Hiroshi Koizumi
Hiroshi Koizumi (小泉博, Koizumi Hiroshi, birth name written as 小泉 汪) (12 August 1926 – 31 May 2015) was a Japanese actor, best known for his starring role in the 1955 film Godzilla Raids Again as well as other Toho Studios monster movies. He was born in Japan. He is a graduate of Keio University in Tokyo.
In a 1999 interview with Steve Ryfle, Koizumi laments that while he stated he has easy parts to play, he felt he could have done more in his performances. Despite his roles where he usually plays a scientist, he plays a powerful role in Late Chrysanthemums, playing a young man that married an older wealthy woman to escape from the slums. On 31 May 2015, Koizumi died at a hospital in Tokyo from pneumonia at the age of 88.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1604 |
| Birthday | 1926-08-12 |
| Place of Birth | Kamakura, Japan |
| Also Known As | Koizumi Hiroshi, |
1955
Godzilla Raids Again
5.976/336
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
1964
Mothra vs. Godzilla
7/342
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies...
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Mothra vs. Godzilla
1952
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
9/1
Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed...
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Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1953
About Love
10/1
Michiko Asakura was married to the eldest son of the Sakuma family, an unsealed family in Shinshu, but died from her husband and returned to her paren...
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About Love
1962
Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū
1963
Atragon
6.6/57
The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World W...
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Atragon
1959
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
0/0
Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. Masuo's colleague is invited to thank hi...
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Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959
Sazae-san's Newlywed Family
0/0
Sazae's wish came true and she got married to Masuo. The two ended up living together at Sazae's parents' home, the Isono family. However, the newlywe...
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Sazae-san's Newlywed Family
1959
Sazae-san's Marriage
0/0
Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae sends her parents on a silver wedding trip, and e...
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Sazae-san's Marriage
1953
White Fish
7/1
A family comprised of a man, woman and their only son is torn apart when the father, who is a doctor with his own clinic, is to go off to war. Soon th...
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White Fish
1964
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
6.986/292
After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964
Dogora
6.8/44
A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.
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Dogora
1974
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
7/288
An Okinawan prophecy that foretells the destruction of the Earth is seeming fulfilled when Godzilla emerges to return to his destructive roots. But no...
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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
1985
Godzilla 1985
6.817/199
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of...
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Godzilla 1985
1961
Mothra
7.2/187
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population al...
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Mothra
2003
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
7.213/211
Mothra and her fairies return to Japan to warn mankind that they must return Kiryu to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. However Godzilla ha...
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Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
1963
Matango
6.716/104
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
1962
Star of Hong Kong
8/1
Wang Xinglian returns from her studies in Japan to visit her father in Hong Kong where she has an encounter with the young Japanese Hasegawa Toru. The...
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Star of Hong Kong
1960
The Storm of the Pacific
6/9
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
1960
Master Fencer Sees the World
9/1
A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style of light comedy, in the center of which is a young...
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Master Fencer Sees the World
1983
The Tale of Saikaido
0/0
Set in the Kyushu area of the Edo period. This is a large-length bizarre story that incorporates elements such as mysteries and adventures surrounding...
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The Tale of Saikaido
1955
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
8/1
In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens.
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Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
1962
Kōkōsei to jokyōshi hijō no seishun
9/1
1962 Japanese movie
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Kōkōsei to jokyōshi hijō no seishun
1969
Battle of the Japan Sea
6.444/9
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
1956
Rebels on the High Sea
9/1
A film by Hiroshi Inagaki.
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Rebels on the High Sea
1962
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1960
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
0/0
A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines.
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Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1962
Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten
1959
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
6.4/37
A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.
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Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1954
Late Chrysanthemums
7.297/37
What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Kin has saved, and become a wealthy money-lender, spending her days c...
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Late Chrysanthemums
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
7.3/10
Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-law...
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Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1954
Mother's First Love
8/1
A melodrama based on the novel by Yasunari Kawabata, telling about the tragic fate of a mother and daughter who are attracted to the same man.
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Mother's First Love
1953
Tokyo Profile
6.5/2
A motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old girl after she is separated from her mother on the cr...
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Tokyo Profile
2008
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
8.5/13
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
The First Kiss
6.4/5
Portmanteau film about young lovers.
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The First Kiss
1984
The Return of Godzilla
7.221/340
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the...
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The Return of Godzilla
1953
Mr. Pu
6.667/3
A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.
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Mr. Pu
1953
The Last Embrace
10/1
Yukiko Nogami is rescued during a mountain blizzard by handsome forester Shinkichi, and the two subsequently fall in love. But when Shinkichi dies in...
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The Last Embrace
1956
The Underworld
7/1
Yakuza boss Furuya leans more and more on his protege Takao Shoji, though Shoji has become romantically involved with Furuya's mistress, Natsue. Furuy...
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The Underworld
1964
Hello, Baby
10/4
A young Tokyo couple’s blissful newlywed life is turned upside down when an unexpected pregnancy arrives, sending them on a whirlwind quest for suppor...
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Hello, Baby
1961
A Night in Hong Kong
10/1
Romantic melodrama set in contemporary Hong Kong, Japan and Laos. Hiroshi Tanaka (Takarada) is a Japanese journalist on assignment in Hong Kong who me...
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A Night in Hong Kong
1973
Little Adventurer
9/2
Mickey, a smart student from England, is on his trip to Japan for vacation. He meets with a Chinese girl Lin Fang on the way. They each have the same...
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Little Adventurer
1952
Mr. Lucky
10/1
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Mr. Lucky
1959
The Beast Shall Die
6.2/9
A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mot...
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The Beast Shall Die
1952
Tokyo Sweetheart
8/6
Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys...
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Tokyo Sweetheart
1966
The Daphne
10/1
Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their long-suffer...
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The Daphne
1953
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
8/1
Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province.
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Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1953
Her Captive Gamblers
9/1
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Her Captive Gamblers
1953
Jirocho's Home-Coming
10/1
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Jirocho's Home-Coming
1958
The Capital of Love
0/0
Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with the bar...
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The Capital of Love
1954
Jirocho's New Year
9/1
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Jirocho's New Year
1953
Jirocho, the Hunted
8/1
A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.
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Jirocho, the Hunted
1954
Jirocho in Disgrace
9/1
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Jirocho in Disgrace
1954
Last of the Wild Ones
8/1
A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.
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Last of the Wild Ones
1952
The Man Who Came to Port
10/2
An Ishiro Honda film.
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The Man Who Came to Port
1955
Lovetide
8/1
An Ishiro Honda film.
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Lovetide
1955
Mother and Son
8/1
An Ishiro Honda film.
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Mother and Son
1957
Good Luck to These Two
8/2
A young man and woman are determined to marry despite opposition from her parents.
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Good Luck to These Two
1957
A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
9/1
An Ishiro Honda film.
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A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
1958
Song for a Bride
10/1
An Ishiro Honda film.
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Song for a Bride
1962
Chûshingura
7.1/47
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
1974
Prophecies of Nostradamus
5.9/16
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobo...
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Prophecies of Nostradamus
1952
Ikiru
8.305/1373
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look...
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Ikiru
1957
Sazae-san Sequel
10/1
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.
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Sazae-san Sequel
1956
Sazae-san
7.5/2
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series.
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Sazae-san
1957
Teenage Sazae
10/1
Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color.
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Teenage Sazae
1958
Sazae's Engagement Trip
0/0
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in TohoScope.
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Sazae's Engagement Trip
1953
My Wonderful Yellow Car
7/2
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My Wonderful Yellow Car
1960
Sazae-san's Baby
9/1
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.
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Sazae-san's Baby
1960
Sazae And Aunt Apron
10/1
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip
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Sazae And Aunt Apron
1961
Sazae-san Plays Cupid
8/1
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.
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Sazae-san Plays Cupid
1976
Human Revolution II
8/1
Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.
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Human Revolution II
1955
Ticket to Hell
0/0
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Ticket to Hell
2019
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
8.7/9
Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic bombs in 1945. The creature's name is Godzilla. The film...
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The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
1955
Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume
0/0
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Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume
1979
Violent Fighters
7/1
In 1979 Toei president Shigeru Okada saw the future. More precisely, he saw Walter Hill's The Warriors in the US prior to its Japanese opening. Okada...
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Violent Fighters
1953
Girls in the Orchard
8/1
Girls in the Orchard (1953) is about tension between the life of a family in a rural area with all the traditions (continuing family business, taking...
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Girls in the Orchard
1967
Japan's Longest Day
7.279/34
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
1961
Different Sons
7/1
In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over work, money, and romance. Their father's sudden un...
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Different Sons
1981
The Last Days of Planet Earth
0/0
In 1853, Gentetsu Nishiyama tells his students that the French prophet Nostaradamus foretells great change for Japan, some of his students revolt, cal...
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The Last Days of Planet Earth
1961
Lovers of Ginza
7/1
1961 Japanese movie
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Lovers of Ginza
1965
The White Rose of Hong Kong
7/1
Narcotics officer Matsumoto’s investigation into a drug smuggling ring leads him from Tokyo to Hong Kong, where personal ties and painful secrets unra...
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The White Rose of Hong Kong
1954
12 Chapters About Women
7/1
Minako, a ballerina who has been dating since her school days, and Koheta, a banker. It was Koheta who was finally about to get married as a result of...
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12 Chapters About Women
1960
Ginza Tomboy
0/0
A rebellious heiress clashes with gangsters, dodges an arranged marriage, and unexpectedly falls for a principled lawyer as her father confronts past...
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Ginza Tomboy
1958
The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Girl
9/1
Minako, a runaway from Osaka chasing her dream of becoming a singer, struggles through poverty, failed jobs, and exploitation in Tokyo. With the help...
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The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Girl
1957
The 36 Passengers
0/0
A suspense drama about a thief who sneaks onto a late-night ski bus heading from Tokyo to Joshinetsu and the detective who rides with him to arrest hi...
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The 36 Passengers
1957
A Town with a Mountain and River
7/1
In a small Tohoku town, family tensions rise when a sick mother’s care leads to conflict over a mistress joining the household. Misunderstandings spre...
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A Town with a Mountain and River
1958
Holiday in Tokyo
9/1
May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes o...
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Holiday in Tokyo
1959
The Wedding Night
0/0
A psychological Japanese drama about a department store clerk whose fleeting encounter with a mysterious woman leads to obsession, deceit, and tragic...
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The Wedding Night
1955
Farewell, Innocence
0/0
The story follows privileged college students who secretly work part-time at a beauty salon, amidst emotional and social struggles. It explores love,...
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Farewell, Innocence
1957
Hateful Things
0/0
The story follows a humble merchant from Tohoku who travels to Tokyo to fulfill his dream of buying goods directly from wholesalers. During his stay,...
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Hateful Things
1965
Start Here
7/1
Teacher Miyako Hanai, disillusioned by her sisters’ unhappy marriages, rejects love until family conflicts and her mother’s unexpected remarriage lead...
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Start Here
1958
Romance and Rhythm
7/1
Eri stars as a jazz-crazy waitress pursuing a singing career.
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Romance and Rhythm
1956
Fighting Cha Cha Girl
8/1
After winning a singing contest, Momoko leaves her rural village for Tokyo to pursue her dream. Misunderstandings, scams, and shifting ambitions lead...
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Fighting Cha Cha Girl
1969
Young Guy Graduates
6.5/2
Young Guy graduates from University.
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Young Guy Graduates
1956
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
0/0
1956 Drama by Toshio Sugie
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Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1957
The Green Voyage
0/0
Three high school girls travel to Osaka to visit a friend and end up on a lively journey through Kyoto, Beppu, and Aso. Along the way they meet classm...
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The Green Voyage
1955
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1
0/0
Ainu chieftain Otena Kamui dies leaving a secret to his son. Years later, the grown son and his child are drawn into the hunt for the “Tower of Otena”...
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Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1
1956
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 2
0/0
As the map fragments are united, conspiracies tighten around the magistrate’s clan. Storms, uprisings and betrayals lead the young hero to the secret...
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Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 2
1955
Young Love Conquers All
7/1
In a seaside town, local boys run each morning to glimpse wealthy Miyako, sparking a prank-filled rivalry with the shopgirls. Hoping to impress her id...
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Young Love Conquers All
1966
Night in Bangkok
9/1
Shuichi, a young doctor working at a hospital in Bangkok, falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy Chinese trader.
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Night in Bangkok
1959
Three Dolls in Ginza
0/0
A film by Toshio Sugie
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Three Dolls in Ginza
1955
Tomorrow's Happiness
0/0
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Tomorrow's Happiness
1952
A Meeting of Youths
0/0
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A Meeting of Youths
1954
Love Express
0/0
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Love Express
1955
So Deep in My Heart
0/0
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So Deep in My Heart
1957
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
0/0
1957 Japanese movie.
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Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
1958
The Little Actress
0/0
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The Little Actress
1956
All Sold Out
0/0
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All Sold Out
1954
Mama's Diary
0/0
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Mama's Diary
1953
A Song of Little Men
0/0
Battles of an average salaryman.
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A Song of Little Men
1952
A Guide to Marriage
0/0
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A Guide to Marriage
1954
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
0/0
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My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
1963
Women Called 'Wives'
0/0
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