Movies: Sonomi Nakajima

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

Part one of The Masterless 47....

An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder....

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Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection pres...

1962 Japanese movie...

Modern comedy, based on the popular manga....

Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a straightforward but indecisive hero. The passengers also include the bubbly Dan Reiko, and Ozawa Eit...

1962 Japanese movie...

Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan"....

1962 Japanese movie...

Japanese comedy film....

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A man meets the spirit of a murdered gangster after he spills alcohol over his grave....

Based on the comic by Fuyahiko Okabe....

The short film is the earliest surviving Japanese anime broadcast on television. Originally airing on July 14, 1958, on NTV and again on October 15, 1958, the nine-minute animation was the first televised Japanese animation and the first example of a...