Keiju Kobayashi
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Keiju Kobayashi (23 November 1923–16 September 2010) was a Japanese actor. Born in Gunma Prefecture, he began acting at the Nikkatsu studio after dropping out of Nihon University and made his film debut in 1942. In a career that spanned 65 years, he appeared in over 250 films, most famously in the "Company President" (Shachō) comedy films made at Toho, where he worked alongside Hisaya Morishige, Daisuke Kato, Norihei Miki, and others. There he helped define the popular image of the postwar salaryman. He also won many awards for his acting, including best actor awards at the Mainichi Film Awards for The Naked General in 1958 (where he played Kiyoshi Yamashita), for Kuroi gashū in 1960, and for The Elegant Life of Mr Everyman in 1963. Kobayashi appeared in films made by such notable directors as Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, and Kihachi Okamoto. He continued to give powerful performances after largely moving to television in the late 1960s.
He died on 16 September 2010 of heart failure at the age of 86.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.0693 |
| Birthday | 1923-11-23 |
| Place of Birth | Gunma, Japan |
| Also Known As | Кэйдзю Кобаяси, |
1952
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
9/1
Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed...
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Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1962
Sanjuro
7.928/745
In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influenc...
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Sanjuro
1961
The End of Summer
7.531/111
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mis...
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The End of Summer
1995
Whisper of the Heart
7.944/2349
Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previousl...
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Whisper of the Heart
1952
Love's Cheerleader
0/0
Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals
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Love's Cheerleader
1962
Chûshingura
7.1/47
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their hon...
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Chûshingura
1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
9/1
1962 Japanese movie
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Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1952
恐妻時代
0/0
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恐妻時代
1953
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
0/0
Natsuko Kayama, an authority in the beauty industry and once known as Miss Tokyo, is a first-class wife. Her husband, Senkichi, on the contrary, is a...
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First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
1969
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
6.935/23
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Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1962
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
1951
Repast
7.6/48
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Repast
1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman
8/1
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Shimizu Port Salaryman
1985
Godzilla 1985
6.814/202
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1997
To Love
6.667/3
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To Love
1952
Third Class Executives
7/1
1950s Japanese comedy.
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Third Class Executives
1963
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
6.214/14
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The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1957
Ôban
9/1
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Ôban
1965
Samurai Assassin
7.3/63
Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assass...
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Samurai Assassin
1958
Yaji and Kita on the Road
0/0
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Yaji and Kita on the Road
1973
Submersion of Japan
7/22
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Submersion of Japan
1969
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
8/2
A timid salaryman is the subject of this black comedy.
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Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
8/1
A crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang of pickpockets in Osaka. The detective (played by Keiju...
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The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1960
The Storm of the Pacific
6/9
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1...
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The Storm of the Pacific
1977
Mount Hakkoda
6.588/17
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.
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Mount Hakkoda
1960
Master Fencer Sees the World
9/1
A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style of light comedy, in the center of which is a young...
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Master Fencer Sees the World
1986
Tree Without Leaves
8/9
Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his kin...
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Tree Without Leaves
1971
The Battle of Okinawa
7.8/14
The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army...
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The Battle of Okinawa
1958
Summer Clouds
7.656/16
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns ou...
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Summer Clouds
1956
Sudden Rain
6.7/15
Fumiko and Ryōtarō Namiki's marriage has gone stale, with both constantly arguing over what to do on a day off, or about her cutting out recipes from...
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Sudden Rain
1966
The Stranger Within a Woman
7.4/14
Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Ta...
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The Stranger Within a Woman
1962
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
6.5/3
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Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1958
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
8/1
1958 Japanese movie
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Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1986
For Business
8/1
Two TV salarymen uphold their duty by taking on a rival talent agency during the late-'80s bubble economy.
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For Business
1968
Judge and Jeopardy
9/1
It is based on the story "The Lawyer" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki and his account of Japan's "Headless Murder Case" in which a police officer beat a su...
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Judge and Jeopardy
1965
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
7/1
Young widow Ine is suffering under the harsh treatment of her mother in law. As a former Geisha, Ine had struggled to be accepted into the well-establ...
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Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1943
The Man From Chungking
0/0
Mysterious incident at a secret factory! Important documents lost! What is the true identity of the enemy's invisible spy?
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The Man From Chungking
1970
The Ambitious
7.308/13
The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was considered an outlaw by his own clan...
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The Ambitious
1977
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
0/0
A family murder case that occurred in Hita City, Oita Prefecture. A murderer whose statute of limitations is about to expire is shown on TV, and detec...
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田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1960
The Masterless 47
10/1
Part one of The Masterless 47.
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The Masterless 47
1956
Settlement of Love
9/1
Living in a house that has lost its man to the war a year earlier are the widow and her child. Four of the dead man's friends gather to have an annive...
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Settlement of Love
1962
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1971
Maboroshi no Satsui
0/0
Adaptation of the Shôji Yuki novel.
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Maboroshi no Satsui
1951
Nodo jiman sanbagarasu
0/0
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Nodo jiman sanbagarasu
2003
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
5.5/2
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Take the 'A' Train, Someday
1949
The Rainbow Man
6.2/5
When a young woman is named as the prime suspect in a murder, her girlfriend and her girlfriend's boyfriend set out to prove her innocence. Their inve...
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The Rainbow Man
1961
Eternity of Love
8/1
A Hiromichi Horikawa movie
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Eternity of Love
1999
One Summer's Day
10/1
Absent-minded fifth-grader Yuta is sent to spend the summer with his grandfather, whom Yuta's parents think is becoming senile and could benefit from...
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One Summer's Day
1981
The Imperial Navy
6.6/16
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship duri...
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The Imperial Navy
1956
A Wife's Heart
6.9/12
A young woman tries to raise money to open her own coffee shop. She arranges a loan when her rigid family won't help and then her husband becomes jeal...
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A Wife's Heart
1962
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1990
Tasmania Story
8.5/2
Eiji Kawano (Kunie Tanaka) has recently broken from the Japanese company he used to work for. As an immigrant to Tasmania, he has been won over by the...
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Tasmania Story
1953
Husband and Wife
6.889/9
A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband's co-worker, a widower. The husband becomes jealous of the widower and his wife.
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Husband and Wife
1964
3 Gents in the Snow Country
10/1
Shûe Matsubayashi movie
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3 Gents in the Snow Country
1961
Happiness of Us Alone
9/6
The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a school reunion, and the film follows their trials and...
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Happiness of Us Alone
1955
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
0/0
A masterpiece of life sketches overflowing with heartwarming affection and laughter that portrays the modern common people with humor and pathos, focu...
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Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1958
Little Peach
6.1/15
Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitors, until she marries a beginning writer named Ryok...
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Little Peach
1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
7.167/12
Based on the life and career of novelist Fumiko Hayashi, she bitterly struggles for literary recognition in the first half of the 20th-century – her a...
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A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
My Hobo
9/1
Story of a resourceful hobo (Kobayashi), a con woman (Takamine) who pretends to be a victim of the Nagasaki A-bomb, and two orphaned children who beco...
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My Hobo
1972
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
8/1
The dramatized tale of the 1935 creation of Japan's first superhero, the "Golden Bat", alongside the changes during and after the Second World War, no...
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Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
1979
White Love
6.5/2
Kobasashi was learning Spanish so that she could go to Spain to look for her father who had left the family. She fell in love with her language teache...
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White Love
1955
Here Is a Spring
8.2/5
The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages shortl...
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Here Is a Spring
1947
Diary of a Nurse
0/0
Ren Yoshimura directed this Daiei melodrama that was based on the novel entitled "Pandora's Box" by Dazai Osamu.
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Diary of a Nurse
1970
The Militarists
7.5/2
The second film in Toho's series on the military history of the Showa era, Hiromichi Horikawa's war drama offers a look at the career of controversial...
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The Militarists
1952
Dimple of Tokyo
10/1
Buntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life. The new secretary, Nobuko, suggested her "shacho-san" (t...
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Dimple of Tokyo
1962
The Wiser Age
7.2/8
Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.
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The Wiser Age
1955
The First Kiss
6.4/5
Portmanteau film about young lovers.
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The First Kiss
1984
The Return of Godzilla
7.203/349
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the...
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The Return of Godzilla
1960
The Lost Alibi
5/8
Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when, returning from a clandestine meeting with his lo...
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The Lost Alibi
1953
Mr. Pu
6.5/4
A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.
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Mr. Pu
1955
Nonki saiban
0/0
A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of beauty,...
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Nonki saiban
1989
Yawara!
0/0
Yawara Inokuma is a girl who aspires to an ordinary life but due to her innate talent is forced to practice judo by her authoritarian grandfather, Jig...
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Yawara!
1986
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
6.5/2
Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets scammed one after another.
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The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1964
Hello, Baby
10/4
A young Tokyo couple’s blissful newlywed life is turned upside down when an unexpected pregnancy arrives, sending them on a whirlwind quest for suppor...
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Hello, Baby
1971
I Hear the Whistle
8/1
Tells of the feelings and sufferings of a young girl with an incurable paralytic disease.
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I Hear the Whistle
1961
Snow in the South Seas
9/1
Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits up and endure the extremely difficult conditions.
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Snow in the South Seas
1952
Mr. Lucky
10/1
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Mr. Lucky
1961
Acchan no bebi gyangu
9/1
Based on the comic by Fuyuhiko Okabe.
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Acchan no bebi gyangu
1951
Tsuki yori no haha
0/0
Japanese drama film.
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Tsuki yori no haha
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
8/1
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Hidden Fortress" (1958).
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
0/0
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Sanjuro" (1962).
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
1976
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
10/1
A Japanese businessman is sent to Sri Lanka and meets a beautiful Japanese woman with a past. They befriend an old Japanese-Indian widow who has an es...
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Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1958
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
9/1
Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.
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Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1965
Beast Alley
7/2
Desperate to escape her grueling life caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamiko murders him and burns down their home to start anew. She is soon entang...
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Beast Alley
1963
Pressure of Guilt
7.5/2
A seasoned prosecutor uncovers the perfect crime committed by a young lawyer.
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Pressure of Guilt
1962
Born in Sin
9/1
A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.
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Born in Sin
1983
L・O・V・I・N・G
0/0
Murder case.
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L・O・V・I・N・G
1957
Price of Beauty
10/1
Melodrama about a young factory girl who "chooses riches over chastity".
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Price of Beauty
1952
Tokyo Sweetheart
8/6
Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys...
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Tokyo Sweetheart
1998
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
0/0
An attorney from Yokohama is found murdered at Lake Toya in Hokkaido. Uematsu (Noi Yasuo), of the Hokkaido police goes to Yokohama in search of Konno...
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The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
1966
Challenge for Glory
9/1
A young ex-boxer has become a successful businessman, running his various enterprises with his best friend, another boxer whom he accidentally injured...
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Challenge for Glory
1983
Okinawan Boys
8/1
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Okinawan Boys
1958
The Naked General
7/1
A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.
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The Naked General
1953
Adolescence Part II
10/1
A story of unhappy youths and the perils of lack of sex education.
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Adolescence Part II
1968
Young Challengers
8/1
A story depicting the challenges faced by today's youth in working to build a better tomorrow, based on the theme of Toshiba's progress as one of Japa...
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Young Challengers
1966
The Daphne
10/1
Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their long-suffer...
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The Daphne
1956
Night School
10/1
Senta lives with his mother and little brother and supports them by working at day at a factory and attending eighth grade in the evening. One day he...
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Night School
1951
Clothes of Deception
7/5
The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.
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Clothes of Deception
1961
The Masterless 47 – Part II
9/1
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The Masterless 47 – Part II
2001
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
0/0
A woman is discovered strangled inside a car, and Inspector Muta of the Yamashita police station hurries to the scene! The relationship between the mu...
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Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
1943
The Tiger of Malaya
7/1
A band of guerrillas fight against occupying British forces in Malaya.
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The Tiger of Malaya
1962
Mother Country
6.8/5
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
1987
A Taxing Woman
6.744/43
Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a t...
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A Taxing Woman
1962
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
9/1
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Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1975
Tora-san, the Intellectual
8.2/5
Tora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years ago. When he returns to Shibamata with the intent to s...
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Tora-san, the Intellectual
1953
The Eagle of the Pacific
7.8/10
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war w...
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The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
My Wonderful Yellow Car
7/2
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My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
Their Father's Wife
7/1
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Their Father's Wife
1953
The Red Light Military Base
9/1
Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution.
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The Red Light Military Base
1953
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
7/1
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Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
2005
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
3/2
August 1945. In a converted theological seminary on the outskirts of Nagasaki, a young doctor works to help his patients, as unsettling news comes of...
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Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
1956
The President Talks Bank
0/0
The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher and spies on his movements.
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The President Talks Bank
1956
The President's Boss
8/1
A new third-class president wins an appointment thanks to his marriage with the former president's daughter.
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The President's Boss
1958
Assistant President
10/1
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Assistant President
1964
Hail the 3 Gents
8/1
A lighthearted satire of Japan’s postwar corporate elite, The Executive Gentleman’s Register blends farce, romance, and boardroom comedy with the poli...
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Hail the 3 Gents
1953
Girls in the Orchard
8/1
Girls in the Orchard (1953) is about tension between the life of a family in a rural area with all the traditions (continuing family business, taking...
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Girls in the Orchard
1950
Resurrection
9/1
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Resurrection
1951
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
10/1
In a small town, according to the homecoming of Professor Ishinaka, the youth culture group was overwhelmed to make a presentation for the summer fest...
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Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
1956
Three Generations of Company Presidents
8/1
The third installment in the Shacho Series.
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Three Generations of Company Presidents
1965
Five Gents' Trick Book
10/1
The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.
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Five Gents' Trick Book
1964
Could I But Live
8/1
After receiving a phone call from a woman whose child has contracted polio, government official Masayoshi Sakata decides to do everything he can to er...
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Could I But Live
1959
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
10/1
Sixth entry in the Company President Series.
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Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
9/1
7th film in the President series and the first entry in color.
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Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1958
The Third President
10/1
The fifth entry in the Company President Series
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The Third President
1947
The Hopeful Family
0/0
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The Hopeful Family
1967
Japan's Longest Day
7.279/34
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies...
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Japan's Longest Day
1950
Mado Kara Tobidase
0/0
The movie "Jump Out of the Window" is a heartwarming work that depicts the interaction between two families. Shusuke Tokuyama (Den Obinata) runs an ag...
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Mado Kara Tobidase
1942
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
9.5/2
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Horror of the Fifth Columnist
1954
Student Double Suicide
0/0
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Student Double Suicide
1948
The Dead Beauty Incident
0/0
A dead beauty is found in the trunk. Kubota (Miaki), Okayama (Kawazu) and Tsuji (Funakoshi) begin investigating this mysterious crime at the investiga...
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The Dead Beauty Incident
1954
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
0/0
Domestic comedy produced by Shin Toho Studios directed by Komori Kiyoshi and starring Todoroki Yukiko and Ito Yunosuke.
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Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
1948
Music's Twenty Doors
0/0
A love story about a dressing room attendant and a dancer who work at theater.
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Music's Twenty Doors
1961
Taking a Success Course
0/0
1961 Japanese movie
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Taking a Success Course
1975
Tidal Wave
0/0
Two hundred million years ago, Earth had a single continent. As the millennia progressed, the single continent slowly split off into smaller continent...
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Tidal Wave
2018
Godzilla Resurrection
10/6
This is a hybrid cut of both the original Japanese version The Return of Godzilla and Godzilla 1985, meant to combine the best aspects of both. This r...
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Godzilla Resurrection
1954
Zoku botchan shain
9/1
1954 Japanese movie
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Zoku botchan shain
1957
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
0/0
The fifth film in the Toho Diamond series, following "The Hateful Thing." Based on the true story of "Zoo Story" by author Fukuda Saburo. During the...
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Elephant from "Zoo Story"
1963
Travel Stories of a Company President
7/1
It is the 16th series of the call series with the highest masterpiece among the "President" series. The president of the U. s.solar paint, heitaro Dom...
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Travel Stories of a Company President
1959
New Third-Class Executive
8/1
At an Osaka electronics company, power struggles, corporate schemes, and personal agendas collide when the boss is away. As tensions rise around a med...
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New Third-Class Executive
1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
8/1
A struggling salesman at World Electric finds his major deal blocked by internal politics and pressure from all sides. During a company trip to Beppu,...
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New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
9/1
World Electric's top ad model disappears, throwing the company into disarray. A fortune-teller’s influence spreads through upper management, sending s...
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New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
8/1
Amid management shakeups and arranged marriage plans at Sekai Electric, an executive couple tries to support a young woman’s relationship with an acad...
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New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1961
Playboy President
10/1
A straight-laced employee is tasked with supervising his impulsive CEO during a business trip intended to revive struggling sales.
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Playboy President
1961
Playboy President: Part II
8/1
After a promotion brings new professional challenges, a diligent employee is pulled into corporate matchmaking and a high-stakes business conflict ove...
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Playboy President: Part II
1963
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
9/1
While on a business trip to Kyushu, a paint company president competes with a rival firm for a key overseas client, only to face setbacks both in work...
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Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963
3 Gents In Hawaii
8/1
Executives from a Japanese department store travel to Hawaii to acquire land for expansion but become entangled in romantic distractions and miscommun...
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3 Gents In Hawaii
1963
Aloha 3 Gents
8/1
As Marukyū Department Store plans its Hawaii expansion, company executives become sidetracked by local pleasures and personal entanglements. By the ti...
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Aloha 3 Gents
1965
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
8/1
Iwato Construction secures a major project in Hokkaido and promotes a key employee, but chaos follows—personal conflicts, missed deals, and a lost hot...
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President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1966
A Company President's Life Story
7/1
A clothing manufacturer president tries to revitalize his company during a business downturn by securing new sales partners and chasing a deal with a...
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A Company President's Life Story
1966
Five Gents on the Spot
7/1
As his fashion company rides a wave of post-recession success, President Kurihara seeks to expand into women’s apparel through a deepening partnership...
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Five Gents on the Spot
1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
0/0
At a coastal hot spring inn, a group of women navigate work, personal struggles, and unexpected scandals. When a guest threatens to expose one maid's...
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Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1967
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
8/1
In this outing, Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo 70.
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Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
1967
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
9/1
In this continuation of Discover Japan with the 5 Gents (Shacho sen ichiya, 1967), Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo...
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Five Gents Prefer Geisha
1968
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
9/1
"Shacho" comedy about the president of a salt manufacturing company.
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Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
7/1
An aging company president pushes a youth-focused corporate fitness campaign but struggles to keep up himself.
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Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
10/1
A cosmetics company president launches an aggressive new business strategy while balancing corporate pressure, romantic entanglements, and a high-prof...
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5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
7/1
A cosmetics executive promoted to chairman faces chaos at home and work as his company undergoes major changes and internal power shifts.
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5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1970
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
8/1
A food company president is promoted to chairman, but his continued involvement creates leadership confusion.
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Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970
Five Gents and a Kuniang
9/1
A food company undergoes leadership changes, with younger staff rising to key roles.
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Five Gents and a Kuniang
2002
Vengeance for Sale
6.75/8
In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Suker...
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Vengeance for Sale
1971
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
7/1
After a major corporate merger, a middle-aged executive is demoted but unexpectedly appointed president of a small subsidiary.
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First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
10/1
After a highway accident forces a motel stay, a company president devises a plan to create spring-based beds, sparking unexpected business deals, roma...
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First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1959
Fox and Raccoon
9/1
A group of hustling peddlers swindle rural towns with fake goods, facing betrayals, close calls, and constant setbacks as they chase survival and drea...
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Fox and Raccoon
1964
Ken
7.7/15
Kokubu, captain of his university's kendo team, is a mystery to those who know him: An ascetic dedicated to a point of obsession with the simplicity a...
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Ken
1957
Atarashii Sebiro
0/0
This movie depicts poor yet kind and modest people, focusing on sibling love.
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Atarashii Sebiro
1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
0/0
A university graduate determined to become a fishmonger defies his mother's wishes, tangles with bar hostesses and a beer company heiress, and—after m...
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Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
0/0
A beer salesman with a passion for fishmongering stumbles through mishaps, rivalries, and gangster trouble while chasing a big contract, winning the d...
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Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1963
We Are Salarymen
7/1
Eiichiro, a talented young salesman, grows disillusioned with office politics and returns to his family’s traditional tofu business, applying skill an...
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We Are Salarymen
1959
Bringing Up Husbands
0/0
Three wives launch a sex strike to put their domineering husbands in their place!
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Bringing Up Husbands
1963
Walleyed Nippon
8/1
Comedy about a Japanese-American professor, a nuclear scientist, who returns to Japan to search for a typically subservient Japanese wife.
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Walleyed Nippon
1958
Holiday in Tokyo
9/1
May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes o...
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Holiday in Tokyo
1954
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
10/1
The story follows a dysfunctional family whose daily life is thrown into chaos when an English tutor from abroad moves into their home. Her presence a...
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Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
1958
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
10/1
A clumsy but determined car salesman, Hideyoshi, faces rivalry, romance troubles, and job setbacks, but through persistence and humor, he wins a big d...
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Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
8/1
After a transfer to a rural factory, salesman Hideyoshi faces blunders, schemers, and rivalries but proves his integrity, winning respect and a return...
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Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1948
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
0/0
The first in a series of 31 "mother films" produced by Daiei in the post-war period.
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Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
9/1
Optimistic student Hideyoshi struggles to land a job at Japan Motors, facing setbacks and rivalry but winning his way in through persistence—and a mix...
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Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1956
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
0/0
1956 Drama by Toshio Sugie
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Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1955
Young Love Conquers All
7/1
In a seaside town, local boys run each morning to glimpse wealthy Miyako, sparking a prank-filled rivalry with the shopgirls. Hoping to impress her id...
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Young Love Conquers All
1957
Schooldays
7/1
Three college friends support swimmer Okubo through family and financial troubles. Junko, a woman he helped, develops feelings for him, while a former...
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Schooldays
1965
We Will Remember
10/1
Near the end of the war, a number of young Japanese join an army band hoping to avoid the front lines, but instead are sent to the Chinese Front.
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We Will Remember
1972
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
0/0
Three men with completely different backgrounds and beliefs—one in his forties who lived through the war, one in his thirties who grew up in the postw...
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The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
1973
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
0/0
Three friends leave Tokyo and take on a massive criminal organization in Hakata.
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The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
1964
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
0/0
An omnibus comedy set in a newly built housing complex, the film follows seven interconnected stories about the everyday vices simmering behind thin a...
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Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1961
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
7/1
Based on the comic by Fuyahiko Okabe.
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3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1959
Samurai in the Office
9/1
The fourth "Diary of a Successful Salaryman" feature.
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Samurai in the Office
1960
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
0/0
Salaryman comedy.
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Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
1960
Respect, Flatter, and Love
7/1
Modern love story about three disparate sisters, one (Tsukasa) of whom who suspects her husband (Kobayashi) has been unfaithful.
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Respect, Flatter, and Love
1988
The Wives of Rokumeikan
0/0
A blockbuster drama that depicts the lives of the people who colored the dawn of modern Japan, centering on a woman who rose from a courtesan to the w...
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The Wives of Rokumeikan
1956
A Brother and His Sister
8/1
In a household of three the husband is a salaryman who lives with his younger sister and wife in Tokyo. He is returning home late in the evenings beca...
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A Brother and His Sister
1978
Afterglow
0/0
The story depicts a young man suffering from an incurable disease trying to live his life to the fullest in the time he has left. Based on the true st...
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Afterglow
1961
Seven Enemies
0/0
Modern Comedy
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Seven Enemies
1956
In Case of One Woman
0/0
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In Case of One Woman
1956
Pure Love
0/0
Toshiro, a naval reserve student, is a kamikaze pilot. Unsure of how long he will live, Toshiro had no intention of marrying. However, after witnessin...
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Pure Love
1955
Detour to Love
0/0
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Detour to Love
1952
Zoku santō jūyaku
0/0
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Zoku santō jūyaku
1954
Young Eyes
0/0
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Young Eyes
1957
Story of a Detective's Assistant
0/0
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Story of a Detective's Assistant
1957
The Luckiest Dai
0/0
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The Luckiest Dai
1956
Newlywed of the First Section
0/0
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Newlywed of the First Section
1956
All Sold Out
0/0
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All Sold Out
1982
Baian Mayoibashi
0/0
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Baian Mayoibashi
1953
A Song of Little Men
0/0
Battles of an average salaryman.
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A Song of Little Men
1947
Odoriko monogatari
0/0
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Odoriko monogatari
1951
Saijoke no kyoen
0/0
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Saijoke no kyoen
1943
All-out Attack on Singapore
0/0
This film, which was recommended by the Ministry of Education, is based on the Malaya Campaign and the Battle of Singapore and was produced to boost m...
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All-out Attack on Singapore
1944
Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit
0/0
A historical drama spanning three generations, centered on the Sydney Special Attack Unit. Recommended by the Ministry of Education.
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Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit
1946
Kimi ka to omohite
0/0
The innocent devotion of a woman eagerly awaiting her lover’s return from the war touches people’s hearts.
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Kimi ka to omohite
1946
Kenrantaru fukushū
0/0
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Kenrantaru fukushū
1952
Gunrō no machi
0/0
There are male and female students working part-time jobs in the city center while facing the harsh realities of society as they struggle to pay for t...
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Gunrō no machi
1946
Convent Bride
0/0
1946 japanese movie.
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Convent Bride
1946
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
0/0
A dispute over the estate of a wealthy family’s patriarch erupts between the son’s widow and her child on one side, and the villain’s niece and brothe...
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The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
1947
Someday Flowers Will Bloom
0/0
Depicts the activities of the Student Alliance for the Rescue of Overseas Compatriots.
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Someday Flowers Will Bloom
1948
Unmei no koyomi
0/0
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Unmei no koyomi
1948
Oyabaka taishō
0/0
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Oyabaka taishō
1975
Waga seishun no toki
0/0
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Waga seishun no toki
1949
Kenji to onnakanshu
0/0
Deep down, a dark shadow always lingered in the heart of Ushio, a young prosecutor who had made a name for himself by cracking down on organized crime...
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Kenji to onnakanshu
1949
Doku bara
0/0
A Daiei erotic film depicting the five passionate love affairs of a voluptuous married woman, driven by her beauty.
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Doku bara
1949
Hana no jitsugetsu
0/0
Shinjiro, the only son of Sakai Hospital, could not forget Mie, a geisha he had met at a munitions factory during the war. He refused to marry Yukiko,...
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Hana no jitsugetsu
1950
I Am Being Targeted
0/0
A thriller of deduction and duels, in which a newspaper reporter bravely takes on a gang in the city’s skyscraper district over a mysterious recording...
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I Am Being Targeted
1950
Mitsurin no mehyō
0/0
A film filled with eroticism and humor, set in the Northern Alps where a naked woman has appeared, as depicted in the article “Naked Woman Appears in...
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Mitsurin no mehyō
1950
Hatachi zengo
0/0
A lively, energetic film featuring a cast of up-and-coming actors, depicting the worries and joys of youth, friendship, and romance.
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Hatachi zengo
1950
Tetsuro no dankon
0/0
A fierce battle between a vicious train criminal and a police officer.
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Tetsuro no dankon
1951
Fire Department
0/0
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Fire Department
1967
Our Silent Love
0/0
A sequel to Happiness of Us Alone. This story focuses on the troubled life of the couple's adult's son, Ichiro, especially his relationship with a dea...
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Our Silent Love
1955
School Girls in Costume
0/0
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School Girls in Costume
1959
A Salaryman's Ten Commandments
0/0
Modern comedy.
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A Salaryman's Ten Commandments
1952
Yobiko hoshi
0/0
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Yobiko hoshi
1964
I Am a Medical Examiner
0/0
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I Am a Medical Examiner
1956
Everyone's Sweetheart
0/0
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Everyone's Sweetheart
1956
Funny Fellows
0/0
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Funny Fellows
1956
Easy-Going Married Couple
0/0
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Easy-Going Married Couple
1964
Thief on the Run
0/0
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Thief on the Run
1966
King of the Raccoon Dogs
0/0
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King of the Raccoon Dogs
1965
Raccoon Dog Leader
0/0
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Raccoon Dog Leader
1957
The Surprising Legend of Jirocho: Jirocho's Family Feud
0/0
The third of four "The Surprising Legend of Jirocho" films.
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The Surprising Legend of Jirocho: Jirocho's Family Feud
1957
Story of a Detective's Assistant Sequel
0/0
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