Kusuo Abe
Birthday: 1910-07-24
Place of Birth: Kotobuki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Biography: No biography available.
Movies
Blind Monk Swordsman
This is the story of a bad man who re-discovering humanity via woman and child while clashing with t...
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Yakuza Princess of Edo
Tsukitaro, a young man who comes to Edo, meets a blind girl named Ochiyo. Ochiyo 's father, the grin...
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A Baby Given by a Fox
A lowly drunken samurai finds an abandoned baby in the woods and takes it home. A gift from a fox. B...
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Samurai Vagabonds
On New Year's Day 1716, Munenaga of Owari and Yoshinao of Kii were both named as candidates for the ...
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Eight Views of Samurai
Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is as...
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The Samurai Markets
The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period....
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Glorious Standard Bearer
Hashizo Okawa in the form of a courageous firefighter who confronts unscrupulous traders who make a ...
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Song of Love
In postwar Japan, a new teacher, Miyamoto Yasuko, is discovered by her estranged daughter, Fukuoka S...
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Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star
film directed by Tai Katô...
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Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
After settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in a se...
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.7
A series of grisly murders with strange claw marks lead Mito Komon into discovering a deadly plan th...
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A Chivalrous Spirit
An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of per...
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The Fighting on The Trial
Hanjiro of Kusama searches for his little sister Oyuki, who went missing after being desecrated by H...
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Miyamoto Musashi
In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man...
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Omatsuri hanjiro
Every year, at the festival, familiar merchants such as Toraemon, a magic trick, Tokubei, a blowgun,...
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Ghost Story on Passage
A ghost interrupts the journey of two young noblemen who are disguised as merchants....
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Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess....
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Red peonies on the skin
Genjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies, he ...
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1
The deputy shogun of the realm, accompanied by his loyal and capable aides, makes a stop at Jigokuda...
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2
At the transformed Fumaden (Demon Subduing) Temple, with the dynamic efforts of Sukesan and Kakusan,...
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Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon
Adaptation of Mito Kōmon....
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Epic Crash
Utaemon Ichikawa plays the role of Hikoshiro Navate, who has a strong sense of justice and opposes p...
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Magistrate of Dice
Based on the exploits of real-life historical character Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan, this exciting t...
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Kunisada Chuji
Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mer...
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Kessen Kojinyama
Kind of the Japanese equivalent of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, this film is a fictionalized ve...
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The Second Bullet is Marked
Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu....
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima....
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings....
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler ...
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Kenpu Renpeikan
Near the end of the shogunate in Japan, Katsura Shogoro and his fellow samurai from the southwestern...
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Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
His skill and courage were the best in Japan! The life story of Jirocho, a man who protected people ...
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Goblin's Highway
Gombei is Nameless, a wanderer who is skilled with a sword and has a great sense of humor, who tries...
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Ikiru
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for ...
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Whirlwind Magistrate
One of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no Kinsan ...
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Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed
In the first year of Chōroku, Satomi Yoshimi, lord of Takita Castle in Awa, faces defeat by neighbor...
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Case of Young Lord 5: Death of a Beauty at Midnight
A young lord solves the mystery of multiple murders involving a young couple and a woman....
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The Scroll’s Secret
Shogun Yoshitane’s order to recover the secret scroll triggers a series of ninja warfare during the ...
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Five Men of Edo
During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo...
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The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
Third part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's mate be...
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Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events...
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Samurai Hawk
1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the governmen...
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Chutaro of Banba
Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring r...
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Yagyu Chronicles 1: Secret Scrolls
Two groups are after the legendary Yagyu Secret Scrolls. A princess of a disgraced clan and her loya...
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Yagyu Chronicles 2: The Secret Sword
This is the second film in the popular black and white series about the master swordsman, Yagyu Jube...
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The Phantom Goblin
An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears ...
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Kenkyō edo-murasaki
Japanese film released to commemorate the 7th anniversary of Shintoho's founding....
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Shimizu Port of Chivalry
An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of per...
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Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger
Some of the finest jidai-geki actors appear in this exciting and entertaining tale of intrigue and a...
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Seven from Edo
When Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a plan ...
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Detective Hibari: Case of the Golden Hairpins
Oshichi, a famous girl detective, takes it upon herself to investigate the murder of a woman which o...
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Nonki saiban
A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts re...
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Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
Umon’s services are called upon when innocent bystanders, Kayo and Minokichi, along with the ronin, ...
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Official with a Tattoo
Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not ...
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Detective Hibari: Case of the Hidden Coin
A mysterious coin found at a murder scene stirs the curiosity of young actress detective Oshichi and...
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The Edo Official and Apprentice
It's an extravaganza of entertainment as famous magistrate in disguise, Toyama no Kinshiro attempts...
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Shadow Over Fuji
The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was ...
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Mask of the Moon
Young swordsman, Tsukigata Hanpeita, longs for the day when rival clans cease their struggles for po...
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Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end ...
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Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the st...
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The Warrior from Kishu
This is a story of a young heir to a powerful house, sent away to be raised by his nanny, so the you...
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The Bandits
Friendship between an ambitious young thief and an artist during the Warring States period....
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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a ...
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Sasuke and His Comedians
Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan childr...
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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw gen...
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In Search of Mother
Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza...
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Girl with the Fire Banner
Fearless girl firefighter Oharu and skilled firefighter Shintaro battle against their evil rivals wh...
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13 Assassins
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when on...
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The Purple Hood
Kataoka Chiezo stars as Murasaki Zukin, a mysterious hero of the people who helps those in need. Now...
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Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
In the third, and final chapter of this epic tale, handsome swordsman Genji helps a vulnerable princ...
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Bride of White Castle
A young girl, Okimi, falls in love with Kiritaro, a handsome thief disguised as a wealthy young mast...
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Tattoo of Love
The great Okawa Hashizo, in one of his most powerful roles risks his life and limb to help save the ...
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Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He ...
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Case of Umon: The Nanbanzame Murders
The serial killing of a samurai each night by strangulation at various temples confounds investigato...
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The Man of Seven Faces
Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping...
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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyam...
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Unwieldy Brothers
Taisuke is kind-hearted but overall lacks ambition. Taizo is smarter, but given to fits of emotion a...
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The Mysterious Cape
Ryujin Misaki, located at the edge of the Genkai Sea, is known as an isolation ward for leprosy pati...
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Souls in the Moonlight II
This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva...
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Merciless Blade
The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass....
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Merciless Blade Part 3
The final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass....
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A Young Rabble 2
An adventure of a feisty girl Oyuki and Santa, a homeless child she saves....
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A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
The epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the defe...
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Evil Man of Edo
A classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying on th...
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Flowers on the Road
Yae and Kiku, daughters of drapers in Edo, must travel to Kyoto in place of their sickly fathers to ...
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Morning Breeze in Edo
The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in E...
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Rebellion
In the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a monumenta...
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Sasaki Kojiro, Part 2
The conclusion of the story of famed swordsman, Sasaki Kojiro. After surviving a series of daring ad...
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Bride of Peacock Castle
Princess Kazu, the daughter of Shogun Ienari, is sent to marry Matsudaira Nobunao, master of Peacock...
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Road In the Mist
Okinu, the beautiful daughter of a feudal lord, discovers her true identity and leaves her lavish li...
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The Envoy
Sinza who is secretly the well known "Sea Glow Burglar", gives to the poor the money he takes from t...
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Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Mi...
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Fighting Disposition
With the help of famous yakuza Jirocho, brave and quick tempered Eijiro takes revenge on the death o...
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A Revengeful Raid
In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss o...
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Street of Wandering Men
When a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin decides ...
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Keepers of Order
Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal Nakayama a...
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Road of Chivalry
While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and...
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Travels of Gonkuro
Sugimoto Gonkuro is travelling along from Tosa to Edo. On his journey he will meet both good and bad...
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Gamblers and Racketeers
Komatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group which s...
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Law in Ghost Island
Upon his arrival to Dragon Island, ronin Yagi Hanzo, is propositioned by various shady individuals r...
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Hero of the Red Light District
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindn...
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An Actor's Revenge
Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor who pl...
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Seventeen Ninja
As the Shogun lays dying, seventeen Iga clan ninja are sent to infiltrate the impenetrable fortress ...
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The Domain: The Naniwa Story
Second film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as "The...
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Good Rascals
A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives....
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Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but while his determination impresses his supe...
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The Pirates
Finding more freedom on the high seas than in war-torn Japan, the 'Bahansen' (Pirate ships) based on...
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Case of a Young Lord 4: Bridal Robe in Blood
A murdered pawnbroker found clutching a blood-soaked wedding gown, the kidnapped daughter of a Shogu...
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Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
Escaping the hustle and bustle of Edo, the Young Lord came to Oshima Island in Izu to take a vacatio...
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The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
One of Japan's most enduring stories is the true-life yakuza boss Jirocho of Shimizu and his gang as...
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The Forbidden Castle
From an original story by Shibata Renzaburo, the novelist who created such classics as: the "Nemuri ...
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A Spectacular Showdown
One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody sho...
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Vanquished Foes
A skilled assassin's services are called upon to put an end to the ugly turf battle between two yaku...
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Revenge for His Lover
Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta a...
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Pirates Magistrate
As it turns out, the evil hand of drugs has reached the inner palace of the Shogunate. It was though...
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Morishige is a Fake Gentleman
Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control....
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Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the Americ...
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Happily Tied to the Road
With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of...
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Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki
This is the only surviving "Mito Komon Manyu-ki" film. This release also known as Adrift Tour Memoir...
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Edo Purebreed
Action and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters, Kichigoro an...
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Drunken Sword
Tetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt authori...
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Eight Brave Brothers
One day, Yoshimi Satomi, the castle owner of Takita Castle in the country of Anbo, and his confidant...
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Eight Brave Brothers 3
The long-awaited Hakkenshi arrive at Takita Castle, which is saddened by successive defeats....
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Tenamonya Sandogasa
The Tokaido highway is crowded with people heading for Shimizu Port with the dream of defeating Jiro...
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Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō
Chiezo's two-guns-at-all-costs film, directed by Ozawa Shigehiro (Kengo Tengu Matsuri) from a screen...
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Benten Kozo
Orphaned Kiku was raised at a Buddhist temple and learned theatrical arts and martial arts as a chil...
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近藤勇 池田屋騒動
Kyoto in the third year of Bunkyu. --Serizawa Kamo, the head of the Shinsengumi, and the group aroun...
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Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu....
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Himalayan Wanderer
One after another, expedition teams were being attacked in the Himalayas. With the unprecedented boo...
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Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Depa...
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An Edo Magistrate
When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster b...
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Sword Wind Training Hall
About Kenpuren Training Hall: The story is set in the Bakumatsu period. Katsura Kogoro and his passi...
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Tomboy Daughter Diary
Olympic gymnast Yukiko resists marriage plans, stumbling into a newspaper job under reporter Tsubasa...
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Kurama Tengu: The Tale of a Government Thief
The third film in the "Kurama Tengu" series starring Azuma Chiyonosuke, based on the original work b...
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Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
Tokijiro has the unfortunate duty according to the code of the gamblers to join in the fighting when...
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The Man from the Moon
O-Kiyo (Mitsuko Mito), who had escaped from her boss, Shoden, who controlled the Sensoji Temple dist...
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Bridal Candidates
Rookie reporter Yukiko helps save the failing Miyako Times with her friends, while romance and comic...
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