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    Taiji Tonoyama

    1915-10-17 (109 years old) in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

    Taiji Tonoyama (殿山 泰司, Tonoyama Taiji, 1915–1989) was a Japanese character actor who made many appearances in films and on television from 1939 to 1989. He was a close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one of his regular cast members. He was also an essayist. In 1950 he helped form the film company Kindai Eiga Kyokai with Shindo and Kōzaburō Yoshimura.

    Movies

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    Thousand Cranes
    70 %|Jun 24, 1989
    History, Drama
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    Black Rain
    75.44 %|May 13, 1989
    Drama, History
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    War and Flowers
    0 %|May 11, 1989
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    Tomorrow
    75 %|Aug 13, 1988
    Drama
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    Tokyo Pop
    74 %|Apr 15, 1988
    Comedy, Romance, Music
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    Sakura-tai Chiru
    57 %|Apr 1, 1988
    Documentary, Drama
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    Hawaiian Dream
    0 %|Aug 29, 1987
    Action, Comedy, Drama
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    Hachiko
    77 %|Aug 1, 1987
    Drama, Family
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    Zegen
    64 %|Jun 2, 1987
    Comedy, History
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    River of Fireflies
    0 %|Feb 21, 1987
    Drama
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    Tree Without Leaves
    78 %|Nov 15, 1986
    Drama
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    Jazz Daimyo
    52 %|Apr 19, 1986
    Music, Comedy, Drama
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    The Seburi Story
    63 %|May 11, 1985
    Drama
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    Nuclear Gypsies
    40 %|May 5, 1985
    actor
    Song of the Spring Pony
    70 %|Mar 22, 1985
    Drama
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    Location
    0 %|Sep 22, 1984
    Comedy
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    The Horizon
    0 %|Feb 11, 1984
    Drama, History
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    Legend of the Eight Samurai
    58 %|Dec 10, 1983
    Fantasy, Adventure, Drama, Action
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    Dark Room
    62 %|Sep 17, 1983
    Drama, Romance
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    The Ballad of Narayama
    74.63 %|Apr 29, 1983
    Drama
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    Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
    0 %|Mar 25, 1983
    Crime, History
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    The Bored Samurai
    0 %|Feb 25, 1983
    Drama
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    Oiran
    48 %|Feb 19, 1983
    Romance, Drama, History
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    Tora-san, the Expert
    85 %|Dec 28, 1982
    Comedy
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    Irezumi
    57 %|Nov 27, 1982
    Romance, Drama
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    A Ghost Love Story of Japan
    0 %|Aug 13, 1982
    Horror, TV Movie
    actor
    On the Road
    100 %|Apr 17, 1982
    Action
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    A Pool Without Water
    53 %|Feb 20, 1982
    Drama, Crime, Romance
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    Fifth Movement
    0 %|Sep 19, 1981
    Drama
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    Edo Porn
    61 %|Sep 12, 1981
    Drama, History
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    Day Dream
    39 %|Sep 12, 1981
    Drama, Fantasy, Horror
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    Fruits of Passion
    55 %|Jun 3, 1981
    Drama
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    Yokohama BJ Blues
    72 %|Apr 25, 1981
    Crime, Mystery, Drama
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    Muddy River
    72 %|Jan 30, 1981
    Drama
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    Why Not?
    64 %|Jan 8, 1981
    Drama
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    Tetsugen
    0 %|Jan 1, 1981
    History
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    Daughter of Time
    0 %|Dec 20, 1980
    Drama
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    Until Evening
    0 %|Sep 20, 1980
    Drama, Romance
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    Child of the Sun
    0 %|Sep 13, 1980
    actor
    Nurse's Husband
    0 %|May 10, 1980
    Comedy
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    Tora-san's Dream of Spring
    80 %|Dec 28, 1979
    Comedy
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    Faraway Tomorrow
    20 %|Nov 3, 1979
    Drama
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    The Strangling
    49 %|Jun 2, 1979
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    Golden Partners
    0 %|Apr 28, 1979
    Adventure
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    Vengeance Is Mine
    75 %|Apr 21, 1979
    Crime, Drama
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    The Fall of Teenager
    20 %|Feb 24, 1979
    Drama
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    Empire of Passion
    70.17999999999999 %|Sep 6, 1978
    Drama, Romance, Horror
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    Love and Faith
    59 %|Jun 3, 1978
    Drama
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    Junko's Bliss
    20 %|Mar 4, 1978
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    幽霊列車
    0 %|Jan 14, 1978
    Mystery
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    Ballad of Orin
    69 %|Nov 19, 1977
    Drama
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    Tomorrow Evening
    0 %|Oct 29, 1977
    Drama
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    The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
    73 %|Sep 17, 1977
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Far Road
    75 %|Sep 11, 1977
    Drama
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    Seasonal Wind
    0 %|Jul 16, 1977
    Romance, Drama
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    Eros Eterna
    44 %|Jun 25, 1977
    Drama, Horror
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    Case of the Disjointed Murder
    0 %|Mar 14, 1977
    Mystery, Drama
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    The Gate of Youth Part 2
    80 %|Feb 11, 1977
    Drama
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    Two Harmonicas
    0 %|Oct 2, 1976
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    In the Realm of the Senses
    66 %|Sep 15, 1976
    Drama, Romance
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    Hobo General
    0 %|Apr 24, 1976
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    A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
    61 %|Jan 29, 1975
    Horror, Romance, Comedy, Crime, Drama
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    Evening Primrose
    65 %|Dec 28, 1974
    Romance, Drama
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    The Last Swordsman
    57 %|Nov 2, 1974
    Action, Drama
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    The Castle of Sand
    73 %|Oct 19, 1974
    Crime, Mystery, Drama
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    The Homeless
    75 %|Oct 9, 1974
    Crime, Action, Drama
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    Red Light District: Gonna Get Out
    62 %|Sep 21, 1974
    Drama
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    My Way
    57 %|Sep 7, 1974
    Drama
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    The Key
    30 %|May 4, 1974
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    The Heart
    78 %|Oct 27, 1973
    Drama
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    Stray Dog
    70 %|Sep 29, 1973
    Crime, Thriller, Drama
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    Love Lost in Tears
    0 %|Aug 11, 1973
    Drama
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    Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
    60 %|Jun 23, 1973
    Action, Comedy, Drama
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    Hell Riders in Kyoto
    0 %|Apr 28, 1973
    Crime, Drama
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    A Woman’s Road
    0 %|Apr 14, 1973
    Drama
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    Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
    40 %|Apr 7, 1973
    Action
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    Time Within Memory
    50 %|Feb 24, 1973
    Drama
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    Sex and Fury
    61 %|Feb 17, 1973
    Action, Crime
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    Did the Red Bird Escape?
    63 %|Feb 17, 1973
    Drama
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    Deeper Than Blue
    0 %|Feb 10, 1973
    Drama
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    Hymn
    63 %|Dec 29, 1972
    Drama
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    Afternoon Affair: Rear Window
    72 %|Nov 18, 1972
    Romance, Thriller
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    The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
    0 %|Aug 25, 1972
    Action, Comedy, Crime
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    Dear Summer Sister
    43 %|Aug 5, 1972
    Drama
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    Turtle Geisha
    45 %|Jul 3, 1972
    Drama
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    The Erotomaniac Daimyo
    43 %|Apr 26, 1972
    Drama
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    The Iron Crown
    56 %|Apr 22, 1972
    Drama, Horror
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    The Rendezvous
    63 %|Mar 29, 1972
    Drama, Romance
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    Silence
    72 %|Nov 13, 1971
    Drama, History
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    Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha
    35 %|Jul 7, 1971
    Comedy
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    The Ceremony
    70 %|May 18, 1971
    Drama
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    Onna no Iji
    0 %|May 5, 1971
    Drama
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    King of Pornography
    59 %|May 2, 1971
    Drama
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    King of the Widow-Killers
    0 %|Feb 25, 1971
    Romance
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    Evil Spirits of Japan
    60 %|Dec 26, 1970
    Crime
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    Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
    67 %|Oct 31, 1970
    Thriller
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    Hooligans on Buggies
    0 %|Oct 29, 1970
    Drama, Action, Crime
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    The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
    0 %|Sep 9, 1970
    Action, Romance
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    The Revelation of a Geisha
    20 %|Aug 14, 1970
    Comedy
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    Yukyo-retsuden
    50 %|Jul 4, 1970
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    Strange Affinity
    0 %|Jun 3, 1970
    Drama
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    Attack at Daylight
    50 %|Feb 8, 1970
    Action, Crime
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    East China Sea
    0 %|Oct 5, 1968
    Drama
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    Strong Women, Weak Men
    0 %|Jun 30, 1968
    Comedy, Drama
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    Three Resurrected Drunkards
    55 %|Mar 30, 1968
    Drama, Comedy
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    Kuroneko
    74 %|Feb 24, 1968
    Horror, Fantasy
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    Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
    56 %|Sep 2, 1967
    Crime, Drama
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    Libido
    0 %|Jun 28, 1967
    Drama
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    Drunken Harbor
    0 %|Dec 24, 1966
    Action, Crime
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    The Little Runaway
    10 %|Dec 24, 1966
    Family
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    Lost Sex
    0 %|Aug 27, 1966
    Drama
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    Violence at Noon
    61 %|Jul 15, 1966
    Drama
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    Captive's Island
    65 %|Jul 2, 1966
    Drama, Thriller, Mystery
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    Dynamite Doctor
    0 %|Jun 4, 1966
    Action, Crime
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    The Pornographers
    73 %|Mar 12, 1966
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Kokoro no sanmyaku
    0 %|Feb 2, 1966
    Drama
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    The Betrayers Out!
    0 %|Jan 15, 1966
    Action
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    Conquest
    50 %|Nov 21, 1965
    Drama
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    An Innocent Witch
    71 %|Oct 30, 1965
    Drama
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    Seisaku's Wife
    73 %|Jun 25, 1965
    Drama, Romance, War
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    The Start of Life
    0 %|Apr 29, 1965
    Drama
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    Onibaba
    77 %|Nov 21, 1964
    Horror
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    Intentions of Murder
    71 %|Jun 28, 1964
    Drama
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    Samurai from Nowhere
    71 %|May 20, 1964
    Action, Adventure
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    A Story from Echigo
    72 %|May 9, 1964
    Drama
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    The Irresponsible Fool
    70 %|Apr 29, 1964
    Comedy
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    The Desperate
    70 %|Apr 18, 1964
    Drama, Crime
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    Kiri ni Kieta Hito
    0 %|Dec 21, 1963
    Romance
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    The School Cap
    0 %|Dec 15, 1963
    Drama, Romance
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    Kanto Wanderer
    63 %|Nov 23, 1963
    Crime, Drama
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    The Insect Woman
    74 %|Nov 16, 1963
    Drama
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    Mother
    68 %|Nov 8, 1963
    Drama
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    Bamboo Doll of Echizen
    76 %|Oct 5, 1963
    Drama
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    18 Roughs
    66 %|Sep 11, 1963
    Drama
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    Black Report
    63 %|Jan 13, 1963
    Mystery, Crime, Drama
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    Beyond the Green Hills
    0 %|Jan 3, 1963
    Romance, Drama
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    The King
    0 %|Nov 23, 1962
    Drama
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    Human
    68 %|Nov 4, 1962
    Drama
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    Chibusa o daku musume tachi
    0 %|Oct 7, 1962
    Drama
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    Hageshī kawa
    0 %|Oct 6, 1962
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    Fresh Leaves
    0 %|Oct 6, 1962
    Drama
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    The Young and Bad
    0 %|Sep 9, 1962
    Thriller, Action
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    Akitsu Hot Springs
    65 %|Jun 15, 1962
    Romance, Drama
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    Song of a Traveller
    0 %|May 20, 1962
    Crime
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    Foundry Town
    76 %|Apr 8, 1962
    Drama
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    Tales of President Mito
    0 %|Apr 4, 1962
    Comedy
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    Stolen Pleasure
    68 %|Mar 14, 1962
    Drama
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    I am the Judge
    0 %|Feb 11, 1962
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    Season of Farewell
    0 %|Jan 14, 1962
    Drama, Romance
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    大吉ぼんのう鏡
    0 %|Jan 3, 1962
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    Nippon no obaachan
    0 %|Jan 3, 1962
    Comedy
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    Love's Family Tree
    0 %|Nov 22, 1961
    Drama
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    Blind Devotion
    0 %|Mar 8, 1961
    Romance, Drama
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    Pigs and Battleships
    71 %|Jan 21, 1961
    Crime, Drama, Comedy
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    The Naked Island
    80 %|Nov 23, 1960
    Drama
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    Wait for Tomorrow
    0 %|Oct 26, 1960
    Drama, Comedy
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    Sixteen years old
    0 %|Oct 1, 1960
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    Internees of Kampili
    0 %|Sep 29, 1960
    Drama
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    Irohanihoheto
    0 %|May 20, 1960
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    One Passed Through Hell
    0 %|Apr 19, 1960
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    Secret
    0 %|Apr 5, 1960
    Drama
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    Knock Down
    0 %|Mar 20, 1960
    actor
    The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
    0 %|Dec 6, 1959
    Comedy
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    My Second Brother
    64 %|Oct 28, 1959
    Drama
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    The Human Wall
    50 %|Oct 18, 1959
    Drama
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    A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
    0 %|Oct 6, 1959
    Mystery, Thriller
    poster
    Four Hours of Terror
    57 %|Sep 30, 1959
    Thriller
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    Good Morning
    77.07 %|May 12, 1959
    Comedy, Family, Drama
    poster
    Tokyo no Kodoku
    0 %|May 12, 1959
    Drama
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    Whistling in the morning
    0 %|Mar 4, 1959
    Drama
    poster
    Lucky Dragon No. 5
    73 %|Feb 18, 1959
    Drama
    poster
    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
    81 %|Jan 15, 1959
    War, Drama, History
    poster
    Endless Desire
    65 %|Nov 18, 1958
    Drama
    poster
    The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
    0 %|Sep 2, 1958
    Drama, Crime
    actor
    Underwater Murder
    0 %|Jul 27, 1958
    poster
    The Boy Who Came Back
    78 %|Jun 29, 1958
    Drama
    poster
    Night Drum
    61 %|Apr 15, 1958
    Drama, History
    poster
    Wind, Woman and Road
    70 %|Apr 14, 1958
    Action, Drama
    actor
    Hobo Village
    0 %|Jan 29, 1958
    Comedy
    poster
    On This Earth
    0 %|Nov 22, 1957
    Drama
    poster
    Temptation
    80 %|Sep 22, 1957
    Comedy
    poster
    Harbor Rats
    0 %|Aug 21, 1957
    Drama, Action
    poster
    Who's The Real Killer
    0 %|Jul 3, 1957
    poster
    The Champion
    60 %|May 1, 1957
    Action, Romance, Drama, Music
    actor
    Birth of a Jazz Maiden
    0 %|Apr 3, 1957
    Music
    poster
    Muhō Ichidai
    0 %|Mar 20, 1957
    Drama
    poster
    Actress
    0 %|Nov 27, 1956
    Drama
    poster
    Dotanba
    60 %|Nov 10, 1956
    Drama
    poster
    Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
    0 %|Nov 7, 1956
    Science Fiction
    poster
    The Shadow of Fear
    0 %|Sep 11, 1956
    Thriller, Drama, Crime
    poster
    Nikoyon monogatari
    0 %|Sep 11, 1956
    Drama
    poster
    Our Town
    68 %|Aug 28, 1956
    Drama
    poster
    Shiawase wa doko ni
    0 %|Jul 19, 1956
    Drama
    actor
    快傑耶茶坊
    0 %|Apr 18, 1956
    poster
    Darkness at Noon
    66 %|Mar 26, 1956
    Crime
    poster
    Love is Lost
    70 %|Feb 5, 1956
    Drama
    poster
    Policeman's Diary, Part 2
    60 %|Nov 16, 1955
    Drama
    poster
    The Beauty and the Dragon
    0 %|Oct 3, 1955
    History
    poster
    Three Faces
    0 %|Aug 9, 1955
    poster
    Ai Sureba Koso
    0 %|Jul 5, 1955
    Drama
    poster
    The Wolves
    68 %|Jul 3, 1955
    Drama
    poster
    Burden of Love
    68 %|Mar 18, 1955
    Comedy, Drama
    poster
    Policeman's Diary
    65 %|Feb 3, 1955
    Drama, Comedy
    poster
    Turbid youth
    0 %|Sep 21, 1954
    Drama
    poster
    The Ditch
    70 %|Jul 27, 1954
    Drama
    poster
    The Street Without Sun
    0 %|Jun 24, 1954
    Drama
    actor
    Cape Ashizuri
    0 %|May 18, 1954
    Drama
    poster
    The End of a Day
    0 %|Feb 3, 1954
    Drama, War
    poster
    Koina no Ginpei
    0 %|Jan 15, 1954
    poster
    Gate of Hell
    71 %|Oct 30, 1953
    Drama, History, Romance
    poster
    Before Dawn
    0 %|Oct 13, 1953
    Drama
    poster
    Yokubo
    0 %|May 13, 1953
    Drama
    poster
    Miniature
    80 %|Apr 1, 1953
    Drama
    poster
    Murahachibu
    0 %|Mar 21, 1953
    Drama
    poster
    Reminiscence
    0 %|Jan 15, 1953
    Drama, War
    poster
    Tower of Lilies
    68 %|Jan 9, 1953
    War, Drama
    poster
    Today is Payday
    0 %|Oct 2, 1952
    poster
    Violence
    0 %|Aug 25, 1952
    Drama
    poster
    Children of Hiroshima
    71 %|Aug 6, 1952
    Drama, War
    poster
    Sisters of Nishijin
    80 %|Apr 17, 1952
    Drama
    actor
    Dedication of the Great Buddha
    0 %|Mar 20, 1952
    Drama
    poster
    Izayoi kaidō
    0 %|Dec 14, 1951
    poster
    Story of a Beloved Wife
    70 %|Sep 7, 1951
    Drama
    poster
    限りなき情熱
    0 %|Jun 1, 1951
    Romance
    poster
    Who Will Judge Me?
    0 %|May 18, 1951
    Drama
    poster
    The White Orchid
    0 %|Mar 24, 1951
    Drama
    poster
    Clothes of Deception
    65 %|Jan 13, 1951
    Drama
    poster
    Scandal
    68.92 %|Apr 26, 1950
    Drama
    poster
    Spring Snow
    0 %|Feb 26, 1950
    Drama
    poster
    Street of Violence
    65 %|Feb 26, 1950
    Drama, Crime
    poster
    Ishimatsu of the Forest
    0 %|Jun 4, 1949
    History, Crime
    poster
    Great X
    0 %|May 7, 1948
    Drama
    poster
    Drunken Angel
    76 %|Apr 27, 1948
    Drama
    poster
    Temptation
    60 %|Apr 1, 1948
    Drama
    actor
    Shachō to onna tenin
    0 %|Jan 7, 1948
    poster
    The Ball at the Anjo House
    67 %|Sep 27, 1947
    Drama
    poster
    Record of a Tenement Gentleman
    72 %|May 20, 1947
    Drama, Comedy
    poster
    The Battle of Kawanakajima
    0 %|Nov 30, 1941
    Drama, History, War

    Series

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    Kinagashi Bugyō
    0 %|May 1, 1981
    Drama
    poster
    Pro Hunter
    0 %|Apr 7, 1981
    Comedy, Action & Adventure, Crime
    poster
    A-Un
    0 %|Mar 9, 1980
    Drama
    poster
    The Roads Men Travel
    82 %|Feb 28, 1976
    Drama
    poster
    Ai yori aoku
    0 %|Apr 3, 1972
    Drama
    poster
    Ohanahan
    0 %|Apr 4, 1966
    Drama, Family