Takako Irie

Takako Irie

Takako Irie (入江 たか子 Irie Takako, 7 February 1911 – 12 January 1995) was a Japanese film actress. Born in Tokyo into the aristocratic Higashibōjō family (her birth name was Hideko Higashibōjō (東坊城 英子 Higashibōjō Hideko)), she graduated from Bunka Gakuin before debuting as an actress at Nikkatsu in 1927. She became a major star, even starting her own production company, Irie Productions, in 1932. One of Kenji Mizoguchi's silent film masterpieces, The Water Magician, was produced at that company with Irie starring. She appeared in many advertisements, as well as on fans and other commercial goods. Irie was also the subject of a folding screen painting by Nihonga artist Nakamura Daizaburō, which appeared in the 1930 Teiten (Imperial Exhibition), and which is today in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art; toy dolls were also produced based on this image. In the postwar period, Irie became known as a "ghost cat actress" (bakeneko joyū) for appearing in a series of kaidan (ghost story) movies. One of her late memorable roles was in Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro, where she plays Mutsuta's wife, the lady who warns Sanjuro (Toshirō Mifune) that "the best sword stays in its scabbard".

  • Title: Takako Irie
  • Popularity: 3.529
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1911-02-07
  • Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
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  • Also Known As: Такако Ириэ
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Takako Irie Movies

  • 1962
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    Sanjuro

    Sanjuro

    7.9 1962 HD

    Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and...

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  • 1983
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    The Little Girl Who Conquered Time

    The Little Girl Who Conquered Time

    6.4 1983 HD

    Yoshiyama Kazuko is a third-year junior high school student. One day while cleaning the lab, she smells lavender and faints. From then on, she has...

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  • 1929
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    The Morning Sun Shines

    The Morning Sun Shines

    5.5 1929 HD

    The Morning Sun Shines is a fiction-documentary film by Kenji Mizoguchi and Seiichi Ina. The film is a combination of a drama about a reporter, and...

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  • 1944
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    The Most Beautiful

    The Most Beautiful

    5.6 1944 HD

    The stories of several young women who work in a 'precision optical instruments' factory during the second World War. Despite illness, injury, and...

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  • 1951
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    Judge of the Ashuras

    Judge of the Ashuras

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia

    The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia

    1 1932 HD

    Propaganda film, presumed lost.

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  • 1930
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    Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown

    Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown

    7 1930 HD

    While returning by boat to Japan, Yoshie Fujiwara meets a rich woman who suggests him to become a singer thanks to an impresario friend of hers.

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  • 1929
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    Matenro sôtohen

    Matenro sôtohen

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1984
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    The Deserted City

    The Deserted City

    6.8 1984 HD

    After noticing in the news there was a fire in an old canal town, Eguchi recalls visiting there a decade ago as a university student.

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  • 1933
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    The Water Magician

    The Water Magician

    6.9 1933 HD

    Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an...

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  • 1938
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    Tojuro's Love

    Tojuro's Love

    1 1938 HD

    A colourful study of theatrical life. Two acting troupes vie for the Kyoto market during the Genroku Era. Tojuro, an extremely popular actor, feels...

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  • 1954
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    Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko

    Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko

    1 1954 HD

    Second in the Nage Utasamon series

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  • 1937
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    A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again

    A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again

    1 1937 HD

    Kayo and Kuniko graduated from girls' school together and are as close as sisters. Kuniko's fiancé, Minakami, feels something that attracts...

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  • 1941
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    White Heron

    White Heron

    1 1941 HD

    OSHINO, the beautiful daughter of restaurant owners, is in love with SHIRASAGI the painter. But there is another young man, the son of a moneylender...

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  • 1942
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    Green Earth

    Green Earth

    1 1942 HD

    Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local Chinese company for business. Many...

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  • 1937
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    Learn from Experience, Part One

    Learn from Experience, Part One

    6 1937 HD

    Part 1 of a 2-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. The central character here is Toyomi (played by Takako IRIE, star of...

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  • 1937
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    Learn from Experience, Part Two

    Learn from Experience, Part Two

    6.2 1937 HD

    Part 2 of a 2-part romance (fist part - Kafuku zempen) based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. In the second half, we discover that Toyomi is...

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  • 1946
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    人生とんぼ返り

    人生とんぼ返り

    1 1946 HD

    After learning that he has accidentally killed a man in a fight, Unokichi must look after the man's pregnant widow.

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  • 1950
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    Kagebōshi

    Kagebōshi

    1 1950 HD

    On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken down. His colleague Ryunosuke felt responsible and...

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  • 1950
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    Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu

    Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu

    1 1950 HD

    A continuation of the prior film (影法師).

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  • 1947
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    Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu

    Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu

    1 1947 HD

    A hospital melodrama where the conflict between love and friendship rules the faith of the protagonists.

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  • 1939
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    Enoken’s Shrewd Period

    Enoken’s Shrewd Period

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1953
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    Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace

    Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace

    8 1953 HD

    Okoyo, the mistress of Lord Arima, fears that she is being replaced by a younger woman named Otaki. In a fit of jealousy, she kills the younger girl....

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  • 1953
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    Ghost of Saga Mansion

    Ghost of Saga Mansion

    7.5 1953 HD

    A woman loses her son through an evil conspiracy and commits suicide. Shortly afterwards a ghost cat begins haunting the conspirators. This is...

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  • 1954
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    Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki

    Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki

    8 1954 HD

    The Lord of Okazaki is killed by his brother-in-law. Although the Lord's widow bears a child, she is also killed. Then, a ghost cat begins stalking...

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  • 1956
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    Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi

    Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi

    8 1956 HD

    A power struggle in the fief of Okazaki causes the death of Namiji, a nobleman's daughter. As her fiancé seeks revenge, he finds Namiji's cat...

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  • 1957
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    Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp

    Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp

    7 1957 HD

    A remake of Kaidan Saga yashiki (1953).

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  • 1954
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    The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

    The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

    7.1 1954 HD

    A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim.

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  • 1934
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    Karisome no kuchibeni

    Karisome no kuchibeni

    1 1934 HD

    A Japanese version of the musical comedy "Yes, Mr. Brown"

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  • 1931
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    Jean Valjean: Part One

    Jean Valjean: Part One

    1 1931 HD

    The first part of a fascinating melodrama based on Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, the action of which is transferred to the era of the Meiji...

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  • 1949
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    Odoroki ikka

    Odoroki ikka

    1 1949 HD

    1949 Japanese film

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  • 1950
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    Blue Sky Angel

    Blue Sky Angel

    1 1950 HD

    1950 drama film

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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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  • 1931
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    Jean Valjean: Part Two

    Jean Valjean: Part Two

    1 1931 HD

    The second part of the melodrama based on the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, the action of which is transferred to the era of the Meiji...

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  • 1939
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    Sincerity

    Sincerity

    5.4 1939 HD

    Two young girls, Nobiko and Tomiko, go to the same school. The less fortunate girl Nobiko is one of the top students, while the rich girl Tomiko is...

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  • 1931
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    Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen

    Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1951
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    Karuma Tengu: The Fire Festival

    Karuma Tengu: The Fire Festival

    1 1951 HD

    The masked avenger Kurama Tengu is linked to a plot to bring down the Tokugawa shogunate, but is it really our hero, or an imposter?

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  • 1947
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    壮士劇場

    壮士劇場

    1 1947 HD

    1947 Japanese movie

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  • 1953
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    Love Letter

    Love Letter

    6.8 1953 HD

    A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

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  • 1940
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    The Snake Princess

    The Snake Princess

    1 1940 HD

    When Sentarô’s father is killed by a drunken samurai, Sentarô avenges him. His deed puts him on the run and leaves his sister...

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  • 1937
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    Karayuki-san

    Karayuki-san

    1 1937 HD

    "Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former prostitute who returns to Japan from Singapore with her...

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  • 1937
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    A Woman's Sorrows

    A Woman's Sorrows

    6.7 1937 HD

    Japanese domestic drama.

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  • 1942
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    Mother Never Dies

    Mother Never Dies

    6 1942 HD

    The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

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  • 1941
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    Yukiko and Natsuyo

    Yukiko and Natsuyo

    6 1941 HD

    Adaptation of a novel by Nobuko Yoshiya that was serialized in "Shufu no tomo" between 1939 and 1940.

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  • 1930
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    Behold This Mother

    Behold This Mother

    1 1930 HD

    Directed by Tomotaka Tasaka.

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  • 1957
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    Lord Mito

    Lord Mito

    5.4 1957 HD

    This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside...

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  • 1936
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    Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

    Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

    1 1936 HD

    The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

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  • 1942
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    Wings of Victory

    Wings of Victory

    6.3 1942 HD

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  • 1942
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    Omokage no machi

    Omokage no machi

    1 1942 HD

    A 1942 film.

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  • 1941
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    The Battle of Kawanakajima

    The Battle of Kawanakajima

    1 1941 HD

    This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the...

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  • 1975
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    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    6.8 1975 HD

    In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts the...

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  • 1935
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    Great Bodhisattva Pass

    Great Bodhisattva Pass

    1 1935 HD

    1930s Japanese film.

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  • 1929
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    A Living Puppet

    A Living Puppet

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1929
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    Tokyo March

    Tokyo March

    6 1929 HD

    A classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in Taishō-era Japan, The nostalgic scenes of 1920s Tokyo provides a valuable visual...

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  • 1944
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    Four Marriages

    Four Marriages

    1 1944 HD

    Based on a short story by Dazai Osamu, produced under the national film law. The film's hero falls in love with the youngest daughter of a family he...

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  • 1929
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    Metropolitan Symphony

    Metropolitan Symphony

    1 1929 HD

    Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.

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  • 1941
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    Dancers of Awa

    Dancers of Awa

    1 1941 HD

    Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin....

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  • 1954
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    The Great White Tiger Platoon

    The Great White Tiger Platoon

    6 1954 HD

    The Great White Tiger Platoon was part of the Aizu clan's last ditch efforts to stop the advance of Imperial troops after the fall of the Tokugawa...

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  • 1998
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    Legend of the Cat Monster

    Legend of the Cat Monster

    1 1998 HD

    A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter is tasked with writing her comeback film, which...

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  • 1934
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    Tsuki yori no shisha

    Tsuki yori no shisha

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1951
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    Tales of a Drifter

    Tales of a Drifter

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1937
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    Mother's Melody

    Mother's Melody

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Roar of The Lion

    The Roar of The Lion

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1956
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    Matashirō Fighting Journey

    Matashirō Fighting Journey

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1947
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    Invitation to Happiness

    Invitation to Happiness

    1 1947 HD

    Kôfuku eno shôtai - Invitation to happiness

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  • 1957
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    Fighting Letter for 29 People

    Fighting Letter for 29 People

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1942
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    Sky of Hope

    Sky of Hope

    1 1942 HD

    What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy...

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  • 1936
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    Kuriyama Daizen

    Kuriyama Daizen

    1 1936 HD

    Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

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  • 1956
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    Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin

    Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1934
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    Karisome no kuchibeni

    Karisome no kuchibeni

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia

    The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Water Magician

    The Water Magician

    6.9 1933 HD

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