Sachio Sakai
Sachio Sakai (堺 左千夫, Sakai Sachio, September 8, 1925 - March 11, 1998), real name Yukio Abe (阿部 幸男, Abe Yukio), was a Japanese actor. Sakai was the son of an electrician and later graduated from Tokyo City Asakusa Technical College. In 1946, Sakai entered and passed the first Toho New Face program and had his first film appearance under the studio in 1947 in Akira Kurosawa's "One Wonderful Sunday". Sakai would go on to appear in numerous films by the studio, including many directed by Kurosawa, Kihachi Okamoto, and Ishiro Honda.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1693 |
| Birthday | 1925-09-08 |
| Place of Birth | Tokyo, Japan |
| Also Known As | Sakai Sachio, 阿部 幸男, Yukio Abe, Abe Yukio, |
1958
The Hidden Fortress
8/735
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who g...
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The Hidden Fortress
1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla
6.873/355
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approa...
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
1991
Rhapsody in August
7.1/160
An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and mora...
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Rhapsody in August
1966
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
5.383/218
In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to...
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What's Up, Tiger Lily?
1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
7.2/144
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for h...
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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1962
Sanjuro
7.9/746
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
1948
Drunken Angel
7.6/320
In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when the...
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Drunken Angel
1963
A Woman's Life
7.1/14
A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.
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A Woman's Life
1952
Forty-Eight Man
8/1
Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki
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Forty-Eight Man
1970
Space Amoeba
6.4/56
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. S...
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Space Amoeba
1994
Turning Point
7/2
A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.
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Turning Point
1961
Romance Express
7/1
Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a...
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Romance Express
1963
Operation Mad Dog
7/1
Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda
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Operation Mad Dog
1967
King Kong Escapes
6.121/116
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the ro...
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King Kong Escapes
1969
All Monsters Attack
5.1/225
Ichiro Miki is a child living in the industrial district of Kawasaki, where his parents' constant struggle to make ends meet often leaves the schoolbo...
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All Monsters Attack
1963
Outpost of Hell
7/1
The fifth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
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Outpost of Hell
1962
Tatsu
7/1
1962 Japanese movie
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Tatsu
1970
Rebel Against Glory
0/0
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Rebel Against Glory
1966
Adventure in Kigan Castle
6.2/7
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...
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Adventure in Kigan Castle
1957
Ôban
9/1
A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku S...
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Ôban
1961
The Witness Killed
9/1
Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda
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The Witness Killed
1982
Goyou Sen Enjou
0/0
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Goyou Sen Enjou
1961
Sir Galahad in Campus
7/2
The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.
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Sir Galahad in Campus
1957
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
8.6/21
Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. The film combines elements of the original Toho version and the American King of the Monsters! in a u...
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Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
1959
Desperado Outpost
6.273/11
When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and...
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Desperado Outpost
1977
Godzilla
6.759/56
A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version, "Godzilla, King of the Monsters!" (1956), plu...
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Godzilla
1968
Golden Eyes
6.857/7
A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route from Beirut to Tokyo.
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Golden Eyes
1955
Beast Man Snow Man
4.938/16
Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.
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Beast Man Snow Man
1965
Ironfinger
6.8/10
A silly yet skilled Interpol agent flies to Tokyo and gets mixed up in a war between two gangs intent on winning the favor of a notorious arms dealer.
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Ironfinger
1975
Battle Cry
5.857/7
During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to fight Imperial t...
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Battle Cry
1981
At This Late Date, the Charleston
7/4
A young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of attempted rape. He soon meets several individuals claiming to be ministers of their own mic...
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At This Late Date, the Charleston
1962
Our Failures
0/0
Tells the story of Shintaro, a lawyer who quits his job to work at a camera factory, and his love adventures.
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Our Failures
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
1961
Zoku sararīman yajikita dōchū
0/0
1961 Japanese movie
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Zoku sararīman yajikita dōchū
1962
Local Reporter
10/1
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Local Reporter
1969
Samurai Banners
7.411/28
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He co...
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Samurai Banners
1988
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
6/4
A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful passio...
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Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
1966
The Mad Atlantic
9/1
Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. Murakami forces the crew to work harder than they e...
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The Mad Atlantic
1955
All is Well
10/1
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All is Well
1951
The Blue Pearl
7.5/2
The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; literally “women of the sea”) in a superstitious coasta...
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The Blue Pearl
1954
Wedding Season
0/0
Urban love comedy in which Koji Tsuruta, who works for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Parks and Greenery Department, plays love shepherd to a num...
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Wedding Season
1965
Key of Keys
6.75/8
Intelligence director Suritai asks agent Kitami to steal money from anti-government guerrillas.
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Key of Keys
1961
Big Shots Die at Dawn
6.4/5
Grown up son arrives home to learn his father, the newly elected mayor, has been assassinated. So he journeys down a path to find the assassin and get...
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Big Shots Die at Dawn
1969
Red Lion
6.534/29
Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to Sa...
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Red Lion
1962
Anything For Success
7/1
A "hustler's hustler" (Takarada), works his way up the corporate ladder at a camera company. His biggest scheme involves winning the business of a for...
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Anything For Success
1961
Yojimbo
8.1/1746
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the loca...
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Yojimbo
1954
Godzilla
7.6/1164
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover somethin...
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Godzilla
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
1947
One Wonderful Sunday
7.2/96
Two broke sweethearts wander war-scarred Tokyo on a single Sunday, stretching 35 yen as they chase housing, small pleasures, and a little hope.
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One Wonderful Sunday
1962
Gorath
6.3/28
In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is en...
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Gorath
1952
Ikiru
8.3/1388
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look...
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Ikiru
1954
Seven Samurai
8.452/4367
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...
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Seven Samurai
1957
Throne of Blood
7.9/1016
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spi...
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Throne of Blood
1957
The Mysterians
6.3/65
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to s...
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The Mysterians
1956
Will-o'-the-Wisp
9/1
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Will-o'-the-Wisp
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
1949
The Blue Mountains: Part I
6.375/8
Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young ma...
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The Blue Mountains: Part I
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
1990
Ultra Q: The 1/8 Project
0/0
Theatrical version of episode 17 of Ultra Q TV series.
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Ultra Q: The 1/8 Project
1978
Blood Type: Blue
6.056/9
UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue...
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Blood Type: Blue
1976
Outlaw Cop
5.3/3
A bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs away with another man, who turns out to be the very same...
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Outlaw Cop
1960
The Secret of the Telegian
6.5/10
Men are being murdered by a killer who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims.
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The Secret of the Telegian
1970
Crazy Violence at Shimizu Harbor
10/1
The 14th and final "Crazy" feature. The Crazy Cats reunited (minus Ishibashi, who had by then retired from the team) for one last feature, Jun Ichikaw...
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Crazy Violence at Shimizu Harbor
1960
Westward Desperado
6.1/7
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into Communi...
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Westward Desperado
1962
The Weed of Crime
7/1
Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.
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The Weed of Crime
1960
The Gambling Samurai
6.9/7
Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's...
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The Gambling Samurai
1959
The Big Boss
6.5/4
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping...
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The Big Boss
1962
Operation Enemy Fort
7/1
Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attempt to destroy an enemy fort.
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Operation Enemy Fort
1957
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
3.5/12
An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote...
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Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1953
The Last Embrace
10/1
Yukiko Nogami is rescued during a mountain blizzard by handsome forester Shinkichi, and the two subsequently fall in love. But when Shinkichi dies in...
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The Last Embrace
1976
Hangyaku no Tabi
0/0
Hiroshi Kakurai is an assassin who was thinking of retiring. He travels to an island in the Seto Inland Sea and begins to live peacefully with Shinobu...
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Hangyaku no Tabi
1969
Bonds of Love
9/1
Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but tires...
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Bonds of Love
1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
7.2/142
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He'...
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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1952
Vendetta of a Samurai
6.6/16
Mataemon Araki, a renowned swordsman, helps a young man find vengeance.
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Vendetta of a Samurai
1959
Samurai Saga
6.947/19
Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady....
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Samurai Saga
1961
Daredevil in the Castle
7.542/12
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyoto...
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Daredevil in the Castle
1961
Blueprint of Murder
6.4/5
Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has...
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Blueprint of Murder
1956
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
6.529/290
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monste...
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Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1964
Whirlwind
6.6/10
Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle...
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Whirlwind
1956
The Underworld
7/1
Yakuza boss Furuya leans more and more on his protege Takao Shoji, though Shoji has become romantically involved with Furuya's mistress, Natsue. Furuy...
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The Underworld
1962
Pride of the Campus
8.333/3
Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant, singing in a band, and preparing for an important boxing t...
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Pride of the Campus
1989
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
6.45/50
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middl...
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Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1965
The Retreat from Kiska
8.4/5
In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhe...
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The Retreat from Kiska
1966
Rise Against the Sword
6.3/10
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees...
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Rise Against the Sword
1952
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
8/1
A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where she is going t...
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The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1970
The Vampire Doll
6.903/62
A young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend's isolated country home. His sister and her boyfriend trace him to the creepy mansion, but thei...
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The Vampire Doll
1963
Legacy of the 500,000
6.929/7
During World War II, Japan sends gold to the Phillipines. After the war, the gold is lost in the bay of Manille. Former soldier Takeichi Matsuo is now...
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Legacy of the 500,000
1958
The Hotelman's Holiday
9/1
Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanes...
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The Hotelman's Holiday
1967
The Killing Bottle
8.2/5
In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group bent on assassinating the Prime Minister of Buddh...
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The Killing Bottle
1953
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
10/1
Jirocho the gambler hits the road.
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Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1954
Jirocho's New Year
9/1
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Jirocho's New Year
1954
Last of the Wild Ones
8/1
A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.
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Last of the Wild Ones
1952
The Man Who Came to Port
10/2
An Ishiro Honda film.
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The Man Who Came to Port
1959
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
8/1
An Ishiro Honda film.
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The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1958
Song for a Bride
10/1
An Ishiro Honda film.
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Song for a Bride
1961
A Man in Red
8/1
Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a four-year sentence, only to find it infested with yakuza run...
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A Man in Red
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
1959
Saga of the Vagabonds
6.8/5
Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting a...
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Saga of the Vagabonds
1974
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
6.633/15
The Maccherone organization is out to get a priceless national treasure. But when they see third-generation cat-burglar Lupin as an obstacle, countles...
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Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
1958
All About Marriage
10/1
Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister.
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All About Marriage
1957
The Paradise Island Story
0/0
Musical-comedy about nine soldiers deserted on an island in South Pacific.
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The Paradise Island Story
1988
Secret Agreement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secret Leak Incident
0/0
TV film about the "Nishiyama Incident", a scandal surrounding the 1972 return of Okinawa to Japan. Produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of TV...
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Secret Agreement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secret Leak Incident
1969
Konto 55: Grandson of a Ninja
0/0
A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.
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Konto 55: Grandson of a Ninja
1957
Sazae-san Sequel
10/1
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.
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Sazae-san Sequel
1969
Konto 55: Mankind's Weaknesses
0/0
A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.
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Konto 55: Mankind's Weaknesses
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
1952
Forbidden Path
8/1
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Forbidden Path
1955
A Man Among Men
8/1
Gangsters Ken and Maki are rivals in the ticket-scalping game. They make an uneasy truce, but Ken wrecks the truce by agreeing to fix a boxing match i...
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A Man Among Men
1960
The Dangerous Kiss
10/1
Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.
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The Dangerous Kiss
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
1951
Elegy
9/1
Wataru Naohiko who has the prosecutor general as his father became a young composer and its symphony "saint" invoked the world echoed. But his discipl...
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Elegy
1965
Five Gents' Trick Book
10/1
The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.
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Five Gents' Trick Book
1963
Young Guy in Hawaii
6.5/2
Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous screening with Matango. Filmed on location in Hawaii.
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Young Guy in Hawaii
1960
The Last Gunfight
6.2/10
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting bet...
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The Last Gunfight
1959
I Want to Be a Shellfish
10/3
On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police...
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
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
1952
Mr. Lucky
10/1
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Mr. Lucky
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
1952
The Skin of the South
8/2
When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable, they are met with scorn on two fronts. On one en...
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The Skin of the South
1964
The Rabble
10/1
1964 Japanese movie
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The Rabble
1967
Zoku izuko e
0/0
Sequel to "何処へ" (1966). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka.
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Zoku izuko e
1953
Even The Mighty Shed Tears
10/1
After Ryusaku Nishikawa and his girlfriend Katsuko are attacked by a gang, he trains in karate to seek revenge. Years later, Ryusaku is a skilled mart...
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Even The Mighty Shed Tears
1961
Different Sons
7/1
In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over work, money, and romance. Their father's sudden un...
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Different Sons
1961
Aces Wild
8/1
Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitimate descendant left behind in Osaka and a brother o...
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Aces Wild
1956
The Maiden Courtesan
0/0
Period romantic drama.
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The Maiden Courtesan
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
1958
Executive Chair
0/0
In post-war Japan, The Second Drawer follows Funada, a devoted company man whose planned family trip is disrupted by the sudden death of his boss. Thr...
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Executive Chair
1961
Lovers of Ginza
7/1
1961 Japanese movie
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Lovers of Ginza
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"
1954
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
0/0
Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who defies societal norms to study Dutch and English. Des...
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How the Bell of Liberty Rings
1961
Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa: I Want to Weep
9/1
A wandering swordsman helps a doll maker and his fiancée fight against a ruthless gang in a small town. As tensions escalate, epic duels and betrayals...
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Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa: I Want to Weep
1961
Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa: Thank You, Sandogasa
8/1
When noble wanderer Moritaro saves a disowned merchant’s son from gangsters, he becomes entangled in a town’s struggle against corruption. Teaming up...
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Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa: Thank You, Sandogasa
1967
Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
0/0
1967 Japanese movie
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Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
1974
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
10/1
Ex-conman Junpei plots revenge on a corrupt corporation by leading a team of swindlers posing as politicians. A slick crime comedy of cons and payback...
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Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
1971
Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man
10/1
The last (10th) Toho "Crazy film" in the Nippon Ichi series.
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Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man
1967
Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!
0/0
1967 Japanese movie
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Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!
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
1957
The Shadow Daughter
8/1
Fusako, a girl raised in a geisha house, tries to escape her dark past and faces repeated heartbreaks. After an unexpected pregnancy, she has an abort...
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The Shadow Daughter
1957
Skin-Colored Moon
0/0
After the heartbreak of losing a close colleague, a television star vanishes, presumed to have drowned in Lake Izu. A mysterious empty boat, a forged...
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Skin-Colored Moon
1958
Go and Get It
8/1
Matsuki, a former war photojournalist, returns home and starts a modest life with his wife, Komiko. Driven by his passion for capturing the truth, he...
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Go and Get It
1960
University Bandits
9/1
A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a...
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University Bandits
1958
The Young Boss is Third Generation
0/0
A carefree student from a traditional sake shop family balances love, rebellion, and a bike race while clashing with gangsters and his old-fashioned g...
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The Young Boss is Third Generation
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
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
1962
College Champ
7.5/2
Yuuichi Tanuma, our young hero, is a senior at Kyonan University and captain of the marathon team. His parents run a sukiyaki restaurant back in his h...
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College Champ
1959
3 Dolls in College
10/1
The first of eight "Three Dolls" features. In this entry the girls, students at Nichinan University, balance studying for the final exams while fallin...
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3 Dolls in College
1964
Ant Hell War
9/1
The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima
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Ant Hell War
1959
Young Lovers
0/0
Engineer Shuichi defies his wealthy family to live with bar hostess Kazuyo, whose loyalty to her struggling family complicates their love. As class, p...
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Young Lovers
1955
Frame of Snow
10/1
During a winter visit to her grandfather’s mountain home, a young saleswoman becomes entangled in love and jealousy among visiting skiers. After heart...
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Frame of Snow
1958
Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman
10/1
A private detective and a colleague investigate a man for a wealthy young lady.
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Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman
1958
He's the Killer
0/0
Thriller about a narcotics investigator uncovering a dope ring.
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He's the Killer
1964
Tiger Flight
10/1
A 1964 war film directed by Kengo Furusawa
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Tiger Flight
1960
Three Dolls and Three Guys
7/1
Punch, Pinch, and Sench become involved in a murder mystery centering on a Chinese billionaire (Mihashi), actually a Japanese yakuza, who claims to be...
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Three Dolls and Three Guys
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
1957
The Men of Toho-ku
9/1
Tragi-comedy about the inhabitants of a remote, mountain-locked village where only the first-born sons are allowed to marry and have children.
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The Men of Toho-ku
1957
The Last Escape
0/0
A group of Japanese nursing students and their instructor is serving at an army camp in China. When Japan loses the war the group sets out to depart C...
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The Last Escape
1956
The Hoodlum and the Young Master
0/0
Koji Tsuruta plays dual roles: Kyotaro, the young master of a pharmaceutical wholesaler in Osaka, and Ken, a street thug in Tokyo.
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The Hoodlum and the Young Master
1957
Story of a Detective's Assistant
0/0
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Story of a Detective's Assistant
1954
One Night of Love
0/0
The story of the hardships facing women working as maids and waitresses at a resort hotel restaurant.
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One Night of Love
1954
One Night of Love
0/0
The story of the hardships facing women working as maids and waitresses at a resort hotel restaurant.
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One Night of Love
1954
This Love Costs 50 Million Yen
0/0
Chōsokabe Kyutaro, notorious as a master swindler, abandons Tokyo and flees to Watakano Island near the Shima Peninsula. Upon hearing that the Tawarad...
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This Love Costs 50 Million Yen
1954
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
0/0
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My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
1954
The Road of Love
0/0
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The Road of Love
1968
Where Love Springs
0/0
A romantic triangle comprised of two brothers in love with the same woman.
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Where Love Springs
1967
Great Incidents
0/0
Comedy starring the manzai team of Chick and Tack, and set in the world of salarymen.
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Great Incidents
1955
Three Brides for Three Sons
0/0
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Three Brides for Three Sons
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
1959
Three Dolls in Ginza
0/0
In this sequel to Three Dolls in College, the three friends continue their adventures and get into a rockabilly club in Ginza.
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Three Dolls in Ginza
1958
Fancy Talker
0/0
Comedy about a car salesman delivering a late model station wagon from Tokyo to Izumo to a representative of the Japanese Diet, who plans to use the c...
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Fancy Talker
1957
Faraway Man
0/0
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1968
Admiral Yamamoto
8.5/9
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet....
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Admiral Yamamoto
1957
The Ornery Entrance to the Sumo Ring with a Sword
0/0
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The Ornery Entrance to the Sumo Ring with a Sword
1956
The First Love of a Cha Cha Girl
0/0
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The First Love of a Cha Cha Girl
1956
A Young Lady on Her Way
0/0
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A Young Lady on Her Way
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
Modern Gentleman
0/0
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Modern Gentleman
1959
I Love You
0/0
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I Love You
1957
The Girl in the Target
0/0
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The Girl in the Target
1966
Swindler Meets Swindler
0/0
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Swindler Meets Swindler
1965
Raccoon Dog Leader
0/0
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Raccoon Dog Leader
1959
Violent Ishimatsu
0/0
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Violent Ishimatsu
1959
Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts
0/0
Period comedy with fantasy elements.
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Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts
1959
Mariko's Autobiography: Flowing Constellation
0/0
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Mariko's Autobiography: Flowing Constellation
1958
Chakkiri Kinta Sequel
0/0
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Chakkiri Kinta Sequel
1957
Story of a Detective's Assistant Sequel
0/0
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