Movies: Taichiro Okura
- 1937
Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba (1937)
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The tale of Nakayama Yasubei’s duel is famous, even if he in reality probably did not cut down 18 opponents. The story has been related in film, rakugo, kodan and on stage many times, in part because Nakayama later joined the famous 47 Ronin (Chushin...
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- 1943
Initiation of the Two-Sword Style (1943)
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Ito Daisuke's wartime retelling of the Miyamoto Musashi story....
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- 1931
Beni-kōmori - Dai ippen (1931)
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The adventures of a young patriotic samurai. This is the Nikkatsu version of Shin Hasegawa's original story. Shochiku released their version of the story with the same title on the exact same day in 1931...
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- 1938
Kaidan Oiwa Yakusha (1938)
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- 1942
Palace of the Singing Raccoon-Dogs (1942)
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In this Japanese retelling of Cinderella, Okuro (Takayama) is the unfortunate stepdaughter of a family of tanuki: shape-shifting raccoon dogs. She hopes to see the tanuki prince (former Takarazuka star Miyagi) against her stepmother's wishes; the ma...
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- 1936
Kuriyama Daizen (1936)
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Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi...
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