Movies: Kan'emon Nakamura
- 1965
Kwaidan (1965)
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Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue come...
- 1941
The 47 Ronin (1941)
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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 Lord Asano to commit suppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Lord ...
- 1937
Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937)
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In a slum in Edo Japan, a ronin hopes that his deceased father's former master will hire him while a disgraced hairdresser attempts to regain his pride by kidnapping the daughter of a wealthy pawnbroker, who is set to be married....
- 1969
Samurai Banners (1969)
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Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convin...
- 1936
Priest of Darkness (1936)
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A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of events....
- 1972
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
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A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years ...
- 1971
Inn of Evil (1971)
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The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an isolated inn (the one that the title refers to), the head-quarters of a group of smugglers, with stolen mo...
- 1944
Miyamoto Musashi (1944)
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The first of five Musashi series, Shinobu and her brother Genichiro plead with the famous swordsman Musashi Miyamoto to teach them swordsmanship to avenge their father's death. The killers of their father see the sister and brother practicing with Mi...
- 1969
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969)
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Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all are content...The Shinsengumi, a small army of samurai, farmers and peasants, ban...
- 1968
Monument to the Girl's Corps (1968)
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In 1943, critical developments in the Pacific War have placed Japan at a disadvantage, although the fiery breaths of war hadn't yet reached Okinawa Normal School for women. Nothing seemed the least bit out of the ordinary, as Kazuko and her friends e...
- 1969
Blood End (1969)
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Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time of famine. He is befriended by Kada Gentaro, a leader in the Mito Tengu group, which plans to overthrow the shogunate....
- 1937
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn (1937)
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Story of a bandit king part 2....
- 1938
The Abe Clan (1938)
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“19 vassals of Lord Hosokawa ask permission to commit harakiri with him, as a demonstration of their loyalty. Only Yaichiemon Abe is refused permission, forced instead into the vassalage of his lord’s successor. Humiliated and derided, Yaichiemon eve...
- 1952
The Stand in Hakone (1952)
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A period film about a peasant revolt in the region near Mount Fuji, occasioned by high officials' depriving the farmers of their water rights....
- 1963
Escape from Hell (1963)
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This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a number of homeless men to a remote island Sado to perform forced labor. Living conditions on the island are terrible and the men soon become rebellious. Based...
- 1935
The Village Tattooed Man (1935)
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A tragic period film about a gangster who comes out of prison and finds it hard to find a place again in society....
- 1937
A Tale of Thieves in War Time: Part 1 - Tiger and Wolf (1937)
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Story of a bandit king....
- 1940
Ōhinata-mura (1940)
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The year is 1936. Ōhinata-mura was a very poor village between deep valleys. Soncho, the village head is trying to collect the village taxes from the villagers but he knows full well that no one can afford to pay the village tax which has been unpaid...
- 1939
The Day Before (1939)
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A forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the average man, who, in the face of the absurdity of violence, is reduced to apathy or victimhood....
- 1956
Banchō Sarayashiki (1956)
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Film about Japanese ghost story Banchō Sarayashiki....