Akira Tani Movies

  • 1962
    The King

    The King

    The King

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    The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneducated zori sandal maker, becomes a professional...

    The King
  • 1959
    Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi

    Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi

    Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi

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    A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.

    Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi
  • 1964
    Whirlwind

    Whirlwind

    Whirlwind

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    Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post...

    Whirlwind
  • 1953
    Traveling with Breeze

    Traveling with Breeze

    Traveling with Breeze

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    1953 Hiroshi Inagaki movie.

    Traveling with Breeze
  • 1957
    Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen

    Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen

    Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen

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    Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.

    Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
  • 1949
    Jakoman and Tetsu

    Jakoman and Tetsu

    Jakoman and Tetsu

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    In a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one...

    Jakoman and Tetsu
  • 1957
    Snow Country

    Snow Country

    Snow Country

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    It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous...

    Snow Country
  • 1962
    My Hobo

    My Hobo

    My Hobo

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    Story of a resourceful hobo (Kobayashi), a con woman (Takamine) who pretends to be a victim of the Nagasaki A-bomb, and two orphaned children who...

    My Hobo
  • 1953
    Red-Light Bases

    Red-Light Bases

    Red-Light Bases

    01953HD

    Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution.

    Red-Light Bases
  • 1959
    The Beast Shall Die

    The Beast Shall Die

    The Beast Shall Die

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    A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his...

    The Beast Shall Die
  • 1961
    Daredevil in the Castle

    Daredevil in the Castle

    Daredevil in the Castle

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    During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by...

    Daredevil in the Castle
  • 1955
    Lovetide

    Lovetide

    Lovetide

    01955HD

    An Ishiro Honda film.

    Lovetide
  • 1953
    Omatsuri hanjiro

    Omatsuri hanjiro

    Omatsuri hanjiro

    01953HD

    Every year, at the festival, familiar merchants such as Toraemon, a magic trick, Tokubei, a blowgun, Kaji, acrobatics, and Unsaibo, a ritual, gather...

    Omatsuri hanjiro
  • 1964
    The Scarlet Camellia

    The Scarlet Camellia

    The Scarlet Camellia

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    A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the...

    The Scarlet Camellia
  • 1963
    Blind Wolf

    Blind Wolf

    Blind Wolf

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    Blind Wolf
  • 1957
    Untamed Woman

    Untamed Woman

    Untamed Woman

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    A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive...

    Untamed Woman
  • 1954
    How the Bell of Liberty Rings

    How the Bell of Liberty Rings

    How the Bell of Liberty Rings

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    Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who defies societal norms to study Dutch and English....

    How the Bell of Liberty Rings
  • 1953
    Yasugorō shusse

    Yasugorō shusse

    Yasugorō shusse

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    Yasugorō shusse
  • 1958
    Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

    Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

    Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

    01958HD

    1958 Japanese movie

    Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
  • 1955
    The Lone Journey

    The Lone Journey

    The Lone Journey

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    Forced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. Movie posters for local cinemas were often displayed at...

    The Lone Journey