Sanae Nakahara — Actor (55)
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Return of the Vagabond (1960)
渡り鳥いつまた帰る WikiData IMDb TMDB
Buichi Saitō actor: Akira Kobayashi / Ruriko Asaoka …
other title: 渡り鳥いつまた帰る / Return Of The Vagabond
The 3rd film of the famous "Wataridori" (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. The young rambler, Shinji Taki (Akira Kobayashi), with his guitar arrives in Sadogashima Island, Niigata, Japan. Of course, Shinji meets yet another beautiful girl named Noriko, who closely resembles the famous actress Ruriko Asaoka again. Of course, Noriko is in trouble. Of course, Shinji's yet another skilled rival named "Tetsu, the Gunman" comes to Sado shortly. Of course, the villain tries to kill Shinji and Tetsu. Of course, Shinji solves the problem and leaves Sado suddenly.
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The Baby Carriage (1956)
乳母車 IMDb TMDB
Tomotaka Tasaka actor: Izumi Ashikawa / Yūjirō Ishihara …
other title: 乳母車
Upon discovering that her father has a mistress, a young girl befriends the "other woman" and her child. Realizing that her half-sister is doomed to being regarded as an outcast, the heroine sets about to spiritually legitimize the girl.
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Wait for Tomorrow (1960)
あした晴れるか WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kō Nakahira actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Izumi Ashikawa …
other title: あした晴れるか
Kohei Misugi works in a vegetable market, but his ambition is to be a photographer. He is given his first opportunity to demonstrate his talent by the Sakura Film Company which offers him an assignment to "Cover Tokyo" with a camera. But he is disillusioned when he is told he must work together with Miharu, a good looking girl in the film company's publicity department. Then the fun begins.
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Red Pier (1958)
赤い波止場 IMDb TMDB
Toshio Masuda actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Mie Kitahara …
other title: 赤い波止場
Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop.
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That Guy and I (1961)
あいつと私 IMDb TMDB
Kō Nakahira actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Izumi Ashikawa …
other title: あいつと私
Asada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's house, she meets his father Kokichi and his mother Motoko. Motoko is a famous hair dresser, who openly flaunts her lover. When Kokichi and Motoko fight, which they do a lot, he routinely threatens to leave but never quite does. A relationship develops between Saburo and Keiko, but Saburo is shaken when his mother tells Keiko the truth about Saburo's past and the secret of his birth.
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Wolves, Pigs & Men (1964)
狼と豚と人間 IMDb TMDB
Kinji Fukasaku actor: Ken Takakura / Rentaro Mikuni …
other title: Hommes, porcs et loups / 狼と豚と人間
Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is not invited. Jiro meanwhile is planning a big job - steal 40 million in cash and drugs, and he invites Sabu and gang to act as decoys, for 50,000 each. The sting is a success, but the double-crossing starts almost immediately. Sabu discovers how little of the take they were promised and hides the stash. Jiro and his slimy partner pressure the kids to fess up. Meanwhile, their respectable elder brother Ichiro is being leaned on by the town's big boss, whose money it was.
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Play It Cool (1970)
でんきくらげ WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Yasuzō Masumura actor: Mari Atsumi / Yūsuke Kawazu …
other title: La Méduse électrique / でんきくらげ …
This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure that she has a bright future. But the hard-working young woman's dreams of becoming a dressmaker are shattered.... She then becomes a nightclub hostess who plays cards with male patrons using her body as the prize.
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Song of the Devil (1975)
鬼の詩 IMDb TMDB
Tetsutaro Murano actor: Saburo Date / Giichi Fujimoto …
other title: 鬼の詩
Bakyo is a talented but unsuccessful rakugo artist. The very successful Rokyu wants to take Bakyo under his wings, but Bakyo refuses, claiming that Rokyu's rakugo is compromised by the elements of kabuki. But Bakyo changes his mind and determines to learn (or steal) Rokyu's craft and makes it his own.
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The Rambling Guitarist (1959)
ギターを持った渡り鳥 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Buichi Saitō actor: Akira Kobayashi / Joe Shishido …
other title: ギターを持った渡り鳥 / The Wandering Guitarist
Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local gang as a hired hand. However, with the arrival of a sinister gunman, Taki's mysterious past catches up with him.
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Female Ninja Magic (1964)
くノ一忍法
Sadao Nakajima actor: Yumiko Nogawa / Sanae Nakahara …
other title: くノ一忍法 / Kunoichi ninpō …
In Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position, fearing Toyotomi's blood descendents would end, he impregnates one of five Shinano female ninja with the seed of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in hopes of continuing the bloodline. Princess Sen and the five female ninja escape from Osaka castle by blending in with the handmaidens. Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu who was supposed to rule all under the heavens was informed of this secret. So Ieyasu orders five samurai of the Iga Ninja clan (brought by Hattori Hanzo) to stop the Toyotomi bloodline by killing the Kunoichi ninja. An attack of ninja magic arts unfolds in a battle of the sexes.
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The Challenge (1982)
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John Frankenheimer actor: Scott Glenn / Toshirō Mifune …
other title: L'ultima sfida / Dræbende sværd …
Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud between two brothers, one who follows the traditional path of the samurai and the other a businessman. At the behest of the businessman, Rick undertakes samurai training from the other brother, but joins his cause. He also becomes romantically involved with the samurai's daughter.
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By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him (1966)
男の顔は履歴書
Tai Katō actor: Noboru Andō / Ichirō Nakatani …
other title: Délit de faciès / 男の顔は履歴書 …
Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz, and tasteless fashion sense, and only the tough but suave Dr. Amamiya (Ando) can stop them, as long as he gets rid of his silly peace-loving ideals.
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Endless Desire (1958)
果しなき欲望
Shōhei Imamura actor: Hiroyuki Nagato / Misako Watanabe …
other title: Desiderio inappagato / Desejo Insaciável …
Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during the war. A grimly humorous tale of twisted relationships as one by one each of the group is eliminated.
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Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
軍旗はためく下に IMDb TMDB
Kinji Fukasaku actor: Sachiko Hidari / Tetsuro Tamba …
other title: Sotto la bandiera del Sol Levante / Unter dem Banner der aufgehenden Sonne …
A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years after the war, she seeks out four survivors of her husband's garrison. Each tells a dramatically different story about her husband's conduct, but she is determined to learn the truth.
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Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song (1973)
女囚さそり　７０１号怨み節
Yasuharu Hasebe actor: Meiko Kaji / Masakazu Tamura …
other title: Sasori – Grudge Song / Mélodie de la rancune …
Nami is once again on the run from the law but is saved by an old classmate who works at a strip club. Through a subsequent conversation they discover they both have a score to settle with a particular crooked cop. However, Nami has doubts about ever trusting a man.
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I, the Executioner (1968)
みな殺しの霊歌 NeoDB
加藤泰 actor: 倍赏千惠子 / 中原早苗 …
other title: 我的刽子手 / みな殺しの霊歌 …
A killer driven by revenge tracks down and murders the five women who sexually molested his mentally unstable best friend and drove him to suicide. All the while the police search the underworld for the killer, the press plays up the sensational sex killings, and the killer himself finds his resolve weakened by his budding romantic relationship with a pretty young shopgirl.