Toshio Masuda

Toshio Masuda

Toshio Masuda (born October 5, 1927 in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan) is a Japanese film director. He developed a reputation as a consistent box office hit-maker. Over the course of five decades, 16 of his films made the yearly top ten lists at the Japanese box office—a second place record in the industry. Between 1958 and 1968 he directed 52 films for the Nikkatsu Company. He was their top director of action films and worked with the company's top stars, including Yujiro Ishihara with whom he made 25 films. After the breakdown of the studio system, he moved on to a succession of big-budget movies including the American-Japanese co-production Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and the science fiction epic Catastrophe 1999: The Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974). He worked on such anime productions as the Space Battleship Yamato series. His corporate drama Company Funeral (1989) earned him a Japanese Academy Award nomination and wins at the Blue Ribbon Awards and Mainichi Film Awards. In Japan, his films are well remembered by fans and called genre landmarks by critics. He remains little known abroad save for rare exceptions of his post-Nikkatsu work such as Tora! Tora! Tora!. However, a number of his films were screened in a 2005 Nikkatsu Action Cinema retrospective in Italy and a few have since made their way to the United States. At the age of 81, he is currently prepping to helm Uchū Senkan Yamato: Fukkatsu hen (2009). Description above from the Wikipedia article Toshio Masuda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Toshio Masuda
  • Popularity: 5.745
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1927-10-05
  • Place of Birth: Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan
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  • Also Known As: 舛田利雄, 舛田 利雄
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Toshio Masuda Movies

  • 1974
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    Prophecies of Nostradamus

    Prophecies of Nostradamus

    5.7 1974 HD

    Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately,...

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  • 1970
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    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    7.2 1970 HD

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  • 1978
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    Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

    Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

    7.7 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

    Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

    7.7 1978 HD

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  • 1977
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    Space Battleship Yamato

    Space Battleship Yamato

    8.7 1977 HD

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  • 1958
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    Rusty Knife

    Rusty Knife

    5.9 1958 HD

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  • 1958
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    Rusty Knife

    Rusty Knife

    5.9 1958 HD

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  • 1979
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    Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage

    Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage

    6.5 1979 HD

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  • 1979
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    Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage

    Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage

    6.5 1979 HD

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  • 1972
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    Shadow Hunters

    Shadow Hunters

    6.5 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny

    Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny

    7 1972 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Perfect Game

    The Perfect Game

    6.2 1958 HD

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  • 1974
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    Prophecies of Nostradamus

    Prophecies of Nostradamus

    5.7 1974 HD

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  • 1967
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    Velvet Hustler

    Velvet Hustler

    6.2 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    Velvet Hustler

    Velvet Hustler

    6.2 1967 HD

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  • 1980
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    Be Forever Yamato

    Be Forever Yamato

    7.6 1980 HD

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  • 1962
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    Keep Your Chin Up

    Keep Your Chin Up

    6 1962 HD

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  • 1969
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    Exiled to Hell

    Exiled to Hell

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1969
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    Exiled to Hell

    Exiled to Hell

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Day of Youth

    The Day of Youth

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1974
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    My Blood is the Blood of Others

    My Blood is the Blood of Others

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1974
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    My Blood is the Blood of Others

    My Blood is the Blood of Others

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Fatal Raid

    The Fatal Raid

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Fatal Raid

    The Fatal Raid

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1963
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    Prince of Wolves

    Prince of Wolves

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1961
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    Hotbed of Crime

    Hotbed of Crime

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1961
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    Hotbed of Crime

    Hotbed of Crime

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1966
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    Kill the Night Rose

    Kill the Night Rose

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1959
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    A Man Explodes

    A Man Explodes

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1985
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    Love: Starting on a Journey

    Love: Starting on a Journey

    2.5 1985 HD

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  • 1980
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    Port Arthur

    Port Arthur

    7.6 1980 HD

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  • 1964
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    Red Handkerchief

    Red Handkerchief

    7 1964 HD

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  • 1987
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    Tokyo Blackout

    Tokyo Blackout

    5 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    Tokyo Blackout

    Tokyo Blackout

    5 1987 HD

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  • 1982
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    Highteen Boogie

    Highteen Boogie

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Highteen Boogie

    Highteen Boogie

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1956
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    Evil Reward

    Evil Reward

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Cleanup

    The Cleanup

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1991
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    Dohten

    Dohten

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1991
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    Dohten

    Dohten

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1968
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    Outlaw: Gangster VIP

    Outlaw: Gangster VIP

    6.7 1968 HD

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  • 1982
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    Future War 198X

    Future War 198X

    5.5 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    The Imperial Japanese Empire

    The Imperial Japanese Empire

    5.5 1982 HD

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  • 1968
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    Monument to the Girl's Corps

    Monument to the Girl's Corps

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1975
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    Conflagration

    Conflagration

    4 1975 HD

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  • 1984
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    Zero

    Zero

    4.2 1984 HD

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  • 1983
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    Battle Anthem

    Battle Anthem

    7 1983 HD

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  • 1962
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    Hitoribotchi no futari daga

    Hitoribotchi no futari daga

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1958
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    Red Pier

    Red Pier

    6.2 1958 HD

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  • 1972
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    Chase That Man

    Chase That Man

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1970
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    Suparuta Kyouiku Kutabare Oyaji

    Suparuta Kyouiku Kutabare Oyaji

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1962
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    Hana to ryu

    Hana to ryu

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1992
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    Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan

    Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1992
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    Heavenly Sin

    Heavenly Sin

    3.5 1992 HD

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  • 1965
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    Showdown in the Red Valley

    Showdown in the Red Valley

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1977
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    High Seas Hijack

    High Seas Hijack

    10 1977 HD

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  • 1985
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    Love: Starting on a Journey

    Love: Starting on a Journey

    2.5 1985 HD

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  • 1989
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    Company Executives

    Company Executives

    6 1989 HD

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  • 1985
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    Odin: Starlight Mutiny

    Odin: Starlight Mutiny

    4.6 1985 HD

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  • 1991
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    The Great Shogunate Battle

    The Great Shogunate Battle

    5.7 1991 HD

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  • 1987
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    This Story of Love

    This Story of Love

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1962
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    Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi

    Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1962
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    Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi

    Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1989
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    Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger

    Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1992
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    The Unruly Ronin's Journey II

    The Unruly Ronin's Journey II

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1972
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    Sword and Flower

    Sword and Flower

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1958
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    Red Pier

    Red Pier

    6.2 1958 HD

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  • 1976
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    Human Revolution II

    Human Revolution II

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1991
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    Sure Death 5

    Sure Death 5

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1962
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    零戦黒雲一家

    零戦黒雲一家

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1962
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    零戦黒雲一家

    零戦黒雲一家

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Eagle and the Hawk

    The Eagle and the Hawk

    5.7 1957 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Champion

    The Champion

    6 1957 HD

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  • 1970
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    Kanto Street Peddlers Clan: Violent Loyalty

    Kanto Street Peddlers Clan: Violent Loyalty

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1961
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    Lost in the Sun

    Lost in the Sun

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1983
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    L・O・V・I・N・G

    L・O・V・I・N・G

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1980
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    Be Forever Yamato

    Be Forever Yamato

    7.6 1980 HD

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  • 1979
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    Triton of the Sea

    Triton of the Sea

    3.8 1979 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Heart

    The Heart

    6.8 1955 HD

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  • 1970
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    Man at the Bullfight

    Man at the Bullfight

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Poem of the Blue Star

    The Poem of the Blue Star

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1956
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    Gesshoku

    Gesshoku

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1964
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    Red Handkerchief

    Red Handkerchief

    7 1964 HD

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  • 1966
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    Challenge for Glory

    Challenge for Glory

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1966
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    Challenge for Glory

    Challenge for Glory

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Stormy Man

    The Stormy Man

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1968
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    Man of a Stormy Era

    Man of a Stormy Era

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1968
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    Man of a Stormy Era

    Man of a Stormy Era

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Burmese Harp

    The Burmese Harp

    7.9 1956 HD

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  • 1966
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    Blood Shed

    Blood Shed

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1957
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    Dancing Sisters

    Dancing Sisters

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1966
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    Blood Shed

    Blood Shed

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1990
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    Minamoto Yoshitsune

    Minamoto Yoshitsune

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1965
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    Taking the Castle

    Taking the Castle

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1985
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    Vendetta of Obligation

    Vendetta of Obligation

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1965
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    Taking the Castle

    Taking the Castle

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Human Revolution

    The Human Revolution

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1968
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    Song of my Life

    Song of my Life

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1967
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    The Man of Victory

    The Man of Victory

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    The Man of Victory

    The Man of Victory

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1964
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    Jinsei Gekijo

    Jinsei Gekijo

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1971
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    Farewell to the Code

    Farewell to the Code

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Sky Is Mine

    The Sky Is Mine

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1993
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    Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon

    Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1978
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    Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

    Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

    7.7 1978 HD

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  • 1970
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    Man at the Bullfight

    Man at the Bullfight

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1983
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    Final Yamato

    Final Yamato

    7 1983 HD

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  • 1974
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    Prophecies of Nostradamus

    Prophecies of Nostradamus

    5.7 1974 HD

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  • 1956
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    Nikoyon monogatari

    Nikoyon monogatari

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1970
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    7.7 1970 HD

    Ogami Itto is a master swordsman who holds a position of high power in the Tokugawa Shogunate. Highly trusted by the Shogun, he serves as the...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E8

    1 1970 HD

    An epic of love and death that depicts how soldiers and ordinary people lived and fought during the Russo-Japanese War, when Japan's very existence...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E8

    1 1970 HD

    An epic of love and death that depicts how soldiers and ordinary people lived and fought during the Russo-Japanese War, when Japan's very existence...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E13

    1 1970 HD

    On September 15, Keicho, a young man, Takezo, whose life was ruined by the war in Sekigahara wandered around like a wild beast. Only his lover Otsu...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    The life of Katsu Kaishū and his father.

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  • 1970
    imgS3 E6

    8 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E8

    1 1970 HD

    An epic of love and death that depicts how soldiers and ordinary people lived and fought during the Russo-Japanese War, when Japan's very existence...

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