Kenjiro Uemura — Actor (13)
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Eight Hours of Terror (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
８時間の恐怖
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Nobuo Kaneko / Harue Tone …
other title: ８時間の恐怖 / La Terreur des 8 heures
A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.
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The Third Ninja (1964) [Movie] TMDB
第三の忍者
director: Toshikazu Kono actor: Kotaro Satomi / Kôji Nanbara …
other title: 第三の忍者
Three Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga.
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing (1964) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
眠狂四郎円月斬り
director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Kyooko Azuma …
other title: Nemuri Kyoshiro 3 Full Circle Killing / 眠狂四郎円月斬り …
A decapitation at the hands of the shogun's monstrous misbegotten son kicks off the action and draws nomadic Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) into more sword-fighting adventures when he's blamed for the beheading. Meanwhile, the head-chopper's mother is busy knocking off the shogun's lawful heirs to secure the shogunate for her son.
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Voice Without a Shadow (1958) [Movie] TMDB
影なき声
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Yôko Minamida / Hideaki Nitani …
other title: 影なき声
Asako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued to haunt her. Years later her husband invites his boss, Hamazaki, over for dinner and she realises his voice is suspiciously like that of the killer. Before she can investigate further, Hamazaki is found dead and her husband becomes the prime suspect.
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The Quiet Duel (1949) [Movie] TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
静かなる決闘
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Miki Sanjō …
other title: Il duello silenzioso / Duelo Silencioso …
A young army surgeon, Kyoji Fujisaki, accidentally contracts syphilis during a WWII field operation. Back at his father’s clinic, he treats himself in secret and breaks off his engagement rather than risk his fiancée’s future, even as he confronts the irresponsible patient who infected him—testing his ethics, pride, and capacity for sacrifice.
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Gate of Hell (1953) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
地獄門
director: Teinosuke Kinugasa actor: Kazuo Hasegawa / Machiko Kyō …
other title: La porta dell'inferno / Ingen kan tvinge et hjerte …
Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married.
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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) [Movie] Douban TMDB NeoDB IMDb
人間の條件　第３部望郷篇／第４部戦雲篇
director: Masaki Kobayashi actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Michiyo Aratama …
other title: La Condizione Umana: Parte II – Cammino verso l'eternità / Guerra e Humanidade II: Estrada Para a Eternidade …
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
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Flesh Pier (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
女体桟橋
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Ken Utsui / Akemi Tsukushi …
other title: 女体桟橋 / Red Piers
Director Teruo Ishii's crime action follows the investigative adventures of an undercover cop working with a prostitution ring. It's done in an unique documentary style.
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The Rainbow Man (1949) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
虹男
director: Kiyohiko Ushihara actor: Keiju Kobayashi / Teruko Akatsuki …
other title: Nijiotoko / 虹男
When a young woman is named as the prime suspect in a murder, her girlfriend and her girlfriend's boyfriend set out to prove her innocence. Their investigation leads them to an isolated, creepy house in the middle of nowhere, where sinister goings-on abound.
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Hyōchū no Bijo (1950) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
氷柱の美女
director: Seiji Hisamatsu actor: Joji Oka / Chieko Sōma …
other title: 氷柱の美女
Based on the novel The Vampire (Kyūketsuki) by Edogawa Ranpo.
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Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
洲崎パラダイス　赤信号
director: Yūzō Kawashima actor: Michiyo Aratama / Yukiko Todoroki …
other title: Susaki Paradise - Red Light District / Le Paradis de Suzaki …
A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job pouring sake for male customers at a small bar run by a sympathetic older woman, while Yoshigi is shunted off into a nearby noodle shop, where he gets a job delivering noodles. Tsutue charms and runs off with one of her clients. Yoshigi, ignoring the attentions of a sweet co-worker, pursues Tsutue.