Utaemon Ichikawa
Utaemon Ichikawa was a Japanese film actor famous for starring roles in Jidaigeki from the 1920s to the 1960s. Trained in kabuki from childhood, he made his film debut in 1925 at Makino Film Productions under Shōzō Makino. Quickly gaining popularity, he followed the example of Makino stars such as Tsumasaburō Bandō in starting his own independent production company, Utaemon Ichikawa Productions, in 1927. It was there he first began the "Idle Vassal" (Hatamoto taikutsu otoko) series, which would become his signature role. When his company folded in 1936 as sound film came to the fore, he moved to Shinkō Kinema and then Daiei Studios before helping form the Toei Company after World War II. He served on the board of directors along with fellow samurai star Chiezō Kataoka. Utaemon appeared in over 300 films during his career. His son, Kin'ya Kitaōji, is also a famous actor in film and television.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 8.383 |
| Birthday | 1904-02-11 |
| Place of Birth | Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Also Known As | 市川右太衛門, Утаэмон Итикава, |
1941
The 47 Ronin
6.944/62
In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Lor...
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The 47 Ronin
1962
Kisaragi Sword
5.5/2
The story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new inexperienced Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune from the evil pl...
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Kisaragi Sword
1927
Skull
6.5/4
A rare film which depicts the tragic fate of a Christian lord who fought for his fate in the Edo period. Of note is Utaemon Ichikawa's extraordinary m...
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Skull
1957
Shadow Over Fuji
0/0
The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was an open official secret, took place on the foothil...
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Shadow Over Fuji
1956
Ancient Coins
0/0
This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version.
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Ancient Coins
1950
Fencing Master
6/1
Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically.
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Fencing Master
1932
The Loyal 47 Ronin
0/0
This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their f...
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
1959
The 47 Masterless Samurai
7.2/4
While the story of the Ako Clan's vendetta has been told countless times, never before has there been an array of major motion picture stars to bring...
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The 47 Masterless Samurai
1958
Drenched Swallow Gonpachi
6/1
This is the story of Gonpachi, a ronin who falls in love with the daughter of a man he had killed many years before.
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Drenched Swallow Gonpachi
1961
Samurai Hawk
5.2/4
1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the government tries to keep these incidents under wraps, they...
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Samurai Hawk
1951
Five Men of Edo
5/1
During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo and constantly fought with the townspeople at eve...
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Five Men of Edo
1958
Seven from Edo
5/6
When Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a plan to expand his territory, he and his comrades decid...
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Seven from Edo
1960
Runway to Hell
6.5/4
When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to assist.
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Runway to Hell
1959
A Spectacular Showdown
5.8/4
One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody showdown between two rival yakuza gangs in the 1840’s...
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A Spectacular Showdown
1961
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
0/0
A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as a...
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The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
1952
Tsukigata Hanpeita
7/1
During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt gove...
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
1958
A Chivalrous Spirit
7/1
An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this genre...
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A Chivalrous Spirit
1957
Lord Mito
5.4/5
This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside rec...
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Lord Mito
1957
Shimizu Port of Chivalry
7.5/2
An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this genre...
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Shimizu Port of Chivalry
1957
The Mansion of Intrigue
0/0
A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.
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The Mansion of Intrigue
1959
The Acrobats of Death
5.8/5
Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town.
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The Acrobats of Death
1960
Ninja Assassins
0/0
Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.
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Ninja Assassins
1963
The Mysterious Cape
0/0
Ryujin Misaki, located at the edge of the Genkai Sea, is known as an isolation ward for leprosy patients. When Saotome, a sword master and guard of th...
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The Mysterious Cape
1962
Showdown at Lightning Pass
0/0
A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline.
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Showdown at Lightning Pass
1961
Samurai Knights
0/0
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Samurai Knights
1961
The Ako Retainers
5.2/4
Toei’s 10th anniversary film, featuring an all-star cast from the golden movie era of the 1960s. A famous story of the 47 loyal samurai. When Lord Asa...
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The Ako Retainers
1962
Drunken Sword
0/0
Tetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt authorities.
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Drunken Sword
1957
Rebellion
6/1
In the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a monumental battle to determine their survival.
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Rebellion
1959
No Stronger Swords
6/1
Featuring some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells the story of a battle between the evil sword style cal...
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No Stronger Swords
1959
Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
6/1
Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.
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Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
1958
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
5/3
Master swordsman and loya 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to investigate an intrigue centering on the Date Clan...
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Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
1950
Jiruba no Tetsu
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Jiruba no Tetsu
1963
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
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A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1951
The Killing of Otsuya
0/0
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The Killing of Otsuya
1960
Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
0/0
Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to most as the "Bored Hatamoto" is the only one who can...
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Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
1963
Tokaido Fullhouse
7/1
When Kanbe Nagakichi has his turf taken over by Ano-Toku, the father-in-law of his sworn brother Kira Nikichi sets in motion one of the most violent g...
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Tokaido Fullhouse
1959
A Sword Against Intrigue
0/0
During the reign of 5th Shogun Tokugawa Tsuneyoshi a troupe of Chinese acrobats travel to Japan to help celebrate the building of the Yushima Shrine....
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A Sword Against Intrigue
1963
Street of Wandering Men
6/1
When a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin decides to help her and a drunken calligrapher. In doing s...
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Street of Wandering Men
1960
Road of Chivalry
5.4/7
While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and chased by the law. Meanwhile, one of his henchmen...
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Road of Chivalry
1956
Virtue in Spades
0/0
Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.
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Virtue in Spades
1962
Knightly Advice
7/1
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Knightly Advice
1961
Travels of Gonkuro
5/1
Sugimoto Gonkuro is travelling along from Tosa to Edo. On his journey he will meet both good and bad people.
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Travels of Gonkuro
1961
The Cave of the Vampire Bats
6/1
A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing the bored Lord is walking by, he saved the girls b...
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The Cave of the Vampire Bats
1958
The Lost Public Funds
10/1
Four thousand gold coins were stolen from the vault of Nijo Castle in Kyoto, which were collected as a tax to the shogun. The guard of Nijo castle Asa...
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The Lost Public Funds
1959
Bloody Battle at Dawn
5/5
A story of revenge between two samurai families on the Igagoe Road. Araki Mataemon born in the province of Iga. He studied the art of the sword under...
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Bloody Battle at Dawn
1960
Lord Mito: All Star Version
8.333/3
In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later, anot...
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Lord Mito: All Star Version
1961
Lord of Steel Heart
5/2
A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a famous spear fighter and warrior, is a vassal of lord...
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Lord of Steel Heart
1957
Lords of Oppression
0/0
Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
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Lords of Oppression
1957
Lords of Oppression 2
0/0
Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
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Lords of Oppression 2
1959
The Unleashed Lord
0/0
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The Unleashed Lord
1960
Lord of Red Banner
0/0
A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.
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Lord of Red Banner
1955
Goblin Warrior
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Goblin Warrior
1955
Golden Valley
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Golden Valley
1959
Turbulent Highways
0/0
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Turbulent Highways
1963
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
0/0
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Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
1955
Four Swordsmen of Ashura
0/0
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Four Swordsmen of Ashura
1960
The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
0/0
Jidaigeki film from 1960
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The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
1939
A Color Print of Edo
7.2/4
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,...
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A Color Print of Edo
1942
Masujiro Omura
0/0
A story about Ômura Masujirô
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Masujiro Omura
1938
Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki
0/0
This is the only surviving "Mito Komon Manyu-ki" film. This release also known as Adrift Tour Memoir is an 80-minute compilation of the first and seco...
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Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki
1949
Goblin Courier
6/1
Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.
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Goblin Courier
1944
Thus the Divine Wind Blows
0/0
Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono clan against the Mongol invasion in 1281.
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Thus the Divine Wind Blows
1960
Ooka Seidan: Devil Image
0/0
Magistrate Ooka and a samurai fight against evil forces.
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Ooka Seidan: Devil Image
1958
Eight Views of Samurai
6/1
Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai family...
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Eight Views of Samurai
1960
The Samurai Markets
0/0
The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period.
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The Samurai Markets
1950
A Thousand Standards of Stone
0/0
A film about the rivalry and friendship between firefighter Chоji and sumo wrestler Sokichi Fudoyama.
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A Thousand Standards of Stone
1932
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
0/0
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Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
1957
Flowers on the Trail
0/0
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Flowers on the Trail
1953
The Sun
0/0
Adaptation of the Riichi Yokomitsu novel.
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The Sun
1954
旗本退屈男 謎の怪人屋敷
0/0
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旗本退屈男 謎の怪人屋敷
1952
花吹雪男祭り
0/0
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花吹雪男祭り
1956
朱鞘罷り通る
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朱鞘罷り通る
1944
Kokusai Mitsuyudan
0/0
Directed by Daisuke Ito.
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Kokusai Mitsuyudan
1954
続変化大名
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続変化大名
1954
疾風愛憎峠
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疾風愛憎峠
1954
旗本退屈男 謎の百万両
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旗本退屈男 謎の百万両
1952
Kojiki Taishô
0/0
Gotō Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually dislikes the ruthless personality of Kuroda Nagamasa and le...
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Kojiki Taishô
1962
Hatamoto taikutsu otoko: nazo no sango yashiki
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Hatamoto taikutsu otoko: nazo no sango yashiki
1950
G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
0/0
The second part of an action-packed action movie about the struggle between smugglers, the Japanese Coast Guard and G-men. Having caught a suspicious...
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G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
1956
旗本退屈男 謎の幽霊船
0/0
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旗本退屈男 謎の幽霊船
1955
旗本退屈男 謎の決闘状
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1955 Japanese movie
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旗本退屈男 謎の決闘状
1950
Hatamoto taikutsu otoko torimono hikae: Shichinin no hanayome
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1950 Japanese movie
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Hatamoto taikutsu otoko torimono hikae: Shichinin no hanayome
1950
Hatamoto taikutsu otoko torimono hikae: Dokusatsu maden
0/0
1950 Japanese movie
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Hatamoto taikutsu otoko torimono hikae: Dokusatsu maden
1949
Monsters Catcher Oedo Seven Changes
0/0
Film about Ghost-Cat.
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Monsters Catcher Oedo Seven Changes
1962
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
1952
The Imposter
0/0
Around the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior councilor Matsudaira Sakon Shogen. He was commonly known as...
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The Imposter
1952
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1
0/0
The deputy shogun of the realm, accompanied by his loyal and capable aides, makes a stop at Jigokudani, a place along his journey through various prov...
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1
1952
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2
0/0
At the transformed Fumaden (Demon Subduing) Temple, with the dynamic efforts of Sukesan and Kakusan, and the appearance of the heroic woman Oshin, Lor...
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2
1958
Epic Crash
0/0
Utaemon Ichikawa plays the role of Hikoshiro Navate, who has a strong sense of justice and opposes power and tyranny with his will and spirit.
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Epic Crash
1955
牢獄の花嫁
0/0
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牢獄の花嫁
1958
Aoi Secret Book
0/0
A Golden Age drama depicting the exploits of passionate patriot Uotaro Toge in the midst of a mysterious standoff over the Secret Book of Aoi, which w...
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Aoi Secret Book
1964
The Lord's spy
0/0
Maeda Tsunanori, the lord of Kaga Domain, had two young princes - Katsumaru, the son of his legitimate wife, who died, and Yasunosuke, the son of his...
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The Lord's spy
1945
紅顏鼓笛隊
0/0
1945 Japanese movie
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紅顏鼓笛隊
1951
豪快三人男
0/0
In the midst of the Siege of Osaka in the Sengoku period, a thrilling tale unfolds featuring a trio of ronin who manipulate a group of spies, a myster...
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豪快三人男
1960
素浪人百万石
0/0
At a tavern in Shimoda, Ronin Tadakazu Yamakawa saved a samurai girl named Mino from the clutches of the Benten family. When Mino's father, Kyohei Tsu...
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素浪人百万石
1955
旗本退屈男謎の伏魔殿
0/0
In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Sosuke Saotome, appears and helps a woman being chased by a spy named Genshichi. Unfortunately, the woman is...
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旗本退屈男謎の伏魔殿
1945
東海水滸伝
0/0
1945 Japanese movie
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東海水滸伝
1926
Botan dôrô
0/0
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