Movies: Shōzaburō Date

Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic melodramas—and re-evaluate it as a tanbi-ha work of decadence, aestheticism, and intrigue. Ichikawa's film prese...

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies....

Tamio takes Itsuko to an art gallery and the two find one painting is a nude portrait of Itsuko's mother, who disappeared twenty years ago when she was just a baby. No one knows the first thing about the artist who painted it, but he goes by the name...

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1959 Japanese film....

Ayako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved in her life are three young men—stage actor Goro, businessman Kokichi and Sanpei Pachinko....

The 4th Super Giant film, in which he continues his fight against the Kapia Aliens (Part 2 of 2)...

Japanese comedy film....

Comedy movie...

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his world is changing completely : his wife behaves like never before, considering she's now rich and has...

Sashichi investigates the mysterious murders of four beauties, all of whom were stabbed in the chest....

1962 Japanese movie...

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A store manager named Kinbei becomes enraged when the owners of the store decide to hand it down to an adopted son instead of him. He hatches a plot to murder them all, but as it turns out he has done this sort of thing before. As bodies pile up in t...

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel....

This time around, Sashichi is investigating a case of serial murders believed to be perpetrated by a giant bear....

15th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series...