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Noboru Mitani
Born: 9th Apr 1932 Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan - Died 15th Jan 2023
Dept: Acting
Noboru Mitani is an actor, known for A Thousand & One Nights (1969), The Geisha House (1998) and Dodes'ka-den (1970).
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 117
Film: 110 (94%)
Television: 7 (6%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Animation, History, Action & Adventure, Music, War, Kids, Adventure, Documentary
Filmography
Original title: 蜃気楼の船
2016
A young man, involved with a gang of hoodlum exploiting vulnerable elderly men to steal their retirement money, experiences social disenchantment, ali ... view
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Original title: 死んだらゲームをすればいい
2009
Ichiro Sasaki, 35, is working for a small training school in Tokyo. Though his work and his life are rather dull, he at least gets along somewhat well ... view
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Original title: さくらな人たち
2009
Three strangers gather in search of an elusive cherry blossom. The tree hardly matters after a while, though, as they stumble into one funny and revea ... view
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Original title: 吉祥天女
2007
A story about Sayoko Kano, a junior high school student, who is believed to be a descendent of an Indian goddess. Sayoko is a kind of femme fatale, wh ... view
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Original title: 図鑑に載ってない虫
2007
A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the d ... view
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Original title: 同じ月を見ている
2005
When Tetsuya (Yosuke Kubozuka) was 10-years-old he met Emi (Meisa Kuroki), who suffered from a heart disease. In hopes to cure Emi's condition, Tetsuy ... view
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Priest
Original title: 姑獲鳥の夏
2005
Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has bee ... view
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Kamishibai storyteller
Original title: イン・ザ・プール
2005
A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress. ... view
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Doctor Himenogi
Original title: でらしね
2004
A mysterious street-painter, Jouji, wanders aimlessly, homeless. Together with his homeless pals, he makes his living by selling his paintings on the ... view
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Original title: 冬の日
2003
An animated film based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bash ... view
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Aug 2002 (first aired)
Princess Tutu follows Duck, a duck who was transformed into a young girl and takes ballet at a private school. She becomes enamoured of her mysterious ... view
Character:
Drosselmeyer (voice) (38 ep.)
Original title: 生き地獄
2000
Family is the source of all evil, in this aspiring horror film which traces its descent from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre gore and the atmospheric Hamm ... view
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The Professor
Original title: どら平太
2000
A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions a ... view
Character:
Masami Ochiai
Original title: おもちゃ
1999
Set in a Kyoto geisha house during the post-WWII era, the young Omocha begins her rigorous apprenticeship within the traditional community of geiko an ... view
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Mikami
Original title: クジラの跳躍
1998
On what apparently is a parallel world, time flows in a much slower pace than normal. The ocean remains on a solid state of matter as the eccentric in ... view
Character:
Artist R
Jan 1998 (first aired)
The drama, based on a novel by Keiichiro Ryu, tells an alternative history in which the historical shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu is killed at the Battle of ... view
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Unknown/various (10 ep.)
Original title: 鍵
1997
Ikuko is a mature, reserved Kyoto woman married for many years to a respectable, now-middle-aged man. The only problem in their relationship has been ... view
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Dr. Kojima
Original title: 借王
1997
In late 90s Osaka, three people from various walks of life meet by chance. They team up to orchestrate a complex financial con targeting crooked busin ... view
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Original title: マルタイの女
1997
Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of two ... view
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Theater Producer
Original title: 黒服伝説
1997
In Roppongi, university student Koshiro is fascinated by the world of "black suits" when he meets Club Legend's number 1 hostess Miho and top staff me ... view
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Original title: パラサイト・イヴ
1997
A scientist realizes his dead wife is an organization of mitochondria bent on making a new species that will wipe out humanity. ... view
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Mutsuo Ishihara
Original title: 尻を撫でまわしつづけた男 痴漢日記2
1995
The familiar Chikan group members who bite into the buttocks of women in the crowd of crowded trains and are absorbed in lewd acts without discipline ... view
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Original title: 静かな生活
1995
A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Austr ... view
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Man in the Novel
Jul 1995 (first aired)
A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather. ... view
Character:
Jyuzo Tokita (1 ep.)
Original title: エレファントソング
1994
Coffee-shop waitress Kanako, divorced with a young son, finds herself obliged to honour a rash promise she made to a long-time customer. He always wan ... view
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Original title: 大病人
1993
A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on his latest film. Though his family, friends, and doctor ... view
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Old Man
Original title: 私を抱いてそしてキスして
1992
Keiko’s life is turned upside down when she discovers that she has been infected with HIV. As she struggles to cope with the situation and resist th ... view
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Original title: おろしや国酔夢譚
1992
Sumptuous filming of the journey of a shipwrecked Japanese expedition from the Pacific Ocean across Siberia to the court of Catherine the Great of Rus ... view
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Kudzaemon
Original title: ミンボーの女
1992
An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they c ... view
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Gang Boss
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Original title: 飛ぶ夢をしばらく見ない
1990
A man in a hospital starts having a sexual conversation with a woman he cannot see. After that, they keep meeting, and something about her keeps chang ... view
Character:
Junkichi Kaijima
Original title: 妖怪天国・ゴーストヒーロー
1990
A major electronics company on the verge of developing technology to create a 3D image that can be physically handled is thrown into turmoil when a mu ... view
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Original title: あ・うん
1989
Based on a celebrated book by Kuniko Mukoda, this film directed by Yasuo Furuhata tells of a close friendship undone by love. ... view
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Jul 1989 (first aired)
The tenth entry in the Toei Fushigi Comedy Series. ... view
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Tigris (23 ep.)
Original title: 黒い雨
1989
Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic b ... view
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Post Office Clerk
Original title: スウィートホーム
1989
Working on a documentary about infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro, a TV crew film at his old home, where they come under attack from the ghost of the pain ... view
Character:
Middle-Aged Town Official
Original title: プリティ・ボディ フランケンシュタインの恋
1988
Izumi has moved to an apartment near the shore. Dr. Takasaki's and his assistant Kyouko also lives near by. They became friends to each others. One da ... view
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Dr. Takasaki
Original title: TOMORROW 明日
1988
On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by Mitsukaru Inoue, describes the daily life of peopl ... view
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Original title: 死霊の罠
1988
A talk show hostess takes a camera crew out to an abandoned factory to investigate a purported snuff film that was made there. As she gets closer to t ... view
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Detective
Original title: マルサの女2
1988
Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure out a way to expose a fanatical religious cult lead by ... view
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Detective
Original title: 紳士同盟
1986
Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets scammed one after another. ... view
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Original title: 子象物語 地上に降りた天使
1986
In the winter of 1945, Sakura the elephant gave birth to a baby elephant at Tokyo Fujimi Zoo under the watchful eye of the zookeeper Shota Tanabe. Aro ... view
Character:
Kiyoshi Saito
Original title: 熱海殺人事件
1986
Chief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the Metropolitan Police Department. Transferred to Denbei' ... view
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Judge Takakura
Original title: 恋文
1985
A drama depicting the conflict between a man that ran to an old lover suffering from advanced leukemia, his wife and child that were left behind, and ... view
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Vice Principal
Original title: 二代目はクリスチャン
1985
The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different men - one the happy-go-lucky yakuza gangster, Haruhi ... view
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Original title: 俺ら東京さ行ぐだ
1985
A young man working as a cameraman in Tokyo is visited for three days by his parents from the countryside. ... view
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Original title: 星くず兄弟の伝説
1985
A shady music mogul brings together two wannabe stars—punk rock rebel Kan and new-wave crooner Shingo—and transforms them into the Stardust Brothe ... view
Character:
Sone
Original title: ビッグ・マグナム黒岩先生
1985
Kuroiwa, a high school teacher who carries a “Big Magnum 44” gun is sent to a school that is full of violence. Can Kuroiwa reform the students wit ... view
Character:
Nobuo Kishi
Original title: 上海バンスキング
1984
Set in the 1930s in the international city of Shanghai, the film follows the extravagant life and times of a group of jazz musicians, living from one ... view
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Original title: 授業参観の女
1984
One spring, Tasaka, an elementary school teacher, receives a new class of first graders. While taking the children's attendance, Tasaka is surprised t ... view
Character:
Ryokichi Sasaki
Character:
Eiko's father
Original title: 居酒屋兆治
1983
Eiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for and serving the lively residents of his small hometown. ... view
Character:
Nakamura
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Original title: のぞき
1983
An old married couple with bedroom problems become upset over the sexual antics of their daughter and a visiting randy couple. But then the part-time ... view
Character:
Ryoji's father
Original title: 性的犯罪
1983
Three people whose lives have taken a turn for the worse retreat into a world of erotic dreams made flesh in this drama from director Sai Yoichi. An e ... view
Character:
Detective
Original title: 探偵物語
1983
A private detective and a college student find themselves in hot water while investigating the murder of a night club owner. ... view
Character:
Love hotel manager
Original title: 夏の秘密
1982
Two high school girls get mixed up in murder while investigating the disappearance of a classmate. ... view
Character:
Old Man
Feb 1982 (first aired)
Yoshiko Konno went on a winter trip in a car driven by her fiance, Yoichi Itokawa, but got lost due to a blizzard and arrived at a mountain cottage in ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: 天使のはらわた 赤い淫画
1981
Nami is a department store worker who agrees to stand in for a friend in a magazine photo shoot, which turns out to be for an S&M magazine. When the p ... view
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Seiko's Father
Original title: 父と子の炎
1981
Yokomizo, a police officer in the traffic police force, is looking forward to watching his son Kazuhiko grow up. However, Kazuhiko rebels against his ... view
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Original title: 幸福
1981
A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case. ... view
Character:
Original title: ラブレター
1981
Yuko is in love with an old poet who happens to be also a married man. She waits patiently for him and only him, yet she is constantly being lust by o ... view
Character:
Gynecologist
Original title: 魔界転生
1981
After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Sata ... view
Character:
Monk
Original title: 女教師 汚れた放課後
1981
A teacher, Sakiko Kurata, receives a phone call regarding one of her former students. Young Sueko is accused of being a prostitute and has requested S ... view
Character:
Suekichi Nomoto
Original title: 羆嵐
1980
An adaptation of Akira Yoshimura's original suspense novel starring Rentaro Mikuni. 4th year of the Taishō era. About 15 families who moved in search ... view
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Original title: ニッポン警視庁の恥といわれた二人組 刑事珍道中
1980
A comedy directed by Mitsumasa Saito about a pair of clumsy detectives who solve a case they become involved in by chance. Shosuke Ikashima and Ryuji ... view
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Original title: 翔んだカップル
1980
Aspiring to be admitted to a good university and to become a lawyer, Tasiro Yuusuke, a tenth-grader from Kyushu, enrolls in a prestigious high school ... view
Character:
Vice Principal (voice)
Original title: 少女娼婦 けものみち
1980
17 year old Saki lives in a run-down shack with her mom, who survives by pushing a food cart from dawn to dusk. Saki has dropped out of school, and wh ... view
Character:
Rokyoku Artist
Feb 1980 (first aired)
Denzimen are warriors who fight against the Vader Clan, a clan that tries to pollute the Earth with sludge. Denzimen fight using the Super Science of ... view
Character:
Balloon Vendor (1 ep.)
Original title: 堕靡泥の星 美少女狩り
1979
The life of Tatsuya, a young man of proper yet mysterious descent, whose outward respectability hides his urges for rape and torture. ... view
Character:
Sakuzô
Original title: トラック野郎 熱風５０００キロ
1979
Ninth movie in the Torakku Yarō series. Momojiro travels to Nagano to take Jonathan's place driving logging freight through the mountains. There he m ... view
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Original title: 悪魔の住む館
1979
A female college student who started a part-time job taking care of a bedridden elderly person notices an eerie cry from the basement. ... view
Character:
Original title: 希望ヶ丘夫婦戦争
1979
1979 Nikkatsu Roman Porno film. Senkichi, a middle-aged salaryman, started to feel lonely just by repaying a mortgage. This black humor Roman Porno d ... view
Character:
Ichirô Nakamura
Original title: 黄金の犬
1979
From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of his master who held a secret to a weap ... view
Character:
Tadao Ohashi
Character:
Murakami
Original title: 病院坂の首縊りの家
1979
This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion a ... view
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Original title: 赫い髪の女
1979
Junko Miyashita plays a mysterious hitchhiker picked up by a brute of a construction worker named Kenzo who takes her back to his run-down and cramped ... view
Character:
Alcoholic Man
Original title: 悪魔が来りて笛を吹く
1979
Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent blend of intrigue and betrayal, set against the bac ... view
Character:
Detective Sawamura
Original title: 鬼畜
1978
When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children wit ... view
Character:
Train Ticket Inspector
Original title: 青い獣 ひそかな愉しみ
1978
Yasuji Hajima runs a butcher shop. When he was younger, he was just as interested in the sex as the next man but lately he has a hard time satisfying ... view
Character:
Yasuharu Hashima
Original title: 宇宙からのメッセージ
1978
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaib ... view
Character:
Kamesasa
Original title: 教師女鹿
1978
Mejika, reputed for her iron discipline, is hired as a biology teacher at a renowned high school. But her provocative attitude starts to worry the sch ... view
Character:
Rihei Morioka - Vice-principal Teacher
Original title: 獄門島
1977
A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946. ... view
Character:
Demobilized soldier
Original title: 夢野久作の少女地獄
1977
Utae and Aiko attend an all-girl private school where the devoutly religious principal seems to be raping some of the students, including Utae. ... view
Character:
Hideaki Kawamura
1977
A family murder case that occurred in Hita City, Oita Prefecture. A murderer whose statute of limitations is about to expire is shown on TV, and detec ... view
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Original title: 犬神の悪霊
1977
A trio of young scientists investigate a source of uranium at the base of a sacred mountain, and after running over a dog, find themselves cursed by t ... view
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Original title: 壇の浦夜枕合戦記
1977
Taken out of the pages of history itself, this is the story of the sizzling love between Kenreimon-in of the Taira Clan and Yoshitsuné of the Minamot ... view
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Original title: 日本人のへそ
1977
Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss. ... view
Character:
Railway assistant / Takada / Comedian
Original title: 犬神家の一族
1976
When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pittin ... view
Character:
Fujisaki - ID Officer
Original title: 球形の荒野
1975
A film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same title, starring Muga Takewaki and Yoko Shimada. Set in Japan at the end of the war, the film ... view
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Original title: 大脱獄
1975
A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and direct ... view
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Original title: 仁義の墓場
1975
A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa. ... view
Character:
Original title: 神拳飛龍
1975
Lung Yen Fei returns from Japan to investigate the cause of his teachers' death. ... view
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Original title: 喜劇 だましの仁義
1974
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 ... view
Character:
Boatman
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Apr 1973 (first aired)
After being killed in a monster attack, adolescent young man Kotarô Higashi is transformed by the entire Ultra Family into a powerful new Ultra-being ... view
Character:
Kazumi Nitani (53 ep.)
Original title: 仮面の墓場
1973
In a struggling small theater troupe, director Inuo pressures an actor to perform a death role with extreme intensity, resulting in a fatal accident. ... view
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Original title: 音楽
1972
A young woman undergoes psychiatric treatment after she no longer hears music and develops sexual hang-ups. ... view
Character:
Syunji
Original title: 人斬り与太 狂犬三兄弟
1972
The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s released he finds everything completely changed and ... view
Character:
Taichi
Original title: 現代やくざ 人斬り与太
1972
After serving time, a defiant street thug is incensed to find his town overrun by two yakuza factions. He gathers his crew and takes them on. ... view
Character:
Taniguchi
Original title: 軍旗はためく下に
1972
A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been dest ... view
Character:
Pvt. Tsuguo Terajima
Original title: 潮騒
1971
Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo. ... view
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Original title: どですかでん
1970
On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “drives” an imaginary trolley, a homeless father ... view
Character:
Beggar
Original title: 馬の歌
1970
Akira Kurosawa’s only television work—a lyrical documentary that follows a thoroughbred from birth and training to the Japan Derby—framed by a g ... view
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Narrator (voice)
Original title: 千夜一夜物語
1969
Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and po ... view
Character:
Jin (voice)
