Yoshio Tsuchiya
Yoshio Tsuchiya (土屋 嘉男 Tsuchiya Yoshio, May 18, 1927 – February 8, 2017) was a Japanese actor known for his frequent appearances in Akira Kurosawa's Samurai films as well as Ishiro Honda's science fiction films.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.6548 |
| Birthday | 1927-05-18 |
| Place of Birth | Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan |
| Also Known As |
1954
Seven Samurai
8.45/4132
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...
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Seven Samurai
1958
The Hidden Fortress
7.977/683
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who g...
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The Hidden Fortress
1969
Funeral Parade of Roses
7.538/234
In 1960s Tokyo, Gonda owns a bar in which the gay, cross-dresser, and trans scenes meet. Gonda is in a relationship with the madam of the bar, Leda. A...
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Funeral Parade of Roses
1955
Godzilla Raids Again
6/322
Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon...
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Godzilla Raids Again
1968
Destroy All Monsters
6.9/270
At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens kn...
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Destroy All Monsters
1965
Frankenstein Conquers the World
6.7/69
During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a...
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Frankenstein Conquers the World
1965
Red Beard
8.135/401
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him...
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Red Beard
1970
Incident at Blood Pass
6.82/25
In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of ch...
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Incident at Blood Pass
1962
Sanjuro
7.958/705
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
1963
High and Low
8.351/1090
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
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High and Low
1991
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
7/254
The Futurians, time-travelers from the 23rd century, arrive in Japan to warn them of the nation's destruction under Godzilla. They offer to help erase...
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Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1958
The H-Man
5.707/41
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where s...
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The H-Man
1957
The Mysterians
6.369/61
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to s...
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The Mysterians
1962
The Crimson Sky
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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The Crimson Sky
1970
Space Amoeba
6.415/53
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. S...
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Space Amoeba
1959
Battle in Outer Space
5.823/48
In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and contr...
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Battle in Outer Space
1962
The Tenth Game of New Salarymen: Salaryman Ittoru
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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The Tenth Game of New Salarymen: Salaryman Ittoru
1965
Invasion of Astro-Monster
6.8/243
Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world f...
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Invasion of Astro-Monster
1962
Chihō kisha
0/0
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Chihō kisha
1962
Home-Brewed Tatsu
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Home-Brewed Tatsu
1963
Matango
6.694/103
Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try...
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Matango
1973
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
6.926/34
Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nur...
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Zatoichi's Conspiracy
1963
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
0/0
Director Iwauchi Katsuki adapted this melodrama from Sasazawa Saho's award winning novel about two young lovers from different sides of the tracks set...
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Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
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
1960
The Secret of the Telegian
6.1/8
Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims.
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The Secret of the Telegian
1968
Golden Eyes
6.5/5
A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route from Beirut to Tokyo.
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Golden Eyes
1970
The Militarists
8/1
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The Militarists
1959
A Whistle in My Heart
6.3/6
The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state.
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A Whistle in My Heart
1969
Samurai Banners
7.354/24
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 co...
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Samurai Banners
1983
The Yoshida School
0/0
Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history relea...
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The Yoshida School
1969
Battle of the Japan Sea
6/7
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a...
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Battle of the Japan Sea
1960
The Human Vapor
6.6/16
A failed science experiment gives a librarian the ability to turn into a gaseous substance. He goes on to rob banks to fund his dancer girlfriend's ca...
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The Human Vapor
1954
Invisible Man
6.375/8
When an invisible man is run down by a car it’s up to an eager young reporter and a strange clown to bring a dangerous gang to justice.
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Invisible Man
1955
All is Well 2
0/0
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All is Well 2
1963
Young Swordsman
6.5/11
This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the la...
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Young Swordsman
1967
Son of Godzilla
6.439/237
Reporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in the South Seas. He discovers the island is inhabited b...
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Son of Godzilla
1961
Yojimbo
8.089/1648
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the loca...
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Yojimbo
1962
Varan the Unbelievable
4.273/33
In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where...
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Varan the Unbelievable
1955
I Live in Fear
7.298/119
An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to Brazil. When they petition to have him declared i...
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I Live in Fear
1957
Throne of Blood
7.917/960
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spi...
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Throne of Blood
1960
The Bad Sleep Well
7.695/275
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
2015
Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction
7/1
An independent crowd-funded documentary that celebrates the sixty-year legacy of the world's greatest monster, Godzilla. Filmed on location in Tokyo t...
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Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction
1977
Double Suicide at Nishijin
7.5/2
Yumi, an exceptionally beautiful call girl, has a close call with death when a client forces her to die with him. An old cop pities her and agrees to...
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Double Suicide at Nishijin
1956
A Wife's Heart
6.8/11
A young woman tries to raise money to open her own coffee shop. She arranges a loan when her rigid family won't help and then her husband becomes jeal...
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A Wife's Heart
1958
Little Peach
5.9/14
Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitors, until she marries a beginning writer named Ryok...
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Little Peach
1966
Zero Fighter
0/0
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Zero Fighter
1959
Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
8.5/2
In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplomats, to take them to the Canaries and arrange an a...
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Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
2016
Mifune: The Last Samurai
7.13/50
An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.
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Mifune: The Last Samurai
1955
No Time for Tears
0/0
Coach Shimamura of the hapless Sparrows baseball team is pleased to obtain a hot new pitcher named Onishi. But when Onishi begins a romantic relations...
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No Time for Tears
1966
Moment of Terror
5.8/12
When an only son is fatally struck by a car, his mother seeks vengeance against the driver, the adulterous wife of a company president. The woman's hu...
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Moment of Terror
2008
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
8.538/13
A look at the unrecognized work of the talented artists and craftsmen who've maintained the tradition of Japanese special-effects. Highlighted is Yasu...
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Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
1955
Stray Sheep
0/0
1955 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.
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Stray Sheep
1958
Varan
5.671/35
When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Vara...
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Varan
1967
Two in the Shadow
7.7/46
A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves,...
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Two in the Shadow
1997
The Seven Chefs
6/1
Traveling chef Ryuji is called back to Tokyo to help save his late teacher’s restaurant. With the help of his close friend Kinu, Ryuji must complete t...
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The Seven Chefs
1984
Rouge
5/7
A photographer for a weekly magazine becomes obsessed with Nami, a woman he first saw getting brutally raped in an underground porn video. After track...
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Rouge
1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
6.4/5
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disas...
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1961
Death on the Mountain
6.5/2
Three bankers, out on holiday, climb the Japanese Alps. One dies under mysterious circumstances, and later it is suggested that perhaps the man was mu...
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Death on the Mountain
1967
Kojiro
7.5/4
Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi (Tat...
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Kojiro
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
8/1
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Hidden Fortress" (1958).
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
0/0
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Lower Depths" (1957).
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
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'
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
10/1
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Seven Samurai" (1954).
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
1961
Sir Galahad in Campus
6/1
The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.
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Sir Galahad in Campus
1982
Lady Karuizawa
4.3/7
A university student travels to a popular resort in the mountains for a summer job as a waiter and becomes romantically involved with an older woman f...
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Lady Karuizawa
1965
The Retreat from Kiska
8.3/3
In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhe...
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The Retreat from Kiska
1968
Admiral Yamamoto
8.3/8
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet....
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Admiral Yamamoto
1960
The Storm of the Pacific
5.6/8
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1...
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The Storm of the Pacific
1963
Legacy of the 500,000
6.75/6
During World War II, Japan sends gold to the Phillipines. After the war, the gold is lost in the bay of Manille. Former soldier Takeichi Matsuo is now...
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Legacy of the 500,000
1959
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
6.405/37
A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.
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Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1967
The Killing Bottle
7/2
In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group bent on assassinating the Prime Minister of Buddh...
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The Killing Bottle
1952
I Was a Prisoner in Siberia
0/0
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I Was a Prisoner in Siberia
1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
0/0
An Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the first film.
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A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
1958
Song for a Bride
0/0
An Ishiro Honda film.
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Song for a Bride
1956
I Saw the Killer
0/0
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I Saw the Killer
1962
Chûshingura
7.133/45
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their hon...
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Chûshingura
1966
The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay
0/0
Sangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send him to prison. In prison Sangoro will have a new life
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The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay
1958
The Rickshaw Man
7.184/38
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.
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The Rickshaw Man
1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
0/0
An Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the second film.
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A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1954
君死に給うことなかれ
0/0
Set at the end of World War II and after Japan's defeat, it is a melodrama about a man and a woman at the mercy of war. Wataru is entrusted by his bes...
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君死に給うことなかれ
1955
No Response from Car 33
7/1
Film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
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No Response from Car 33
1953
Tower of Lilies
6.8/8
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situat...
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Tower of Lilies
1954
The Black Fury
0/0
A narcotics investigator for the harbor police, Eiichi Tsuda, is driven by thoughts of vengeance for the overdose death of his brother and the subsequ...
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The Black Fury
1990
Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan 3: Big Operation in Big Edo
0/0
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Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan 3: Big Operation in Big Edo
1980
Dangai kara no koe
0/0
A couple of sculptors who caused a traffic accident and changed their lives are led to a crime. The lives of the up-and-coming sculptor Sugio Nishikaw...
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Dangai kara no koe
1968
Kill!
6.949/78
A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer...
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Kill!
1967
Japan's Longest Day
7.15/30
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies...
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Japan's Longest Day
1989
Tokyo: The Last War
6.1/8
The year is 1945. After the horrific fire-bombings of the Pacific War levels Japan to the ground, the government decides to consult spiritual psychics...
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Tokyo: The Last War
1965
Beast Alley
7/1
Desperate to escape her grueling life caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamiko murders him and burns down their home to start anew. She is soon entang...
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Beast Alley
1956
Settlement of Love
0/0
Living in a house that has lost its man to the war a year earlier are the widow and her child. Four of the dead man's friends gather to have an annive...
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Settlement of Love
1960
University Bandits
0/0
A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a...
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University Bandits
1959
Vagabond Employee: Outcry Version
0/0
When a corrupt executive takes over his struggling company and violates his girlfriend, a young salaryman declares war, leaving his job to expose the...
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Vagabond Employee: Outcry Version
1961
The Tenth Game of New Salarymen
0/0
A young salesman wins over a rival ink company while falling for the president’s daughter. Drawn into kendo rivalries and pressured to lose, he choose...
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The Tenth Game of New Salarymen
1957
Reign of Terror
0/0
Crime melodrama has young Kijima (Takarada) working at a successful cabaret, actually a front for drug dealing. Initially unaware of this, he falls in...
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Reign of Terror
1955
New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain
0/0
Kurama Tengu uncovers a suspicious gold robbery tied to a political scheme within the shogunate. As he follows the clues, hidden alliances, betrayals,...
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New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain
1964
Fright Time
0/0
A grieving factory worker storms a Tokyo police station, holding a department chief at gunpoint, convinced he killed his girlfriend. When he learns it...
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Fright Time
1963
Sensation Seekers
0/0
1963 Japanese movie
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Sensation Seekers
1958
Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman
0/0
A private detective and a colleague investigate a man for a wealthy young lady.
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Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman
1958
He's the Killer
0/0
Thriller about a narcotics investigator uncovering a dope ring.
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He's the Killer
1963
A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment
0/0
A young man from a family photo studio becomes a newspaper photojournalist, learning the risks and demands of the job through repeated setbacks. His g...
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A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment
1965
Stairs of Evil
5/1
Iwao, , Kumagai, and Konishi broke into the safe containing the wages of the employees of Ato Industries and obtained a fortune large enough to live a...
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