Yoshio Kosugi
Yoshio Kosugi (小杉 義男 Kosugi Yoshio, 15 September 1903 - 12 March 1968) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 120 films from 1924 to 1967.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 12.306 |
| Birthday | 1903-09-15 |
| Place of Birth | Nikko, Tochigi, Japan |
| Also Known As | 小杉義男, 小杉义男, |
1954
Seven Samurai
8.46/3566
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...
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Seven Samurai
1958
The Hidden Fortress
7.944/594
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who g...
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The Hidden Fortress
1943
Sanshiro Sugata
6.538/120
The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new form...
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Sanshiro Sugata
1952
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
6.7/83
Yoshitsune Minamoto, disguised with his retinue as monks, must make do with a comical porter as their guide through hostile territory en route to safe...
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The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1957
The Mysterians
6.402/46
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to s...
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The Mysterians
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
1963
Attack Squadron
6/2
Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He believes that what is really necessary for Japan to regain...
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Attack Squadron
1947
Snow Trail
7.1/19
Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojir...
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Snow Trail
1955
Half Human
4.9/11
Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.
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Half Human
1936
Man of the House
6/2
This film is based on a real Meiji era performer -- and tells of Tochuken's partnership with his wife (played by Chikako Hosokawa) who played shamisen...
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Man of the House
1960
The Human Vapor
6.4/15
A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into 'The Human Vapour'. He uses his new ability to rob banks to...
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The Human Vapor
1955
So Young, So Bright
6.3/3
Two high school girls, Ruri and Yumi, go to Kyoto on a school trip, here they get acquainted with Hinagiku, there are many adventures ahead of the thr...
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So Young, So Bright
1950
Sasaki Kojiro
5/3
Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as Sasak...
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Sasaki Kojiro
1964
Mothra vs. Godzilla
7.034/266
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies...
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Mothra vs. Godzilla
1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla
6.807/283
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approa...
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
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
Mothra
7.071/156
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population al...
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Mothra
1965
Frankenstein Conquers the World
6.644/59
During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a...
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Frankenstein Conquers the World
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
8/229
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria...
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1951
Ginza Cosmetics
5.8/8
A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.
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Ginza Cosmetics
1956
The Legend of the White Serpent
5.6/7
Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.
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The Legend of the White Serpent
1957
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
6/1
Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin
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The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
1958
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
6/1
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
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The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1956
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
5.3/3
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
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The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
1951
The Life of a Horse Trader
7/3
The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, despite being a father and...
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The Life of a Horse Trader
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
1958
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
3.2/9
An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote...
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Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1959
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
0/0
The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow...
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The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
1952
Sword for Hire
7/8
Soldiers Hayate and Yaheiji secretly escape from their besieged castle. Hayate has left behind his lover, Kano. On his way, Hayate is wounded and care...
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Sword for Hire
1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
7/4
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disas...
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
7.1/167
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
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
1941
The Battle of Kawanakajima
0/0
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 mai...
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The Battle of Kawanakajima
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
1964
Whirlwind
6.8/8
Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle...
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Whirlwind
1956
The Maiden Courtesan
0/0
Period romantic drama.
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The Maiden Courtesan
1938
The Giant
6/1
Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War...
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The Giant
1952
The Skin of the South
0/0
When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable, they are met with scorn on two fronts. On one en...
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The Skin of the South
1941
Horse
5.8/4
Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the...
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Horse
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
1955
The Lone Journey
0/0
Forced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. Movie posters for local cinemas were often displayed at s...
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The Lone Journey
1961
The Youth and His Amulet
0/0
Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the boy'...
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The Youth and His Amulet
1936
Brother and Sister
6/2
Ino tries to control Mon’s every move, but she becomes a fallen woman, having an affair with a student, Obata whereas her sister San remains a “good g...
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Brother and Sister
1935
Drifting
0/0
Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.
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Drifting
1939
Shanghai Landing Party
5/1
This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a document...
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Shanghai Landing Party
1953
Her Captive Gamblers
0/0
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Her Captive Gamblers
1953
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
0/0
Jirocho the gambler hits the road.
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Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1955
Lovetide
0/0
An Ishiro Honda film.
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Lovetide
1957
A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
0/0
An Ishiro Honda film.
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A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
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
1959
Saga of the Vagabonds
6.3/3
Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting a...
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Saga of the Vagabonds
1958
The Rickshaw Man
7.1/31
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.
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The Rickshaw Man
1924
Child of the Streets
0/0
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Child of the Streets
1943
The Opium War
0/0
The Opium War is a 1943 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Masahiro Makino. "Ahen senso" in Japan refers to the First Opium War. The story of...
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The Opium War
1958
All About Marriage
0/0
Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister.
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All About Marriage
1956
Jacks and Jills
0/0
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Jacks and Jills
1951
The White Orchid
0/0
A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo
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The White Orchid
1963
King Kong vs. Godzilla
6.6/234
When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they barga...
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
1953
Eagle of the Pacific
7.8/5
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war w...
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Eagle of the Pacific
1953
Their Father's Wife
0/0
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Their Father's Wife
1955
Madama Butterfly
0/0
Japanese-Italian adaptation of Puccini's opera.
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Madama Butterfly
1949
Kirare no Senta
0/0
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Kirare no Senta
1949
Jakoman and Tetsu
0/0
In a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one o...
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Jakoman and Tetsu
1954
The Surf
0/0
Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo.
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The Surf
1951
Elegy
0/0
Wataru Naohiko who has the prosecutor general as his father became a young composer and its symphony "saint" invoked the world echoed. But his discipl...
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Elegy
1940
Hideko the Cheerleader
0/0
Hideko, a young Baseball fan, determined to cheer for her favourite baseball team by creating a new song for them.
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Hideko the Cheerleader
1942
Musashibo Benkei
0/0
A 1942 Jidaigeki by the veteran jidaigeki filmmaker Kunio Watanabe about the legendary warrior Musashibo Benkei
with Hideko Takamine portraying Minam...
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Musashibo Benkei
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
1941
Story of Leadership
0/0
In this semi-documentary, an older locomotive driver is tasked with training younger ones and is currently training two in particular. The old man is...
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Story of Leadership
1939
Song of the White Orchid
0/0
Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colonial region of Manchuria, and the first film in the...
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Song of the White Orchid
1942
Sky of Hope
0/0
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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Sky of Hope
1936
Hikoroku Laughs a lot
0/0
Hikoroku Laughs a lot
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Hikoroku Laughs a lot
1952
Tokyo Sweetheart
6.5/2
Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys...
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Tokyo Sweetheart
1960
Life of a Country Doctor
0/0
A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first ti...
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Life of a Country Doctor
1950
Four Seasons of Women
0/0
Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda
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Four Seasons of Women
1940
Zoku Hebihimesama
0/0
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Zoku Hebihimesama
1952
Forty-Eight Man
0/0
Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki
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Forty-Eight Man
1952
恐妻時代
0/0
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恐妻時代
1953
An Edoite Judge
0/0
Period film about a feudal era judge living in Edo
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An Edoite Judge
1953
Yasugorō shusse
0/0
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Yasugorō shusse
1963
Operation Mad Dog
0/0
Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda
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Operation Mad Dog
1942
Onna keizu
0/0
1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.
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Onna keizu
1955
Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume
0/0
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Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume
1946
人生とんぼ返り
0/0
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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人生とんぼ返り
1958
A Holiday in Tokyo
0/0
May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes o...
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A Holiday in Tokyo
1943
Kantaro of Ina
0/0
War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.
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Kantaro of Ina
1962
Doburoku no Tatsu
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Doburoku no Tatsu
1939
Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu
0/0
A typically modern take on the well-known Naniwabushi character (and real life 19th-century gangster) Mori no Ishimatsu, whose proverbial stupidity En...
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Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu
1962
Chihō kisha
0/0
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Chihō kisha
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
1956
Rebels on the High Sea
0/0
A film by Hiroshi Inagaki.
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Rebels on the High Sea
1957
A Man in the Storm
0/0
Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a karate expert.
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A Man in the Storm
1938
Subterranean Heat
0/0
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Subterranean Heat
1945
Ato ni tsuzuku o shinzu
0/0
1945 Japanese movie
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Ato ni tsuzuku o shinzu
1939
Iron Brothers
0/0
It's been a long time since the war. Since we haven't been at war with America yet, there is a line in the movie that asks, "How do you say "dried fis...
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Iron Brothers
1937
Karayuki-san
0/0
"Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former prostitute who returns to Japan from Singapore with her mixed...
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