Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai (仲代 達矢, Nakadai Tatsuya; born Motohisa Nakadai; December 13, 1932 – November 8, 2025) was a Japanese actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in the history of Japanese cinema, he collaborated extensively with many of Japan's best-known and acclaimed directors. In his over seven decade career, he appeared in more than 160 films, and received numerous accolades. He was honored with a Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1996 and Japan's Order of Culture in 2015.
Nakadai rose to prominence starring in Masaki Kobayashi's films, with his breakthrough being the protagonist of the epic anti-war trilogy The Human Condition (1959–1961). He won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for his performance as the vengeful ronin in Harakiri (1962), a role he considered his finest. Nakadai collaborated on eleven films with Kobayashi—including Kwaidan (1964) and Samurai Rebellion (1967)—and five with Akira Kurosawa, most notably as the tragic warlord in Ran (1985), a performance that earned global acclaim. His other notable credits included Seven Samurai (1954), Yojimbo (1961), The Sword of Doom (1966), The Face of Another (1966), Goyokin (1969), Kagemusha (1980), and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013).
A lifelong stage actor, he founded the Gendai Nohgaku-kai troupe in 1975 and continued performing on stage into his nineties.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.9771 |
| Birthday | 1932-12-13 |
| Place of Birth | Meguro, Tokyo, Japan |
| Also Known As | Тацуя Накадай, Tatsuya Nakadaki, تاتسویا ناکادای, Motohisa Nakadai, 仲代 元久, 仲代元久, 仲代 達矢, |
1965
Kwaidan
7.723/471
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money wit...
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Kwaidan
1962
Sanjuro
7.928/745
In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influenc...
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Sanjuro
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
8.1/296
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuri...
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1985
Ran
8.017/1899
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between...
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Ran
1980
Kagemusha
7.813/763
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid at...
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Kagemusha
1961
Yojimbo
8.079/1741
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
1987
Hachiko
7.818/203
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
1967
Samurai Rebellion
8.268/278
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped by the lord. Her husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision...
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Samurai Rebellion
1963
High and Low
8.379/1186
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
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High and Low
1956
Phoenix
6.5/2
Following the unexpected death of her father, stage actress Emi Ikushima has to navigate the pitfalls of her rising fame and her increasingly complica...
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Phoenix
1959
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
8.22/231
Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against a fellow recruit. He al...
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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1961
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
8.408/224
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his old life, he faces great od...
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The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1971
The Wolves
7.4/24
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The Wolves
1962
Harakiri
8.46/1271
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Harakiri
1966
The Face of Another
7.757/294
A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his new doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality and causing him to ques...
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The Face of Another
1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
7.962/131
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful ar...
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1969
Tenchu!
6.965/43
A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.
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Tenchu!
1959
Odd Obsession
6.25/36
A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the introducti...
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Odd Obsession
1990
13 Assassins
7/2
Gathering a band of 13, Inspector General Shmada Shinzaemon sets out on a death-defying journey to cut down the shogun’s half-brother, Matsudaira Nari...
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13 Assassins
1979
Hunter in the Dark
6.3/20
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to...
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Hunter in the Dark
2018
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
0/0
In 2010, while covering the issue of the "secret agreement" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the author came across diplomatic documents relating t...
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Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
1968
Kill!
7.048/84
A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer...
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Kill!
1981
Magistrate of the Floating World
6/1
Kodaira Mochizuki has come from Edo to keep Horisoto secure.
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Magistrate of the Floating World
2005
Wish Upon a Star
0/0
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Wish Upon a Star
1968
Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!
6.019/79
A man, released after a jail term for a crime he did not commit, raises a gang to go after the man who framed him.
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Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!
1969
Goyokin
7.5/71
A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
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Goyokin
1965
Illusion of Blood
6.364/11
The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.
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Illusion of Blood
1983
Final Yamato
6.8/10
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Final Yamato
1964
Ant Hell War
9/1
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Ant Hell War
1992
Wicked City
5.804/51
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Wicked City
1966
The Sword of Doom
7.751/271
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a...
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The Sword of Doom
1969
Portrait of Hell
7.917/12
The story, set in the Heian era, depicts the conflict between Korean painter Yoshihide (Nakadai) and his Japanese patron, the cruel and egotistical da...
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Portrait of Hell
1970
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
6.819/47
The blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a jealous husband bent on revenge. Zatoichi tours Edo's...
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Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
7.3/10
Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-law...
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Daughters, Wives and a Mother
2000
Kurosawa
7/4
Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa
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Kurosawa
1989
Return from the River Kwai
5/29
A group of war prisoners has spilt blood, sweat and tears to construct a bridge over the river Kwai in Thailand. Just when the bridge is ready, an Ame...
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Return from the River Kwai
1957
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
8/1
Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer.
Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.
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Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1958
Oban kanketsu hen
0/0
Ushinosuke returns to Tokyo with new ambitions.
Fourth and final part of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.
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Oban kanketsu hen
1978
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
6.114/22
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to...
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Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
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
1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
9/1
Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful.
Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shis...
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Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1958
Conflagration
7.1/30
Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distre...
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Conflagration
1971
Inn of Evil
6.313/24
In feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world is strictly prohibited, an idealist appears at an isolated inn, headquarters of smuggler...
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Inn of Evil
1957
Black River
6.972/36
A love triangle develops between a benevolent student, his innocent girlfriend, and a cruel petty criminal, all as a point of diagnosis of a social di...
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Black River
2010
Haru's Journey
6.615/13
Stuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao's grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo, a trip Tadao is reluctant to make.
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Haru's Journey
1969
Blood End
6.3/6
Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time of famine. He is befriended by Kada Gentaro, a lea...
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Blood End
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
1982
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
6.154/26
Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. H...
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Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1961
Immortal Love
7.4/22
A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through thre...
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Immortal Love
1969
Battle of the Japan Sea
6.444/9
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a...
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Battle of the Japan Sea
2003
Like Asura
6.647/17
The four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a private detective to investigate.
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Like Asura
2012
Japan's Tragedy
6.5/2
In 2010, 31,560 people ended their own lives and about 20,000 people died or went missing with the earthquake. Unemployed widower Fujio Murai’s family...
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Japan's Tragedy
1995
East Meets West
5.714/7
A disgraced warrior planning the murder of a Japanese diplomat, and a ninja in the employ of a navy official are about to land in San Francisco when a...
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East Meets West
2016
Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor
7/1
Shinichi Tominaga is a prosecutor, newly appointed to the special investigation division for the Tokyo district prosecutors' office. He is currently b...
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Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor
1991
Heat Wave
5.929/14
Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.
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Heat Wave
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
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
1999
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
6.2/6
A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.
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Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1962
The Inheritance
7.3/31
A dying businessman intends to will ¥200 million to his three illegitimate children, but his associates scheme to take advantage of the situation.
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The Inheritance
1988
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1/1
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Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
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
1993
Kin chan no Cinema Jack
0/0
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Kin chan no Cinema Jack
1967
The Age of Assassins
7.6/5
A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin. Surviving somewhat miraculously...
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The Age of Assassins
1970
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
7.1/11
An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of stifling, moralistic laws.
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The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
1982
The Law of Hell
0/0
During the Tokugawa Shogunate, a band of smugglers use a tavern on an isolated island in Edo's Fukagawa district as their base of operations. After th...
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The Law of Hell
1996
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
8/1
A biographical drama depicting the life full of love and suffering of the writer and poet Kenji Miyazawa, who celebrated his 100th birthday in 1996.
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The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
1970
Duel at Fort Ezo
5.833/6
1864. Samurai Shinbei is sent in a secret mission to Ezo, in the North of Japan, to stop riots of villagers commanded by Jirozaemon. A Russian count's...
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Duel at Fort Ezo
1962
Love Under the Crucifix
7.118/17
A tea master and his daughter Ogin are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a married feudal prince who shares her faith. When the...
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Love Under the Crucifix
2002
Vengeance for Sale
6.75/8
In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Suker...
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Vengeance for Sale
2000
After the Rain
7.324/102
A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst...
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After the Rain
1973
Rise, Fair Sun
10/1
A pioneer farmer's stubborn dream of building Japan's greatest ranch is put to the test when a leisure resort company sets its sights on his village's...
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Rise, Fair Sun
2012
Until the Break of Dawn
6.563/16
High school student Ayumi is trained by his grandmother to act as a "tsunagu," an intermediary for people who want to reach the dead.
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Until the Break of Dawn
1957
A Dangerous Hero
9/1
After the son of a wealthy man is kidnapped, a tenacious young reporter decides to find the culprit.
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A Dangerous Hero
2015
Futari no shikeishû - saishin imada hirakarezu
0/0
A look at the lives of two death row inmates who have maintained their innocence for half a century and have yet to be granted a retrial.
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Futari no shikeishû - saishin imada hirakarezu
2006
Murder of the Inugami Clan
6.938/17
Inugami Sahei, who built up the wealth of the Inugami Clan, passes away, leaving a will with Furudate, his legal adviser, for his daughters Matsuko, T...
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Murder of the Inugami Clan
1958
A Boy and Three Mothers
7/1
After the father of her son leaves her high and dry, Kazuko gives her child up for adoption and takes a job at a hot spring resort, watching her son b...
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A Boy and Three Mothers
1983
Battle Anthem
7.667/3
The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.
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Battle Anthem
1984
Fireflies in the North
5.571/7
Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced t...
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Fireflies in the North
1985
The Empty Table
6.857/7
One year after the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist kidnapping, which resulted in multiple deaths, all the other p...
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The Empty Table
2002
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
8/3
A Japanese film that tells the tale of the birth of VHS. It follows Kagatani Shizuo, an electronics employee who rallies his coworkers to save their j...
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Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2014
Giovanni's Island
7.5/115
In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and...
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Giovanni's Island
1969
Safari 5000
7.2/4
A Japanese racing driver for Nissan named Godai (Yujiro Ishihara) have a rivalry with a French driver named Pierre (Jean-Claude Drouot). Godai is enl...
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Safari 5000
2014
Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya
6.667/6
For his first film in fourteen years, animation director Isao Takahata embarked on a visually sumptuous adaptation of The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter. A...
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Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2009
Listen to My Heart
0/0
A radio DJ, Mai starts a new program called, "Love Letters from the Drawer" to assist people who need an extra push to send out their simple yet very...
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Listen to My Heart
1957
Untamed Woman
7.455/11
A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for...
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Untamed Woman
1992
Basara: The Princess Goh
6.964/14
Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū, the former tea master, was ordered to commit sui...
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Basara: The Princess Goh
1973
Belladonna of Sadness
7.3/373
An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives. After she's eventually banished from h...
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Belladonna of Sadness
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
2022
Life Work of Akira Kurosawa
8/1
Acclaimed filmmaker Akira Kurosawa has been misunderstood. Despite his public perception an a perfectionist who would clash with anyone in his way, th...
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Life Work of Akira Kurosawa
1954
Seven Samurai
8.453/4353
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
1985
Making of Ran
0/0
Behind the scenes of Akira Kurosawa's Ran, produced by Kurosawa Productions.
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Making of Ran
1983
The Fir Trees Remain
0/0
The 21-year-old feudal on Sendai, Tsunamune Date, was prohibited to go out in the daytime for his misbehavior during his short stay in Edo. On the nex...
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The Fir Trees Remain
1993
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
7.5/14
A noble samurai serving the Shogun as 'Kogi Kaishaku-nin' (Official Executioner) is the target of a plot by the evil Yagyu Clan to take away his posit...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
1974
The Family
9/1
Set in the post-World War II climate of the 1960s in Kobe, the movie explores the struggle for power within the powerful Manpyo family.
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The Family
1965
Fort Graveyard
6.1/10
Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His comm...
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Fort Graveyard
1978
Queen Bee
7.6/8
To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country estate, family secrets and lies dating ba...
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Queen Bee
1970
Will to Conquer
0/0
The struggles of a low-ranking samurai (Nakamura) coming to terms with the end of the Tokugawa shogunate and the end of Japan's feudal age with the 18...
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Will to Conquer
2012
Gaku
0/0
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Gaku
1992
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
0/0
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Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
1980
Port Arthur
7.429/14
Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (...
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Port Arthur
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
1983
Shadow Hunters
8/2
The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the collapse of small hans (prefectures). "Kagekari" are pe...
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Shadow Hunters
1970
The Ambitious
7.308/13
The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was considered an outlaw by his own clan...
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The Ambitious
1966
Cash Calls Hell
7.533/15
Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in exchange for a half-share of 30,000,000 yen, he is to assass...
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Cash Calls Hell
2013
The Human Trust
4/2
A professional scammer is hired by a wealthy young businessman to find a hidden treasure looted from the Bank of Japan and supposedly stashed away by...
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The Human Trust
1965
Three Yakuza
7.8/4
A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each pa...
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Three Yakuza
1978
The Phoenix
6.1/8
This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai...
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The Phoenix
1975
Solar Eclipse
6.9/7
When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, greed and even murder are on the ballot.
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Solar Eclipse
1985
A. K.
6.35/40
An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.
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A. K.
2009
Through the Mist
6.286/21
A biopic of the late musician Dédé Fortin, the singer, songwriter, and founder of a very popular Québécois band called "Les Colocs".
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Through the Mist
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
1961
The Other Woman
6.3/10
The real mother of the two children of a respectable university professor is not his wife, but his mistress, the hostess of a Ginza bar the family fre...
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The Other Woman
1999
Jubaku: Spellbound
6.2/6
When a major bank is caught paying off a corporate extortionist, the media and prosecutors begin to dig, breaking open a money-and-favours scandal tha...
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Jubaku: Spellbound
1956
Love on Rainbow Island
8/1
Sankichi Matsutani, a poor young fisherman, falls in love with Kikue, the only daughter of fisher Shiimbei. As the star-crossed lovers come from diffe...
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Love on Rainbow Island
1986
Atami Murder Case
10/1
Chief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the Metropolitan Police Department. Transferred to Denbei'...
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Atami Murder Case
1976
The Corporation
3.667/3
Tadashi Iki returns to Japan from a Soviet gulag 11 years after being captured during the invasion of Manchuria. He is offered a position in the expan...
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The Corporation
2017
Lear on the Shore
6.4/10
Chokichi Kuwahata was once a leading actor, but he is ravaged by dementia and old age now. His daughter and the men in her life go against his wishes...
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Lear on the Shore
1976
Human Revolution II
8/1
Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.
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Human Revolution II
1960
The Blue Beast
8/2
The ruthless and ambitious Yasuhiko uses his charm to manipulate and exploit those around him to climb the corporate social ladder. His cold-blooded a...
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The Blue Beast
1962
Farm Girls
10/1
As Japan's economic growth policies intensify, small-scale farmers embark on a first-ever communal dairy farming initiative in their village. They are...
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Farm Girls
1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood
7.273/11
Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading pol...
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Four Days of Snow and Blood
1988
Oración
6.667/3
Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is given the name Oracion or "prayer". When Oracion is grown,...
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Oración
1961
As the Clouds Scatter
6/5
A provincial bus driver plans to marry his conductress, but one night he glimpses the woman he once loved, which throws him into turmoil.
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As the Clouds Scatter
1967
Kojiro
8/5
Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi (Tat...
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Kojiro
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
7/1
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Kagemusha" (1980).
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'
0/0
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Yojimbo" (1961).
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
0/0
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Sanjuro" (1962).
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
0/0
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "High and Low" (1963).
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
2013
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
8.087/2032
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious yo...
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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
1965
The Last Judgment
8.3/3
Driven by greed and a desire for his cousin's wife, Jiro orchestrates a complex frame-up to have his cousin arrested for murder.
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The Last Judgment
1963
Pressure of Guilt
7.5/2
A seasoned prosecutor uncovers the perfect crime committed by a young lawyer.
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Pressure of Guilt
1958
The Naked Sun
7/1
A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-future, have enough money to get married. As they ha...
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The Naked Sun
1959
The Beast Shall Die
6.2/9
A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mot...
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The Beast Shall Die
1960
Get 'em All
7/2
Gang of robbers quarrel about the loot, but when one of them gets killed, his younger brother seeks them out to ice them one by one.
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Get 'em All
1982
Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot
9/2
Seeking revenge after a brutal attack that left him disfigured, a former assassin gets drawn into a high-stakes conflict over a valuable treasure.
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Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot
1967
The Journey
7/1
After the death of his parents, railway worker Yuichiro Murofushi returns to his hometown and agrees to an arranged marriage at the insistence of his...
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The Journey
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
2015
A Duel Tale
8/1
Nakadai Tatsuya, Japan’s greatest living actor, gives the performance of a lifetime as Shoji Sanosuke, and elderly samurai forced to pick up his sword...
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A Duel Tale
1987
Taikoki
8/2
Rising from the lowliest of country samurai to the heights of power as Taiko, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is one of the pivotal figures of the Sengoku period.
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Taikoki
2015
Before The Leaves Fall
0/0
An elderly woman sets out to see in person a painting by a famous artist.She believes she was the inspiration for the painting.
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Before The Leaves Fall
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
2009
Tatsuya Nakadai on 'The Human Condition'
0/0
In this new video interview with Tatsuya Nakadai, conducted in 2009, the screen legend discusses his landmark role as Kaji in THE HUMAN CONDITION.
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Tatsuya Nakadai on 'The Human Condition'
1966
The Daphne
10/1
Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their long-suffer...
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The Daphne
2019
The Return
7.3/9
Tatsuya Nakadai, the world’s greatest living actor, returns to the screen in a brilliant adaptation of a story by novelist Shuhei Fujisawa. A travelin...
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The Return
2010
Zatoichi: The Last
5.361/18
A blind master swordsman attempts to lead a quiet life with his wife but he is provoked back into battle.
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Zatoichi: The Last
1981
Willful Murder
8/4
The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and shutd...
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Willful Murder
1992
Faraway Sunset
10/1
Faraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the agent that cause syphilis, and for his relentless searc...
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Faraway Sunset
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
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
1982
The Legend of Sayo
7/4
Sayo has just celebrated her sixteenth birthday when she attends a temple festival. On her way back she sees a large cherry tree which is infamous for...
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The Legend of Sayo
2002
To Dance with the White Dog
9/1
After the loss of his wife of 40 years, Eisuke Nakamoto finds solace in a mysterious white dog that no one else can see.
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To Dance with the White Dog
1956
Sazae-san
7.5/2
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series.
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Sazae-san
1957
Teenage Sazae
10/1
Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color.
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Teenage Sazae
2005
Yamato
5.419/43
Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of...
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Yamato
1959
Pilgrimage at Night
0/0
When he was a little boy, Tokitō Kensaku was sent to live with his paternal grandfather and his mistress Oei. Years later, Kensaku realizes he has fee...
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Pilgrimage at Night
1977
Sugata Sanshiro
10/1
The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means o...
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Sugata Sanshiro
2019
A Town and a Tall Chimney
8/1
Japan in 1910, industrialization is unstoppable and devastating entire areas in the name of progress. In X, a farming village in Ibaraki Prefecture, t...
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A Town and a Tall Chimney
1973
The Human Revolution
7/1
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2022
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
7.4/8
In the turbulent last days of the Edo period, Kawai Tsugunosuke, a Japanese samurai serving the Makino clan of Nagaoka, dreamt of independence from th...
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The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
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
2019
Sleeping Village
6.7/3
In 1961, a spectacular criminal case shocks Japan: at what became known as the “Nabari Poison Wine” incident, five people lose their lives at a villag...
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Sleeping Village
2013
Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate
0/0
Masaru Okunishi is a prisoner who has been on death-row for over 40 years. In 1961, 5 women died from drinking poisoned wine in a small village gather...
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Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate
2015
NORIN TEN inadzukagonjirō monogatari
0/0
A biographical drama depicting the life of agricultural scientist Gonjiro Inazuka, nicknamed the "God of Agriculture" for his Norin 10 wheat cultivar...
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1989
Let Him Rest in Peace
0/0
This TV dramatization of Kitakata Kenzo's hard-boiled novel depicts a man who fights a deadly battle with a group of corrupt bosses who control the ho...
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Let Him Rest in Peace
1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
0/0
At a coastal hot spring inn, a group of women navigate work, personal struggles, and unexpected scandals. When a guest threatens to expose one maid's...
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Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1955
Floating Weeds Diary
4.3/3
A travelling theater troupe, led by Umagoro Ichikawa, comes to play in a mining town, and manages to sell every seat. Before the play begins, however,...
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Floating Weeds Diary
1967
Gomez's Name is Gomez
0/0
Company engineer sakamoto (tatsuya nakadai) is returning home after two years in the desert and visit his friend katori (mikijiro hara) in hong kong b...
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Gomez's Name is Gomez
1993
Summer of the Moonlight Sonata
9/1
Two soon-to-be kamikaze pilots stop by a local school near their base to play the piano one last time, leaving a deep impression on a teacher. Years...
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Summer of the Moonlight Sonata
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
1956
The Mandarin Room
8/1
After running away from her mother, Ashiko works as a maid at an inn and changes her name, but she finds herself torn between her past and a new relat...
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The Mandarin Room
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
1958
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
0/0
Emiko, a shy girl, feels anxious as her classmates celebrate their upcoming weddings, realizing she’s the only one still single. She finds herself dra...
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Kampai! Miai Kekkon
1958
The Gion Tempest
0/0
The story follows Keiko, a dancer in the "Maiko Odori" theater in Kyoto, who tries to climb the social ladder in a world driven by money and self-inte...
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The Gion Tempest
1963
Miren
0/0
The story follows Tomoko, a writer who becomes involved in a strange and distant relationship with Shingo, a married novelist. Though they haven't see...
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Miren
1963
Madame Aki
7/1
After years of living a comfortable existence as a housewife, Aki starts to suspect that her husband is hiding something.
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Madame Aki
1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
8/1
Apparently a baseball drama starring real-life stars Nagashima (The Babe Ruth of Japanese Baseball) and teammate Oh-known collectively as ON-from the...
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Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1971
Challenge at Dawn
0/0
Set in Kawasaki in 1925, Challenge at Dawn is based on the Tsurumi Riot Incident, which actually ocurred in Yokohama that year and was sparked by corr...
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Challenge at Dawn
1973
The King
0/0
Sakata Sankichi, an amateur shogi player living in the slums of Osaka, is so obsessed with the board game that he spends all of his family's money to...
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The King
1976
Elegy
10/1
In Hokkaido, Kunigama. Reiko (Akagi) met Katsura, on a quiet and lonely late autumn evening, before the harsh and fierce winter was to come. Reiko was...
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Elegy
1987
Trinacria: Porsche 959
0/0
A film director plans to make a film about a man who embarks on a journey to find a missing musician, who has disappeared after becoming obsessed with...
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Trinacria: Porsche 959
1991
Florence My Love
0/0
Set in Kamakura and Florence, this love story depicts the heroine wavering between two men.
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Florence My Love
2025
The Limit
0/0
In 1961, in the quiet village of Kuzuo, five women died after drinking wine at a community gathering. Masaru Okunishi, then 35, was arrested. He was f...
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The Limit
2005
The Taika Reforms
0/0
A drama introduces the well known coup in the 7th Century Japan followed by the Taika reform which marks the start of the nation by portraying the fri...
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The Taika Reforms
2014
Gun Woman
4.988/129
A brilliant doctor on a quest for revenge buys a young woman and trains her to be the ultimate assassin, implanting gun parts in her body that she mus...
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Gun Woman
1956
The Thick-Walled Room
7.205/22
A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
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The Thick-Walled Room
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
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
2015
Nakadai Tatsuya: to Live for Acting
0/0
Founded in 1975 by Nakadai Tatsuya and his late wife Miyazaki Yasuko, the actor training school Mumeijuku has shaped generations of performers. Nakada...
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Nakadai Tatsuya: to Live for Acting
1984
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
0/0
A heartfelt period drama that delicately portrays the joys and sorrows of a thief and the people living on the margins of society. Ihei, played by Tat...
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The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1990
Battleship Yamato
0/0
Kon Ichikawa's war film depicts the 60-hour period from the departure of the battleship Yamato, the pride of the Japanese Navy, until its sinking by...
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Battleship Yamato
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
0/0
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on “Ran” (1985).
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