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This movie depicts a familiar samurai Tange Sazen story realistically. Tange loses one of his eyes and arms in an attempt to recover a masterpiece sword for his lord. However, his efforts are not appreciated and he becomes a man of hatred.

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Ryutaro Otomo as the Edo magistrate Umon Kondo is out to solve a crime that centers around the murder of a jail guard & the escape of a criminal who is later himself killed. His dying words in Umon's arms were, "I didn't kill the guard." The murdered criminal had been a safe-cracker & only his girlfriend knows where he hid a fortune. She is kidnapped, so the plot gets thicker & thicker.

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A reporter, Nagako Kita, is fired for writing about police corruption. To make money, she hides while a weekly magazine publishes photos of her, and offers a prize to the person who discovers her. A group of three bank embezzlers, So Yamamura, Eiji Funakoshi, and Sotoji Mukui, employ Mukui's younger sister Fukiko as a fake employee at the bank and plan to make her disappear when the real woman appears again and blame the crime on her.

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A story about a tomboy, Otoshi, who is good at singing, dancing and fencing.

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In this film, Hibari plays a dual role as brother and sister. The story involves a journey to Hanagasa for an incognito Lord (Kotaro Satomi) to overthrow an attempted usurpation of his domain, while being harassed by vassals of the usurper (Kensaku Hara). There's also a mysterious ronin played by Jushiro Konoe. The songs are seamlessly woven into the narrative and don't overwhelm the action. While the plot is derivative it is good example of its type and quite enjoyable. Note that there are some flashback sequences in black and white.

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Pinku from 1966.

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1962 Japanese movie

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1962 Japanese movie

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1961 Japanese movie

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Pinku from 1966.

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Young slacker couple accidentially kills a friend. They burn his body and hang out on a beach.

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1962 Japanese movie

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A couple comes to Tokyo to find work. The girl is raped by a gangster.

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A crime film released in 1965

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Pinku from 1967.

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Pinku from 1967.

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1966 film directed by Kudo.

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Pinku from 1967.

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Pinku from 1966.

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A woman joins with an insurance clerk in trying to kill her husband and thus secure a big insurance pay-out.