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Ikio Sawamura
Born: 4th Sep 1905 Tochigi, Japan - Died 20th Sep 1975
Dept: Acting
Ikio Sawamura (沢村いき雄 Sawamura Ikio) was born on September 4, 1905 in Tochigi, Japan. He was an actor, known for Yojimbo (1961), The Hidden Fortress (1958) and Throne of Blood (1957). He died on September 20, 1975.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 151
Film: 151 (100%)
Remaining genres not in graph: History, Music, Mystery
Filmography
Original title: メカゴジラの逆襲
1975
A submarine expedition to salvage the remains of Mechagodzilla is thwarted by a massive dinosaur named Titanosaurus. An Interpol investigation leads b ... view
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Mafune's Butler
1973
A combination of live action and animation chronicinge the great journey of Marco Polo to the mysterious Orient. Much of the story centers on Polo's r ... view
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Lomar
Original title: 海軍特別年少兵
1972
Japanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp and then going to Iwo Jima in the last days of World War II. ... view
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Original title: 無宿人御子神の丈吉 牙は引き裂いた
1972
Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after pro ... view
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Original title: 西のペテン師 東のサギ師
1971
A satirical comedy starring Makoto Fujita, depicting the two East and West con artists swindling illicit money from bad guys. ... view
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Torayan
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Original title: ゴジラ・ミニラ・ガバラ オール怪獣大進撃
1969
Ichiro Miki is a child living in the industrial district of Kawasaki, where his parents' constant struggle to make ends meet often leaves the schoolbo ... view
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Bartender
Original title: 燃えろ！太陽
1968
A teacher coaches a troubled youth who learns about life through the game of soccer. ... view
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Original title: 日本一の裏切り男
1968
The sixth "Japan's No. 1 Man" feature. Followed by "Japan’s No. 1 Disconnected Man". ... view
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Original title: 若者よ挑戦せよ
1968
A story depicting the challenges faced by today's youth in working to build a better tomorrow, based on the theme of Toshiba's progress as one of Japa ... view
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Monk
Original title: 空想天国
1968
Comedy-fantasy about a salaryman (Tani) and his imaginary friends. ... view
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Original title: 怪獣総進撃
1968
At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens kn ... view
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Old Farmer
Original title: てなもんや幽霊道中
1967
Two travelers (Makoto Fujita and Minoru Shiraki) have adventures along the road including strange supernatural happenings, ghosts, and monsters. ... view
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Original title: キングコングの逆襲
1967
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the ro ... view
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Native
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Original title: クレージー黄金作戦
1967
The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of thei ... view
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Original title: 続・何処へ
1967
Sequel to "何処へ" (1966). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka. ... view
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Original title: 殺人狂時代
1967
A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin. Surviving somewhat miraculously ... view
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Original title: ゴジラ・エビラ・モスラ 南海の大決闘
1966
Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. The group shipwrecks on Letchi island and ... view
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Elderly Slave
Original title: 沈丁花
1966
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 ... view
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Original title: 3匹の狸
1966
A conman team swindles through jewel scams, marriage fraud, and fake school admissions. Their schemes bring quick riches but collapse before escape, l ... view
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Principal
Original title: フランケンシュタインの怪獣 サンダ対ガイラ
1966
Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepa ... view
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Fisherman #1
Original title: 怒涛一万浬
1966
Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. Murakami forces the crew to work harder than they e ... view
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Kaga
Original title: 奇巌城の冒険
1966
Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in ... view
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Auctioneer
Original title: 暴れ豪右衛門
1966
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees ... view
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Yasubei
Original title: 血と砂
1965
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 ... view
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Original title: 香港の白い薔薇
1965
Narcotics officer Matsumoto’s investigation into a drug smuggling ring leads him from Tokyo to Hong Kong, where personal ties and painful secrets un ... view
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The Oden Shop Owner
Original title: フランケンシュタイン対地底怪獣
1965
During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a ... view
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Housekeeper
Original title: 赤ひげ
1965
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him ... view
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Resident
Original title: 続 社長忍法帖
1965
Iwato Construction secures a major project in Hokkaido and promotes a key employee, but chaos follows—personal conflicts, missed deals, and a lost h ... view
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Tanimoto (Managing Director, Kansai Dept.)
Original title: 侍
1965
Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assass ... view
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Tatsukichi Bisenya
Original title: 三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦
1964
After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat. ... view
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Honest Fisherman
Original title: 団地七つの大罪
1964
An omnibus comedy set in a newly built housing complex, the film follows seven interconnected stories about the everyday vices simmering behind thin a ... view
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1st Sin
Original title: 五瓣の椿
1964
A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detec ... view
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Original title: 万事お金
1964
A broke romantic and a practical young woman are pulled apart by money, matchmaking, and meddling families — only to find their way back to each oth ... view
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Original title: 蚁地狱作战
1964
The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima ... view
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Original title: モスラ対ゴジラ
1964
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies ... view
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Shinto Priest
Original title: ああ爆弾
1964
During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb. ... view
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Takezo Shiino aka Shiitake
Original title: こんにちは赤ちゃん
1964
A young Tokyo couple’s blissful newlywed life is turned upside down when an unexpected pregnancy arrives, sending them on a whirlwind quest for supp ... view
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Landlord
Original title: 海底軍艦
1963
The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World W ... view
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Taxi Driver
Original title: 江分利満氏の優雅な生活
1963
A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story. ... view
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Mourner
Original title: のら犬作戦
1963
Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda ... view
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1963
When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they barga ... view
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Witch Doctor (uncredited)
Original title: クレージー作戦 先手必勝
1963
After being fired from his company, Hitoshi Ueda opens a arbitration company. Experts from various fields gather around him and with their natural vit ... view
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Original title: 戦国野郎
1963
A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been smuggl ... 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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Yokohama Station Trolley Man
Original title: 続 社長漫遊記
1963
While on a business trip to Kyushu, a paint company president competes with a rival firm for a key overseas client, only to face setbacks both in work ... view
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Doctor
Original title: 喜劇 駅前飯店
1962
The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown. ... view
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Original title: 月給泥棒
1962
A "hustler's hustler" (Takarada), works his way up the corporate ladder at a camera company. His biggest scheme involves winning the business of a for ... view
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Original title: 忠臣蔵 花の巻・雪の巻
1962
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their hon ... view
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Original title: やま猫作戦
1962
Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attempt to destroy an enemy fort. ... view
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Original title: 私と私
1962
Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong v ... view
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Original title: キングコング対ゴジラ
1962
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approa ... view
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Witch Doctor
Original title: どぶ鼠作戦
1962
Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity. ... view
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Village Chief (uncredited)
Original title: 雲の上団五郎一座
1962
The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success at the performances of the Toho Takarazuka Theater ... view
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Original title: 妖星ゴラス
1962
In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is en ... view
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Taxi Driver
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Kitagawa
Original title: 二人の息子
1961
In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over work, money, and romance. Their father's sudden un ... 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: 真紅の男
1961
Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a four-year sentence, only to find it infested with yakuza run ... view
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Original title: 大学の若大将
1961
The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series. ... view
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Original title: 用心棒
1961
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 ... view
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Hansuke
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Original title: 縞の背広の親分衆
1961
Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitimate descendant left behind in Osaka and a brother o ... view
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Original title: 暗黒街の弾痕
1961
Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has ... view
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Original title: 大阪城物語
1961
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyoto ... view
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Kurabayashi
Original title: 独立愚連隊西へ
1960
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into Communi ... view
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Original title: がんばれ！盤嶽
1960
A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style of light comedy, in the center of which is a young ... view
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Original title: 悪い奴ほどよく眠る
1960
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled ... view
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Taxi Driver
Original title: がめつい奴
1960
A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers, incl ... view
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Truck driver
Original title: ふんどし医者
1960
A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first ti ... view
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Original title: 大学の山賊たち
1960
A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a ... view
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Original title: サラリーマン御意見帖 出世無用
1960
A beer salesman with a passion for fishmongering stumbles through mishaps, rivalries, and gangster trouble while chasing a big contract, winning the d ... view
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Happy's Owner
Original title: 新・三等重役 当るも八卦の巻
1960
World Electric's top ad model disappears, throwing the company into disarray. A fortune-teller’s influence spreads through upper management, sending ... view
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Driver
Original title: 電送人間
1960
Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims. ... view
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Amusement Park Announcer
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Gihei Narikin
Original title: 暗黒街の対決
1960
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting bet ... view
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Yata, Strip Broker
Original title: サザエさんの脱線奥様
1959
Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. Masuo's colleague is invited to thank hi ... view
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Original title: 宇宙大戦争
1959
In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and contr ... view
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Lantern Man
Original title: 日本誕生
1959
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Empe ... view
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Gods of Yaoyorozu
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Original title: 独立愚連隊
1959
When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and ... view
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Original title: サザエさんの新婚家庭
1959
Sazae's wish came true and she got married to Masuo. The two ended up living together at Sazae's parents' home, the Isono family. However, the newlywe ... view
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Original title: サラリーマン出世太閤記 課長一番槍
1959
The fourth "Diary of a Successful Salaryman" feature. ... view
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Original title: 社員無頼 反撃篇
1959
Caught in a corporate power struggle, a man uses betrayal and strategy to expose corruption and settle personal scores—only to find true support whe ... view
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Street Stall Owner
Original title: 貸間あり
1959
When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection ... view
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Original title: 社員無頼 怒号篇
1959
When a corrupt executive takes over his struggling company and violates his girlfriend, a young salaryman declares war, leaving his job to expose the ... view
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Food Stall Owner
Original title: 私は貝になりたい
1959
On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police ... view
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Kikuzo Miyoshi
Original title: 暗黒街の顔役
1959
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping ... view
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Original title: サザエさんの結婚
1959
Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae sends her parents on a silver wedding trip, and e ... 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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Gambler (uncredited)
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Original title: 女探偵物語 女性ＳＯＳ
1958
A private detective and a colleague investigate a man for a wealthy young lady. ... view
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Original title: 若い娘たち
1958
In order to get Kanako (Izumi Yukimura) married, her mother places a rental listing in the student medical school newsletter and attempts to find a su ... view
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The Director
Original title: 続々・サラリーマン出世太閤記
1958
A clumsy but determined car salesman, Hideyoshi, faces rivalry, romance troubles, and job setbacks, but through persistence and humor, he wins a big d ... view
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Tamesuke Yamanaka
Original title: 駅前旅館
1958
Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanes ... view
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Original title: 美女と液体人間
1958
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where s ... view
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Policeman - Investigation room (uncredited)
Original title: 東京の休日
1958
May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes o ... view
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Original title: 重役の椅子
1958
In post-war Japan, The Second Drawer follows Funada, a devoted company man whose planned family trip is disrupted by the sudden death of his boss. Thr ... view
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Tokuno
Original title: サザエさんの青春
1957
Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color. ... view
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Original title: 地球防衛軍
1957
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to s ... view
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Original title: 続サラリーマン出世太閤記
1957
After a transfer to a rural factory, salesman Hideyoshi faces blunders, schemers, and rivalries but proves his integrity, winning respect and a return ... view
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Yamanaka Tamesuke
Original title: 下町
1957
A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of h ... view
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Original title: 続大番・風雲篇
1957
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 ... view
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Antique shop
Original title: 恐怖の弾痕
1957
Crime melodrama has young Kijima (Takarada) working at a successful cabaret, actually a front for drug dealing. Initially unaware of this, he falls in ... view
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Bellboy Jirō
Original title: サラリーマン出世太閤記
1957
Optimistic student Hideyoshi struggles to land a job at Japan Motors, facing setbacks and rivalry but winning his way in through persistence—and a m ... view
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Yamanaka Tamesuke
Original title: 雪国
1957
It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous t ... view
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Original title: 嵐の中の男
1957
Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a karate expert. ... 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
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Washizu soldier
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
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Food Stall Owner
Original title: サザエさん
1956
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series. ... view
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Original title: 白夫人の妖恋
1956
Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form. ... view
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Official B
Original title: 愛情の決算
1956
Living in a house that has lost its man to the war a year earlier are the widow and her child. Four of the dead man's friends gather to have an annive ... view
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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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Innkeeper (uncredited)
Original title: 夫婦善哉
1955
Ryukichi, the pampered heir to a cosmetics wholesaler, abandons his wife and child to pursue a scandalous affair with a famous geisha named Choko. ... view
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Janitor at the university
Original title: 芸者秀駒
1954
As a bid to win contacts, ship building companies wine and dine political leaders, inviting the geisha Hidekoma and Hidechiyo to entertain the politic ... view
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