Masaya Takahashi — Actor (21)
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The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
黒い賭博師
director: Kō Nakahira actor: Akira Kobayashi / Manami Fuji …
other title: The Black Gambler / 黒い賭博師
Place your bets! Koji Himuro (Akira Kobayashi) is a makeout artist with unparalleled gambling skills. Shortly after his return to Tokyo, he is invited to attend a reception being held at the Suvenian Embassy of Tokyo. This “reception” was an undercover gambling operation that was run by an international gambling syndicate. Up against a cardsharp by the name of Inumaru and his mistress Reiko, Koji plays a flawless game of Seven Bridge. Outraged by his loss, Inumaru orders Reiko to stalk Koji like a shadow.
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Translucent Tree (2004) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
透光の樹
director: Kichitaro Negishi actor: Kumiko Akiyoshi / Toshiyuki Nagashima …
other title: 透光の樹
Translucent Tree is centered around divorced Chigiri, a suburban middle-aged mother taking care of her teenage daughter, Mayu, and her ailing father Kaho. Her life is mundane and rather hopeless until Go, a TV producer from Tokyo, pays a visit to her town and the tree they shared time under some twenty years back after a TV commercial shoot. His remembrances of her, the tree, and the long unrequited love stir both of their hearts to fumbling action as they re-discover the love between them.
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Take Me Away! (1978) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
ふりむけば愛
director: Nobuhiko Obayashi actor: Momoe Yamaguchi / Tomokazu Miura …
other title: ふりむけば愛
Kyoko met Tetsu during her trip to San Francisco. Soon they fell in love but getting married was not in his mind. They were to meet again back in Tokyo but Tetsu didn't turn up. She went to look for him in San Francisco but all she found was him with his new girlfriend. Kyoko went back to Tokyo and eventually married a big corporate CEO.
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A Woman's Life (1962) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
女の一生
director: Yasuzō Masumura actor: Machiko Kyō / Chieko Higashiyama …
other title: 女の一生
Based on Kaoru Morimoto oft performed 1945 play, a starring vehicle for famed actress Machiko Kyo as Kei an abused orphaned girl that eventually finds sanctuary with a wealthy family that trades goods with China and becomes a successful businesswoman. Masumura dilutes the originally intended pro-Japan propaganda elements for a more anti-war approach.
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The Desperate (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
どろ犬
director: Takaharu Saeki actor: Minoru Ōki / Chisako Hara …
other title: どろ犬
A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its depths. Ace detective Sugai pursues Chiyo, the mistress of a man who was arrested for extortion, and takes advantage of her weakness. However, as his colleague Tokumochi and others regard him with suspicion, he is tormented by remorse.
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Flora on the Sand (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
砂の上の植物群
director: Kō Nakahira actor: Noboru Nakaya / Kazuko Inano …
other title: Plantas de la Duna / 砂の上の植物群
One evening, at the Marine Tower observatory, cosmetics salesman Ichiro Iki is drawn into conversation with an unfamiliar young lady Akiko. She invites Ichiro back to a hotel where they make love but part without even exchanging names. A week later, they have a second chance encounter at the observatory. This time, Ichiro is the one who pursues her. Back at the hotel, Akiko begs Ichiro to give her sister – Kyoko, a bar hostess – absolute hell. Akiko resents her sister for lecturing on chastity, while wantonly indulging in promiscuous activity. Ichiro takes an interest in Kyoko and sets out towards her bar…
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Aspiration (1977) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
憧憬　あこがれ
director: Kōichi Saitō actor: Ken Tanaka / Mari Nakayama …
other title: 憧憬　あこがれ
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Air Doll (2009) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Skybridge Douban
空気人形
7.7 (7 ratings) director: Hirokazu Kore-eda actor: Bae Doona / Arata Iura …
other title: air doll / Boneca Inflável …
A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store where he works. Everything seems to be going perfectly for her until something unexpected happens.
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Returner (2002) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
リターナー
director: Takashi Yamazaki actor: Takeshi Kaneshiro / Anne Suzuki …
other title: Returner - Il futuro potrebbe essere storia / O Retorno …
A young woman from the future forces a local gunman to help her stop an impending alien invasion which will wipe out the human race.
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Silence (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
沈黙 SILENCE
director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: David Lampson / Mako …
other title: Silencio / 沈黙 SILENCE
Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.
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Killer's Mission (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
賞金稼ぎ
director: Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Tomisaburō Wakayama / Yumiko Nogawa …
other title: Il colpo segreto del Kendo / 賞金稼ぎ …
Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the hostile Shogun Satsuma. On his mission he meets a cowardly Ronin who becomes his assistant, as well as a female spy and a female warrior...