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Filmography
45 films


Bitterness of Youth
1974 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
A footballing law student tutors an undergraduate, developing into a romance that soon enough goes awry.


A Swindler to the West: A Con Man to the East
1971 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
A satirical comedy starring Makoto Fujita, depicting the two East and West con artists swindling illicit money from bad guys.


Golden Eyes
1968 · 1h 19m
country: Japan
A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route from Beirut to Tokyo.


A Comic Storyteller — Uproarious Laughter
1967 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
The third "Comic Storyteller" feature. A comedy set in historic Edo.


Comic Storyteller: The Age of Fools
1966 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
The second "Comic Storyteller" feature.


Comic Storyteller: Great Delay
1966 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
The first of four "Comic Storyteller' features.


Taming an Unruly Girl
1966 · 1h 7m
country: Japan
Masao Shinoda, an office worker at Tozai Trading, is feeling down because his colleague Hiraoka was promoted ahead of him, and when he gets home, his wife Sachiko treats him like a doormat.


You Can If You Try
1965 · 1h 47m
country: Japan


Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends
1964
country: Japan


Trap of Suicide Kilometer
1964 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Klima, Deputy Minister of Industry of the Republic of Alabanda, has come to Japan to purchase materials for the water dam construction. Kitami, who called himself a salesman and met with Klima, acts as his bodyguard. However, Kitami learns that a large number of industrial cylinders unrelated to dam construction have been purchased, and Klima secretly confined her secretary, a former army colonel, and threatened to produce poisonous gas. Klima packed the gas in a cylinder and sent it to Alabanda in an attempt to cause a civil war between the government and the tribes. Around that time, Klima secretly investigated Kitami's identity and learned that he was a secret agent.


Siege of Fort Bismarck
1963 · 1h 38m
country: Japan


The Weed of Crime
1962 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.
Ganpā kachō
Ganpā kachō
1961 · 1h 26m
country: Japan


A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler
1961 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
Based on the story "Tokyo Station" by Tsunehiko Sagawa.


Challenge to Live
1961 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
An employee at an oil cartel (Mihashi) is haunted by an act years before when he euthanized a fellow soldier when the two were adrift at sea during the Pacific War. Matters are complicated further when he falls in love with the soldier's younger sister (Tsukasa).


The Masterless 47
1960 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Part one of The Masterless 47.


Get 'em All
1960 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Gang of robbers quarrel about the loot, but when one of them gets killed, his younger brother seeks them out to ice them one by one.
Young Salesman: Sanshiro Sebiro
Young Salesman: Sanshiro Sebiro
1960 · 1h 23m
country: Japan


Glory to the President of the Henpecked Political Party
1960 · 1h 24m
country: Japan


Varan
1958 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
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 decides to leave the valley and head straight for Tokyo.


Bright Young Maidens
1958 · 1h 18m
country: Japan
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 suitable lodger who will catch the eye of her daughter.


Oban kanketsu hen
1958 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
Ushinosuke returns to Tokyo with new ambitions. Fourth and final part of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.


Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.


The Bride Is Waiting
1957 · 1h 32m
country: Japan


Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
1957 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
1957 Japanese movie.


Ôban
1957 · 1h 58m
country: Japan
A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban.


Funny Fellows
1956 · 1h 32m
country: Japan


The Wicked Boy
1956 · 1h 39m
country: Japan


Seven Samurai
1954 · 3h 27m
country: Japan
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.