Seiji Miyaguchi — Actor (26)
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Kwaidan (1965) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
怪談
8.8 (5 ratings) director: Masaki Kobayashi actor: Michiyo Aratama / Rentaro Mikuni …
other title: Kwaidan - Storie di fantasmi / Kwaïdan …
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
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Farewell to the Ark (1984) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
さらば箱舟
director: Shūji Terayama actor: Tsutomu Yamazaki / Mayumi Ogawa …
other title: Adieu l'arche / Farewell to the Ark (Goodbye Ark) …
A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and superstitions as they leave for the city. Among them are two cousins who love each other and who get into a quarrel with other villagers.
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Early Summer (1951) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
麦秋
director: Yasujirō Ozu actor: Setsuko Hara / Chishū Ryū …
other title: Il tempo del raccolto del grano / Também Fomos Felizes …
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
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Throne of Blood (1957) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB NeoDB WikiData
蜘蛛巣城
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Isuzu Yamada …
other title: Il trono di sangue / Blodets trone …
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 spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
1950s drama japan jidaigeki kurosawaakira
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
人間の條件　第１部純愛篇／第２部激怒篇
director: Masaki Kobayashi actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Michiyo Aratama …
other title: La Condizione Umana: Parte I – Nessun amore è più grande / Guerra e Humanidade I: Não Há Amor Maior …
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
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The Bad Sleep Well (1960) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
悪い奴ほどよく眠る
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Masayuki Mori …
other title: I cattivi dormono in pace / O Mal Dorme Bem …
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.
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The Ballad of Narayama (1958) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB NeoDB WikiData
楢山節考
director: Keisuke Kinoshita actor: Kinuyo Tanaka / Teiji Takahashi …
other title: La leggenda di Narayama / A Balada de Narayama …
In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?
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Samurai Spy (1965) [Movie] TMDB
異聞猿飛佐助
director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: Kōji Takahashi / Shintarō Ishihara …
other title: 異聞猿飛佐助 / La guerre des Espions …
Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high-ranking spy named Tatewaki Koriyama defects from the shogun to a rival clan, however, the world of swordsmen is thrown into turmoil. After Sasuke is unwittingly drawn into the conflict, he tracks Tatewaki, while a mysterious, white-hooded figure seems to hunt them both. By tale’s end, no one is who they seemed to be, and the truth is far more personal than anyone suspected. Director Masahiro Shinoda’s Samurai Spy, filled with clan intrigue, ninja spies, and multiple double crosses, marks a bold stylistic departure from swordplay film convention.
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Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962) [Movie] TMDB
宮本武蔵 般若坂の決斗
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Wakaba Irie …
other title: 宮本武蔵 般若坂の決斗 / Les moines lanciers du temple Hozoin
The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle after three years of intense contemplation and philosophical study and starting on his epic quest to complete his skill in the Way.
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Warrior of the Wind (1964) [Movie] TMDB
風の武士
director: Tai Katō actor: Hashizo Okawa / Hiroko Sakuramachi …
other title: 風の武士
A suspenseful Ninja fantasy based on Shiba Ryotaro's novel, woven with the mysterious fate and romance of Shinzo and a beautiful Princess who find themselves at the center of an intrigue surrounding the legendary land of Yasurai in the mountains of Kumano. Hidden gold, the love of a beautiful Princess, and the approaching evil sword all contribute in bringing you a Ninja action thriller that only the legendary actor Okawa Hashizo and the genius director Kato Tai could produce!
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Stakeout (1958) [Movie] TMDB
張込み
director: Yoshitaro Nomura actor: Minoru Ōki / Takahiro Tamura …
other title: 張込み / Le Guet-apens …
Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.
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Samurai from Nowhere (1964) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
道場破り
director: Seiichirô Uchikawa actor: Isamu Nagato / Shima Iwashita …
other title: 道場破り / Dojo Challengers, Samurai from Nowhere
Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter of the clan's chief counselor who married the low-ranking Ihei to avoid becoming the clan lord's mistress. Into the mix comes Oba Gunjuro (Tetsurō Tamba), a mysterious ronin who will do anything for money. This leads to a fitting climax as the forces of hate and love converge while the couple attempt to break through the border!
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Miyamoto Musashi (1961) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
宮本武蔵
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Akiko Kazami …
other title: 宮本武蔵 / La Légende de Miyamoto Musashi …
In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of the historic battle. He and his friend Matahachi manage to escape the slaughter although the latter is wounded in his leg. They stumble across the young Akemi who makes her living with her mother Oko by robbing corpses of their armor and anything else they can sell. Oko takes it into her head to seduce Matahachi, which she does first by skillfully sucking the gangrene from his blood, and then just by sucking.
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Pale Flower (1964) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
乾いた花
director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: Ryō Ikebe / Mariko Kaga …
other title: Fiore secco / Fleur pâle …
A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.
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The Fossil (1975) [Movie] TMDB
化石
director: Masaki Kobayashi actor: Shin Saburi / Keiko Kishi …
other title: 化石 / Les Fossiles
An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes him to fantasize about her as the personification of his impending death. As his dialogue with his imagined mortality continues, he actually meets the living woman who is the template for his fantasy, and together they tour rural churches. Gradually he comes to some kind of peace about the diagnosis. When he returns to Japan, he is met with a series of challenges which profoundly test the lessons he has learned.
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Antonio Gaudí (1984) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
アントニー・ガウディー
director: Hiroshi Teshigahara actor: Isidro Puig Boada / Seiji Miyaguchi …
other title: Antonio Gaudi / アントニー・ガウディー
Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí (1852-1926) designed some of the world's most astonishing buildings, interiors, and parks; Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara constructed some of the most aesthetically audacious films ever made. With camera work as bold and sensual as the curves of his subject's organic structures, Teshigahara immortalizes Gaudí on film.
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Japan's Longest Day (1967) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
日本のいちばん長い日
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Seiji Miyaguchi / Rokkō Toura …
other title: The Emperor and a General / Le jour le plus long du Japon …
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
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Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
古都
director: Noboru Nakamura actor: Shima Iwashita / Seiji Miyaguchi …
other title: Koto / 古都 …
In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan it was thought that twins bring bad luck, so the sister was abandoned at birth. Later her parents tell her that her sister was kidnapped. The woman doesn't believe this and when she eventually meets her twin, both women are involved in love affairs. The merchant's daughter is seeing an educated fellow. Trouble ensues when she begins suspecting that he may be more interested in her sister.
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Mermaid Legend (1984) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
人魚伝説
director: Toshiharu Ikeda actor: Mari Shirato / Kentarō Shimizu …
other title: La vengeance de la sirène / 人魚伝説 …
A couple of abalone divers has to confront brutal investors setting foot in their coastline.