Toru Minegishi
Known for Acting
Tōru Minegishi was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1963 to 2008.
Born
July 17, 1943
Died
October 11, 2008 (age 65)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Filmography
146 films, 11 shows
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Shinjuku Incident
2009 · 1h 59m
country: Hong Kong
A simple Chinese immigrant wages a perilous war against one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the planet.
Cursed Songs 2: Nu-Meri
Cursed Songs 2: Nu-Meri
2008 · 1h 16m
country: Japan
There's something wrong at the Pacific Institute...something wrong and evil. For young Mari, whose family has worked in the finishing industry for generations, her studies in advanced genetics and marine bio-engineering represent not just her own future, but that of her entire family. But when her friend Nanako is mysteriously discovered dead, Mari's dreams turn into her worst nightmares! Because not only was Nanako's body covered with fishbites, she was also growing scales! Now, as a new wave of deaths and tragedies engulf the Pacific team, it becomes all too clear that someone....something...has a new future in mind for all human kind. For centuries man has taken from the ocean, never dreaming what might lurk beneath the waves; now the revelation has begun...and this time, we're the sushi!
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Departures
2008 · 2h 10m
country: Japan
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
Rakugo musume
2008 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
When a gal named Kasumi decides to become a traditional Japanese 'Rakugo' storyteller due to her uncle's invalidity, she is soon on her way to a career with college-level and amateur success. She becomes a student to one of the master's of the genre and is even asked to perform by a TV producer. The only snag is, the particular story has a curse dripping from its words.
Domination Final Chapter
2008 · 1h 27m
country: Unknown
'Domination' sequel.
Domination
2008 · 1h 27m
country: Unknown
Straight to video Yakuza film.
Oka wo koete
2008 · 1h 54m
country: Japan
Cursed Songs: Chi-Manako
2008 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
Misaki is a popular bar hostess whose policy is to 'live on presents'. She is haughty and wants nothing but the most expensive and exclusive. One night, she finds a rabbit and takes it home, setting off the story of an unimaginable tragedy. It is an 'animal panic horror' film with a new edge presenting an allegory of the worst in the modern materialistic world. This is the first full-length feature film for Yuichi Kanemaru, who has worked as assistant director to Kaneto Shindo, Yasuo Furuhata and Takashi Miike. And Tomoko Tabata's dynamic performance in her first horror movie is a definite highlight.
Shinjuku Gangster Hanabi
2007 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
2007 Original Video.
The Successful Businessmen Handbook III: Economic Tactics You Can Learn from the Yakuza
2007 · 1h 17m
country: Unknown
Sometimes, yakuza must face shrewd civilians even more cunning than themselves, armed only with ethics. What are the 'negotiation tactics' you can learn from yakuza beyond fights and threats!? The unparalleled negotiation skills of the yakuza, refined to perfection, are now revealed!!
Shoot the Boss: Shoot the Leader!
2007 · 1h 21m
country: Unknown
In 1978, at the Kyoto nightclub "Barami," Ryuji Kagawa (Toru Minegishi), boss of the Yamada-gumi, was gunned down. The man targeting the leader of Japan's largest organization was Wataru Naruse (Kazuyoshi Ozawa) of the Nihon Makoto-kai. This is the story of a reckless conflict—likened to "ants" challenging a "giant elephant"—as men, seeking vengeance for their boss, the first president of the Nihon Makoto-kai, Katsuichi Yoshimura (Hitoshi Ozawa), take on Japan's largest organization.
殺戮の応酬
2007 · 1h 21m
country: Japan
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Song of Goodbye
2007 · 1h 59m
country: Japan
It is the second work of the Oita trilogy of Obayashi . Following " Nigori Snow ", Ise Masazo draws a song written by composers and songwriter "Farewell of 22 years old " as a motif and draws a story of love that spans two generations of mother and daughter.
Shoot the Boss: Hunt the Enemy
2007 · 1h 22m
country: Unknown
Young Shima member Wataru Jōjima (Hitoshi Ozawa) witnesses the loss of his boss, Takeo Shima (Jerry Fujio), right before his eyes. Left adrift, Jōjima visits Akebono Academy, a care facility frequently visited by Shima. There, he encounters Sanae Ikushima (Eri Takahashi), a young girl Shima had been looking after—.
Public Security Police Investigator
2007 · 1h 21m
country: Unknown
Ken Kariba, who was transferred to the Public Security Department of the Metropolitan Police Department, was investigating allegations of kidnapping of Japanese groups in Europe amid a series of explosions in various parts of Japan and the spread of fear of terrorist attacks with bombs. It eventually led to a series of terrorist attacks and, gradually, to a great conspiracy.
Kanashiki Tenshi
2006 · 1h 53m
country: Japan
The body of a 59-year-old male is found on the banks of a river. The stepson, Kazuo, confesses to his involvement but also implicates his estranged sister Nami. Two detectives, Okishima Keisuke and Kono Kaoru, then travel to the resort district of Beppu to stake out the house of Nami's ex-lover. They feel he may also be implicated in the murder and are certain that Nami will make contact. The detectives now wait.
The Catch Man
2006 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Takashi, an unemployed young man, is entrusted with a "catch ball shop" by a stranger he meets in the park. While accepting people's feelings through catch ball, Takashi himself remembers the important things that he had forgotten.
The King of Minami 32
2005 · 1h 24m
country: Unknown
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The Motive
2004 · 2h 40m
country: Japan
Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation deepens it is discovered that one of the victims isn't related to the family.
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Tokyo Noir
2004 · 2h 7m
country: Japan
Three tales that center around sex and citizens of Tokyo: A repressed woman embraces her sexuality, ("Birthday"), an unexpected reunion disrupts a sex worker's routine ("Night Lovers"), and a sex blogger discovers connection in the depths of loneliness ("Girl's Life").
Road to the Don 23
2004 · 1h 25m
country: Unknown
The twenty-third 'Road to the Don' film.
Young Thugs: Going My Way
2004 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
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Take the 'A' Train, Someday
2003 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
Road to the Don Theatrical Version
2003 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
A young yakuza experiences various conflicts, tactics, betrayals, rules, etc. in the gangster world, stands out in the organization, and climbs to the top of the organization. The theatrical version of the popular video series adapted from the original work by Murakami Kazuhiko.
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True Record: The Yanagawa Gang: The Legend of Jirō Yanagawa: The Final Chapter
2003 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
The Yanagawa-gumi challenges violent organizations one after another until a formidable man rises to block their path. This third installment depicts their story from their repeated rapid advances across the length and breadth of Japan to the eventual wave of intensified police crackdowns that leads to their disbandment.
The King of Minami: Business Loans - The Guarantor's Trap
2001 · 1h 30m
country: Unknown
#33 in the King of Minami series. The CEO of a health food start-up borrows money from Manda using his fiancee's house as collateral, but when his American supplier demands more money than expected, he turns to a business loan company to make up the difference. Meanwhile, a hapless festival merchant turns to Manda when a run-in with the yakuza threatens to derail his business.
Farewell
2001 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
Yuichi Kosaka is a salaried businessman in Ueda city. His achievements have not been improved recently, and he is betrayed by the manager of takada. Takada, who is related to the company's executives, is very strict with him. Every night late, Yuichi is often dissatisfied with his wife, Kazue, and his daughter Sanae.On the other day Yuichi ran the car aiming at his home village. However, it is lost in the mountain road which should know well. An old public telephone keeps in sight, and yuichiro stops the car before it. It was Yuichi who had been able to find the name of the old high school classmate, Tai in the old telephone book, and dial, and was surprised to hear the voice of the big. It was because the voice was as it was 30 years ago. The telephone was connected to the past.
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
2001 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
A woman is discovered strangled inside a car, and Inspector Muta of the Yamashita police station hurries to the scene! The relationship between the murdered woman and a suspect whom the new Assistant Inspector, Iwaki, has been pursuing for one year will soon become clear...
Fighting Knife Yoshi 2
2000 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
Sequel to 'Fighting Knife Yoshi'
Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War
2000 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
The life and death of the men who are bound by violence.
Fallen Angels II
1999 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Authentic eroticism returns in part two of this much-anticipated sequel. Reveals the hearts and bodies of five young women who descend into a life of compromise for the sake of money...
Waru Gaiden
1998 · 1h 22m
country: Unknown
An action film based on the original story and screenplay by Hisao Maki of "WARU". Yoji Himuro is an unparalleled sword user and is known as a badass. As a child, he received intensive training from his father, the owner of a kendo dojo, which resulted in him sustaining 15 wounds. Yoji, who is always looking for stimulation, seeks the smell of blood again today...
I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
1998 · 2h 41m
country: Japan
A heartwarming, based-on-true-story of how a hearing-impaired couple, Masahiro and Namiko, knew each other, got married and began participating in the Triathlon. The story is told in flashbacks as Namiko awaits childbirth.
Kizu Blood Apocalypse 4
1998 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
The fourth 'Kizu Blood Apocalypse' film.
Kizu Blood Apocalypse 3
1998 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
The third 'Kizu Blood Apocalypse' film.
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
1998 · 2h 7m
country: Japan
The second TV movie Obayashi Nobuhiko directed based on Akagawa Jiro's Mikeneko Holmes series.
Kizu Blood Apocalypse 2
1998 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
The second 'Kizu Blood Apocalypse' film.
Chimpira Life
1998 · 1h 24m
country: Unknown
The chimpira 'Katsuichi' got his hands on the only daughter of the largest daughter in the Kanto region.
Hard Boiled
1997 · 1h 21m
country: Japan
Riki Takeuchi stars in a yakuza film.
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Knife
1996 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
Arina is a beautiful assassin who uses a knife and her own body to kill high-profile individuals in the political and business world. The next task received from the head of the organization, Kojiro, was to eliminate En, an arms dealer from Southeast Asia. Arina tries to get closer to him while he is in Japan. However, due to a partner's mistake, the plan is revealed and she becomes a prisoner...
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Fudoh: The New Generation
1996 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
In order to settle a business dispute, a mob leader murders one of his own teenage sons. The surviving son vows to avenge his brother's death, and organizes his own gang of teenage killers to destroy his father's organization.
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After the Wind Has Gone
1996 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
SEXY COP 348
1996 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
Asuka Hanyu, a lone wolf who will stop at nothing to investigate, is a cool beauty who throws away her voluptuous body and strikes her enemies right between the eyes. This female detective infiltrates the Taiwanese mafia. However, her identity is compromised when someone tips her off!
Jigokudo Spiritual Press
1996 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
Upon rescuing a friend who is being held captive by a wicked classmate and his gang of bullies, 11-year-olds Tetsushi, Yuusuke, and Ryoji unexpectedly find themselves entwined in a supernatural battle against the forces of hell. Armed with courage, wit, and three magical charms given to them by a mysterious hermit, they set out to thwart the evil in a quest, which takes them to the depths of hell and brings them to a final battle with the god of death himself.
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Onihei's Detective Records
1995 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
A criminal syndicate wants detective Onihei dead, but the resolute hero proves to be hard to kill.
Goodbye for Tomorrow
1995 · 2h 21m
country: Japan
People from all walks of life all receive mysterious messages from loved ones who were killed 3 months earlier in a shipwreck. They are instructed to go to a small island in the Inland Sea that evening.
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Manji Dance 2 : Three Erotic Women
1995 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
Story of Japanese women.
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XX: Beautiful Target
1995 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
When beautiful forensic scientist Kyoko and her colleagues fail to uncover clues to the identity of a man who brutally attacks and kills women, she agrees to become the bait to lure the killer into a police snare. But as the murderer remains frustratingly aloof, Kyoko discovers that she will have to risk everything in order to apprehend him. Naosuke Kurosawa directs this steamy thriller.
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The Great Night Escape: Midnight Run Main Store 3
1995 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
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Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
1994 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
A mysterious extraterrestrial being resembling Godzilla rapidly approaches Earth. The monster, dubbed SpaceGodzilla, lands to challenge the King of the Monsters.
悪党図鑑
1994 · 1h 18m
country: Japan
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Turning Point
1994 · 1h 58m
country: Japan
A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.
It's More Radical!
1994 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
A yakuza's woman got in a car with Ida, a salesman who has no choice!
Koya Choken-bou oboegaki
1993 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
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Samurai Kids
1993 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
A special effects filled fantasy adventure, in which an 8-year-old boy encounters an ancient samurai warrior who is only six inches tall.
Marriage
1993 · 2h 17m
country: Japan
An omnibus featuring the work of three different filmmakers.
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Haruka, Nostalgia
1993 · 2h 45m
country: Japan
Ayase Shinsuke, a popular writer of a series of girl novels, visits Otaru, the town he grew up in. He meets a strange boy who calls himself by the author's real name.
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN
1993 · 1h 34m
country: Unknown
A man who has no choice but to act as an agent for anything and will play a role in the conflict between the gangsters.
The Great Clash
1993 · 1h 13m
country: Japan
Drug enforcers, the G-Men, bravely fight against the world's largest drug organization known as the Kataoka Route. Lust, betrayal and excitement follow!
Rule of Revenge ROGUE COP
1992 · 1h 45m
country: Unknown
The detective with the highest arrest rate. In fact, he was a vicious detective who communicated with the gangsters!
Nanmin Road
1992 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
The story of four Vietnamese people moving to Japan.
STREET KIDS: Bousou Gishiki
1992 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
The life of a young man who aspires to be in the judicial power begins to decline when he gets involved with street kids
The Unruly Ronin's Journey II
The Unruly Ronin's Journey II
1992
country: Japan
Formerly a covert spy under the shogunate, ronin Azami Onijuro and his carefree companion, ronin, journeyed along the Kiso Highway. As they approached the Echizen Domain, they encountered a woman named Osode. Recognizing Onijuro's formidable skills, she asked for his help as she was on her way to Owari. Osode, the daughter of the second-ranking retainer of the Katsuyama Domain, carried a blood-sealed letter that served as evidence of a conspiracy involving the assassination of the domain lord by the Deputy Chief and the lord's younger brother. Onijuro's group becomes a target and is chased after by the chief retainer's top enforcer.
Black Cop
1992 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
An ex-detective who accidentally kills a suspect becomes a dog of the yakuza
Kanei Chronicles
1991 · 2h 45m
country: Japan
From all over Japan, the greatest warriors: Yagyu Jubei, Miyamoto Musashi, Araki Mataemon, and more came to test their blades in a tournament of swords. But behind the match a bloodthirsty plot is born. Tokugawa Yorinobu, a corrupt shogunate official plans to assassinate Shogun Iemitsu and take his place. With scheming samurai Yui Shosetsu and ruthless Negoro ninja leader Genyusai, he plans to incite a ronin uprising and cut a bloody trail across Japan, with terrifying Chinese gunboats to back his play. Matsudaira Izu-no-kami, councilor and friend to the shogun, along with master swordsman Yagyu Jubei and ninja master Hanzo Hattori must stop Yui Shosetsu and his army of ronin and ninja assassins from tearing the country in half and taking over the government!
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Door II: Tokyo Diary
1991 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
Ai is a call girl that makes good money for what she does but there’s always at risk no matter how good the money is.
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1991 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
In the sequel to 1990's classic Neo Chinpira, Junko (Sho Aikawa) attempts to take out Kazama and then goes on the run. However, he quickly begins to feel homesick, and returns home to find that almost everything has changed. Noriko is now a bar mama with a lavish lifestyle, Yumeko is nowhere to be found, and his boss (Toru Minegishi) seems to have sinister plans involving Junko and his uncle (Jo Shishido).
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Kamigata Kugaizoshi
1991 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
"Do Not Fall" - Set during Japan's Meiji period, three sisters are abused and exploited by their harsh father, including a daughter who plays the three-corded shamisen for pilgrims visiting the sacred chapel of Ise.
Scratched License
1991 · 1h 35m
country: Unknown
A former safe-breaker, a former yakuza , and another young "Toshiro" Ryo (Aikawa) are planning to attack a casino run by a large organization. The three get a lot of money , but Ryo betrays his companions because he wants a runaway fund with the mistress of the group leader .
Killing Melody Lady Smith
1990 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
A painfully splendid adventure has begun!
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Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1990 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
Junko pretends to be a yakuza and gets more than he bargained for when he is tasked with avenging the murder of a fellow gang member. If he turns the task down, he will face the consequences for betrayal.
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Big Boobs Buster
1990 · 45m
country: Japan
Another buxom bombshell falls prey to the masked vigilante, the Big Boobs Buster! Rumor has it that the vengeful villainess was once a mild mannered student ridiculed and rejected for her small bust size. Now, the spurned woman gets even by donning a ridiculous costume and taunting her well-endowed nemeses. Will bouncy coeds across the land be forced under cover? Is any bosomy beauty safe from the Big Boobs Buster?
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Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
After the previous Godzilla attack, a miniature arms race ensues to collect his cells. Concerned over Godzilla's possible return, the Japanese government uses the cells to create a new bio-weapon, ANEB (Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria). They seeks the aid of geneticist Genshiro Shiragami, who's experiments result in a new mutation.
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Beijing Watermelon
1989 · 2h 15m
country: Japan
Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change when he encounters Li, a poor college student from China.
Beppin Town
1989 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
An amateur op (detective) with a career as a former legal instructor . From the search for a runaway daughter requested by Akiko "Beppin" to the murder case. A mystery drawn with a hard-boiled touch set in Kobe (some locations in Ashiya and Yokohama ). The scenery of Kobe before the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake is included in various background scenes, and you can see the buildings and scenery that can not be seen now.
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The Shootist
1989 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
Former policeman Matsushita Hiroshi is a professional marksman shootist. When his keen eye catches his target in the dry urban darkness, the hard, breathless action begins.
I'm Dandy
1989 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
A middle-aged salaryman tries to revitalize his career.
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The Girl in Glass
1988 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
A girl from a wealthy family falls in love with a working-class boy.
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1988 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
A young woman moves in with her estranged father after her mother passes away.
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The Discarnates
1988 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
A recently divorced writer is reunited with the ghosts of his parents who died when he was a boy. However, every time he sees them he loses more life energy. Now, he must choose between starting a new life or staying forever in the past.
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The Strange Pair
1988 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Based on the comic book by Jūzō Yamasaki and Kei Sadayasu.
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Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988 · 2h 15m
country: Japan
A demonic reincarnation of a Japanese general from the 10th century appears in the early 20th century Tokyo with a mission to destroy the blooming city.
Trinacria: Porsche 959
1987 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
A film director plans to make a film about a man who embarks on a journey to find a missing musician, who has disappeared after becoming obsessed with the sound of a Porsche engine.
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Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986 · 2h 15m
country: Japan
During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.
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South to the Horizon
1986 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Tetsu gets into an argument with some Okinawa yakuza and is murdered by them. His brother Ryo comes to Okinawa shortly thereafter and teams up with Tetsu's girlfriend and Max an ex US soldier to extract revenge.
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Beyond the Shining Sea
1986 · 2h 8m
country: Japan
Heartbroken Ukiko takes refuge with a relative after a devastating breakup. While away, she makes a dangerous match with the husband of her frigid cousin.
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April Fish
1986 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
A Francophile filmmaker in a creative rut tries to pass off a free-spirited young actress as his movie-star wife in order to fool a chief from the South Seas.
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His Motorbike, Her Island
1986 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Ko, a motorbike enthusiast from the city wandering the Japanese countryside, falls for the carefree local Miyo and teaches her how to ride. When Miyo proves herself a biker prodigy, Ko begins to fear she's destined to crash.
Star
1986 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
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Four Sisters
1985 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Four sisters with no consanguinity are living together since childhood. When facing misfortune and grievances in lives, they give support and encouragement to each other, even sacrifice oneself to help others.
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The Last True Yakuza
1985 · 2h 5m
country: Japan
A made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence and betrayal inside the criminal underworld.
CF Guretai
1985 · 1h 30m
country: Unknown
Soutaro Nagare is an assistant at a commercial film production company. However, one day at the studio, he punches a cameraman and gets fired. Taking this as an opportunity, Soutaro decided to become a director, and with a book about commercial films he had produced during his university days in hand, he began visiting various companies.
国東物語
1985 · 1h 54m
country: Japan
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Lonely Heart
1985 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
Lonely and love-stricken high-school student Hiroki pursues a girl, but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his psyche, or is she real?
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Capone Cries a Lot
1985 · 2h 10m
country: Japan
Umiemon is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achieving fame and fortune.
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The Island Closest to Heaven
1984 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
A Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia in search of the fabled "island closest to heaven" that her late father had told her about.
F2 Grand Prix
1984 · 1h 59m
country: Japan
Drama set in the world of Formula 2 motor racing in Japan.
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The Deserted City
1984 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
After noticing in the news there was a fire in an old canal town, Eguchi recalls visiting there a decade ago as a university student.
Secret of the Forbidden Valley
1983 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
A thrilling historical drama in which a ronin played plays an active role in redeeming the name of a man who was put to death for a crime, despite being innocent.
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Ghost Story: The House Where Butterflies Live
1983 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
Yoshinari Bessho, the feudal lord of Tanba Province, is a collector of butterflies and has his concubines tattooed with butterflies as well. One day while hunting, Yoshinari sees Gennosuke Akizuki's beautiful wife, Okoto. He kidnaps her, tattoos a butterfly on her shoulder and takes her for his own. Feeling shame for what has happened, Okoto throws herself into a well and commits suicide. She then returns as a ruthless ghost that seeks revenge against Yoshinari and his retainers. Whenever the ghost appears, mysterious butterflies always fly around her...
Legend of the Cat Monster
1983 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter is tasked with writing her comeback film, which leads the two to live under the same roof.
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Musashino shinjū
1983 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
The life and affairs of a famous writer is seen through the eyes of his last mistress.
The Yoshida School
1983 · 2h 12m
country: Japan
Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history released, superimposed cast, a group image of real politicians centered on Shigeru Yoshida and political history after the war.
Shadow Conspirator
1982 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
One night, Genjiro Tsurumi, a former ronin comes across a man being attacked by a group of assassins. The dying man is an official secret agent carrying a secret letter addressed to General Matsudaira. Genjiro meets with Matsudaira, who informs him of the existence of a mysterious group, the Hachitake... who aims to overthrow the Shogunate.
Call Girl
1982 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
A High Class Call Girl is revisited by her ex lover who she thought died 5 years prior.
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Cute Devil
1982 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
While Ryoko is in Vienna studying music, her boyfriend dies in a traffic accident. Ryoko believes that she has psychic powers which killed him, and when she returns to Japan she is sent to a mental hospital. While recovering, her brother-in-law, Kouji, decides to look after her, and she goes to his house to act as a governess for Kouji's sister Keiko's daughter, Alice – who Ryoko becomes increasingly sure had something to do with her sister Fuyuko’s death.
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The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
1981 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
A star tennis player takes revenge on the blackmailers out to ruin his athletic career.
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School in the Crosshairs
1981 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Mitamura Yuka is a normal, shy high school student. Except for the fact that she has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show her skills, creating a force of psychic Nazi student enforcers, Yuka and her friends vow to stop her. But behind it all is a mysterious force that will put Yuka's powers to the ultimate test!
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The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979 · 1h 53m
country: Japan
Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known being The Inugami Family. Kosuke Kindaichi is the most famous detective in Japan. Kindaichi gets a new case to figure out who has beheaded a valuable statue and made off with its head.
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Murder in the Doll House
1979 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
Yūsaku Matsuda plays the part of a private detective in this modern day "who dunnit" mystery, full of suspense, thrills and chills.
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The Fall of Ako Castle
1978 · 2h 39m
country: Japan
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.
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Winter's Flower
1978 · 2h 1m
country: Japan
Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself to the police, he asked his trusted man to take care of her. While in prison, Kanno kept sending letters to Youko, disguising as an uncle in Brazil. 15 years later, Kanno is released. He is determined to live legitimately, however the Yakuza has not forgotten his wicked deed!
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Third Base
1978 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
Third is an aimless young man who hangs around with a couple of girls who are amateur hookers. One day, while acting as their pimp, he gets into a conflict with a young gangster and winds up killing him.
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Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Komori Chiaki is a budding tennis student. However, one day while training, her coach hits a ball into her eye on accident. At the hospital, the news that she will never regain the sight in her eye leaves her heartbroken. As a last resort, she undergoes a costly surgery from the mysterious doctor known as Black Jack, where after a successful operation, a mysterious figure starts to emerge in her vision, and only she can see it.
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Proof of the Man
1977 · 2h 12m
country: Japan
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
The Three Ginza Rascals
1976 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
Three men, all named Masa, join forces to capitalize on each of their unique yet questionable talents against a hyper-competitive Tokyo underworld.
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Solar Eclipse
1975 · 2h 34m
country: Japan
When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, greed and even murder are on the ballot.
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Main Line to Terror
1975 · 2h 1m
country: Japan
Akiyama is an intern, disgusted with the noise pollution caused by the bullet trains and the heart attacks that noise has been causing in older hospital patients, plots to disrupt and, in ten days, destroy a unit of the operation. He warns the Japan National Railway, that, if nothing is done to reduce the noise, he will derail a bullet train. Takigawa is the police detective sent to stop him.
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Light of Africa
1975 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Two semi-slackers with an ultra-intimate friendship work, slack and drink in a freezing Hokkaido town.
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The Last Samurai
1974 · 2h 39m
country: Japan
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.
Student Yakuza
1974 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
A youth action movie in which a student lone wolf who burns with unstoppable strength, courage, and a sense of justice rampages against a gangster.
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Demon Spies
1974 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
Deep in the mountains of feudal Japan, a group of children endure cruel and unorthodox training in order to become the Shogunate's most secret and deadly weapons - the Demon Spies! Their true identities are hidden - even from each other. Behind their demon masks, they are educated in the deadly arts of infiltration, espionage, assassination - and seduction! If they survive to become strong enough to kill their teachers, they will become - the Demon Spies! Sent on a suicide mission to uncover a deadly conspiracy, five inexperienced Demon Spies must infiltrate a powerful fief, discover the location of its secret arsenal, and destroy it. But Lord Shogen, the Demon Hunter, plans to brutally interrogate, ingeniously torture, and cruelly execute - the Demon Spies!
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Wild Cop 2
1973 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
Based on the comic Gokuburi Deka.
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Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
1973 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
Rica wanting a fresh start leaves her friends and past life behind or at least that is what she thinks as trouble always seems to find her. Rica's looks into a ship that exploded and everyone who survived this disaster who comes in contact with her dies. Rica only chance of solving the mystery of the sunken ship is if she can locate a old friend of hers who just happened to be on that ship the night it blew up.
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Love and Death at Fuji Speedway
1972 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
The movie was inspired by real life test driver Yukio Fukuzawa, who on 12 February 1969 lost control of his Toyota 7 at Fuji Speedway near Nakahinata, Japan and fatally smashed into a signpost. In the movie Kei Kiyama’s pop singer character meets Tôru Minegishi’s doomed racer when he happens along as she’s throwing her own records into the sea. From there things get even cheerier.
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The Fearless Avenger
1972 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
Thirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being captured by Yakuza. His life is spared by Boss Juzaburo, in order that the harmony of an important commemoration not be further disturbed. Though now even more of an outcast, Jokichi is asked by another Yakuza boss, Umezo, to guard Oyuki, the wayward daughter of Juzaburo. The tragic consequences of this assignment will lead him into a deadly trap and a final confrontation with Chogoro.
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The Trail of Blood
1972 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
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 protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three years, the gangs he embarrassed when he saved his wife find the family and leave Jokichi in grief, vowing revenge. To parry his terrible swift sword, rival gangs join forces, hiring a prostitute to pose as a woman needing help and breaking the code of honor to double cross the drifter. He finds unlikely allies: a thief who aids him for fun and a one-eyed swordsman who may be Jokichi's equal in skill and honor.
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Delinquent Boss: Alley Dog Commando
1972 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
This is the Fifteenth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value & “pinku” soft-core with sex, nudity, violence, gunplay, & a lot of mainly pointless foolishness when the biker gang coopts racist or nazi imagery, inventing a non-existent youth culture void of morality…
A Chorus of One Million People
1972 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
A civic music group, created by Tsukasa Nitta, a high school teacher in Koriyama City, and Akiko Watanabe, the daughter of a record shop and teacher of a music class, invites Takuro Yoshida to Koriyama City to hold a concert. He then starts being harassed by the Hashimoto group, a local gangster group which manages the city's entertainment.
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Confessions Among Actresses
1971 · 2h 4m
country: Japan
In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid bare, and scenes from their lives are woven in and out of interviews with each of them. Each of them has experienced a traumatic event which contributes to their particular enjoyment of becoming someone else in dramatic roles.
The Night Clinic
1971 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
The Genius and Delinquent
The Genius and Delinquent
1971 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
A talented man and a dull-witted one plan a big crime.
The Killer's Killer
1970 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
Takeshi Ijuin leaves for Chicago to be a cameraman, and a few years later returns to Japan. But he only learned the technique of homicide in Chicago. When he visits the graveyard with his father to pray at his mother's tomb, his father is shot by someone. Now he thirsts for revenge.
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Hurry on a Sail to Dream
1970 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Yuki cares for a sick old man Katakura who kept her mother as his mistress. Now she is the object of his ugly desires. When she falls in love with a young man Jun her long oppressed mind leads her to commit a murder with Jun for Katakura’s enormous fortune.
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If You Were Young: Rage
1970 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the boom. We follow a group of young men that can't seem to get ahead, despite their willingness to try. Then one hits upon a plan - to work together to save for a dump truck and thus become independent contractors and be their own bosses at last. Ultimately life presents obstacles: jail for one, violence at the hands of the police for another, and a girlfriend and subsequent children for the third. An early Kinji Fukasaku gem that imports the freewheeling style of the French New Wave and the hip detachment of American noir.
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Mission: Iron Castle
1970 · 1h 19m
country: Japan
The Shinobi-no-Mono series was so successful that Daiei Studios dipped into the well one more time, making the best 60′s B&W ninja movie ever seen in the otherwise color-dominated year of 1970. Issei Mori directs Hiroki Matsukata as the reluctant leader of a small band of spies charged with kidnapping a noblewoman from a heavily ninja-proofed castle. The finality of the air slowly began to fill like smoke, and in all that had become dark the loyalty of the Ninja who dared to go shone like light as they entered a world shrouded in mystery. Things do not go as planned in what is possibly the darkest and most fatalistic of the already noir-ish 60′s fare. Both the decade and it’s distinctive style of shinobi cinema went out on a high note with Mission Iron Castle.
The Falcon Fighters
1969 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
In the prewar days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Lt. Katō Tateo of the Imperial Japanese Army-Air Corps trains new volunteers from the Army's Infantry to become Japan's next generation of fighter pilots at the Tokorozawa Flying School. Flying Kawasaki Ko-4 biplanes, Lt. Katō will train both friend and future foe alike. But as war in China breaks out, Katō now in command of the 5th Rentai will take his untested men flying antiquated planes into aerial combat against the Chinese Air Force who is now headed by Lt. Cho who Katō both earlier befriended and personally trained himself. While Katō's squadron ultimately achieves air superiority over the skies of Manchuria, it comes at a high price in men to which each loss carries a heavy burden that he alone must carry. As the war widens into the Second World War, Captain Katō must battle an ever advancing array of deadlier new enemies flying ever more modern fighter planes.
The Woman Gambler's Tenth Game
1969 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
13th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
出獄四十八時間
1969 · 1h 19m
country: Japan
Trigger-Happy
1968 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
A 72-hour story about a group of rookie police officers and detectives who are candidates for the Mexican Olympic team and are in training camp for shooting competition, as they hunt down a violent criminal.
Two Hearts in the Rain
Two Hearts in the Rain
1968 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
Love story of a working-class boy and girl.
The Call of Flesh
The Call of Flesh
1964 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
A young woman (Dan) who worked as a prostitute in the days following World War II finds herself sexually dissatisfied with her husband and contemplates returning to an old lover who comes back into her life.
Youth Season Continued
1964 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
The Second movie based on a popular TV show about Pintemps Cosmetics and their struggles to make new successful products, filled with singing, dancing, and laughter.
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
1963 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
Director Iwauchi Katsuki adapted this melodrama from Sasazawa Saho's award winning novel about two young lovers from different sides of the tracks set against the backdrop of the Roppongi district in Tokyo. Masaaki (Minegishi Toru) is the son of a prominent judge and a Law student at university. Chikage (Nakagawa Yuki) is a teenager from an underprivileged home. Both are desperately looking for an escape from their lives when they meet in Roppongi one night and fall in love. But coming from such different backgrounds, their happiness isn't assured.
Let's Meet in Our Dreams
1962 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Mie Nakao runs away from home to join her older sister's production company as a new talent. We follow her ups and downs on the way to stardom as she falls in love with two men, a petty thief and a music writer and teacher, and makes her way in the industry alongside The Peanuts and The Crazy Cats.
Kōkōsei to jokyōshi hijō no seishun
1962 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie