Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya (土屋 嘉男 Tsuchiya Yoshio, May 18, 1927 – February 8, 2017) was a Japanese actor known for his frequent appearances in Akira Kurosawa's Samurai films as well as Ishiro Honda's science fiction films.

  • Title: Yoshio Tsuchiya
  • Popularity: 6.46
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1927-05-18
  • Place of Birth: Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
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Yoshio Tsuchiya Movies

  • 1954
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    Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai

    8.463 1954 HD

    A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...

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  • 1958
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    The Hidden Fortress

    The Hidden Fortress

    8 1958 HD

    In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who...

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  • 1969
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    Funeral Parade of Roses

    Funeral Parade of Roses

    7.6 1969 HD

    In 1960s Tokyo, Gonda owns a bar in which the gay, cross-dresser, and trans scenes meet. Gonda is in a relationship with the madam of the bar, Leda....

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  • 1955
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    Godzilla Raids Again

    Godzilla Raids Again

    5.979 1955 HD

    Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon...

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  • 1968
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    Destroy All Monsters

    Destroy All Monsters

    6.822 1968 HD

    At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens...

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  • 1965
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    Frankenstein Conquers the World

    Frankenstein Conquers the World

    6.6 1965 HD

    During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in...

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  • 1965
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    Red Beard

    Red Beard

    8.1 1965 HD

    Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him...

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  • 1970
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    Incident at Blood Pass

    Incident at Blood Pass

    6.8 1970 HD

    In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of...

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  • 1962
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    Sanjuro

    Sanjuro

    7.9 1962 HD

    Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and...

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  • 1963
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    High and Low

    High and Low

    8.3 1963 HD

    In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by...

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  • 1991
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    Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

    Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

    7 1991 HD

    The Futurians, time-travelers from the 23rd century, arrive in Japan to warn them of the nation's destruction under Godzilla. They offer to help...

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  • 1958
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    The H-Man

    The H-Man

    5.8 1958 HD

    Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.

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  • 1957
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    The Mysterians

    The Mysterians

    6.4 1957 HD

    In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to...

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  • 1962
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    The Crimson Sky

    The Crimson Sky

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1970
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    Space Amoeba

    Space Amoeba

    6.4 1970 HD

    When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time....

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  • 1959
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    Battle in Outer Space

    Battle in Outer Space

    5.8 1959 HD

    In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and...

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  • 1962
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    続新入社員十番勝負 サラリーマン一刀流

    続新入社員十番勝負 サラリーマン一刀流

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1965
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    Invasion of Astro-Monster

    Invasion of Astro-Monster

    6.8 1965 HD

    Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world...

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  • 1962
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    Chihō kisha

    Chihō kisha

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1962
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    Doburoku no Tatsu

    Doburoku no Tatsu

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1963
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    Matango

    Matango

    6.8 1963 HD

    Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try...

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  • 1973
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    Zatoichi's Conspiracy

    Zatoichi's Conspiracy

    6.9 1973 HD

    Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same...

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  • 1963
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    Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me

    Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me

    1 1963 HD

    Director Iwauchi Katsumi adapted this melodrama from Sasazawa Saho's award winning novel about two young lovers from different sides of the tracks...

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  • 1983
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    The Undercover Ninja Organization

    The Undercover Ninja Organization

    1 1983 HD

    Oniwaban is an organization that is composed of two ninja groups… Iga and Koga. This is a story of a secret spy who settled in Okazaki Joka...

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  • 1960
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    The Secret of the Telegian

    The Secret of the Telegian

    5.8 1960 HD

    Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims.

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  • 1968
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    Golden Eyes

    Golden Eyes

    6.5 1968 HD

    A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route from Beirut to Tokyo.

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  • 1970
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    The Militarists

    The Militarists

    8 1970 HD

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  • 1959
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    A Whistle in My Heart

    A Whistle in My Heart

    6.3 1959 HD

    The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state.

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  • 1969
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    Samurai Banners

    Samurai Banners

    7.417 1969 HD

    Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He...

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  • 1983
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    The Yoshida School

    The Yoshida School

    1 1983 HD

    Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history...

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  • 1969
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    Battle of the Japan Sea

    Battle of the Japan Sea

    6 1969 HD

    Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and...

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  • 1960
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    The Human Vapor

    The Human Vapor

    6.4 1960 HD

    A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into 'The Human Vapour'. He uses his new ability to rob banks...

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  • 1954
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    Invisible Man

    Invisible Man

    6.4 1954 HD

    When an invisible man is run down by a car it’s up to an eager young reporter and a strange clown to bring a dangerous gang to justice.

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  • 1955
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    All is Well 2

    All is Well 2

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1963
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    Young Swordsman

    Young Swordsman

    6.5 1963 HD

    This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the...

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  • 1967
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    Son of Godzilla

    Son of Godzilla

    6.406 1967 HD

    Reporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in the South Seas. He discovers the island is inhabited...

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  • 1961
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    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo

    8.099 1961 HD

    A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the...

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  • 1962
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    Varan the Unbelievable

    Varan the Unbelievable

    4.2 1962 HD

    In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where...

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  • 1955
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    I Live in Fear

    I Live in Fear

    7.3 1955 HD

    Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to...

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  • 1957
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    Throne of Blood

    Throne of Blood

    7.9 1957 HD

    Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the...

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  • 1960
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    The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well

    7.676 1960 HD

    In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the...

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  • 2015
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    Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction

    Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction

    7 2015 HD

    An independent crowd-funded documentary that celebrates the sixty-year legacy of the world's greatest monster, Godzilla. Filmed on location in Tokyo...

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  • 1977
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    Double Suicide at Nishijin

    Double Suicide at Nishijin

    7.5 1977 HD

    Yumi, an exceptionally beautiful call girl, has a close call with death when a client forces her to die with him. An old cop pities her and agrees to...

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  • 1956
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    A Wife's Heart

    A Wife's Heart

    6.8 1956 HD

    Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close to the bank clerk (Mifune Toshiro) she's asked...

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  • 1958
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    Little Peach

    Little Peach

    5.8 1958 HD

    Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitors, until she marries a beginning writer named...

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  • 1966
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    Zero Fighter

    Zero Fighter

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1959
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    Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender

    Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender

    8.5 1959 HD

    In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplomats, to take them to the Canaries and arrange an...

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  • 1965
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    Stairs of Evil

    Stairs of Evil

    5 1965 HD

    Iwao, , Kumagai, and Konishi broke into the safe containing the wages of the employees of Ato Industries and obtained a fortune large enough to live...

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  • 2016
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    Mifune: The Last Samurai

    Mifune: The Last Samurai

    7.141 2016 HD

    An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.

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  • 1955
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    No Time for Tears

    No Time for Tears

    1 1955 HD

    Coach Shimamura of the hapless Sparrows baseball team is pleased to obtain a hot new pitcher named Onishi. But when Onishi begins a romantic...

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  • 1966
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    Moment of Terror

    Moment of Terror

    6.3 1966 HD

    When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother seeks vengeance against the driver in this thrilling drama. The car was driven by...

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  • 2008
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    Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects

    Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects

    8.4 2008 HD

    A look at the unrecognized work of the talented artists and craftsmen who've maintained the tradition of Japanese special-effects. Highlighted is...

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  • 1955
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    Stray Sheep

    Stray Sheep

    1 1955 HD

    1955 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

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  • 1958
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    Varan

    Varan

    5.8 1958 HD

    When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover...

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  • 1967
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    Two in the Shadow

    Two in the Shadow

    7.69 1967 HD

    A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he...

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  • 1997
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    The Seven Chefs

    The Seven Chefs

    6 1997 HD

    Traveling chef Ryuji is called back to Tokyo to help save his late teacher’s restaurant. With the help of his close friend Kinu, Ryuji must...

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  • 1984
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    Rouge

    Rouge

    5.4 1984 HD

    A photographer for a weekly magazine becomes obsessed with Nami, a woman he first saw getting brutally raped in an underground porn video. After...

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  • 1957
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    Yagyu Secret Scrolls

    Yagyu Secret Scrolls

    7 1957 HD

    In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and...

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  • 1961
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    Death on the Mountain

    Death on the Mountain

    6.5 1961 HD

    Three bankers, out on holiday, climb the Japanese Alps. One dies under mysterious circumstances, and later it is suggested that perhaps the man was...

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  • 1967
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    Kojiro

    Kojiro

    7.5 1967 HD

    Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi...

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  • 2002
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    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

    8 2002 HD

    Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Hidden Fortress" (1958).

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  • 2002
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    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'

    1 2002 HD

    Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Lower Depths" (1957).

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  • 2002
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    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'

    1 2002 HD

    Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Sanjuro" (1962).

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  • 2002
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    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'

    10 2002 HD

    Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Seven Samurai" (1954).

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  • 1961
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    Sir Galahad in Campus

    Sir Galahad in Campus

    1 1961 HD

    The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.

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  • 1982
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    Lady Karuizawa

    Lady Karuizawa

    4.8 1982 HD

    A university student travels to a popular resort in the mountains for a summer job as a waiter and becomes romantically involved with an older woman...

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  • 1965
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    The Retreat from Kiska

    The Retreat from Kiska

    8.5 1965 HD

    In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an...

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  • 1968
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    Admiral Yamamoto

    Admiral Yamamoto

    8.3 1968 HD

    As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese...

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  • 1960
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    The Storm of the Pacific

    The Storm of the Pacific

    5.6 1960 HD

    Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in...

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  • 1963
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    Legacy of the 500,000

    Legacy of the 500,000

    7.1 1963 HD

    During World War II, Japan sends gold to the Phillipines. After the war, the gold is lost in the bay of Manille. Former soldier Takeichi Matsuo is...

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  • 1959
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    Gigantis, the Fire Monster

    Gigantis, the Fire Monster

    6.3 1959 HD

    A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.

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  • 1967
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    The Killing Bottle

    The Killing Bottle

    7 1967 HD

    In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group bent on assassinating the Prime Minister of...

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  • 1952
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    I Was a Prisoner in Siberia

    I Was a Prisoner in Siberia

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1957
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    A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2

    A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2

    1 1957 HD

    An Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the first film.

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  • 1958
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    Song for a Bride

    Song for a Bride

    1 1958 HD

    An Ishiro Honda film.

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  • 1956
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    I Saw the Killer

    I Saw the Killer

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1962
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    47 Ronin

    47 Ronin

    7.3 1962 HD

    After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...

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  • 1966
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    The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay

    The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay

    1 1966 HD

    Sangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send him to prison. In prison Sangoro will have a new life

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  • 1958
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    The Rickshaw Man

    The Rickshaw Man

    7.172 1958 HD

    A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

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  • 1957
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    A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1

    A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1

    1 1957 HD

    An Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the second film.

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  • 1954
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    君死に給うことなかれ

    君死に給うことなかれ

    1 1954 HD

    Set at the end of World War II and after Japan's defeat, it is a melodrama about a man and a woman at the mercy of war. Wataru is entrusted by his...

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  • 1955
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    No Response from Car 33

    No Response from Car 33

    7 1955 HD

    Film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

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  • 1953
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    Tower of Lilies

    Tower of Lilies

    6.8 1953 HD

    A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the...

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  • 1954
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    The Black Fury

    The Black Fury

    1 1954 HD

    A narcotics investigator for the harbor police, Eiichi Tsuda, is driven by thoughts of vengeance for the overdose death of his brother and the...

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  • 1990
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    Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan 3: Big Operation in Big Edo

    Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan 3: Big Operation in Big Edo

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1980
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    Dangai kara no koe

    Dangai kara no koe

    1 1980 HD

    A couple of sculptors who caused a traffic accident and changed their lives are led to a crime. The lives of the up-and-coming sculptor Sugio...

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  • 1968
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    Kill!

    Kill!

    7 1968 HD

    A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a...

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  • 1967
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    Japan's Longest Day

    Japan's Longest Day

    7.1 1967 HD

    Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the...

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  • 1989
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    Tokyo: The Last War

    Tokyo: The Last War

    7.2 1989 HD

    The year is 1945. After the horrific fire-bombings of the Pacific War levels Japan to the ground, the government decides to consult spiritual...

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  • 1965
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    Beast Alley

    Beast Alley

    7 1965 HD

    "When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite often discover themselves on a road of no return." ...

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  • 1971
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    Haru no Sakamichi

    Haru no Sakamichi

    1 1971 HD

    The story chronicles the life of Yagyū Munenori.

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  • 1972
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    Kogarashi Monjiro

    Kogarashi Monjiro

    8 1972 HD

    Monjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned his hometown when he was 10 years old. He has been...

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  • 1966
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    Ultra Q

    Ultra Q

    8.2 1966 HD

    As supernatural events and monster attacks rock Japan, the military and government look to be overwhelmed. Three intrepid young...

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  • 1974
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    Submersion of Japan

    Submersion of Japan

    1 1974 HD

    In this TV series of the hit 1973 film, Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes shake Japan. Firestorms burn beautiful Japanese cities to the ground. A...

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