Akitake Kôno
Akitake Kōno (河野 秋武 Kōno Akitake, 8 October 1911 – 17 March 1978) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1943 to 1973.
Kōno started acting with the Zenshinza theater troupe before joining the Toho studio in 1942. Mostly a character actor, he appeared in films by directors such as Akira Kurosawa and Kenji Mizoguchi as well on television.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 13.434 |
| Birthday | 1911-10-08 |
| Place of Birth | Nagasaki, Japan |
| Also Known As | 河野秋武, Akitake Kōno, Akitake Kono, 山崎進蔵, |
1954
Sansho the Bailiff
8.1/353
In medieval Japan, a woman and his children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.
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Sansho the Bailiff
1959
Sword of Vision
0/0
Yagyu Jubei proves his skills in this early adventure film.
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Sword of Vision
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
8.1/228
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria...
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1943
Sanshiro Sugata
6.538/120
The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new form...
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Sanshiro Sugata
1952
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
6.7/83
Yoshitsune Minamoto, disguised with his retinue as monks, must make do with a comical porter as their guide through hostile territory en route to safe...
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The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1946
No Regrets for Our Youth
6.8/70
Over more than a decade, the daughter of a Kyoto Imperial University professor comes of age as she witnesses her father fired for opposing the rise of...
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No Regrets for Our Youth
1945
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
6.2/50
In this government-suggested sequel, Sugata again grows as a judo master, and demonstrates his (and by extension, all Japanese) superiority to the for...
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Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
1955
Taira Clan Saga
6.94/25
Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of Japan. But becau...
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Taira Clan Saga
1964
Adventures of Zatoichi
6.654/39
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
1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
7.177/31
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various task...
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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1969
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
6.8/13
A young girl named Oichi is abandoned by her mother and blinded by a lightning strike. When her guardian is killed, she learns to wield a sword from...
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Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
1945
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
5.8/6
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,...
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A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
1958
Points and Lines
4/1
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 trut...
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Points and Lines
1957
The Temptress and the Monk
0/0
Nominated for Golden Berlin Bear.
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The Temptress and the Monk
1943
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
5/3
Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the pre...
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Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1944
The Most Beautiful
5.6/48
The stories of several young women who work in a 'precision optical instruments' factory during the second World War. Despite illness, injury, and tre...
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The Most Beautiful
1950
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
0/0
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 fi...
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Listen to the Voices of the Sea
1962
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
0/0
Hibari Misora plays a singing guide, who is secretly in love, her fortunes turn for the worse when a gangster’s henchman hears her singing and takes a...
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Hibari's Tale of Pathos
1947
Snow Trail
7.1/19
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 Nojir...
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Snow Trail
1961
The Conspirator
6.4/5
Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga, provi...
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The Conspirator
1967
Heiji, the Detective
3.8/3
Famous for his coin tossing when capturing criminals, an Edo detective, Heiji, launches an investigation into the mysterious murder of his friend Seig...
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Heiji, the Detective
1950
Till We Meet Again
6.4/8
Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.
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Till We Meet Again
1956
甲武信嶽傳奇
0/0
1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.
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甲武信嶽傳奇
1956
快傑耶茶坊
0/0
1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.
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快傑耶茶坊
1961
A Fishwife's Tale
0/0
Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological...
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A Fishwife's Tale
1963
Tange Sazen
0/0
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...
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Tange Sazen
1944
Battle Troop
0/0
Three IJN flyers Mikami (Susumu Fujita), Kawakami (Masayuki Mori) and Murakami (Akitake Kono) are good friends, and they are all renowned for their to...
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Battle Troop
1945
Duel at Yagyu Valley
0/0
During the Warring States era, Hozoin Kakuzenbo and Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, being best friends, spend their days acquiring skills of the spear, sword an...
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Duel at Yagyu Valley
1960
The Man of Seven Faces
6/1
Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.
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The Man of Seven Faces
1960
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
0/0
Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.
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Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1956
Satan's Town
0/0
A yakuza boss and his right-hand, Hawasaki, escape from prison. the film concentrates on their relationship, emphasizing loyalty and thier eventual b...
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Satan's Town
1950
Street of Violence
6.5/2
An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.
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Street of Violence
1961
寛美の三等社員
0/0
Japanese comedy film.
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寛美の三等社員
1945
Three Women of the North
0/0
The story of an airport and its air traffic control crew in a remote and northern Japanese town. Three of the air traffic controllers are female with...
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Three Women of the North
1953
The Cannery Boat
8/1
Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy.
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The Cannery Boat
1958
Wind, Woman and Road
7/1
A chance meeting between two traveling gamblers leads to a case of mistaken identity when the farmers transporting gold to the governor think they are...
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Wind, Woman and Road
1966
Flame and the Code
0/0
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Flame and the Code
1969
Broken Swords
7.667/6
The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the v...
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Broken Swords
1971
The Viper Brothers
0/0
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The Viper Brothers
1973
Miyamoto Musashi
7.1/10
In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then b...
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Miyamoto Musashi
1963
Castle of Owls
6.1/7
Movie adaptation of the 1959 ninja novel. With war against Korea looming on the horizon, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, the 'Taiko' becomes the target of an ass...
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Castle of Owls
1958
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
7/1
Thanks to a secret message hidden on the two sacred swords Kaen and Suien, the samurai Genji Kurô (Nakamura Kinnosuke) found the hidden treasure of Lo...
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Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
1958
The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
0/0
The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-shogunate activities in Kyoto. A sinister plot to ov...
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The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
1954
The Black Current
0/0
A reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company, receives a sudden report from a reporter that the missing Aki...
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The Black Current
1962
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi
8.5/2
Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer’s investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a drug deal...
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Travels of Hibari and Chiemi
1967
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
0/0
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A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
1969
Farewell, My Beloved
0/0
During the early days of the war a young student, Makito (Kazuo Funaki), falls in love with Yuko (Mayumi Ozora), the widow of a naval officer. She, ho...
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Farewell, My Beloved
1962
The Escape
8/1
Film about the 2-26 Incident.
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The Escape
1964
Ken
7.8/10
Kokubu Jiro is the captain of his university's Kendo team. Often standoffish, mild, stoic and minimalist, Kokubu is a mystery to those who know him. K...
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Ken
1958
Souls in the Moonlight II
6.6/5
This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirs...
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Souls in the Moonlight II
1959
Souls in the Moonlight III
6.6/5
Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be served for the lost innocent lives? The conclusion of...
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Souls in the Moonlight III
1961
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
0/0
Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan’s friend in Arizona.
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Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
1965
King of the Highway
0/0
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King of the Highway
1959
The Hidden Treasure
0/0
Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.
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The Hidden Treasure
1967
Traveling in Party
6/1
A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.
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Traveling in Party
1959
Men in a Rough Town
0/0
An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.
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Men in a Rough Town
1956
Love is Lost
7/1
Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.
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Love is Lost
1960
Castle of Flames
7.2/4
In 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed: his peace-loving father has died in what he soon finds...
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Castle of Flames
1966
Nerves for Victory
6/1
A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading to a fight to the death with his own brother.
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Nerves for Victory
1958
The Envoy
0/0
Sinza who is secretly the well known "Sea Glow Burglar", gives to the poor the money he takes from the bad lords and greedy merchants, who live just t...
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The Envoy
1961
The Harbor Lights
5/3
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The Harbor Lights
1969
Okatsu the Fugitive
6.1/7
Okatsu the Fugitive is the third film in the "Ohyaku/Okatsu" series. Okatsu; a "tomboy" who is good with a sword. Her father has found her a man to ma...
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Okatsu the Fugitive
1944
Four Marriages
0/0
Based on a short story by Dazai Osamu, produced under the national film law. The film's hero falls in love with the youngest daughter of a family he i...
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Four Marriages
1953
Tower of Lilies
6.8/8
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situat...
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Tower of Lilies
1969
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
6/1
Suehiro Katsuji, a prisoner of Abashiri, is sent to Shikoku to work at a dock where a fierce turf battle takes place between a local gang and the dock...
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New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1967
Three Gamblers
8/3
Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family.
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Three Gamblers
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
1962
Mother Country
6.5/4
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 s...
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Mother Country
1947
Actress
0/0
Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The rela...
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Actress
1949
Lady From Hell
0/0
Three and a half years after Japan was bombed, the tax authorities organized the T-Men. Nango is in love with a girl called Mibu, and the two are agai...
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Lady From Hell
1946
As Long as I Live
0/0
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As Long as I Live
1954
The Last Women
0/0
The events of the film are based on the real facts of the Pacific War, when in June 1944 the American troops began landing on the Saipan island. On Ju...
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The Last Women
1961
Restoration Fire
7/1
Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the downfall...
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Restoration Fire
1966
Japan's Most Chivalrous
0/0
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Japan's Most Chivalrous
1962
Fearful Witch
0/0
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Fearful Witch
1955
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
6/1
From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.
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Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1958
I Want to Be a Shellfish
0/0
Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husba...
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
1946
An Enemy of the People
0/0
Tadashi Imai 1946 movie
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An Enemy of the People
1959
Happily Tied to the Road
6/1
With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of Boss Jirotaro who has been terrorizing travelers...
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Happily Tied to the Road
1951
Lantern Under a Full Moon
0/0
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Lantern Under a Full Moon
1956
Flesh Smuggling
0/0
A true semi-documentary drama depicting a record of a sheriff's challenge to the vivid evil of a sailor who embarked on a single underworld to uncover...
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Flesh Smuggling
1959
A Dead Drifter
0/0
A Dead Drifter / Hyoryû shitaî
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A Dead Drifter
1960
Hunting Opium-Eaters
0/0
The Chase after Opium Dealers
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Hunting Opium-Eaters
1952
お洒落狂女
0/0
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お洒落狂女
1964
The Scarlet Camellia
5/4
A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detec...
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The Scarlet Camellia
1957
Small Rats of the Edo Town
0/0
The action of this historical drama takes place against the background of poverty and hunger in the city of Edo and depicts young people rebelling aga...
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Small Rats of the Edo Town
1958
The Outsiders
0/0
A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun Ta...
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The Outsiders
1943
Kantaro of Ina
0/0
War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.
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Kantaro of Ina
1959
When a Woman Loves
0/0
Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.
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When a Woman Loves
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
1963
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
0/0
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Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
1952
Chronicle of the Bulbul
0/0
Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato
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Chronicle of the Bulbul
1955
Sisters
0/0
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Sisters
1956
Cell No. 8
0/0
A man and a woman meet through a strange fate. This unique melodrama depicts the course of their budding love in a corner of the big city.
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Cell No. 8
1956
Dotanba
6/1
Dotanba - Last Minute
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Dotanba
1954
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
0/0
Fukagawa's chef Ushimatsu of the restaurant Kawatake fell in love with a maid named Omame and changed dramatically. He stopped gambling and womanizing...
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Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1937
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
0/0
Story of a bandit king part 2.
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Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1962
Mid-August Commotion
0/0
A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General...
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Mid-August Commotion
1962
Zankokuna tsuki
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Zankokuna tsuki
1960
Police Precinct Part 12
0/0
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Police Precinct Part 12
1960
One Passed Through Hell
0/0
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One Passed Through Hell
1962
Umineko ga tonde
0/0
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Umineko ga tonde
1952
治郎吉格子
0/0
Aboard a ship connecting Kyoto and Osaka, Osan was pickpocketed by a sham blind biwa player. A man who looked like a merchant retrieved the wallet for...
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治郎吉格子
1953
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
0/0
At the end of the Edo period - On his way back after being invited by the three Mikados of Higashi Shirakawa, Kurama Tengu was attacked by the Shinsen...
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Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
1953
Hana no shôgai
0/0
In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His friend...
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Hana no shôgai
1954
The Story of Shunkin
5/2
Based on the novel by Junichiro Tanizaki. Story of the beautiful blind daughter of a wealthy businessman who falls in love with a servant.
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The Story of Shunkin
1955
振袖釼法
0/0
In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for marrying Tsuji, the most beautiful woman in the domain....
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振袖釼法
1955
Ejima and Ikushima
0/0
This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the Ooku...
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Ejima and Ikushima
1963
Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
0/0
1963 Japanese movie
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Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
1954
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
0/0
The first part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of char...
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The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
1958
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
6/1
From birth Hideyoshi was a restless, defiant spirit--a child of the poorest of the poor. Cast out of his peasant cottage, he would live by his wits, d...
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Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1954
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
0/0
The second part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of cha...
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The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
1954
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
0/0
The final, third part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety...
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The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
1964
The Lord's spy
0/0
Maeda Tsunanori, the lord of Kaga Domain, had two young princes - Katsumaru, the son of his legitimate wife, who died, and Yasunosuke, the son of his...
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The Lord's spy
1955
Six Assassins
0/0
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Six Assassins
1955
The Dancer and Two Warriors
5/1
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The Dancer and Two Warriors
1943
Military Song of the Morning Mist
0/0
At the beginning of the Meiji era, three brothers of a samurai family each stand up to the times.
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