Takahiro Tamura

AKA: Tamura Takahiro, 田村高広, Такахиро Тамура
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1928-08-31

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Crew Roles

Blindly in Love
Screenplay
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {161}

Lt. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida

1970-01-26 7.1

Tora! Tora! Tora!

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lea ...
Genre :War, History, Drama

Denjihei

1996-02-03 7.6

Sleeping Man

Ever since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji's slept in a coma; his neighbors care for him as new events occur every day. ...
Genre :Drama

Urakawa, pressman

1978-10-07 5.7

Never Give Up

Special forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted daughter, Yoriko: the sole survival of a bloodbath for which he is responsible. Years later, Ajisawa is f ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Thriller

Kyûichi Ishii, the murderer

1958-01-15 6.9

Stakeout

Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1962-03-11 0

湖愁

1962 Japanese movie ...
Genre :

Koshitaro Ito

1969-12-05 6.8

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all are content...The Shinsengumi, ...
Genre :Action, Drama, History

1966-05-21 0

A Sky Full of Tears

Popular guitarist Shunsuke Sugi had a busy schedule and lived a puppet life with manager Yoko Ohara. On the way home from the Tohoku tour, he rescued Akiko, a girl who had passed out in a car accident ...
Genre :Drama

Gisaburo

1978-09-06 7

Empire of Passion

In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, Horror

Gomyo Kiyoemon

1994-04-01 0

Dark hunter

Thief Yaheiji (Keizo Kanie) helped a dying young samurai (Hiroaki Murakami), after recovering, he lost his memory and returned to Edo under the name of Yataro Tanigawa. Yaheiji meets Yataro again in E ...
Genre :Drama

1988-12-30 0

Goryokaku

After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nati ...
Genre :Action, History, Drama

Shokichi Matsumoto

2001-10-07 0

I Love Friends

One day, a deaf photographer, Miki Yamashina, happens to meet a young man, Makoto Shibata, on the street. Shibata had been averse to human contact ever since he ran over a child, but Miki finds an une ...
Genre :Drama

Tsao Yanhui

1988-06-25 6.5

The Silk Road

In 1026, students in western China are shanghaied into the forces of crown prince Li Yuanhao of Xi Xia, who wants to control the length of the Silk Road. One student is Zhao Xingde, who becomes the fa ...
Genre :Drama

Ito

1966-09-15 0

The River Yokobori

Taka, the daughter of Naniwa-ya, a longtime Osaka store owner, married Kichisaburo Kawashima-ya, the son of a kimono wholesaler. Her husband just tried to play with her like a sweet candy, but Taka fe ...
Genre :Drama

1961-07-26 0

The Estuary

Genre :Drama

Jubei Ezaki

1964-11-01 7.5

Revenge

An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The situation snowballs out of control, leading to a deadly ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller, Action

Tosa Aizawa

1964-09-05 7.5

The Ninja Hunt

Four ninja are hired to fight against the Shogunate’s plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, the regional barons struggling to reinstate their young heir Tanemaru as their Lord. ...
Genre :Action

Tatsuma

1968-01-13 6.5

Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman

Two devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but involving Kyoshiro in the conflict against his will is the textbook example of a bad idea - especially whe ...
Genre :Action, Drama

Shinpei Itakura

1981-01-30 7.3

Muddy River

Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends. ...
Genre :Drama

Shigenaga Koda

2002-10-05 8.4

Letter from the Mountain

Husband and wife Michiko and Takao move from their urban existence in Tokyo to the isolated, rural farming village where Takao grew up. ...
Genre :Drama

1960-12-27 6

Samurai Desperadoes

Genre :Drama

Seisaku

1965-06-25 7.3

Seisaku's Wife

On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of poverty. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, War

1955-11-29 7

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

On the way back to his childhood home, a septuagenarian man recalls his childhood and adolescence, in particular his love for a young woman. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

1962-05-27 0

Kiriko no unmei

1962 Japanese movie ...
Genre :

Sudô

1956-04-17 6.9

Farewell to Dream

A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are fishmongers, and Yoichi lives together with them and his fou ...
Genre :Drama

Masahisa Hara

1970-06-10 0

Records of Bloodshed

Post World War II, Minoru lives by selling supplies that had been stolen from the U.S. military. One day, he is arrested due to the plotting of Kurahata, a member of the Yakuza who doesn't like him. ...
Genre :Action, Crime

1958-03-04 0

White Blaze

A masterpiece depicting the true feelings, grief and joy of a woman. An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Yasushi Inoue. ...
Genre :Drama

Masayuki

1976-01-17 0

Tsuma to onna no aida

Genre :Romance, Drama

Takashi Sudo

1959-03-04 0

Whistling in the morning

Minoru delivered newspapers to earn money for high school, but when his mother came down with illness he decided to use this money for her doctor's bill and gave up going to high school. His friends h ...
Genre :Drama

Keizo Ishizu

1955-08-31 6.4

The Tattered Wings

A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she's seen with her intense, no-nonsense childhood sweetheart. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Miyoshi

1967-06-28 0

A Fallen Woman

The daughter of a Prime Minister turns down the proposal of a young teacher when she falls for the wrong man. Despite the continual degradation by the man she loves, she is unwilling to leave her awfu ...
Genre :Drama

Shiro Machimura

1958-10-28 6.3

The Eternal Rainbow

Two men at an ironworks encounter roadblocks: the first does not have the grades to get a job, while the other finds himself falling for a co-worker. ...
Genre :Drama

Sadahei

1960-10-19 7.5

The River Fuefuki

In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to ...
Genre :War, Drama, History

1970-02-21 0

Gambling Den Desire

In a small town on the Kasumigaura coast in the early Showa period, the Masukawa clan from Tokyo is trying to take away the interests of the local Isetoku family. Setsuko, the adopted daughter of the ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Action

Mr. Nozu

1957-10-01 9

Times of Joy and Sorrow

The story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife. ...
Genre :Drama

Eguchi

1968-01-31 0

The House of the Sleeping Virgins

About an establishment where old men pay to sleep besides young girls that had been narcotized and happen to be naked, the sleeping beauties. The old men are expected to take sleeping pills and share ...
Genre :

2003-06-28 3.5

The Soul Odyssey

A young man is on an inner journey as he searches for meaning in love, eroticism and marriage. He boards a train, and all the clocks are mirrored from then on, as if looking at them from the inside. H ...
Genre :Drama, Fantasy

Kingo Ishikura

1993-06-12 0

Summer of the Moonlight Sonata

Two soon-to-be kamikaze pilots stop by a local school near their base to play the piano one last time, leaving a deep impression on a teacher. Years later, she seeks out the relatives of the pilots w ...
Genre :Drama

1963-09-11 0

あらくれ荒野

Genre :

Fuba Manabu

1970-08-14 6.6

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they plan military expansion into Manchuria. ...
Genre :Drama, War, History

1989-06-24 7

Thousand Cranes

April 1954. 12 year old schoolgirl Sadako thinks her main problem is being unable to pass the baton in relay races. But just as her team starts winning, she starts getting tired more easily. She is se ...
Genre :History, Drama

Shuji Koyanagide

1979-03-03 0

Our Symphony

One summer day, Tokujiro, who works at an ironworks in the industrial area of ​​Kawasaki, joins a choir group in order to seduce the girls who have come to Kawasaki to sing Beethoven's Ninth . Aiming ...
Genre :Drama, Music

1957-07-09 0

悪魔の顔

Genre :

1958-11-11 0

One Step to Happiness

Genre :

1985-03-22 7

Song of the Spring Pony

Hoshino Bunzo raises up his orphan grandson, Keiji whose right leg gets paralyzed when he was an infant. Bunzo loves Keiji so much that he does every thing to protect his grandson. Sonoda Keiko, a new ...
Genre :Drama

1956-03-11 0

春のみづうみ

Genre :

Professor Hashimoto

1986-10-17 6.9

The Sea and Poison

Two interns and a nurse are interrogated by American MPs for their involvement in an atrocity during the war: the vivisections of a downed American air crew. ...
Genre :Drama, War

Kan Roujin

2007-05-05 5.5

The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi

Korean-Japanese director Gu Su Yeon makes his directorial debut with the mouthwateringly delicious The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi. As the title clearly states, pride of place goes to juicy, bite-sized me ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Yamashiro

1992-09-15 4.7

The Setting Sun

A Japanese soldier is forced to question alliances when he meets and falls in love with the leader of the rebel movement. ...
Genre :Drama, War, Romance

1957-01-09 0

Flying in the Air

The movie depicts the youth of kamikaze pilots who scattered young lives in the sky. ...
Genre :War

Arita

1965-03-18 7.3

Hoodlum Soldier

A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an effort to desert by stealing a train. ...
Genre :Action, War, Comedy

Sozo Sagara

1969-10-10 6.4

Red Lion

Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to Sawando, his hometown, to announce the end of tyrann ...
Genre :Comedy, Action

1962-12-19 0

Marriage of the sky and the sea

A love comedy directed by Osamu Takahashi based on an original screenplay by Kei Tasaki. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

1984-03-22 0

Legend of the Assassin

The Saika clan, that had succeeded in battle against the large armies of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi, had in the Tokugawa era of Ieyasu, been driven into the mountains 7 generations later, forced into subs ...
Genre :

Sankichi Shimoda

1954-03-16 6.6

The Garden of Women

A student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned doctrines. ...
Genre :Drama

1960-01-26 0

抱寝の長脇差

Tatsuo Osone movie ...
Genre :

1983-06-17 0

Odokumiyaku Shushou Kawaite sōrō

Genre :

1984-01-26 0

A Samurai's Sorrow: The Deadly Sword

The second installment of the special drama "Kawaiteshimau" features Masakazu Tamura playing the role of "Udege Shujo," the official taster for the shogunate. Tamura's unmatched charm in portraying cy ...
Genre :

Chodayu

1964-11-21 5

The Scarlet Camellia

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detective looking into the deaths does not suspect her. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1991-03-29 4

Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit

When Nizaemon Kumogiri, a major thief quits his job as a thief, he has two more big jobs planned in order to obtain a huge sum of money to enable his many subordinates scattered all over the country t ...
Genre :TV Movie

Danjuro Kokun

1979-12-01 0

Hell Worms

A group of bandits flee to the mountains after killing an evil moneylender. Remake of Hiroshi Inagaki's Jigoku no mushi (1938). ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1970-10-17 0

Will to Conquer

The struggles of a low-ranking samurai (Nakamura) coming to terms with the end of the Tokugawa shogunate and the end of Japan's feudal age with the 1868 Restoration. ...
Genre :History, Drama

Tadashi Yoshioka

1966-02-17 0

Four and A Half Mats

Fukazawa Shino is a prostitute in the late Meiji period. Shino was deceived by Tatsukichi and sold. One day Shino came to like a thief (Yoshioka) who came as a customer. ...
Genre :Drama

1980-01-26 0

An Ocean to Cross

Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and bring a high priest back to Japan with them. The film tells the tale of the four monks' youth and the ...
Genre :History

1998-05-30 0

The Hidden Festival

Taku Shinjo spins this rural drama about ancient taboos and encroaching modernity. Takamine (Gitan Otsuru) is a big-city workaholic sent to a small remote island to seal a business deal. His predecess ...
Genre :Drama

1965-01-03 8.2

Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu

In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return. ...
Genre :Drama

1966-10-15 6.7

The Great White Tower

The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothin ...
Genre :Drama

1967-06-09 6

When the Cookie Crumbles

Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai. ...
Genre :Drama

Self

1988-02-19 0

King of Swashbuckler: Life of Tsumasaburō Bandō

A biographical documentary produced as part of the 20th anniversary project of the silent film appreciation society led by Shunsui Matsuda, who was known as a silent film narrator, film collector and ...
Genre :Documentary

Asaichi Isobe

1967-01-14 0

Rebellion of Japan

Suzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist reprisals), lives for over five years in a love affair with Tate who's a young lieutenant in the Army, ultim ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1980-01-15 6

The Revolt

When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miyagi, tries to honor his dying wish to rescue his s ...
Genre :War, Drama

1972-12-19 0

The Class of the Sewage Canal

The struggle of a young man and boys who try to create the environment where they can speak their minds freely. ...
Genre :Drama

Tetsuo Mori

1959-09-27 5.6

Thus Another Day

A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out their house during the summer to pay off their mort ...
Genre :Drama

Azai Nagamasa

1983-11-03 0

The Women of Osaka Castle

A television drama aired on November 3, 1983 as a special project to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of Yomiuri Television and the 30th anniversary of the founding of Nippon Television. ...
Genre :TV Movie

Shigeki Kabayama

1992-11-14 0

Hold Me and Kiss Me

Keiko’s life is turned upside down when she discovers that she has been infected with HIV. As she struggles to cope with the situation and resist the infection, she finds new friendship and companions ...
Genre :Drama

Kenzo Ichiyanagi

1975-09-27 6.1

Death at an Old Mansion

A woman and her bridegroom are found murdered in their bed the day after their wedding. It had snowed overnight and the killer left no tracks. It is up to an amateur detective to figure out what happe ...
Genre :Drama, Horror, Mystery

1986-09-13 1

Katana

An antique sword exposes tension between three siblings. ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

1984-02-04 0

君のふるさとに太陽がのぼった

Japanese drama film. ...
Genre :Drama

1965-01-23 0

The Forest of No Escape

Adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same name. ...
Genre :Mystery

1968-11-23 7

The Day the Sun Rose

Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned custom of the Kyoto Gion Festival, and by doing so, br ...
Genre :Drama

Sadakichi Uda

1962-01-14 0

A Full Life

A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact. ...
Genre :Drama

1993-06-25 0

Wangan Midnight 3

Genre :Action

1963-11-17 0

Tange Sazen

In 1730, the Tokugawa Shogunate orders the Yagyu Clan to repair a huge shrine. Since it cannot refuse the Shogunate's request, the impoverished Yagyu Clan tries to raise funds by obtaining a sword whi ...
Genre :

Hirayama

1979-09-15 5.2

Oh, My Son!

A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families. ...
Genre :Drama

Nobutoshi Tachibana (Shigezo's son)

1973-01-15 0

The Twilight Years

A woman looks after her father in law. ...
Genre :Drama

Ikemoto Mohei

1974-09-20 7.8

The Last Samurai

The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has ...
Genre :Drama, Action

Sunpei Yashiro

1977-03-14 0

Case of the Disjointed Murder

In the summer of 1947, various men and women gather at a mansion in the countryside at the invitation of Kazuma Utagawa. They are artists, novelists, poets, painters, playwrights, actresses, etc. Th ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama

1979-03-10 0

Nichiren

An epic drama about Nichiren's life. Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived for 60 years during the Kamakura period (1185-1333) in Japan. Nichiren taught devotion to the Lotus Sutra as the exclusive m ...
Genre :History, Drama

1964-08-13 5.8

The Domain

The feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of Kibamasa falls ill. ...
Genre :Action, Crime

Sohei Yuasa

1989-06-17 6.9

Four Days of Snow and Blood

Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of Tokyo was b ...
Genre :Drama, War, History

Daijuro Fuma

1966-02-12 6.6

Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back

[Period covered: 1616] Kirigakure Saizo returns for the final time as he sets out to assassinate Tokugawa Ieyasu in order to avenge the death of Lord Sanada Yukimura. But first he must contend with Ie ...
Genre :Action, Drama

Takahiro Tamura

1963-01-06 5.8

Sing, Young People

A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star. ...
Genre :Comedy

1973-02-24 5

Time Within Memory

Minoru visits his home on Okinoerabu island for the first time in thirty years. Seeing the old man who used to be in love with his mother, Minoru recalls the old days spent on the island with his youn ...
Genre :Drama

Kôzukenosuke Kira

1994-10-22 6.1

Crest of Betrayal

Weaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and loyalty, and the second is a ghost story about a beautiful woman who falls victim to passion and evil. ...
Genre :Horror, Drama, Action, History, Fantasy

Motomune Matsunami

1991-01-03 6.5

Saito Dosan: Rage of Power

During the age of warring clans (Sengoku Jidai), many samurai lords sought to unite the country under their banners by becoming the supreme leader. One of the first to vie for power in this way was Sa ...
Genre :History, War

Yokouchi

1963-01-27 6.2

Escape from Hell

This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a number of homeless men to a remote island Sado to perform forced labor. Living conditions on the island are ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Yagyu Tajima

1965-09-04 7.3

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters making appearances: Otsu (Musashi's great love), Akemi ...
Genre :Action, Drama, History

Oda Nobunaga

1960-09-11 5

Honno-Ji in Flames

The plot is based on the novel "Akechi Samanosuke no Koi," the final work in a trilogy by Hiroshi Kato about the forced suicide of Oda Nobunaga at the temple Honnoji. Historically, the general Akechi ...
Genre :Drama, History

Nitto

1966-03-13 0

Convicted Woman

1966 film directed by Kudo. ...
Genre :

1969-08-30 7

Prison Break

Set up to be the patsy by a rival gang, Furuta Makoto attacks the yakuza boss he thinks is responsible for his father’s murder. He then learns it was all a plot to take over his father’s turf and he s ...
Genre :Action, Crime

Arita

1972-04-22 6.9

New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

Genre :

Shintani Keisaku, Hana's husband

1966-06-11 8

The Kii River

Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform. ...
Genre :Drama

Seiichi Yamada

1957-12-28 0

The Adorable Trio

Japanese romantic comedy film. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

1962-07-29 0

Glory on the Summit

A treasury official passed over for promotion and obsessed with careerism interferes in the lives of his three sons, who seek escape from his relentless pressure in the mortal danger of mountain climb ...
Genre :Drama

1959-04-14 0

Diary of Forsaken Love

Follows the life of Tsuru, the poor daughter of farmers in Shinshu, Japan. ...
Genre :

Kouichiroh Shiraishi

1986-04-26 7.7

His Motorbike, Her Island

After a series of chance meetings a shiftless motorbike enthusiast Ko begins a romance with a carefree girl Miyo, after teaching her to ride. When Miyo proves herself a biker prodigy Ko begins to fear ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Lt.Col.Sasaki

1982-06-12 10

Eternal Monument

A remake of the 1953 film of the same name. ...
Genre :War, Drama

1956-09-26 0

Tears

A young woman marries someone else, but cannot forget her first lover. ...
Genre :Drama

1958-05-05 0

Aozora yoitsu mademo

Genre :Drama

1959-06-09 0

Kaze no naka no hitomi

Genre :Drama

Arita

1965-08-14 0

Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O.

Genre :

Furukawa

1987-08-01 7.715

Hachiko

The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death. ...
Genre :Drama, Family

Arita

1966-01-03 0

The Hoodlum Soldier Deserts Again

Genre :Action

Arita

1966-07-13 0

The Front Line Showdown

Genre :

Arita

1966-11-09 0

Hoodlum Soldier's Flight to Freedom

Genre :

Arita

1967-02-25 0

Five Star Private

Genre :

Arita

1967-09-15 0

Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack

Genre :

Arita

1968-10-05 0

Hoodlum Soldier: Looting and Pillaging

Genre :

1962-04-29 6.5

Mother Country

In 1919, a group of Japanese immigrants arrives in Hawaii. Among them Yoshio Inoue and his wife Kishimo and Sumi, a young woman ready to get married soon. With the soil that is hard to work and the su ...
Genre :War, Drama

1974-08-17 8.5

Karafuto 1945 Summer

The film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War. On August 15, 1945, Soviet forces invaded Karafuto. On August 20, the postal telegraph off ...
Genre :Drama, War, History

Ganjin

1980-01-26 0

An Ocean to Cross

Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and bring a high priest back to Japan with them. The film tells the tale of the four monks' youth and the ...
Genre :History

1962-01-03 0

Nippon no obaachan

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was lookin ...
Genre :Comedy

Isokichi

1954-09-15 7.7

Twenty-Four Eyes

From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and personal circumstances. ...
Genre :Drama

Ryutaro

1992-07-04 0

Faraway Sunset

Faraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the agent that cause syphilis, and for his relentless search for a cure to yellow fever. As a toddler, his mo ...
Genre :Drama

1983-12-03 0

Adrift at Sea

The Story of the three Japanese castaways Otokichi, Kyukichi and Iwakichi. After their ship the Hojunmaru was damaged, they drifted to America and landed on the US-Westcoast in 1834. They had the wish ...
Genre :History, Drama

Sadamu Shimomura

1982-08-07 5.5

The Imperial Japanese Empire

Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War. ...
Genre :War

1972-12-30 6.3

Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice

Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his inquiries. His first adventure sees him investigating his supe ...
Genre :Action, Drama

1995-06-03 5

Last Friends

Following the lives of three college rugby players drafted to serve in the military during WWII. Though they believe their service will help to benefit their loved ones back home, they are unprepared ...
Genre :War, Drama

Ryuji Matsuda

1963-07-13 0

Double Wedding

Genre :Comedy

1965-11-20 7.3

The Flower and the Dragon

A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing a family of longshoreman, centering on their love and struggle. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1993-04-07 0

A Samurai's Sorrow

A rare grouping of the three Tamura brothers, Masakazu, Takahiro, and Ryu highlight this exciting tale of a series of attempts on the life of Shogun Yoshimune. The Owari have longed for the post of sh ...
Genre :Drama, History

Takeshi Otsubo

1962-09-01 0

Get Married, Mother

Genre :Drama

Ryuzo Ichijima

1995-01-21 5.7

Sanctuary

Akira Hojo and Chiaki Asami live different lives in Tokyo, Japan: Hojo is the leader of a small but rising Yakuza clan, while Asami is a politician aiming to become the youngest member of the Japanese ...
Genre :Drama

1966-01-13 10

Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves

The sequel to "Flowers and Dragons". Kingoro Tamai founded a family in the port of Wakamatsu. He unites people with his courage, and revolts against the entrepreneur Oki Nakashi, who is teeming with v ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1968-11-16 4.3

Tales of the Inner Chamber

Love-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle. ...
Genre :Drama

Ginzo Iwata

1987-09-05 0

The Forest of the Little Bear

Hunting master Ginzo kills a man-eating bear. When he finds out the bear had a cub, Ginzo decides to raise the cub, but the bear later becomes a troublemaker. ...
Genre :Drama

Toyota Sakichi

1980-10-25 0

Drive for the Future

Genre :Drama, History

Hideo Ue

1961-08-06 0

Haitoku no mesu

Genre :Drama, Mystery

1971-11-20 0

Onna no hanamichi

A film commemorating the 25th anniversary of Hibari Misora's performing career. Written by Matsutaro Kawaguchi for Hibari Misora to celebrate her 25th anniversary. The film tells the story of a fisher ...
Genre :Drama

1969-12-27 0

Bad Reputation: Showdown of the Best

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1960-08-23 0

Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher

Japanese crime film ...
Genre :

1960-02-26 0

越後獅子祭

1960 version of Lion Festival of Echigo ...
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1974-06-22 0

Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn

An epic drama depicting the lineage of a military family that lived for three generations before, during, and after World War II, against the backdrop of the turbulent history of the Showa period and ...
Genre :Drama

1963-04-14 0

七人の刑事 女を探がせ

This is the second installment in the Shichinin no Keiji police procedural series. ...
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1961-01-22 0

愛する

1961 Japanese movie ...
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Choufu Masanosuke

1977-01-02 0

Kashin

Centered around Masujiro Omura, who became a commander for the Choshu clan, and founded the modern Japanese millitary system. ...
Genre :Drama

Takuan Sōhō

1971-01-03 0

Haru no Sakamichi

The story chronicles the life of Yagyū Munenori. ...
Genre :Drama

Kuroda Yoshitaka / Kuroda Josui

1965-01-03 0

Taikouki

Based on the life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi (February 2, 1537 – September 18, 1598) a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan. ...
Genre :Drama

Takata Gunbee

1964-01-05 7.5

Akō Rōshi

"Ako Roshi" is a group of 47 former retainers of Lord Asano. Lord Asano was forced to commit suicide after attempting to kill Lord Kira. Once the retainers hear about their Lord's death, they sacrific ...
Genre :Drama

Tokugawa Yoshimune

1984-08-23 10

A Samurai's Sorrow

A Japanese period drama broadcast in prime-time in 1984, based on Goseki Kojima and Kazuo Koike 's manga of the same title. Kainage Mondo is a secret child of Tokugawa Yoshimune and skilled swordsman ...
Genre :Drama

2004-04-16 7.3

Home Drama!

In a house in the outskirts of Tokyo, there lives a family of eight. Such a large family is rare these days, however not one of them is related by blood. They all lost a loved one in the same holiday ...
Genre :Drama, Family

1972-09-02 7.3

Professional Killers

A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure

Takuan Soho

1990-01-02 0

Miyamoto Musashi

On September 15, Keicho, a young man, Takezo, whose life was ruined by the war in Sekigahara wandered around like a wild beast. Only his lover Otsu and the pacifist monk Takuan understood Musashi, who ...
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1981-01-07 0

The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?

An epic of love and death that depicts how soldiers and ordinary people lived and fought during the Russo-Japanese War, when Japan's very existence was at stake in the face of the great power of Russi ...
Genre :War & Politics, Drama

父・健吉

1989-10-02 0

Wakko no kin medaru

The 43th NHK Asadora about a female volleyball player who helps out the local community. Starring Azusa Watanabe. ...
Genre :Drama

1990-04-19 7.8

Tales of the Bizarre

Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and actors as the main characters. While horror and sup ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery

Shin-ichirō Ayuzawa

1983-02-19 7

古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ

Genre :Drama, Mystery

1975-04-05 0

Unified Shadows

During the Tenpo period, the three samurai under the command of the Nanba magistrate were responsible for handling exceptional cases. However, their true identities as shadow assassins were hidden bec ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime

1976-11-05 6

Akai Shougeki

A track and field athlete falls in love with a cop. After being paralyzed by a bullet from a detective investigating her father's crimes, a high school sprinter finds unexpected love and navigates a w ...
Genre :Drama

1970-01-03 0

Women of Osaka Castle

Osaka Castle was erected as a result of Hideyoshi Hashiba's (portrayed by Shindo Eitaro) solicitation from Kyogoku Tatsuko to become his consort. During more than 30 years, until the devastation of th ...
Genre :Drama

1973-10-20 0

助け人走る

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1980-10-08 0

On-yado Kawasemi

At the end of Edo period, Shoji Rui hands over her birthright to her relatives with the death of her father and begins running an inn "Kawasemi" in Ōkawabata. And she settles the matters in their dail ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery