Masumi Harukawa
Born Machie Takigawa, she was active as a dancer at the Asakusa Rock Theater under the stage name Mary Rose in the early 1950s. Due to her appearance, she was affectionately nicknamed Daruma-chan and Jumbo-chan. Soon after moving to the Nichigeki Music Hall, she was scouted by the film industry and made her acting debut in "Gurama-to no yuwaku/The Temptation of Grama Island."
Memorable in Japan for her regular role in eight of the ten Toei film series " Trucker Rascals," playing the wife of the series co-star Aikawa Kinya, among appearances in other popular cinematic serials such as Zatoichi and Tora-san. International audiences would be more familiar with her work with avant-garde directors Shōhei Imamura & Shūji Terayama.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.9249 |
| Birthday | 1935-11-16 |
| Place of Birth | Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan |
| Also Known As | 瀧川マチエ, Masumi Harukawa, Machie Takigawa, |
1969
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
7/1
Maruyama, a day laborer, is living on an abandoned ship at the port of Osaka when he meets an elusive man offering a job.
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Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
1987
Hachiko
7.8/203
The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.
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Hachiko
1959
Pineapple Butai
10/1
The story of the role played by Japanese-American soldiers from Hawaii in the Korean War of the 1950s.
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Pineapple Butai
1963
The Insect Woman
7.234/79
A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imam...
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The Insect Woman
1968
Neon taiheiki
9/1
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Neon taiheiki
1964
Intentions of Murder
7.028/53
The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect o...
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Intentions of Murder
1965
Color
0/0
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Color
1976
A Cheerful Yakuza
0/0
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A Cheerful Yakuza
1966
Dynamite Doctor Returns
0/0
Second movie in the yoidore hakase serie
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Dynamite Doctor Returns
1967
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
7.37/46
Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged gambling...
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Zatoichi's Cane Sword
1972
Zatoichi in Desperation
6.681/36
After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel - but this caus...
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Zatoichi in Desperation
1977
Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal
8/1
A comedy farce depicting the noise that occurs when two unemployed circus participants discover a debt bond in a basket with parrots, which they recei...
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Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal
1969
Futari no Koibito
7/1
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Futari no Koibito
1971
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
0/0
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Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
1974
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
7.522/113
A director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan.
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Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1968
The Human Bullet
6/15
A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the...
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The Human Bullet
1960
Hito mo arukeba
9/1
A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.
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Hito mo arukeba
1968
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
7/1
A salaryman comedy.
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How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1970
Silk Hat Boss
9/1
In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series sta...
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Silk Hat Boss
1971
Hajimete no Tabi
10/1
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Hajimete no Tabi
1985
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
0/0
Momoko Watanabe—a student who, upon visiting a shrine in order to wish good luck on a friend of hers, witnesses a murder in the forest...and she knows...
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Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
1965
Code of Ruffians
7.5/2
Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it will forfeit a major dam construction job to the sc...
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Code of Ruffians
1967
Sodachi zakari
10/1
Japanese movie released on September 30 , 1967 . Produced and distributed by Toho . Color , Toho scope . Running time is 88 minutes.
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Sodachi zakari
1963
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
0/0
1963 Japanese movie
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Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
1965
Nami kage
8/1
Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.
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Nami kage
1965
House of Terrors
5.265/17
A hunchbacked caretaker presides over a forlorn mansion inhabited by the ghosts of his previous masters. An unbelieving trio (a doctor, his assistant...
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House of Terrors
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
1959
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
9/1
Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. O...
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Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1971
Maboroshi no Satsui
0/0
Adaptation of the Shôji Yuki novel.
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Maboroshi no Satsui
1991
Carlos
6/4
V-cinema classic about a wanted Brazilian Japanese gangster who flees to Tokyo and fights yakuza.
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Carlos
1980
Shogun's Ninja
6.3/24
In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the...
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Shogun's Ninja
1972
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
0/0
Akane Kawasaki, known for her aversion to physical contact with men, possesses some unfavorable habits such as stealing. Despite these flaws, she garn...
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Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
1975
The Gate of Youth
8.333/3
Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every...
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The Gate of Youth
1975
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
6.6/5
The first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventures of two truck drivers. Momojiro and his best friend Kinzo take to the road on their carg...
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Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
1977
The Boxer
7.2/8
In the midst of a match, Hayato, a successful boxer, has had enough of the sport. He lets himself get knocked out, and quits boxing, leaving his wife...
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The Boxer
1993
Bokyo
9/1
In 1940, Kubota Shoten, which has been in business for generations, goes bankrupt due to the debauched lifestyle of its president, Kunimitsu Kubota. S...
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Bokyo
1975
The Wild Trucker
7.7/3
The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help bring home the father of two young chi...
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The Wild Trucker
1968
Curse of the Blood
6.714/7
A samurai kills a blind man who tells him to repay his debts. Because of the samurai's actions his entire family is to bear a terrible curse.
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Curse of the Blood
1970
Silk Hat Boss
9/1
In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series sta...
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Silk Hat Boss
1968
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
7.667/3
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schoo...
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The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1981
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
8/2
A runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in high school. The film follows their subsequent chaotic...
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Play it, Boogie-Woogie
1964
Life of Hishakaku 3
0/0
Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.
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Life of Hishakaku 3
1964
The Glamorous Ghost
7/2
Based on the novel by Naoki Prize-nominated author Taro Takeshita, a thriller full of black humor. A jealous husband murders his adulterous wife, th...
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The Glamorous Ghost
1988
Tokyo Pop
6.9/16
A young rock singer is not appreciated by her band, and gets a postcard from Japan saying "wish you were here". She takes what little money she has in...
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Tokyo Pop
1966
The Threat
7.333/9
Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family....
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The Threat
1976
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
8.5/2
Momojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own.
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Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1979
Run Truck Rascal, Run!
10/1
Momojiro and Jonathan go to Kochi on a ferry. On the ferry a singer called Yuka dropped her sheet music into the ocean. Momojiro helps her by diving i...
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Run Truck Rascal, Run!
1976
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
10/1
The fourth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. A comical road movie of two long-distance truckers, “Momojiro” and “Kinzo,” who travel around Japan in hig...
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Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
1977
I Am A Man of Honor
9/1
The sixth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. Two long-distance truckers, Momojiro and Kinzo, travel around Japan in highly decorated trucks. In Kyushu,...
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I Am A Man of Honor
1978
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
9/2
Eighth movie in the Torakku Yarō series
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The Truck Rascals Go to The North
1978
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
9/1
Hoping to romance an alien, Momojiro meets beautiful animal trainer Eriko instead. Then he and Jonathan get drawn into her old friend's fraud.
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Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1979
A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun
8/2
Ninth movie in the Torakku Yarō series. Momojiro travels to Nagano to take Jonathan's place driving logging freight through the mountains. There he me...
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A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun
1962
Our Marriage
7.1/8
Poverty-stricken sisters reach the age when they start attracting marriage proposals. They must decide between marrying for love or money, but their a...
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Our Marriage
1966
Golden Ninja
0/0
Just after the Battle of Sekigahara, a pair of children Denji and Kichizo witnessed a team of the defeated forces hide the Toyotomi treasure. When th...
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Golden Ninja
1968
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
6.7/3
The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as Shinkai is asked by a man on the run to bring his...
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Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
1965
Sex Peddlers
7/1
The "Nighttime Youth Series" vividly depicts the lives of men and women consumed by lust and desire in the nighttime entertainment districts of a neon...
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Sex Peddlers
1965
Bloody Shuriken
8/4
Ronin samurai Ibuki-san enters a town and sells his skills to the warring families. He falls in love with the beautiful horse stable owner but like al...
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Bloody Shuriken
1964
How to Make Money
0/0
Japanese comedy film.
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How to Make Money
1969
Wolf Escort
8/1
Rivalry between a hoodlum group and gangster organization.
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Wolf Escort
1961
Obon, The Moll Dipper
10/1
Modern comedy, based on the popular manga.
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Obon, The Moll Dipper
1965
The Black Cat
9/1
Helping her mother manage a nightclub, young Emiko quickly realizes how difficult life is.
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The Black Cat
1988
Shiro and Marilyn
7/2
Based on a true story. Shiro, a dog who lives in an inn on Akajima in Okinawa, swims to the opposite shore on Zamami to see his love, a dog named Mari...
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Shiro and Marilyn
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
5.8/14
A fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have their eye on Kyoshiro. The fact that a bunch of ruthle...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1970
Where Spring Comes Late
7.7/16
The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the min...
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Where Spring Comes Late
1968
The Marked Man
10/1
A man from Osaka comes up to Tokyo to fight gangsterism.
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The Marked Man
1968
Desperate Hoodlum
10/1
Second part of the Zenka mono series.
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Desperate Hoodlum
1987
Ellie My Love
5/1
Based on the comic by Mako Takami.
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Ellie My Love
1961
Girls of the Night
6.5/25
In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to build...
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Girls of the Night
1965
The Abalone Gals
0/0
South of Tokyo is a small island until quite recently relatively unchanged since feudal times. Now, however, it is being made into a tourist's playlan...
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The Abalone Gals
1987
Makeup
0/0
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Makeup
1970
Tora-san, His Tender Love
7.4/9
Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
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Tora-san, His Tender Love
1969
Madcap Mixup
7/1
Five fellows are taken by the police for bank hold-ups.
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Madcap Mixup
1959
The Cola Game
0/0
Explicit drama about a young woman who becomes involved with a group of college students who play "spin-the-bottle" and the women must make love or st...
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The Cola Game
1984
Hole in the Pants
6/3
A boy transfers into a new high school in the big city. He gets bullied, but meets a pretty girl. He tries to win her heart, but rivals abound. Debut...
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Hole in the Pants
1964
The Spying Sorceress
8/1
Second part of the series where sex magic skills of female and Iga ninjas clash over enourmous treasure of the Toyotomi family, discovered in connecti...
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The Spying Sorceress
1969
Women Can't Be Beaten
7.5/2
An uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving his boorish older brother.
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Women Can't Be Beaten
1974
Tora-san's Lullaby
7.8/6
After Hiroshi is injured in a workplace accident, Torajiro gives Sakura the money he has saved and leaves to work as a traveling salesman once again....
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Tora-san's Lullaby
1986
Michi
1/2
A married long-distance truck driver falls for a significantly younger waitress at a roadside diner. Their affair brings tragedy to themselves and tho...
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Michi
1972
My Voiceless Friends
9/1
A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.
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My Voiceless Friends
1976
Human Revolution II
8/1
Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.
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Human Revolution II
1967
Yanagase Blues
0/0
Jiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase.
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Yanagase Blues
1959
Temptation on Glamour Island
7/2
Comedy about three soldiers, two female reporters, six prostitutes, and the wife of an officer, all stranded on a South Seas island at the end of Worl...
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Temptation on Glamour Island
1974
The Castle of Sand
7.388/58
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
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The Castle of Sand
1976
Hobo General
10/1
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Hobo General
1964
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
0/0
Based on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military dog soldier. He joins the army and winds up sent overse...
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To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1966
Yakuza Vassal
10/1
A young samurai defends townsfolk from evil forces.
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Yakuza Vassal
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
1989
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
7/1
Visualization based on Tetsuro Tamba's best-selling "Great Reikai". A story about a physicist who dies in an accident and experiences the afterlife as...
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Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
1974
Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi
0/0
In front of Sagami Detention Center. Shosuke, the owner of a strip joint called "Shunpu Music," welcomes Okoma, a stripper who has been locked up for...
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Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi
1976
Bridal Cruise
0/0
Daisuke and Shinichi are companions who frequent girlie shows and parties until they find out they are rivals bidding for control of a major resort ho...
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Bridal Cruise
1966
Women Doing Time
0/0
Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series
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Women Doing Time
1965
Chained Bitch
0/0
Japanese prison exploitation movie. Part 1 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series
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Chained Bitch
1978
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
6.75/2
The Japanese pop music duo Pink Lady are circus performers who show kindness toward a captured "monster," a sad, furry being (played by a man in a bul...
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Pink Lady's Motion Picture
1967
Tokyo Gambler
0/0
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Tokyo Gambler
1968
School for Thieves
7/1
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School for Thieves
1973
The Killing Game
0/0
A middle-aged office worker, Masao Okada (Eiji Okada), discovers that his worsening illness is terminal cancer. Shaken and resigned, he meets a myster...
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The Killing Game
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
1968
Mappira shain yūkyōden
0/0
1968 Japanese movie
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Mappira shain yūkyōden
1960
Jiyūgaoka fujin
10/1
1960 Japanese movie
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Jiyūgaoka fujin
1969
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
7/1
The 24th and final entry in the Ekimae series, set at Takamatsu Station in Kagawa Prefecture, formerly known for its ferry service to the Seto Inland...
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
1967
Ambassador Ramen
9/1
Frankie Sakai plays a Chino-Japanese man who after trudging along in odd jobs discovers his true talent in making excellent, tasty and somewhat spicy...
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Ambassador Ramen
1965
The Man Who Killed Six Women
0/0
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The Man Who Killed Six Women
1988
I Love You So Much
0/0
The Sagami family has been running an Edo-style woodworking shop in downtown Tokyo for generations. The head of the family, Bunzo (Kunie Tanaka), has...
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I Love You So Much
1964
Monrō no yōna onna
0/0
1964 Japanese movie
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Monrō no yōna onna
1960
Yellow Cherries
0/0
The film is based on the 1959 hit song of the same name by the Three Cats.
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Yellow Cherries
1985
Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s Special
0/0
When the seventh shogun, Ietsugu died, shogunate officials chose Yoshimune, Lord of Kishu, to succeed him. Since then Yoshimune has led a double life....
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Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s Special
1975
I Am a Cat
4/5
Nakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens of films and televisions shows. Viewers who are especi...
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I Am a Cat
1961
The Troubles of Wimpy Women Soldiers
0/0
1961 Japanese movie
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The Troubles of Wimpy Women Soldiers
1969
猛烈社員 スリゴマ忍法
0/0
1969 Japanese movie
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猛烈社員 スリゴマ忍法
1966
Third Class Soldier Boss
0/0
1966 Toei Comedy
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Third Class Soldier Boss
1969
Crazy Big Discovery
8/1
When the yakuza murder a bar hostess who, through a computer error, had amassed a huge fortune , the Crazy Cats make a robot duplicate of her.
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Crazy Big Discovery
1968
Mexican Free-for-All
10/1
The eleventh film in the comedy series starring Japan's leading comedy group, the Crazy Cats. Susumu Sakamori and his friends travel to Mexico to find...
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Mexican Free-for-All
1978
Hakatakko Pure Heart
6/4
Based on the comic by Housei Hasegawa
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Hakatakko Pure Heart
1993
愛の立待岬・京都－函館殺人事件
0/0
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愛の立待岬・京都－函館殺人事件
1973
Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
0/0
A straight-laced police officer is reassigned to the vice squad tasked with cracking down on underground pornography rings. While investigating a blue...
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Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
1960
Just Barely
0/0
Sawakichi carried on his late father’s legacy, devoting himself to training in the art of seduction while searching for the secret scroll, but he fell...
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Just Barely
1969
Shinjuku Plaza
0/0
Comedy about residents of Shinjuku.
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Shinjuku Plaza
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
1961
Obon's Dipping Contest
0/0
Comedy based on a popular manga.
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Obon's Dipping Contest
1960
Modern Moneymaking
0/0
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Modern Moneymaking
1960
The Five Jolly Thieves
0/0
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