Kokuten Kōdō — Actor (23)

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Skull (1927)
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other title: 恐苦呂 / Dokuro
A rare film which depicts the tragic fate of a Christian lord who fought for his fate in the Edo period. Of note is Utaemon Ichikawa's extraordinary memorable final scenes in which he takes on his enemy with a gash in his forehead and a wild, unkempt mane.

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新鞍马天狗 第一话 天狗出现 (1954)
Shin kurama tengu daiichi wa: Tengu shutsugen
Nobuo Aoyagi actor: 小堀明男 / 水原常春 …
other title: 新鞍馬天狗 第一話 天狗出現 / Shin kurama tengu daiichi wa: Tengu shutsugen

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新鞍马天狗 第一话 天狗出现 (1954)
Shin kurama tengu daiichi wa: Tengu shutsugen
Nobuo Aoyagi actor: 小堀明男 / 水原常春 …
other title: 新鞍馬天狗 第一話 天狗出現 / Shin kurama tengu daiichi wa: Tengu shutsugen

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新鞍马天狗 第一话 天狗出现 (1954)
Shin kurama tengu daiichi wa: Tengu shutsugen Douban
Nobuo Aoyagi actor: 小堀明男 / 水原常春 …
other title: 新鞍馬天狗 第一話 天狗出現 / Shin kurama tengu daiichi wa: Tengu shutsugen

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意大利科斯拉 (1977)
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other title: ゴジラ / 義大利科斯拉 …
Mentre Tokyo è ormai ridotta ad un cumulo di macerie, Steve Martin, giornalista americano del United World News, racconta di come la città è stata attaccata da una mostruosa creatura. Il racconto poi torna al presente e segue le operazioni che conducono alla distruzione di Godzilla, sconfitto grazie all'intervento del professor Serizawa, vecchio amico di Steve.

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Sword for Hire (1952)
戦国無頼 Douban
other title: 战国无赖 / 戦国無頼
時は戦国、織田信長の軍勢に攻められた浅井長政の小谷城から三人の武士が落ちのびた。討ち死には御免と公言した猛者、疾風之介。忠義に厚い男、弥平次。疾風之介の思い人、加乃を連れ城から逃げ出した十郎太。それぞれに流転の人生を歩むこととなった三人は、やがて運命の糸に導かれるかのように再会を果たすが…。井上靖の原作を、時代劇の巨匠、稲垣浩監督が映画化。脚本に黒澤明も参加している。(form:NHKBS)

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暗黑街的颜役 (1959)
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other title: 暗黒街の顔役
1956年の山本嘉次郎監督による「暗黒街」に続く“暗黒街“ものの第2作。といってもストーリー的には何の関係もない。監督は以下3作にわたって岡本喜八が担当。この3作と「独立愚連隊」とで岡本は男性アクション監督の第一人者という評価が固まった。金融会社社長が射殺され、犯人は自動車で逃走した。その事件が迷宮入りになろうとする頃、暴力団・横光組の組員・竜太は、親分の横光に弟の峰夫がジャズ喫茶で歌うのをやめさせるように命じられた。実は金融会社社長殺しは横光の仕業であり、その時の車の運転をしていたのが峰夫だったからだ。しかし、峰夫は足を洗おうとしていた……。

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Snow Trail (1947)
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other title: 银岭之巅 / 銀嶺の果て …
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 Nojiri encounter a young woman and her father, as well as Honda, a mountaineer. The inn folk do not realize their guests are wanted criminals and the visitors are treated with great kindness. Honda volunteers to lead them over the mountains, but Eijima's paranoia endangers all of them as they make the perilous trip.

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No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
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★ 7.1 41 ratings
other title: 我对青春无悔 / わが青春に悔なし …
After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her own path in pre- and post-WWII Japan.

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Sanshiro Sugata Part Two (1945)
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★ 5.6 23 ratings
other title: 姿三四郎续集 / 続姿三四郎 …
A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his discipline against an American prizefighter and later facing vengeful karate brothers. As rival schools and public spectacle push him toward violence, he must reconcile strength with restraint and the true spirit of his art.

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I Live in Fear (1955)
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★ 8.0 24 ratings
other title: 活人的记录 / 生きものの記録 …
An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to Brazil. When they petition to have him declared incompetent, a family-court counselor witnesses his obsession slide into ruin—and asks whether ignoring the atomic threat is any saner.

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Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
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★ 6.9 108 ratings
other title: 姿三四郎 / 铁臂柔肠(港) …
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 of self-defence: Judo. The main character is based on Shiro Saigo, a legendary judoka.

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Throne of Blood (1957)
蜘蛛巣城
★ 8.2 259 ratings
other title: 거미집의 성 / 蜘蛛巣城 …
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.