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Umetsugu Inoue

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Umetsugu Inoue was a Japanese film director and scriptwriter. He directed 115 movies, wrote 101 screenplays, and is credited with the original story for five films. In addition, he worked with all six major Japanese film production companies.

31-05-1923

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Gemini

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Umeji Inouye, Умэцугу Иноуэ

Also known as (male)

Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, Japan

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director

181 Works

writer

71 Works

other

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Aitsu to lullaby

Aitsu to lullaby

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Year:

1983

Aitsu to lullaby

Aitsu to lullaby

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Year:

1983

嵐を呼ぶ男

嵐を呼ぶ男

Remake of the 1957 film "The Stormy Man".
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Year:

1983

嵐を呼ぶ男

嵐を呼ぶ男

Remake of the 1957 film "The Stormy Man".
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Year:

1983

嵐を呼ぶ男

嵐を呼ぶ男

Remake of the 1957 film "The Stormy Man".
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Year:

1983

Toshi in Takarazuka: Love Forever

Toshi in Takarazuka: Love Forever

Japanese dance and musical film presenting Toshihiko Tahara, a singer then noted for his abilities as a dancer, with a large supporting cast of singers and dancers – mainly drawn from the roster of the Johnny & Associates talent agency of Johnny Kitagawa. The film was shot in the Tokyo Takarazuka Theatre Tokyo and Yurakucho on January 29–30.
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1983

Edogawa Ranpo's Beauty Series: Beautiful Woman with White Breasts Edogawa Ranpo's "Hell's Clown"

Edogawa Ranpo's Beauty Series: Beautiful Woman with White Breasts Edogawa Ranpo's "Hell's Clown"

Kogoro approaches the true face of a bloody clown who attacks beautiful women one after another!
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1981

Demonic Beauty

Demonic Beauty

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1979

Gem Beauty

Gem Beauty

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1979

Fairy Beauty

Fairy Beauty

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1978

The Beauty in the Bathroom

The Beauty in the Bathroom

Original work: The second installment of Edogawa Rampage's Inference Masterpiece series, which began airing on Asahi TV in the second half of the 1970s and gained popularity. Famous actor Tian Zhimao plays detective wise Kogoro. A magician who targets the Yucun family, who obtain huge wealth through gemstones. Even the wise Kogoro was fooled by his meticulous criminal plan
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1978

The Faceless Man

The Faceless Man

Okada, who had escaped death in the duel, suffered the greatest humiliation in the presence of his beloved Fumiko, and disappeared. Mitani and Fumiko are united, but when Okada's body is found, Fumiko becomes embroiled in a terrible incident... The story is about a beautiful woman who sends all the men who woo her to their deaths.
0.0

Year:

1977

Cobra 2

Cobra 2

Japanese crime film.
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Year:

1976

Cobra 2

Cobra 2

Japanese crime film.
0.0

Year:

1976

Visitor After Dark

Visitor After Dark

Suspense film about a beautiful photographer who becomes involved in a murder case.
0.0

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1975

Visitor After Dark

Visitor After Dark

Suspense film about a beautiful photographer who becomes involved in a murder case.
0.0

Year:

1975

Cobra

Cobra

Japanese crime film.
10.0

Year:

1974

Cobra

Cobra

Japanese crime film.
10.0

Year:

1974

The Yellow Muffler

The Yellow Muffler

Two sisters, Ching-ping (Irene Chen I-ling) and Pai-hung (Betty Ting Pei) struggle to find a workable act after their magician father and younger sister leave to try their luck in Taiwan. A good friend gets them cast in a new movie, and the rest is history....
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1972

Hibari no Subete

Hibari no Subete

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1971

Hibari no Subete

Hibari no Subete

0.0

Year:

1971

Sunset

Sunset

Teenage heart throbs Ching Li and Paul Chin Pei come across like Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon in the musical Sunset, a musical romp that plays similar to one of Hollywood's famous "Beach Party" movies. A car load of girls meets a car load of boys and Ching and Paul ultimately fall in love. Yet the film takes an acrid twist and turns out to be more like a Shakespearian tragedy than a beach-babe party.
0.0

Year:

1971

Sunset

Sunset

Teenage heart throbs Ching Li and Paul Chin Pei come across like Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon in the musical Sunset, a musical romp that plays similar to one of Hollywood's famous "Beach Party" movies. A car load of girls meets a car load of boys and Ching and Paul ultimately fall in love. Yet the film takes an acrid twist and turns out to be more like a Shakespearian tragedy than a beach-babe party.
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Year:

1971

Lill, My Darling Witch

Lill, My Darling Witch

Set against the background of a giant newspaper company. A girl reporter on the staff of the newspaper witnesses the accidental killing of one of the top executives, whose wife is having an affair with the head of the company.
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Year:

1971

Lill, My Darling Witch

Lill, My Darling Witch

Set against the background of a giant newspaper company. A girl reporter on the staff of the newspaper witnesses the accidental killing of one of the top executives, whose wife is having an affair with the head of the company.
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Year:

1971

Human Target

Human Target

At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was being arrested by detective Negoro, the detective's bullet struck Sakuko, Yamabe's girl friend who attempted to protect him, and crippled her. When Yamabe was sent to prison, Negoro cared for her and they fell in love. Sakuko asked him to marry her, but Negoro was reluctant to take the killer's sweetheart from him. Learning of the relationship of his girl friend and the detective, Yamabe had pledged revenge.
4.0

Year:

1971

Human Target

Human Target

At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was being arrested by detective Negoro, the detective's bullet struck Sakuko, Yamabe's girl friend who attempted to protect him, and crippled her. When Yamabe was sent to prison, Negoro cared for her and they fell in love. Sakuko asked him to marry her, but Negoro was reluctant to take the killer's sweetheart from him. Learning of the relationship of his girl friend and the detective, Yamabe had pledged revenge.
4.0

Year:

1971

We Love Millionaires

We Love Millionaires

This is a film about three pretty young ladies from Hong Kong who work as sales agents who travel to a resort in Japan for the sole purpose of meeting and wooing millionaires.
0.0

Year:

1971

The Man with Two Wives

The Man with Two Wives

shaw production
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Year:

1971

The Man with Two Wives

The Man with Two Wives

shaw production
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Year:

1971

Long Road to Freedom

Long Road to Freedom

To prevent a drug ring from killing her brother, Ping Ping surrenders to police, claiming she is guilty of trafficking drugs. She is subsequently jailed. Years later she joins fellow inmates to escape and the girls are bent on smashing the drug ring and to wipe out its members.
2.0

Year:

1971

Long Road to Freedom

Long Road to Freedom

To prevent a drug ring from killing her brother, Ping Ping surrenders to police, claiming she is guilty of trafficking drugs. She is subsequently jailed. Years later she joins fellow inmates to escape and the girls are bent on smashing the drug ring and to wipe out its members.
2.0

Year:

1971

The Venus Tear Diamond

The Venus Tear Diamond

Legendary jewel thieves "Nocturnal Earl" (Ling Yun) and "Fragrant Night" (Lily Ho) are set on a collision course for destiny when both arrive in Japan to get their hands on the famous "Venus Tear Diamond." But sparks fly between the jewel thieves and the two fall instantly in love, without knowing that their beloved is after the very jewel each is seeking! To make matters worse, the diamond is in the possession of a randy widow who has her eye on the debonair male thief, and there's even a mystery man interested in the widow, too. Who's going to get the Venus Tear Diamond, and will it mean the end to a perfect love?
0.0

Year:

1971

The Venus Tear Diamond

The Venus Tear Diamond

Legendary jewel thieves "Nocturnal Earl" (Ling Yun) and "Fragrant Night" (Lily Ho) are set on a collision course for destiny when both arrive in Japan to get their hands on the famous "Venus Tear Diamond." But sparks fly between the jewel thieves and the two fall instantly in love, without knowing that their beloved is after the very jewel each is seeking! To make matters worse, the diamond is in the possession of a randy widow who has her eye on the debonair male thief, and there's even a mystery man interested in the widow, too. Who's going to get the Venus Tear Diamond, and will it mean the end to a perfect love?
0.0

Year:

1971

Apartment for Ladies

Apartment for Ladies

Betty Ting Pei plays the lead, a Taiwanese singer searching in Hong Kong for her younger sister, who disappears after coming to HK to be discovered as a nightclub singer.
0.0

Year:

1970

Apartment for Ladies

Apartment for Ladies

Betty Ting Pei plays the lead, a Taiwanese singer searching in Hong Kong for her younger sister, who disappears after coming to HK to be discovered as a nightclub singer.
0.0

Year:

1970

Hana no fushicho

Hana no fushicho

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Year:

1970

Hana no fushicho

Hana no fushicho

0.0

Year:

1970

Young Lovers

Young Lovers

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Year:

1970

Young Lovers

Young Lovers

0.0

Year:

1970

The Five Billion Dollar Legacy

The Five Billion Dollar Legacy

Three men and three women beguile, blackmail, bicker and backstab (sometimes literally) each other all the way to a shock surprise ending, in this death-filled, haunted house mystery, written and directed by Shaw Brothers' Japanese maestro Inoue Umetsugu.
6.0

Year:

1970

The Five Billion Dollar Legacy

The Five Billion Dollar Legacy

Three men and three women beguile, blackmail, bicker and backstab (sometimes literally) each other all the way to a shock surprise ending, in this death-filled, haunted house mystery, written and directed by Shaw Brothers' Japanese maestro Inoue Umetsugu.
6.0

Year:

1970

Whose Baby Is in the Classroom?

Whose Baby Is in the Classroom?

This movie stars Peter Chen Ho as a male teacher in an all girls school. The girls are teens and, since they live there, are kind of tickled to see a male teacher. They don't particularly lust after him, but they kind of crush on him. The title of the film refers to a baby that Chen minded as a favor in a doctor's office, only to find the mother left him with Chen. Chen has to take care of the baby and, inevitably, has to bring him to school and hide him, as he lives there also.
5.0

Year:

1970

The Performers

The Performers

Seijuro Fujihana, head master of the Fujihana dance school, is a proud and lonely artist. And because of his character, his group lacks the prosperity of others. He wishes his daughter Kasumi, gifted like himself, to take over and develop the Fujihana, but she wishes to marry Hiroshi, head of a jazz band which her father opposes. Kisaburo, Seijuro's No.1 disciple, wants to marry Kasumi and take over the Fujihana with the backing of the chairman of the supporters' association.
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Year:

1970

The Performers

The Performers

Seijuro Fujihana, head master of the Fujihana dance school, is a proud and lonely artist. And because of his character, his group lacks the prosperity of others. He wishes his daughter Kasumi, gifted like himself, to take over and develop the Fujihana, but she wishes to marry Hiroshi, head of a jazz band which her father opposes. Kisaburo, Seijuro's No.1 disciple, wants to marry Kasumi and take over the Fujihana with the backing of the chairman of the supporters' association.
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Year:

1970

Murder in the Deep

Murder in the Deep

Contemporary drama of action-oriented photographer who scuba-dives. He witnesses an accident that appears to be a homicide.
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Year:

1969

Murder in the Deep

Murder in the Deep

Contemporary drama of action-oriented photographer who scuba-dives. He witnesses an accident that appears to be a homicide.
0.0

Year:

1969

The Singing Escort

The Singing Escort

The sex appeal factor shoots skyhigh here with Ting playing Susan, a young woman hiding from her father by being a nightclub singer in Japan. Pop singer Chao Ke-jen (the handsome Lin Chong) gets permission from his boss to visit Japan – but only on condition he finds the boss’s daughter. Boy finds girl, boy falls in love. But will Daddy approve?
0.0

Year:

1969

The Singing Escort

The Singing Escort

The sex appeal factor shoots skyhigh here with Ting playing Susan, a young woman hiding from her father by being a nightclub singer in Japan. Pop singer Chao Ke-jen (the handsome Lin Chong) gets permission from his boss to visit Japan – but only on condition he finds the boss’s daughter. Boy finds girl, boy falls in love. But will Daddy approve?
0.0

Year:

1969

The Millionaire Chase

The Millionaire Chase

Shaw Brothers musical about three Showgirls chasing millionaires.
0.0

Year:

1969

The Millionaire Chase

The Millionaire Chase

Shaw Brothers musical about three Showgirls chasing millionaires.
0.0

Year:

1969

BGs of Ginza

BGs of Ginza

Story of love, jealousy and hatred among waitresses of a deluxe bar.
5.0

Year:

1969

BGs of Ginza

BGs of Ginza

Story of love, jealousy and hatred among waitresses of a deluxe bar.
5.0

Year:

1969

Season of Love

Season of Love

Pinky and Yoko are about to graduate. Full of hope and uncertainties they embark on a tale of temptation.
0.0

Year:

1969

The Brain-Stealers

The Brain-Stealers

A mad scientist wants to get his hands on a certain growth-accelerating serum developed by Hong Kong scientist Dr. Li Zong-Hua so that he can create an army of supermen and conquer the world.
0.0

Year:

1968

The Brain-Stealers

The Brain-Stealers

A mad scientist wants to get his hands on a certain growth-accelerating serum developed by Hong Kong scientist Dr. Li Zong-Hua so that he can create an army of supermen and conquer the world.
0.0

Year:

1968

Hong Kong Rhapsody

Hong Kong Rhapsody

There's nothing like a good, opulent, gaudy musical to lift the spirits, but when it's a 1960's Hong Kong musical orchestrated by a Japanese director and composer, it breaks through the ranks as a classic of campy kitsch. A follow-up to the previous year's megahit Hong Kong Nocturne, with the same Japanese creative team, Hong Kong Rhapsody follows the fortunes of an unemployed magician whose love life is so knotty it would take Houdini to unravel!
0.0

Year:

1968

Hong Kong Rhapsody

Hong Kong Rhapsody

There's nothing like a good, opulent, gaudy musical to lift the spirits, but when it's a 1960's Hong Kong musical orchestrated by a Japanese director and composer, it breaks through the ranks as a classic of campy kitsch. A follow-up to the previous year's megahit Hong Kong Nocturne, with the same Japanese creative team, Hong Kong Rhapsody follows the fortunes of an unemployed magician whose love life is so knotty it would take Houdini to unravel!
0.0

Year:

1968

King Drummer

King Drummer

Ling Yun plays the replacement hired for a popular band whose egotistic drummer quit to join a rival group. When the new arrival becomes a hit, he earns the jealous wrath of the predecessor. Meanwhile, the young drummer's mother is fervently against his music career. With the gorgeous Lily Ho as the manageress of the band and some terrific drumming set pieces, the whole thing, needless to say, comes off with a bang.
8.0

Year:

1967

Operation Lipstick

Operation Lipstick

Li Bing, a nightclub entertainer and a reformed thief was caught up in a fight against a criminal syndicate after forcing a cohort to return the wallet he previously stole from an assistant of a scientist who has just recently completed a doomsday device.
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Year:

1967

Operation Lipstick

Operation Lipstick

Li Bing, a nightclub entertainer and a reformed thief was caught up in a fight against a criminal syndicate after forcing a cohort to return the wallet he previously stole from an assistant of a scientist who has just recently completed a doomsday device.
0.0

Year:

1967

Swift Current

Swift Current

0.0

Year:

1967

Swift Current

Swift Current

0.0

Year:

1967

Hong Kong Nocturne

Hong Kong Nocturne

A musical about 3 sisters, singers and dancers, and their dad, a magician performing in nightclubs until they make their own life.
5.6

Year:

1967

The Stormy Man

The Stormy Man

A remake of the 1957 classic "Man Who Raised a Storm" with Watari Tetsuya in the title role.
0.0

Year:

1966

The Sun of Love and Tears

The Sun of Love and Tears

The golden duo of Yukio Hashi and Chieko Baisho. A film rich in a variety of songs, dances and falling in love to the rhythm of Yukio Hashi's song of the same name.
0.0

Year:

1966

The Sun of Love and Tears

The Sun of Love and Tears

The golden duo of Yukio Hashi and Chieko Baisho. A film rich in a variety of songs, dances and falling in love to the rhythm of Yukio Hashi's song of the same name.
0.0

Year:

1966

Flame and the Code

Flame and the Code

0.0

Year:

1966

Flame and the Code

Flame and the Code

0.0

Year:

1966

Black Temptation

Black Temptation

0.0

Year:

1965

Black Temptation

Black Temptation

0.0

Year:

1965

The Hoodlum Brothers

The Hoodlum Brothers

A crime film released in 1965
0.0

Year:

1965

Fangs of Vengeance

Fangs of Vengeance

0.0

Year:

1965

Fangs of Vengeance

Fangs of Vengeance

0.0

Year:

1965

Grand Contest

Grand Contest

The story of an unusual friendship between a vagabond, masterless samurai and a magistrate.
0.0

Year:

1965

Grand Contest

Grand Contest

The story of an unusual friendship between a vagabond, masterless samurai and a magistrate.
0.0

Year:

1965

Back Stairways

Back Stairways

A young man named Kijima who works as a pianist in a small bar is surprised when one of the customers asks if he won't pretend to be the fiance of his sister. He is even more surprised when he is offered a million yen to play this apparently harmless role. Actually, it is anything but harmless. Both the customer and his sister are involved in a jewel robbery in which they have double-crossed two of their accomplices who are now out of prison and thirsting for revenge.
0.0

Year:

1965

Back Stairways

Back Stairways

A young man named Kijima who works as a pianist in a small bar is surprised when one of the customers asks if he won't pretend to be the fiance of his sister. He is even more surprised when he is offered a million yen to play this apparently harmless role. Actually, it is anything but harmless. Both the customer and his sister are involved in a jewel robbery in which they have double-crossed two of their accomplices who are now out of prison and thirsting for revenge.
0.0

Year:

1965

Black Thief

Black Thief

Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.
7.5

Year:

1964

Black Thief

Black Thief

Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.
7.5

Year:

1964

Modae

Modae

This unique melodrama depicts the anguish of a new wife whose husband confesses to her his infertility on their wedding night. The virgin wife, who spends her days in a state of unfulfillment, is gradually attracted to a young playboy, but she is unable to cross the line. One day, her husband proposes to have a child through artificial insemination.
0.0

Year:

1964

Black Trump Card

Black Trump Card

Chairman of the Shin Nihon Kaihatsu company Fukazawa, using clever ways to circumvent the law, rose to the top of the economic backstage. Three people are sacrificed to his greed. The president of a small company who committed suicide, a Yakuza who died during the destruction of his territory, and a former viscount whose wife and property were stolen by Fukazawa. Their sons vowed to hunt down Fukazawa and take revenge.
6.0

Year:

1964

Melody of Crime

Melody of Crime

Pro boxer Aoshima Toru is diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor and given three months to live. He uses his prize money to pay the medical expenses for a young boy with polio. But when Toru learns from his fiancee Itsuko that his own mother has died, things take a turn for the worse.
0.0

Year:

1964

Melody of Crime

Melody of Crime

Pro boxer Aoshima Toru is diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor and given three months to live. He uses his prize money to pay the medical expenses for a young boy with polio. But when Toru learns from his fiancee Itsuko that his own mother has died, things take a turn for the worse.
0.0

Year:

1964

The Night We Danced

The Night We Danced

Follows the lives of three sisters who have a dance act together.
0.0

Year:

1963

The Night We Danced

The Night We Danced

Follows the lives of three sisters who have a dance act together.
0.0

Year:

1963

Operation Underworld

Operation Underworld

A detective investigates a criminal organization's involvement in real estate.
0.0

Year:

1963

Tale of Scarlet Love

Tale of Scarlet Love

Assistant Police Inspector Saburo Tatsuno, a former jazz pianist, is assigned to uncover a narcotics ring. But he falls victim to the seductive wiles of Maki, the beautiful night club singer and one of the leaders of the ring. One by one, Maki's discarded lovers vanish and Tatsuno faces a similar fate. Tatsuno confesses to his identity under torture and this leads to the murder of his undercover colleague. He realizes that his career is ruined and this, plus Maki's charm, induces him to join the smugglers. Before submitting his resignation, however, he leads the police on a wild-goose chase while a big narcotics transaction is taking place in another part of town, and this puts him among the leaders of the underworld. When Maki turns her attention to a youthful singer, Tatsuno realizes that he has gambled his whole life and lost. So he stabs the tantalizing beauty, and is in turn shot down in a gangland revenge killing.
0.0

Year:

1963

Tale of Scarlet Love

Tale of Scarlet Love

Assistant Police Inspector Saburo Tatsuno, a former jazz pianist, is assigned to uncover a narcotics ring. But he falls victim to the seductive wiles of Maki, the beautiful night club singer and one of the leaders of the ring. One by one, Maki's discarded lovers vanish and Tatsuno faces a similar fate. Tatsuno confesses to his identity under torture and this leads to the murder of his undercover colleague. He realizes that his career is ruined and this, plus Maki's charm, induces him to join the smugglers. Before submitting his resignation, however, he leads the police on a wild-goose chase while a big narcotics transaction is taking place in another part of town, and this puts him among the leaders of the underworld. When Maki turns her attention to a youthful singer, Tatsuno realizes that he has gambled his whole life and lost. So he stabs the tantalizing beauty, and is in turn shot down in a gangland revenge killing.
0.0

Year:

1963

Bury Me Deep

Bury Me Deep

A suspense directed by Umetsugu Inoue, starring Ayako Wakao, depicting the intense lust created by the passion of a writhing woman.
6.0

Year:

1963

Bury Me Deep

Bury Me Deep

A suspense directed by Umetsugu Inoue, starring Ayako Wakao, depicting the intense lust created by the passion of a writhing woman.
6.0

Year:

1963

The Third Shadow Warrior

The Third Shadow Warrior

In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three doubles, of shadows, of Lord Yasutaka. After months of intense and cruel training, he faces his destiny when the Lord and the other two shadows are killed in battle and he must take on the role of Lord Yasutaka....
7.1

Year:

1963

Order of Yakuza

Order of Yakuza

Order of Yakuza
0.0

Year:

1962

Order of Yakuza

Order of Yakuza

Order of Yakuza
0.0

Year:

1962

Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen

0.0

Year:

1962

Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen

0.0

Year:

1962

The Venus' Tear

The Venus' Tear

1962 Japanese movie
0.0

Year:

1962

The Venus' Tear

The Venus' Tear

1962 Japanese movie
0.0

Year:

1962

Closing Time

Closing Time

0.0

Year:

1962

Black Lizard

Black Lizard

The cunning detective Akeichi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief known as Black Lizard.
7.1

Year:

1962

With Wife, Children, and Friends

With Wife, Children, and Friends

Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes of two police detectives. One is Henmi, who comes to Tokyo in 1926 from faraway Kagoshima to join the Tokyo police force. His closest friend is Nihei, a farmer's son from Tohoku who becomes the steadying influence on headstrong Henmi.
0.0

Year:

1961

Refresher Course for Wives

Refresher Course for Wives

One night, three wives, Matsuyo, Keiko and Mari, receive a mysterious telephone call. The voice tells them that she has their husbands with her and invites them to " P " Hotel to see for themselves. They have been married for many years and are bored with their husbands, and are about to secretly carry on affairs with the other's mates.
0.0

Year:

1961

Nocturne of a Woman

Nocturne of a Woman

A woman has to give up her dream of becoming an actress when her family goes into debt, but she catches the eye of a businessman while working at a nightclub. He sets her up with her own nightclub, but with expectations attached.
0.0

Year:

1961

The Ginza Three Boys

The Ginza Three Boys

The story of three sportsman brothers living in the Ginza. One day, the three meet a raving beauty on separate occasions and are unaware they have met the same girl.
0.0

Year:

1961

The Ginza Three Boys

The Ginza Three Boys

The story of three sportsman brothers living in the Ginza. One day, the three meet a raving beauty on separate occasions and are unaware they have met the same girl.
0.0

Year:

1961

The Last Betrayal

The Last Betrayal

A crime boss gets out of prison and tries to find who from his organization betrayed him.
0.0

Year:

1960

The Last Betrayal

The Last Betrayal

A crime boss gets out of prison and tries to find who from his organization betrayed him.
0.0

Year:

1960

Victory and Defeat

Victory and Defeat

After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Yamanaka (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who is no longer in top form and is ranked number one, for a title fight, but his comrade Hata (Kojiro Hongo) is not happy with this choice, and so he moves to the gym run by the criminal businessman Goda (Toru Abe) and burning desire to beat Yamanaka.
0.0

Year:

1960

Victory and Defeat

Victory and Defeat

After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Yamanaka (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who is no longer in top form and is ranked number one, for a title fight, but his comrade Hata (Kojiro Hongo) is not happy with this choice, and so he moves to the gym run by the criminal businessman Goda (Toru Abe) and burning desire to beat Yamanaka.
0.0

Year:

1960

青春蛮歌

青春蛮歌

0.0

Year:

1959

青春蛮歌

青春蛮歌

0.0

Year:

1959

Tokyo no Kodoku

Tokyo no Kodoku

A coming-of-age story about two newcomers to the world of professional baseball who compete for Rookie of the Year honors and love.
0.0

Year:

1959

Tokyo no Kodoku

Tokyo no Kodoku

A coming-of-age story about two newcomers to the world of professional baseball who compete for Rookie of the Year honors and love.
0.0

Year:

1959

Friendship of Jazz

Friendship of Jazz

Kenichi, who lives like a stray dog among fellow gangsters, finds his love for the first time while the police are trying to catch him on suspicion of murder.
0.0

Year:

1959

Friendship of Jazz

Friendship of Jazz

Kenichi, who lives like a stray dog among fellow gangsters, finds his love for the first time while the police are trying to catch him on suspicion of murder.
0.0

Year:

1959

続夫婦百景

続夫婦百景

0.0

Year:

1958

That Wonderful Guy

That Wonderful Guy

Yōko dreams of becoming a dancer and begins working with the famous musician Takeo.
0.0

Year:

1958

That Wonderful Guy

That Wonderful Guy

Yōko dreams of becoming a dancer and begins working with the famous musician Takeo.
0.0

Year:

1958

Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku

Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku

"Tomorrow is Another Day" tells the story of three brothers who struggle to shake free of the father's ties to the yakuza underworld. A star vehicle for the popular singer/actor Yūjirō Ishihara.
0.0

Year:

1958

Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku

Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku

"Tomorrow is Another Day" tells the story of three brothers who struggle to shake free of the father's ties to the yakuza underworld. A star vehicle for the popular singer/actor Yūjirō Ishihara.
0.0

Year:

1958

Fangs of Night

Fangs of Night

A young doctor discovers that the city hall of records has a record of his death. He and some friends try to seek out the person who reported it, and uncover a shady group of criminals with a sinister plot.
5.0

Year:

1958

Fangs of Night

Fangs of Night

A young doctor discovers that the city hall of records has a record of his death. He and some friends try to seek out the person who reported it, and uncover a shady group of criminals with a sinister plot.
5.0

Year:

1958

Man Who Causes a Storm

Man Who Causes a Storm

Shoichi Kokubun (Yujiro Ishihara) is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to catch the attention of a popular jazz band, his brother appeals to their manager who has the power to make him a star. In a graphic portrayal of love, betrayal and success, Shoichi brews up a storm with a 'rat-a-tat-tat' on the drums.
6.7

Year:

1957

Man Who Causes a Storm

Man Who Causes a Storm

Shoichi Kokubun (Yujiro Ishihara) is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to catch the attention of a popular jazz band, his brother appeals to their manager who has the power to make him a star. In a graphic portrayal of love, betrayal and success, Shoichi brews up a storm with a 'rat-a-tat-tat' on the drums.
6.7

Year:

1957

The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk

In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. After the break of dawn, two seamen join the crew of a rusty cargo ship Kaiyo Maru. One is a troublemaker with bad attitudes, Senkichi Nomura, who pursues an enemy in order to take revenge for his father's death. The other is Keizo Sasaki, a buff, eagle-eyed man on board for a certain mission.
5.7

Year:

1957

The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk

In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. After the break of dawn, two seamen join the crew of a rusty cargo ship Kaiyo Maru. One is a troublemaker with bad attitudes, Senkichi Nomura, who pursues an enemy in order to take revenge for his father's death. The other is Keizo Sasaki, a buff, eagle-eyed man on board for a certain mission.
5.7

Year:

1957

Jûnana-sai no teikô

Jûnana-sai no teikô

Kanako is an intelligent and beautiful girl in her third year of high school, but there was a dark shadow. Raised by her father, Jusaburo, who is the owner of the Matsukawa troupe, she grew up without knowing the love of her mother. She has been on stage since she was a child, but oneday she cried and complained to her father, and she stopped going to school. In a mock exams, Kanako overtook her classmate Tetsuji to take the lead. That evening, Kanako went to the Yasue Theater in the neighboring town with Eikichi, and saw the affair of her stepmother, Yumi, who should have been resting due to her illness. The man ran away in a hurry, and Yumi confessed that Kanako's mother, Miyako, had also run away for the same reason...
0.0

Year:

1957

The Champion

The Champion

Eikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club Champion owned by his fiancé Natsuko’s father. He lost a title match five years ago as he was besotted by Natsuko, but Eikichi actually cannot give up the dream of the championship. One day, he meets Shuntaro Fuma, who is a punk kid but a promising boxer, and realizes the dream that he himself could never fulfill. Then, they together start to train with the aim of the title. Mari Shiraki is an up-and-coming ballerina under the patronage of Eikichi as well. Eikichi forbids Shuntaro and Mari to be romantically involved with someone during their training, however, they start to go on a date. (source: Nikkatsu International)
6.0

Year:

1957

The Champion

The Champion

Eikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club Champion owned by his fiancé Natsuko’s father. He lost a title match five years ago as he was besotted by Natsuko, but Eikichi actually cannot give up the dream of the championship. One day, he meets Shuntaro Fuma, who is a punk kid but a promising boxer, and realizes the dream that he himself could never fulfill. Then, they together start to train with the aim of the title. Mari Shiraki is an up-and-coming ballerina under the patronage of Eikichi as well. Eikichi forbids Shuntaro and Mari to be romantically involved with someone during their training, however, they start to go on a date. (source: Nikkatsu International)
6.0

Year:

1957

The Champion

The Champion

Eikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club Champion owned by his fiancé Natsuko’s father. He lost a title match five years ago as he was besotted by Natsuko, but Eikichi actually cannot give up the dream of the championship. One day, he meets Shuntaro Fuma, who is a punk kid but a promising boxer, and realizes the dream that he himself could never fulfill. Then, they together start to train with the aim of the title. Mari Shiraki is an up-and-coming ballerina under the patronage of Eikichi as well. Eikichi forbids Shuntaro and Mari to be romantically involved with someone during their training, however, they start to go on a date. (source: Nikkatsu International)
6.0

Year:

1957

Dancing Sisters

Dancing Sisters

It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daughters. Haruko, the eldest, is the lead vocalist in a band. Natsuko is the conscientious type, who spends her days in ballet classes beautifying herself. The youngest of the three, Akiko is a bookworm who found her niche in philosophy. Although the sisters may appear to have nothing in common, there is one thing they all agree on; "Mom needs a new husband".
0.0

Year:

1957

Dancing Sisters

Dancing Sisters

It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daughters. Haruko, the eldest, is the lead vocalist in a band. Natsuko is the conscientious type, who spends her days in ballet classes beautifying herself. The youngest of the three, Akiko is a bookworm who found her niche in philosophy. Although the sisters may appear to have nothing in common, there is one thing they all agree on; "Mom needs a new husband".
0.0

Year:

1957

Lunar Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse

A unique and controversial film directed by Umeji Inoue, based on the original story by Shintaro Ishihara, which depicts the image of a group of young people in the agony of mistrust, love and hate with a powerful touch.
0.0

Year:

1956

Lunar Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse

A unique and controversial film directed by Umeji Inoue, based on the original story by Shintaro Ishihara, which depicts the image of a group of young people in the agony of mistrust, love and hate with a powerful touch.
0.0

Year:

1956

Nikoyon monogatari

Nikoyon monogatari

Japanese drama film.
0.0

Year:

1956

Phoenix

Phoenix

Emi Ikushima, a star actress in the Roses, is half-hearted, but she wasn't disappointed by the news of her father Enmy's sudden death, and she performed enthusiastically on the stage that night, attracting a crowded audience.
6.0

Year:

1956

Crossroad

Crossroad

Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having an affair with his secretary, Harumi. In his attempt to perfect his crime, he drives to a remote quarry to bury his wife’s body, but along the way, he finds another dead body in the back of his car! Given no choice, Ise dumps both bodies. Meanwhile, Yoshie begins her search for her missing brother, Yoshihiko. After surprising twists and turns, Ise faces his fate.
4.7

Year:

1956

The juvenile

The juvenile

A good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers
0.0

Year:

1955

The juvenile

The juvenile

A good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers
0.0

Year:

1955

Three Faces

Three Faces

Five years have passed since the three comrades who saved their lives on the Burma Campaign-Kenichiro Kishi, Eiji Shiga, and Daizo Kobayashi promised to meet again five years later at the platform of Shinagawa Station, which was crowded with repatriates. , The day of reunion is approaching.
0.0

Year:

1955

Three Faces

Three Faces

Five years have passed since the three comrades who saved their lives on the Burma Campaign-Kenichiro Kishi, Eiji Shiga, and Daizo Kobayashi promised to meet again five years later at the platform of Shinagawa Station, which was crowded with repatriates. , The day of reunion is approaching.
0.0

Year:

1955

The Green Music Box

The Green Music Box

Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doesn't know about. Ever since he moved up to the research laboratory in Hokkaido, Ruriko hasn't heard from him. The only thing that reminded her of his warmth was the green music box that he’d left behind for her. She longed to reunite with her father. The little box played music that lifted her spirits, to a place where everything was perfect.
5.0

Year:

1955

The Green Music Box

The Green Music Box

Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doesn't know about. Ever since he moved up to the research laboratory in Hokkaido, Ruriko hasn't heard from him. The only thing that reminded her of his warmth was the green music box that he’d left behind for her. She longed to reunite with her father. The little box played music that lifted her spirits, to a place where everything was perfect.
5.0

Year:

1955

Wedding Season

Wedding Season

Urban love comedy in which Koji Tsuruta, who works for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Parks and Greenery Department, plays love shepherd to a number of women, including his true love, Inako Arima.
0.0

Year:

1954

乾杯!女学生

乾杯!女学生

0.0

Year:

1954

A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival

A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival

Japanese musical.
0.0

Year:

1954

A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival

A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival

Japanese musical.
0.0

Year:

1954

Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage

Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage

Fourth installment in the "Achako's Notebook of Youth" series.
0.0

Year:

1953

Love's Cheerleader

Love's Cheerleader

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals
0.0

Year:

1952

Love's Cheerleader

Love's Cheerleader

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals
0.0

Year:

1952

Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre

Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre

In a small town, according to the homecoming of Professor Ishinaka, the youth culture group was overwhelmed to make a presentation for the summer festival, but because of lack of funds, she works part-time at the spectacle of a tour, a haunted house Especially. The ghost was a struggle amongst the people, it was a great success in filling the crowd, but in the circus hut next to it, Kenji who was supposed to have disappeared was pitiful.
0.0

Year:

1951

Red Peony of Night

Red Peony of Night

A romantic melodrama about the shifting relationship between Ryosuke and Miki as their precarious employment and social circumstances shift around them.
0.0

Year:

1950

Red Peony of Night

Red Peony of Night

A romantic melodrama about the shifting relationship between Ryosuke and Miki as their precarious employment and social circumstances shift around them.
0.0

Year:

1950

Duel in the Sun

Duel in the Sun

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki
0.0

Year:

1950