Hideji Ōtaki — Actor (53)
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Akumyo: Notorious Dragon (1974)
悪名 縄張荒らし IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
Yasuzō Masumura actor: Shintarō Katsu / Kinya Kitaoji …
other title: 悪名 縄張荒らし / Bad Reputation: Notorious Dragon …
About small-time gangster Asakichi's chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he must not continue working in the family business. Instead he supports himself by arranging cockfights. He becomes ex-geisha Okinu's patron and lover, and falls directly into disfavor with the yakuza.
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Dora-heita (2000)
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Kon Ichikawa actor: Koji Yakusho / Yuko Asano …
other title: どら平太 / I Went To
A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions and prejudices to defeat his enemies and uproot corruption.
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Lost in the Wilderness (1986)
植村直己物語 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Junya Satō actor: Toshiyuki Nishida / Chieko Baisho …
other title: Verschollen im Schnee / 植村直己物語 …
The life and travels of adventurer Naomi Uemura, who disappeared in Alaska in 1984. A member of the first Japanese expedition to reach the summit of Mt Everest in 1970, Uemura also accomplished several "firsts". He was the first man to reach the North Pole solo, climb Denali solo, and float down the Amazon river solo. In the film, Uemura returns to Tokyo after a stint in Siorapaluk in Northern Greenland. In Tokyo, he reconnects with an old friend and, over coffee, shares his life story - from his days as a college dropout to his successful expedition to the top of Everest.
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The Possessed (1976)
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Tadashi Imai actor: Machiko Kyō / Kazuko Inano …
other title: 妖婆
Oshima, a rich girl married Shinzo, and her cousin girl Sawa has been jealous of Oshima deeply. Sawa cursed Oshima so Shinzo could not hold her and do anything at all. Shinzo hated Oshima, and he made love with Sawa.
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Shag (1978)
犬笛 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Sadao Nakajima actor: Bunta Sugawara / Kinya Kitaoji …
other title: 犬笛
Shiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year-old daughter, with the aid of an Ainu dog summoned by a whistle she gave him.
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The Phoenix (1978)
火の鳥 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kon Ichikawa actor: Jun Fubuki / Tomisaburō Wakayama …
other title: Hi no Tori / 火の鳥 …
This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai, represented by Prince Susano-O and elderly advisor Sumuke, hire Yumihiko of Matsuro to hunt the phoenix so that Queen Himiko, sister of Susano-O can have eteranal life.
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Blood Type: Blue (1978)
ブルークリスマス WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kihachi Okamoto actor: Hiroshi Katsuno / Keiko Takeshita …
other title: Blue Christmas / ブルークリスマス …
UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest of mankind, and eventually certain all-too-familiar measures begin to be taken against them.
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The House of Hanging (1979)
病院坂の首縊りの家 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kon Ichikawa actor: Koji Ishizaka / Yoshiko Sakuma …
other title: 病院坂の首縊りの家 / La Maison du pendu
This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion and doubt clouds Kousuke's mind.
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Children of Hiroshima (1952)
原爆の子 WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Kaneto Shindō actor: Nobuko Otowa / Osamu Takizawa …
other title: I bambini di Hiroshima / Crianças de Hiroshima …
Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.
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The Inugami Family (1976)
犬神家の一族 IMDb
Kon Ichikawa actor: Koji Ishizaka / Yoko Shimada …
other title: 犬神家の一族 / The Inugamis …
When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pitting blood against blood.
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Proof of the Man (1977)
人間の証明
Junya Satō actor: Mariko Okada / George Kennedy …
other title: 人間の証明 / Sombras de una guerra …
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
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Black Rain (1989)
黒い雨
Shōhei Imamura actor: Yoshiko Tanaka / Kazuo Kitamura …
other title: Pioggia nera / Chuva Negra …
Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic bombing, a tragedy that cruelly took the lives of thousands of people and forever marked the harsh existence of the survivors.
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Zatoichi in Desperation (1972)
新座頭市物語・折れた杖 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Shintarō Katsu actor: Shintarō Katsu / Kiwako Taichi …
other title: Zatôichi in Desperation / La Légende de Zatoïchi, Vol. 24 : La Blessure …
After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel - but this causes more problems than solves them.
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Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990)
あげまん IMDb TMDB
Jūzō Itami actor: Nobuko Miyamoto / Masahiko Tsugawa …
other title: あげまん / La femme porte-bonheur …
The film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the men with whom she sleeps, and Masahiko Tsugawa as her unfaithful, sometimes partner. As well as showing her relationships with the man she loves and the men who employ her, it satirizes corruption and the influence of money in Japanese politics.