天草四郎

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好人好日
1

好人好日

Aug 13, 1961
The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to marry a colleague, she and her mother are overjoyed, but Hitoshi is not satisfied with the situation.
第8監房
1

第8監房

Jan 15, 1956
A man and a woman meet through a strange fate. This unique melodrama depicts the course of their budding love in a corner of the big city.
Un type méprisable
6.7

Un type méprisable

Jul 09, 1962
Daisaku Kita, vedette très médiatique, est débordé par un emploi du temps trop chargé. Même son amour pour sa femme Noriko s’est éteint. Pour fuir ses problèmes, il se rend dans le Kyûshû où un couple d’amis possède une maison. Mais il sera poursuivi par sa destinée tragique.
Comedy
謎の金塊
1

謎の金塊

Jun 26, 1956
Ippei, a bored private detective hears from his assistant Hideko an interesting story that General Semyonov who has been exiled to Japan buried his gold bullion somewhere.
浅草姉妹
10

浅草姉妹

Jul 20, 1960
A young chef at a small restaurant in Asakusa, with a past conviction for breaking into a safe, defeats the evil boss and ends up marrying his lover.
Drama
The Balloon
6.3

The Balloon

Feb 19, 1956
Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress and a new lover who sings at a nightclub. When Murakami’s daughter befriends the mistress, the affair throws the family into turmoil.
Drama
俺は情婦を殺す
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俺は情婦を殺す

Aug 05, 1958
A unique action-packed drama that tells the story of a Yakuza man who craves blood like crazy, unaware that he has fallen into a trap set by his younger brother.
Crime
ひばりの母恋いギター
1
Kimie, a traveling guitarist, performs at various inns at help out her sickly mother. One night while out with her mother, Otoshi, Kimie unexpectedly sees her father, who had abandoned the family 20 years ago. Her hopes for a happy reunion are quickly dashed as her father, having married into a wealthy family, wants nothing to do with her. Will Kimie be able to regain her father’s love?
Drama
君たちがいて僕がいた
5.5
An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted teacher, Mr. Yabuki. Faced with the rigors of growing up in modern times, students often look to Mr. Yabuki for advice and guidance. But when Mr. Yabuki’s career is threatened as a result of a false accusation from the school’s PTA, the students band together to stand up for their beloved teacher and help him to save his good reputation and job.
Drama
Anatahan
6.7

Anatahan

Jun 28, 1953
Un groupe de pêcheurs et soldats japonais échoue en 1944 sur l’Île d’Anatahan, qu’ils trouvent déserte à l’exception d’un couple. Ignorant la défaite du Japon puis refusant d’y croire, attendant l’arrivée d’un ennemi qui n’existe plus, ils en viennent à se faire la guerre entre eux pour la possession de l’unique femme à leur portée : Keiko, surnommée la Reine des Abeilles.
Drama
A Slope in the Sun
5.5

A Slope in the Sun

Apr 15, 1958
Une jeune bachelière arrive à Tokyo pour étudier tout en trouvant du travail dans la riche maison de la famille Tashiro en tant que tutrice de la fille, tandis que les deux frères se disputent son attention...
Romance
男の紋章 風雲双つ竜
6
Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his misdeeds. At home, when his mother, the boss of a construction gang, bids for and gets the job of building the Town Hall, other gangs set out to disrupt her business and try to kill her.
Crime
Red Pier
6.2

Red Pier

Sep 23, 1958
Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop.
Action
Kamikaze Club
6.4

Kamikaze Club

Feb 28, 1968
Japon, années soixante : dans l'euphorie du boom économique, l'argent coule à flots. Shun, chef d'un gang de jeunes voyous, tente sa chance en se spécialisant dans les affaires de chantage.
Thriller
ジャズ娘誕生
1

ジャズ娘誕生

Apr 03, 1957
Kawai Midori's father left the family a long time ago and since her mother passed away, she has taken care of her younger siblings by herself by working with a group of itinerant camellia oil peddlers. While she is In Izu selling camellia oil, she meets a young student, Katō Yutaka, who asks her to let him take her picture. The peddlers also meet a jazz band, and when Midori sings a song, teased by the band's star singer Nanjō Haruo, the band members are enraptured by her beautiful voice. She eventually joins the band and quickly becomes a popular jazz singer.
Music
海の純情
1

海の純情

Jun 28, 1956
A romantic adventure tale about a young guy working on a whale-hunting vessel and his love for a childhood sweetheart.
Romance
花の宴
1

花の宴

Dec 23, 1967
Melodrama about the life of an unfortunate composer of the Meiji era, Rentaro Taki, who became known only after his death.
Drama
鷲と鷹
5.7

鷲と鷹

Sep 29, 1957
In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. After the break of dawn, two seamen join the crew of a rusty cargo ship Kaiyo Maru. One is a troublemaker with bad attitudes, Senkichi Nomura, who pursues an enemy in order to take revenge for his father's death. The other is Keizo Sasaki, a buff, eagle-eyed man on board for a certain mission.
Action
あした来る人
6.7

あした来る人

May 29, 1955
Jiro Sone sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is disappointed with her husband Kappei, who is more attracted to mountain climbing and another girl. When Yachiyo’s father is introduced to Jiro, all of their lives become intertwined...
Drama
非情な銃弾
1

非情な銃弾

Jun 30, 1959
Killer Kenji Sasagawa (Odaka) enters the room of a luxurious apartment in the silence of the night and, finding himself in front of the boss of the Sawamura clan (Kaneko), who is with his mistress, impassively pulls the trigger of a pistol with a silencer. Kenji was hired by Sawamura's advisor, Matsumoto (Ashida). It was a cunning plan: eliminate Sawamura, sell the smuggling rights to the Hamasaki clan and make a profit. And for Kenji, the motive did not matter, as long as he was paid, his job was to kill opponents without a miss.…
Crime
白い夏
1

白い夏

Jul 23, 1957
Hey, please, hold me... A thrilling physical farewell gift that a pure-hearted adult received while trembling!! Set in a simple rural town's post office, this youthfully bright and humorous story depicts the intricacies of life experienced by a rookie young postal worker. Depicting the subtle intricacies of life experienced by a young protagonist in a simple post office setting. This bright and humorous story evokes a heartfelt sense of empathy.
Drama
ザ・カゲスター
10

ザ・カゲスター

Nov 29, 1976
While rescuing his wealthy boss's daughter from kidnappers, Sugata Kageoh, struck by an electric shock, was given the ability to merge with his shadow and transform into Kagestar!
Action & Adventure
流星人間ゾーン
10

流星人間ゾーン

Sep 24, 1973
Zone Fighter, known in Japan as Ryūsei Ningen Zone, is a tokusatsu science fiction superhero television series. Produced by Toho Company Ltd., the show aired on Nippon Television from April 2 to September 24, 1973, with a total of 26 episodes, it was cancelled due to the oil crisis of 1973. This was Toho's answer to not only the popular Ultra Series, but the Henshin Hero phenomenon started by shows like Kamen Rider and Android Kikaider. The previous year, Toho had just made their successful first superhero show, Rainbowman. The series was also notable for its guest appearance by Toho's own Godzilla, as well as two other Toho monsters, King Ghidorah and Gigan. Supplementary materials published by Toho have confirmed Zone Fighter to be part of the Showa-era Godzilla series, taking place in between Godzilla vs. Megalon and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.
Action & Adventure