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Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Born: 18th Mar 1902 Miyagi, Japan - Died 30th Aug 1970
Dept: Acting
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 228
Film: 228 (100%)
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Filmography
(No release date supplied. Possibly still in production.)
First part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto. ... view
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Original title: やくざ非情史 血の盃
1969
Second delivery in the "Yakuza Hijoshi" series. The protagonist, played by Ando Noboru, is torn between the organization and his old friends. ... view
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Original title: 風林火山
1969
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 ... view
Character:
Kasahara Kiyoshige
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Original title: 侠勇の花道 ドス
1966
After serving his sentence, Yakuza family member Toshin-gumi Umebayashi is released from prison. Toshin-gumi was already headed by the boss in the sec ... view
Character:
Toshin
Original title: 続花と龍 洞海湾の決斗
1966
The sequel of "Flower and Dragon". Kingoro Tamai founded a family in the port of Wakamatsu. He unites people with his courage, and revolts against the ... view
Character:
Original title: 花と龍
1965
A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing a family of longshoreman, centering on their love ... view
Character:
Original title: 明治暗黒街
1965
34th year of Meiji (1901). Japanese gangster Shuntaro Hibiki is forced to work for the police to find out who robbed a truck full of gold. ... view
Character:
Chief Fujisaku
Character:
Original title: 博徒
1964
The main character Tachibana Isaburo is released from prison and discovers that his boss is dead. He is offered to become the leader of the group, but ... view
Character:
Fusagoro Ota
Original title: 第三の忍者
1964
Three Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga. ... view
Character:
Original title: 人斬り笠
1964
A skilled assassin's services are called upon to put an end to the ugly turf battle between two yakuza families, Mitsuwa and Aikawa. Forced by the cod ... view
Character:
Original title: 十三人の刺客
1963
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring atte ... view
Character:
Makino Tsuyoshi
Original title: 関の弥太っぺ
1963
A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito. While traveling, he rescues a young girl, Osayo, w ... view
Character:
Saibei of Tagoto
Original title: ギャング忠臣蔵
1963
A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era ... view
Character:
Tokuda
Original title: 秘剣
1963
This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the la ... view
Character:
Miyamoto Musashi
Original title: 新吾二十番勝負 完結篇
1963
While on his journey through the countryside of Japan, Shingo encounters many people whose lives have been affected by his actions. Though the many du ... view
Character:
Original title: 人生劇場 続 飛車角
1963
Upon his release from the prison, Hishakaku joins the Kikkyo family who is struggling to regain their turf from their rival, Domoto family. To recipro ... view
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Original title: 人生劇場 飛車角
1963
After eloping with a prostitute named Otoyo, Hishakaku takes refuge in the Kogane family’s turf. Indebted to Boss Kogane for his kindness, Hishakaku ... view
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Original title: 一心太助 男一匹道中記
1963
The supply of sea bream to the fish market has decreased, and the price has increased to a whopping 1 ryo, and unable to face his customers openly any ... view
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Original title: 勢揃い東海道
1963
When Kanbe Nagakichi has his turf taken over by Ano-Toku, the father-in-law of his sworn brother Kira Nikichi sets in motion one of the most violent g ... view
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Original title: 宮本武蔵 般若坂の決斗
1962
The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle aft ... view
Character:
Nikkan
Original title: 稲妻峠の決斗
1962
A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline. ... view
Character:
Kamiizumi Ise-no-kami
Original title: 紀州の暴れん坊
1962
This is a story of a young heir to a powerful house, sent away to be raised by his nanny, so the young lord Genrokuro grew up bitter about his parents ... view
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Priest Shunkai
Original title: 勢揃い関八州
1962
Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal Nakayama and boss Sukegoro Iioka. Chuji is then aided by bos ... view
Character:
Original title: まぼろし天狗
1962
An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his be ... view
Character:
Original title: 源九郎義経
1962
An exciting historical drama that dynamically depicts the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune from the period of his stay on Mount Kurama to his reconcilia ... view
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Original title: 恋や恋なすな恋
1962
A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appears to be on the horizon after he becomes romantica ... view
Character:
Onono Yosifuru
Original title: 大江戸評判記 美男の顔役
1962
A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives. ... view
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Lord Nakano
Original title: 反逆児
1961
Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga, provi ... view
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Original title: 維新の篝火
1961
Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the downfa ... view
Character:
Kondo Isami
Original title: 幽霊島の掟
1961
Upon his arrival to Dragon Island, ronin Yagi Hanzo, is propositioned by various shady individuals representing rival gangs to lend his services to th ... view
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Original title: 旗本退屈男 謎の七色御殿
1961
A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing the bored Lord is walking by, he saved the girls b ... view
Character:
Munakata Kanzan
Original title: 水戸黄門 助さん格さん大暴れ
1961
The story of two young men whose ambition is to become the personal bodyguards to the Shogun's uncle, Lord Mito Komon. Portrayed by a pair of up and c ... view
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Original title: 若き日の次郎長東海一の若親分
1961
He was married to his lover's butterfly and started a new residence. But good things do not last. In his uncle, Uzaemon in Kawashima, Yoshiji Akaji, Y ... view
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Original title: アマゾン無宿 世紀の大魔王
1961
Chiezo's two-guns-at-all-costs film, directed by Ozawa Shigehiro (Kengo Tengu Matsuri) from a screenplay by Matsuura Kenro (The Dice Magistrate). Shot ... view
Character:
Original title: 富士に立つ若武者
1961
The epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the defeated leader of the Genji, Minamoto Yoritomo resolv ... view
Character:
Original title: 赤穂浪士
1961
Toei’s 10th anniversary film, featuring an all-star cast from the golden movie era of the 1960s. A famous story of the 47 loyal samurai. When Lord A ... view
Character:
Kira Kouzukenosuke
Original title: 江戸っ子奉行 天下を斬る男
1961
When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster boss in a crooked gambling casino it sets in motion ... view
Character:
Original title: 若き日の次郎長 東海の顔役
1960
His skill and courage were the best in Japan! The life story of Jirocho, a man who protected people on the Tokaido Road. The fearless Kinnosuke Nakamu ... view
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Original title: 孤剣は折れず 月影一刀流
1960
When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing sensei has been murdered in the dead of night, he mu ... view
Character:
Original title: 続親鸞
1960
Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Shinran, born of the fading aristocratic class, w ... view
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Original title: 海賊八幡船
1960
Finding more freedom on the high seas than in war-torn Japan, the 'Bahansen' (Pirate ships) based on the Seto Inland Sea during the Warring Period (Se ... view
Character:
Nyudo Murakami
Original title: 水戸黄門
1960
In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later, anot ... view
Character:
Original title: 壮烈新選組 幕末の動乱
1960
The stormy tale of the Shinsengumi is told from its birth by master filmmaker Sasaki Yasushi, with an all-star cast based on the original story by Shi ... view
Character:
Arakida Samanosuke
Original title: 旗本退屈男 謎の暗殺隊
1960
Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi. ... view
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Original title: 草間の半次郎 霧の中の渡り鳥
1960
A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to rescu ... view
Character:
Jubei Nakatomi
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Original title: 天保六花撰 地獄の花道
1960
When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to assist. ... view
Character:
Original title: 新吾十番勝負 完結篇
1960
Aoi Shingo, a son of the Shogun, continues his travels seeking to further his mastery of the sword. In this final episode of the popular “Shingo’s ... view
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Original title: 新吾十番勝負 第三部
1960
The adventures of Aoi Shingo continue. Shingo is finally given permission to officially meet his father, the Shogun. However, his journey is disturbed ... view
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Original title: 御存じいれずみ判官
1960
Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not commit. ... view
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Setsuo
Original title: 右門捕物帖 地獄の風車
1960
Umon’s services are called upon when innocent bystanders, Kayo and Minokichi, along with the ronin, Gontaro are mistakenly identified as suspects in ... view
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Original title: 丹下左膳 妖刀濡れ燕
1960
The legendary one-eyed one-armed swordsman Tange Sazen is back to aid a Magistrate in his efforts to steal bribe money on its way to Edo for the benef ... view
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Original title: 旗本退屈男 謎の幽霊島
1960
Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to most as the "Bored Hatamoto" is the only one who can ... view
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Original title: 任侠中仙道
1960
While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and chased by the law. Meanwhile, one of his henchmen ... view
Character:
Isaburo
Original title: 一心太助 男の中の男一匹
1959
In the third entry into this mega-hit series, Isshin Tasuke, a spirited fishmonger in Edo who looks just like Shogun Iemitsu undergoes a series of unf ... view
Character:
Original title: 風雲児 織田信長
1959
Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy mil ... view
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Original title: 百万両五十三次
1959
An Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto. ... view
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Original title: 天下の伊賀越 暁の血戦
1959
A story of revenge between two samurai families on the Igagoe Road. Araki Mataemon born in the province of Iga. He studied the art of the sword under ... view
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Original title: 血斗水滸伝 怒濤の対決
1959
One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody showdown between two rival yakuza gangs in the 1840 ... view
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Original title: 江戸っ子判官とふり袖小僧
1959
It's an extravaganza of entertainment as famous magistrate in disguise, Toyama no Kinshiro attempts to confront the elusive thief known as the "Long ... view
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Original title: 水戸黄門 天下の副将軍
1959
After settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in a sea of trouble when he gets involved in the successi ... view
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Original title: 独眼竜政宗
1959
During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After crushing almost all of his enemies, Date Masamune ... view
Character:
Date Terumune
Original title: 風流使者 天下無双の剣
1959
Featuring some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells the story of a battle between the evil sword style cal ... view
Character:
Original title: 大菩薩峠 完結篇
1959
Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be served for the lost innocent lives? The conclusion of ... view
Character:
Shichibei
Original title: たつまき奉行
1959
One of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no Kinsan investigates the tragic shipwreck of the 'Sadomaru ... view
Character:
Original title: 鞍馬天狗
1959
Kurama Tengu is a hero to the common people, saving them from the malicious attacks of Kinnoroshi and Shinsengumi. ... view
Character:
Original title: 丹下左膳 怒濤篇
1959
In this film in the long running series, Tange Sazen and his friends are asked to guard a dragon-shaped incense burner that holds the key to hidden tr ... view
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Original title: 新吾十番勝負 第一部・第二部 総集版
1959
A young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite with his birth father, he travels to Edo to find Shogun Yoshim ... view
Character:
Original title: 喧嘩笠
1958
With the help of famous yakuza Jirocho, brave and quick tempered Eijiro takes revenge on the death of his close friend. ... view
Character:
Original title: 若さま侍捕物帖 紅鶴屋敷
1958
All is not well in an a small fishing village not far from Edo. Mysterious goings-on are happening at Echigoya’s Red Crane Mansion, and when Young L ... view
Character:
Original title: 紫頭巾
1958
Kataoka Chiezo stars as Murasaki Zukin, a mysterious hero of the people who helps those in need. Now under the rule of the evil Tanuma, the people loo ... view
Character:
Original title: 一心太助 天下の一大事
1958
Tasuke stumbles across Kokichi, a distraught man whom having lost his fiancee to Lord Kawakatsu is ready to commit suicide. Tasuke learns that Kokichi ... view
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Original title: 隠密七生記
1958
Best friends Gentaro and Sanpei become fateful enemies when Sanpei steals a secret document revealing the identity of the chosen successor to the Toku ... view
Character:
Original title: 喧嘩太平記
1958
Utaemon Ichikawa plays the role of Hikoshiro Navate, who has a strong sense of justice and opposes power and tyranny with his will and spirit. ... view
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Original title: 剣は知っていた 紅顔無双流
1958
In the midst of the warring age, a young samurai Kyonosuke defies his former lord Hojo Ujikatsu in order to avenge his parents’ deaths. ... view
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Original title: 国定忠治
1958
Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mercy of corrupt officials. Intent on fulfilling a dy ... view
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Original title: 旗本退屈男
1958
Master swordsman and loya 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to investigate an intrigue centering on the Date Clan ... view
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Original title: 新選組
1958
The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-shogunate activities in Kyoto. A sinister plot to ov ... view
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Original title: 怪猫からくり天井
1958
Go master Matashichiro Ryuzoji, during the game, was killed in anger by the Lord of the Nabeshima clan, Hizen-no-kami. The mother of the murdered Mata ... view
Character:
Komori Hanzaemon
Original title: 少年三国志
1958
An entertaining youth drama, which tells about the struggle of a young swordsman Yamanaka Shikanoske (Kinya Kitaoji) and his friends who resist the ty ... view
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Original title: 火の玉奉行
1958
Two guardians of the Nijo Castle, Shioya and Kamazawa, discover a map leading to a secret passage to Edo Castle. Instead of reporting their find to lo ... view
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Original title: 大菩薩峠 第二部
1958
This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloo ... view
Character:
Shichibei
Original title: 丹下左膳 決定版
1958
One of Japan’s most popular folklore characters, Tange Sazen, the one-eyed and one-armed swordsman, must rescue the Yagyu clan from the treachery of ... view
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Ooka-no-kami Echizen
Original title: 江戸の名物男 一心太助
1958
The story opens in October of 1624 when the newly appointed Shogun Iemitsu visits the famed Kan-ei temple. On his way the procession is disrupted when ... view
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Original title: おしどり駕篭
1958
Young Lord Genjiro, who abandoned his castle to live as a commoner in Edo, returns home to restore peace amidst disruption over an inheritance dispute ... view
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Chamberlain Hyobu
Original title: 任侠東海道
1958
An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this genre ... view
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Original title: 旗本退屈男 謎の蛇姫屋敷
1957
A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun. ... view
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Sakon Shogen Matsudaira
Original title: 忍術御前試合
1957
During the Age Of Wars (Sengoku Era), Tokugawa Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideyoshi are vying for power and each uses their secret weapons in order to try an ... view
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Momochi Sandayu
Original title: ジェット機出動 第101航空基地
1957
The first batch of flight control officer candidates, full of yearning for the sky, are assembled at the 101st Air Regiment base. Nakata, Sato, and th ... view
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Original title: 天狗街道
1957
Gombei is Nameless, a wanderer who is skilled with a sword and has a great sense of humor, who tries to save the good people of the Kiso Valley, he ge ... view
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Original title: ゆうれい船 前篇
1957
As Part I opens, Jubei (Denjiro Okochi), the best of sea skippers, is unable to overcome the stormy seas of Luzon. All hands on board the Kannonmaru w ... view
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Danjô Matsunaga
Original title: 水戸黄門
1957
This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside rec ... view
Character:
Mito Kōmon
Original title: 大菩薩峠
1957
First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941) ... view
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Original title: 鞍馬天狗 御用盗異聞
1957
The third film in the "Kurama Tengu" series starring Azuma Chiyonosuke, based on the original work by Osaragi Jiro. The staff remains the same as in t ... view
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Original title: 隼人族の叛乱
1957
In the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a monumental battle to determine their survival. ... view
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Original title: 新諸国物語 七つの誓い 凱旋歌の巻
1957
The adventures of Goro and his fellow samurai concludes. After their turbulent journey, the seven crosses are finally united to reveal the secret of t ... view
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Original title: 任侠清水港
1957
An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this genre ... view
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Kurokama
Original title: 新諸国物語 七つの誓い 奴隷船の巻
1957
The adventures of Goro and his fellow samurai continue in its second installment. While being held captive by the enemy pirate Ongo, Goro discovers th ... view
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Original title: 新諸国物語 七つの誓い 黒水仙の巻
1956
Toruhan, a king’s retainer, embarks on a journey to find a royal treasure that can only be revealed though secret codes hidden in seven crosses carr ... view
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Original title: 妖蛇の魔殿
1956
During a time of war, Lord Ogata is betrayed by two of his closest vassals and killed by his enemy, Sarashina Danjo. Ten years later, Lord Ogata's onl ... view
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Orochimaru
Original title: 水戸黄門漫遊記 鳴門の妖鬼
1956
10th film in the series about Lord Mito. This time, Lord Mito uncovers a conspiracy in Naruto. ... view
Character:
Lord Mito
Original title: 髑髏銭
1956
This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version. ... view
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Character:
Original title: 水戸黄門漫遊記 怪猫乱舞
1956
In Numada, Jyoshu, Seijun's mistress dies a horrible death at the hands of a gang of vicious vassals plotting to embezzle the Kuroda family, and her b ... view
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Mito Komon
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Original title: 水戸黄門漫遊記 怪力類人猿
1956
A series of grisly murders with strange claw marks lead Mito Komon into discovering a deadly plan that involves a strange gorilla creature. ... view
Character:
Mito Kōmon
Original title: 剣豪二刀流
1956
The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island. ... view
Character:
Kimura Matazo
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Original title: 紅顔の若武者 織田信長
1955
A dynamic story depicting the rise to power of Oda Nobunaga. The story of a young man on the battlefields of the Sengoku era, who possessed character ... view
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Hirate Masahide
Original title: 源義経
1955
A historical scroll depicting the story of the tragic fate of the young samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune, based on the novel by Genzo Murakami. The action ... view
Character:
Benkei
Original title: 天保六道銭 平戸の海賊
1955
In the 9th year of the Tempo era, after a long sea voyage, Moritaya Seizo returned to Hirado, who earned huge amounts of gold by piracy. Along the way ... view
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Original title: 水戸黄門漫遊記 第五話 火牛坂の悪鬼
1955
Sixth film in the ‘Travels of Lord Mito’ franchise. ... view
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Mito Komon
Original title: 大岡政談 黄金夜叉
1955
Masanori Igayama, who directed "Mito Komon Manyuki: The Counterattack of Toukuzaki," will direct the screenplay by Shinji Tsugei, who also directed "A ... view
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Original title: 血槍富士
1955
Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the various peopl ... view
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Tōzaburō
1955
A thrilling historical drama that revolves around the exoneration of a falsely accused family, the protection of a fallen merchant house, and the over ... view
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Original title: 新選組鬼隊長
1954
Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerless swordsman who devoted his life ... view
Character:
Ito Kashitaro
Original title: 笛吹童子
1954
After the Onin War ended in 1477, Kyoto was left in ashes and the nation was in complete disorder. Bands of roving samurai called the "nobushi" terror ... view
Character:
Akagaki Genba
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Original title: 水戸黄門漫遊記 女郎蜘蛛の巻 妖血復讐鬼の巻 破邪義剣の巻
1954
Fourth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise. ... view
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Original title: 山を守る兄弟
1953
In the mountainous region of Koshu, Taikahara, there was an intense power struggle between the prominent families, Tamaki and Kakukura. Facing the ste ... view
Character:
Mamoru Mabuchu
Original title: 勝海舟より あばれ獅子
1953
A gripping historical drama that follows the explosive growth of Katsu Kaishu, the hero of the Meiji era, and the interesting human image of his fathe ... view
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Original title: 大菩薩峠
1953
The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass. ... view
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Original title: 女間者秘聞 赤穂浪士
1953
The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai who seek vengeance against the man who caused their master's death. ... view
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Gengoemon Kataoka
1953
During the end of the shogunate, there was a group of black-clothed masked samurai known as the "Crow Squad" who resisted the shogunate's oppression, ... view
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中久保主水
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1953
Hatamoto Akabane Tanaka once ruined his life with alcohol in his youth, leaving behind his wife and son, Hanji, to embark on a journey. He killed a ma ... view
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め組の辰五郎
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Shimizu no Jirocho
Original title: 赤穂城
1952
The film vividly shows the misadventures of Oishi Kuranosuke and the human dramas inside the castle, which lead to the surrender of Ako Castle after s ... view
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Original title: 乞食大将
1952
Gotō Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually dislikes the ruthless personality of Kuroda Nagamasa and l ... view
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Original title: 唐手三四郎
1951
Shunsuke Washimi, a member of the karate club, misunderstands the affections of Chiyo, a lodging house girl who is in love with him and in the midst o ... view
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Original title: 大江戸五人男
1951
During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo and constantly fought with the townspeople at eve ... view
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Sogoro
Original title: 平手造酒
1951
After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up as ... view
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Original title: 佐々木小次郎
1951
Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as Sasak ... view
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Original title: 鞍馬天狗 角兵衛獅子
1951
Two child performers lose their money, but are saved by the masked avenger Kurama Tengu. When the children return the favor in foiling an attempt on t ... view
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1951
In the midst of the Siege of Osaka in the Sengoku period, a thrilling tale unfolds featuring a trio of ronin who manipulate a group of spies, a myster ... view
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Original title: おぼろ駕籠
1951
A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the shogun's harem. Kinuyo Tanaka stylishly ... view
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Honda
Original title: 千石纏
1950
A film about the rivalry and friendship between firefighter Chоji and sumo wrestler Sokichi Fudoyama. ... view
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Kambei
Original title: ごろつき船
1950
Set in the Edo-era, a smuggling vessel runs into conflict between the Matsumae clan and the Ainu in Hokkaido. ... view
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Original title: 殺陣師段平
1950
Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically. ... view
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Danpei
Original title: にっぽんGメン 第二話 難船﨑の血闘
1950
The second part of an action-packed action movie about the struggle between smugglers, the Japanese Coast Guard and G-men. Having caught a suspicious ... view
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Original title: 透明人間現わる
1949
A scientist successfully creates an invisibility serum, only to be kidnapped by a gang of thugs who wish to use the formula to rob a priceless jewel. ... view
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Kenzô Nakazato
Original title: ジャコ萬と鉄
1949
In a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one o ... view
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Jakoman
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Original title: 死美人事件
1948
A dead beauty is found in the trunk. Kubota (Miaki), Okayama (Kawazu) and Tsuji (Funakoshi) begin investigating this mysterious crime at the investiga ... view
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Original title: にっぽんGメン
1948
The investigative unit of the Metropolitan Police Department organized a special investigative team to uncover a series of frequent gang robberies and ... view
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Original title: 日本剣豪伝
1945
During the Warring States era, Hozoin Kakuzenbo and Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, being best friends, spend their days acquiring skills of the spear, sword an ... view
Character:
Koizumi Ise-no-kami
Original title: 續 姿三四郎
1945
A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his discipline against an American prizefighter and later faci ... view
Character:
Gennosuke Higaki / Teshin Higaki, Gennosuke's younger brother
Original title: 狼火は上海に揚る
1944
During the Taiping Rebellion of the mid-19th century, anti-Qing (Manchu) Chinese forces led by Taiping commander Li Xiucheng march on Shanghai. Althou ... view
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Saisuke Godai
Original title: かくて神風は吹く
1944
Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono clan against the Mongol invasion in 1281. ... view
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Original title: 剣風練兵館
1944
About Kenpuren Training Hall: The story is set in the Bakumatsu period. Katsura Kogoro and his passionate Choshu comrades raise the banner of "Shinto ... view
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Original title: 剣風練兵館
1944
Near the end of the shogunate in Japan, Katsura Shogoro and his fellow samurai from the southwestern domain of Choshu enter the dojo of Saito Yakuro, ... view
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Sagawa Hikokuro
Original title: 無法松の一生
1943
Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy, Toshio, ... view
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Original title: 宮本武藏 決鬪般若坂
1943
Miyamoto Musashi is challenged by a series of opponents in this follow up to Miyamoto Musashi's Kongoin Ketto (1942, also called Nitoryu Kaigen) also ... view
Character:
Baiken Shishido
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Baiken Shishido
Original title: 姿三四郎
1943
A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado for discipline and humility. As Sanshi ... view
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Gennosuke Higaki
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Original title: 獨眼龍政宗
1942
The life, adventures and exploits of warlord Date Masamune the One-eyed Dragon: his early youth as an aggressive warrior, the battles he won until sub ... view
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Katakura Kojuro
Original title: 川中島合戰
1941
This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the mai ... view
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Koheita
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Original title: Orizu nan henge: zen
1941
The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo. ... view
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Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon
War, Drama, Action, Adventure
Original title: 宮本武蔵 第一部 草分の人々 第二部 栄達の門
1940
Second part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto. ... view
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Original title: 出世太閤記
1938
Taikoki is a legendary biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who rose to the office of taikō. And the story of this film is about the rise to power of Toy ... view
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Original title: 忠臣蔵 天の巻・地の巻
1938
The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and the public, wait for an opportunity to avenge thei ... view
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Original title: 夜の鳩
1937
Okiyo runs a restaurant in Asakusa. She struggles with the times and the relationships around her. ... view
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Murayama
Original title: 桃中軒雲右衛門
1936
This film is based on a real Meiji era performer -- and tells of Tochuken's partnership with his wife (played by Chikako Hosokawa) who played shamisen ... view
Character:
Kumoemon Tochuken
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Chûji Kunisada
1932
Kind of the Japanese equivalent of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, this film is a fictionalized version of the gang battle in the later Edo period, ... view
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Nikichi
Original title: 黎明以前
1931
In the age of priests and warriors which the film denounces, a woman revolts after she is sold as a prostitute. ... view
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Original title: 斬人斬馬剣
1929
In medieval Japan, a brutal and corrupt magistrate is planning to kill the child who is about to become the heir to the estate and position of the loc ... view
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Raizaburo
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白野弁十郎
Original title: Sunae Shibari
1927
The Ryueis and the Tenmokus fight over gold bullion secretly stored away in Osaka Castle. A dramatization of a popular novel - three competing studios ... view
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Magonojô Katsuura
Original title: 江戸怪賊伝 影法師
1925
Kageboshi, based on the screenplay by Rokuhei Rokuhei Susukita, depicts the life of the ‘jovial thief’, Kageboshi. ... view
Character:
Heima Kiyomizawa