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A young Ginko sees the light illuminating the natural order and his own place in the world. He is forced to move due to his condition of attracting mushi.
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Biopic of Date Masamune
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東京地検特捜部の検事である衣畑遼子は、不倫関係にある上司の田辺邦夫の子供を身ごもっていた。チャイニーズ・マフィアのボスである蔡文華の策略により、拘留中のマフィアの自殺を手伝うことになってしまった遼子は検察を退職、田辺とも別れシングルマザーとして生きることに。だが一人息子を、かつて自分が逮捕に協力した奈良本に誘拐され、遼子は蔡に救出を依頼した。息子は無事に戻り、遼子は蔡と家族になるのだった。
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金を満載した御用船が、佐渡を出航した矢先に何者かに襲われる。事件の噂は江戸中に広まり、金相場の値上がりでひともうけを考える庶民が金座へ押し寄せる騒ぎに発展。一方、主水ら仕事人のもとに、金座を預かる後藤家の女当主・千勢が現われ、死んだ船員たちの仇討ちを依頼する。敵の正体も数も判らない依頼に主水らは躊躇するが、仕事人のひとり、おむらだけは仕事を引き受ける。しかし地獄組と名乗る謎の集団に襲われる。
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The early days of the Tokugawa shogunate are brought to light in this exciting historical tale of broken vows and violent swordplay. In an ambush reminiscent of Miike’s 13 Assassins, although pre-dating that incident by 160 years, the heir to the shogun’s seat is brutally cut down by those who hope to install the emperor’s 5th son as military leader of the nation.
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Jubei is a Japanese merchant who learns tricks from Western merchants to get ahead in the game.
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Jubei is a Japanese merchant who learns tricks from Western merchants to get ahead in the game.
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One evening, when the monk Saito Musashibo Benkei was luring for his sword number 1000 at Gojo bridge, Shanao (later Yoshitsune), a young man of small and fragile stature passed by. He wore a nice sword and played the flute.
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日本有数の大手新聞社のひとつ“太陽新聞”。会社は現在、会長派と社長派に割れ、激しいつばぜり合いをしていた。両派が多数派工作に奔走するさ中、社長が腹上死してしまう。これによって“次期社長”を巡る抗争は一気に激烈さを増し、社内は混迷の度を深める。
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Yagyu Jubei, the finest swordsman in the land, is called upon to bare his blade to help Iemitsu keep his post. Meanwhile a fishmonger named Isshin Tasuke who bears an amazing resemblance to Shogun Iemitsu may be called upon to put his life on the line by acting as the Shogun's double. At the same time, the tragic story of Banzuiin Chobei and Mizuno Jurozaemon is unfolding.
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Life and love stories of stunt men and women.
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ある日、突如日本の首都東京を中心とする半径約30km圏が、厚さ2km、高さ150kmの正体不明の雲に覆われ外部との連絡が途絶してしまう。2000万の人々と日本の中枢機能を雲に呑み込まれ、人々は混乱に陥り日本の統治機構はたちまち機能不全となり全国知事会を基礎とした暫定統治機構（臨時国政代行組織）が樹立されるが、財政・外交を中心に問題は山積する。雲の中に家族を取り残された北斗電機の技術開発部長、朝倉達也は雲の調査から電磁波により雲に穴を開けることができるのではないかと考え、電磁波照射車両による雲への突入を決行する。
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ある日、突如日本の首都東京を中心とする半径約30km圏が、厚さ2km、高さ150kmの正体不明の雲に覆われ外部との連絡が途絶してしまう。2000万の人々と日本の中枢機能を雲に呑み込まれ、人々は混乱に陥り日本の統治機構はたちまち機能不全となり全国知事会を基礎とした暫定統治機構（臨時国政代行組織）が樹立されるが、財政・外交を中心に問題は山積する。雲の中に家族を取り残された北斗電機の技術開発部長、朝倉達也は雲の調査から電磁波により雲に穴を開けることができるのではないかと考え、電磁波照射車両による雲への突入を決行する。
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This is the story of the 47 ronin of the Ako clan who rose up to avenge the brutal death of their beloved master Asano Takumi-no-kami after his failed attack on the vile Lord Kira led to his being ordered to commit ritual suicide in a garden on the grounds of the shogun's palace.
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Odin centers around the novice crew of the laser sailing space schooner Starlight as they embark on an historic interstellar test flight. They are intercepted by what seems to be a wrecked spaceship only to find that it contains a lone survivor; a young woman named Sara Cyanbaker. Unknown to the crew at this time, a mechanized space fleet approaches Earth and a scout vessel from that fleet was responsible for the destruction of Sara's ship.
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1980年代の日本を代表する2大アイドル、近藤真彦と中森明菜という超大物同士の顔合わせが実現。公開前から大きく注目を集めたが、さぞロマンティックな映画になるかと思いきや（宣伝コピーは「いのちいっぱい恋をします。」だった）、いきなり宇宙の場面で幕を開けるという壮大なスケールに当時の観客たちは驚愕。近藤演じる青年と中森演じる難病の少女の運命的な熱愛を描くが、精神世界という意外な方向に転じていくのもびっくり。日本映画好きの間で語り継がれているのも納得の怪作だ。監督は舛田利雄。
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Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test pilot of Japans new super fighter - the Zero. The movie is told in reverse from the point of one of the young men who don't qualify for the pilot training and instead joins the ground crew. It chronicles the entire history of the famous fighter from the first prototype test flights all through the war.
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Murder case.
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The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.
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西暦２２０３年。大異変の調査に向かったヤマトは、宇宙を周回する水の惑星アクエリアス接近の影響で水没の危機に瀕した惑星ディンギルを発見。そこで１人の少年を救出するが、難を逃れたディンギル艦隊の攻撃を受けて大損害を被る。自動航行で地球に帰還したものの、責任を感じた古代進は艦長を辞任。一方、母星を失ったディンギル帝国は、アクエリアスを地球付近にワープさせ、水没による人類絶滅後に移住しようと企んでいた。
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An American scientist constructs a laser satellite with hopes of preventing any nuclear conflicts from occurring. However, after a fatal error from both the US and the USSR governments, war breaks out and humanity faces a new bloodshed.
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Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.
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Youth is energy and beauty. Racing gang Sho, Sammy and Shige have their own dream--car-racer, rock and roll and love. Sho falls in love with Momoko but disagreed by his father; Sammy loves rock and roll; Shige dreams of becoming a car-racer though his right fist is injured. As they are giving out their sparks of life, they are also learning the value of life.
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Youth is energy and beauty. Racing gang Sho, Sammy and Shige have their own dream--car-racer, rock and roll and love. Sho falls in love with Momoko but disagreed by his father; Sammy loves rock and roll; Shige dreams of becoming a car-racer though his right fist is injured. As they are giving out their sparks of life, they are also learning the value of life.
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日露戦争における激戦地・二百三高地での帝国陸軍の戦いを描いた歴史スペクタクル。
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西暦２２０２年。突如、襲来した宇宙艦隊が、瞬く間に地球全土を占領。暗黒星団帝国を名乗る敵は、一瞬で人類を全滅させる新兵器・重核子爆弾を楯に降伏を迫る。反撃のため、仲間とともに宇宙戦艦ヤマトが隠された小惑星イカロスへ向かう古代進。だが、その途中で恋人の森雪が敵の銃撃に倒れ、地球に取り残されてしまう。雪と地球を救うため、イカロスに辿り着いた古代たちは、重核子爆弾の起爆装置がある敵の母星に向けて旅立つ。
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西暦２２０２年。突如、襲来した宇宙艦隊が、瞬く間に地球全土を占領。暗黒星団帝国を名乗る敵は、一瞬で人類を全滅させる新兵器・重核子爆弾を楯に降伏を迫る。反撃のため、仲間とともに宇宙戦艦ヤマトが隠された小惑星イカロスへ向かう古代進。だが、その途中で恋人の森雪が敵の銃撃に倒れ、地球に取り残されてしまう。雪と地球を救うため、イカロスに辿り着いた古代たちは、重核子爆弾の起爆装置がある敵の母星に向けて旅立つ。
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白色彗星帝国との戦いに勝利したヤマトが地球に帰還して１か月後。負傷者たちの傷も癒え、修理が完了したヤマトは、新たな乗組員を迎えて訓練航海に出発する。その頃、ガミラス星に帰還したデスラーは、採掘作業を行なう謎の艦隊に遭遇。両軍の間で戦闘が始まるが、その影響でガミラス星が爆発。双子星だったイスカンダルは、バランスを失って暴走を始める。それを追跡するデスラーから通信を受けたヤマトは救援に向かう。
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白色彗星帝国との戦いに勝利したヤマトが地球に帰還して１か月後。負傷者たちの傷も癒え、修理が完了したヤマトは、新たな乗組員を迎えて訓練航海に出発する。その頃、ガミラス星に帰還したデスラーは、採掘作業を行なう謎の艦隊に遭遇。両軍の間で戦闘が始まるが、その影響でガミラス星が爆発。双子星だったイスカンダルは、バランスを失って暴走を始める。それを追跡するデスラーから通信を受けたヤマトは救援に向かう。
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ガミラス星との長い戦いが終わり、地球は順調に復興していた。ヤマトは廃艦になり、古代らは輸送船の護衛任務につく。だが、またもや人類に危機が迫っていた。宇宙の彼方から全宇宙の征服をたくらむ白色彗星帝国が接近していたのだ。そんなとき、古代は未知の星から発信された通信をキャッチする。それはテレサという女性からの助けを求めるメッセージだった。だが、地球連邦政府は取り合おうとしない。古代らは宇宙戦艦ヤマトで極秘に出航し、発信源の星へと向かうのだった。
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ガミラス星との長い戦いが終わり、地球は順調に復興していた。ヤマトは廃艦になり、古代らは輸送船の護衛任務につく。だが、またもや人類に危機が迫っていた。宇宙の彼方から全宇宙の征服をたくらむ白色彗星帝国が接近していたのだ。そんなとき、古代は未知の星から発信された通信をキャッチする。それはテレサという女性からの助けを求めるメッセージだった。だが、地球連邦政府は取り合おうとしない。古代らは宇宙戦艦ヤマトで極秘に出航し、発信源の星へと向かうのだった。
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ガミラス星との長い戦いが終わり、地球は順調に復興していた。ヤマトは廃艦になり、古代らは輸送船の護衛任務につく。だが、またもや人類に危機が迫っていた。宇宙の彼方から全宇宙の征服をたくらむ白色彗星帝国が接近していたのだ。そんなとき、古代は未知の星から発信された通信をキャッチする。それはテレサという女性からの助けを求めるメッセージだった。だが、地球連邦政府は取り合おうとしない。古代らは宇宙戦艦ヤマトで極秘に出航し、発信源の星へと向かうのだった。
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Terrorists hijack an oil tanker and threaten to blow it up unless Japan meets their demands.
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西暦２１９９年。謎の侵略者ガミラスの攻撃によって滅亡の危機に瀕した地球は、惑星イスカンダルから、地球を救うために必要な装置“コスモクリーナーＤ”を取りに来い、というメッセージを受け取る。人類は、太平洋に沈んだ旧日本軍の戦艦大和を“宇宙戦艦ヤマト”に改造。地球滅亡まで残り１年というタイムリミットの中、未来ある若者たちを乗せた宇宙戦艦ヤマトは、遥か１４万８千光年の彼方にあるイスカンダル目指して旅立つ。
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『人間革命』の続編。創価学会を設立した戸田城聖のその後を描く。一人の人間における偉大な人間革命は、やがて一国の宿命の転換をも成し遂げ、さらに全人類の宿命の転換をも可能にする。
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Thriller about hijackers taking control of an oil tanker and threatening to blow it all up in Tokyo Bay.
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Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.
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Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.
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1973年9月8日、『人間革命』のタイトルで東宝と創価学会系のシナノ企画の共同製作で映画化された
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The great Daimyo enlists the aid of the three Shadow Hunters in ensuring the delivery of an illegal cannon in this sequel to Toshio Masuda's bloody adaptation of the manga by Takao Saito. Despite the Shadow Hunters's remarkable skill, this mission is no walk in the park, and in order to survive they must face a relentless army of ninjas and female warriors willing to sacrifice their lives to disrupt the delivery and claim the cannon for themselves.
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Set during the declining years of the Tokugawa shogunate, Shadow Hunters details the questionably noble exploits of three ronin who act as "Shadow Hunters". These three ronin are not your normal ornery ruffians who are looking for a drink, a broad and someone to jab a sword into, but are in fact former samurai who, rather than follow their destroyed fiefs and murdered masters into death via seppuku, have dedicated their combined sword prowess to stopping the government from raping its daimyos for valuable resources.
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Masuda Toshio film starring Watari Tetsuya and Mori Masayuki, about a lone-wolf type (Watari) seeking love and defending the honor of an elderly widower (Mori).
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The story of the desperate struggle between the police and a large crime syndicate.
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渡哲也の松竹第一回主演映画。極限まで追いつめられた男女の壮烈な愛と掟を感動的に描くアクション映画。共演は范文雀、岩下志麻ら。主題歌「哀歌」も渡哲也が歌い上げている。
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１９４１年１２月８日の日本軍による真珠湾攻撃の全容を、日米合作オールスター・キャストで映画化した超大作。
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田上悠三はプロ野球の審判員として、今日も若い審判員、今村たちの勤務ぶりを厳しく観察していた。グランドでは、二軍同志の試合が行なわれ、その中でクロスプレーの末、今村の優柔不断なジャッジに腹をたてた選手の一人、原が今村を突き倒した。これを見た田上はコミッショナーに報告するとともに、今村たちを厳しく叱った。やがて一軍のナイターが始まり田上は主審のポジションに全神経を傾けた。そんなある日、田上家に一カ月の出場停止を喰った原が、田上のスパルタ教育を受けたいと知人の紹介でころがりこんで来た。むげに追い帰すわけにもいかず、ぐずぐずしているうちに、掃除を手伝うやら、わんぱくぞろいの子供の世話をやくやらで、いつの間にか田上家の一員として生活するようになる。
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A real all-star cast turns out for this modern yakuza yarn.
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Kazama and three others defeated Yoshie Sangyo, but the Nishio group was disbanded due to public pressure, and the territory belonged to the Hirata group.
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Kazama and three others defeated Yoshie Sangyo, but the Nishio group was disbanded due to public pressure, and the territory belonged to the Hirata group.
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It is the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), and at the Hanazuki-tei theatre in Asakusa, the famous performance of storyteller Koiso Kikuji and performer Kataoka Koshin is reaching its climax when the Tawaraya family interferes... This is an entertaining action film bursting with righteousness and humanity, centred on men who try to live righteously against a corrupt boss who preys on the performers.
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It is the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), and at the Hanazuki-tei theatre in Asakusa, the famous performance of storyteller Koiso Kikuji and performer Kataoka Koshin is reaching its climax when the Tawaraya family interferes... This is an entertaining action film bursting with righteousness and humanity, centred on men who try to live righteously against a corrupt boss who preys on the performers.
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In 1943, critical developments in the Pacific War have placed Japan at a disadvantage, although the fiery breaths of war hadn't yet reached Okinawa Normal School for women. Nothing seemed the least bit out of the ordinary, as Kazuko and her friends enjoyed a day of sports. A year later the war takes a devastating turn, as US forces plan an amphibious attack known as "Operation Iceberg" on the Ryukyu island.
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The early years of the Showa period were turbulent times for Japan. The country suffered financial crisis and famine, women worked under intolerable employment conditions, and political corruption was a major issue. Out of fear that the great nation would soon fall, a group of young patriotic men gathered to lay out plans to assassinate the crooked politicians. One of these young terrorists was Shinsuke Kusaka. He receives orders to kill the Prime Minister.
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The early years of the Showa period were turbulent times for Japan. The country suffered financial crisis and famine, women worked under intolerable employment conditions, and political corruption was a major issue. Out of fear that the great nation would soon fall, a group of young patriotic men gathered to lay out plans to assassinate the crooked politicians. One of these young terrorists was Shinsuke Kusaka. He receives orders to kill the Prime Minister.
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Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself in the forefront of every battle. Violence never bothered him. However, after being sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing a rival gang’s hit man, he becomes disenchanted with the Yakuza life style. Goro is determined to start anew, but karma catches up. His two closest friends are murdered by his ex-boss. He is left with two options: to kill or be killed.
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A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He hangs out with loose women and hard men and always manages to stay one step ahead of the law. In his exile, he comes under suspicion for a murder and meets the girlfriend of the murdered man. They develop a strange bond while unbeknown to Goro, another hitman is after him for the job he did in Tokyo.
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A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He hangs out with loose women and hard men and always manages to stay one step ahead of the law. In his exile, he comes under suspicion for a murder and meets the girlfriend of the murdered man. They develop a strange bond while unbeknown to Goro, another hitman is after him for the job he did in Tokyo.
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A young ex-boxer has become a successful businessman, running his various enterprises with his best friend, another boxer whom he accidentally injured in a match. When the latter is found dead, he cannot believe it is suicide and decides to investigate. Sure enough, a group of gangsters is behind his death and, resenting his intrusion, try to ruin him and to pin the murder of his young friend's fiancee on him. At the last minute he shoots it out with the villains and emerges with his reputation intact.
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A young ex-boxer has become a successful businessman, running his various enterprises with his best friend, another boxer whom he accidentally injured in a match. When the latter is found dead, he cannot believe it is suicide and decides to investigate. Sure enough, a group of gangsters is behind his death and, resenting his intrusion, try to ruin him and to pin the murder of his young friend's fiancee on him. At the last minute he shoots it out with the villains and emerges with his reputation intact.
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A remake of the 1957 classic "Man Who Raised a Storm" with Watari Tetsuya in the title role.
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An entertaining but silly and fairly forgettable action film with much tongue-in cheek James Bond influence
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Ginjiro was born to a family of nobility, though he yearned for freedom. To earn this freedom, he affiliates himself with the worst of the worst. Swearing his allegiance to the notorious Kuroiwa crime syndicate, the yakuza family known for its thirst for blood, Ginjiro equips for battle. When a rival family raids their gambling parlor, he slashes a masked henchman. Unbeknown to him, his victim was no henchman.
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Ginjiro was born to a family of nobility, though he yearned for freedom. To earn this freedom, he affiliates himself with the worst of the worst. Swearing his allegiance to the notorious Kuroiwa crime syndicate, the yakuza family known for its thirst for blood, Ginjiro equips for battle. When a rival family raids their gambling parlor, he slashes a masked henchman. Unbeknown to him, his victim was no henchman.
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Ken Watanabe, a young man from Tokyo, comes to the great plains of Rumo, Hokkaido to see his hometown with his own eyes. Ken, who was entangled in this land's boss Samejima and collapsed, was rescued by Shingo Kazama, a mountain man who works at the quarry. Samejima, who doesn't like Shingo, tries to interfere with Shingo's work...
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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 in Ieyasu's way - A lone wolf samurai by the name of Kagekatsu Uesugi. Inspired by Uesugi's courage to revolt, a young samurai warrior, Touzou Kuruma decides to join the fight. Their target: the Tamonyama Castle.
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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 in Ieyasu's way - A lone wolf samurai by the name of Kagekatsu Uesugi. Inspired by Uesugi's courage to revolt, a young samurai warrior, Touzou Kuruma decides to join the fight. Their target: the Tamonyama Castle.
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1964 Nikkatsu Theater of Life adaptation.
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A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years, only to return to find the woman he loved married to his former partner. He searches for answers to his troubled past, knowing that his inevitable doomed fate is more or less sealed.
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A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years, only to return to find the woman he loved married to his former partner. He searches for answers to his troubled past, knowing that his inevitable doomed fate is more or less sealed.
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As the post-war turmoil continued, Take, the boss of the waifs, stole the money of US soldiers and lived with friends. They were like children of wolves. By chance, they were found by and became a members of a yakuza family. Five years later, Take dominated the port town as a young boss.
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Hana to ryu: Toshio Masuda directed movie
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Kawanishi Kyu and Tomoda Ryoji, two waifs, are inmates of a Reform School. One night, the boys succeed in a mass escape and split up. Kyu and Ryoji hear the sirens shrieking behind them and panic. Kyu pretends he has been hit by a small truck and Ryoji demands that they be taken to a hospital, little dreaming that Nagai, the driver, is the official guardian of juveniles. The next morning the two boys hear a light knock, and Nagai's daughter, Noriko enters, but surprise is changed to fear as they see her father approaching with Kume, the Juvenile Officer. Their one thought is escape but Kyu discovers his leg is stiff and it pains him to move. In the excitement, he had not realized he had really been hit by the truck. He sends Ryoji away while he waits alone for Officer Kume. Nagai takes Kyu under his wing, while Ryoji finds himself again in the hard-boiled world.
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1962 Japanese movie
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1962 Japanese movie
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Released in the UK as Hotbed of Crime
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Released in the UK as Hotbed of Crime
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At Tokyo Gakuen University, Takema, son of Tatsunosuke, chief of the Waku gang, is a freshman who wishes to prepare himself for a better life away from gang activities despite the wishes of his father who wants him to assist strengthen the gang against the Kawano group. Takema's classmate, Akiko, is the daughter of Eiko who operates a restaurant, and through her he obtains a lodging in the house of Shiu, a dancing mistress. The students enjoy their life, but most have their troubles. Sakamoto works as a laborer on the docks to help pay for his schooling, and Akiko worries over the relationship between her mother and Sakurai, a corrupt politician, suspected to be involved in graft over jet aircraft.
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Kensaku Muro and his father manage a farm in Sakudaira at the foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains. One day Kensuke saves a suicidal woman, Fukiko Uzu, who jumps into a waterfall. Having injured his eyes in the process, he is brought to Tokyo for medical treatment. In Tokyo, Kensaku visits his mother Kaneko who left her son years ago. She now owns an exclusive club and has a son, Isao, with the president of Kobe Concern. Isao plots to steal Kensuke's farm as part of a land development scheme with Fukiko's husband. Without knowing they are blood related, their conflict over the farm intensifies.
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College students come up with a scam to rob a gambling house. When it comes time to collect, the money isn't there, leading the young men into even more serious crime.
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Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop.
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Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop.
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Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughing, self-confident thug. The D.A. gets an anonymous letter about the suicide five years' before of a city council member. Evidence about the case leads the D.A. to Tachibana, struggling to go straight after involvement with the mob and a prison sentence for killing the man responsible for the rape and suicide of his fiancée. One of Tachibana's friends is Keiko, the daughter of the dead councilman and the ward of another powerful official. How do these stories connect?
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Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughing, self-confident thug. The D.A. gets an anonymous letter about the suicide five years' before of a city council member. Evidence about the case leads the D.A. to Tachibana, struggling to go straight after involvement with the mob and a prison sentence for killing the man responsible for the rape and suicide of his fiancée. One of Tachibana's friends is Keiko, the daughter of the dead councilman and the ward of another powerful official. How do these stories connect?
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In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. After the break of dawn, two seamen join the crew of a rusty cargo ship Kaiyo Maru. One is a troublemaker with bad attitudes, Senkichi Nomura, who pursues an enemy in order to take revenge for his father's death. The other is Keizo Sasaki, a buff, eagle-eyed man on board for a certain mission.
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Eikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club Champion owned by his fiancé Natsuko’s father. He lost a title match five years ago as he was besotted by Natsuko, but Eikichi actually cannot give up the dream of the championship. One day, he meets Shuntaro Fuma, who is a punk kid but a promising boxer, and realizes the dream that he himself could never fulfill. Then, they together start to train with the aim of the title. Mari Shiraki is an up-and-coming ballerina under the patronage of Eikichi as well. Eikichi forbids Shuntaro and Mari to be romantically involved with someone during their training, however, they start to go on a date. (source: Nikkatsu International)
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It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daughters. Haruko, the eldest, is the lead vocalist in a band. Natsuko is the conscientious type, who spends her days in ballet classes beautifying herself. The youngest of the three, Akiko is a bookworm who found her niche in philosophy. Although the sisters may appear to have nothing in common, there is one thing they all agree on; "Mom needs a new husband".
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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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After finishing his sentence, Ryosuke Ogiwara, who left the prison gate, got into a car that was sent by his wife's cell and Kenmochi detective of the Metropolitan Police Department, but the real Kenmochi detective arrived a few minutes later. The corpse of the bunch went up in the moat near Akasaka, and the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division 1 was colored.
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In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained relationship stemming from an unknown incident in their past.
