Misako Watanabe
Misako Watanabe (渡辺美佐子) (b. 23 October 1932) is a Japanese actress. She is a graduate of the Haiyuza Theatre Company. In 1997 she received a Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon and in 2004 the Order of the Rising Sun.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1516 |
| Birthday | 1932-10-23 |
| Place of Birth | Tokyo, Japan |
| Also Known As | 渡辺 美佐子, わたなべ みさこ, Мисако Ватанабэ, میساکو واتانابه, |
2012
Bread of Happiness
6.7/40
A couple decide to relocate from Tokyo to the northern island of Hokkaido where they settle and establish a bakery and café called Mani. One cooks. Th...
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Bread of Happiness
1958
City with Beasts
0/0
Fierce struggle between brothers and sisters in a lawless land where violence is the norm.
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City with Beasts
1956
Flesh Smuggling
0/0
A true semi-documentary drama depicting a record of a sheriff's challenge to the vivid evil of a sailor who embarked on a single underworld to uncover...
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Flesh Smuggling
1965
Kwaidan
7.722/449
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
2020
THE LAST GOZE
0/0
A "Goze" is a blind entertainer who travels to various places singing stories while playing the shamisen (Japanese three-stringed lute). Becoming a go...
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THE LAST GOZE
1962
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
2009
Bare Essence of Life
6/11
Yojin, an eccentric young farmer living in the countryside, falls in love for the first time in his life. Her name is Machiko, she teaches in a kinder...
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Bare Essence of Life
1963
The Hill is Full of Flowers
0/0
A youth drama directed by Kiyoshi Horiike, who was adapted from "Young Tokyo no Yane" by Akira Saiga from "Oka wa Hanazakari" based on Yojiro Ishizaka...
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The Hill is Full of Flowers
2003
Farewell, Kuro
7.2/5
Based on a true story set in Matsumoto city, Nagano, during 1960s. A stray dog wanders into a high school's grounds. The dog, named Kuro, stays at the...
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Farewell, Kuro
1965
Tokyo Untouchable
7/1
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Tokyo Untouchable
1962
Kimagure tosei
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Kimagure tosei
1964
Homecoming
0/0
Moriya Tomoko, a young girl working for a publishing company, is told by a woman art dealer that her real father did not die, as everyone believes, du...
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Homecoming
1963
Youth of the Beast
6.914/87
When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.
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Youth of the Beast
1960
Sixteen years old
0/0
Senko Tamagawa is a third-year junior high school student, and she is the captain of the badminton club. Her father, Kinzo, remodeled her barn and len...
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Sixteen years old
1962
The Injured Boy
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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The Injured Boy
1965
Samurai Spy
6.423/52
Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high...
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Samurai Spy
1999
Sennen-Tabito
10/1
Knowing that he has only a month to live, a pianist goes back to his beloved ocean. He meets a girl with a broken leg. She is the daughter of his dear...
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Sennen-Tabito
1960
Take Aim at the Police Van
6.121/29
A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.
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Take Aim at the Police Van
1962
Human
6.875/8
The ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four people on the ship are becoming increasingly desperate a...
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Human
2000
Face
6.575/20
Awkward and withdrawn, Masako kills her sister in an explosion of pent-up humiliation and rage that sends her tumbling into fugitive life.
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Face
1962
零戦黒雲一家
0/0
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零戦黒雲一家
1959
Break Down that Wall
7.5/2
A man is wrongfully accused of murder.
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Break Down that Wall
1962
Facing to the Clouds
0/0
A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he gets acquainted with a library worker, Reiko Naka...
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Facing to the Clouds
1977
Lullaby to Kill
6.6/15
Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolv...
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Lullaby to Kill
2013
The Great Passage
7.2/61
Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, The Great Passage....
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The Great Passage
1982
Tattoo
5.714/7
An ardent culture-vulture youth, previously charged for the murder of a woman when he was young, plans to hold hostage a local bank.
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Tattoo
1962
Being Two Isn't Easy
6.875/16
The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well as that of his parents.
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Being Two Isn't Easy
1962
Me o tsubutte tsuppashire
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Me o tsubutte tsuppashire
1965
With Beauty and Sorrow
5.676/17
When the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager--and then wrote a bestselling novel about it--reappears in her life, her pupil--and le...
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With Beauty and Sorrow
1962
At the Side of the Bridge
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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At the Side of the Bridge
1957
Streetlights
0/0
A sophisticated comedy about love games between men and women that arise from an intentionally dropped train ticket.
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Streetlights
1993
Summer of the Moonlight Sonata
9/1
Two soon-to-be kamikaze pilots stop by a local school near their base to play the piano one last time, leaving a deep impression on a teacher. Years...
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Summer of the Moonlight Sonata
1962
At the Side of the Bridge 2
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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At the Side of the Bridge 2
2007
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
6.9/17
Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn...
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Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
1958
Endless Desire
6.821/14
Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during...
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Endless Desire
1990
Tsugumi
7.5/2
Tsugumi, who lives in a small seaside town, has been in delicate health from birth. Her parents spoiled her and she is rough and selfish. However, a f...
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Tsugumi
2009
Okaimono
0/0
In a quiet farming village in northeastern Japan, there lives an elderly couple. One day, a notice arrives in the mail about an antique camera sale in...
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Okaimono
1973
A Mummy’s Love
8/1
In post-war Japan, a publisher goes to visit her former teacher for help on a modern translation of a legend about a mummified Buddhist monk who was r...
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A Mummy’s Love
1957
This Day's Life
8/1
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This Day's Life
1959
Wakai hyou no mure
0/0
A blockbuster youth action film that explodes with the charm of Maiko Guy and Akira, based on the serialized novel in Nikkan Sports by Yoshirō Akinaga...
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Wakai hyou no mure
1981
Rennyo and His Mother
9/1
Rennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in particular the Honganji lineage that had a slump in its fortun...
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Rennyo and His Mother
1961
Dai shusse monogatari
0/0
1961 Japanese movie
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Dai shusse monogatari
1962
The Inheritance
7.214/28
A dying businessman intends to will ¥200 million to his three illegitimate children, but his associates scheme to take advantage of the situation.
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The Inheritance
1959
The Age of Our Own
0/0
Minami Yasuo, a college student, lives with Yuriko who has become the mistress of a foreigner named Wilson. Whenever Wilson comes, Yasuo spends his ti...
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The Age of Our Own
1965
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
7/6
Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money.
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Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1960
The War Without Weapons
0/0
It's a story of the life of a man who advocated the necessity of sex education to children, which was unusual at the time, solely opposed to the amend...
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The War Without Weapons
1959
The Ghost of Iwojima
0/0
The monologue and mysterious death of a man who survived and returned from Iwo Jima. A newspaper reporter writes an article about "The Man from Iwo Ji...
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The Ghost of Iwojima
1957
Teen Age Trap
0/0
Japanese drama film.
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Teen Age Trap
1981
This Is Noriko
10/1
Fictionalized account of 20-year-old Noriko Tsuji, a real-life victim of a severe birth defect which afflicted 8,000 Japanese, children whose mothers...
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This Is Noriko
2016
Midnight Diner 2
7.4/36
The Master's late-night diner welcomes a woman troubled by funeral fans, an elderly scam victim, and a noodle delivery man struggling with love.
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Midnight Diner 2
1964
The Third Ninja
7/1
Three Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga.
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The Third Ninja
1958
A Slope in the Sun
5.714/7
The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receiv...
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A Slope in the Sun
1957
The Barefoot Girl
0/0
A beautiful and healthy young girl growing up in poverty overcomes hardships and grows into a woman in this deeply moving literary epic.
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The Barefoot Girl
2024
Route29
7/6
Adapted from a book of poems by poet Taichi Nakao, the film is a road story set in beautiful nature and tranquil landscapes about a lonely janitor who...
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Route29
1961
Yabure Kabure
0/0
Ambitious action drama about a young man living a carefree life of women and money, struggling to crawl out of the mire, and his lover who tries to sa...
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Yabure Kabure
1958
Young Breasts
7/1
A delinquent young man (Kobayashi Akira) from a wealthy family decides to get in on a blackmailing scheme targeting his young stepmother (Watanabe Mis...
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Young Breasts
1967
Dissolution Rites
7/2
Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Ko...
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Dissolution Rites
1963
Sasuke and His Comedians
6.6/5
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
1963
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
6.845/29
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice the...
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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1959
The Rambling Guitarist
6.857/7
Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local gang as a hired hand. However, with the arrival of...
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The Rambling Guitarist
1961
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
10/1
A boxing melodrama. Two friends become boxers and begin training for the championship. These two boys eventually face each other in the ring.
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Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
1959
Kikenna onna
0/0
Based on the Seichō Matsumoto's story The Woman Who Took the Local Paper.
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Kikenna onna
2014
Karaage USA
0/0
Ayane is the daughter of a karaage (fried food) store owner, but she never liked karaage. Eventually, she left home, only to return 5 years later. Her...
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Karaage USA
1959
The Third Dead Angle
0/0
Yoshikawa and Kaji are alumni - Yoshikawa leads a life loyal to his company Toho Corporation, whilst Kaji works in the underground world for Aoyama, a...
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The Third Dead Angle
1958
The Seasons of Love
3/3
A family is slowly falling apart: the father is absent from the start, the mother a kept woman thanks to her children, the son is being cheated on by...
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The Seasons of Love
1963
A Fishmonger's Tour
10/1
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
1973
Long Journey into Love
7/1
A beautifully told story of a woman hardened by marriage to a man she doesn't love, after giving herself to another. She dedicates herself to her work...
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Long Journey into Love
1995
The Abe Clan
7.667/3
A Choice between Loyalty or Duty of the Samurai! Can the heartlessness of society crush the honor of an individual? In the spring of the 18th year of...
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The Abe Clan
1957
But the Flesh is Weak
7.333/3
A woman who grew up in a prestigious household,
begins to have an affair outside the marriage.
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But the Flesh is Weak
1967
The Shogun and His Mistresses
4.667/3
Three tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period.
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The Shogun and His Mistresses
1958
Forever, My Love
0/0
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Forever, My Love
1960
The Lost Diamond
0/0
Two men perform a robbery on an airplane before parachuting to safety, and a newspaper reporter attempts to solve the crime.
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The Lost Diamond
1967
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
6.545/11
The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined t...
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The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1960
Wait for Tomorrow
0/0
Kohei Misugi works in a vegetable market, but his ambition is to be a photographer. He is given his first opportunity to demonstrate his talent by the...
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Wait for Tomorrow
1970
Child Bride
9/1
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2018
The Antique
6.4/6
Job-hunting Daisuke heads to the Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia in Kita-Kamakura with a book signed by Natsume Soseki that his deceased grandmother left...
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The Antique
1956
Hungry Soul
6.222/9
Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business...
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Hungry Soul
1962
Ningen Gari
0/0
A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.
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Ningen Gari
1956
Saigo no sentō-ki
0/0
The first postwar war movie depicting the tragedy of a special force that shook the world at the end of the Pacific War, with thrill and speed
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Saigo no sentō-ki
1964
Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
6/1
In this exciting sequel to the popular samurai-ninja movie Ukyunosuke On Patrol, his mission to avenge his father's death continues. His discovery of...
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Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
1953
Tower of Lilies
6.778/9
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
1956
Hungry Soul, Part II
6.5/8
A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a...
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Hungry Soul, Part II
1963
The Gambling Monk
0/0
One summer day, the chief monk of the Hojuin Temple dies. Harumichi rushes back to town hearing about his brother's death and requests for a grand fun...
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The Gambling Monk
2008
Frost
7.5/2
Shun is a young man, who sells his paintings on a city corner. Kasumi is a children's story writer, living alone in a mountain in Shinsyuu. One day, t...
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Frost
1962
Children of Izu
0/0
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Children of Izu
1994
In Blazing Love
8/1
An illustration of the tragic lives of geishas at a popular geisha house, Shinonomero. Shortly after being sold to a geisha house at age 5, Shizu is b...
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In Blazing Love
1961
That Guy and I
8.5/2
Asada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's house, she meets his father Kokichi and his mother Motoko....
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That Guy and I
1971
The Gentle Japanese
10/1
A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.
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The Gentle Japanese
1956
Gyakukōsen
0/0
Reiko, a free-spirited college girl not bound by social conventions, ends up having an affair with an older, married man even though she already has a...
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Gyakukōsen
1957
Joshiryōsai
0/0
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Joshiryōsai
1957
Who's the Real Killer
10/1
Film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.
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Who's the Real Killer
1957
Temptation
8/4
Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art gallery. One day, Hideko led a handsome art student...
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Temptation
1960
The Guitarist and the Rancher
0/0
Rambler Shinji arrives in town armed with nothing but a guitar. With assistance from an old gun-for-hire friend, he sets about to stop the mob from tu...
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The Guitarist and the Rancher
1964
Ningen ni kakeruna
0/0
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Ningen ni kakeruna
2019
Sketches of Life
6/1
Ryota Tanaka, a young man who was struggling to become a manga artist in Tokyo, came back to his hometown in Fukuoka, feeling the limits of his dream....
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Sketches of Life
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
1959
Unripe Fruit
0/0
A youth lyrical painting depicting a sensitive young man with rich poetic feelings focused on the concerns and aspirations of a high school student.
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Unripe Fruit
1987
Corpse of your Choice
0/0
A confessional article in a weekly magazine and the strange suspense between an ordinary housewife who sees it. A mother tries to kill her son's lover...
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Corpse of your Choice
1958
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
0/0
This typhoon spectacle is bursting with the charm of tough guy Yujiro, a student of architecture at Hokkaido University, who takes on a conspiracy inv...
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The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
1963
Foggy Night Blues
0/0
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Foggy Night Blues
1957
Mountain Pass
0/0
Adaptation of Jirō Osaragi's novel.
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Mountain Pass
1959
Masked Woman
0/0
A touching literary and artistic story about the sadness and pathos of a woman's love, crying in agony over her hidden past.
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Masked Woman
1959
Wolves on Number Zero Street
0/0
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Wolves on Number Zero Street
1959
Beneath the Gallows
0/0
Who is the vicious criminal challenging the investigation team? Mysteries lead to more mysteries, and deductions lead to more deductions in this bizar...
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Beneath the Gallows
2005
The Milkwoman
6.75/8
Minako (TANAKA Yuko), begins her day running up and down the hills of her hometown delivering milk door to door. When that's done, she heads to her da...
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The Milkwoman
1959
Talented Woman
0/0
Set in an old merchant house in Kyoto, the film traces the passing of an era through the story of a parent and child.
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Talented Woman
1958
Shiroi akuma
0/0
Film by Buichi Saito
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