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戦後、無になった日本へ追い打ちをかけるように現れたゴジラがこの国を 負 に叩き落す。
史上最も絶望的な状況での襲来に、誰が?そしてどうやって?日本は立ち向かうのか―。
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When army of Gigans tries to invade and destroy the Earth, the only one who can stop them is Godzilla.
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A short sequel to Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest, released on G-Fest 2021 and dedicated to the 50th anniversary of original Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971).
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A short film made exclusively for Toho's Online Godzilla Fest 2020. Godzilla rampages through the city before approaching a reporter standing in the street.
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ゴジラシリーズ第29作。総監督・脚本に庵野秀明、監督・特技監督に樋口真嗣を迎え製作された完全新作。 東京湾アクアトンネルが崩落する事故が発生。首相官邸での緊急会議で内閣官房副長官・矢口蘭堂（長谷川博己）が、海中に潜む謎の生物が事故を起こした可能性を指摘する。その後、海上に巨大不明生物が出現。さらには蒲田に上陸し、街を破壊しながら突進していく。政府の緊急対策本部は自衛隊に対し防衛出動命令を下し、“ゴジラ”と名付けられた巨大不明生物に立ち向かうが……。
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A look into the production of the nineteenth Godzilla film. Includes filmmaker and actor interviews with behind the scenes footage of the film's visual effects. Includes an interview with Akira Ifukube and a brief discussion of the late Ishiro Honda.
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A fishing boat is attacked at sea by a gigantic, hairy monster. After examining the sole survivor (Kanji Tsuda), scientific adviser Dr Murakami (Shiro Sano) suspects the culprit is a “Keukegen spectre”, a shaggy supernatural beast from Japanese folklore. The announcement leads reporter Hideo Akihara (Ken Osawa) to a forest shrine dedicated to the Keukegen Geharha, where he finds several worshipers and learns that an ancient seal containing the monster has been broken.
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制作はSTUDIO 4℃。5人の監督による5つの短編映画がまとめられている。ジーニアス・パーティの第2作目。
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東京下町の夕日町三丁目、自動車修理工場を営む鈴木家に親戚の女の子・美加が預けられることになった。父親が事業に失敗し、出稼ぎに行くのだ。しかしお嬢様育ちの美加はなかなか鈴木一家や夕日町の人々になじめないでいた。一方駄菓子屋の茶川は、黙って去って行ったヒロミを想い続けながら淳之介と暮らしていた。そんなある日、淳之介の実父とみられる川渕が再び息子を連れ戻しにやって来た。 そこで茶川は、人並みの暮らしをさせられる証しを必ず見せるからと頼み込み、改めて淳之介を預かった。 大きな事を言ったはいいが、どうやって安定した生活を見せられるのか。やけ酒に酔いつぶれる茶川ではあったが、翌朝、一度はあきらめていた“芥川賞受賞”の夢に向かって黙々と執筆を始める茶川の姿があった。 それを見た鈴木オートやまわりの皆は、心から応援し始めるのだった。 茶川が芥川賞へ向けて全力で書き上げた内容とは、それはなんとも川のせせらぎのように純粋な物語であった。鈴木オートや商店街の人たちは殆どの人が茶川の書き上げた本を買い何度も読み、泣く人、感動する人、あのころを思い出す人など、人それぞれが違った観点をもち茶川を支えていくのである。はたして黙って去っていったヒロミとの運命はいかに。
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戦後10年を迎えた東京で、少年探偵の金田正太郎と鉄人28号は、戦争で使われた武器の不発弾を狙うロボットと戦闘を繰り広げていた。そんなある日、生き別れになっていた義兄のショウタロウが現れた。金田博士の元で鉄人の操縦士として訓練を受けていたショウタロウは、見事に鉄人を操り敵を倒していった。
Documentary focusing on the Japanese Godzilla, featuring interviews with such people as Director Jun Fukuda, the wide of the late Ishiro Honda and Alex Cox. This documentary incorporates footage from rare shows like "Ultra Q" and films like "King Kong Escapes".
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ゴジラシリーズ第22作。「平成シリーズ」第7作にして完結編。スペースゴジラとの戦いから1年後、南太平洋のバース島が、地下の高純度天然ウランの熱水噴射による核爆発で消滅。ゴジラとリトルゴジラも姿を消した。その1ヶ月後、赤く燃え盛る姿で香港に上陸したゴジラは、赤い熱線を吐き香港市街を蹂躙。その赤い姿はいつ核爆発を起こしてもおかしくない状態を示唆していた。一方、東京湾岸では青海トンネルの工事現場でのパイプ溶解、しながわ水族館で魚が突如白骨化するなどの怪事件が発生。やがて東京湾岸近辺に謎の怪物が出現した。その正体はかつてゴジラを葬った際に使用したオキシジェン・デストロイヤーの影響で異常進化を遂げた恐るべき生物デストロイアであった。そんな中、御前崎沖にゴジラと酷似した巨大生物が出現、その正体はバース島の消滅で影響を受けたリトルゴジラであった。一方、四国・伊方原発を襲撃したゴジラは、自衛隊のスーパーＸIIIによるカドミウム弾攻撃により体内の核分裂が抑制され核爆発は免れるが、今度は体内温度上昇によるメルトダウンによる地球崩壊の危機が訪れる。メルトダウンを阻止すべく、羽田空港沖を舞台に、デストロイアを利用した国連Ｇフォースと自衛隊によるゴジラ 撃滅作戦が切って落とされる！
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A former 3D theme park attraction at Sanrio Puroland. A spaceship called Earth is dispatched to investigate the disappearance of its counterpart on a monster-filled planet beyond our Solar System. Once there, it quickly spots the downed craft, and is promptly attacked by Mothra and Rodan. It spots Godzilla and opens fire on him, giving the Planet enough time to escape.
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ゴジラシリーズ第20作。「平成シリーズ」第5作。 未曾有のゴジラ被害に対応すべく、新たに設立された「国連Ｇ対策センター」は、メカギドラの研究によって対ゴジラ用の最終兵器メカゴジラの開発を始める。その頃、復活したラドンを調査するためベーリング海のアドノア島を訪れた国立生命科学研究所の五条梓たちは、そこで謎の巨大な卵を発見、日本に持ち帰った卵からベビーゴジラが誕生する。ベビーゴジラの存在を感知し京都に上陸するゴジラ。そのころ国連G対策センターは、日本に上陸したゴジラに対し、完成したメカゴジラで精鋭部隊Ｇフォースによる迎撃を敢行するが・・・。
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ゴジラシリーズ第19作。「平成シリーズ」第4作。巨大隕石落下の影響により、海底で眠りについていたゴジラが目を覚ます。インファント島ではモスラの卵が発見され、日本に輸送される中、コスモスと名乗る小美人が現れ、バトラの復活を警告する。日本へ輸送中のモスラの卵は洋上でゴジラの襲撃を受けるが、卵からモスラが孵化し応戦。それに呼応するようにバトラが復活し、三つ巴の戦いの火ぶたが切って落とされる。
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ゴジラシリーズ第18作。「平成シリーズ」第3作。
1992年7月、東京上空に巨大な未確認飛行物体が飛来し、２３世紀から来た未来人が姿を現す。彼らは、タイムトラベルでゴジラ誕生の時代まで歴史を遡り、その誕生を阻止する『ゴジラ抹殺計画』を呼びかける。計画は成功するが、ゴジラの消滅と同時にキングギドラが日本に来襲。すべては未来人の策略によるものだった。さらにはゴジラがより強力な怪獣へと変貌し復活を果たし、最大の危機が日本を襲うのであった！
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A documentary surrounding the ties between Japan and the Korean peninsula, particularly folk rituals of the aforementioned region. Reportedly is the first film acclaimed composer Akira Ifukube wrote for after his hiatus from scoring.
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A collection of deleted scenes and bloopers from the library of Toho Studios films, including several films from the famous Godzilla franchise.
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Akira Ifukube has arranged music from his fantastic films into a three-movement symphony, presented here with scenes from the films the music was originally written for. The second half features Makoto Inoue's synthesizer arrangements of Ifukube's music. In this portion, all the music is by Ifukube, but it shows scenes from films Ifukube did not work on. Showcases footage from various monster and science fiction films from Ishiro Honda as well as scenes from Senkichi Taniguchi's Adventure of Kigan Castle.
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A high production fan film directed and produced by Shizuo Nakajima and several former Toho filmmakers in 1983. Principal photography on Wolfman vs. Godzilla began in 1983 and concluded in the mid 1980's. Post-production ("editing, sound design, and visual effects") is ongoing.
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Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who advises warlord Hideyoshi in sixteenth-century feudal Japan. His daughter, the beautiful Lady Ogin, has an unrequited love for Lord Ukon, who has angered Hideyoshi by becoming a Christian convert. Ogin's father Rikyu also displeases Hideyoshi by opposing the warlord's plan to invade China and Korea. When the animalistic Hideyoshi is rejected by Ogin, he threatens her and her father with arrest and worse.
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A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956), plus WWII newsreel footage and clips from other monster 1950's movies. The re-edited film was then colorized via a process called Spectrorama 70 consisting of applying various colored gels to the black and white footage. The film's opening and ending also features new music composed by musician Vince Tempera (under the pseudonym Magnetic System).
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ゴジラシリーズ第15作。本作をもって「昭和シリーズ」は幕を下ろすこととなる。
メカゴジラをゴジラに倒されたブラックホール第三惑星人だったが、地球侵略を諦めてはいなかった。第三惑星人は、学会を追われた異端の真船博士とその娘・桂と協力し、メカゴジラ第２号を完成させる。さらにチタノザウルスを怪獣コントロールシステムで操り、パワーアップしたメカゴジラと共にゴジラを追い詰めていく。
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女性史研究家・三谷圭子は、“からゆきさん”のことを調べる過程で天草で小柄な老女サキと出会った。サキがからゆきさんと確信した圭子は、彼女が経験した過去を聞き出すため、共同生活を始める。やがて、サキはその重い口を少しずつ開いて、あまりにも衝撃的な生涯を語り始めるのだった……。
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The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.
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Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who now is wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested in repaying the villagers' debts, but is in reality manipulating the ownership of a now-valuable rock quarry. Zatoichi learns of the subterfuge and confronts his old friend, who has a score of yakuza swordsmen backing his play.
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ゴジラシリーズ第12作。ゴジラタワーがそびえ立つ世界子供ランドは地球侵略を目論むハンター星雲Ｍ星人の秘密基地だった。彼らはガイガンとキングギドラを呼び寄せ、ゴジラタワーから発する特殊電波で二大怪獣をコントロールし東京攻撃を開始した。これを察知したゴジラとアンギラスは怪獣島から東京へと急ぐ。今ここに、地球怪獣軍と宇宙怪獣軍の壮絶なタッグマッチのゴングが鳴る！
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Wolfman instantly appears from behind some trees where he is reputedly abused by armed Japanese army tanks, he allegedly flees and later battles Baragon at a burning construction site.
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The struggles of a low-ranking samurai (Nakamura) coming to terms with the end of the Tokugawa shogunate and the end of Japan's feudal age with the 1868 Restoration.
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セルジオ島にイカの怪物ゲゾラが出現した。カメラマンの工藤は、アジア開発の宣伝部員アヤ子と生物学者の宮、自称風俗研究家の小畑と共に島に向かう。宮と工藤が調査のため海中に潜った時、突然周囲が青光り、海底が吹き上がるとゲゾラがおそってきた。アヤ子からゲゾラがかがり火に慌てたことを聞いた二人は、島民と協力しゲゾラをガソリンで撃退した。しかし、その他以内から這い出たアメーバ状の物体が、カニの化け物ガニメとなって再び工藤たちに襲い掛かった。さらに新たに巨大ガメ・ガメーバも現れた。南海を舞台に、大怪獣の決戦が始まった！
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映画ファン待望の2大スター対決が実現し、シリーズ最大のヒットを記録した第20作。蓮華沢の里を3年ぶりに訪れた盲目の渡世人、座頭市。だが村の平和は、小仏の政五郎と生糸問屋の烏帽子屋弥助という2大勢力の対立によってすっかり脅かされていた。市が里に戻ってきたと知った政五郎は、早速、凄腕の用心棒・佐々大作に市の暗殺を命じ、大作もまた100両の金に釣られてその仕事を請け負う。かくして両者はひとたびあいまみえるが、お互いの実力を見てとった2人は、再度の勝負を約束して一旦は別れるが...。
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海底油田の調査隊が遭難し、謎の潜水艦アルファー号に救助される。調査隊の三人が連れていかれたのは、海底に作られた平和な理想郷、赤道と日付変更線の交差する“緯度0”であった。一方アルファー号の艦長を生涯の仇敵と狙うマリク博士は、その平和なユートピアを破壊しようと画策した。アルファー号に救助された三人は、マリクの本拠地に乗り込んでいく。だがそこは、凶暴な巨大ネズミや合成獣グリフォンの跋扈する、アンチ・ユートピアだった……。
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An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women, and a vicious killer. Bloody violence erupts whenever strangers approach the temple. Can the traveling priest bring his belief in the Buddha and rid the three temple residents of the devils that hold their souls?
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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 Japan's leading manufacturers of electronic and electric goods.
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ゴジラシリーズ第9作。２０世紀末、国連科学委員会は小笠原諸島のとある島に怪獣ランドを建設。ゴジラをはじめとする怪獣たちを一堂に集め、平和裏に管理していた。だが、怪獣ランドに謎の毒ガスが充満。その直後、怪獣ランドの怪獣たちは世界各地を襲撃し始めるのだった。国連科学委員会はキラアク星人の地球征服計画を突き止め、新鋭宇宙艇ムーンライトＳＹ－３を発進させ、月にあるキラアクの怪獣操縦装置の奪取に成功。地球怪獣連合の反撃が始まる。だがキラアク星人は地球にキングギドラを送り込み、形勢逆転を狙うが…。
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A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a bad snow storm after finding a special tree for carving a statue for the local temple. Finding refuge in an abandoned hut they celebrate their luck in finding the tree but soon they are visited by the Snow Witch who freezes the sculptor to death but takes pity on the apprentice. He must promise to never speak of this or she'll return and kill him.
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シリーズの第17作で、後に「ブラインド・フューリー」としてアメリカでリメイクされた。座頭市は、旅先で出会った瀕死の女性からその幼い息子を彼女の夫の庄吉に届けるよう頼まれる。彼女の死後、市は少年と目的地へ。途中、謎の男、赤塚多十郎と出会うが、その素性は公儀隠密だった。悪代官やヤクザに監禁された庄吉を救うべく、立ち上がる市だったが、友情で結ばれかけた赤塚と、ある事情から一対一の対決に迫られることに...。
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極悪非道な大名のため主君をうたれ、敵討ちのため十一人の暗殺隊が編成された。第一、第二の決死の暗殺計画に失敗しながらも、なおも敵の大名の行列を追い続け、日光街道の山深い宿場を最後の決戦場として、命を懸けた驚くべき皆殺し作戦を決行する侍十一人。なにが彼らを狂わせたのか――！？かつてない画期的手法で描かれる集団大アクションを中心に、武士の悲劇的な側面を浮き彫りにして、時代劇の面白さ、素晴らしさを追求した野心作。
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天才科学者ドクター・フーは、新原子力エネルギー発掘のためメカニコングを開発するが失敗。そこでキングコングを利用しようとするが…。
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大魔神シリーズ第三弾。非道な領主のもとで強制労働をから逃げ出した村人たちを救うため、四人の子供たちが禁足地の山中へ向かう。領主側は追っ手を放ち、子供の一人が命を落としてしまう。そしてついに、山の武神像が動き出す。 吹雪の特撮が印象的で、大魔神がその宝剣を初めて抜いたことでも話題になった。今回は子供の涙によって魔神が動くというのが新味だが、虐げられた良民の祈りが魔神に通じ怒りが爆発という基本パターンから脱却しきれず、新しいインパクトを与えるには及ばなかった。本作でシリーズは終了し、大映の特撮時代劇は妖怪シリーズへと移る。『マグマ大使』のガム役で知られる二宮秀樹が鶴吉を好演。
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Nemuri Kyoshiro discovers a conspiracy centering around a band of disgruntled samurai wanting to avenge the death of their sensei, a political reformer that pushed for better provisions for the lower classes until he was assassinated by Shogunate agents. Their plot, to set fire to the oil refineries of two rich merchants and unleash a raging inferno that will hopefully burn down the Edo Castle.
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Suspense film based on Ryuji Hori's non-fiction book about the kidnapping and murder of 4-year-old Yoshinobu Murakoshi in 1963.
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“大魔神”シリーズ第２弾。戦国時代、名越一族と千草一族は、八雲の湖をはさんで暮らしていた。そして湖の中央にある神の島に祭られる武神像により、平和を守られていた。そんな中、千草家の跡取り息子十郎と名越家の娘早百合は結婚することとなっており、両家の長期にわたる幸福な関係は約束されているかにみえた。ところが彼らは思わぬ侵略にさらされることになる。隣国の領主御子柴弾正は、まず千草一族、続いて名越一族を倒し､その領地を手に入れる。さらに両家を守り続けてきた武神像を破壊し、湖に捨ててしまう｡そして邪魔になった十郎と早百合を処刑しようとする。絶体絶命と思ったその時、湖がまっぷたつに割れ、巨大な魔神が現れる……｡神ノ島関係のシーンは、京都撮影所内に大規模なセットを組んで撮影。湖面を二つに割って登場する大魔神が圧巻。
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ひとつの細胞から生まれた兄弟怪獣、海の怪獣・ガイラと山の怪獣・サンダ。それぞれ善と悪の属性を持ち、性格の異なる2匹はやがて都市で死闘を演じることに。
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A naively honorable samurai (played by Raizo) comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai principles makes him an oddity among his peers, and a very vulnerable oddity in consequence. He takes the blame for the misdeeds of others, with the understanding that he will be exiled for one year and restored to the clan's good graces after the political situation dies down. As betrayal begins to heap upon betrayal, he realizes he'll have to live out his life as a master-less ronin, if not hunted down and killed.
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Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to use non-violence and set a good example, or violence and set the boy on the wrong path in life.
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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 the Middle East, where they find intrigue and romance in the court of an evil king.
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戦国の世、丹波の国で謀反が起こった。前主を弑して新しく領主の座にのぼった左馬之助は、過酷な労役を領民に課し、さらには村の守り神たる魔神像をも破壊しようとした。だが、額にくいを打ち込んだ途端、突如として山崩れが起こり、作業にあたっていた人足たちは土砂に呑み込まれてしまう。左馬之助は魔神像の破壊をあきらめたが、前主の係累に対する追及はやめなかった。ついに遺子・忠文を捕らえた彼は、忠臣とともに磔刑に処することを決定する。忠文の妹・小笹は、唯一の心の拠り所、魔神像に助けを求めるのだったが……。映像化を考慮しないで作られたかのような演出に、特撮が見事に応えた傑作作品。４．５メートルという難しいスケールに設定された魔神像は、巧みな特殊撮影によって動き回り、素晴らしいリアリティを醸し出している。
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The masked daughter of the Shogun wants to kill a samurai who has seen her scarred face. She sends waves of ninja warriors to kill the samurai and plots diabolical schemes / ambushes without much success.
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Zatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, while fending off angry yakuza and bloodthirsty relatives out for revenge, and trying to save a sick child. Meanwhile, his luck with dice is turning.
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ゴジラシリーズ第6作となる日米合作映画。木星１３番目の新惑星・Ｘ星が発見され、Ｘ星探査に派遣された地球連合宇宙局の宇宙パイロットたちは、Ｘ星人と遭遇してしまう。Ｘ星人たちはガンの特効薬と引き換えに、キングギドラ撃退のためゴジラとラドンを借りたいと人類に申し出る。だが、彼らの真の目的は地球侵略にあり、ゴジラ、ラドンをＸ星へ連れ出し、電磁波で洗脳すると、キングギドラとともに地球に送り込み人類への攻撃を開始する。果たして人類にＸ星人の野望を打ち砕く術はあるのか？
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第二次大戦末期、ドイツから極秘裏に運ばれた一つの秘密兵器があった。それは人造人間“フランケンシュタインの不死の心臓”である。日本軍はこの心臓をもとに、人間兵器を造ろうとしたのだ。だがそれは、広島の原爆によって研究途上で失われてしまう。そして十数年後、その心臓から再生した少年が登場したのだった……。
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When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation uncovers a black market scheme involving counterfeit money, murder, and conspiracy.
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Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a brothel. Through friendship with Denroku, a local dice thrower and devoted father, Ichi uncovers an unholy alliance between the governor and the area strongman: among their scams is falsifying tax records to put farmers in debt, then forcing their daughters into prostitution at the boss's brothel. With help from Denroku's daughter, Otsuru, Ichi comforts Osayo until he can provoke showdowns with the villains and their henchmen.
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In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return.
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ゴジラシリーズ第5作。異常気象に見舞われる日本。そんな中、金星人を名乗る女性が地球の危機を予言すると、阿蘇火口からラドンが、太平洋からゴジラが姿を現す。更には、黒部谷に落下した大隕石から金星を滅亡させた宇宙最強の怪獣キングギドラが出現し、日本各地を荒らしまわる。未曾有の地球の危機に、小美人よりインファント島から招聘されたモスラは、ゴジラとラドンに共闘を求めた。ここに地球三大怪獣対宇宙超怪獣の地上最大の決戦が始まる！
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Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child.
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The second film in the "Suruga yukyoden" series, in which Shintaro Katsu plays Jirocho Shimizu. The film features Omasa, Komasa, Ocho, who will become Jirocho's wife, as well as other members of his future family. There is a particularly great swordfight near the end where Katsu and cronies attack the rival villainous yakuza clan to rescue their ailing, elderly boss. The action choreography, cinematography and editing of this sequence is quite brilliant, treading a difficult tightrope act between genuinely goofy antics and exhilirating, bloody violence.
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地球を周回していたTV衛星が突如爆発した事件は、放射能によって突然変異した宇宙細胞の仕業だった。北九州地方に宇宙細胞が襲来、自衛隊必死の攻撃の前に細胞は消滅するが...。
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Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle chaos and the persecution of the Shogun's army. Five samurai decide on different fates when it becomes clear that their side is being destroyed. One wants to attack the enemy head on in a final honorable death. Another decides to commit hari-kiri but wants to find a glorious view to do it. His close friend, the "coward", just wants to run and give up the life of a samurai. The final two set their own castle on fire to garner favors from the enemy and therefore avert their own death during the massacre of all defeated soldiers as
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[Period covered: 1614-1615] 4th film in the shinobi no mono series Tokugawa Ieyasu is now the ruler of all Japan. But one last loose thread must be tied up before his domination is complete -- the destruction of the Toyotomi clan, now beseiged in Osaka castle. Ieyasu's ninja are the only ones who can penetrate the fortress, but unfortunately for Ieyasu, Kirigakure Saizo (Ichikawa) and the other Toyotomi ninja can just as easily get out. As armies of samurai maneuver for battle, the fate of the nation will be decided by a desperate struggle in the dark!
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ゴジラシリーズ第4作。嵐によってインファント島から巨大な卵が日本に漂着した。成虫モスラと小美人は、卵の所有権を主張する興行師に返還を願うが聞き入れられない。小美人たちが帰途に着いたころ、ゴジラが復活し名古屋を壊滅状態に陥れる。そして卵をも破壊しようとしたとき、成虫モスラが現れた。ゴジラを相手に善戦するも、ついに力尽きて倒れるモスラ。だが、卵からは双子の幼虫モスラが孵り、ゴジラに攻撃を始めたのだった……。
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On January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned the bank employees and fled the scene with a large amount of money. In parallel with the investigation conducted by the Japanese police, journalists are also trying to find the culprit. Based on a true incident.
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一万二千年前、地殻変動のため海底に沈んだムウ帝国。だが彼らは海底に都市を作り、世界征服を企んでいた。そのころ終戦間際にこつぜんと姿を消した神宮司大佐たちは、孤島でひそかに海底軍艦を建造していた。それを察知したムウ帝国は、神宮司の娘・真琴と恋人・旗中を連れ去ってしまう。やがて始まるムウ帝国の総攻撃。そしてその砲火の中、ついにムウ帝国撃滅を決意した神宮司は、海底軍艦を出動させる……。
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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 attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.
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人気時代劇シリーズの第５作。座頭市は、旅の途中、道で倒れているひとりの瀕死の老人から、お美津という女性の身を救ってほしいと頼まれる。日本橋の大店のお嬢様である彼女は、とある若殿から見初められて屋敷に奉公することになり、殿に手籠めにされそうになるのを必死で抵抗して逃げ出してきたのだった。かくして市は、彼女と道中を共にすることになるが、市の命を付け狙う浪人者の岬の甚五郎や情婦のお久が、お美津にも目をつけるようになる。
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Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1952) & the milestone silent surrealist masterpiece A Page of Madness (Kurutta Ippeji, 1926).
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人気痛快時代劇シリーズの第４作。上州・下仁田にやってきた座頭市。折しもその地では、地元の若い親分・佐吉の二代目の襲名披露が近く行なわれようとしていた。市が投宿した旅籠の娘のぶは、佐吉と恋仲にあったが、のぶの養父・島蔵は、かつて先代の親分と諍いを起こした末、やむなくカタギの旅籠の主人となった過去の宿縁があり、今なおやくざ渡世に未練を残していた。矢切の東九郎は、そんな島蔵をたきつけて、佐吉の襲名披露を兼ねた花会を邪魔しようと企む。
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The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status. Soon, an offer of marriage is brought to Harima. Trying to test his love, Okiku breaks one of the plates of the family treasure of the Aoyama family, but Harima doesn't notice. However, someone surrounding her witnesses the moment Okiku breaks the plate on purpose.
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人入れ稼業井筒屋の抱え人足で槍奴ぶりが評判の伊達男、権三と浪人者凡河内典膳の娘ちづはかねてからの恋仲だが、娘の夫は武士でなければという典繕の一徹さのために結婚出来ないでいた。そんなことから権三は武士になりたいと願うようになった。ある日、井筒屋に小大名小此木藩から九州へ帰国のための人足を雇いたいという注文が舞い込み、権三は仲間の助十たちと旅に出ることになった。ちづと変らぬ愛情を誓い合い旅に出た権三は...
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わんぱく王子・スサノオ少年が、そそっかしい兎のアカハナや大男のタイタンボウをお供に、幻想の島・オノゴロ島から海底の夜オス国、火の国、天の国・タカマガ原などを巡り、不思議な冒険を繰り広げ、最後に、ヤマタノオロチと壮絶な空中戦を展開した末にこれを退治し、美少女・クシナダ姫を救うのであった。
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人気時代劇シリーズ第3作目。故郷に帰って来た市は、彼の剣の師匠である水戸浪士の弥十郎（河津清三郎）の妹・弥生（坪内ミキ子）に求愛されるが、弥十郎はそれを許さない。やがて市は、金に目がくらんで悪事に手を染めていく彼と対決せざるをえなくなっていく。
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In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric monster Obaki from hibernation at the lake's bottom, and it proceeds to attack Japan. Although made by a U.S. independent film company, this film was based on a Japanese Toho monster film of 1958, "Daikaiju Varan", from which all of the monster effects scenes and a few incidental dramatic shots were edited into it.
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The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneducated zori sandal maker, becomes a professional shogi player through his genius shogi skills and lives a fanatically devoted shogi game supported by the love of his family. This is the 3rd adaptation of Hideji Hojo's famous play.
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The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor after patiently waiting and planning for over a year to kill Kira. In turn, the ronin were themselves forced to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder.
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In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his serious faults are showed in this film. Qin adopted autocratic dictatorship and led a luxurious life: abolition of feudalism and the centralization of power in the form of a now-hereditary bureaucracy loyal to himself; burning books and burying scholars; the construction of a sumptuous palace for his concubines and also the Great Wall.
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ゴジラシリーズ第3作。TTVの桜井と藤田は、TV番組の視聴率アップのため、“巨大なる魔神”を追って南海のファロ島を訪れた。その頃、北極海調査を行なっていた原潜シーホークは発光する奇怪な氷山と遭遇、その中からは休眠していたと思われるゴジラが現れた。桜井たちは強力な麻酔作用のある木の実と原住民の協力を得て、“魔神”ことキングコングの捕獲に成功する。しかし海上輸送の途中で目覚めたコングは単身で日本に上陸すると、同じく上陸していたゴジラに立ち向かっていった。
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宇能鴻一郎の芥川賞受賞作を映画化。小さな漁村で生きる漁師シャキの悲願は、祖父と父と兄を殺した巨大なクジラ＝鯨神を倒すこと。相次ぐ鯨神による被害を見た村の長・鯨名主は、鯨神を倒したものに一人娘トヨと家屋敷を与えると宣言する。シャチは名乗りを上げるが、流れ者の漁師・紀州もまた鯨神を狙っていた。
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A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate woman named Oritsu. It's a winning combination of drama and humor. The warm friendship that grows between the carpenter, the woman and the children making this into a true masterpiece.
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勝新太郎が盲目の居合抜きの達人・座頭市を演じ、彼の代表作となった人気シリーズの第1作。博打のツボ振りと居合抜きの達人である盲目の男・座頭市は、下総飯岡の貸元・助五郎の食客となる。市は肺を患う浪人・平手造酒と知り合い友情の念を抱くが、平手は助五郎と対立する笹川一家の食客だった。やがて市と平手は、運命的な対決へと導かれていく。
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Adaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the impossible love between a young scholar a beautiful geisha.
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Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga, provides little happiness. His manipulative mother adds further complications through her constant interference and attempts at defeating the Nobunaga family.
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釈迦の生誕から入滅までを壮大なスケールで描いた歴史スペクタクル。世を憂えて修行の道に入ったシッダ太子は、悪魔の誘惑を退けついに悟りを開く。だが彼に嫉妬するダイバ・ダッタは、バラモンの法力を以て、シッダ太子と仏教徒を様々な方法で迫害していくが......。
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In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of the historic battle. He and his friend Matahachi manage to escape the slaughter although the latter is wounded in his leg. They stumble across the young Akemi who makes her living with her mother Oko by robbing corpses of their armor and anything else they can sell. Oko takes it into her head to seduce Matahachi, which she does first by skillfully sucking the gangrene from his blood, and then just by sucking.
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During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.
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大川橋蔵主演、名匠・加藤泰監督が、シェークスピアの『ハムレット』を翻案し、瀬戸内海をのぞむ王見城の若君が、父を謀殺し城主となった叔父への復しゅうを誓う時代劇。
瀬戸内海をのぞむ王見城の若君・王見正人。留学先の明から帰国した彼を待ち受けたのは父・勝正の急死だった。叔父の師景が正人の母・時子を妻にして城主となり、悪政によって民を苦しめていることを知った正人は、乱心を装って皆の目を欺き、父の死の真相が師景の謀略であることを追及、敵を討とうとするが…。大川橋蔵主演、名匠・加藤泰監督が、シェークスピアの『ハムレット』を翻案映画化した、スペクタクル時代劇。
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Japan, 1643, as the Kato clan of Aizu falls from power two brave samurai will settle a dispute in the time-honored tradition of their clan, by drawing their blades in a duel to the death.
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東宝が「地球防衛軍」の姉妹編として製作した大作SF映画。近未来、宇宙ステーションJSS3が謎の円盤群に破壊され、地球上では鉄橋や汽船が空中へ舞い上がる原因不明の怪事件が起きる。国際宇宙科学センターは対策に奔走するが、メンバーには宇宙人スパイが紛れ込んでいた。地球侵略を企てる宇宙人ナタール人は、月に基地をつくっていたのだった。スピップ1号、2号による月調査と、月面での攻防戦を何とか生き延びた宇宙科学センターのメンバーたちだが、ナタールの地球全面攻撃の日は刻一刻と近づきつつあった。それに対抗すべく人類は宇宙戦闘機と地対空熱戦砲を量産し迎撃態勢を整えていく。そしてついにナタールの円盤群が地球に襲来。ここに地球人類対ナタールの決戦の火ぶたが切っておとされた。
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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 Emperor's vassal, prefers Ouso's stepbrother, and conspires to have Ouso die on a dangerous mission he has contrived. But Ouso prevails in the mission and returns to his father's castle under a new name, Prince Yamato Takeru. Otomo plots to have the Prince sent into even greater danger, but Otomo is unaware that the gods have favored the Prince and the outcome is far from what any of them expected.
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A man is wrongfully accused of murder.
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Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady. But she sees him only as a friend, so he helps another man to woo her by giving him the poetry of his own heart.
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The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state.
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Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.
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When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Varan, a giant monster, Who decided to leave the valley and head straight for Tokyo.
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Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spiteful whispers also reach his ear about an adulterous affair carried on, in his long absence, between his wife and a famous drummer. With Hikokuro’s honor imperiled by rumor, his family insists on a formal investigation into the veracity of the gossip. Through the combined testimony of many witnesses, a tale unwinds around the visits of a traveling musician hired to tutor the family heir, the spurned attentions of the man who started the rumor, and the ultimate truth behind the accusations. The conclusion of events prove as much an indictment of bushidō as it is of the reluctant parties involved. Adapted from a 1706 play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon and based on a true case.
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Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The investigators try to find the cause of the death, then discover that the cut rope was made in the factory for which Uozu’s brother works.
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In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them. In Part II, the search for the scrolls continues.
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火星と木星の間に分布するアステロイドベルトは、かつて存在していた惑星ミステロイドの爆発によって生まれたものだった。ミストロイドの住人・ミステリアンは新たな居住地を地球に定め、富士の裾野に巨大なドーム基地を作り上げる。そして地球人に対し、地球人女性との結婚と居住権を宣言した。防衛軍のミステリアン対策委員会は、地球の科学力を結集、自衛のためミステリアンに総攻撃をかける……。
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1957 drama from director Kôzaburô Yoshimura
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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 her missing husband.
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Roar and Earth
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A scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir seller and the hookers. The crews of ship were oppressed by arrogant captain and his officers. The crews caused an uprising. A manager of stevedore ordered his employee leader to suppress an uprising...
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Harsh film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.
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Period drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.
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In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them.
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Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. Similar to the Italian Cozzilla, the film combines elements of the original Toho version and the American King of the Monsters in a unique version exclusive to the French release. Released by Les Films du Verseau.
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A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo.
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九州の阿蘇山にある炭坑で、坑道に巣くう巨大なヤゴ・メガヌロンの幼虫による犠牲者が発生した。事件を調査する河村は、その怪物をもしのぐ、巨大な怪鳥の姿を目撃する。その怪鳥・ラドンこそ、各地で相次ぐ災害の元凶だったのだ。その音速を超える飛翔速度はソニックブームを起こし、街はまたたくまに壊滅していく。そして、自衛隊の圧倒的な火力によってラドンを追いつめたかに思われたとき、もう一体のラドンが現れたのだった……。
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Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.
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日本の「ゴジラ」(1954年)に、ハリウッドで追加撮影されたシーンを加えて再編集されたハリウッド上映版。
アメリカの新聞記者スティーブ・マーティン（レイモンド・バー）は、カイロへの取材に向かう途中に立ち寄った日本の東京で、ゴジラの上陸に遭遇する。スティーブの回想によって、ゴジラに蹂躙東京の惨状が描かれる。
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Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.
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Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.
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Masahiko Koseki, a judo master, gets in several fights as a result of protecting a young woman. Despite his success, Koseki is expelled from his judo school because of his propensity for street fighting. He goes to work for a gangster named Joji, but when he realizes that Joji is mixed up in the slave trade, Koseki helps the police in their attempts to foil Joji.
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ビルマにいた日本軍は、国境を越えてタイへ敗走しようとしていた。水島上等兵は現地の斥候に変装し、井上隊長が率いる小隊を国境近くまで移動させていた。しかし国境近くで日本の敗戦を知った彼らは、武器を捨て、南のムドンへ送られることとなる。水島だけは米軍の要請により、いまだに抵抗し続ける日本軍の説得に向かうため、隊を離れた。水島が行方知れずとなったある日、井上小隊は水島によく似たビルマの僧侶とすれ違う。
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From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.
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Kabuki adaptation: A princess, a figure from the literary past who anticipates a modern woman, tempts a self righteous priest.
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Five years have passed since the three comrades who saved their lives on the Burma Campaign-Kenichiro Kishi, Eiji Shiga, and Daizo Kobayashi promised to meet again five years later at the platform of Shinagawa Station, which was crowded with repatriates. , The day of reunion is approaching.
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A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a plan to rob a cash delivery truck in order to provide for their families.
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The tragedy of the geiko girl Ume and the men who try to pursue her.
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原水爆実験の影響で、大戸島の伝説の怪獣ゴジラが復活し、東京に上陸。帝都は蹂躙され廃墟と化した。ゴジラ抹殺の手段はあるのか・・・。戦後の日本映画界に特撮怪獣映画というジャンルを築いた、記念すべきゴジラ映画第1作。核の恐怖を描いた、本多猪四郎の真摯な本編ドラマと、円谷英二のリアリズム溢れる特撮演出が絶妙のコンビネーションを見せ、「ゴジラ」の名を一躍世界に轟かせた傑作。
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Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at the indignation of the chairman Hayashi and seeked their own careers in the film industry.
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Toku, a factory worker gives food to a starving woman, Tsuru, who then follows him home. He shares a shack in a shanty village in Kawasaki with his friend Pin-chan. The two men try to get rid of her but then let her stay when she gives them money. Tsuru tells the people of the village that she lost her job due to a strike, then was robbed of her severance pay, then sold to a brothel in Tsuchiura. She ran away with a friend from Kawasaki. Toku and Pin-chan sell her to a geisha house and spend the money. She is thrown out. The owner demands his money back. Tsuru earns the money to pay their debt by working as a prostitute outside the station. The other prostitutes beat her. She fends them off with a policeman's revolver and is then shot dead by the police.
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A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.
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1950s Japanese drama.
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Nobuko Otowa won the Blue Ribbon Award for the Best Actress for this among other films.
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広島にある高校。北川が受け持つ三年生のクラスで、生徒の大庭みち子が鼻血を出して倒れた。それは原爆による白血病が原因だった。このクラスでは、実に三分の一の生徒が被爆者だったのだ。あの日、ゆき子の姉は疎開作業中に被爆し、川の中で絶命した。遠藤幸夫の父親は、建物の下敷きになり炎に包まれた妻を助けることができなかった。原爆投下から七十五年は草木が生えないといわれた広島に大根の芽が出たとき、人々はその芽に希望を見いだしていた。
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Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy. (Set in the 1920's)
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A family comprised of a man, woman and their only son is torn apart when the father, who is a doctor with his own clinic, is to go off to war. Soon the wife and the son are left without an update of his status and whether he is alive or not. With the clinic lying dormant the doctor's wife rents the premises to her husband's underling. This is a man who does not accept payment from the poor. The woman, in the meantime, works at a restaurant whose owner being ill has given her additional duties. Her younger sister is an unmarried finance writer who also lives with them. It is both sisters, however, who receive marriage proposals.
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Twelve Japanese seamen are stranded on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan for seven tense years of internal strife.
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Michiko Asakura was married to the eldest son of the Sakuma family, an unsealed family in Shinshu, but died from her husband and returned to her parents' house in Tokyo with her five-year-old daughter Yoshiko.
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Nobuko Otowa won the Blue Ribbon for the Best Actress for this movie among others.
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Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate.
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Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952 novel Thousand Cranes, a quietly devastating story of a young man, orphaned during the war, who stumbles into a passionate yet tragic relationship with his late father’s mistress and her daughter.
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Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.
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Group of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War.
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A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.
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Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his heart is broken by Awaji does Genji realizes how much pain he himself has caused.
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Romantic melodrama
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Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
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Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa
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Clothes of Deception initiated Yoshimura’s most characteristic vein. This geisha story is often described as a loose remake of Mizoguchi’s pre-war masterpiece Sisters of Gion (1936), but this is inexact. Whereas in Mizoguchi’s study of two sisters, both women had been geisha, in Yoshimura’s film only Kimicho (Kyo Machiko) is, while her sister works in the Kyoto tourist office. Juxtaposing a traditional Kyoto profession with a modern one, Yoshimura shows how life in the old capital was changing in the wake of wider transformations in Japanese society.
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Ebihara is a budding novelist entangled in a complicated web of relationships with three women from three different generations: Kazue, a coquettish teenage war orphan who tries to offer herself for money but is instead taken in by Ebihara, Koyabu, a middle-aged woman who has spent much of her life as the kept woman of a wealthy man, and Teruko, the modest daughter of Ebihara's former teacher who comes to rely on him after the death of her father.
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Also known as Crazy Uproar.
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This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The film is located to Burma. It shows the everyday problems of soldiers in contrast of their ideas and the cynicism of their commanders. Soldiers are also victims of military bullying by their commanders.
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The critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman's prison film featuring former prostitutes recovering from venereal diseases, unwanted pregnancies, and estranged lovers. With its cat fights, hysterical tantrums, film noir lighting, and dramatic music, White Beast is indicative of the new influences of the Hollywood psychological thriller on Naruse. Caged (John Cromwell, 1950) initiated a cycle of women's prison movies in the United States that may or may not have been shown in Japan, but the stylistics of White Beast draw on the same paranoid woman's films and film noir conventions that preceded the American cycle.
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A joint project by Sojiro Motoki and Tomoyuki Tanaka, co-dramatizing the original story by Shu Sekikawa with Senkichi Taniguchi and Kenro Matsuura. The fur of a stray dog, the double-barreled gun tied to the backpack, the beard covered with tanned leather, and the bottom of the snow-burnt shining eyes, for the first time in thirteen years, these reached out to the bottom of society. Genji Iwaki dreamed of reuniting with his first love, Tsukie Shiina, with a huge amount of gold dust. To hand over half of the gold dust, he appeared in the memorable N city from the mountains of Teshio with the hope of seeing his late colleague's son, Ichiro Akutsu...
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1950 Toho film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
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When a young woman is named as the prime suspect in a murder, her girlfriend and her girlfriend's boyfriend set out to prove her innocence. Their investigation leads them to an isolated, creepy house in the middle of nowhere, where sinister goings-on abound.
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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 of the fish companies by the name of Tetsu, decides to overthrow Jakoman and his cohorts.
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Japanese mystery thriller.
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前線の野戦病院で次々と運ばれてくる負傷兵を必死に治療する軍医・藤崎。彼はふとした不注意から手術中に小指にキズをつくってしまい、そこから梅毒に感染してしまう。藤崎は誰にも打ち明けることなく、秘かにサルバルサンの注射を打ち続けるが大した効果はなかった。復員後、藤崎は恋人の美佐緒にも病気を隠し続け、次第に彼女を避けるようになるのだった……
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Four unlucky pirates head to a weather tracking station set on a remote island with the intention of holding the weather trackers as hostages and assaulting their next incoming supply ship; but at the station they are told that a serious typhoon is on the way, so the ship will be delayed.
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1948 Japanese drama film.
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Kôfuku eno shôtai - Invitation to happiness
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Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojiri encounter a young woman and her father, as well as Honda, a mountaineer. The inn folk do not realize their guests are wanted criminals and the visitors are treated with great kindness. Honda volunteers to lead them over the mountains, but Eijima's paranoia endangers all of them as they make the perilous trip.
