Akira Takarada
Akira Takarada (April 29, 1934–March 14, 2022) was a Japanese film actor, best known for his roles in the Godzilla film series.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.2089 |
| Birthday | 1934-04-29 |
| Place of Birth | Harbin, Heilongjiang, China |
| Also Known As | Акира Такарада, آکیرا تاکارادا, |
1954
Godzilla
7.6/1098
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover somethin...
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Godzilla
1964
Mothra vs. Godzilla
7/334
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
1966
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
6.271/217
Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. The group shipwrecks on Letchi island and...
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Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
1956
Runaway Bride
0/0
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Runaway Bride
2005
Fantastipo
8/2
Two brothers must take the helm of their family's company, Armadillo, Inc., after their father steps down from his position as the company's director....
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Fantastipo
1961
The End of Summer
7.523/109
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mis...
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The End of Summer
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
1962
Long Way to Okinawa
9/1
1962 Japanese movie
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Long Way to Okinawa
2000
Road to the Don 12
0/0
The twelfth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Road to the Don 12
1962
Chûshingura
7.152/46
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
1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
9/1
1962 Japanese movie
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Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
2004
Godzilla: Final Wars
7.1/361
Humanity finally rids themselves of Godzilla, imprisoning him in an icy tomb in the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay w...
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Godzilla: Final Wars
1962
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
1969
Travels of Lord Mito
7/1
In the 9th year of Genroku, Mitsukuni Mito Komon of Hitachi Province set out on a pilgrimage to various countries with his reluctant vassals, Sukesabu...
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Travels of Lord Mito
1967
King Kong Escapes
6.196/112
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the ro...
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King Kong Escapes
1969
Latitude Zero
5.889/27
A massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger. They are rescued by an atomic super submarine named The Al...
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Latitude Zero
1992
Godzilla vs. Mothra
6.9/226
Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by callin...
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Godzilla vs. Mothra
1956
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
6.548/282
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monste...
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Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1965
Invasion of Astro-Monster
6.8/248
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
2015
The Man of the Political Economy
0/0
Matsunaga Yasuzaemon was a man called “Electricity Monster”. The post-war recovery and high economic growth serve as the basis for him to achieve the...
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The Man of the Political Economy
1957
Birth of Romance
0/0
The cabaret «Romance», run by Masami Daisaku's father, is experiencing financial difficulties, and Masami is betting on changes and asks singer Hibari...
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Birth of Romance
1961
The Last War
6.583/12
A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.
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The Last War
1960
Beyond the Hills
0/0
Story of young love in the hills.
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Beyond the Hills
1958
Yaji and Kita on the Road
0/0
Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their wi...
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Yaji and Kita on the Road
1957
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
8.55/20
Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. The film combines elements of the original Toho version and the American King of the Monsters! in a u...
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Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
1992
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
6.979/24
An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they c...
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Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
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
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
1957
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
3.5/12
An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote...
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Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1963
A Woman's Life
7.071/14
A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.
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A Woman's Life
1968
Golden Eyes
6.857/7
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
2022
A World Without Cherry Blossoms
4/1
Saki, a high school girl who always skips classes, works part-time as a life adviser.
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A World Without Cherry Blossoms
1955
Beast Man Snow Man
4.938/16
Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.
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Beast Man Snow Man
1965
Ironfinger
6.8/10
After being mistaken for an Interpol agent, a man who was just supposed to go on vacation gets mixed up in a war between two gangs intent on winning t...
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Ironfinger
1959
Samurai Saga
6.947/19
Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady....
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Samurai Saga
1990
Tales of a Golden Geisha
6.167/18
Nayoko, a good-hearted geisha, brings luck to the men she sleeps with, even though most are scoundrels who don’t deserve it.
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Tales of a Golden Geisha
1995
My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie
2/1
Reiko and Tetsuya continue to live together. Reiko, who was informed by Kyoko that she was engaged to Takada, pretended not to be interested in her ma...
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My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie
1959
A Whistle in My Heart
6.714/7
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
1960
The Lovelorn Geisha
6.857/7
A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in hi...
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The Lovelorn Geisha
1983
Legend of Plumeria
0/0
Emiko Hayasaka (Seiko Matsuda), who lives in Hawaii, has arranged a marriage with Akira Kuniyoshi (Shinji Yamashita), the son of the president of a ho...
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Legend of Plumeria
1960
The Masterless 47
10/1
Part one of The Masterless 47.
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The Masterless 47
1955
All is Well
10/1
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All is Well
1955
All is Well 2
10/1
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All is Well 2
2013
A Sparkle of Life
9/1
Lonely after the death of her husband, whom she nursed for years, Tae decides to find a new life partner. Her family and friends try to dissuade her.
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A Sparkle of Life
1962
Let's Meet in Our Dreams
8/1
Mie Nakao runs away from home to join her older sister's production company as a new talent. We follow her ups and downs on the way to stardom as she...
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Let's Meet in Our Dreams
1962
Anything For Success
7/1
A "hustler's hustler" (Takarada), works his way up the corporate ladder at a camera company. His biggest scheme involves winning the business of a for...
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Anything For Success
2014
Godzilla Battle Royale
9.1/13
Godzilla Battle Royale is a low-budget Godzilla fan film, directed and written by Billy DuBose. It was theatrically screened in the Pickwick Theater.
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Godzilla Battle Royale
2007
Glory to the Filmmaker!
6.3/58
Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete hi...
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Glory to the Filmmaker!
2005
Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary
0/0
Because his style was similar to that of Yasujiro Ozu, who was already active at Shochiku, he moved to PCL (currently Toho) in 1933, where he appeared...
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Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary
1977
Godzilla
6.8/54
A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version, "Godzilla, King of the Monsters!" (1956), plu...
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Godzilla
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
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
1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
7.167/12
Based on the life and career of novelist Fumiko Hayashi, she bitterly struggles for literary recognition in the first half of the 20th-century – her a...
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A Wanderer's Notebook
1959
The Big Boss
6.5/4
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping...
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The Big Boss
1968
Imaginary Paradise
0/0
Comedy-fantasy about a salaryman (Tani) and his imaginary friends.
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Imaginary Paradise
1962
Woman of Design
6.667/3
Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.
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Woman of Design
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
1962
The Wiser Age
7.25/8
Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.
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The Wiser Age
1964
Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends
8/1
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Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends
1956
Love on Rainbow Island
8/1
Japanese counterpart to Romeo and Juliet
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Love on Rainbow Island
2014
Godzilla
6.354/9730
Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe....
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Godzilla
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
1964
Blood and Diamonds
8/1
A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions begin to rise.
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Blood and Diamonds
1996
Sure Death 6
0/0
When an artist dies, the official cause of death is judged to be a stroke, but his daughter suspects foul play. She recruits the services of an assass...
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Sure Death 6
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
1959
The Three Treasures
5.5/14
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Empe...
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The Three Treasures
1957
Price of Beauty
10/1
Melodrama about a young factory girl who "chooses riches over chastity".
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Price of Beauty
2018
Bridge over Troubled Water
0/0
Miyuki works as an OL. Her younger sibling died from a car accident in 1989. Due to her sibling's death, her mother became ill and her father drank co...
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Bridge over Troubled Water
1959
Someday I'll Know
9/1
A modern love story involving different affairs.
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Someday I'll Know
1968
Devils-in-Law
8/1
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Devils-in-Law
1967
Let's Go! Young Guy
7.5/2
College student Yuichi Tanuma is fired up for Nationals where his university Kyonan will face off against their rivals, Seihoku. Yuichi has his sights...
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Let's Go! Young Guy
2019
Dance with Me
7/38
Suzuki Shizuka is an office lady at a conglomerate who is hypnotized at a local amusement park and left under the spell. Now she is compelled to sing...
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Dance with Me
2018
The Great Buddha Arrival
6/4
An all-star reboot of the lost classic 1934 film, The Giant Buddha Statue's Travel Through The Country, made with the cooperation of director Yoshiro...
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The Great Buddha Arrival
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
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
1961
The Masterless 47 – Part II
9/1
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The Masterless 47 – Part II
1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
9/1
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
2014
A Far Promise
0/0
There was a tragedy that began at the end of the '69 war. The sad story about the lives of the orphans of Manchuria refugee camp who had to struggled...
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A Far Promise
1997
Woman in Witness Protection
6.25/12
Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of two...
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Woman in Witness Protection
1957
The Paradise Island Story
0/0
Musical-comedy about nine soldiers deserted on an island in South Pacific.
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The Paradise Island Story
1956
Jacks and Jills
7/1
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Jacks and Jills
1957
On Wings of Love
10/0
On Wings of Love is a 1957 Japanese romantic musical film directed by Toshio Sugie. It was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year and the first film...
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On Wings of Love
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
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
2010
Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra
9.3/6
A look into the production of the nineteenth Godzilla film. Includes filmmaker and actor interviews with behind the scenes footage of the film's visua...
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Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra
2019
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
0/0
Naraho town in Fukushima Prefecture is on the front-line of the government-funded nuclear power plant decommissioning work. Kokuhei Kusunoki is transf...
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Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
1960
The Dangerous Kiss
10/1
Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.
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The Dangerous Kiss
1984
The Audition
0/0
Four girls and their manager aiming for stardom!
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The Audition
1962
Me and Me
8/1
Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong v...
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Me and Me
1965
The Longest Night
9/1
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The Longest Night
1956
Morishige, where are you going?
0/0
A man who seemed to have found happiness with a wife and child loses his wife and his daughter gets married... A man's life, full of joy and sorrow, i...
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Morishige, where are you going?
1963
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
7/1
The third and final chapter of MP & GI's Toho Trilogy expands the geographical reach of the franchise, taking stars Lucilla You Min and Takarada Akira...
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Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
1961
Taking a Success Course
0/0
1961 Japanese movie
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Taking a Success Course
1960
The Poem of the Blue Star
0/0
Musical about the "Blue Star," a struggling jazz band led by pianist Takarada and trumpet player Takashima and their love interests. Done very much in...
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The Poem of the Blue Star
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
1961
Lovers of Ginza
7/1
1961 Japanese movie
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Lovers of Ginza
2001
Prince Shōtoku
0/0
In the late 6th century, the leaders of the Yamato Dynasty had no clear plan for the creation of a unified state. Battles still raged among various wa...
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Prince Shōtoku
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
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
0/0
Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who defies societal norms to study Dutch and English. Des...
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How the Bell of Liberty Rings
1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
0/0
At a coastal hot spring inn, a group of women navigate work, personal struggles, and unexpected scandals. When a guest threatens to expose one maid's...
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Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
8/1
Apparently a baseball drama starring real-life stars Nagashima (The Babe Ruth of Japanese Baseball) and teammate Oh-known collectively as ON-from the...
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Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1985
Clara White Paper - ShohjotaiPHOON!
0/0
Three young girls coming of age in a Catholic boarding school bond over the strict rules and vow to support each other. Kikuka dreams of becoming a ma...
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Clara White Paper - ShohjotaiPHOON!
1994
The man who became a billionaire.
0/0
Everyone has the potential to become a millionaire! A super success story based on a true story! Childhood friends Tetsuya (Yakumaru), Akio (Sakaue)...
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The man who became a billionaire.
2023
Nikko Story
0/0
Oba Kamon runs a cafe in the Nikko city. One day, a mysterious woman appears before him and leaves behind a message, “In the ring where the sun shines...
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Nikko Story
2014
The Cabin Attendant
0/0
Miho (Kyoko Fukada) works as a cabin attendant for an international airline. She takes a job to find wine to serve to passengers on a New York route....
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The Cabin Attendant
2000
Tales of the Unusual
6.8/13
A four-part anthology in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, this film starts off with a group of commuters stranded at a train station in the rain, list...
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Tales of the Unusual
1999
History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps 2
0/0
Using his strong sense of justice, Uragami Ryuji gains influence at both the factory and school. Though a dispute with the Nio-kai yakuza is once sett...
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History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps 2
1998
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
0/0
The second TV movie Obayashi Nobuhiko directed based on Akagawa Jiro's Mikeneko Holmes series.
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Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
1999
History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps
0/0
In the late 1950s, Uragami Ryuji leaves his hometown with big ambitions. Working at a factory by day and attending night school, he witnesses a yakuza...
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History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps
1960
Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance
0/0
Three young employees navigate love, ambition, and meddling bosses as workplace crushes evolve into defiant relationships that challenge social expect...
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Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance
1959
3 Dolls in College
10/1
The first of eight "Three Dolls" features. In this entry the girls, students at Nichinan University, balance studying for the final exams while fallin...
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3 Dolls in College
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
1954
Bride in a Bathing Suit
0/0
Katsuko, daughter of a prestigious inn owner, is urged into an arranged marriage with Keisuke, the nephew of a powerful businessman. She refuses, beli...
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Bride in a Bathing Suit
1963
Devices Stronger Than Women
0/0
An ad campaign for a TV show called the “Male Training Contest” stirs chaos at a major electronics company. On opening night, PR manager Sugishita is...
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Devices Stronger Than Women
1966
3 Raccoon Dogs
5/1
A conman team swindles through jewel scams, marriage fraud, and fake school admissions. Their schemes bring quick riches but collapse before escape, l...
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3 Raccoon Dogs
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
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
Flower's Yearning
7/1
Domoto Kozue, a gifted young ikebana artist, shoulders the legacy of her late father’s school while navigating the pressures of family expectation and...
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Flower's Yearning
2001
Prince Shōtoku
0/0
In the late 6th century, the leaders of the Yamato Dynasty had no clear plan for the creation of a unified state. Battles still raged among various wa...
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Prince Shōtoku
1966
More Than 10,000 Women But...
0/0
A newlywed couple moves into an apartment complex where each family faces everyday problems.
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More Than 10,000 Women But...
1966
Big Wind from Tokyo
7/1
A TV writer and a director stranded in a rural town witness the young villagers’ tangled romances. Despite parental feuds and arranged marriages, true...
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Big Wind from Tokyo
1963
Walleyed Nippon
8/1
Comedy about a Japanese-American professor, a nuclear scientist, who returns to Japan to search for a typically subservient Japanese wife.
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Walleyed Nippon
1981
Love You Till I Die
0/0
taiwan film
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Love You Till I Die
1958
Bright Young Maidens
10/1
In order to get Kanako (Izumi Yukimura) married, her mother places a rental listing in the student medical school newsletter and attempts to find a su...
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Bright Young Maidens
1963
Daybreak Chorus
0/0
In a small town, Tomoko, a new bus conductor, works hard to prove herself. She crosses paths with Saburō, the company president’s playful younger brot...
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Daybreak Chorus
1955
Tomboy Daughter Diary
0/0
Olympic gymnast Yukiko resists marriage plans, stumbling into a newspaper job under reporter Tsubasa. Amid comic mix-ups with a fake fortune teller, j...
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Tomboy Daughter Diary
1960
The 6th Suspect
0/0
Police investigate the murder of a private eye/blackmailer who had numerous enemies, including six prime suspects.
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The 6th Suspect
1956
Eacape of Fear
0/0
The story follows a man haunted by debt and crime, who flees with his mistress on a tense journey marked by betrayals and desperate choices. The film...
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Eacape of Fear
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
1960
Singing in the Sun
8/1
After their troupe disbands, musician Moriyama and his friends join Orion Records and form “Orion Stars.” Their song Love Express becomes a hit, expos...
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Singing in the Sun
1959
The College Ruggers
9/1
Story of love, friendship, and college sports.
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The College Ruggers
1955
Bridal Candidates
0/0
Rookie reporter Yukiko helps save the failing Miyako Times with her friends, while romance and comic chaos unfold around her and fortune-teller Ishiba...
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Bridal Candidates
1958
Romance and Rhythm
7/1
Eri stars as a jazz-crazy waitress pursuing a singing career.
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Romance and Rhythm
1958
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
10/1
A clumsy but determined car salesman, Hideyoshi, faces rivalry, romance troubles, and job setbacks, but through persistence and humor, he wins a big d...
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Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
8/1
After a transfer to a rural factory, salesman Hideyoshi faces blunders, schemers, and rivalries but proves his integrity, winning respect and a return...
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Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
9/1
Optimistic student Hideyoshi struggles to land a job at Japan Motors, facing setbacks and rivalry but winning his way in through persistence—and a mix...
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Diary of a Successful Salaryman
2014
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
6.5/2
In Disney Castle, Jiminy notices strange messages appearing in the journal. Mickey, Donald and Goofy decide to find out what's going by decoding all o...
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Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
1956
Wharf with the Weeping Girl
0/0
After a gang killing forces him to flee abroad, ex-yakuza Ryūji returns to Yokohama a year later to find his lover’s sister’s killer. With help from a...
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Wharf with the Weeping Girl
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
1957
The Blue Mountains
0/0
About schoolgirls in a rural town, and a love letter which has the entire community in an uproar.
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The Blue Mountains
1956
Triumphant Song of Youth
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Swimmers Akio and Natsuko train hard for national competition while Natsuko struggles with family chaos — her father’s affair and her mother’s push fo...
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Triumphant Song of Youth
1956
Blue Buds
0/0
Outspoken student Noriko stands up to bullies and befriends pitcher Mitsuo. As their bond deepens, she impulsively declares she wants to marry him—the...
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Blue Buds
1956
The Wife is a University Student
0/0
Outspoken student Noriko stands up to bullies and befriends pitcher Mitsuo. As their bond deepens, she impulsively declares she wants to marry him—the...
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The Wife is a University Student
1959
Young Lovers
0/0
Engineer Shuichi defies his wealthy family to live with bar hostess Kazuyo, whose loyalty to her struggling family complicates their love. As class, p...
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Young Lovers
1957
The Blue Mountains Part 2
0/0
At Kaikō Girls’ School, a fake love letter sparks a heated PTA debate. Teacher Shimazaki wins the vote, while students and staff navigate misunderstan...
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The Blue Mountains Part 2
1956
A Strong Wind Blows
0/0
When corruption spreads through a real estate company, president Hiyoshi brings in his honest friend Ryūtarō to reform it. Facing union unrest and bet...
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A Strong Wind Blows
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
1956
Engagement Ring
0/0
A wealthy young man, engaged through family arrangement, meets a humble shop girl after she finds his lost ring. Their growing affection challenges cl...
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Engagement Ring
1955
Frame of Snow
10/1
During a winter visit to her grandfather’s mountain home, a young saleswoman becomes entangled in love and jealousy among visiting skiers. After heart...
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Frame of Snow
1955
New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain
10/1
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
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
1957
The Singing Tireless Town
0/0
Backstage friendships and rivalries flare as dancers Akiko and Haruko compete for roles, clash with disapproving parents, and juggle new romances. A f...
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The Singing Tireless Town
1957
Schooldays
7/1
Three college friends support swimmer Okubo through family and financial troubles. Junko, a woman he helped, develops feelings for him, while a former...
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Schooldays
1958
The College Hero
8/1
Romantic melodrama about the loves and adventures of Kageyama (Takarada) and his fellow oarsmen at Meikyo University.
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The College Hero
1960
Showdown on Pier No.3
0/0
Crime thriller about the investigation of a man murdered at a Tokyo race track. Clues lead Detective Yoneyama (Mihashi) to Kobe where a narcotics gang...
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Showdown on Pier No.3
1984
Shinobu's Tomorrow
0/0
After an accident leaves Shinobu blind, the daughter of an old Asakusa soba shop works to rebuild her independence with the help of rehabilitation tra...
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Shinobu's Tomorrow
1992
Patio
10/1
As an engaged couple, Shinichi Kida and Mari Egawa spend a romantic night on a premarital trip to the southern island, but Shinichi suddenly disappear...
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Patio
2001
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
0/0
Shigemitsu Kamio, a member of a Shibuya color-gang who is respected even by other chīmers (delinquents), carries the bitter secret of having killed hi...
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Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
2003
Fukumimi
10/1
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
2004
I Am a Sardine
0/0
A worn-down office worker, Takagi, meets a Taiwanese woman, Huimin, during a business night out and becomes drawn to her. When she suddenly disappears...
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I Am a Sardine
2004
Black Corridor
0/0
A luxury European tour turns deadly when two wealthy participants die under mysterious circumstances. With the celebrity guide absent, her assistant E...
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Black Corridor
2005
A Melody for My Father
0/0
Kaoru Kobayashi stars as a man tasked with saving a failing company. Instead of harsh tactics, he lifts the workers’ spirits through music.
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A Melody for My Father
2007
The Man Who Never Gives Up 3: Goodbye
0/0
Asano is on the verge of being removed as president of Toyo Shipping due to poor performance. At the shareholders’ meeting, he successfully wins them...
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The Man Who Never Gives Up 3: Goodbye
2008
A Miracle of Hakone
0/0
This documentary-style drama follows the young people of today as they follow in the footsteps of Yamaguchi Sennosuke, the founder of the long-establi...
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A Miracle of Hakone
2021
War and Peace: Akira Takarada's Testimony
0/0
Takarada recalls his childhood in Harbin, the terror of life under Soviet occupation, and surviving daily danger. Returning to Japan, he reflects on h...
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War and Peace: Akira Takarada's Testimony
2004
スピリット オブ ゴジラ ～怪獣を演じた男たちの軌跡～
9/2
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