So Yamamura
Birthday: 1910-02-24
Place of Birth: Tenri, Nara, Japan
Biography: So Yamamura (山村聰, Yamamura So, 24 February 1910 – 26 May 2000) was a Japanese actor and film director. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1947 and 1991, and directed four films. He was also known by the name Satoshi Yamamura, while his actual birth name is Koga Hirosada. In the US, he is well known for his portrayals of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the Combined Fleet, in Tora! Tora! Tora!, and of Mr. Sakamoto, the CEO of Assan Motors in Gung Ho.
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Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to ...
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos ...
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Early Spring
A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship...
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Striving to Live
Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee...
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of la...
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Police Precinct Part 14
An elderly woman, Ume Matsumoto, informed the First Investigation Department that her son Hirasaka, ...
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Gung Ho
When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt...
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Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
The Futurians, time-travelers from the 23rd century, arrive in Japan to warn them of the nation's de...
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Victory and Defeat
After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Y...
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The Love of the Actress Sumako
The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outsp...
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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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Sound of the Mountain
An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slight...
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Japan's Longest Day
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and th...
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Antarctica
Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expeditio...
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The Barbarian and the Geisha
Townsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General to th...
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Tokyo Story
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to v...
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Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni shrin...
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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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Tokyo Twilight
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact...
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The Munekata Sisters
Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had al...
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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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White Beast
Keiko Yukawa is a former prostitute and the newest inmate at White Lily, a female rehabilitation fac...
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Oban kanketsu hen
Ushinosuke returns to Tokyo with new ambitions. Fourth and final part of the film adaptation of Bun...
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The Last War
A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superp...
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Star of Hong Kong
Wang Xinglian returns from her studies in Japan to visit her father in Hong Kong where she has an en...
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The Inheritance
A dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose whereabout...
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Kanei Command Performance
During the reign of Shogun Iemitsu, a great martial arts tournament was held to determine whether or...
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Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
The tale takes place around 1650, after the death of the third Tokugawa shogun, when ronin were expe...
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Hole in One
A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the ...
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With Beauty and Sorrow
When the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager--and then wrote a bestselling novel ...
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Little Peach
Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitor...
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Kagebōshi
On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken down. Hi...
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Passion Fire
The time was the first year of Keio (1865). Upon hearing the news that the Imperial Army was approac...
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Modern People
A section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction company...
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Dancing Girl
The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved anot...
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An Inlet of Muddy Water
A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about th...
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Records of loyal vassals
In the 15th year of the Genroku era (1688), the world praised the 47 ronin who avenged the death of ...
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Murahachibu
A villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections...
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The School of Flesh
A love story about a former noblewoman who greedily enjoys love after breaking up with her unhappy m...
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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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The Doctor
This movie attempts to present the reality of doctorless villages to society at large, while focusin...
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A Public Benefactor
The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness....
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Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
The life story of Japan’s greatest leader, Tokugawa Ieyasu, whose shogunate ruled the nation for alm...
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A Flame at the Pier
A young dockworker who owes his life to his boss becomes embroiled in union activity on the Yokohama...
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Akitsu Hot Springs
Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal s...
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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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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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Shag
Shiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year-old daughter, with the aid of an Ai...
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The Wind Blows Twice
Kanae, who broke up with her husband and moved to her uncle's house, met two men when her father, a ...
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The 47 Masterless Samurai
While the story of the Ako Clan's vendetta has been told countless times, never before has there bee...
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The Second Is a Christian
The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different me...
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant bus...
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The Cannery Boat
Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppress...
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With Songs in My Heart
Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of...
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The Sand City in Manchuria
When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save...
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The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5....
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Deep River Melody
A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's ...
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Sister with Sister
Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker....
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Detective Duel
A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private ...
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The Ataka Family
Soichi Ataka is the eldest son of Ataka family. Although mentally challenged, he's a person with a g...
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Diary of a Mad Old Man
Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke, discovers th...
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Okuni and Gohei
A high-born woman named Okuni travels around the country with Gohei, a samurai retainer who is in se...
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The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied hi...
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Ditch
Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. ...
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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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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
A comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to take ...
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Nemuri Kyōshirō
Kyoshiro rescues Shizu who was being abused by her husband, even since she had been violated by the ...
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Life of a Country Doctor
A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and nov...
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The Retreat from Kiska
In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When...
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Ninja Assassins
Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi....
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A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Four unlucky pirates head to a weather tracking station set on a remote island with the intention of...
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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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Portrait of Madame Yuki
A young woman takes up her new job as the servant of a noblewoman and soon discovers that underneath...
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A Geisha's Diary
A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she stru...
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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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Main Line to Terror
Akiyama is an intern, disgusted with the noise pollution caused by the bullet trains and the heart a...
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Professional Killers
Two assassins are hired to carry out a hit on the second wife of a candle merchant, but someone is w...
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Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Three assassins take on a band of thieves who specialize in murder....
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Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
An assassin is mistaken for a doctor and threatened by a band of masterless warriors, but they reali...
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Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Pierre Marsac, a French engineer working for the Nagasaki shipbuilding yards, has fallen in love bot...
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Epitaph to My Love
Ishihara Kiyoshi plans to marry the woman he loves, Chiee, a coffee shop girl. After an accident, Ch...
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When It Rains, It Pours
Tane, the lady proprietor of an inn for amorous couples, lives there with her three children. When h...
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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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Drunkard's Paradise
A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving beh...
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The Orphan Brother
After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they ar...
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Seven Masks of Revenge
The eighth film in the "master detective with seven faces" series. Bannachi patrols the town in his...
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Darkness at Noon
Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a...
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Born in Sin
A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery....
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Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
A young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite with his bir...
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Miki, the Swordman
After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his il...
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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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Glory on the Summit
A treasury official passed over for promotion and obsessed with careerism interferes in the lives of...
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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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The Woman Who Touched the Legs
A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her fr...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, ...
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Ghost Story of Youth
A melodrama of the ups and downs of youth, based on Bunroku Shishi’s popular novel. Chiharu, a balle...
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Tange Sazen
One of Japan's favorite sword stars, Fujita Makoto, returns as the legendary Tange Sazen, the one-ey...
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Hibari no komoriuta
Hibari no komoriuta (ひばりの子守唄, literally "Hibari's Lullaby") is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese film ...
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Their Legacy
Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmar...
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Prophecies of Nostradamus
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that th...
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The White Orchid
A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo...
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Love and Duty
Each one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She feels ...
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Ai Sureba Koso
The film consists of three short stories. Tomiko, the heroine of the first story, "The Flower Girl" ...
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a c...
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Homecoming
A former naval officer returns to Japan after the Second World War ends, encounters the former mistr...
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Across the Darkness
A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed dur...
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Karatachi no hana
This work depicts the poet Hakushu Kitahara's life, full of poetic sentiment, from his childhood to ...
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日本敗れず
In May 1945, Japan's defeat was imminent after the attacks on Saipan, Iwo Jima, and the Philippines,...
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Summer in Eclipse
Drama of a disillusioned youth, with writer-actor Ishihara starring as the young man at odds with hi...
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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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Going West: to the West
Sakuma Ryu, who runs a liquor store alone in downtown Tokyo, ends up living with his eldest son and ...
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A Woman's Fight
Yumiko, the president's daughter, meets a suspicious woman after her wedding ceremony with Tamio....
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Daybreak Chorus
In a small town, Tomoko, a new bus conductor, works hard to prove herself. She crosses paths with Sa...
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Frame of Snow
During a winter visit to her grandfather’s mountain home, a young saleswoman becomes entangled in lo...
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Tokyo Bordello
A ruined businessman was forced to sell his daughter, Hisano, to a brothel in Yoshiwara, the largest...
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