Hideyo Amamoto
Hideyo Amamoto (天本 英世 Amamoto Hideyo) was a prolific Japanese actor from the Wakamatsu ward of Kitakyūshū best known for portraying Dr. Shinigami in the original Kamen Riderseries as well as many other characters in tokusatsu films and theGodzilla series. Amamoto also used the pseudonym of Eisei Amamoto for most of his career, Eisei being a misreading of the kanji in his real name, Hideyo. He died on March 23, 2003 from acute pneumonia at the age of 77.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 15.008 |
| Birthday | 1926-01-02 |
| Place of Birth | Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| Also Known As | Eisei Amamoto, 天本 英世, |
1966
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
5.39/181
In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to...
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What's Up, Tiger Lily?
1965
Kwaidan
7.7/365
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money wit...
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Kwaidan
1963
Atragon
6.457/46
The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World W...
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Atragon
1968
Kill!
7/70
A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer...
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Kill!
1967
King Kong Escapes
6.153/101
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the ro...
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King Kong Escapes
1969
All Monsters Attack
5.098/179
Ichiro Miki is a child living in the industrial district of Kawasaki, where his parents' constant struggle to make ends meet often leaves the schoolbo...
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All Monsters Attack
1966
The Sword of Doom
7.7/216
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a...
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The Sword of Doom
1996
Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard
5.909/11
In Meiji-era Japan, a village of witches and wizards is slaughtered. Years later, an archaeologist discovers a mummy from the village, which reanimate...
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Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard
1963
Matango
6.818/96
Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try...
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Matango
2000
Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
5.9/12
Graduating at the top of her class, elite detective candidate Jun Shibata is transferred to the section that handles cases deemed "unsolvable" by the...
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Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
1969
Portrait of Hell
8.1/10
The story, set in the Heian era, depicts the conflict between Korean painter Yoshihide (Nakadai) and his Japanese patron, the cruel and egotistical da...
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Portrait of Hell
1996
Weather Woman
3/10
Keiko, a young, newly hired weather woman, is eager to give her channel's flagging ratings a boost. She decides a panty shot might do the trick, so du...
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Weather Woman
1967
The Age of Assassins
7.3/3
A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin. Surviving somewhat miraculously...
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The Age of Assassins
1966
Adventure in Kigan Castle
5.7/5
Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in...
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Adventure in Kigan Castle
1963
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
5.9/11
A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.
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The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1966
Cash Calls Hell
7.6/10
Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in exchange for a half-share of 30,000,000 yen, he is to assass...
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Cash Calls Hell
1965
Samurai Assassin
7.3/51
Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assass...
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Samurai Assassin
1968
The Human Bullet
6/11
A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the...
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The Human Bullet
1969
Red Lion
6.354/24
Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to Sa...
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Red Lion
1990
Big Boobs Buster
5.4/7
Another buxom bombshell falls prey to the masked vigilante, the Big Boobs Buster! Rumor has it that the vengeful villainess was once a mild mannered s...
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Big Boobs Buster
1990
Ronin-gai
5.9/13
Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district attempt to regain their honor by defending a brothel fr...
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Ronin-gai
1984
Mahjong Horoki
6.7/3
A mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all challenges and plan for an ultimate revenge match.
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Mahjong Horoki
1975
Battle Cry
6/5
During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to fight Imperial t...
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Battle Cry
1980
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
6/1
Two men and a woman plan to steal 1.5 Billion yen.
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Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
1995
Marehito
5/4
A soldier, swaddled in body armor, guards the border of his country. This is not an area of tension; nothing warlike happens here; all that comes from...
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Marehito
1987
Mighty Jack
2.4/10
The organization Mighty Jack is formed to combat the criminal syndicate known as "Q", and are given a large array of advanced weapons, chief among the...
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Mighty Jack
1963
Samurai Pirate
5.6/9
An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the t...
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Samurai Pirate
1965
Key of Keys
6/4
Intelligence director Suritai asks agent Kitami to steal money from anti-government guerrillas.
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Key of Keys
1990
Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero
5/4
A major electronics company on the verge of developing technology to create a 3D image that can be physically handled is thrown into turmoil when a mu...
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Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero
1967
Japan's Longest Day
7.1/26
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies...
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Japan's Longest Day
1964
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
7.019/236
After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1961
Yojimbo
8.105/1386
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the loca...
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Yojimbo
1966
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
6.321/179
Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. The group shipwrecks on Letchi island and...
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Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
1962
Gorath
6.7/15
In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is en...
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Gorath
1964
Dogora
6.886/35
A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.
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Dogora
1984
Farewell to the Ark
7/21
A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and superstitions as they leave for the city. Among th...
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Farewell to the Ark
1965
Fort Graveyard
6.7/7
Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His comm...
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Fort Graveyard
1971
The Battle of Okinawa
7.458/12
The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army...
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The Battle of Okinawa
1978
Blood Type: Blue
6.2/5
UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue...
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Blood Type: Blue
1991
Rainbow Kids
6.3/9
A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchang...
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Rainbow Kids
1991
Female Neo-Ninjas
4/4
Three cute, sexy ninjas, around the age of 20, have been in training, building their powers for some vague future threat. Their destined mission becom...
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Female Neo-Ninjas
1987
The Red Spectacles
6.1/32
Summer 1995. With the arrival of the "Age of Cats", the former Kerberos police unit is now disbanded. However one member remains, a stray dog who retu...
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The Red Spectacles
1964
Oh, Bomb!
7.7/7
During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb.
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Oh, Bomb!
1991
My Soul Is Slashed
6/2
A hospital accidentally gives a man Count Dracula's blood while trying to save his life. A year later, he's back from the dead, trying to right the wr...
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My Soul Is Slashed
1960
The Gambling Samurai
6.3/6
Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's...
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The Gambling Samurai
1959
The Big Boss
6.3/3
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping...
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The Big Boss
1992
Wangan Midnight
6.5/2
Direct to video adaptation of the comic by Michiharu Kusunoki.
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Wangan Midnight
1993
Kazuo Umezu's Terror Zone: Horror!
0/0
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Kazuo Umezu's Terror Zone: Horror!
1972
Kamen Rider vs. Shocker
5.5/2
Professor Daidōji has developed a gravity machine called the GX Device. Unfortunately, Shocker wants it; so they attack the professor and destroy his...
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Kamen Rider vs. Shocker
1961
A Night in Hong Kong
0/0
Romantic melodrama set in contemporary Hong Kong, Japan and Laos. Hiroshi Tanaka (Takarada) is a Japanese journalist on assignment in Hong Kong who me...
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A Night in Hong Kong
1963
Warring Clans
6.8/14
A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been smuggl...
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Warring Clans
1959
Samurai Saga
6.7/16
Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady....
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Samurai Saga
1961
Daredevil in the Castle
7.4/7
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyoto...
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Daredevil in the Castle
1961
Blueprint of Murder
6.2/4
Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has...
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Blueprint of Murder
1996
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot
9/1
Yûji and Kosaku are hired to track down an old man. But when he suddenly dies, his granddaughter surfaces with a map to his buried fortune, which the...
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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot
1971
Fate Deals the Card of Death
7/1
Seijiro and Shizue meet in Niigata and fall in love. Seijiro has to go back to Tokyo soon after, and they promise each other to meet again a year late...
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Fate Deals the Card of Death
1992
High School Jingi 2: Taihen yoku dekimashita
0/0
Based on the comic book series by Shuushi Mizuho.
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High School Jingi 2: Taihen yoku dekimashita
1968
The Tigers: The World is Waiting For Us
0/0
An alien spaceship crashes on Earth due to the powerful musical energy emanating from Group Sounds band The Tigers. The Tigers have to protect an alie...
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The Tigers: The World is Waiting For Us
1959
The Three Treasures
5.1/9
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Empe...
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The Three Treasures
1966
Rise Against the Sword
6.5/8
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees...
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Rise Against the Sword
1990
Hong Kong Paradise
0/0
Set in decadent, chaotic Hong Kong and Tokyo, the film tells the story of a young woman caught up in a mysterious turn of events. A young tour guide,...
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Hong Kong Paradise
1994
Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 2
0/0
Tetsuo was suddenly told goodbye by Ginji. As for the farewell, only one of the tables was a real wad of bills and a full trunk. And, in that, there i...
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Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 2
1993
Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold
0/0
A man Tetsuo (Kosuke Toyohara) met at a racetrack offered him a job of 100,000 yen per diem, and although he was suspicious, he was urged by the amoun...
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Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold
2001
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
7.44/224
Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri...
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Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
1967
The Killing Bottle
7/2
In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group bent on assassinating the Prime Minister of Buddh...
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The Killing Bottle
1975
Without Complaint
0/0
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
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Without Complaint
1962
47 Ronin
7.256/41
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their hon...
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47 Ronin
1961
Blood on the Sea
0/0
Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.
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Blood on the Sea
1984
Agi, the Fury of Evil
7/1
A samurai warrior is terrorised by the demon Agi.
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Agi, the Fury of Evil
1954
Twenty-Four Eyes
7.7/80
From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and p...
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Twenty-Four Eyes
1995
August in the Water
6.8/25
A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.
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August in the Water
1974
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
6.5/9
The Maccherone organization is out to get a priceless national treasure. But when they see third-generation cat-burglar Lupin as an obstacle, countles...
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Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
1989
Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso
0/0
A young doujinshi writer doesn't win the literary prize award, and ends up killing the selection committee.
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Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso
1968
Konto 55: The Weaknesses of the Century
0/0
A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.
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Konto 55: The Weaknesses of the Century
1978
Message from Space
5.9/49
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaib...
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Message from Space
1962
Operation Sewer Rats
0/0
Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.
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Operation Sewer Rats
2000
Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
0/0
A musical- style comedy movie set in Hakata.
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Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
1957
Temptation
8.7/3
Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art gallery. One day, Hideko led a handsome art student...
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Temptation
1990
Go Nagai's Scary Zone 2: Senki
0/0
Nagai Go no Kowai Zone 2: Senki is a Japanese direct-to-video horror film released in 1990 by the Bandai Media Division. It's the sequel of the film N...
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1998
F
6.25/2
A love story between a timid woman and frustrated ballet dancer.
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F
1960
Westward Desperado
6.2/5
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into Communi...
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Westward Desperado
1971
The Wolves
7.342/19
After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets released early -- only to find that his former gang...
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The Wolves
1960
The Last Gunfight
6.6/8
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting bet...
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The Last Gunfight
1964
Could I But Live
0/0
Could I But Live
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Could I But Live
1978
J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai vs. Gorenger
8/3
While investigating a UFO in the Sky Ace, J.A.K.Q. is caught off guard by the return of Iron Claw, with the Big Four now leading the remnants of Crime...
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J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai vs. Gorenger
1976
The Adventure of Robocon
10/2
Feature film adventure of Robocon and his pals.
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The Adventure of Robocon
1994
The Fighting King
0/0
A drama filled battle that goes beyond acting unfolds!
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The Fighting King
2000
Oshikiri
5.3/3
Oshikiri is a loner who has bad memories of his childhood and his grandfather, a brilliant scientist. He returns to his grandfather's mansion to try t...
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Oshikiri
1960
Get 'em All
6/1
Gang of robbers quarrel about the loot, but when one of them gets killed, his younger brother seeks them out to ice them one by one.
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Get 'em All
1960
The Secret of the Telegian
5.8/7
Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims.
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The Secret of the Telegian
2005
Kamen Rider: The First
6.684/19
Takeshi Hongo is a man of extraordinary intellect, but his promising future is about to be maliciously snuffed out by and evil secret society known as...
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Kamen Rider: The First
1998
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
0/0
The second TV movie Obayashi Nobuhiko directed based on Akagawa Jiro's Mikeneko Holmes series.
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Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
1992
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
2/1
A comedy about a young woman who has terminal cancer.
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Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1988
Kaito Ruby
7.167/6
Toru Hayashi is an unremarkable bachelor who lives with his mother, until one day a young woman named Rumi moves in in the apartment upstairs. Rumi is...
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Kaito Ruby
1962
The Crimson Sky
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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The Crimson Sky
1981
Magistrate of the Floating World
6/1
Kodaira Mochizuki has come from Edo to keep Horisoto secure.
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Magistrate of the Floating World
1990
Shin Virgin Boys Story: Hong Kong Virgin Boy
0/0
The Virgin Boy's Story enters a new era and back on the big screen as the Titular Boy Kenji just wants to be a Hong Kong Movie star but finds himself...
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Shin Virgin Boys Story: Hong Kong Virgin Boy
1994
Edogawa Rampo Theater: The Man Who Travels With Prints
0/0
At the beginning of the Showa era, a man who was captivated by a girl he saw through a telescope locked her in a "painting". Visualization based on Ra...
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Edogawa Rampo Theater: The Man Who Travels With Prints
1990
Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star in my Pants!
0/0
5th installment of the Pantsu no ana video series released by BOMB magazine
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Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star in my Pants!
1970
The Militarists
8/1
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1997
30 -thirty-
0/0
Movie adaptation of the novel "When a man sleeps gently" by actor Shinobu Sakagami.
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1963
Young Swordsman
6.5/11
This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the la...
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Young Swordsman
1986
Monster Heaven
0/0
An anthology of strange horror tales featuring yokai. It begins with astronauts finding a katana on the moon.
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Monster Heaven
1993
A Gruesome and Terrifying Story that Happened in Real Life
0/0
A three-part omnibus horror work hosted by Hideyo Amamoto.
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A Gruesome and Terrifying Story that Happened in Real Life
1970
クレージーの殴り込み清水港
0/0
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1960
Man Against Man
0/0
Kikumori runs a cabaret on the docks, while his friend Kaji operates transport boats. When a gang of drug dealers tries to force the pair to cooperate...
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Man Against Man
1991
Da Dahhhhn
0/0
Sagawa Matsuo is a timid, timid, useless man. His uselessness is so abnormal that everyone feels like they are just looking at him. I felt so irritat...
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