Birthday: 1924-03-14
Place of Birth: Changchun, Jilin, China
Biography: No biography available.
Ryutaro Otomo as the Edo magistrate Umon Kondo is out to solve a crime that centers around the murde...
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The first work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on the o...
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Magically gifted boy Sasuke lives in peace, deep in the forest with his animal pals and Oyu, his eld...
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The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in E...
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Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes an...
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A stage director who directs a “Mori no Ishimatsu” play time travels and becomes “Mori no Ishimatsu”...
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The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneduc...
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It's an extravaganza of entertainment as famous magistrate in disguise, Toyama no Kinshiro attempts...
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Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn....
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When Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss Shohei...
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Tale of tragic love between samurai and princess during Heian period....
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Laid-back baby boomer Yuichi (Ryo Iwamatsu) is a middle-aged manga artist and singer-songwriter when...
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Yae and Kiku, daughters of drapers in Edo, must travel to Kyoto in place of their sickly fathers to ...
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Genji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the Otsubo ...
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Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor...
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Tange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family....
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A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an aff...
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When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is s...
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When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later...
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Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying...
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This is the second film in the popular black and white series about the master swordsman, Yagyu Jube...
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Assassin Nanjo goes on a solitary mission to take revenge on the man who trapped him into a complica...
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The story opens in October of 1624 when the newly appointed Shogun Iemitsu visits the famed Kan-ei t...
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An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of per...
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When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samura...
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When Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a plan ...
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Chubei, the adopted son of an Osaka courier, falls desperately in love with the courtesan Umegawa. T...
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A young, feisty woman named Osome searches for her true love in the midst of a family crisis....
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The film depicts the exploits of Kindaichi Kosuke, who pursues a series of serial murders that occur...
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The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro ...
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A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to ...
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With her family suffering from extreme poverty, Yuko, as the eldest daughter, is sold to a successfu...
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A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage....
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About a girl who marries in the middle of the Pacific War, is widowed at 18, and her unflagging stru...
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Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including ...
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After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw gen...
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Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza...
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In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man...
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The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Mi...
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A popular dance master in Edo meets a yakuza man, and the maddened master is killed in the end of th...
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This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva...
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Bungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling. Decidin...
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A sentimental drama about aspiring artist, Eiji, who rescues a blind girl. His friends Goro and Mino...
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Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fig...
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Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified position...
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During a time of war, Lord Ogata is betrayed by two of his closest vassals and killed by his enemy, ...
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Sugimoto Gonkuro is travelling along from Tosa to Edo. On his journey he will meet both good and bad...
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Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. A...
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Detective Hanshichi (Kataoka Chiezo) solves 3 mysterious murder cases. Great story and an impressive...
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Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the po...
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A young girl, Okimi, falls in love with Kiritaro, a handsome thief disguised as a wealthy young mast...
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Three young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil....
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Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor who pl...
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Light-hearted samurai comedy. The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged marriage. H...
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Tomu Uchida's Gyakushu Gokumon Toride is a masterpiece which treats class struggle in the end of Sam...
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One of Japan's most enduring stories is the true-life yakuza boss Jirocho of Shimizu and his gang as...
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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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Chronichles the story of the Forty-seven Ronin....
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Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said ...
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Young Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under the d...
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Fishmonger Tasuke and Shogun Iemitsu swap their identities in pretence for the protection of Iemitsu...
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An ambitious young woman uses her sex appeal to solve financial problems in her family, including a ...
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A story about a tomboy, Otoshi, who is good at singing, dancing and fencing....
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One day, Yoshimi Satomi, the castle owner of Takita Castle in the country of Anbo, and his confidant...
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The long-awaited Hakkenshi arrive at Takita Castle, which is saddened by successive defeats....
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A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun....
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The Tokaido highway is crowded with people heading for Shimizu Port with the dream of defeating Jiro...
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Wandering swordsman Kanbei, parading through town with a sign that reads "Seeking fights, selling my...
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In this continuation of Discover Japan with the 5 Gents (Shacho sen ichiya, 1967), Shoji (Morishige)...
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A village samurai with money, power and great masculinity goes to the flourishing city of Edo to hav...
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When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster b...
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A samurai plots to reclaim his estranged wife after she leaves him over a murder scandal. When her s...
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