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Red Bud and White Flower
event1962
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A high school boy and girl in the midst of their youth try to get their parents to remarry.
Itsudemo yume o
event1963
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This is a factory area in downtown Tokyo, and Hikaru, nicknamed Pika-chan, is a nurse at the Mihara Clinic, a friend of the poor.
Cell No. 8
event1956
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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.
The Rambler Goes North
event1962
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In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western hero, from a horse to fringes, guitar and even a trusty bullwhip.
Man Who Causes a Storm
event1957 star_border 6.7
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Shoichi Kokubun (Yujiro Ishihara) is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to catch the attention of a popular jazz band, his brother appeals to their manager who has the power to make him a star. In a graphic portrayal of love, betrayal and success, Shoichi brews up a storm with a 'rat-a-tat-tat' on the drums.
Records of Bloodshed
event1970
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Post World War II, Minoru lives by selling supplies that had been stolen from the U.S. military. One day, he is arrested due to the plotting of Kurahata, a member of the Yakuza who doesn't like him.
A Torrent of Life
event1962
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1962 Japanese movie
The Rambler Rides Again
event1960
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In this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to Hokkaido, where he helps protect an Ainu village from unscrupulous land developers.
Dai shinrin ni mukatte tatsu
event1961
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Strife between competing lumber mills.
The Rambler in the Sunset
event1960
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The young rambler, Shinji Taki, with his guitar arrives a hot spa town at the foot of Mount Aizu Bandai. Of course he solves the problems in the town while encountering the sinister rival, Masa "the pistol guy".
Hoshi no hitomi o motsu otoko
event1962
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1962 Japanese movie
Blood for Blood
event1971 star_border 7
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The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of “K City”. With the construction of new buildings and new factories underway, the city has sprouted into a boomtown and business is good. Two of the most infamous mobs of Tokyo want a piece of the pie. As out-of-town yakuza flood the city overnight, the crime boss of the Akiba family, Tezuka (Joe Shishido), is released from prison after a five year sentence. He does not like the "change" he sees.
Hageshī kawa
event1962
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1962 Japanese movie
Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure
event1962
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1962 Japanese movie
Wakai futari
event1962
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1962 Japanese movie
Namari o buchikome
event1962
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1962 Japanese movie
Passport to Darkness
event1959 star_border 7
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A jazz bandleader, falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend, tries to stay one step ahead of the police as he dives into Tokyo's sin-city in search of the real killer in this dark and beautiful noir from master Seijun Suzuki.
The Motherless
event1955
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Japanese drama film.
Pure Emotions of the Sea
Act like Sailor D
event1956
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A romantic adventure tale about a young guy working on a whale-hunting vessel and his love for a childhood sweetheart.
Wet Sand in August
event1971 star_border 5.3
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Several high-school friends spend their final summer together indulging in sex and leisure; their halcyon days are soon coming to an end.
Bad Girl Mako
event1971 star_border 6.2
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Patronized by a gang ruling the city, Mako delinquently plays around a night club every night with her bad company. One night, a guy Hideo gets closer to her for one-night stand, and they consequently fall in love. However, Hideo is killed by the gang. Mako swears vengeance on her beloved's murderer.
Youth of the Beast
event1963 star_border 6.9
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When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.
The Gambling Monk
event1963
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One summer day, the chief monk of the Hojuin Temple dies. Harumichi rushes back to town hearing about his brother's death and requests for a grand funeral. He had been unwilling to take over the family business and had chosen a life as a middle school teacher far away from home, but considering the circumstances, he changes his mind. As the new chief of Hojuin, Harumichi scrambles around day after day for donations. He has kept strictly to the straight and narrow, until he passes a bicycle race track where the sounds of cheering fans induce him into a new way of life...
The Sound of Waves
Act like Young Person A
event1964
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On a small island, inhabited by only fourteen hundred people, a young fisherman's son, Shinji falls in love with Hatsue, the daughter of the richest and most difficult man on the island. Despite their differences in class, they begin to meet and rumors spread of them having an illicit affair. Soon after, Shinji jumps into a stormy sea to help a ship in distress. The vessel turns out to be owned by Hatsue's arrogant father, who now becomes an understanding and sympathetic parent and allows the two lovers to marry.
Rambling in the Sea
event1961
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Seventh in the nine-film series, "The Wandering Guitarist".
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
event1963
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A sequel to Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards!
The Tokyo Mighty Guy
event1960 star_border 6.4
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Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in the busy Ginza district. His culinary skills and dashing good looks bring in the women as well as unwanted trouble, while an explosive political scandal builds around his girlfriend’s business...
Women's House
event1954
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After Shuichiro moved to Tokyo, the Tanno family became completely female, including Mrs. Tanno, Shuichiro's daughter-in-law Manzuko, painter Takashiro Egi, Shizu Kazemaki, Mitsue Nanbu, an intellectual who works in a university laboratory, and an old woman.
Shōjo
event1961
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1961 Japanese movie
The juvenile
event1955
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A good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers
The Plateau Man
event1961
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Japanese Western set at a mountain ranch in Kyushu.
Gazing at Love and Death
event1964 star_border 7
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A young girl knows that she is going to die and in this she is supported by the devotion of the boy who loves her. They originally met at the hospital. There it transpired that the only way to save her life was to sacrifice an eye and part of her face. The operation seems a success. Later, however, her other eye becomes affected. She feels she must let the boy go, and yet she depends so much upon his devotion.
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
event1961
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Against the bosses of the underworld that dominate Yokohama, Kobe, and Hong Kong, ace Joe, who plays an invincible gunman, shows off his transcendent gunplay! The third installment of the business series.
Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa
event1964
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Kunio Shimizu, a sailor of Tohto University, helped a girl that was chased by someone on her way home from practice.The girl went away without saying anything, leaving her wallet with Kunio. A few days later, she visited Kunio. She was working at a toy factory called Tomoko Nishizawa. Kunio naturally became attracted to Tomoko, but for some reason Tomoko refused to talk about her past. One day, the two went to the bowling alley and were approached by Tempira...
Notorious Bastard
event1963
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When Tornado Joe is wrongly accused of distributing counterfeit banknotes, he gets on a mission to clear his name and challenge the mastermind behind this scheme.
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