Akira Takarada

Akira Takarada

Akira Takarada was a Japanese film actor best known for his roles in the Godzilla film series.

  • Title: Akira Takarada
  • Popularity: 5.933
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1934-04-29
  • Place of Birth: Harbin, China
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  • Also Known As: Акира Такарада
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Akira Takarada Movies

  • 1954
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    Godzilla

    Godzilla

    7.6 1954 HD

    Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover...

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  • 1964
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    Mothra vs. Godzilla

    Mothra vs. Godzilla

    7 1964 HD

    Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's...

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  • 1966
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    Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

    Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

    6.3 1966 HD

    Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. The group shipwrecks on Letchi island...

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  • 1956
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    Nigetekita hanayome

    Nigetekita hanayome

    1 1956 HD

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  • 2005
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    Fantastipo

    Fantastipo

    6 2005 HD

    Two brothers must take the helm of their family's company, Armadillo, Inc., after their father steps down from his position as the company's...

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  • 1961
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    The End of Summer

    The End of Summer

    7.5 1961 HD

    The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old...

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  • 1959
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    Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife

    Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife

    1 1959 HD

    Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. Masuo's colleague is invited to thank...

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  • 1962
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    Long Way to Okinawa

    Long Way to Okinawa

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 2000
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    Road to the Don 12

    Road to the Don 12

    1 2000 HD

    The twelfth 'Road to the Don' film.

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  • 1962
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    47 Ronin

    47 Ronin

    7.3 1962 HD

    After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...

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  • 1962
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    続サラリーマン清水港

    続サラリーマン清水港

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 2004
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    Godzilla: Final Wars

    Godzilla: Final Wars

    7 2004 HD

    Humanity finally rids themselves of Godzilla, imprisoning him in an icy tomb in the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay...

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  • 1962
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    女難コースを突破せよ

    女難コースを突破せよ

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1969
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    Travels of Lord Mito

    Travels of Lord Mito

    1 1969 HD

    In the 9th year of Genroku, Mitsukuni Mito Komon of Hitachi Province set out on a pilgrimage to various countries with his reluctant vassals,...

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  • 1967
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    King Kong Escapes

    King Kong Escapes

    6.2 1967 HD

    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...

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  • 1969
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    Latitude Zero

    Latitude Zero

    5.769 1969 HD

    A massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger. They are rescued by an atomic super submarine named The...

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  • 1992
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    Godzilla vs. Mothra

    Godzilla vs. Mothra

    6.874 1992 HD

    Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by...

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  • 1956
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    Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

    Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

    6.6 1956 HD

    During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric...

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  • 1965
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    Invasion of Astro-Monster

    Invasion of Astro-Monster

    6.7 1965 HD

    Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world...

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  • 2015
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    The Man of the Political Economy

    The Man of the Political Economy

    1 2015 HD

    Matsunaga Yasuzaemon was a man called “Electricity Monster”. The post-war recovery and high economic growth serve as the basis for him to...

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  • 1957
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    Birth of Romance

    Birth of Romance

    1 1957 HD

    The cabaret «Romance», run by Masami Daisaku's father, is experiencing financial difficulties, and Masami is betting on changes and asks...

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  • 1961
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    The Last War

    The Last War

    6.2 1961 HD

    A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.

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  • 1960
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    Beyond the Hills

    Beyond the Hills

    1 1960 HD

    Story of young love in the hills.

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  • 1958
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    Yaji and Kita on the Road

    Yaji and Kita on the Road

    1 1958 HD

    Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their...

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  • 1957
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    Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

    Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

    8.8 1957 HD

    Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. The film combines elements of the original Toho version and the American King of the Monsters! in a...

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  • 1992
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    Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

    Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

    6.7 1992 HD

    An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they...

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  • 1961
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    Different Sons

    Different Sons

    1 1961 HD

    In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over work, money, and romance. Their father's sudden...

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  • 1960
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    The Storm of the Pacific

    The Storm of the Pacific

    5.4 1960 HD

    Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in...

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  • 1958
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    Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

    Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

    3.2 1958 HD

    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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  • 1963
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    A Woman's Life

    A Woman's Life

    7.1 1963 HD

    A woman remember's her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.

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  • 1968
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    Golden Eyes

    Golden Eyes

    6.5 1968 HD

    A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route from Beirut to Tokyo.

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  • 2022
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    A World Without Cherry Blossoms

    A World Without Cherry Blossoms

    1 2022 HD

    Saki, a high school girl who always skips classes, works part-time as a life adviser.

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  • 1955
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    Half Human

    Half Human

    4.8 1955 HD

    Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.

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  • 1965
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    Ironfinger

    Ironfinger

    5.9 1965 HD

    After being mistaken for an Interpol agent, a man who was just supposed to go on vacation gets mixed up in a war between two gangs intent on winning...

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  • 1959
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    Samurai Saga

    Samurai Saga

    6.7 1959 HD

    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...

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  • 1990
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    Tales of a Golden Geisha

    Tales of a Golden Geisha

    6.3 1990 HD

    The film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the men with whom she sleeps, and Masahiko Tsugawa as...

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  • 1995
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    My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie

    My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie

    2 1995 HD

    Reiko and Tetsuya continue to live together. Reiko, who was informed by Kyoko that she was engaged to Takada, pretended not to be interested in her...

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  • 1959
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    A Whistle in My Heart

    A Whistle in My Heart

    6.3 1959 HD

    The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state.

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  • 1960
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    The Lovelorn Geisha

    The Lovelorn Geisha

    6.6 1960 HD

    A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in...

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  • 1983
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    Legend of Plumeria

    Legend of Plumeria

    1 1983 HD

    Emiko Hayasaka (Seiko Matsuda), who lives in Hawaii, has arranged a marriage with Akira Kuniyoshi (Shinji Yamashita), the son of the president of a...

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  • 1960
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    The Masterless 47

    The Masterless 47

    1 1960 HD

    Part one of The Masterless 47.

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  • 1955
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    All is Well

    All is Well

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1955
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    All is Well 2

    All is Well 2

    1 1955 HD

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  • 2013
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    A Sparkle of Life

    A Sparkle of Life

    9 2013 HD

    Lonely after the death of her husband, whom she nursed for years, Tae decides to find a new life partner. Her family and friends try to dissuade her.

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  • 1962
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    Yume de aimasho

    Yume de aimasho

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1962
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    Gekkyū dorobō

    Gekkyū dorobō

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 2014
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    Godzilla Battle Royale

    Godzilla Battle Royale

    8.667 2014 HD

    Godzilla Battle Royale is a low-budget Godzilla fan film, directed and written by Billy DuBose. It was theatrically screened in the Pickwick Theater.

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  • 2007
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    Glory to the Filmmaker!

    Glory to the Filmmaker!

    6.3 2007 HD

    Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete...

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  • 2005
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    Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary

    Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary

    1 2005 HD

    Because his style was similar to that of Yasujiro Ozu, who was already active at Shochiku, he moved to PCL (currently Toho) in 1933, where he...

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  • 1977
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    Godzilla

    Godzilla

    6.72 1977 HD

    A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version, "Godzilla, King of the Monsters!" (1956),...

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  • 2015
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    Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction

    Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction

    7 2015 HD

    An independent crowd-funded documentary that celebrates the sixty-year legacy of the world's greatest monster, Godzilla. Filmed on location in Tokyo...

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  • 1960
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    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    7.1 1960 HD

    Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former...

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  • 1962
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    A Wanderer's Notebook

    A Wanderer's Notebook

    7.2 1962 HD

    Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...

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  • 1959
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    The Big Boss

    The Big Boss

    6.3 1959 HD

    Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life,...

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  • 1968
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    空想天国

    空想天国

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1962
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    Woman of Design

    Woman of Design

    6.5 1962 HD

    Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.

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  • 2008
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    Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects

    Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects

    8.4 2008 HD

    A look at the unrecognized work of the talented artists and craftsmen who've maintained the tradition of Japanese special-effects. Highlighted is...

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  • 1962
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    The Wiser Age

    The Wiser Age

    7.3 1962 HD

    Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.

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  • 1964
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    Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: Sannin yoreba

    Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: Sannin yoreba

    1 1964 HD

    Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer's investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a drug deal...

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  • 1956
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    裸足の青春

    裸足の青春

    1 1956 HD

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  • 2014
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    Godzilla

    Godzilla

    6.341 2014 HD

    Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father,...

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  • 1961
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    A Night in Hong Kong

    A Night in Hong Kong

    1 1961 HD

    Romantic melodrama set in contemporary Hong Kong, Japan and Laos. Hiroshi Tanaka (Takarada) is a Japanese journalist on assignment in Hong Kong who...

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  • 1964
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    Blood and Diamonds

    Blood and Diamonds

    1 1964 HD

    A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions begin to rise.

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  • 1996
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    Sure Death 6

    Sure Death 6

    1 1996 HD

    When an artist dies, the official cause of death is judged to be a stroke, but his daughter suspects foul play. She recruits the services of an...

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  • 1962
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    Star of Hong Kong

    Star of Hong Kong

    1 1962 HD

    Wang Xinglian returns from her studies in Japan to visit her father in Hong Kong where she has an encounter with the young Japanese Hasegawa Toru....

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  • 1959
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    The Three Treasures

    The Three Treasures

    5.4 1959 HD

    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...

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  • 1957
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    Price of Beauty

    Price of Beauty

    1 1957 HD

    Melodrama about a young factory girl who "chooses riches over chastity".

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  • 2018
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    Bridge over Troubled Water

    Bridge over Troubled Water

    1 2018 HD

    Miyuki works as an OL. Her younger sibling died from a car accident in 1989. Due to her sibling's death, her mother became ill and her father drank...

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  • 1959
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    Someday I'll Know

    Someday I'll Know

    1 1959 HD

    A modern love story involving different affairs.

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  • 1968
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    Devils-in-Law

    Devils-in-Law

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1967
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    Let's Go! Young Guy

    Let's Go! Young Guy

    1 1967 HD

    College student Yuuichi Tanuma is fired up for Nationals where his university Kyonan will face off against their rivals, Seihoku. Yuuichi has his...

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  • 2019
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    Dance with Me

    Dance with Me

    6.9 2019 HD

    Suzuki Shizuka is an office lady at a conglomerate who is hypnotized at a local amusement park and left under the spell. Now she is compelled to sing...

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  • 2018
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    The Great Buddha Arrival

    The Great Buddha Arrival

    6 2018 HD

    An all-star reboot of the lost classic 1934 film, The Giant Buddha Statue's Travel Through The Country, made with the cooperation of director Yoshiro...

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  • 1966
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    The Daphne

    The Daphne

    1 1966 HD

    Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their...

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  • 1958
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    City of Love

    City of Love

    1 1958 HD

    Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with the...

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  • 1961
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    The Masterless 47 – Part II

    The Masterless 47 – Part II

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1957
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    A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2

    A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2

    1 1957 HD

    An Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the first film.

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  • 2014
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    A Far Promise

    A Far Promise

    1 2014 HD

    There was a tragedy that began at the end of the '69 war. The sad story about the lives of the orphans of Manchuria refugee camp who had to struggled...

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  • 1997
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    Woman in Witness Protection

    Woman in Witness Protection

    6.4 1997 HD

    Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of...

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  • 1957
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    The Paradise Island Story

    The Paradise Island Story

    1 1957 HD

    Musical-comedy about nine soldiers deserted on an island in South Pacific.

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  • 1957
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    On Wings of Love

    On Wings of Love

    1 1957 HD

    On Wings of Love is a 1957 Japanese romantic musical film directed by Toshio Sugie. It was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year and the first...

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  • 1956
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    Jacks and Jills

    Jacks and Jills

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1957
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    A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1

    A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1

    1 1957 HD

    An Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the second film.

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  • 2019
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    The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

    The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

    8.444 2019 HD

    Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic bombs in 1945. The creature's name is Godzilla. The film...

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  • 2010
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    Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra

    Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra

    9.2 2010 HD

    A look into the production of the nineteenth Godzilla film. Includes filmmaker and actor interviews with behind the scenes footage of the film's...

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  • 2019
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    Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

    Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

    1 2019 HD

    Naraho town in Fukushima Prefecture is on the front-line of the government-funded nuclear power plant decommissioning work. Kokuhei Kusunoki is...

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  • 1960
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    The Dangerous Kiss

    The Dangerous Kiss

    1 1960 HD

    Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.

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  • 1984
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    The Audition

    The Audition

    1 1984 HD

    Four girls and their manager aiming for stardom!

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  • 1962
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    Me and Me

    Me and Me

    1 1962 HD

    Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong...

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  • 1965
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    The Longest Night

    The Longest Night

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1956
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    Morishige, where are you going?

    Morishige, where are you going?

    1 1956 HD

    A man who seemed to have found happiness with a wife and child loses his wife and his daughter gets married... A man's life, full of joy and sorrow,...

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  • 1963
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    Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong

    Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong

    1 1963 HD

    The third and final chapter of MP & GI's Toho Trilogy expands the geographical reach of the franchise, taking stars Lucilla You Min and Takarada...

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  • 2022
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    A World Without Cherry Blossoms

    A World Without Cherry Blossoms

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2015
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    Keisei Saimin no Otoko

    Keisei Saimin no Otoko

    1 2015 HD

    A 3-part series of biographical dramas to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the establishment of NHK.

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  • 1992
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    Homework

    Homework

    5 1992 HD

    A drama about two young couples, both of them having problem keeping their relationship together.

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  • 2011
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    Carnation

    Carnation

    8.2 2011 HD

    Carnation is a Japanese television drama that aired in the Asadora slot on NHK from 3 October 2011 to 31 March 2012. It is the 85th Asadora. It is...

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  • 1993
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    My name is Reiko Shiratori!

    My name is Reiko Shiratori!

    6 1993 HD

    The series follows the rich, beautiful, and stuck-up Reiko Shiratori, who has been in love with her friend Tetsuya Akimoto since childhood.

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  • 2000
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    Watashi no Aozora

    Watashi no Aozora

    7 2000 HD

    This is the story of a young mother, Kitayama Nazuna, and her son Taiyo from Ohma, a small town at the tip of a peninsula in Aomori. Taiyo's father,...

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  • 2019
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    Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

    Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

    6 2019 HD

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  • 2001
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    Prince Shotoku

    Prince Shotoku

    6 2001 HD

    In the late 6th century the leaders of the Yamato Dynasty had no clear plan for the creation of a unified state. Battles still raged among various...

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  • 1980
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    Nukata no Ōkimi

    Nukata no Ōkimi

    1 1980 HD

    A historical romance about the life of Princess Nukata, a Manyo poetess who was loved by two brothers, Emperor Tenji and Emperor Tenmu, and the...

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