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Wakako Kunitomo
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The Blazing Sword · 1966The Blazing Sword
★ 7.21966
Movie
Set during the last days of the Tokugawa (Edo) Period, Moeyo-ken tells the story of Hijikata Toshizo and the Shinsengumi. Hijikata Toshizo is a samurai eager to test his skills and sword and make his first kill. The dojo he belongs to practices the Tennen Rishin style and teaches this to farmers. Not considered real samurai by other dojo, they receive a request for a duel by a rival dojo practicing the Kogen Itto style. Sohaku Rokusha, a teacher there, challenges them and fights with Hijikata Toshizo. The outcome of the fight creates a deadly animosity between them that lasts through the ages.
はだか大名 前篇 · 1952はだか大名 前篇
1952
Movie
Daikichi Konomura · 1954Daikichi Konomura
1954
MovieDrama
A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among other things, teaches them about the evils of the government. A member of the yakuza thugs has fallen in love with the samurai's daughter and conspires to report the father to the authorities in order to snatch the girl. The samurai's daughter has a boyfriend who hides the father and daughter from the thug.
Girl's Reform School · 1956Girl's Reform School
1956
MovieDrama
The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.
Tomorrow Will Be Fine Weather · 1948Tomorrow Will Be Fine Weather
1948
MovieDrama
Lost for 70 years until 2022, Shimizu’s second postwar film recalls Mr. Thank You as he frames the narrative in a familiar setting, tracking an autumnal bus ride from a hot spring town through a mountain pass. When the jaunty bus unceremoniously breaks down, a bittersweet sadness overcomes the passengers as unexpected reunions take place, but nothing can be what it was before the war.
A Color Print of Edo · 1939A Color Print of Edo
★ 7.21939
MovieDramaAction
The Color Print of Edo is a 1939 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Kazuo Mori. It is a cheerful period drama, sprinkled with comical scenes and tells the story of a loyal and handsome Edo period servant who fights to help his older brother marry the woman he loves. The star of this film, Utaemon Ichikawa, gained enormous popularity for his portrayal of a cheerful and chivalrous man.
Monster Cat Akabe Daimyojin · 1938Monster Cat Akabe Daimyojin
1938
MovieHorror
Film about Ghost-Cat.
Bored Hatamoto Enters the Mountain of Treasure · 1938Bored Hatamoto Enters the Mountain of Treasure
1938
MovieHistoryAction
Bored Hatamoto film #9
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