Shoichi Ozawa
Birthday: 1929-04-06
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Biography: Shōichi Ozawa (小沢 昭一, Ozawa Shōichi, April 6, 1929 – December 10, 2012) was a Japanese actor, radio host, singer, and prominent researcher and expert on Japanese folk art. He also founded the Shabondama-za theater company. Ozawa, who was born in Tokyo, graduated from Waseda University. He began acting after college, beginning with his debut stage role in 1951. He also appeared in television and film roles, acting quite frequently in films directed by Shohei Imamura and Yūzō Kawashima. In 1971, Ozawa launched his long running radio show.
Movies
The Eel
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbers...
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Pigs and Battleships
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occup...
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A Modern Samurai Village
Tajima Yumi, in grade school, is overjoyed when her father says they are moving to an apartment in a...
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Explosion Course
Auto-racing crews prepare for the Indy car race near Fuji in this Japanese documentary. Award-winnin...
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The Ballad of Narayama
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a...
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The Pornographers
Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society...
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The Insect Woman
A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repe...
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Stolen Desire
A rambunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki t...
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Foundry Town
Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and on...
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The River Yokobori
Taka, the daughter of Naniwa-ya, a longtime Osaka store owner, married Kichisaburo Kawashima-ya, the...
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Take Aim at the Police Van
A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer....
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Pleasures of the Flesh
After committing murder, businessman Atsushi is blackmailed into keeping a suitcase of embezzled mon...
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Badge of the Night
A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose mis...
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Nuclear Scrapbook
A film essay about nuclear energy in Japan, composed of newspaper clippings collected in scrapbooks...
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Silence Has No Wings
Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this al...
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The Human Bullet
A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedicati...
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Japan's No. 1 Traitor
The sixth "Japan's No. 1 Man" feature. Followed by "Japan’s No. 1 Disconnected Man"....
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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes th...
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Elegant Beast
A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keep...
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Forbidden Lips
A youth lyrical story of pure love of a girl who grew up in the Kyoto Gion quarter, with a geisha mo...
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Seisaku's Wife
On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has...
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Gonza the Spearman
The tragic story of Gonza, a handsome ladies man, set in the Tokugawa Period, a time in which appear...
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A Sandcastle Model Family Home
An opportune salaryman moves his family into a model mansion for 12 months; unfortunately, they must...
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The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of stif...
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Wild Ducks and Green Onions
The four-member con group, including the intellectual boss Nobukichi Ishiguro (Masayuki Mori), who i...
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Fresh Leaves
Keiko is pretty and intelligent but her home life is not a happy one. Never having known a father's ...
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Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account
A backstage documentary and interview with the real life lesbian stage performer Kaoru Kiri mixed wi...
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Quick-Draw Dog
Quick Drawer Dog (早射ち犬 Hayauchi inu) is a 1967 film directed by Tetsutarō Murano. It is the eighth f...
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Vengeance Is Mine
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police....
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Frankie the Milkman
Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to T...
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He's the Witness
Takuya witnesses the homicide of the detective leading an investigation into the murder of the chair...
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I Can Hear the Duck Singing
A man fed up with city life moves to a village in the mountains...
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Wolves of the Night
A unique action drama in which a ruthless yakuza encounters a woman and realizes his true love as th...
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Winter's Flower
Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year...
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Eijanaika
The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan ...
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Ichijo's Wet Lust
Ichijo Sayuri, once the legendary queen of Osaka strippers, has retired to run a sushi shop. She is ...
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Love for an Idiot
A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she ensla...
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Boxer
In the midst of a match, a successful boxer - Hayato, has had enough of the sport. He lets himself g...
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Black Rain
Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his ...
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The Sleeping Beast Within
A newspaper reporter's search for his girlfriend's missing father lead him into heart of the crimina...
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Rennyo and His Mother
Rennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in particular t...
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Smashing the 0-Line
Katiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and the ...
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The Golden Bat Shows Up
A heartwarming depiction of the episode behind the birth of "Golden Bat," a picture story show that ...
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Classmates
A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II....
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Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying...
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Express Train
Atsumi Kiyoshi, famous for his role in Torasan, stars as Aoki Goichi, a veteran train conductor who ...
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The War Without Weapons
It's a story of the life of a man who advocated the necessity of sex education to children, which wa...
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Our Town
In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He s...
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The Glamorous Ghost
Based on the novel by Naoki Prize-nominated author Taro Takeshita, a thriller full of black humor. ...
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Endless Desire
Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher...
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Story of a Prostitute
Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds...
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Tora-san's Promise
Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarra...
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Once a Rainy Day
Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth an...
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A Slope in the Sun
The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family ...
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A Story from Echigo
A sake factory worker on holiday returns to his home town, where he rapes the wife of one of his co-...
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The Song of the Season
A touching love story about a heroine who loses her parents in the war and tries to keep her pure lo...
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Bad Girl
Wakae is a 15 year old girl who lived under the same roof with her alcoholic father and stepmom. Her...
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Tokyo Knights
A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime....
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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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Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light distric...
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Young Breasts
A delinquent young man (Kobayashi Akira) from a wealthy family decides to get in on a blackmailing s...
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The Threat
Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an adv...
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Room for Let
When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion...
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Our Happiness Alone
Mototsugu is the younger son of Akira Sakawa, a director of an advertising agency whose mother, Nobu...
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Female Ninja Magic
In Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position, fearing Toyotomi's blo...
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The Scarlet Camellia
A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the ...
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The Temple of Wild Geese
Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple i...
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The Black Cat
Helping her mother manage a nightclub, young Emiko quickly realizes how difficult life is....
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A Killer Without a Grave
Nakata (Keiichiro Akagi) is a nihilistic young buck who is willing to do anything to get money in hi...
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The Maid Story
Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters...
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Traveling in Party
A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri....
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Till We Meet Again
Jiro Sone sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is disappoin...
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Summer Soldiers
During the Vietnam War, an American G.I. deserts his base in Japan and escapes to Tokyo with the hel...
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Living by Karate
Wada Kōji is a chivalrous young man who leads a group of youths that take on a yakuza boss....
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Inn of the Floating Weeds
Young gangster wannabe is framed for a murder and sent to prison....
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Intentions of Murder
The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a h...
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Sweet Sweat
This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 3...
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Young Challengers
A story depicting the challenges faced by today's youth in working to build a better tomorrow, based...
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Jungle Block
A young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted upon...
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Nippon no obaachan
Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast abo...
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Till We Meet Again
College life starts off great for Michiko. She and her friend join the Italian Culture Research Club...
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The Spying Sorceress
Second part of the series where sex magic skills of female and Iga ninjas clash over enourmous treas...
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The Gambling Monk
One summer day, the chief monk of the Hojuin Temple dies. Harumichi rushes back to town hearing abou...
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Burden of Love
The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a prog...
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The Gate of Youth
Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens...
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The Girl I Abandoned
Tsutomu Yoshioka, a Tokyo office worker, is engaged to Mariko, the niece of his company's president....
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The Donkey Comes on a Tank
Sabu was once a boy soldier but people in his village disliked him. He finally broke loose when his ...
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Free and Easy 18
Hama-chan goes to Okayama to look for Su-san when he goes missing a few days after freezing up durin...
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That Guy and I
Asada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's house, sh...
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The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the po...
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Hungry Soul, Part II
A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a m...
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The Pirates of Buban
By going to the Philippines, Imamura comes to meet people living in an extreme poverty. He discovers...
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Twice on a Certain Night
Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who...
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Cat Changed Into Tiger
A life insurance agent has a drinking problem causing him to lose his company a fortune. He heads to...
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Crimson Wings
At about the same time as lwami, president of a Tokyo company is murdered by an unknown assailant, i...
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Temptation
Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art g...
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Song of Love
The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people....
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The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
Former boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow for ...
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Sun Above, Death Below
Suspense drama about an assassin charged with breaking up a gold smuggling ring, and the contract su...
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To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Based on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military dog s...
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Nishi Ginza Station
This short comedy concerns the extramarital affair of a drugstore owner. It is based on a popular so...
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The Tokyo Mighty Guy
Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in...
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Zoku izuko e
Sequel to "何処へ" (1966). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka....
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Elegy to Youth
A fresh graduate from a university in Tokyo takes a job as an English teacher at a prestigious high ...
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Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki
The day has come for recruits to enlist in the Japanese Marine Corps. The recruits, who have left th...
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Ohana han
This is a film adaptation of a popular NHK drama that depicts a strong-willed woman, Hana, who lives...
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Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
Ex-conman Junpei plots revenge on a corrupt corporation by leading a team of swindlers posing as pol...
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六三制愚連隊
I'm going to help that rebel guy! Young people burst into rage, roaring with dreams and hopes! The s...
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Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
"Shacho" comedy about the president of a salt manufacturing company....
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Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
An aging company president pushes a youth-focused corporate fitness campaign but struggles to keep u...
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5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
A cosmetics company president launches an aggressive new business strategy while balancing corporate...
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5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
A cosmetics executive promoted to chairman faces chaos at home and work as his company undergoes maj...
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Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
A food company president is promoted to chairman, but his continued involvement creates leadership c...
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Five Gents and a Kuniang
A food company undergoes leadership changes, with younger staff rising to key roles....
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Band of Ninja
The son of an assassinated feudal lord, in the Muromachi period, attempts to avenge his father's dea...
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3 Raccoon Dogs
A conman team swindles through jewel scams, marriage fraud, and fake school admissions. Their scheme...
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