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I Am Waiting | Jôji Shimaki | 1957-10-22 | A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer…. |
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Rusty Knife | Yukihiko Tachibana | 1958-03-11 | Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughin… |
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Alone on the Pacific | The Youth | 1963-10-27 | Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his careful p… |
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Shadow Hunters | Muroto Jubei | 1972-06-10 | Set during the declining years of the Tokugawa shogunate, Shadow Hunters details the questionably noble exploits of three ronin who act as “Shadow Hun… |
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I Hate But Love | Daisaku Kita | 1962-07-09 | A celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote vill… |
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Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny | Jubei Muroto | 1972-10-10 | The great Daimyo enlists the aid of the three Shadow Hunters in ensuring the delivery of an illegal cannon in this sequel to Toshio Masuda’s bloody ad… |
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The Day of Youth | | 1960-04-29 | At Tokyo Gakuen University, Takema, son of Tatsunosuke, chief of the Waku gang, is a freshman who wishes to prepare himself for a better life away fro… |
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Man Who Causes a Storm | Shoichi Kokubu | 1957-12-28 | Shoichi Kokubun (Yujiro Ishihara) is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to catch… |
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Safari 5000 | | 1969-07-19 | A Japanese racing driver for Nissan named Godai (Yujiro Ishihara) have a rivalry with a French driver named Pierre (Jean-Claude Drouot). Godai is enl… |
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Red Handkerchief | | 1964-01-03 | A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years, only … |
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Red Pier | Jiro | 1958-09-23 | Shortly after arriving in Kobe, “Jiro the Lefty”, a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cove… |
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Harbor Rats | | 1957-08-21 | A scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir seller and the hookers. The crews of ship were oppressed… |
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A Slope in the Sun | Shinji Tashiro | 1958-04-15 | 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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The Eagle and the Hawk | Senkichi Nomura | 1957-09-29 | In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. After the break of dawn, two seamen join the crew of… |
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Dice and Swords | | 1968-01-13 | The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything is being rebuilt from the ground up. Odera crime synd… |
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The Earth is Born Again | | 1971-02-26 | Japanese movie…. |
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A Warm Misty Night | Tôru Sagara | 1967-03-11 | When Toru Sagara (Yujiro Ishihara) returns home from a foreign cargo route, he proposes to his beloved girlfriend Akiko (Ruriko Asaoka). She joyously … |
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A Man’s World | | 1971-01-13 | Tadao Konno (Yujiro Ishihara) had been staying in Canada for 5 years since his girlfriend’s death. She was killed for Gang’s boss, Shiraishi. Now Tada… |
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The Storm over Arabia | | 1961-12-24 | Japanese action film set in Arabia…. |
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That Wonderful Guy | Takeo | 1958-07-06 | YÅko dreams of becoming a dancer and begins working with the famous musician Takeo…. |
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I Fly for Kicks | | 1963-03-03 | A musical film with YÅ«jirÅ Ishihara and Ruriko Asaoka…. |
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Song of the Underworld | “Diamond” Fuyu | 1956-12-12 | A conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken out. When an Izu underling starts a fight with a Yoshi… |
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Love in Ginza | | 1962-03-04 | Hanjiro is a struggling painter that shares a tiny apartment in the back streets of Ginza with his jazz pianist friend who works at a bar. When he and… |
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That Guy and I | Saburo Kurokawa | 1961-09-10 | 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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Fangs of Night | | 1958-01-15 | A young doctor discovers that the city hall of records has a record of his death. He and some friends try to seek out the person who reported it, and … |
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Challenge for Glory | | 1966-10-18 | A young ex-boxer has become a successful businessman, running his various enterprises with his best friend, another boxer whom he accidentally injured… |
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Wait for Tomorrow | Kôhei Misugi | 1960-10-26 | 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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Man of a Stormy Era | Shinsuke Kusaka | 1968-06-22 | The early years of the Showa period were turbulent times for Japan. The country suffered financial crisis and famine, women worked under intolerable e… |
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In Tears | Hiroshi | 1965-10-01 | Hiroshi is the second officer on board the Hakuromaru. Lead by his captain, he heads out to town to recruit new crew members for their next voyage. Hi… |
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Rainbow Over Kinmon | Ichiro Takeo | 1962-11-03 | Three years had passed since Ichiro Takeo left Japan. He was a young physician with a promising future, until his medical error caused the death of a … |
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Taking the Castle | | 1965-03-06 | The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near. Only one man was brave enough to stand… |
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Crimson Wings | Koji Ishida | 1958-12-28 | At about the same time as lwami, president of a Tokyo company is murdered by an unknown assailant, it happens that an urgent call has been received fr… |
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The Walking Major | Kitabayashi Hiroshi | 1970-06-06 | U.S. Army Captain Clark Allen gains attention by walking back and forth, the length of Japan, gambling with U.S. servicemen in order to raise funds to… |
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The Sky Is Mine | | 1959-11-01 | … |
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Dream Young Man’s Dream | | 1959-08-09 | An early contemporary yakuza action drama…. |
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The Man Who Rode the Typhoon | | 1958-08-12 | … |
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When a Man Risks His Life | | 1959-12-27 | … |
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The Cleanup | Shimaji | 1969-12-31 | A real all-star cast turns out for this modern yakuza yarn…. |
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The Wild Reporter | Toshio Ishimatsu | 1959-09-27 | Seven years ago, Ishimatsu Toshio, a talented radio producer at Zen Nihon HoÌ„soÌ„, witnessed a crazed drug addict murder his wife and then commit sui… |
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A Man Explodes | | 1959-04-28 | Kensaku Muro and his father manage a farm in Sakudaira at the foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains. One day Kensuke saves a suicidal woman, Fukiko Uzu, w… |
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Kill the Night Rose | Shinroku Tokugawa | 1966-06-09 | An entertaining but silly and fairly forgettable action film with much tongue-in cheek James Bond influence… |
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Incident at Blood Pass | Yataro | 1970-04-21 | 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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Crazed Fruit | Takishima Natsuhisa | 1956-07-12 | Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking…. |
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The Sands of Kurobe | Iwaoka | 1968-03-01 | Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of t… |
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Birth of a Jazz Maiden | Haruo Nanjô | 1957-04-03 | Kawai Midori’s father left the family a long time ago and since her mother passed away, she has taken care of her younger siblings by herself by worki… |
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The Champion | Shuntaro Fuma | 1957-05-01 | Eikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club Champion owned by his fiancé Natsuko’s father. He l… |
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Fresh Leaves | Shintaro Masaki | 1962-10-06 | Keiko is pretty and intelligent but her home life is not a happy one. Never having known a father’s love, she develops a possessive attachment to Mr. … |
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The Baby Carriage | Muneo Aizawa | 1956-01-21 | Upon discovering that her father has a mistress, a young girl befriends the “other woman” and her child. Realizing that her half-sister is doomed to b… |
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Again | | 1984-02-18 | … |
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The Stream of Youth | | 1959-01-15 | … |
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Tenchu! | Ryoma Sakamoto | 1969-08-09 | A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage…. |
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Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Arcadia of My Youth | Phantom F. Harlock I | 1982-07-28 | After a drawn-out, viciously-fought war, the earth has been conquered by the alien Illumidus Empire. Harlock, a captain in earth’s fleet, crashes his … |
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人間éšé›·å‡ºæ’ƒã™ | | 1956-12-27 | … |
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The Cards Will Tell | | 1960-01-16 | A 1960 crime film… |
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Samurai Banners | Kenshin Uesugi | 1969-03-01 | 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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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era | Shinsaku Takasugi | 1957-07-14 | Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various ta… |
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Kaerazeru hatoba | | 1966-08-13 | A crime film from 1966… |
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Dancing Sisters | Daisuke Yamano | 1957-01-03 | It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daugh… |
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Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow | Shinozaki | 1971-06-12 | Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family from 1935 through Japan’s invasion of … |
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Season of the Sun | | 1956-05-17 | The film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing and chasing girls, and who more often th… |
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Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny | | 1970-08-14 | Keisuke Godai, head of the upstart Godai family conglomerate, plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they plan military … |
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My Sweetheart | Director Ishizaki | 1967-11-03 | It had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by director Ishizaki and his film crew, Mitsuo is excited to st… |
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes | Yamamoto | 1965-06-16 | In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the Eng… |
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