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So Yamamura

So Yamamura (山村聰, Yamamura So, 24 February 1910 – 26 May 2000) was a Japanese actor and film director. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1947 and 1991, and directed four films. He was also known by the name Satoshi Yamamura, while his actual birth name is Koga Hirosada. In the US, he is well known for his portrayals of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the Combined Fleet, in Tora! Tora! Tora!, and of Mr. Sakamoto, the CEO of Assan Motors in Gung Ho.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born24 February 1910 (age 115)
  • Place of BirthTenri, Nara, Japan

So Yamamura

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So Yamamura (山村聰, Yamamura So, 24 February 1910 – 26 May 2000) was a Japanese actor and film director. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1947 and 1991, and directed four films. He was also known by the name Satoshi Yamamura, while his actual birth name is Koga Hirosada. In the US, he is well known for his portrayals of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the Combined Fleet, in Tora! Tora! Tora!, and of Mr. Sakamoto, the CEO of Assan Motors in Gung Ho.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born24 February 1910 (age 115)
  • Place of BirthTenri, Nara, Japan
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Poster
Going West: to the West
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1997
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Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
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1992
Poster
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
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6.945
1991
Poster
Tange Sazen
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1990
Poster
Nemuri Kyōshirō
star
7.0
1989
Poster
Tokyo Bordello
star
5.0
1987
Poster
Gung Ho
star
6.038
1986
Poster
The Second Is a Christian
star
5.0
1985
Poster
Antarctica
star
7.197
1983
Poster
Kanei Command Performance
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1983
Poster
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
star
2.5
1982
Poster
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
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8.0
1980
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Shag
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7.0
1978
Poster
Main Line to Terror
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6.0
1975
Poster
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
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10.0
1974
Poster
Prophecies of Nostradamus
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6.0
1974
Poster
Professional Killers
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7.5
1973
Poster
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
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9.0
1973
Poster
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
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7.3
1972
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
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7.1
1970
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The Militarists
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8.0
1970
Poster
Japan's Longest Day
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7.2
1967
Poster
With Beauty and Sorrow
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5.4
1965
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The School of Flesh
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4.667
1965
Poster
The Retreat from Kiska
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8.3
1965
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A Public Benefactor
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1964
Poster
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
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6.8
1963
Poster
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
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5.0
1963
Poster
Ano hito wa ima
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1963
Poster
At the Side of the Bridge 3
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1963
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Daybreak Chorus
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1963
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Yume de aritai
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1962
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Musume to watashi
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1962
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Star of Hong Kong
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1962
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あの空の果てに星はまたたく
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1962
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The Inheritance
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7.2
1962
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Records of loyal vassals
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1962
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A Roaring Trade
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1962
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A Flame at the Pier
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6.0
1962
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Akitsu Hot Springs
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6.5
1962
Poster
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
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1962
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Diary of a Mad Old Man
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6.5
1962
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Drunkard's Paradise
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1962
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Born in Sin
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1962
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Glory on the Summit
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1962
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Their Legacy
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1962
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Gonin no totsugeki tai
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1961
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The Estuary
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1961
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The Last War
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6.2
1961
Poster
Love's Family Tree
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1961
Poster
Women of Tokyo
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1961
Poster
Samurai Hawk
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5.2
1961
Poster
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
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1961
Poster
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
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1961
Poster
A Geisha's Diary
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7.4
1961
Poster
Epitaph to My Love
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7.0
1961
Poster
The Orphan Brother
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6.0
1961
Poster
The Harbor Lights
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5.0
1961
Poster
An Eagle Eyed Lord
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1961
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Hell's Juggler
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1961
Poster
Haitoku no mesu
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1961
Poster
Netsuai sha
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1961
Poster
Deep River Melody
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6.0
1960
Poster
Police Precinct Part 14
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1960
Poster
Victory and Defeat
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1960
Poster
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
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1960
Poster
The Sand City in Manchuria
star
6.5
1960
Poster
Life of a Country Doctor
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1960
Poster
Ninja Assassins
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6.0
1960
Poster
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
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1960
Poster
続べらんめぇ芸者
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1960
Poster
Kashima-nada no onna
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1959
Poster
Hahakogusa
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1959
Poster
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
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8.1
1959
Poster
Hell's Companion
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1959
Poster
The 47 Masterless Samurai
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7.2
1959
Poster
Whirlwind Magistrate
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5.5
1959
Poster
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
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1959
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The Bastards of Lawless Town
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1959
Poster
Across the Darkness
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1959
Poster
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
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6.0
1959
Poster
The Barbarian and the Geisha
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5.9
1958
Poster
Oban kanketsu hen
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1958
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Little Peach
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5.9
1958
Poster
With Songs in My Heart
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1958
Poster
Sister with Sister
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1958
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Detective Duel
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6.0
1958
Poster
The Purple Hood
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5.0
1958
Poster
His Pistol is Hell
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1958
Poster
Tokyo Twilight
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7.681
1957
Poster
Hole in One
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6.0
1957
Poster
白磁の人
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1957
Poster
Night Butterflies
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6.3
1957
Poster
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
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6.2
1957
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When It Rains, It Pours
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6.0
1957
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Jigoku bana
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1957
Poster
Roar and Earth
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6.0
1957
Poster
Early Spring
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7.5
1956
Poster
春のみづうみ
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1956
Poster
Darkness at Noon
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6.6
1956
Poster
Tsukigata Hanpeita
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7.0
1956
Poster
Summer in Eclipse
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1956
Poster
恐怖の空中殺人
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1956
Poster
The Doctor
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1955
Poster
Striving to Live
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1955
Poster
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
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6.68
1955
Poster
Burden of Love
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6.8
1955
Poster
Seven Masks of Revenge
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1955
Poster
Till We Meet Again
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6.2
1955
Poster
Ghost Story of Youth
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1955
Poster
Ai Sureba Koso
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1955
Poster
A Young Samurai
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1955
Poster
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
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1955
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Frame of Snow
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1955
Poster
The Black Current
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1954
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Sound of the Mountain
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7.315
1954
Poster
Ditch
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7.0
1954
Poster
Love and Duty
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1954
Poster
Karatachi no hana
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1954
Poster
日本敗れず
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1954
Poster
お月様には悪いけど
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1954
Poster
The Cannery Boat
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8.0
1953
Poster
Tokyo Story
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8.163
1953
Poster
An Inlet of Muddy Water
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6.1
1953
Poster
Murahachibu
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1953
Poster
Miniature
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8.0
1953
Poster
My Wonderful Yellow Car
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6.0
1953
Poster
Ganpeki
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1953
Poster
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
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1952
Poster
Riverside Fish Market Empire
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1952
Poster
Passion Fire
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1952
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Modern People
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2.0
1952
Poster
The Wind Blows Twice
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1952
Poster
The Ataka Family
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5.5
1952
Poster
Okuni and Gohei
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6.4
1952
Poster
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
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1952
Poster
Who Will Judge Me?
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1951
Poster
Repast
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7.5
1951
Poster
Dancing Girl
star
6.3
1951
Poster
The Lady of Musashino
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5.941
1951
Poster
Miki, the Swordman
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5.0
1951
Poster
Honoo no hada
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1951
Poster
Hibari no komoriuta
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6.0
1951
Poster
The White Orchid
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1951
Poster
Duel in the Sun
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1950
Poster
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
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1950
Poster
Song of Love
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1950
Poster
The Munekata Sisters
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7.0
1950
Poster
White Beast
star
5.5
1950
Poster
Kagebōshi
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1950
Poster
Portrait of Madame Yuki
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6.685
1950
Poster
Senka o koete
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1950
Poster
Rumba of Passion
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1950
Poster
Homecoming
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1950
Poster
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
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1950
Poster
Kirare no Senta
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1949
Poster
A Woman's Fight
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1949
Poster
Yūkyō no mure
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1948
Poster
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
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5.0
1948
Poster
A Second Life
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1948
Poster
The Love of the Actress Sumako
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6.8
1947
Poster
As Long as I Live
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1946