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Minoru Chiaki
Born: 28th Apr 1917 Hokkaido, Japan - Died 1st Nov 1999
Dept: Acting
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Minoru Chiaki (千秋 実 Chiaki Minoru) was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress.
In Seven Samurai he was the good-natured samurai Heihachi. Later in his career he appeared as a secondary actor in many Toei films. In 1986 he was given the Best Actor prize at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony for his performance in Toei's Gray Sunset (1985).
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 123
Film: 123 (100%)
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Filmography
Original title: Don Matsugorô no daibôken
1987
Don Matsugoro and his son Don Jr fight against a disgustingly reach family who tries to take over a kid's playground called Children Land. ... view
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Amenomori Seikai
Original title: 花いちもんめ
1985
Grandfather Fuyukichi Takano, a former university professor, gets fired from his museum job when he is affected by Alzheimer's disease, but his afflic ... view
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Fuyukichi Takano
Original title: 樺太1945年夏 氷雪の門
1974
The film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War. On August 15, 1945, Soviet forces invade ... view
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Original title: 日本一の断絶男
1969
Maruyama, a day laborer, is living on an abandoned ship at the port of Osaka when he meets an elusive man offering a job. ... view
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Shimizu
Original title: 犬と麻ちゃん
1969
A daughter from an island in the Seto Inland Sea takes a job as a nanny in Tokyo. She thrills the hearts of fishmongers and milkmen. ... view
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Original title: 性の起原
1967
After an elderly man is discharged from a hospital following a misunderstood, life-affirming impulse toward a fellow patient, he finds himself caught ... view
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Original title: 愛の讃歌
1967
The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people. ... view
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The Ship-master
Original title: 湖の琴
1966
A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo, known for its production of quality shamisen strings, ... view
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Kitao Momose
Original title: 他人の顔
1966
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 ... view
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Apartment Superintendent
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Original title: 冷飯とおさんとちゃん
1965
Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money. ... view
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Original title: 城取り
1965
The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near. Only one man was brave enough to stand ... view
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Original title: 黒の盗賊
1964
Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land. ... view
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Original title: 鮫
1964
A film adaptation of Masatsugu Nobuhiko's novel of the same name, directed by Tasaka Tomotaka and starring Nakamura Kinnosuke. This literary epic tell ... view
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Original title: 真田風雲録
1963
Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan children are wandering through the battlefield scavengin ... view
Character:
Yukimura Sanada
Original title: 五番町夕霧楼
1963
With her family suffering from extreme poverty, Yuko, as the eldest daughter, is sold to a successful brothel in Kyoto. There she is assigned to serve ... view
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Jinzo Takesue
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
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Original title: 右門捕物帖 蛇の目傘の女
1963
Ryutaro Otomo as the Edo magistrate Umon Kondo is out to solve a crime that centers around the murder of a jail guard & the escape of a criminal who i ... view
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Kakurai Yosuke
Original title: 五人のあばれ者
1963
The story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl, Oichi, from an evil vassal. ... view
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Original title: 天国と地獄
1963
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway. ... view
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First Reporter
Original title: 浪人街の顔役
1963
When a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin decides to help her and a drunken calligrapher. In doing s ... view
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Original title: ひばり・チエミのおしどり千両傘
1963
A princess seeks adventure and true love, with help from her loyal servant. ... view
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Original title: 花の折鶴笠
1962
A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con artists. ... view
Character:
Original title: 裸体
1962
The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute. ... view
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Original title: 酔いどれ無双剣
1962
Tetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt authorities. ... view
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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
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Original title: ちいさこべ
1962
A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate woman named Oritsu. It's a winning comb ... view
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Original title: サラリーマン一心太助
1962
As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flourish his employer’s food business. ... view
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Original title: お吟さま
1962
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 ... view
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Original title: 天草四郎時貞
1962
In Tokugawa-era (1637) Shimabara, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of charismatic Christian rebel leader Shiro A ... view
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Original title: からみ合い
1962
A dying businessman intends to will ¥200 million to his three illegitimate children, but his associates scheme to take advantage of the situation. ... view
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Junichi Fujii
Original title: 明日ある限り
1962
Natsuko’s daughter Saori is born blind in 1941, just before her father is drafted. Despite an attempted surgery and years of struggle, her condition ... view
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Original title: ひばり・チエミの弥次喜多道中
1962
Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer’s investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a drug dea ... view
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Original title: 若き日の次郎長 東海道のつむじ風
1962
Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu. ... view
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Original title: はだかっ子
1961
A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother. ... view
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Original title: 若さま侍捕物帖 黒い椿
1961
Escaping the hustle and bustle of Edo, the Young Lord came to Oshima Island in Izu to take a vacation. Unexpectedly, the island's boss, Amimoto, was b ... view
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Original title: ゲンと不動明王
1961
Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the boy' ... view
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Original title: 新吾二十番勝負 第二部
1961
The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda. ... view
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Original title: 橋蔵の若様やくざ
1961
Young Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under the disguise of a ronin. ... view
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Original title: 新吾二十番勝負
1961
With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, who just happens to be from an extremely privileged ... view
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Original title: 若さま侍捕物帖
1960
A family is brutally murdered in their own home and the official government's sake dealer is framed as a rebel by a corrupt member of the Shogun's Cou ... view
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Original title: 森の石松鬼より恐い
1960
A stage director who directs a “Mori no Ishimatsu” play time travels and becomes “Mori no Ishimatsu” himself. ... view
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Original title: 庄助武勇傳 会津磐梯山
1960
A comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered to serve the clan lord. ... view
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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: 白子屋駒子
1960
Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebrated historical case tried by magistrate Tadasuke O ... view
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Matashiro
Original title: 妖刀物語 花の吉原百人斬り
1960
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring b ... view
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Jôsuke
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
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Original title: 殺られてたまるか
1960
The son of the murdered Yakuza, Kenji, at the request of his mother, worked in a stable company. However, soon the girl Kenji Amy, who was in favor of ... view
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Brother Ryota
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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Original title: 弥太郎笠
1960
Tossing his hat in the air to pick a direction, Yataro the wanderer sets out on a journey of adventure, not knowing what tomorrow may bring. The son o ... view
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Kichitaro
Original title: 殿さま弥次喜多
1960
On New Year's Day 1716, Munenaga of Owari and Yoshinao of Kii were both named as candidates for the title of 8th Shogun. The wise and just Munenaga is ... view
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Original title: 人間の條件 第３部望郷篇／第４部戦雲篇
1959
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 ... view
Character:
Onodera Heichô
Original title: 暗夜行路
1959
Adapted by Yasumi Toshio and directed by Toyoda Shiro, this is a literary work based on a full-length novel of the same name published by Shiga Naoya ... view
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Original title: 浪花の恋の物語
1959
Chubei, the adopted son of an Osaka courier, falls desperately in love with the courtesan Umegawa. To prevent a wealthy client from purchasing her, he ... view
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Original title: 戦国群盗傳
1959
Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting a ... view
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Jibu
1959
A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus. ... view
Character:
Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
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
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Original title: 隠し砦の三悪人
1958
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who g ... view
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Tahei
Original title: 花の慕情
1958
Domoto Kozue, a gifted young ikebana artist, shoulders the legacy of her late father’s school while navigating the pressures of family expectation a ... view
Character:
Yanami Fukuzo
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Original title: 浪人八景
1958
Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai family ... view
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Original title: 杏っ子
1958
Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitors, until she marries a beginning writer named Ryok ... view
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Saburo Yoshida
Original title: 不敵なる反抗
1958
This action film depicts the conflict between two brothers, one a detective and the other a yakuza. ... view
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Original title: 緋ざくら大名
1958
Light-hearted samurai comedy. The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged marriage. He saves the life of a princess whom he gets to fal ... view
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Original title: 忍術水滸伝 稲妻小天狗
1958
Shogun Yoshitane’s order to recover the secret scroll triggers a series of ninja warfare during the Muromachi period. ... view
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Original title: 肌色の月
1957
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 ... view
Character:
Umekichi ishikura
Original title: どん底
1957
Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that tur ... view
Character:
Former Samurai
Original title: 東北の神武たち
1957
Tragi-comedy about the inhabitants of a remote, mountain-locked village where only the first-born sons are allowed to marry and have children. ... view
Character:
Tasuke Zummu
Original title: ひかげの娘
1957
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 ... view
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Original title: 三十六人の乗客
1957
A suspense drama about a thief who sneaks onto a late-night ski bus heading from Tokyo to Joshinetsu and the detective who rides with him to arrest hi ... view
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Original title: 蜘蛛巣城
1957
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spi ... view
Character:
Yoshiaki Miki
Original title: おしゃべり社長
1957
A former company man turned drifter is pulled back to lead a struggling toy company, enforcing bold reforms that shake up its corporate culture. Just ... view
Character:
Omaeda (President)
Original title: おしどりの間
1956
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 ... view
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Original title: 天上大風
1956
When corruption spreads through a real estate company, president Hiyoshi brings in his honest friend Ryūtarō to reform it. Facing union unrest and b ... view
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Zentarō (Takako’s brother)
Original title: 妻の心
1956
A young woman tries to raise money to open her own coffee shop. She arranges a loan when her rigid family won't help and then her husband becomes jeal ... view
Character:
Zenichi
Original title: 吸血蛾
1956
The story of a professional nude model stalked by a bizarre, unknown man wearing a hideous mask. ... view
Character:
Sango Kawase
Original title: 宮本武蔵完結編 決闘巌流島
1956
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He' ... view
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Sasuke the boatman
Original title: 生きものの記録
1955
An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to Brazil. When they petition to have him declared i ... view
Character:
Jiro Nakajima
Original title: ゴジラの逆襲
1955
Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon ... view
Character:
Kôji Kobayashi
Original title: 地獄の用心棒
1955
Kitagawa, a drug control officer in the Kanto Shinetsu area, was ordered to investigate the situation of drug trafficking around Yokohama. ... view
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Original title: 「暗闇の丑松」より 初姿丑松格子
1954
Fukagawa's chef Ushimatsu of the restaurant Kawatake fell in love with a maid named Omame and changed dramatically. He stopped gambling and womanizing ... view
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Original title: 母の初恋
1954
A melodrama based on the novel by Yasunari Kawabata, telling about the tragic fate of a mother and daughter who are attracted to the same man. ... view
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Original title: 春琴物語
1954
Based on the novel by Junichiro Tanizaki. Story of the beautiful blind daughter of a wealthy businessman who falls in love with a servant. ... view
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Original title: 七人の侍
1954
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 ... view
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Heihachi Hayashida
Original title: もぐら横丁
1953
33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating f ... view
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Original title: ひまわり娘
1953
Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that ... view
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Original title: 生きる
1952
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look ... view
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Noguchi
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General Manager of General Affairs Department
Original title: 美女と盗賊
1952
The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and poetic ... view
Character:
Takeichi no Takamaru
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Original title: 荒木又右衛門 決闘鍵屋の辻
1952
Mataemon Araki, a renowned swordsman, helps a young man find vengeance. ... view
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Original title: 白痴
1951
A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry Hokkaidō and is pulled into a volatile tangle of love and pity between the disgra ... view
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Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
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Original title: 七色の花
1950
Ebihara is a budding novelist entangled in a complicated web of relationships with three women from three different generations: Kazue, a coquettish t ... view
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Original title: 羅生門
1950
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife. ... view
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Priest
Original title: 山のかなたに
1950
Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts. ... view
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Original title: 醜聞
1950
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer. ... view
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Original title: 野良犬
1949
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes underc ... view
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Girlie Show director