Tokue Hanazawa

AKA: Токуэ Ханадзава, 花澤徳衛, Tokue Hanasawa
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1911-10-18

Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {192}

1961-08-13 0

A Good Man, A Good Day

The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to marry a colleague, she and her mother are overjoyed, ...
Genre :Comedy

(segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

1965-01-06 7.719

Kwaidan

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is ...
Genre :Horror, Fantasy, Drama

1962-01-09 0

次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々

1962 Japanese movie ...
Genre :

1960-06-21 0

Police Precinct Part 14

An elderly woman, Ume Matsumoto, informed the First Investigation Department that her son Hirasaka, who runs a shoe store, had disappeared. The detectives had a bad feeling which hit the mark, an unid ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime

1961-01-26 0

Police Department Story, Part 15: Alibi

The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government agency, with particular attention to finding an alibi for the suspects. A security guard was killed in ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery

1961-09-06 0

Fateful Birthplace

A sad love story between young Umihiko Kojima and a beautiful girl named Yukiko Shino. ...
Genre :Drama

Genji Yakura

1957-07-09 0

Men Fighting Whales

A film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the best whaling ship Hayabusa Maru. One day they will have to face a giant, monstrous whale. ...
Genre :Drama

Detective Hayashi

1961-09-13 0

Police Precinct Part 17

The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night before, and the evidence, in addition to shoe horns and h ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1961-02-01 0

Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman

Detectives of the First Investigation Division are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old girl, whose strangled corpse was found in the bay of the Tama River. The ugly behavior of adults hidden in ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1965-06-13 0

Color

Genre :Drama

1961-07-08 0

Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.２

1961 Toei comedy ...
Genre :Comedy

Detective Hayashi

1962-06-24 0

Police Precinct: Mysterious Red Phone

A young girl named Michiko is kidnapped and later found dead in a bag. But the kidnapper strikes again. The 18th work from the series "Keishicho Monogatari". ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1962-11-23 0

The King

The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneducated zori sandal maker, becomes a professional shogi player through his genius shogi skills and live ...
Genre :Drama

Kawaguchikan's owner

1958-11-26 0

The Outsiders

A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun Takeda. ...
Genre :Drama

Historian

1979-07-14 0

Tokyo Air Raid Glass Rabbit

Based on an autobiographical novel by Toshiko Takagi, set close to the end of World War II ...
Genre :Drama

Komatora

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

Tetsuji Watanabe

1985-10-26 5.2

Tracked

When a fugitive begins a romance with the woman hiding him from the law, it becomes uncertain whether he will ever escape the shadow of his heinous crimes--or the detectives hot on his trail. ...
Genre :Drama

Eiji Kurita

1956-11-21 7

I Will Buy You

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers. ...
Genre :Drama

Denzo Takuguchi

1977-06-04 6.4

Mount Hakkoda

Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with Russia. ...
Genre :Drama, History

Detective Hayashi

1962-07-29 0

Police Precinct: Landfill No. 19

In the former landfill, where construction is currently underway, the corpse of a middle-aged man with an unusual rosary in his hand was dug up. An autopsy showed that the victim was about 40 years ol ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Danzo

1956-09-18 0

Manchurian Sunset

A film adaptation of the original novel by Kazuo Dan. This exciting film, set in Asia on the eve of violent changes, tells the story of a young man Rinnosuke Date, who, following his dream, love and p ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama

1963-08-11 6.5

A Legend or Was It?

A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the local leader's son, but her siblings disapprove. ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller

1984-01-12 0

Ningyo Sashichi: The Cat’s Golden Claws of Death

Sashichi is a dapper and handsome man. He is called a doll Sashichi because he is "a nice man like a doll." On top of that, he is a considerable young boss. This is a story in that Kanda solves the mu ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Mystery, History

1987-07-01 0

Wind Whistle in Field, Demon Sword: Matsudaira Tadateru cutting the world

Tadateru Matsudaira, the sixth son of Ieyasu Tokugawa, was exiled for not taking part in the attack on Osaka Castle. 10 years before his exile expired, he was attacked in a clandestine Yagyu operation ...
Genre :Drama, History

1959-06-09 0

Police Precinct: Car 108

Patrol car 108 is on the prowl in Tokyo when it comes across a suspicious small truck. When the policeman investigates he is shot and the truck makes its getaway. ...
Genre :Crime

1959-09-15 0

Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene

Genre :Crime

1959-02-18 0

Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face

A tragic drama - a dismembered torso of a woman rises up on the banks of the Arakawa River. The body is only the torso. Her legs were discovered on the opposite bank. The only clue, a man was trying t ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Detective Hayashi

1963-06-14 0

Police Precinct Part 21

A burnt corpse of a man was found in Okutama. As a result of the investigation, it turns out that the criminal strangled the victim with a bandage, smashed his face with an oil canister and burned the ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1957-08-28 0

Showdown in Blood

Hayata and his best friend Ushijima came to Tokyo to become champions. Hayata repeatedly sought to join Tamura's boxing club, but Tamura fell in love with Ushijima's punch. Then Hayata decides to beco ...
Genre :Drama, Action

1960-01-27 0

Police Precinct Part 12

Genre :

1954-09-14 0

Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako

1954 Theater of Life adaptation. ...
Genre :

Detective Hayashi

1963-02-10 0

Police Precinct: Backing Investigation

A man confessed to killing a woman in a labyrinth 2 years ago. The detectives must now conduct a "backing investigation" to determine whether his confession is true, because the law states that a conf ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1955-11-15 4.3

Floating Weeds Diary

A travelling theater troupe, led by Umagoro Ichikawa, comes to play in a mining town, and manages to sell every seat. Before the play begins, however, a miners' strike is announced, creating an uproar ...
Genre :History, Comedy

1982-03-19 5

The Shogun's Vault II

A mysterious thief called "Yami no Kiba" (Fang of Darkness), who sneaks into the residences of the shogunate one after another and steals the shogun's treasures, has been shaking the public authoritie ...
Genre :

Detective Hayashi

1963-07-07 0

Police Precinct: Teenage Footsteps

A 16-year-old high school student Midori Matsumoto was found dead on the banks of the Tama River. The only clue is shoe marks on rubber soles. From the interview of witnesses, it became clear that Mid ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

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

Detective Hayashi

1964-02-23 0

Police Precinct: Confession

The corpse of a debt collector, Sakai, is found in the Dobu River in Tokyo. Kinoshita, a shoe shiner who was in debt to Sakai, was soon apprehended. During interrogation, Kinoshita said that he was th ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1966-03-19 7

Gamblers' Luck

A group of ne'er-do-wells live happily in the slums of what is now Tokyo and have a number of adventures: they get drunk and go whoring, revenge themselves on cruel landlords, animate the corpse of a ...
Genre :Comedy

1960-04-05 0

Secret

Genre :Drama

1947-07-10 0

War and Peace

A woman remarries after receiving official notification that her husband has died, but he returns. ...
Genre :War, Drama

Detective Hayashi

1964-12-05 0

Police Precinct: Missing Person

Two people disappeared, engineers of the companies Yamato Matsui and Koyama. The two worked overtime, and it is proven that they consumed alcohol together. According to the sushi restaurant employee w ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1963-09-08 0

River Washes Away the Moon

Genre :

1968-01-25 0

Dorei kōjō

After the death of a colleague, the workers at a factory form a labor union. ...
Genre :Drama

1962-09-16 0

Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori

1962 Japanese movie ...
Genre :

Asakura's father

1997-06-20 6.2

Tokyo Lullaby

When Koichi Hamanaka returns after his mysterious disappearance years earlier, journalist Asakura who befriended Hamanaka's wife during his absence, tries to piece together the reasons for his departu ...
Genre :Drama

1992-04-11 6.875

Basara: The Princess Goh

Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū, the former tea master, was ordered to commit suicide. Princess Goh, daughter of the lord but adopt ...
Genre :History, Drama

1996-02-16 6

The Way of Osaka Financing 1

A special drama starring Masahiro Nakai of SMAP, which was aired on Fuji TV six times from 1996 to 2005. The original is a comic of the same name by Yuji Aoki. The script was written by Ryoichi Kimizu ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

1993-03-03 0

Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon!

During the Sengoku period, an army relentlessly lays siege to a castle, but they will need the head of the opposing lord to declare victory. ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Comedy

1977-03-19 0

Beauty Wandering Story

Genre :

1962-11-23 0

Curry Rice

1962 Japanese movie ...
Genre :Drama

1961-05-03 0

Red Flowers of Hell

1961 gangster film. ...
Genre :Crime

Gempachi

1966-11-13 6.5

Koto—The Lake of Tears

A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo, known for its production of quality shamisen strings, only to find her peaceful life turned upside down ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Chameleon Matsu

1960-11-08 6.5

Devotion to Railway

A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki... ...
Genre :Drama

1956-01-03 7

The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye

Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business. ...
Genre :Mystery

1957-07-30 5

The Deep Blue Sea

To fulfill a friend’s dying wish, a young sailor Kenji takes on the task of delivering an heirloom to his friend’s daughter, Harumi, who has been adopted by another family. When he arrives, Kenji soon ...
Genre :Drama, Music

1961-09-13 6

Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm

Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba returns as the reckless son of a private detective takes on the case of a minor league baseball pitcher who disappears right before signing a contract into the major leagues. Me ...
Genre :Crime, Action

Tamezo

1959-12-06 0

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an argument between their two fathers. Can their love surv ...
Genre :Comedy

1965-04-10 6.4

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money. ...
Genre :Drama

1950-06-15 7

Listen to the Voices of the Sea

This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The film is located to Burma. It shows the everyday prob ...
Genre :Drama, War

1976-02-04 5.3

Outlaw Cop

A bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs away with another man, who turns out to be the very same man that her husband is hunting. Once he discovers ...
Genre :Action

1952-12-10 7

Vacuum Zone

Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his term for theft. Told in flashback, viewers learn about Kitani's past and reasons behind his prison se ...
Genre :Drama

1947-08-05 7

Snow Trail

Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojiri encounter a young woman and her father, as well ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Driver

1964-10-03 6

The Glamorous Ghost

Based on the novel by Naoki Prize-nominated author Taro Takeshita, a thriller full of black humor. A jealous husband murders his adulterous wife, then embarks on a crusade to extort all the wealthy ...
Genre :Mystery

Hoan

1961-11-15 0

Devil's Nursery Rhyme

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel. ...
Genre :Mystery, Horror

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

1961-08-13 0

Himalayan Wanderer

One after another, expedition teams were being attacked in the Himalayas. With the unprecedented boom in snow men, the public began to make a fuss about the fact that the monster that attacked them mu ...
Genre :

1975-12-20 6.8

The Last Song

Junkichi is the son of a rich landlord, while Koyuki is the daughter of a poor lumber worker. The mismatched pair soon finds love, and against his father's wishes, Junkichi decides to run away with Ko ...
Genre :Romance

1961-05-21 0

Tale of a Company Boss

Japanese comedy film. ...
Genre :Comedy

Anazawa

1961-11-01 0

Tale of a Company Boss 3

A story about the nature of office workers today. ...
Genre :Comedy

1963-04-21 0

Judo Life

Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judoka Shiro Saigo (Chiba), the second student of judo founder Jigoro Kano (Naoki Sugiura). Akira Kurosa ...
Genre :Drama

1958-11-11 6

Points and Lines

Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the truth behind an apparent double suicide. ...
Genre :Crime

1976-06-19 5.2

Jail Breakers

Kamiki (Sonny Chiba) is a career criminal who is given the chance to break out of prison for the 33rd time. Afterwards Kaimiki teams up with a bunch of thugs that engineer prison escapes for money. ...
Genre :Crime, Action

1977-10-29 0

Tomorrow Evening

Ayako is a 7-year-old girl with a dark, tanned face and a somewhat mysterious expression on her face. She shows up at the elementary school and acts strangely, but the children don't know her name and ...
Genre :Drama

1945-06-28 5.8

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

In A Tale of Archery, young, timid bowmaster Kazuma (Akitake Kôno) seeks to beat the archery record set by Hoshino Kanzaemon, a mysterious figure who, it is rumored, drove the previous champion (Kazum ...
Genre :War, Drama, History

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

1946-03-28 6

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who becomes populist politician in the Japanese Happiness Party. ...
Genre :Drama

1960-04-26 6

The Man of Seven Faces

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case. ...
Genre :Mystery

Old man

1987-03-21 0

Be-Bop High School: A Delinquent Student March

A sly prep school thug uses his girlfriend to lure Hiroshi and Toru to a fight, but the scheme escalates to an all-out war between everyone involved. ...
Genre :Action, Comedy

1960-07-13 0

The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Rush

An upstanding young man’s racy adventure filled with conspiracies and love. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Action

Kurosaka​

1950-02-26 6.5

Street of Violence

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1979-09-15 5.571

Oh, My Son!

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

1974-04-06 0

Kandagawa

Based on a blockbuster song by Kaguyahime, a folk group. Makoto, a college student who belongs to a puppet theatre club, meets Michiko, who works at a printing factory, and they come to learn the bitt ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1987-08-15 0

Guys Who Never Learn

Comedy based on a book by Joji Abe, about a man in prison for the 12th time. ...
Genre :Comedy

1966-09-17 0

No Greater Love

In 1943, Japan is amidst the Pacific War. Sobei Sonoda is one of the wealthiest landowners of the San'in region. His land spread for miles, as far as the eye can see. People treated him with respect. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Kinoshita

1953-09-10 8

The Cannery Boat

Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy. ...
Genre :Drama

Kinsaku

1953-07-05 0

Shishun no izumi

The long-awaited haymaking season has arrived on the island of Honshu. Work is in full swing in the fields, with young and old alike toiling away. For the young woman Moyoko and the young man Tokizo, ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1962-05-27 0

The Bandits

Friendship between an ambitious young thief and an artist during the Warring States period. ...
Genre :

1990-12-22 7.5

Free and Easy 3

Su-San invites Hama-chan to go fishing at a place close to his heart after learning about Hama-chan and his wife's fertility problems. ...
Genre :

Kiyosuke

1961-08-05 0

Man with the Funky Hat

Ichiro (Chiba) is a scrappy little sport in a big car and funny hat always looking for some fun and some extra cash on the side. He and his friends get themselves involved in some shady business deali ...
Genre :Crime, Action

1958-06-10 0

Beyond the Seasonal Wind

Japanese drama film. ...
Genre :Romance

1981-10-30 0

Lowly Ronin

Reprising his role from the popular TV series "Koya no Suronin" (The Lowly Ronin), Mifune Toshiro stars in this full-length, stand-alone made for TV movie. The wandering ronin is reminiscent of his ...
Genre :Drama, Action, TV Movie

1964-01-01 7

Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple

In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. As his great love Otsu has succumbed to madness. Mu ...
Genre :Action, Drama, History

Isogawa

1977-10-29 6.7

Village of Eight Gravestones

The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo ...
Genre :Thriller, Horror, Mystery

1968-04-27 0

Rainbow Over the Pacific

Rainbow Over the Pacific is a tale of romance that moves from the streets of Tokyo to the islands of Hawaii as it weaves the story of two star-crossed lovers--Hideo (Yukio Hashi), an aspiring photogra ...
Genre :Romance

Sanai Andô (voice)

1961-07-19 6

The Orphan Brother

After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their mother dies, they are sold to Sansho the Bailiff, a cru ...
Genre :History, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Adventure

1955-07-12 0

Seven Masks of Revenge

The eighth film in the "master detective with seven faces" series. Bannachi patrols the town in his taxi when he sees a man heading into Shiodome Town. Next day the man is found brutally murdered an ...
Genre :Mystery

1970-03-18 0

The Sunset is Calling Me

Contrast between two outlooks on life: one of a poor factory worker and the other the heir to millions. ...
Genre :Drama

1971-05-19 0

Follow the Girls

Comedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers. ...
Genre :Comedy

1958-10-01 0

The Naked Sun

A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-future, have enough money to get married. As they have agreed on this procedure, it comes as a shock t ...
Genre :Drama

Chinke

1970-10-24 7.6

Where Spring Comes Late

The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the mine he worked in was shut down. He decides to resett ...
Genre :Drama

1958-09-23 0

His Scarlet Cloak

The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's beauty attracts numerous would-be lovers among whom is the local governor, a timid creature, who is ...
Genre :Comedy

1963-10-20 5

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era. ...
Genre :Crime

1963-04-12 0

The Big Boss

A shooting incident occurs at the Asahina family gambling hall in Tokyo's Joto district. It is the work of Gaijin boss Brown and his henchman Yamaoka, whose territory is in the Jonan district, in resp ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1962-03-21 6.2

The Christian Revolt

In Tokugawa-era (1637) Shimabara, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of charismatic Christian rebel leader Shiro Amakusa. ...
Genre :Drama, History, War

Sêitarô Sakaguchi

1970-01-15 7

Tora-san, His Tender Love

Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches. ...
Genre :Comedy

1959-04-08 6

Bride of Peacock Castle

Princess Kazu, the daughter of Shogun Ienari, is sent to marry Matsudaira Nobunao, master of Peacock castle in Kozuke province, a domain of 17,000 koku. When the procession carrying her sizable dowry ...
Genre :

1959-04-01 0

Moonlight Mask: The Monster Gorilla

Fourth Moonlight Mask theatrical film. ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Adventure

1953-10-07 7.431

Hiroshima

Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, and its effects on various civilians, especially children, of that city. ...
Genre :Drama, History

1972-06-10 6.3

The Trail of Blood

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a so ...
Genre :Action

1964-09-05 6

Giant Rumble

In this gritty tale of gamblers battling in the samurai era, Okawa Hashizo gives perhaps his greatest performance as a gambler returning to his home town. Swearing allegiance to his fiancée’s father, ...
Genre :

Choi

1960-08-24 6.5

The Sand City in Manchuria

When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople. ...
Genre :Drama

1964-12-26 0

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 land was taken. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1964-04-29 7

The Irresponsible Fool

Picked up and raised on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Yasukichi's only trait is his innate mischievousness. However, because his love for his hometown is exceptionally stronger than anybody's, he ...
Genre :Comedy

1958-08-06 6

Detective Duel

A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating the missing person's case from a wealthy family. ...
Genre :

1958-09-10 0

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 becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and songs, this story shows how a girl raised on a farm wa ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1957-03-13 4

Employee Full of Fight

Genre :

1959-01-28 0

The Bastards of Lawless Town

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film. ...
Genre :

1963-04-28 0

Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise

Genre :

1969-10-01 0

Women Can't Be Beaten

An uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving his boorish older brother. ...
Genre :Comedy

1963-07-06 7.3

Seventeen Ninja

As the Shogun lays dying, seventeen Iga clan ninja are sent to infiltrate the impenetrable fortress where his youngest son is preparing to storm Edo Castle and name himself Shogun by force of arms. Th ...
Genre :Action

1971-01-13 6.826

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chi ...
Genre :Adventure, Action, Drama

1967-04-01 6

Game of Chance 2

Bungo is released from prison to find his son Kenichi in the care of strangers. Teruko, the woman originally looking after the boy, was forced to leave town and sell herself into prostitution. Bungo a ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1971-08-07 9

The Instant Services Bureau

Comedy of two brothers working at a local governmental office. ...
Genre :Comedy

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

1969-08-09 0

One Two Punch

Two men succeed in opening a joint restaurant after hilarious troubles. ...
Genre :Comedy

truck man

1951-07-04 5.7

Still I Live On

About the struggles of day labourers to achieve dignity and a standard of living above the starvation level. Utilising the Zenshinza theatrical troupe. ...
Genre :Drama

1954-06-24 0

The Street Without Sun

Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers at a large printing house and the strikers' steadfastness, which neither hunger nor violence could ...
Genre :Drama

1955-06-21 0

Murder on The Last Train

One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo. ...
Genre :Mystery

Takichi Banno

1957-11-24 7.2

The Eleventh Hour

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to r ...
Genre :Action, Drama

1975-10-10 6

The Surf

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo. Yasuo spreads unpleasant gossip about his rival, a ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Detectiive Yoshioka

1956-02-18 0

Police Precinct

A taxi robbery and murder occurred in Fukagawa late at night. Detectives Nagata and Miyagawa of the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division, who suspect the perpetrator as a habi ...
Genre :Crime

1965-05-01 7

Tale of Japanese Burglars

Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some communists are found guilty of causing the incident, but ...
Genre :Crime, Comedy

Miki's Colleague in Flashback

1974-10-19 7.32

The Castle of Sand

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard. ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery, Drama

1961-01-15 0

Hell's Juggler

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1976-11-13 0

Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku

A great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there were frequent uprisings in rural areas due to farmers losing their land as a result of strict tax collect ...
Genre :History, Drama

1954-06-22 0

Tomoshibi

Students in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr. Matsukuma, although he is misunderstood by most of the villagers and is forced to leave. After his departure there is gr ...
Genre :Drama

Nakamura Daizen

1962-04-17 8

Tange Sazen: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon

This movie depicts a familiar samurai Tange Sazen story realistically. Tange loses one of his eyes and arms in an attempt to recover a masterpiece sword for his lord. However, his efforts are not appr ...
Genre :Drama

1938-07-03 0

Itahachi shima

Japanese movie ...
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1973-02-19 0

When the Night Breaks

In a bustling shopping district, a humble tailor accompanies his daughter for an afternoon out — until a trio of thugs begin harassing her in broad daylight. Unable to stay passive amidst the crowd’s ...
Genre :TV Movie, Horror

1960-07-26 0

Tale of Young Drifter

Young boys learn survival skills on a remote island and rescue a girl abducted by a gang of foreigners. ...
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1956-01-29 0

Meteor Karate Strike

Sequel to the movie Denko karate uchi. ...
Genre :Drama, Action

1949-07-19 6.3

The Blue Mountains: Part I

Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young man from Tokyo. ...
Genre :Drama

1958-06-10 0

Police Precinct Part 7

The body of a woman was found in a manhole. Is it an affair? The victim is a clerk at a mannequin manufacturing company. At the age of 26, she was a widow with a child, and she went missing after he w ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1958-06-22 0

Police Precinct Part 8

Four taxi drivers are found dead in four days. Suddenly, a taxi, trying to avoid hitting a patrol car, veers off and hits a tree. Three men run out and escape. From inside the truck comes the body of ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery, Drama

1959-06-01 0

Hell's Companion

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1966-01-13 7

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2

Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor to the Soda Family, he kills the boss of the rival Sakaki Family. When the Soda attacks the Sakaki ...
Genre :Action, Crime

1981-07-14 0

The Shogun's Vault I

Tomizo, a master storehouse-breaker who has been released from prison in Denmacho after serving five years plans to break into the Edo Castle gold storehouse to avenge the death of his father, who die ...
Genre :History, Action

1983-07-12 0

The Undercover Ninja Organization

Oniwaban is an organization that is composed of two ninja groups… Iga and Koga. This is a story of a secret spy who settled in Okazaki Joka town during the Seitoku period of General Ietsugu and his so ...
Genre :History, Action, Drama

Kudo

1982-04-17 0

Karate Cop

A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse attendant, Hisako. ...
Genre :Action, Comedy, Romance

Torajiro Shirato

1960-05-10 0

Won't Stand for Dying

The son of the murdered Yakuza, Kenji, at the request of his mother, worked in a stable company. However, soon the girl Kenji Amy, who was in favor of the director of the company, is sexually harassed ...
Genre :Action

1961-10-07 0

Mannen Taro and His Feminine Colleagues

Genre :Drama

1964-06-27 0

The Sharks

A film adaptation of Masatsugu Nobuhiko's novel of the same name, directed by Tasaka Tomotaka and starring Nakamura Kinnosuke. This literary epic tells the story of how the protagonist, who has become ...
Genre :Drama

1960-03-08 0

The Great Road

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war . ...
Genre :Drama

1961-02-14 0

The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Whirlwind

The third film in the Taro series, following "The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Eternity" and "The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Rush." Taro, who had painstakingly graduated from the University of ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Action

1960-04-05 0

White Cliffs

1960 Toei film. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Shosuke Toyama

1968-06-08 7.8

Hymn to a Tired Man

Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son's fallen for the daughter of a war officer responsible for the maiming. ...
Genre :Drama

1981-03-28 0

Asshii-tachi no machi

Genre :Drama

1970-06-13 0

Charming Men

One day, when Goro (Kiyoshi Atsumi) returns to his poor tenement house from a trip on a deep-sea tuna boat, his neighbor's daughter Haruko (Mitsuko Baisho) also returns from the juvenile classificatio ...
Genre :Comedy

1986-05-08 0

Jokyōshi 'izu noodoriko' satsujin jiken

Teacher Shizuko and her literature club students are caught up in a murder case while on vacation in Izu. The victims are Kazumasa, who was in a relationship with Shizuko's friend Ritsuko, and his wif ...
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1964-01-15 0

The Honest Fool

Yasugoro, goes to live in a quiet town where he falls in love with the priest's daughter-in-law. His does not declare his love because she is married, but he goes on a mission to please her, and is bl ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, History

1976-02-14 0

A Cheerful Yakuza

Genre :Action, Comedy

1956-01-29 0

Samurai of the Great Earth

A film adaptation of Rikuo Honjo's novel "Ishikari River". ...
Genre :Action

1961-04-21 0

Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō

Chiezo's two-guns-at-all-costs film, directed by Ozawa Shigehiro (Kengo Tengu Matsuri) from a screenplay by Matsuura Kenro (The Dice Magistrate). Shot by Nishikawa Shoei (I Am the Magician of Hell). ...
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1958-03-11 0

Monsoon Son

1958 Toei movie. ...
Genre :Comedy

1958-03-18 0

Monsoon Son Pt.2

1958 Toei movie ...
Genre :Comedy

Josuke Hayami

1966-07-30 0

Ohana han

This is a film adaptation of a popular NHK drama that depicts a strong-willed woman, Hana, who lives a lively life while being swept up in the waves of the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa eras. ...
Genre :Drama

Josuke Hayami

1966-10-01 0

Ohana han: Dai ni bu

A sequel to Ohana han. ...
Genre :Drama

1987-05-14 7

The Eccentric Shinza

Shinza is known for his stubborn personality and continues to hold a low-ranking position as a magistrate, despite his colleague Kato becoming the deputy chief retainer. His daughter has feelings for ...
Genre :Drama

1963-07-27 0

At the Side of the Bridge 4

Genre :Drama

1961-02-14 0

Futaridake no taiyō

1961 Japanese movie ...
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1961-02-07 0

Akai kage no otoko

1961 Japanese movie ...
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1967-05-20 0

Let's find your sweetheart

Tetsuo, the captain of the rugby team, who was preparing for the university entrance exams, starts working to earn money for his mother's surgery after she was involved in a hit-and-run accident, givi ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Detective Yoshioka

1956-03-08 0

Police Precinct Part 2

Genre :Crime, Mystery

1956-12-11 0

Police Precinct: The Left-Handed Killer

A robbery and murder occurred at a gas station facing the national highway at 1:00am. Detectives Nagata, head of the First Investigation Division, begins investigating. Two bullets were removed from t ...
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Detective Hayashi

1957-08-28 0

Police Precinct Part 5

Genre :Crime

1957-12-22 0

Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer

After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department began canvassing the area around the crime scene. As a result, they found a wallet with blood ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1961-08-13 0

白い南風

1961 Japanese movie ...
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1960-08-16 0

Tale of Young Drifter 2

Young boys learn survival skills on a remote island and rescue a girl abducted by a gang of foreigners. ...
Genre :Drama

1968-07-20 0

An Angel's Temptation

1968 Japanese movie ...
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1967-05-27 0

若社長レインボー作戦

1967 Japanese movie ...
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1966-10-29 0

Sayonara ressha

1966 Japanese movie ...
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Detective Hayashi

1960-06-07 0

Police Precinct Part 13

On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was determined. Detectives Hayashi, Kaneko, Nagata and Yamagata ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery

1960-03-15 0

Delinquent Angel

One of the earliest of sukeban / girl boss type eiga ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Crime

1960-09-13 0

The Brass General

Ammo scavengers make a living gathering the unexploded bombs and shell casings from the U.S. military training grounds. One of them, Zen, is their champion, a stingy but good-natured person. Based on ...
Genre :Comedy

1964-04-29 0

Dear Mr. Prime Minister

Kakumaru (Kiyoshi Atsumi) is an unpopular manzai performer who is too good-natured but has a very bad manners. Moulin, Kakumaru's former partner, gained popularity through her comedy routine with his ...
Genre :Comedy

1987-01-07 0

Iki no Iiyatsu

Set in a sushi restaurant in Tokyo shortly after the end of the war, the story follows a stubborn, old-fashioned master and his hot-tempered, brash apprentice growing up among the warm-hearted people ...
Genre :Drama

1971-06-01 0

Mom’s Shoulders

Kenichi, the son of a master carpenter, was in his third year of high school. His mother, Motoko, was a resolute woman who took care of her husband's work. But one day... ...
Genre :Family, Drama

1973-04-03 0

Omoi Bashi

A human drama that unfolds around a Japanese restaurant-inn ...
Genre :Drama, Family

深川金太郎

1992-10-05 0

Hirari

The 48th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Hirari. Story's settings includes Tokyo. Hirari is a young and energetic girl. She loves the sports, sumo, very much and would like to find a career. However, the ...
Genre :Drama, Family

島田平吉

1973-04-02 0

Kita no kazoku

The 13th NHK Asadora. Starring Youko Takahashi in a story about a brother and sister coming of age in Hakodate and Kanazawa. ...
Genre :Drama, Family

謙太郎の祖父・襄介

1966-04-04 0

Ohanahan

The 6th NHK Asadora. Starring Fumie Kashiyama as a woman, born in the Meiji era, who raises a family by herself. ...
Genre :Drama, Family

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