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    Eijirō Tōno

    1907-09-17 (117 years old) in Gunma, Japan

    Eijirō Tōno (東野英治郎 Tōno Eijirō, 17 September 1907 – 8 September 1994) was a Japanese actor who, in a career lasting more than 50 years, appeared in over 400 television shows, nearly 250 films and numerous stage productions. He is best known in the West for his roles in films by Akira Kurosawa, such as Seven Samurai (1954) and Yojimbo (1961), and films by Yasujirō Ozu, such as Tokyo Story (1953) and An Autumn Afternoon (1962). He also appeared in Kill! by Kihachi Okamoto and Tora! Tora! Tora!, a depiction of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. His final film was Juzo Itami's A-ge-man (Tales of a Golden Geisha) in 1990. Tōno also starred as the title character in the long-running television jidaigeki series Mito Kōmon from 1969 to 1983. In the early years of his career he acted under the name of Katsuji Honjo (本庄克二).

    Movies

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    Tales of a Golden Geisha
    63 %|Jun 2, 1990
    Drama, Comedy
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    Days with Harasu
    0 %|Nov 18, 1989
    Drama
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    Death of a Tea Master
    53 %|Oct 7, 1989
    Drama, History
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    So What
    0 %|Jul 16, 1988
    Drama, Music
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    Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo-
    58 %|Nov 24, 1984
    Documentary
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    Adrift at Sea
    0 %|Dec 3, 1983
    History, Drama
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    Choji Snack Bar
    70 %|Nov 12, 1983
    Drama
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    I Lived, But...
    65 %|Oct 29, 1983
    Documentary
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    The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
    0 %|Aug 30, 1982
    History, Comedy, Action, Drama
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    The King and His Vassal
    0 %|Aug 30, 1981
    Drama, Action, History, Comedy
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    The Last Game
    0 %|Nov 3, 1979
    Drama, War
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    Hunter in the Dark
    65 %|Jun 17, 1979
    Action, Adventure, Drama, Crime
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    Lord Mito
    95 %|Dec 23, 1978
    Adventure, Drama
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    Island of Hell
    70 %|Aug 27, 1977
    Mystery, Horror
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    The Battle of Okinawa
    75 %|Aug 14, 1971
    War, History
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    Will to Conquer
    0 %|Oct 17, 1970
    History, Drama
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    Tora! Tora! Tora!
    72 %|Jan 26, 1970
    War, History, Drama
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    Tora-san's Cherished Mother
    68 %|Nov 14, 1969
    Comedy
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    Goyokin
    75 %|May 1, 1969
    Drama, Action
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    Monument to the Girl's Corps
    0 %|Sep 21, 1968
    Drama, War
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    Song of Vengeance
    50 %|Sep 17, 1968
    Action
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    Horus: Prince of the Sun
    63 %|Jul 24, 1968
    Adventure, Drama, Animation, Fantasy
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    Kill!
    70 %|Jun 22, 1968
    Action, Comedy
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    The Saga of Tanegashima
    50 %|May 18, 1968
    Drama
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    Wild Ducks and Green Onions
    0 %|Mar 16, 1968
    Adventure, Comedy
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    Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
    0 %|Dec 30, 1967
    Action, Crime
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    Monsieur Zivaco
    0 %|Oct 28, 1967
    Comedy, Crime
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    Three Faces of Love
    0 %|Jan 14, 1967
    Drama
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    Zatoichi's Cane Sword
    72 %|Jan 3, 1967
    Adventure, Action, Drama
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    Journey to the North
    0 %|Jan 3, 1967
    Drama, Romance
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    The Great White Tower
    67 %|Oct 15, 1966
    Drama
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    Dash to the Sun
    0 %|Sep 8, 1966
    Music
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    Lost Sex
    0 %|Aug 27, 1966
    Drama
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    Dynamite Doctor
    0 %|Jun 4, 1966
    Action, Crime
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    Four and A Half Mats
    0 %|Feb 17, 1966
    Drama
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    Silence Has No Wings
    70 %|Feb 11, 1966
    Drama
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    Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
    0 %|Oct 31, 1965
    Action, Crime
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    An Innocent Witch
    71 %|Oct 30, 1965
    Drama
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    Blood and Sea
    0 %|Oct 1, 1965
    Drama, Romance
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    Sword of the Beast
    75 %|Sep 18, 1965
    Action, Drama
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    The Spy
    0 %|Sep 4, 1965
    Thriller
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    Illusion of Blood
    62 %|Jul 25, 1965
    Horror
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    Nippon Ichi no Goma Suri Otoko
    0 %|May 29, 1965
    Comedy
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    The Last Judgment
    0 %|May 16, 1965
    Drama
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    Red Beard
    81 %|Apr 3, 1965
    Drama
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    Samurai Assassin
    73 %|Jan 3, 1965
    Drama, Action, History
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    Five Gents' Trick Book
    0 %|Jan 3, 1965
    Comedy
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    Eddy Currents of Life
    0 %|Nov 22, 1964
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    ホラ吹き太閤記
    0 %|Oct 31, 1964
    Comedy
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    The Naked Executive
    0 %|Jul 1, 1964
    Drama
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    A Story from Echigo
    72 %|May 9, 1964
    Drama
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    Our Happiness Alone
    0 %|Mar 29, 1964
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    Pale Flower
    74 %|Mar 1, 1964
    Crime, Romance
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    Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
    70 %|Jan 1, 1964
    Action, Drama, History
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    Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
    71 %|Dec 28, 1963
    Drama, Action
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    Fight of the Gamblers
    60 %|Dec 25, 1963
    Crime, Drama
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    Ukyunosuke on Patrol
    70 %|Nov 20, 1963
    Action, History
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    Tange Sazen
    0 %|Nov 17, 1963
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    The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
    59 %|Nov 16, 1963
    Comedy, Drama
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    A House in the Quarter
    58 %|Nov 1, 1963
    Romance, Drama
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    The Navy
    0 %|Aug 13, 1963
    War, Drama
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    Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
    66 %|Aug 6, 1963
    Action
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    Double Wedding
    0 %|Jul 13, 1963
    Comedy
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    Life of Hishakaku 2
    82 %|May 25, 1963
    Drama, Crime
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    Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
    70 %|Apr 28, 1963
    History, Action, Drama
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    Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
    90 %|Apr 21, 1963
    Drama
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    The Sunshine Girl
    57 %|Apr 18, 1963
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    High and Low
    83 %|Mar 1, 1963
    Drama, Crime, Mystery
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    Girls Born in August
    0 %|Feb 19, 1963
    Comedy, Romance
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    Pressure of Guilt
    70 %|Feb 17, 1963
    Mystery
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    Twin Sisters of Kyoto
    65 %|Jan 13, 1963
    Drama
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    Born in Sin
    0 %|Nov 23, 1962
    Drama
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    An Autumn Afternoon
    78.46000000000001 %|Nov 18, 1962
    Drama
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    The Great Wall
    60 %|Nov 1, 1962
    Drama, History
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    Mount Hakone
    0 %|Sep 15, 1962
    Drama
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    The Man From the Sea
    0 %|Jul 8, 1962
    Action
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    This Madding Crowd
    0 %|Jun 28, 1962
    Comedy, Drama
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    Akitsu Hot Springs
    65 %|Jun 15, 1962
    Romance, Drama
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    A Carpenter and Children
    0 %|Jun 10, 1962
    Drama
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    The Bandits
    0 %|May 27, 1962
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    Facing to the Clouds
    0 %|May 1, 1962
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    Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
    0 %|Apr 29, 1962
    Comedy
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    Seinen no isu
    0 %|Apr 8, 1962
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    Foundry Town
    76 %|Apr 8, 1962
    Drama
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    Musume to watashi
    0 %|Apr 1, 1962
    Drama
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    Lady Sen and Hideyori
    80 %|Mar 25, 1962
    Drama
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    Our Marriage
    67 %|Mar 18, 1962
    Drama
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    Season of Farewell
    0 %|Jan 14, 1962
    Drama, Romance
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    Salaryman Shimizu Minato
    0 %|Jan 3, 1962
    Comedy
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    The Red Shadow
    64 %|Dec 24, 1961
    Action, Drama
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    The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
    0 %|Dec 6, 1961
    Music, Comedy
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    Run, Genta, Run!
    75 %|Nov 22, 1961
    Family, Drama
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    Wind and waves of the South
    0 %|Nov 19, 1961
    Drama
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    Buddha
    0 %|Oct 31, 1961
    Drama
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    The Last War
    62 %|Oct 8, 1961
    Drama, Science Fiction
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    Boss Takes to the Road
    0 %|Sep 23, 1961
    Comedy
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    Immortal Love
    75 %|Sep 16, 1961
    Drama, Romance
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    The Crimson Plains
    0 %|Jul 30, 1961
    Western, Action, Crime
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    The Estuary
    0 %|Jul 26, 1961
    Drama
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    The Orphan Brother
    66 %|Jul 19, 1961
    History, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Adventure
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    Challenge to Live
    0 %|Jun 17, 1961
    Drama
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    Fine Man
    0 %|Jun 11, 1961
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    Yojimbo
    81 %|Apr 25, 1961
    Drama, Thriller
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    An Edo Magistrate
    58 %|Mar 12, 1961
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    The Masterless 47 – Part II
    0 %|Feb 25, 1961
    Comedy
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    Pigs and Battleships
    71 %|Jan 21, 1961
    Crime, Drama, Comedy
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    俺の故郷は大西部
    0 %|Dec 27, 1960
    Action, Western
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    The Masterless 47
    0 %|Dec 25, 1960
    Comedy
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    The War Without Weapons
    0 %|Nov 8, 1960
    Drama
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    Wait for Tomorrow
    0 %|Oct 26, 1960
    Drama, Comedy
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    The Pirates
    72 %|Sep 18, 1960
    Action, Mystery
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    The Twilight Story
    80 %|Aug 28, 1960
    Drama
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    Police Precinct Part 13
    0 %|Jun 7, 1960
    Crime, Mystery
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    The Master Spearman
    52 %|May 15, 1960
    Drama
    actor
    The Man of Seven Faces
    60 %|Apr 26, 1960
    Mystery
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    The Gambling Samurai
    63 %|Mar 28, 1960
    Adventure, Drama, Action
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    The Great Road
    0 %|Mar 8, 1960
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    Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi
    0 %|Nov 22, 1959
    Romance, Comedy
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    The Three Treasures
    54 %|Nov 1, 1959
    Fantasy, Action, Drama
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    The Human Wall
    50 %|Oct 18, 1959
    Drama
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    Ripe and Marriageable
    0 %|Sep 17, 1959
    Comedy, Drama
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    Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
    57 %|Sep 13, 1959
    Romance
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    The Beast Shall Die
    56 %|Jun 9, 1959
    Crime, Drama
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    Good Morning
    77.07 %|May 12, 1959
    Comedy, Family, Drama
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    Diary of Forsaken Love
    0 %|Apr 14, 1959
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    Kaze no uchi so to
    0 %|Mar 24, 1959
    Drama
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    The Third Dead Angle
    0 %|Jan 22, 1959
    Drama, Thriller, Crime
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    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
    81 %|Jan 15, 1959
    War, Drama, History
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    The Stream of Youth
    0 %|Jan 15, 1959
    Drama
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    Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
    0 %|Dec 7, 1958
    Comedy
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    The Days of Evil Women
    0 %|Nov 30, 1958
    Drama, Comedy, Crime
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    Theater of Life
    0 %|Nov 23, 1958
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    The Naked General
    0 %|Oct 28, 1958
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Naked Sun
    0 %|Oct 1, 1958
    Drama
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    A Grain of Wheat
    0 %|Sep 14, 1958
    Drama
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    Oban kanketsu hen
    0 %|Jul 1, 1958
    Comedy
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    Beyond the Seasonal Wind
    0 %|Jun 10, 1958
    Romance
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    The Ballad of Narayama
    74 %|Jun 1, 1958
    Drama
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    Night Drum
    61 %|Apr 15, 1958
    Drama, History
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    Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
    0 %|Mar 25, 1958
    Drama, Romance
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    Firefly Light
    0 %|Mar 18, 1958
    Drama
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    Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
    0 %|Dec 22, 1957
    Crime, Drama
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    The Eleventh Hour
    72 %|Nov 24, 1957
    Drama
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    Black River
    69 %|Oct 23, 1957
    Crime, Drama
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    The Story of Pure Love
    68 %|Oct 15, 1957
    Romance, Drama
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    The Lower Depths
    71 %|Oct 1, 1957
    Drama
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    Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
    0 %|Jul 19, 1957
    Comedy
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    Untamed Woman
    70 %|May 28, 1957
    Drama
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    Yagyu Secret Scrolls
    70 %|Apr 14, 1957
    Action, Adventure
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    An Osaka Story
    54 %|Mar 6, 1957
    Comedy, Drama
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    Ôban
    0 %|Mar 5, 1957
    Comedy
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    Rice
    64 %|Mar 4, 1957
    Drama
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    Shimizu Port of Chivalry
    75 %|Jan 3, 1957
    Drama, Crime, History
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    Actress
    0 %|Nov 27, 1956
    Drama
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    I Will Buy You
    70 %|Nov 21, 1956
    Drama
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    裸足の青春
    0 %|Oct 16, 1956
    Drama
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    The Forest Is Alive
    0 %|Oct 8, 1956
    Family, Fantasy
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    Tears
    0 %|Sep 26, 1956
    Drama
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    Night River
    62 %|Sep 12, 1956
    Drama
    actor
    How Sorrowful
    0 %|Sep 7, 1956
    Drama
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    The Legend of the White Serpent
    56 %|Jun 22, 1956
    Drama, Romance, Fantasy, Horror
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    Flowery Brothers
    0 %|Jun 8, 1956
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    Farewell to Dream
    69 %|Apr 17, 1956
    Drama
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    The Vampire Moth
    40 %|Apr 11, 1956
    Horror, Mystery
    actor
    White Fan
    0 %|Mar 15, 1956
    Horror
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    Early Spring
    75.13 %|Jan 29, 1956
    Drama, Romance
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    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
    72 %|Jan 3, 1956
    Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, History
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    I Live in Fear
    73 %|Nov 22, 1955
    Drama
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    Floating Weeds Diary
    43 %|Nov 15, 1955
    History, Comedy
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    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
    72.03999999999999 %|Jul 12, 1955
    Drama, Action, Adventure
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    The Wolves
    68 %|Jul 3, 1955
    Drama
    actor
    Murder on The Last Train
    0 %|Jun 21, 1955
    Mystery
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    Twilight Saloon
    80 %|Jun 19, 1955
    Drama
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    Burden of Love
    68 %|Mar 18, 1955
    Comedy, Drama
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    Here Is a Spring
    70 %|Feb 12, 1955
    Drama
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    Policeman's Diary
    65 %|Feb 3, 1955
    Drama, Comedy
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    The Cock Crows Twice
    0 %|Nov 30, 1954
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    Women's House
    0 %|Nov 23, 1954
    Romance, Comedy
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    The Surf
    0 %|Oct 20, 1954
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    The Black Current
    0 %|Aug 31, 1954
    Drama
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    The Street Without Sun
    0 %|Jun 24, 1954
    Drama
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    Seven Samurai
    85 %|Apr 26, 1954
    Action, Drama
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    The Glorious Days
    0 %|Apr 14, 1954
    War
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    Tokyo Story
    82 %|Nov 3, 1953
    Drama
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    Hiroba no kōdoku
    0 %|Sep 15, 1953
    Drama
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    The Wild Geese
    63 %|Sep 15, 1953
    Drama
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    Girls in the Orchard
    0 %|Sep 15, 1953
    Drama
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    Shishun no izumi
    0 %|Jul 5, 1953
    Comedy, Drama
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    Wife
    69 %|Apr 29, 1953
    Drama
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    Jûdai no seiten
    0 %|Feb 5, 1953
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    Fuun Senryobune
    0 %|Dec 16, 1952
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    Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
    0 %|Oct 9, 1952
    Drama
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    Beauty and the Thief
    0 %|Sep 22, 1952
    Adventure, Drama, History
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    Children of Hiroshima
    71 %|Aug 6, 1952
    Drama, War
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    Sword for Hire
    70 %|May 22, 1952
    Drama, Action, Adventure
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    The Yamabiko School
    0 %|May 1, 1952
    Drama
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    Farewell to Spring
    0 %|Mar 28, 1952
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    Sasaki Kojiro
    50 %|Oct 26, 1951
    Action, History
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    風雲児
    0 %|May 18, 1951
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    Freedom School
    0 %|May 5, 1951
    Drama, Comedy
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    Ginza Cosmetics
    58 %|Apr 14, 1951
    Drama
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    Yasubei Nakayama
    0 %|Mar 31, 1951
    History, Action
    poster
    Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
    0 %|Mar 31, 1951
    Action, History
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    Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
    0 %|Nov 14, 1950
    Drama, History
    poster
    Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
    0 %|Nov 3, 1950
    Drama, History
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    A Man from Akagi
    0 %|Oct 7, 1950
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    Heat and Mud
    0 %|May 1, 1950
    Crime, Drama
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    Devil's Gold
    0 %|Feb 19, 1950
    Drama, Action
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    Rinchi
    0 %|Dec 20, 1949
    Action, Drama, Crime
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    Stray Dog
    75.05 %|Oct 17, 1949
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
    actor
    Late Night Confession
    0 %|Jun 21, 1949
    Mystery, Thriller
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    Flame of My Love
    56 %|Feb 13, 1949
    Drama, Romance
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    Apostasy
    58 %|Nov 30, 1948
    Drama
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    A Woman in the Typhoon Area
    50 %|Sep 18, 1948
    Crime, Drama
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    The Love of the Actress Sumako
    68 %|Aug 16, 1947
    Drama
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    Marriage
    70 %|Mar 18, 1947
    Drama, Romance
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    Morning for the Osone Family
    69 %|Feb 21, 1946
    Drama
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    Izu no musumetachi
    0 %|Aug 30, 1945
    Drama
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    Otome no iru kichi
    0 %|Apr 1, 1945
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    Army
    72 %|Dec 7, 1944
    Drama, War
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    Jubilation Street
    63 %|Jun 8, 1944
    War, Drama
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    Sinking the Unsinkable
    0 %|Mar 23, 1944
    War
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    Navy
    0 %|Dec 8, 1943
    War, Drama
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    Port of Flowers
    72 %|Jul 29, 1943
    War, Drama, Comedy

    Series

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    水戸黄門 第3部
    0 %|Nov 29, 1971
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    水戸黄門 第2部
    100 %|Sep 28, 1970
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    水戸黄門 第1部
    100 %|Aug 4, 1969