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Sun over the River
Act like Kentaro
event1934
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Father, son Kentaro and daughter Ochiyo, who live on the banks of the Sumida River, regain their love for each other after family discord and separation. The film is considered lost.
Attack from Space
event1965 star_border 4.8
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The superhero Starman is sent by the Emerald Planet to protect Earth from belligerent aliens from the Sapphire Galaxy. The Sapphireans (or "Spherions") kidnap Dr. Yamanaka and force him to use his spaceship against the Earth.
Atragon
Act like Government Official
event1963 star_border 6.5
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The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World War II Captain has created the greatest warship ever seen, and possibly the surface world's only defense.
To Love and Swear
Act like Shiraishi
event1945
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After facing hard times, an orphan Korean boy gets adopted to Japanese society. He meets several Japanese people who are kind to him, and grows up wanting to repay his debt to Japan, by becoming a kamikaze pilot.
Evil Brain from Outer Space
event1966 star_border 4.7
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An evil brain from outer space unleashes monsters with deadly diseases on Earth with trying to conquer the universe. Superhero Starman must battle them all to save his planet.
Sunset Over Mount Fuji
Act like Father Iori
event1952
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Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi
Battle in Outer Space
Act like The Commander
event1959 star_border 5.8
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In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men. In response, a global council meeting is held to determine the source of the attacks and prepare a rocket ship armada for a counter-attack, a true battle in outer space. . . The film is a sequel of sorts to Toho's THE MYSTERIANS in the reprise of the Etsuko Shiraishi character of that film as its heroine. It was edited to 74 minutes for its American release.
Atomic Rulers
Act like Father
event1965 star_border 3.9
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Super criminals are planning to infiltrate Earth with mass nuclear destruction! Only Starman can defend civilization by thwarting evil!
Adventure in Kigan Castle
Act like Old King in Kotan
event1966 star_border 5.7
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Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in the Middle East, where they find intrigue and romance in the court of an evil king.
Sazae-san Plays Cupid
event1961
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An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.
The Last War
Act like Tokyo Defense Command Commander
event1961 star_border 6.2
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A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.
Invaders from Space
event1965 star_border 4.2
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A bunch of pernicious salamander men from the planet Kulimon in the Moffit Galaxy plan on taking over Earth by unleashing a lethal plague on mankind. It's up to valiant superhero Starman from the Emerald Planet to save the human race before it's too late.
Eternal Heart
Act like Shozo Narita
event1929 star_border 5.8
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Toshie, a young, conservative secretary-typist has fallen in love with Shozo Narita, a young man she has met through her work.
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
event1937
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Kayo and Kuniko graduated from girls' school together and are as close as sisters. Kuniko's fiancé, Minakami, feels something that attracts him deeply towards Kayo. On the other hand, Kayo prays for the happiness of her best friend and marries a very ordinary man. However, at one point, this mediocre but increasingly ferocious husband died in an accident ... A triangular love story develops depicting a woman's heart that sways between love and morals. Based on a novel by Nobuko Yoshiya, there were originally two parts to the film (If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again), both supposed to be 85 minutes, but apparently what we have now is this 103-minute amalgam of the two.
White Heron
event1941
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OSHINO, the beautiful daughter of restaurant owners, is in love with SHIRASAGI the painter. But there is another young man, the son of a moneylender family, who is desperately in love with Oshino...
Learn from Experience, Part One
Act like Shintaro
event1937 star_border 6
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Part 1 of a 2-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. The central character here is Toyomi (played by Takako IRIE, star of Mizoguchi’s "Water Magician), a rich young woman in love with Shintaro (Minoru TAKADA), a rich young man. Unfortunately, Shintaro’s father is in the process of arranging a marriage for him with Yurie (Chieko TAKEHISA), the scion of an even wealthier family. In order to avoid this, the two young lovers flee to Tokyo to live together. When Shintaro comes back to proclaim his intent to marry Toyomi, his father browbeats him into attending the long-arranged marriage meeting with Yurie. While Shintaro is back home, Toyomi goes on a vacation trip with her closest chum, Michiko (Yumeko AIZOME). At a class reunion, Toyomi is to distressed (at not having heard from Shintaro for so long), she doesn’t go out on the town with her classmates. Michiko, however, runs into Shintaro and Yurie (also out on the town), and pulling him aside, demands an explanation.
Learn from Experience, Part Two
Act like Shintaro
event1937 star_border 6.2
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Part 2 of a 2-part romance (fist part - Kafuku zempen) based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. In the second half, we discover that Toyomi is pregnant -- and while Shintaro and Yurie are on their extended honeymoon, she bears his child, a girl named Kiyoko. She is supported in adversity by Michiko -- and gets considerable moral support from not only her own mother but also from Shintaro's mother and siblings. Even more surprisingly, Yurie strikes up a friendship of sorts with her. When Yurie learns that the child is Shintaro's, she convinces Toyomi that it would be best to let Shintaro (and her) raise Kiyoko, so Toyomi can get on with making a proper life for herself. Tearfully, Toyomi agrees. Sometime later, Michiko goes to visit Toyomi -- and sees her at work, as a kindergarten teacher.
Invisible Man
Act like Yajima, gang boss
event1954 star_border 6.4
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When an invisible man is run down by a car it’s up to an eager young reporter and a strange clown to bring a dangerous gang to justice.
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1
event1952 star_border 10
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The deputy shogun of the realm, accompanied by his loyal and capable aides, makes a stop at Jigokudani, a place along his journey through various provinces. Here, a lively and entertaining tale unfolds, filled with swordplay where heroes and villains clash, intertwined with heartwarming humor.
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2
event1952
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At the transformed Fumaden (Demon Subduing) Temple, with the dynamic efforts of Sukesan and Kakusan, and the appearance of the heroic woman Oshin, Lord Kōmon's ingenious strategy swiftly overcomes the wicked bandits in this exhilarating and unrivaled episode.
I Graduated, But...
Act like Tetsuo Nomoto
event1929 star_border 5.7
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Tetsuo Nomoto, a young graduated student tries to find a decent job by himself. Later on, he will marry his girlfriend, Machiko, whom he hides the fact that he has no job. Hardships come quickly, which forces Machiko to find a job in a bar.
Inugami-ke no nazo: Akuma wa odoru
event1954
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Early adaptation of the book "The Inugami Clan", featuring the detective Kōsuke Kindaichi.
Super Giant Continues
event1957
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The 2nd Super Giant film.
Super Giant continues his battle against the foreign terrorists. In return, they frame him for murder. (Part 2 of 2)
So Young, So Bright
event1955 star_border 6.3
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Two high school girls, Ruri and Yumi, go to Kyoto on a school trip, here they get acquainted with Hinagiku, there are many adventures ahead of the three of them. A musical starring 3 Japanese pop music and TV stars.
Twenty-One Fingerprints
event1948
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Third film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Act like Prime Minister (uncredited)
event1964 star_border 7
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After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
Marching On
event1930
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A farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real aircraft, develops a friendship with the daughter of the local squire, who introduces the lad to her pilot brother and his flying officer friends; through hard work, and despite the handicap of a lowly class status, he eventually succeeds in qualifying as a pilot and joining the air force.
Walk Cheerfully
Act like Kenji Koyama
event1930 star_border 6.1
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Kenji is a small-time thief who likes drinking and fighting. When he falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, and she finds out what kind of guy he really is, she leaves him "until he becomes an honest person." Kenji soon finds it's not easy to get rid of one's past.
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
event1943 star_border 5
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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 pressure of the war had led the government to shorten the training and expand the age range of the recruits. Yokaren was highly selective, and thus an object of great fascination and desire for boys and young men. In this Navy–sponsored film, Setsuko Hara plays the daughter of a family that often entertains recruits on their days off—a surrogate sister to many trainees. Her fragile younger brother aspires to join the program, but is rejected. With perseverance and much support from Hara and their mother, he surmounts his weaknesses and becomes a flier.
Sincerity
Act like Keikichi Asada
event1939 star_border 5.4
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Two young girls, Nobiko and Tomiko, go to the same school. The less fortunate girl Nobiko is one of the top students, while the rich girl Tomiko is not. At one time Tomiko's father was quite fond of Nobuko's mother.
Iron Brothers
event1939
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It's been a long time since the war. Since we haven't been at war with America yet, there is a line in the movie that asks, "How do you say "dried fish" in English?" Brothers who work at a factory that handles iron in Tokyo. After losing his parents, his older brother (Takada Minoru) sends his younger brother (Ito Kaoru) to night school, and the brothers help each other survive. The older brother wants his younger brother to study and attend a higher school (university?). A mysterious woman (Sachiko Chiba) moves into the apartment where the two live. The landlady of the apartment is busy gossiping about her and who she is.
The Eagle of the Pacific
Act like Prince Fumimaro Konoe
event1953 star_border 7.8
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Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.
Kegareta nikutai seijo
event1958 star_border 1
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A sensual love-story between two lesbian nuns.
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Act like Aritomo Yamagata
event1957
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Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
Traitors of the Blue Castle
Act like Aki Date
event1957 star_border 7
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Harada Kai, the Date clan's Chamberlain attempts to take power from the lord himself.
Love Letter
event1953 star_border 6.8
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A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.
Geisha Waltz
event1952
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1952 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.
Speed King
event1956
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Japanese film about motorcycle racing.
Kingoro's Soldier
event1956
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Japanese comedy film.
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
event1954
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Japanese war film.
稲妻奉行
event1958
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Japanese film.
The Battleship Yamato
Act like 2nd Fleet Commander-in-Chief Ito
event1953
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The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".
A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival
event1954
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Japanese musical.
The Vassal's Neck
event1955
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Japanese film.
勤王? 佐幕? 女人曼陀羅
event1956
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1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.
黄金奉行
event1958
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Japanese film.
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
Act like Prime Minister Konoe
event1959
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In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and her forces push forward to the borders of India. But gradually the tide turns in favour of the Allies and after the atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is compelled to accept the Potsdam Declaration and by the order of the Emperor agrees to unconditional surrender. Under the supervision of the occupation forces the International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo to try the Japanese war leaders. Established in the cause of justice, and to prevent future aggressive wars the trials drag on for two and a half years. And on December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six other war leaders mount the thirteen steps to the gallows at Tokyo's Sugamo prison.
Ichiyo Higuchi
Act like Tosui Nakarai
event1939
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Japanese film based on the life of writer Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896).
Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
event1959 star_border 8.5
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In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplomats, to take them to the Canaries and arrange an armistice. When they get there, peace has been declared, but the sub's crew don't know as their radio has failed. They send their passengers ashore and go out to face a final battle...
Twilight Saloon
Act like Ryusuke Nakakoji
event1955 star_border 8
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Set in a tavern, director Tomu Uchida depicts the joys and sorrows of the people who gather there in an experimental style, weaving in a variety of music in this ambitious ensemble drama.
The Poppy
Act like Kingo Kono
event1941
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1941 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.
Yukiko and Natsuyo
Act like Shoichi Utsumi
event1941 star_border 6
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Adaptation of a novel by Nobuko Yoshiya that was serialized in "Shufu no tomo" between 1939 and 1940.
The Devil comes and plays the Flute
event1954
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The film depicts the exploits of Kindaichi Kosuke, who pursues a series of serial murders that occur one after another along with the terrifying melody of a flute.
Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
Act like Assistant Police Inspector Takatsu
event1943 star_border 5.7
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Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a military outpost threatened by "bandits."
Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
event1944 star_border 7
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A 1944 propaganda film that depicts the fictionalised career of IJAAF pilot Tateo Kato, who led the 64th Sentai during the early months of the Pacific War. The film has scenes featuring Ki-43 fighters escorting Ki-21 bombers to attack Rangoon, where they are attacked by P-40 Warhawk and Brewster Buffalo fighters.
Fantasy of Youth
event1955
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Adaptation of the novel by Bunroku Shishi.
The Green Music Box
Act like Professor
event1955 star_border 5
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Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doesn't know about. Ever since he moved up to the research laboratory in Hokkaido, Ruriko hasn't heard from him. The only thing that reminded her of his warmth was the green music box that he’d left behind for her. She longed to reunite with her father. The little box played music that lifted her spirits, to a place where everything was perfect.
Mother Peacock
event1956
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Japanese drama film.
Shin ono ga tsumi
Act like Takahiro Sakurado
event1956
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20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901).
Let's Go! Young Guy
Act like Inakawa
event1967
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College student Yuuichi Tanuma is fired up for Nationals where his university Kyonan will face off against their rivals, Seihoku. Yuuichi has his sights set on winning football gold, but his father, who wants him to take over his sukiyaki restaurant, isn't too keen on this. Set in Kyoto, Hong Kong, and Macau, we follow Yuuichi as he falls in love and chases after his dreams.
A Ripple in a Morning
Act like President Sugayama
event1952
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Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.
Appeal on the Cross
event1956
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Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan.
Silver Stream
Act like Soichi Negishi
event1931
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Michiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid the shame. Later she meets the rapist again who is now a union leader in opposition of her husband.
Crazy Big Explosion
event1969
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A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.
Lady From Hell
event1949
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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 against the T-Men organization. Mibu whats to kill all of the T-Men one-by-one.
A Primer on Marriage
Act like Shinichirô Takebayashi
event1930
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Bored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds himself embroiled in a series of misunderstandings with his wife, the young woman and her husband. Considered to be a lost film.
Pastoral Symphony
event1938
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A priest in Hokkaido adopts a blind orphan girl, and as she grows up he finds himself falling in love with her.
Japan's Longest Day
Act like Vice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau
event1967 star_border 7.1
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Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
Morishige no demakase shinshi
event1955
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Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control.
Sky of Hope
Act like Momosaburo
event1942
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What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy in 1942.
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
Act like Fumimaro Konoe
event1956 star_border 5
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Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.
A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again
event1937
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Kayo and Kuniko graduated from girls' school together and are as close as sisters. Kuniko's fiancé, Minakami, feels something that attracts him deeply towards Kayo. On the other hand, Kayo prays for the happiness of her best friend and marries a very ordinary man. However, at one point, this mediocre but increasingly ferocious husband died in an accident ... A triangular love story develops depicting a woman's heart that sways between love and morals.
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes
event1937
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Kayo and Kuniko graduated from girls' school together and are as close as sisters. Kuniko's fiancé, Minakami, feels something that attracts him deeply towards Kayo. On the other hand, Kayo prays for the happiness of her best friend and marries a very ordinary man. However, at one point, this mediocre but increasingly ferocious husband died in an accident ... A triangular love story develops depicting a woman's heart that sways between love and morals.
Sutâ dokusatsu jiken
event1958
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Japanese crime film.
The Terror of Z
event1948 star_border 10
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Marune Santaro directed this actionner about two fearless Kobe Harbor Patrol Officers who fight to keep the city safe from the dreaded Crimson Z smuggling gang!
Ultra Q
Act like Professor Genda (1 ep.)
event1966 star_border 8.2
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As supernatural events and monster attacks rock Japan, the military and government look to be overwhelmed. Three intrepid young investigators—two pilots and a reporter—take it upon themselves to study these unexplained phenomena in order to inform and protect the public.
With allies and science aiding them on their journey, the trio must separate myth from history as they explore the greater mysteries of these occurrences: are they unrelated, or is this barrage somehow a portent of even worse things to come?
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