Eitarō Shindō
Birthday: 1899-11-10
Place of Birth: Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
Biography: Eitarō Shindō (1899–1977) was a Japanese film actor. His real name was Tatsugoro Shindo. After working as a stage actor, he entered the film industry and appeared in a wide range of films, appearing in as many as 620 works. He was a regular in Kenji Mizoguchi's films, such as Sansho the Bailiff, The Tale of Chikamatsu, and Street of Shame, and played villainous roles in Toei period dramas . In later years, he moved to television dramas , gaining popularity for his roles in family dramas such as Oyaji Taiko. In 1976 he was hospitalized for heart disease and died of a myocardial infarction at Denenchofu Central Hospital on December 18, 1977. He was 78 years old.
Movies
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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Sansho the Bailiff
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled y...
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Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
Ryutaro Otomo as the Edo magistrate Umon Kondo is out to solve a crime that centers around the murde...
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Drunken Angel
In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculos...
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Reminiscence
Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel l...
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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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The Adventures of Chuji
Chuji Kunisada runs into strange adventures which tests his skill as a samurai as he untangles intri...
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Island of Horrors
Kindaichi challenges the mystery of an incident in which three sisters were killed one after the oth...
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Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
Tasuke stumbles across Kokichi, a distraught man whom having lost his fiancee to Lord Kawakatsu is r...
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Chikamatsu Monogatari
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his b...
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G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
The second part of an action-packed action movie about the struggle between smugglers, the Japanese ...
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The Eve of the Chinese Festival
A kabuki actor is assassinated during a New Year celebration show, in front of everyone, fortunately...
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Street of Shame
The lives of five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passag...
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The Life of Oharu
In 17th century Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page si...
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Osaka Elegy
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father's debt and prevent him from going t...
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Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain
Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi...
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Case of a Young Lord 6: Mermaid Murder Case
The sixth episode of Hashizo Okawa's "Wakasama Samurai" catch series....
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Miss Oyu
Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her w...
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Taira Clan Saga
Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba...
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The Woman in the Rumor
After living a traumatic experience in Tokyo, Yukiko returns to Kyoto, where Hatsuko, her mother, ru...
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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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Heat and Mud
With one million yen in stolen cash, Kurita plans his escape to Hokkaido with an unwilling bar girl ...
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The Lord Takes a Bride
Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said ...
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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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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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Princess Yang Kwei-fei
In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants t...
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Sisters of the Gion
Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he a...
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Revenge
An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, l...
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Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord
Bored Hatamoto movie #11...
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Manchurian Sunset
A film adaptation of the original novel by Kazuo Dan. This exciting film, set in Asia on the eve of ...
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Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens....
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The Horse Boy
A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the c...
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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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治郎吉格子
Aboard a ship connecting Kyoto and Osaka, Osan was pickpocketed by a sham blind biwa player. A man w...
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The Story of Shunkin
Based on the novel by Junichiro Tanizaki. Story of the beautiful blind daughter of a wealthy busines...
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振袖釼法
In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for marry...
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Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
Comedy has the proprietors of a tonkatsu (deep-fried pork) restaurant match wits with a Chinese deve...
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Currents of Youth
It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for t...
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大当り男一代
Shinzō, the heir of the prominent Edo lumber dealer Yamashiroya, left home when his stubborn father,...
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Inugami-ke no nazo: Akuma wa odoru
Early adaptation of the book "The Inugami Clan", featuring the detective Kōsuke Kindaichi....
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Ancient Coins
This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their i...
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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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Magistrate Ooka’s Legends
A hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic....
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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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Thirty-three footprints
Fourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka...
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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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The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima....
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Fencing Master
Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fig...
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A Samurai's Love
A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki....
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Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
Shimizu Jirocho, the president, manages two businesses: Izumo Kanko-sha and the group inn "Daikokuya...
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Pure-Hearted Unit
A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows,...
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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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Aoi Secret Book
A Golden Age drama depicting the exploits of passionate patriot Uotaro Toge in the midst of a myster...
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The Travel notes of Choshichiro - Peregrine Goblin
The second film about the adventures of Chosichiro Matsudaira. This time he fights against conspirat...
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Kanbei's Bargain Sale
Wandering swordsman Kanbei, parading through town with a sign that reads "Seeking fights, selling my...
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G-men of Japan 3: Fearless Counterattack
A man with two identical faces challenges the wicked and lawless escaped prisoner to an unsuitable b...
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Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
Master swordsman and loya 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to ...
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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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Green Earth
Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation wi...
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Ghost Ship Part 1
As Part I opens, Jubei (Denjiro Okochi), the best of sea skippers, is unable to overcome the stormy ...
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Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask
Two child performers lose their money, but are saved by the masked avenger Kurama Tengu. When the ch...
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Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace
In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chase...
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Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda
A dynamic story depicting the rise to power of Oda Nobunaga. The story of a young man on the battlef...
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Four and A Half Mats
Fukazawa Shino is a prostitute in the late Meiji period. Shino was deceived by Tatsukichi and sold. ...
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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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The Lady of Musashino
Set in post-war Japan, The Lady of Musashino tells the story of Michiko, a disillusioned young woman...
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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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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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Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including ...
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Raised in a Palace
Set in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl...
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House of Spider Webs
Based on the original story by Seishi Yokomizo, House of Spider Webs is a gorgeous historical drama ...
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Rebellion of Japan
Suzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist reprisal...
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New Women’s Dialogue
A young female president of a company who hates men and a new male employee who hates women: a one-o...
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Hibari the Traveling Performer
Kimie, a traveling guitarist, performs at various inns at help out her sickly mother. One night whil...
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The Conspirator
Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, dau...
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Battle of Roses
A Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by overheate...
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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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The Man from Planet Alpha
A film produced by Toho and Watanabe Productions as part of the Crazy Movie project featuring The Cr...
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The Craziest Operation
The Crazy Cats try to steal 1,000,000,000 yen in laundered Yakuza money....
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Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Chubei, the adopted son of an Osaka courier, falls desperately in love with the courtesan Umegawa. T...
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Detective Hibari: Secret of the Golden Coin
A princess finds life behind the protection of her brother and the high walls of the mansion to be q...
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Mother Never Dies
The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son....
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Duel at Yagyu Valley
During the Warring States era, Hozoin Kakuzenbo and Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, being best friends, spend ...
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A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashi...
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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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The Man of Seven Faces
Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping...
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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 Ambitious Youth
As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flouri...
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Tales of President Mito
Mr. Mito, a former president of an instant food company, with two young men’s help, solves the quali...
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Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern
Detective Umon’s services are called upon when ronin Yaichiro is killed with a peculiar weapon, a st...
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Lord Mito
This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mi...
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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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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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The Tale of Genji
Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and l...
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved ...
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The Second Bullet is Marked
Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu....
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Three Women Around Yoshinaka
The story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike Monogatari...
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The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
Japanese Navy air cadets train for the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the HMS Prince of Wales....
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The Way of Drama
The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular...
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Wind, Woman and Road
A chance meeting between two traveling gamblers leads to a case of mistaken identity when the farmer...
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The Bandits
Friendship between an ambitious young thief and an artist during the Warring States period....
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Showdown at Lightning Pass
A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline....
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Warrior of the Wind
A suspenseful Ninja fantasy based on Shiba Ryotaro's novel, woven with the mysterious fate and roman...
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The Battle of Kawanakajima
This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is th...
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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with ...
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Falcon Magistrate
Toyama Kinshiro, a commissioner from northern Edo, goes undercover to unravel the mystery behind a s...
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Case of Umon: One-Eyed Wolf
Five swordsmen are murdered and hung from a tree and the chase is on to find the killers. Two magist...
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The Black Current
A reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company, receives a ...
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Case of Umon: Red Lizard
Umon goes on an investigation to unveil the murderer known as Red Lizard....
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The Ako Retainers
Toei’s 10th anniversary film, featuring an all-star cast from the golden movie era of the 1960s. A f...
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Gentle Breeze
A young, feisty woman named Osome searches for her true love in the midst of a family crisis....
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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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Tengu Priest
Kichizaburo, a samurai keeping peace in Edo, helps a young geisha Kozome avenge her father’s death....
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One-Eyed Detective
Fifth delivery in the Tarao Bannai series, following the "master detective with seven faces" who use...
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A House in the Quarter
With her family suffering from extreme poverty, Yuko, as the eldest daughter, is sold to a successfu...
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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 Sword Knows
In the midst of the warring age, a young samurai Kyonosuke defies his former lord Hojo Ujikatsu in o...
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The Actress vs. the Greedy Sharks
Framed by his enemies, Manbe finds himself imprisoned for a murder he didn’t commit. His only hope l...
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Clothes of Deception
The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist boar...
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Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, t...
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Merciless Blade Part 2
The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass....
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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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Weeping Doll
A Hibari Misora musical about an impoverished girl and her brother in Postwar Japan....
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Festival of Swordsmen
During the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most peaceful...
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The Acrobats of Death
Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon th...
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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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Rebellion
In the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a monumenta...
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Oath on the Burning Sands
A Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a beautiful C...
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Scarier than the Devil
A stage director who directs a “Mori no Ishimatsu” play time travels and becomes “Mori no Ishimatsu”...
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Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
A ghost story about a woman who dies a violent death and appears to the man she loves as a vengeful ...
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Monsieur Zivaco
International thief Zivaco, who can assume any identity, eludes the authorities and battles rival th...
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Miniature
Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha...
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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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Dancers of Awa
Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance ...
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A Geisha
Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, ...
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The Shogun and the Fishmonger
Fishmonger Tasuke and Shogun Iemitsu swap their identities in pretence for the protection of Iemitsu...
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The Opium War
The Opium War is a 1943 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Masahiro Makino. "Ahen senso" in ...
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The Body
The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to he...
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Actress
Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some ...
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Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes thr...
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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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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 7: Red Crane House
All is not well in an a small fishing village not far from Edo. Mysterious goings-on are happening a...
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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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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 Kingdom of Jirocho 3
The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings....
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Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men
In the third entry into this mega-hit series, Isshin Tasuke, a spirited fishmonger in Edo who looks ...
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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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Temple of Revenge
Revenge breeds revenge. Ikuta Denpachiro, the martial arts instructor of the Honda family in Koriyam...
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Jakoman and Tetsu
In a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inha...
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World of Love
A sixteen-year-old who had been living on her own since her mother died, frequently gets in trouble...
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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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My Nightingale
Sumida is separated from his wife and daughter when conflict erupts in Harbin. Years later, he find...
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The Chop Professor
Junpei Kihara, a young president of the University's wrestling club, is nicknamed "Mr. Chop". One da...
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Lord for a Night
In 1887, two businessmen, Echigo-ya and Kitahara, compete for railroad construction authorization fr...
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Song of the White Orchid
Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colon...
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Sky of Hope
What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited marr...
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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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Flower Picking Diary
Based on "Heaven and Maiko", a short story from the book "Chiisaki Hanabana" by Yoshiya Nobuko, it i...
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Story of Lightning
Gensaburo Funaki and Oyuki were childhood friends, but Gensaburo misunderstood that Oyuki was hesita...
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Repast
Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and ...
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Ninja Assassins
Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi....
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Yatsuhaka-mura
Original work by Yokomizo Seishi. The third part of Kindaichi Kosuke's story, which was collected by...
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Eleven High School Girls
With his simple appearance, eyes shining with love and a sense of justice, and voice burning with yo...
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Queen of the Treasure Island
At a tavern in Shimoda, Ronin Tadakazu Yamakawa saved a samurai girl named Mino from the clutches of...
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Japan's No. 1 Reckless Man
The film depicts Ueki's all-around intelligence and how he manages to do difficult jobs for the comp...
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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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President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
Iwato Construction secures a major project in Hokkaido and promotes a key employee, but chaos follow...
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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 of Solitude
Yasu, the son of an exiled man, discovered his passion for swordsmanship and went to Edo, where he t...
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His Pistol is Hell
"Masayoshi Ryanko" jumps into the den of the underworld swirling with smuggling and murder, and defe...
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Irresponsible Life in Edo Japan
A comedy directed by Kajiro Yamamoto, based on an original idea by Koji Toita, co-written by Yasuo T...
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Hinoki butai
The story is set in a rural village, where the village mayor gives a speech at the local community c...
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