Mikijiro Hira
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Mikijirō Hira (平 幹二朗 Hira Mikijirō) was a Japanese actor. Starting as a stage actor in the 1950s, he also worked in film and television and was active until the time of his death. From the 1970s he starred in several of Yukio Ninagawa's productions, including an acclaimed role as Macbeth. Described as "Japan's best Shakespearean actor", Hira received several awards throughout his career, including an excellence award at the 2011 National Arts Festival hosted by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.2952 |
| Birthday | 1933-11-21 |
| Place of Birth | Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan |
| Also Known As | 平 幹二朗, 平干二朗, Микидзиро Хира, |
1961
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
0/0
With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, who just happens to be from an extremely privileged...
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20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
1961
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
0/0
The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.
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20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
2005
Azumi 2: Death or Love
6.6/197
Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army an...
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Azumi 2: Death or Love
2009
Goemon
6.8/128
Follow the infamous ninja bandit named Ishikawa Goemon (Yosuke Eguchi) in an epic story. One night while looting treasure from Nanban (Southern Barbar...
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Goemon
1963
A Fishmonger's Tour
0/0
The supply of sea bream to the fish market has decreased, and the price has increased to a whopping 1 ryo, and unable to face his customers openly any...
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A Fishmonger's Tour
1966
The Face of Another
7.774/276
A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his new doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality and causing him to ques...
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The Face of Another
2005
Princess Raccoon
5.5/14
Amechiyo (the banished prince) falls in love with Tanukihime (a princess of raccoon dog disguised as human). This is an operetta which includes comedy...
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Princess Raccoon
1965
Sword of the Beast
7.479/72
Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his minist...
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Sword of the Beast
1968
Horus: Prince of the Sun
6.3/104
Young Horus lives in a mythical Scandinavia of the Iron Age. Recovering the stolen Sword of the Sun from a rock giant, he learns he must travel to the...
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Horus: Prince of the Sun
1977
Utamaro's World
5/8
Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-...
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Utamaro's World
1964
Adventures of Zatoichi
6.663/49
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate th...
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Adventures of Zatoichi
1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
6.214/21
A demonic reincarnation of a Japanese general from the 10th century appears in the early 20th century Tokyo with a mission to destroy the blooming cit...
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Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1966
Cash Calls Hell
7.6/10
Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in exchange for a half-share of 30,000,000 yen, he is to assass...
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Cash Calls Hell
1964
Three Outlaw Samurai
7.4/108
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Three Outlaw Samurai
1964
The Great Killing
7.548/21
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The Great Killing
1962
The King
0/0
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 sho...
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2013
The Eternal Zero
6.986/71
A brother and sister learn their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during World War II. During their research into his life, they g...
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The Eternal Zero
1983
Shogunate Secret Ninja
0/0
Lord Tokugawa Tsunatoyo, bound for Edo to be sworn in as the next shogun, is the target of merciless ninja assassins hired by corrupt officials hoping...
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Shogunate Secret Ninja
1981
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
0/0
Hamakichi was a former detective respected by everyone but he was arrested after he helped a criminal flee for money, which he needed for his child’s...
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Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
1982
Messengers to Satsuma
0/0
By all indications, an anti-government conspiracy is brewing in the Satsuma Domain. Already seven oniwaban spies sent by the shogunate have infiltrate...
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Messengers to Satsuma
1982
Pinwheel Hamakichi’s Spell 2
0/0
Hamakichi, who used to be a detective is now a toy merchant. His former boss has a grudge against the Yakuza family, which leads to the murder of a po...
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Pinwheel Hamakichi’s Spell 2
2011
Onmitsu Hicho
4/1
Pilot for a TV series. In the pilot Hiroshi Tachi is a lower ranked samurai investigating the the murder of Tanuma Okitsugu's son Mototomo by Sano Mas...
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Onmitsu Hicho
2001
Pistol Opera
5.935/23
An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killing off the competition.
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Pistol Opera
1960
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
0/0
His skill and courage were the best in Japan! The life story of Jirocho, a man who protected people on the Tokaido Road. The fearless Kinnosuke Nakamu...
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Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
1990
The Legend of Zipang
5.6/10
Jigoku Gokurakumaru is a samurai on the run. One bounty hunter hoping to collect the sizeable reward is Teppo Oyuri, a comely lass who is an ace shot...
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The Legend of Zipang
1969
Sky Scraper!
0/0
A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.
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Sky Scraper!
1983
Undercover Ninja: Secret Assassins
0/0
The federal lord of Kofu, Tunatoyo (Tsutomu Isobe), was elected to be the next General. On his way on a trip to Edo for the ceremony, his scapegoat wa...
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Undercover Ninja: Secret Assassins
1961
Kirimaru Kirigakure
0/0
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Kirimaru Kirigakure
1956
The Forest Is Alive
0/0
Film adaptation of the stage version of Samuil Marshak's "Twelve Months"
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The Forest Is Alive
1962
Genkuro Yoshitsune
0/0
An exciting historical drama that dynamically depicts the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune from the period of his stay on Mount Kurama to his reconcilia...
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2011
Ninja Kids!!!
5.929/21
The film stars Seishiro Kato as Rantaro who is sent to a ninja training school by his parents. During the summer, their teacher is invaded by a group...
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Ninja Kids!!!
1962
Skull Coins
0/0
The mysterious story behind the Skull Coins, which are said to reveal the location of treasure, and the battle for them will make your heart beat fast...
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Skull Coins
2014
The Round Table
7.25/4
Kokko is a third grade elementary school student. Even though she has a family who loves her, Kokko is full of dissatisfaction and she admires lonelin...
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The Round Table
2010
13 Assassins
7.326/1230
A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord an...
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13 Assassins
1994
The Mystery of Rampo
7/4
Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and injurious to the public to be allowed to be publi...
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The Mystery of Rampo
1967
River of Forever
0/0
Pure love story
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River of Forever
1960
Shinran, Part II
0/0
Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Shinran, born of the fading aristocratic class, w...
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Shinran, Part II
1961
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
0/0
He was married to his lover's butterfly and started a new residence. But good things do not last. In his uncle, Uzaemon in Kawashima, Yoshiji Akaji, Y...
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Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
2001
The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
0/0
The year 1864: The Shinsengumi, the shogun’s armed force in Kyoto ripped the city apart, with blades in hand, searching for pockets of resistance, sla...
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The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
1991
Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit
4/1
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...
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Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit
1983
The Bored Samurai
0/0
Saotome Mondonosuke is Hatamoto (a high-class warrior who is allowed to see the Shogun in person) who has a crescent-moon-shaped scar on his forehead...
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The Bored Samurai
1981
Private Detective DOBU 1
0/0
Dobu (Kunie Tanaka) used to be a soldier but now is a private detective. Three vagrants were killed in a shrine, and Dobu found out that those three h...
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Private Detective DOBU 1
1962
The Inheritance
7.2/26
A dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown, so a bevy of lawyers and associates...
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The Inheritance
2015
Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
5/3
Soma, an immigrant from a defeated country, lives as a fortuneteller in Japan. She is saved from corrupt court officials by Kojiro Masakado, a warrior...
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Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
1983
Battle Anthem
7/2
The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.
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Battle Anthem
1982
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
0/0
Dobu, an Edo samurai, is tasked with investigating a string of noble murders in Kyoto, disrupting his routine in Shimotani.
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Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
1982
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
0/0
After six exiles return to Edo, four are mysteriously killed. Two survivors, Kosuke and Kingo, lead a search to uncover a hidden motive behind the mur...
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Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
1983
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
0/0
A spree of murders in the city targets peddlers and komuso monks, all killed in the same method. Dobu investigates after a ronin's death with a unique...
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Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
1983
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
0/0
In Edo's autumn, a wave of murders hits, targeting those linked to an old case. A young man, Utaro, takes charge, but Dobu's love interest is involved...
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Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
1965
Illusion of Blood
6.2/9
The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.
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Illusion of Blood
2005
Samurai Justice: A Duel at Takadanobara
0/0
Edo is rocked by the news that a duel to the death is to be held at Takadanobaba, the famed site of a bloody revenge fought by Nakayama Yasubei, who l...
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Samurai Justice: A Duel at Takadanobara
2006
Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard
0/0
A chance encounter on the road leads to the unusual need for a female bodyguard to protect the granddaughter of an old friend of Akiyama Kohei, a weal...
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Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard
1962
Hibari the Traveling Performer
0/0
Kimie, a traveling guitarist, performs at various inns at help out her sickly mother. One night while out with her mother, Otoshi, Kimie unexpectedly...
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Hibari the Traveling Performer
1977
Flickering Flames
10/1
In the early hours of April 13th, a five year old hemophiliac child was kidnapped by someone from Tanemura General Hospital in Tokyo, Setagaya. Tokyo...
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Flickering Flames
1964
The Shape of Night
6.6/5
Yoshie Nogami, a factory worker by day, works as a bar hostess at night. She begins a passionate affair with one of her regulars, but his changing dem...
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The Shape of Night
1992
A Legend of Turmoil
7.5/2
A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza family....
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A Legend of Turmoil
1962
365 Nights
0/0
A touching drama about a love triangle between a young architect, Koroku, and two women, Ranko and Teruko. Ranko comes from a wealthy family and is of...
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365 Nights
1964
The Third Ninja
7/1
Three Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga.
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The Third Ninja
2008
AIBOU: The Movie
6.8/4
A former TV presenter is murdered. On the same day, two police officers from the Metropolitan police Special Mission Task Force, Sugishita Ukyo (Yutak...
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AIBOU: The Movie
1985
Early Spring Story
6.3/6
A Japanese high school student passionate about photography discovers love while confronting the past choices of her deceased mother.
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Early Spring Story
1961
Mask of the Moon
0/0
Young swordsman, Tsukigata Hanpeita, longs for the day when rival clans cease their struggles for power and put an end to meaningless feudal wars. Whe...
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Mask of the Moon
1964
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
7/11
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. A...
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Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1963
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
7/11
In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission o...
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Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
1969
Thousand Cranes
8.3/3
The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher and the women in his father's life. Based on the novel by Kawabata Yasunar...
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Thousand Cranes
1985
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
6/3
When the Shogunates greatest secret is stolen, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. The Shogunate sends an incompetent cop, Tanaka, to Kyoto t...
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Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
1963
Life of Hishakaku 2
8.2/2
Upon his release from the prison, Hishakaku joins the Kikkyo family who is struggling to regain their turf from their rival, Domoto family. To recipro...
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Life of Hishakaku 2
1963
Sasuke and His Comedians
5.8/4
Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan children are wandering through the battlefield scavengin...
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Sasuke and His Comedians
1967
Portrait of Chieko
0/0
Takamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an oil painter. When a series of hardships befall her fami...
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Portrait of Chieko
1967
Three Faces of Love
0/0
When a gifted Japanese craftsmen dies, his three daughters are summoned to decide who will take over the family ribbon business in this family drama....
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Three Faces of Love
1991
Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
6.5/2
During the age of warring clans (Sengoku Jidai), many samurai lords sought to unite the country under their banners by becoming the supreme leader. On...
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Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
1961
Tange Sazen and the Princess
5.2/4
Tange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family.
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Tange Sazen and the Princess
1961
The Orphan Brother
6/10
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 mothe...
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The Orphan Brother
1985
The Empty Table
5.3/3
One year has passed since the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist kidnapping, which resulted in multiple deaths. Alth...
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The Empty Table
1961
The South Sea Wolf
5.2/4
Namie's in trouble again, getting snatched by an evil gang in search of treasure. Kirimaru sets out to rescue his sweetheart, and falls in with a band...
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The South Sea Wolf
1961
Samurai Knights
0/0
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Samurai Knights
2004
Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel
0/0
The samurai Akiyama Daijiro is asked to help a young boy who tries to bring the man who murdered his father to justice. In the course of their quest t...
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Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel
1982
To Trap a Kidnapper
6/1
Hideyuki Mitamura, a student at a private school near Osaka, is kidnapped on his way home from school.
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To Trap a Kidnapper
1963
League of Gangsters
7.5/2
A yakuza is released from prison after serving a long sentence. He immediately sets about creating a new gang and attempts to pull off a huge ransom...
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League of Gangsters
1987
The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
5.5/1
A jewelry broker is killed and a large amount of money is stolen. A female detective from the Metropolitan Police Department transforms into a geisha...
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The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
1963
Legends of Honor
0/0
First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii
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Legends of Honor
2015
The Driver
0/0
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The Driver
1962
The Christian Revolt
6.2/7
In Tokugawa-era (1637) Shimabara, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of charismatic Christian rebel leader Shiro A...
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The Christian Revolt
1961
Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern
0/0
Detective Umon’s services are called upon when ronin Yaichiro is killed with a peculiar weapon, a stone wrapped in a towel.
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Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern
1961
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
4.3/3
The epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the defeated leader of the Genji, Minamoto Yoritomo resolv...
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A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1984
The Street of Desire
0/0
A valet at a fancy nightclub hatches a plot to punish those responsible for his father's death.
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The Street of Desire
1961
The Red Shadow
6.4/5
Fifteen years after Ishida Mitsunari lost in the battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu foresees his unavoidable battle with Toyotomi Hideyori and goes...
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The Red Shadow
1982
The Shootout
5/1
A run-in with the police once again puts three former reformatory inmates on the wrong side of the law. Their situation becomes increasingly desperate...
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The Shootout
1996
Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
0/0
A detective film by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi. Made for TV.
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Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
1960
Sword of Destiny
6/3
When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing sensei has been murdered in the dead of night, he mu...
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Sword of Destiny
1962
Lady Sen and Hideyori
8/3
From the late 1500's through the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate many battles were fought as the great warlords vied for power over the nation. Pri...
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Lady Sen and Hideyori
1981
Willful Murder
7.3/3
The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and shutd...
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Willful Murder
1988
Oración
6/2
Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is given the name Oracion or "prayer". When Oracion is grown,...
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Oración
1963
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
9/2
Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young sweetheart,...
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Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1983
Amagi Pass
6.313/16
Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-girl) when he traveled through Amagi Pass. A mysterio...
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Amagi Pass
1966
Warm Current
0/0
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Warm Current
1993
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
0/0
Fujieda Baian is admired during the day as a skilled acupuncturist. However, at night, he is a highly skilled assassin, taking on contracts to quietly...
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Baian the Assassin: Showdown
1962
Revenge for His Lover
0/0
Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta against 17 wicked castle men.
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Revenge for His Lover
1976
Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
0/0
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 l...
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Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
1980
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
0/0
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2011
Tibetan Dog
6.563/16
After his mother dies, Jiantan has to leave Xi'an to live with his father on the Tibetan steppe, where he meets a golden dog that helps him cope with...
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Tibetan Dog
1961
Works of the Fish Man
5/3
Katsujiro the fisherman overcomes his laziness when he learns of his younger sister Okiku’s unfortunate fate.
Nakamura Kinnosuke stars in two roles (...
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Works of the Fish Man
1961
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
5.7/3
Fishmonger Tasuke and Shogun Iemitsu swap their identities in pretence for the protection of Iemitsu.
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The Shogun and the Fishmonger
1965
I'll Cry Alone
0/0
"Though still young, Natsuko gave up the life of a geisha to become the mistress of the president of a shipbuilding company. When he is about to re-ma...
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I'll Cry Alone
1983
誰もが信じられない！
0/0
A wheelchair-bound daughter is told that her mother's death was a murder and asks for an investigation, gradually learning the secret of her own birth...
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誰もが信じられない！
1964
Tokyo Untouchables
0/0
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1991
遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐
0/0
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1966
Ohana han
0/0
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 o...
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Ohana han
1967
Gomez's Name is Gomez
0/0
Company engineer sakamoto (tatsuya nakadai) is returning home after two years in the desert and visit his friend katori (mikijiro hara) in hong kong b...
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Gomez's Name is Gomez
1958
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
0/0
Emiko, a shy girl, feels anxious as her classmates celebrate their upcoming weddings, realizing she’s the only one still single. She finds herself dra...
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Kampai! Miai Kekkon
1963
Sword of Solitude
0/0
Yasu, the son of an exiled man, discovered his passion for swordsmanship and went to Edo, where he trained under the name Ito Yagoro. Yagyu Sekishusai...
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Sword of Solitude
2013
唐版 滝の白糸
0/0
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1997
Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi
0/0
Comedy feature.
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