggle new romances. A failed scheme to push Haruko out forces truths into the open, bringing the troupe back together as they head toward their next show.
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花くらべ狸道中 (1961)
Character: Kinuta (Oden)
A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society.
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顔 (1960)
Character: N/A
A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.
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お嬢さん (1961)
Character: Akiko
A romantic comedy depicting the variant and whimsical daily lives of the Japanese mademoiselles in the Metropolis of Tokyo. How they react against the bold spirited love makers and begin to take a liking to them is the theme of the picture.
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歌麿をめぐる五人の女 (1959)
Character: N/A
Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building, hears about this and secretly plans to follow Otose, the owner of Mizuta-ya, who became famous as Utamaro's model. At this time, the Kano school, headed by Kano Eikawa, which was under the control of the shogunate, is dissatisfied with Utamaro's fame and tries to compromise him…
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弥次喜多道中記 (1958)
Character: Oyasu
Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their wives for a little while. As they travel, they are constantly beset by complications involving women, mistaken identity, and misunderstood events. Another film adaptation of the famous novel Ikku Jippensha Footing It Along the Tokaido (Tokaidochu Hizakurige)
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雪国 (1957)
Character: Hanae
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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空の大怪獸 ラドン (1956)
Character: Female Honeymooner (uncredited)
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.
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新源氏物語 (1961)
Character: Lady Rokujo
Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to life in this new tale of his further romantic adventures. Young Genji, the emperor’s illegitimate son cuts a swath through the women of the imperial court, while still mourning the spirit of his late mother who died while he was still a child. Driven to an obsession with the emperor’s new concubine, Lady Fujitsubo, whose resemblance to his late mother originally caught the eye of the emperor, young Genji embarks upon a reckless affair with her that could cost him his life.
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黒の駐車場 (1963)
Character: N/A
Industrial espionage in the pharmaceutical industry. Also known in English as “Black Parking Lot”.
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四谷怪談 (1959)
Character: Oiwa
In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance.
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