Kunie Tanaka
Kunie Tanaka (田中 邦衛 Tanaka Kunie, November 23, 1932 - March 24, 2021) was a Japanese actor. He had his first notable role in 1960 as a thug in Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well, and worked with the director again on Sanjuro. Tanaka is well known for his roles in Kinji Fukasaku's yakuza films, namely the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series. He also appeared in Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan.
He has been nominated for five Japanese Academy Awards, winning the Best Supporting Actor statuette for Gakko in 1993. He appeared as the lecherous Shinjiro Ishiyama, nicknamed Aodaishō, the antagonist of the hero, played by Yūzō Kayama, in all of the Wakadaishō series of films. The character Kizaru, from Eiichiro Oda's manga series One Piece, is modeled after Tanaka.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 9.634 |
| Birthday | 1932-11-23 |
| Place of Birth | Gifu Prefecture, Japan. |
| Also Known As | 田中邦衛, 田中邦卫, |
1965
Kwaidan
7.708/361
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money wit...
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Kwaidan
1962
Sanjuro
7.954/578
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and...
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Sanjuro
1970
Dodes'ka-den
7.1/129
This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances...
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Dodes'ka-den
2004
The Hidden Blade
7.403/103
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his...
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The Hidden Blade
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
7.4/101
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1959
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
8.182/176
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts ag...
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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
2003
Resurrection
5.607/14
When dead people starts returning to the small Japanese town of Aso, government official Kawada is dispatched to uncover the “truth”.
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Resurrection
1971
The Wolves
7.342/19
After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets released early -- only to find that his former gang...
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The Wolves
1966
The Face of Another
7.763/234
A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.
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The Face of Another
1965
Sword of the Beast
7.5/63
Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his minist...
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Sword of the Beast
1969
Goyokin
7.5/54
A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
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Goyokin
1966
The Sword of Doom
7.7/215
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a...
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The Sword of Doom
1962
Pitfall
7.328/96
A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of lost...
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Pitfall
1966
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
7.013/39
Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss.
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Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1974
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
6.5/9
The Maccherone organization is out to get a priceless national treasure. But when they see third-generation cat-burglar Lupin as an obstacle, countles...
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Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
2001
All About Our House
5.9/9
Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to design it. Unfortunately, Yanagisawa isn’t licensed to buil...
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All About Our House
1981
Station
6.083/12
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
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Station
1985
Demon
7.7/4
Shuji was once a feared member of the Yakuza crime syndicate, but he's reformed his ways, abandoned his old life and left the city for a small coastal...
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Demon
1975
Battle Cry
6/5
During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to fight Imperial t...
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Battle Cry
1981
At This Late Date, the Charleston
6.3/3
A young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of sexual assault; he soon meets several impostors in the same situation.
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At This Late Date, the Charleston
1992
Luminous Moss
5.5/4
A headmaster and a novelist, looking for inspiration, regard a strange natural phenomenon before sharing stories of their own.
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Luminous Moss
1993
A Class to Remember
7.5/4
A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood for adult students on the fringes of Japanese society.
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A Class to Remember
1970
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
0/0
A man is inspired to build a hospital after his mother falls ill and becomes a host to swindle money out of women.
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The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
1970
Duel at Fort Ezo
5.4/5
1864. Samurai Shinbei is sent in a secret mission to Ezo, in the North of Japan, to stop riots of villagers commanded by Jirozaemon. A Russian count's...
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Duel at Fort Ezo
1986
The House of Wedlock
0/0
Tokiko Enomoto finds out that her husband Kazuya, who mostly lives at an apartment near his work while she and their children live at home, has been h...
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The House of Wedlock
1976
The Machine Gun Dragon
6.3/3
Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun and a gang of hoodlums, he must face the yakuza and...
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The Machine Gun Dragon
1974
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
5.333/12
Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attemp...
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1975
Graveyard of Honor
6.651/43
A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his self control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.
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Graveyard of Honor
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
7.3/37
While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in thei...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
Evil of Dracula
6.576/33
A professor takes up a new post at an all-girls school only to discover the principal concealing a dark secret.
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Evil of Dracula
1979
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
5.7/6
Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known bein...
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The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
2010
The Last Ronin
6.3/12
16 years after the fateful "revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin," involving samurais from the Ako domain who avenged their leader and then commited seppu...
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The Last Ronin
2002
Kewaishi
7/1
Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori was an official selection at the 5th Shanghai International Film Festival and...
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Kewaishi
1996
The Rainbow Seeker
0/0
A young man fails his company entrance exams and leaves home to work at a run-down cinema in Tokushima, whose owner lives to bring entertaining films...
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The Rainbow Seeker
1991
Mourning Work
0/0
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Mourning Work
1961
Big Shots Die at Dawn
6.2/4
An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively kno...
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Big Shots Die at Dawn
1990
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
0/0
An old man falls into a coma and dreams about his childhood during WWII.
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Hoshi wo tsugu mono
1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
6.7/3
The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies: Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Deadly Fight...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1988
Yojo no jidai
0/0
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Yojo no jidai
1978
Winter's Flower
6.25/4
Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself...
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Winter's Flower
1990
Tasmania Story
9/1
Eiji Kawano (Kunie Tanaka) has recently broken from the Japanese company he used to work for. As an immigrant to Tasmania, he has been won over by the...
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Tasmania Story
1960
The Bad Sleep Well
7.694/237
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled d...
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The Bad Sleep Well
1978
Blood Type: Blue
6.2/5
UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue...
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Blood Type: Blue
1962
The Inheritance
7.2/24
On his deathbed, a wealthy businessman announces that his fortune is to be split equally among his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are...
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The Inheritance
1983
Choji Snack Bar
7.5/2
Eiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for and serving the lively residents of his small hometown.
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Choji Snack Bar
1961
The Merciless Trap
7/1
Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious.
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The Merciless Trap
1968
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
6.8/8
Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his condolences to Yumeko and to reunite with Yukiko (Chie...
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
2003
The Boat to Heaven
0/0
A young boy, Masahiko Sakurai, grows up in Nagasaki where he sees the clear blue ocean everyday. His mother wants him to be a violinist. To make her d...
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The Boat to Heaven
1964
Red Diamond
0/0
After losing all his money, Kizuka Keita, a seller on the black market, is trying to commit suicide. But he is saved by Morigen, a broker on the azuki...
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Red Diamond
1973
Stray Dog
7/4
When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior,...
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Stray Dog
1986
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
5/4
Travel into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new apartment manager; Yusaku, the...
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Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
1979
Murder in the Doll House
6.5/2
Yūsaku Matsuda plays the part of a private detective in this modern day "who dunnit" mystery, full of suspense, thrills and chills.
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Murder in the Doll House
1980
The Revolt
6/1
When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miy...
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The Revolt
1979
White Love
0/0
Kobasashi was learning Spanish so that she could go to Spain to look for her father who had left the family. She fell in love with her language teache...
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White Love
1968
The Day the Sun Rose
7/1
Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned cust...
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The Day the Sun Rose
1978
Dynamite Don-Don
7/3
Yakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyūshū Area in the summer of 1950, particularly between the Okagen Group and the rising Hashiden Gang. Now w...
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Dynamite Don-Don
1988
Love on a Daily Basis
1/1
The lives of a young yakuza and his girlfriend.
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Love on a Daily Basis
1985
Early Spring Story
5.6/5
A high school student Hitomi poses as a university student and ends up in falling in love with middle-aged Okawa, her dead mother's ex-boyfriend. Hito...
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Early Spring Story
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
6.9/38
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new di...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
7.2/44
Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new frien...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
0/0
Upon returning to his hometown of Nagasaki, recently released prisoner Tachibana Shinichi must rejoin the Asahi gang family in order to pay back a pas...
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Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
1972
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
6.4/8
The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s released he finds everything completely changed and hi...
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Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1976
Hangyaku no Tabi
0/0
Hiroshi Kakurai is an assassin who was thinking of retiring. He travels to an island in the Seto Inland Sea and begins to live peacefully with Shinobu...
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Hangyaku no Tabi
1979
The Fixer
6/2
Political fixer Homei Yamaoka's misdeeds come to light, throwing Japanese politics into deadly confusion. But he's not going down without a fight.
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The Fixer
1975
The International Gang of Kobe
5.7/6
In 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun by United States occupation forces and international g...
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The International Gang of Kobe
1979
Nichiren
0/0
An epic drama about Nichiren's life. Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived for 60 years during the Kamakura period (1185-1333) in Japan. Nichiren tau...
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Nichiren
1978
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
0/0
Eighth movie in the Torakku Yarō series
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The Truck Rascals Go to The North
1965
Abashiri Prison
6.5/5
Abashiri Prison is located in the coldest place in Japan. Two men, handcuffed together have escaped from the prison, one a yakuza, the other a petty c...
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Abashiri Prison
1975
The Bullet Train
6.7/44
A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police ra...
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The Bullet Train
1975
Light of Africa
6/2
Two semi-slackers with an ultra-intimate friendship work, slack and drink in a freezing Hokkaido town.
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Light of Africa
1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
0/0
A gripping tale of friendship set against the backdrop of Hokkaido. Shinichi sets out to earn a few honest dollars with which to bail a friend out of...
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Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
1968
The Woman Champion
0/0
Fifth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
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The Woman Champion
1968
The Woman Gambler's Revenge
0/0
Tenth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
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The Woman Gambler's Revenge
1966
Golden Ninja
0/0
Just after the Battle of Sekigahara, a pair of children Denji and Kichizo witnessed a team of the defeated forces hide the Toyotomi treasure. When th...
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Golden Ninja
1975
Cops vs. Thugs
6.2/22
When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the ac...
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Cops vs. Thugs
1971
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
0/0
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New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
1973
Deeper Than Blue
0/0
About a girl who marries in the middle of the Pacific War, is widowed at 18, and her unflagging struggle to survive during and after the war with her...
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Deeper Than Blue
1996
Oishinbo
0/0
Based on the comic by Tatsu Kariya.
Featuring journalist Shiro Yamaoka who works for Touzai Shimbun. He is a cynical food critic who is tasked by the...
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Oishinbo
1963
Sasuke and His Comedians
5.8/4
Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan children are wandering through the battlefield scavengin...
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Sasuke and His Comedians
1973
Yakuza of the Present
0/0
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Yakuza of the Present
1974
Third Generation Boss
0/0
Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan's largest criminal clan.
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Third Generation Boss
1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
6/1
Two convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to prove they didn't steal it.
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Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
1997
The Rainbow Seeker 2
0/0
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The Rainbow Seeker 2
1966
The Threat
6.8/5
Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family....
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The Threat
1968
Outlaw: Black Dagger
6.4/8
A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the middle of action. Through a knife fight against Sueo,...
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Outlaw: Black Dagger
1977
Village of Eight Gravestones
6.3/7
The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of nov...
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Village of Eight Gravestones
1965
Yakuza G-Men
0/0
34th year of Meiji (1901). Japanese gangster Shuntaro Hibiki is forced to work for the police to find out who robbed a truck full of gold.
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Yakuza G-Men
1979
Down with The Big Boss
0/0
In pre-war Japan, two members of a large yakuza syndicate instigate a turf war that embroils the highest echelons of Tokyo's underworld.
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Down with The Big Boss
1966
Koto—The Lake of Tears
6.5/4
A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo, known for its production of quality shamisen strings,...
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Koto—The Lake of Tears
1977
The Extravagant Cops
0/0
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The Extravagant Cops
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
0/0
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Sanjuro" (1962).
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
1961
Sir Galahad in Campus
0/0
The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.
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Sir Galahad in Campus
1962
Pride of the Campus
0/0
Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant, singing in a band, and preparing for an important boxing t...
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Pride of the Campus
1975
Shimane Prison Riot
5/1
Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisoners of Shimane Prison to the biggest riot in jail h...
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Shimane Prison Riot
1995
Salaryman Senka
0/0
Based on the manga by Sadao Jouji which has been running in the magazine Shukan Gendai since 1969.
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Salaryman Senka
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Bad Sleep Well
0/0
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960).
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Bad Sleep Well
1978
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
6.2/16
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to...
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Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1970
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
6.653/36
Zatoichi is mentored by the blind leader of a secret organization as he contends with both the Yakuza and a jealous husband.
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Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1975
The Wild Trucker
7/1
The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help bring home the father of two young chi...
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The Wild Trucker
1960
The Sun's Burial
6.5/22
In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of bl...
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The Sun's Burial
1977
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
7.3/3
Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries to cure a cat lady by reversing her tr...
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The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1976
Manhunt
6.447/19
A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.
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Manhunt
1983
Nogare no machi
0/0
Based on the novel of the same name by Kenzo Kitakata.
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Nogare no machi
1965
Campus A Go-Go
8.5/2
Young Guy (Kayama) competes in an electric guitar competition and plays American-style football. Released alongside Invasion of Astro Monster.
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Campus A Go-Go
1966
The Bullet and the Horse
0/0
A number of recently released prisoners become involved in a racket with a rancher who is a rival to a neighboring landowner and wants to use the conv...
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The Bullet and the Horse
1982
Highschool Scramble
0/0
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Highschool Scramble
1991
Kamigata Kugaizoshi
1/1
"Do Not Fall" - Set during Japan's Meiji period, three sisters are abused and exploited by their harsh father, including a daughter who plays the thre...
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Kamigata Kugaizoshi
1975
Great Jailbreak
7/1
A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and direct...
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Great Jailbreak
1966
Cash Calls Hell
7.6/10
Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in exchange for a half-share of 30,000,000 yen, he is to assass...
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Cash Calls Hell
1967
Game of Chance 2
6/1
Bungo is released from prison to find his son Kenichi in the care of strangers. Teruko, the woman originally looking after the boy, was forced to leav...
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Game of Chance 2
1987
The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
5.5/1
A jewelry broker is killed and a large amount of money is stolen. A female detective from the Metropolitan Police Department transforms into a geisha...
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The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
1964
Shingo's Final Duel
0/0
After Aoi Shingo, the illegitimate son of Shogun Yoshimune has gained prominence as the finest swordsman in the land, he tries to lead a peaceful life...
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Shingo's Final Duel
1972
Summer Soldiers
6/4
The plight of U.S. Army deserters from Vietnam on the run in Japan, centering on the culture clash between the troubled Americans and the Japanese who...
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Summer Soldiers
1972
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
7/1
Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their boss. He also meets a fellow gambler who idolizes Mon...
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Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
1975
300 Million Thief Immune to Charges Begins
0/0
In this retelling of an infamous unsolved heist, a couple tries to outlast the statute of limitations after successfully stealing 300 million yen.
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300 Million Thief Immune to Charges Begins
1973
Japan's Top Gangster
0/0
A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on the road to becoming boss of Japan's largest gang.
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Japan's Top Gangster
1966
Silence Has No Wings
6.9/17
Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this allegorical and oblique first feature film by Kuroki...
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Silence Has No Wings
1991
A Desirable Marriage
0/0
A human drama on the state of marriage today, following the battle between a mother and daughter over her marriage and humorous depictions of the peop...
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A Desirable Marriage
1976
Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
0/0
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1967
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
0/0
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Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
1966
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
0/0
Based on Ito Hajime's original story, this is the seventh installment in the "Bangaichi" series, adapted jointly by Kamba Fumio and Matsuda Hiroo, and...
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Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
1966
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
0/0
This is the sixth film in the "Abashiri Series," based on an original idea by Hajime Ito, and written and directed by Teruo Ishii of "Operation Big Ba...
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Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
1970
Zoku Isoginchaku
0/0
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Zoku Isoginchaku
1980
May Love Be Restored
0/0
A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk.
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May Love Be Restored
1967
Let's Go! Young Guy
0/0
College student Yuuichi Tanuma is fired up for Nationals where his university Kyonan will face off against their rivals, Seihoku. Yuuichi has his sigh...
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Let's Go! Young Guy
1984
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
6/2
In Okinawa, a Japanese-Filipino gangster named Joe kills an Okinawan mobster. Joe temporarily escapes the pursuing mob by fleeing to the Philippines,...
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The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
1962
College Champ
0/0
Yuuichi Tanuma, our young hero, is a senior at Kyonan University and captain of the marathon team. His parents run a sukiyaki restaurant back in his h...
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College Champ
1965
Tale of Ninja Duty
1/1
Mumyo Tsunataro killed his betrayed fiance Orie and He flees to Utsunomiya. On his way he happens to saves Chisaka Hyobu's daughter Oyu (She is exactl...
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Tale of Ninja Duty
1982
The Shootout
5/1
A run-in with the police once again puts three former reformatory inmates on the wrong side of the law. Their situation becomes increasingly desperate...
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The Shootout
1961
Blood on the Sea
0/0
Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.
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Blood on the Sea
1957
The Story of Pure Love
6.8/5
Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately tr...
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The Story of Pure Love
1984
Sukanpin Walk
5/1
Musical star vehicle for a young Kikkawa Koji.
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Sukanpin Walk
1975
Company Buggers
7/1
Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their directors for financial gain.
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Company Buggers
1988
Oracion
6/2
Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is given the name Oracion or "prayer". When Oracion is grown,...
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Oracion
1966
The Front Line Showdown
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The Front Line Showdown
1972
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
0/0
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New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1971
The Battle of Okinawa
7.458/12
The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army...
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The Battle of Okinawa
1971
The Instant Services Bureau
9/1
Comedy of two brothers working at a local governmental office.
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The Instant Services Bureau
1968
Angel's Lover
0/0
Comedy about two employees who work against their boss.
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Angel's Lover
1978
The Demon
6.306/31
When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children wit...
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The Demon
1972
My Voiceless Friends
0/0
A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.
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My Voiceless Friends
1984
Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
6/1
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Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
1983
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
0/0
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Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1987
Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
6/1
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Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
1989
Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
8/2
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Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
1977
Sugata Sanshiro
0/0
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 o...
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Sugata Sanshiro
1962
Operation Sewer Rats
0/0
Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.
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Operation Sewer Rats
1988
Tomorrow
7.7/3
On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by Mitsukaru Inoue, describes the daily life of peopl...
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Tomorrow
1990
Ronin-gai
5.9/13
Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district attempt to regain their honor by defending a brothel fr...
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Ronin-gai
1971
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
8/3
After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride.
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Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1987
Take Me Out to the Snowland
6/1
Fumio Yano is an unassuming young businessman in the ski wear line. His own skiing ability is close to professional level, and he assists a former wor...
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Take Me Out to the Snowland
1967
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
0/0
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Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
1971
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
0/0
Iwabuchi of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division cooperates with Kubo of the Foreign Affairs Division in re-investigating the c...
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Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
1974
Machi no Hi
0/0
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 brokerag...
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Machi no Hi
1969
Tenchu!
7/38
A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.
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Tenchu!
1993
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
0/0
Second television special.
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Baian the Assassin: Showdown
1990
Baian the Assassin
0/0
First television special.
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Baian the Assassin
1965
Three Yakuza
7.8/4
A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each pa...
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Three Yakuza
1976
Hobo General
0/0
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Hobo General
1965
The Last Judgment
0/0
The last judgment.
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The Last Judgment
1976
Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den
0/0
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Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den
1963
The Young Ace in Hawaii
0/0
Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous screening with Matango. Filmed on location in Hawaii.
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The Young Ace in Hawaii
1975
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
0/0
Toei studios last ninkyo eiga of the 70's.
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Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
1991
The love song of farewell later
0/0
A suspense drama based on Osamu Takahashi's original work starring Shinobu Otake. The shooting location of Gunkanjima is a famous tourist attraction....
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The love song of farewell later
1998
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
6.2/4
A widow who has single-handedly raised her autistic son loses her job and begins attending a technical college to gain new qualifications. She meets o...
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A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1979
The Last Game
0/0
After the war-time government orders the disbanding of the Big-Six baseball league, the teams of Waseda and Keio universities play one final game befo...
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The Last Game
1966
Debt of Honor
0/0
A hobo exposes the misdeeds of a new yakuza.
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Debt of Honor
1978
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
5.5/1
The Japanese pop music duo Pink Lady are circus performers who show kindness toward a captured "monster," a sad, furry being (played by a man in a bul...
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Pink Lady's Motion Picture
1968
Hymn to a Tired Man
7.8/4
Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son's fallen for the daughter of a war officer responsible for the maiming.
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Hymn to a Tired Man
1993
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
6.556/9
A noble samurai serving the Shogun as 'Kogi Kaishaku-nin' (Official Executioner) is the target of a plot by the evil Yagyu Clan to take away his posit...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
1983
Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
0/0
The secret map of the treasure of Kenzan was stolen out of the house of a former soldier in Awa. A fight over the treasure that the map shows happens...
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Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
1969
Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms
0/0
Beginning of the Showa era, Takasaki City in Joshu (Gunma Province). Gambler Inufushi Yoichi continues to lose at Takamasa's gambling house. The autho...
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Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms
1963
A Fishmonger's Tour
0/0
The supply of sea bream to the fish market has decreased, and the price has increased to a whopping 1 ryo, and unable to face his customers openly any...
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A Fishmonger's Tour
1972
Zorome no San Kyoudai
0/0
In Osaka, a family sets up shop in Tsuruhashi. Trouble brews for three brothers – Jinzuke, Tadayoshi, and Eizo – when they come together in their home...
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Zorome no San Kyoudai
1992
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
6/1
There is a man who divorced his wife. He moved to rural Hokkaido from Tokyo where he lived with his family without running water or electricity. He ha...
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Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
1968
Women and Miso Soup
0/0
Temari, a geisha, dreams of opening a small restaurant with her little brother.
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Women and Miso Soup
1973
The School Deviate Waru
0/0
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The School Deviate Waru
1982
Tonga Adventure Family
0/0
This adventure family drama is based on the story of Kazuhiko Inoue, who quit his job as a salesman at a trading company and moved his family to Tonga...
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Tonga Adventure Family
1977
Japan's Don
7.5/2
A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.
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Japan's Don
1968
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
0/0
A salaryman comedy.
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How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1968
Young People
0/0
"Young People" is a story about the lives of four brothers and a sister, Sato. After the death of his parents, the older brother, Taro, who works in c...
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Young People
1969
Forward, Young People!
0/0
The second film tells about the life of matured brothers and sister Sato. Taro became a foreman. He saves every yen to fulfill his dream of building h...
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Forward, Young People!
1970
Banner of the Young
0/0
The final part of the trilogy. It is about a younger brother, Suekichi. He learned well the lessons that life taught his older brothers. Therefore, he...
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Banner of the Young
1969
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
0/0
A crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang of pickpockets in Osaka. The detective (played by Keiju...
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The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1964
The Desperate
7/2
A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its depths. Ace detective Sugai (Oki Minoru) pursues Chiyo (H...
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The Desperate
1979
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
0/0
Kensho Yamashita's directorial debut.
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Troubleman Laughs and Kills
1965
Young Guy at Sea
0/0
Eternal young guy, Yuzo Kayama stars in this fifth installment of the Young Guy series. Young Guy returns to the swim team from the first movie, boar...
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Young Guy at Sea
1970
Bravo, Young Guy
0/0
A film by Katsumi Iwauchi.
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Bravo, Young Guy
1982
Karate Cop
0/0
A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse attendant, Hisako.
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Karate Cop
1994
Free and Easy Special
7.5/2
Approached by a friend about a matchmaking arrangement, Su-san goes to Hama-chan's home seeking help. Hama-chan is away on a business trip, but Michik...
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Free and Easy Special
2000
As the River Flows
0/0
2000 live-action Japanese film.
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As the River Flows
1984
Tokimeki Coast Story
0/0
Set in the fishing port of Shingu, Nankishu, it depicts a young man aiming to become a professional surfer.
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Tokimeki Coast Story
1975
Doterai Man
0/0
Business is a game! A theatrical version of the TV drama that became a social phenomenon starring Teruhiko Saigo. Set in a wholesaler town in Osaka, i...
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Doterai Man
1977
Seasonal Wind
0/0
Shinji, a young man who accidentally met a successful model, moves to Tokyo because of his admiration for her. However, a harsh reality awaits him in...
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Seasonal Wind
1995
Tora-san to the Rescue
6/1
Tora-san works hard to bring together his nephew, Mitsuo, and Mitsuo’s girlfriend who is engaged to someone else.
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Tora-san to the Rescue
1991
Shy Security
0/0
A motocross rider avenges his father's death
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Shy Security
1968
In Broad Daylight
0/0
After his company goes bankrupt, Katsuji Watanabe resorts to pickpocketing again with his old swindler buddies. However, one by one, his friends start...
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In Broad Daylight
2003
Fukumimi
0/0
29-year-old Satonaka Takashi (Kudo Kankuro) is a freelancer. He falls in love at first sight with Satoru Nobunaga (Shiho Takano), who was a nurse at h...
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Fukumimi
1962
The Crimson Sky
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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The Crimson Sky
1968
The Human Bullet
6/10
A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the...
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The Human Bullet
1997
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
0/0
A drama about a father and his son centered around the Great Hanshin earthquake.
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Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1963
Okashina yatsu
0/0
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Okashina yatsu
1970
Rebel Against Glory
0/0
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Rebel Against Glory
1983
The Undercover Ninja Organization
0/0
Oniwaban is an organization that is composed of two ninja groups… Iga and Koga. This is a story of a secret spy who settled in Okazaki Joka town durin...
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The Undercover Ninja Organization
1987
The Great Department Store Robbery
0/0
Katsuyo plans her last gang robbery.
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The Great Department Store Robbery
1968
Three Rogues
0/0
Two lone wolf yakuza (Hideki Takahashi and Kunie Tanaka) rob a gambling den, then split up when pursued by the angry gang. They eventually meet again...
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Three Rogues
1967
The Young Ace in the South Pacific
0/0
The 10th film in the Wakadaisho series, the Young Ace Yuichi Tanuma travels to Hawaii to train in deep-sea navigation. The Young Ace comes to the resc...
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The Young Ace in the South Pacific
1971
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
0/0
Comedy centered on a stripper agency
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Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
1967
River of Forever
0/0
Pure love story
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River of Forever
1975
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
0/0
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Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
1978
幽霊列車
0/0
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幽霊列車
1964
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
0/0
In the early Meiji era, two contrasting craftsmen, who had been bound by a ten-year strong friendship, suddenly hated each other and face many obstacl...
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Punishment of a Lawless Villian
2003
北の国から 記憶 前編
0/0
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北国之恋1988~1998 [记忆]
0/0
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1961
Hidden Fangs
0/0
Set in a juvenile detention center and depicted with a documentary touch.
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Hidden Fangs
1991
Castle of Sand
0/0
What is the dark fate of a young up-and-coming artist who is on the verge of achieving glory? The story depicts the fate of a detective who relentless...
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Castle of Sand
1995
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
6/1
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Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
1981
Private Detective DOBU 1
0/0
Dobu (Kunie Tanaka) used to be a soldier but now is a private detective. Three vagrants were killed in a shrine, and Dobu found out that those three h...
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Private Detective DOBU 1
2002
Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
0/0
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Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
1970
Charming Men
0/0
One day, when Goro (Kiyoshi Atsumi) returns to his poor tenement house from a trip on a deep-sea tuna boat, his neighbor's daughter Haruko (Mitsuko Ba...
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Charming Men
1982
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
0/0
Dobu, an Edo samurai, is tasked with investigating a string of noble murders in Kyoto, disrupting his routine in Shimotani.
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Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
1982
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
0/0
After six exiles return to Edo, four are mysteriously killed. Two survivors, Kosuke and Kingo, lead a search to uncover a hidden motive behind the mur...
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Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
1983
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
0/0
In Edo's autumn, a wave of murders hits, targeting those linked to an old case. A young man, Utaro, takes charge, but Dobu's love interest is involved...
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Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
1983
Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
0/0
After two thugs are killed, Dobu and his crew have three days to catch the murderers. Dobu suspects a hidden mastermind influencing the magistrate.
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Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
1983
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
0/0
A spree of murders in the city targets peddlers and komuso monks, all killed in the same method. Dobu investigates after a ronin's death with a unique...
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