Akiji Kobayashi

Akiji Kobayashi

Akiji Kobayashi (小林昭二, Kobayashi Akiji, September 6, 1930 – August 27, 1996), sometimes credited as Shōji Kobayashi, was a Japanese actor. He attended Nihon University College of Art, but withdrew before completing his degree and joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1949. He made his film debut with Satsujin Yogisha in 1952. He is best known in the West for portraying the role of Captain Toshio Muramatsu in the 1966-1967 television series, Ultraman. From 1983-84, he appeared in the popular television detective series Seibu Keisatsu. His other notable television role was Tōbei Tachibana ("Oya-san") in several series of the Kamen Rider franchise. He was one of Kon Ichikawa's favorite actors, appearing in 12 Ichikawa films. His final film appearance was Yatsuhaka-mura as Head of a Factory directed by Kon Ichikawa in 1996. He was the official dubbing artist of John Wayne and Richard Crenna. Kobayashi died of lung cancer in Yokohama on August 27, 1996, ten days before his 66th birthday.

  • Title: Akiji Kobayashi
  • Popularity: 3.825
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1930-09-06
  • Place of Birth: Yodobashi ward, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Also Known As: Shōji Kobayashi, Kobayashi Akiji
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Akiji Kobayashi Movies

  • 1994
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    47 Ronin

    47 Ronin

    7.4 1994 HD

    Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal...

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  • 1965
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    Kwaidan

    Kwaidan

    7.7 1965 HD

    Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...

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  • 1972
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    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

    7.283 1972 HD

    In the fourth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu...

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  • 1991
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    Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

    Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

    7.012 1991 HD

    The Futurians, time-travelers from the 23rd century, arrive in Japan to warn them of the nation's destruction under Godzilla. They offer to help...

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  • 1963
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    Youth of the Beast

    Youth of the Beast

    6.9 1963 HD

    When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.

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  • 1995
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    Getting Any?

    Getting Any?

    5.7 1995 HD

    While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and ends up enrolling in a number of crazy escapades.

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  • 1992
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    Godzilla vs. Mothra

    Godzilla vs. Mothra

    6.874 1992 HD

    Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by...

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  • 1972
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    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

    7.313 1972 HD

    In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a...

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  • 1962
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    Foundry Town

    Foundry Town

    7.6 1962 HD

    Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education.

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  • 1965
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    Pleasures of the Flesh

    Pleasures of the Flesh

    5.7 1965 HD

    A corrupt businessman blackmails the lovelorn reprobate Atsushi into watching over his suitcase full of embezzled cash while he serves a jail...

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  • 1976
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    The Kagestar: The Movie

    The Kagestar: The Movie

    1 1976 HD

    The superhero The Kagestar fights the monsters of the Satan Empire.

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  • 1974
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    Five Riders vs. King Dark

    Five Riders vs. King Dark

    5.5 1974 HD

    During a motocross practice, Keisuke Jin is ambushed by two Myth Cyborgs created by a secret organization that's attempting to control Japan, G.O.D....

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  • 1971
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    Go Go Kamen Rider

    Go Go Kamen Rider

    7.333 1971 HD

    The Shocker Organization sends two of its Inhumanoids to destroy an atomic plant, but their plan is foiled by an invisible barrier that surrounds the...

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  • 1973
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    Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron Mutants

    Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron Mutants

    4.667 1973 HD

    A physicist named Tetsuo Okita discovers a new mineral called "Satanium," which is more powerful than uranium and emits destructive effects to anyone...

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  • 1972
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    Kamen Rider vs. Shocker

    Kamen Rider vs. Shocker

    5.8 1972 HD

    Professor Daidōji has developed a gravity machine called the GX Device. Unfortunately, Shocker wants it; so they attack the professor and destroy...

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  • 1976
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    The Inugami Family

    The Inugami Family

    6.9 1976 HD

    When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons,...

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  • 1979
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    Immortal Kamen Rider Special

    Immortal Kamen Rider Special

    9 1979 HD

    A TV special, centered on introduction of Skyrider.

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  • 1970
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    This Transient Life

    This Transient Life

    7.5 1970 HD

    Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an...

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  • 1992
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    Run, Melos!

    Run, Melos!

    6.3 1992 HD

    The movie tells the story of Melos, a Greek country man that gets arrested and accused of conspiracy against the king. He gets three days to travel...

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  • 1977
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    Lullaby to Kill

    Lullaby to Kill

    6.5 1977 HD

    Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old...

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  • 1966
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    ウルトラマン前夜祭 ウルトラマン誕生

    ウルトラマン前夜祭 ウルトラマン誕生

    10 1966 HD

    Video recording of a public event featuring Ultraman, held at the Suginami Public Hall in Tokyo on July 9, 1966, one week before Ultraman's first...

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  • 1971
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    Mandala

    Mandala

    6 1971 HD

    Two university students from Kyoto decide to swap partners and spend the night in an isolated motel. However, one of the couples is attacked....

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  • 1975
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    Hanuman and the Five Kamen Riders

    Hanuman and the Five Kamen Riders

    4.2 1975 HD

    With an unquenchable thirst for the blood of virgin women, the wicked King Dark enslaves the brilliant Thai scientist Dr. Wisut to create an army of...

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  • 1993
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    Kogarashi Monjirō Returns

    Kogarashi Monjirō Returns

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1989
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    The Men Who Made Ultraman

    The Men Who Made Ultraman

    10 1989 HD

    A biographical dramatization about the production of the original Ultraman, the beloved classic special effects fantasy series from Eiji Tsuburaya.

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  • 1969
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    The Curse of the Ghost

    The Curse of the Ghost

    6.2 1969 HD

    About 1786 the doings of a demented lord results in many masterless samurai, including Iyemon (Kei Sato) who is used to luxury and cannot adjust to...

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  • 1979
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    Akio Jissoji's Ultraman

    Akio Jissoji's Ultraman

    8.2 1979 HD

    Akio Jissoji's Ultraman is a 1979 Japanese tokusatsu kaiju film directed by Akio Jissoji. It is a compilation film made up of scenes from Jissoji's...

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  • 1990
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    Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars

    Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars

    8 1990 HD

    A series of serial murders occurred in a historic ruins where a TV crew is shooting a documentary.

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  • 1971
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    Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters

    Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters

    6.5 1971 HD

    A theatrical release of The Return of Ultraman episodes 13-14. It was released on December 12, 1971 as part of the Toho Champion Festival along with...

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  • 1997
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    Master Swordsman Hirate Miki - Duel in Tone

    Master Swordsman Hirate Miki - Duel in Tone

    1 1997 HD

    Zoushu Hirate was the acting master of Chibashusaku Dojo in the Hokushinitto style. His wife was dead and had drunk a lot every day. For the sake of...

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  • 1979
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    The Tale of Jean Valjean

    The Tale of Jean Valjean

    7.5 1979 HD

    In 19th century France, an escaped convict seeks redemption while caring for a young woman whose mother he once protected, and aligning himself with...

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  • 1971
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    Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 5 - The Mystery of the Skull Wife

    Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 5 - The Mystery of the Skull Wife

    1 1971 HD

    Fifth film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.

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  • 1962
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    Harakiri

    Harakiri

    8.4 1962 HD

    Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a...

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  • 1989
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    Black Rain

    Black Rain

    7.544 1989 HD

    Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic...

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  • 1963
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    Intruders

    Intruders

    1 1963 HD

    A salaryman living alone in a small apartment is visited by complete strangers, a large family with grown-up sons and a daughter, who take over his...

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  • 1959
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    The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

    The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

    8.2 1959 HD

    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...

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  • 1990
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    Like the Clouds, Like the Wind

    Like the Clouds, Like the Wind

    6.8 1990 HD

    Ginga is a simple—yet energetic—country girl, living with her father far from the capital city of the empire in ancient China. When she...

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  • 1982
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    The Longest Tunnel

    The Longest Tunnel

    1 1982 HD

    After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this...

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  • 1980
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    Shogun Assassin

    Shogun Assassin

    6.876 1980 HD

    A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai...

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  • 1986
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    Death Shadows

    Death Shadows

    6.1 1986 HD

    Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninja working for mysterious high...

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  • 1996
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    Ultraman Zearth

    Ultraman Zearth

    7.1 1996 HD

    Ultraman Zearth hails from The Land of Pikari in Nebula Z95. He has a big red face and dislikes dirt, and will go to great lengths to wash it off his...

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  • 1978
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    Queen Bee

    Queen Bee

    7.3 1978 HD

    To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country estate, family secrets and lies dating...

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  • 1967
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    Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature

    Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature

    7.3 1967 HD

    The film consists of re-edited material from the original television series Ultraman. Episodes 1, 8, 26, and 27 were used for the film. They were...

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  • 1989
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    Ultraman: Terror on Route 87

    Ultraman: Terror on Route 87

    8 1989 HD

    Theatrical version of episode 20 of Ultraman (1966 TV series). An enormous bird-monster is attacking motorists on Route 87. The Science Patrol...

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  • 1972
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    Daigoro vs. Goliath

    Daigoro vs. Goliath

    4.8 1972 HD

    An inventor and his family try to raise funds to feed a giant monster named Daigoro so that he doesn't shrink. Meanwhile, a meteor lands into the sea...

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  • 1963
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    Fight of the Gamblers

    Fight of the Gamblers

    6 1963 HD

    Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his...

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  • 1975
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    Kamen Rider Amazon: The Movie

    Kamen Rider Amazon: The Movie

    6 1975 HD

    The Kamen Rider Amazon movie is a theatrical version of episode 16, Garander's Tokyo Sea of Flames Operation!!, depicting Gengoro Beastman's attempt...

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  • 1972
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    Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell

    Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell

    6.5 1972 HD

    Takeshi Hongo and FBI agent Kazuya Taki fake their deaths when they are attacked by Shocker soldiers during a motocross race. They disguise...

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  • 1973
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    Kamen Rider V3: The Movie

    Kamen Rider V3: The Movie

    7 1973 HD

    During a battle against Destron's forces, Shiro Kazami helps a priest who has been attacked by the evil organization's kaijin Hasami-Jaguar. Little...

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  • 1973
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    Internal Sleuth

    Internal Sleuth

    7.7 1973 HD

    When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective criminal tries to find out the truth.

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  • 1977
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    Island of Hell

    Island of Hell

    7 1977 HD

    A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

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  • 1993
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    Kamen Rider SD: Strange?! Kumo Otoko

    Kamen Rider SD: Strange?! Kumo Otoko

    7.021 1993 HD

    "Kamen Rider SD: Strange!? Kumo Otoko" is an animated OVA based on the gag manga Kamen Rider SD: Hurricane Legend. This cute and comedic short movie...

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  • 1981
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    Lonely Heart

    Lonely Heart

    6 1981 HD

    A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.

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  • 1969
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    Prison Break

    Prison Break

    7 1969 HD

    Set up to be the patsy by a rival gang, Furuta Makoto attacks the yakuza boss he thinks is responsible for his father’s murder. He then learns...

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  • 1982
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    Karate Cop

    Karate Cop

    1 1982 HD

    A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse attendant, Hisako.

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  • 1975
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    Kamen Rider Stronger: The Movie

    Kamen Rider Stronger: The Movie

    7 1975 HD

    Waniida from Black Satan attacks a young boy and long-time Kamen Rider ally Tōbei Tachibana, but Kamen Rider Stronger and Electro Wave Human Tackle...

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  • 1986
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    Desperate Pursuit

    Desperate Pursuit

    1 1986 HD

    In the desert of Egypt, Kurata, the CEO of the Japanese corporation Tokokaihatsu, is killed by a sniper. After the news reaches Japan, the CEO's...

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  • 1976
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    All Together! Seven Kamen Riders!!

    All Together! Seven Kamen Riders!!

    1 1976 HD

    The special opens with Tachibana Tōbei taking some children to a Kamen Rider roadshow. Just as he's reminiscing about all the heroic modified humans...

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  • 1979
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    Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle

    Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle

    6.3 1979 HD

    A 1979 Japanese tokusatsu kaiju film produced by Tsuburaya Productions, consisting of re-edited material from the original television series...

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  • 1982
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    Suspicion

    Suspicion

    6.7 1982 HD

    A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who...

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  • 1980
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    Koto: The Ancient City

    Koto: The Ancient City

    6 1980 HD

    Chieko (Momoe Yamaguchi) has been raised as the only child of parents who run a dry goods store. When Chieko was a middle-school student, she learned...

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  • 1979
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    The House of Hanging

    The House of Hanging

    6 1979 HD

    This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion...

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  • 1972
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    Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice

    Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice

    6.3 1972 HD

    Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his inquiries....

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  • 1977
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    Utamaro's World

    Utamaro's World

    5.6 1977 HD

    Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and...

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  • 1981
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    The Black Hood

    The Black Hood

    1 1981 HD

    A horse-riding samurai fights villains.

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  • 1991
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    Noh Mask Murders

    Noh Mask Murders

    5.6 1991 HD

    The patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who will succeed him as a leading practitioner of Noh...

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  • 1983
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    The Makioka Sisters

    The Makioka Sisters

    7.3 1983 HD

    This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a...

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  • 1972
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    The Pirates of Buban

    The Pirates of Buban

    6.5 1972 HD

    By going to the Philippines, Imamura comes to meet people living in an extreme poverty. He discovers very quickly that some communities are under the...

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  • 1966
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    The Birth of Ultraman

    The Birth of Ultraman

    6 1966 HD

    In this recorded stage debut of the original Ultraman, self-proclaimed world's number one kaiju tamer, Eiji Tsuburaya introduces Ultraman, the...

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  • 1996
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    Gamera 2: Attack of Legion

    Gamera 2: Attack of Legion

    7.5 1996 HD

    A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to...

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  • 1981
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    Yuki

    Yuki

    7.1 1981 HD

    Up in Heaven, Yuki’s grandparents decide that, having turned thirteen years old, she must go down to Earth to a village that is torn by bandits...

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  • 1985
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    The Empty Table

    The Empty Table

    5.3 1985 HD

    One year has passed since the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist kidnapping, which resulted in multiple deaths....

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  • 1972
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    Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

    7.417 1972 HD

    In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin....

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  • 1982
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    Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2

    Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2

    1 1982 HD

    Brings Shingo face to face against Yagyu Tajima, the Shogun’s fencing instructor in a match that could save a domain near Osaka. ...

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  • 1986
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    Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma

    Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1996
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    Revive! Ultraman

    Revive! Ultraman

    5.7 1996 HD

    The film is composed of stock footage from the original Ultraman television series with additional newly filmed content, and it served as an...

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  • 1989
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    Hana no furu gogo

    Hana no furu gogo

    1 1989 HD

    A widowed restaurateur is faced with scandal after discovering her late husband had a child out of wedlock. Hearing that two criminals had attempted...

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  • 1973
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    The Woman Who Calls for Corpses

    The Woman Who Calls for Corpses

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1971
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    Kamen Rider

    Kamen Rider

    6.3 1971 HD

    Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by...

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  • 1968
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    Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories

    Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories

    1 1968 HD

    The series follows the adventures of Sabu, a young Edo bakufu investigator traveling with the blind master swordsman Ichi. In their travels, they...

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  • 1972
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    Professional Killers

    Professional Killers

    7 1972 HD

    A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one...

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  • 1976
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    The Kagestar

    The Kagestar

    10 1976 HD

    While rescuing his wealthy boss's daughter from kidnappers, Sugata Kageoh, struck by an electric shock, was given the ability to merge with his...

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  • 1965
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    宇宙少年ソラン

    宇宙少年ソラン

    6 1965 HD

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  • 1983
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    Kojika Monogatari

    Kojika Monogatari

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1990
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    Tales of the Bizarre

    Tales of the Bizarre

    7.8 1990 HD

    Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and...

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  • 1966
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    Ultraman

    Ultraman

    8.3 1966 HD

    Hayata is a member of the Science Patrol, an organization tasked with investigating bizarre anomalies. He is mortally wounded when accidently...

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  • 1979
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    The 47 Ronins of Ako

    The 47 Ronins of Ako

    1 1979 HD

    Set in the eighteenth century, during the reign of the fifth Tokugawa shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. Akō-han is demolished by the Tokugawa shogunate....

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  • 1994
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    Ie Naki Ko

    Ie Naki Ko

    7 1994 HD

    "Don't pity me, just give me money." A smart little girl, Suzu, for the sake of her beloved sick mother, has no choice but to attempt all ways to...

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  • 1979
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    Attack, Jun

    Attack, Jun

    8.5 1979 HD

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