Movies: Minoru Chiaki

  • 1960
    Hero of the Red Light District

    Hero of the Red Light District (1960)

    Hero of the Red Light District

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    A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring birthmark on his face. Even the courtesans in Yoshiwara refuse to entertain him, until an indentured ...

    Hero of the Red Light District
  • 1962
    Love Under the Crucifix

    Love Under the Crucifix (1962)

    Love Under the Crucifix

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    The basic story in Love under the Crucifix is about Ogin, daughter of a tea master, who are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a feudal prince, also a Christian who is already married, and that creates problems. Further, when th...

    Love Under the Crucifix
  • 1987
    Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure

    Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure (1987)

    Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure

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    Don Matsugoro and his son Don Jr fight against a disgustingly reach family who tries to take over a kid's playground called Children Land....

    Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
  • 1965
    Taking the Castle

    Taking the Castle (1965)

    Taking the Castle

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    The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near. Only one man was brave enough to stand in Ieyasu's way - A lone wolf samurai by the name of Kagekatsu Uesugi. Inspired by Uesugi's courage...

    Taking the Castle
  • 1959
    Pilgrimage at Night

    Pilgrimage at Night (1959)

    Pilgrimage at Night

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    Adapted by Yasumi Toshio and directed by Toyoda Shiro, this is a literary work based on a full-length novel of the same name published by Shiga Naoya of the Shirakaba School....

    Pilgrimage at Night
  • 1958
    Little Peach

    Little Peach (1958)

    Little Peach

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    Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitors, until she marries a beginning writer named Ryokichi. Their life quickly sinks into despair....

    Little Peach
  • 1963
    A House in the Quarter

    A House in the Quarter (1963)

    A House in the Quarter

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    With her family suffering from extreme poverty, Yuko, as the eldest daughter, is sold to a successful brothel in Kyoto. There she is assigned to serve Takamatsu, one of the brothel’s top customers. But while Takamatsu falls madly in love with Yuko, s...

    A House in the Quarter
  • 1959
    Goblin in Stirrups

    Goblin in Stirrups (1959)

    Goblin in Stirrups

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    Kurama Tengu is a hero to the common people, saving them from the malicious attacks of Kinnoroshi and Shinsengumi....

    Goblin in Stirrups
  • 1953
    Wife

    Wife (1953)

    Wife

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    Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and the husband finds the wife slovenly and mean-spirited: she neither cooks not cleans particularly well ...

    Wife
  • 1963
    Street of Wandering Men

    Street of Wandering Men (1963)

    Street of Wandering Men

    61963HD

    When a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin decides to help her and a drunken calligrapher. In doing so, he uncovers a wider scheme....

    Street of Wandering Men
  • 1950
    Beyond the Hills

    Beyond the Hills (1950)

    Beyond the Hills

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    Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts....

    Beyond the Hills
  • 1964
    The Sharks

    The Sharks (1964)

    The Sharks

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    A film adaptation of Masatsugu Nobuhiko's novel of the same name, directed by Tasaka Tomotaka and starring Nakamura Kinnosuke. This literary epic tells the story of how the protagonist, who has become mired in evil due to his poverty and low position...

    The Sharks
  • 1962
    Travels of Hibari and Chiemi

    Travels of Hibari and Chiemi (1962)

    Travels of Hibari and Chiemi

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    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 taking place at their theater....

    Travels of Hibari and Chiemi
  • 1963
    Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2

    Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2 (1963)

    Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2

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    A princess seeks adventure and true love, with help from her loyal servant....

    Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
  • 1961
    Young Lord Yakuza

    Young Lord Yakuza (1961)

    Young Lord Yakuza

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    Young Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under the disguise of a ronin....

    Young Lord Yakuza
  • 1952
    Riverside Fish Market Empire

    Riverside Fish Market Empire (1952)

    Riverside Fish Market Empire

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    Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki...

    Riverside Fish Market Empire
  • 1963
    Five Ronins

    Five Ronins (1963)

    Five Ronins

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    The story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl, Oichi, from an evil vassal....

    Five Ronins
  • 1967
    Song of Love

    Song of Love (1967)

    Song of Love

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    The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people....

    Song of Love
  • 1966
    Koto—The Lake of Tears

    Koto—The Lake of Tears (1966)

    Koto—The Lake of Tears

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    A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo, known for its production of quality shamisen strings, only to find her peaceful life turned upside down when a master musician takes personal interest in...

    Koto—The Lake of Tears
  • 1961
    The Youth and His Amulet

    The Youth and His Amulet (1961)

    The Youth and His Amulet

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    Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the boy's rescue in times of difficulty....

    The Youth and His Amulet