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Mantarō Ushio

Born : 4th-Feb-1909

Movie Credits

Fires on the Plain

In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.
Released : 3rd-Nov-1959

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Afraid to Die

On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of his recently deceased father, boss of the Asahina clan. But their exit proves more difficult than planned when their rival clan steps in to exact revenge.
Released : 22nd-Mar-1960

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Being Two Isn't Easy

The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well as that of his parents.
Released : 18th-Nov-1962

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Hole in One

A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.
Released : 15th-Sep-1957

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Brother and Sister

The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.
Released : 19th-Aug-1953

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Black Report

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.
Released : 13th-Jan-1963

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Song of Happiness

Japanese comedy directed by Noriaki Yuasa.
Released : 19th-Dec-1964

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Odd Obsession

A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the introduction of his daughter's lover to his wife.
Released : 23rd-Jun-1959

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The Life of a Horse Trader

This early gem starring the great Mifune Toshiro tells the tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's rugged northernmost territory of Hokkaddo.. ...
Released : 7th-Dec-1951

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Five Scouts

An early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of propaganda produced at the height of the Pacific War. "A company commander calls on five men. They are to reconnoiter, but on their way they are attacked. Only four of them return. While his companions mourn the fifth straggles back. Soon after comes the order to move out for a general attack. The men know that this time there will be no returning." (Donald Richie)
Released : 7th-Jan-1938

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Farewell Song

A young woman decides to leave school in order to help her sister.
Released : 15th-Jan-1955

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Warm Current

The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women, a dedicated nurse or a spoiled rich girl.
Released : 1st-Dec-1957

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Okoto and Sasuke

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.
Released : 14th-Oct-1961

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Night Butterflies

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
Released : 1st-Apr-1957

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The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung

The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow Buddhist travelers. Though portrayed as a literal, if rather anthropomorphized, monkey in the original legends, this film substitutes the spindly comic actor Norihei Miki, sans makeup.
Released : 19th-Apr-1959

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Refresher Course for Wives

One night, three wives, Matsuyo, Keiko and Mari, receive a mysterious telephone call. The voice tells them that she has their husbands with her and invites them to " P " Hotel to see for themselves. They have been married for many years and are bored with their husbands, and are about to secretly carry on affairs with the other's mates.
Released : 13th-Aug-1961

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Ishimatsu - The One-Eyed Swordsman

Ishimatsu of Mori, from his early days leading up to his joining with Shimizu Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido where he made his mark in history through his tragic end this is the story of a beloved and loyal henchman.
Released : 3rd-Sep-1957

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Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa

A ghost story about a woman who dies a violent death and appears to the man she loves as a vengeful spirit. This film marked the turning point in Daiei's shift in emphasis from thrillers to ghost stories.
Released : 24th-Jul-1952

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Advance Patrol

In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance troop was organized to penetrate into the supreme headquarter of Russia in Tieling Mountain of China to find out the enemy's situation...
Released : 28th-Dec-1957

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A Woman's Testament

The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the second story, a beautiful young woman is employed by an unscrupulous real estate agent to convince male clients to invest in worthless property. The last story is about a widowed geisha who has no real financial worries and who falls in love with a forger.
Released : 14th-Jan-1960

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Giants and Toys

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.
Released : 22nd-Jun-1958

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A Geisha's Diary

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just as a woman but as a complete person.
Released : 28th-Jul-1961

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A Pebble by the Wayside

Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamoto novel, takes place around 1902, was about a young boy brought up entirely by his mother since his drunken father is never home. An intelligent teacher wants to send him to middle school, but instead the father apprentices him to a clothing store to which he is in debt. The mother dies and the boy is forced to quit work when his father insults the store owner. Later the boy goes to Tokyo, but only to continue his hardships. First he is forced to do a maid's job at a boarding house and later is used by an old woman to steal at funerals. Finally he is rescued by the teacher, whom he meets in Tokyo.
Released : 21st-Sep-1938

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The Broken Commandment

Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such discrimination.
Released : 6th-Apr-1962

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The Great White Tower

The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.
Released : 15th-Oct-1966

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The Naked Town

A 1937 Japanese language film directed by Tomu Uchida, starring Ryo Akaboshi, Mitsuru Date and Hisao Furutani.
Released : 13th-May-1937

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Earth

Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law's debts.
Released : 13th-Apr-1939

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Floating Weeds

When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake of Ozu's own silent film The Story of Floating Weeds (1934).
Released : 17th-Nov-1959

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On This Earth

1957 drama from director Kôzaburô Yoshimura
Released : 22nd-Nov-1957

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Hot Spring Policeman


Released : 21st-Sep-1963

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Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko


Released : 29th-Apr-1958

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Unending Advance

One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian problems of a middle-aged salaryman and his family segues into an idyllic dream of an implausible future. The surviving print, although incomplete, offers an essential glimpse into Uchida’s prewar period, when he was associated more with realist dramas than with the period films that dominated his work after the war.
Released : 3rd-Nov-1937

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Across the Darkness

A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.
Released : 1st-Dec-1959

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Love and Life

Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.
Released : 27th-Jan-1961

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Fools at Work

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.
Released : 19th-Jan-1964

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The Phantom Horse

Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.
Released : 20th-Jul-1955

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Mangorō Tengu


Released : 6th-Aug-1957

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Gion Shigure


Released : 15th-Jun-1933

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Fighting Fire Fighter


Released : 12th-Dec-1956

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娘の修学旅行

An uproarious human-interest comedy about the love between a father and daughter of a good-natured sandwich man, set against the backdrop of the glamorous Ginza district!
Released : 1st-Jun-1956

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Nenneko Shain

A handsome and pure-hearted employee who thought he was single actually has a secret child. His girlfriend, a beautiful secretary, and the high-maintenance female manager suddenly panic, and the whole company is in an uproar.
Released : 25th-Jul-1956

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Scarred Yosaburo

The film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with mistress of the gang boss. Despite the physical and emotional scars he now carries with him, Yosaburo falls for a young noblewoman. The rest of the film follows the two as they fend off attacks from gangs and the police.
Released : 10th-Jul-1960

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Swift Current


Released : 19th-Aug-1967

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五人の突撃隊


Released : 26th-Apr-1961

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When Women Lie

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai" (Kinugasa/Shindô).
Released : 30th-Mar-1963

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Bonchi

Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give them an heiress for the family business, he stands by helplessly as his wife is thrown out of the house for producing a son. Driven to a life of dissipation - his mistresses also fail to produce daughters - in the end he is just too tired to care.
Released : 14th-Apr-1960

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歌う野球小僧


Released : 27th-Jul-1951

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のど自慢三羽烏


Released : 16th-Nov-1951

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TV Credits

好き! すき!! 魔女先生

- Hikaru Tsuki is a new 5th grade teacher at Tozai Elementary School. Secretly, she is also the alien princess of Planet Alpha and a peacekeeper for the Space Alliance assigned to Earth.
Released : 3rd-Oct-1971

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