Movies: Chie Ueki

  • 1955
    Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

    Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (1955)

    Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

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    Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the various people they meet on their journey, including a policeman in pursuit of a thief, a young child and a woman who...

    Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
  • 1956
    The Kuroda Affair

    The Kuroda Affair (1956)

    The Kuroda Affair

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    This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As his clan’s new leader, Tadayuki, becomes increasingly militant in his opposition to the Tokugawa shogun...

    The Kuroda Affair
  • 1953
    One-Eyed Detective

    One-Eyed Detective (1953)

    One-Eyed Detective

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    Fifth delivery in the Tarao Bannai series, following the "master detective with seven faces" who uses his signature disguise to solve crimes with a double-barreled pistol....

    One-Eyed Detective
  • 1960
    The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence

    The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence (1960)

    The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence

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    The stormy tale of the Shinsengumi is told from its birth by master filmmaker Sasaki Yasushi, with an all-star cast based on the original story by Shirai Kyoji. The battles between the royalists and Shogunate supporters come to a fever pitch during t...

    The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence
  • 1999
    Round About Midnight

    Round About Midnight (1999)

    Round About Midnight

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    While on a cigarette break in between sets, Koji, a jazz musician, witnesses a murder and runs into a girl, Linda, who is being pursued by the killers. Mistakenly identified as prime suspects, they have to solve the crime but time is running out: Koj...

    Round About Midnight
  • 1953
    Merciless Blade Part 3

    Merciless Blade Part 3 (1953)

    Merciless Blade Part 3

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    The final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass....

    Merciless Blade Part 3
  • 1959
    Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

    Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959)

    Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

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    The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is about to be purchased by a client, steals money from his employer to redeem her. Hunted criminals, the two young lovers take flight to Yamato, but, as in...

    Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
  • 1960
    Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger

    Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger (1960)

    Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger

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    Some of the finest jidai-geki actors appear in this exciting and entertaining tale of intrigue and action in old Japan. Teaming up the ever-popular Misora Hibari with the greatest samurai action hero of all-time Wakayama Tomisaburo is a brilliant sto...

    Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger
  • 1957
    Shimizu Port of Chivalry

    Shimizu Port of Chivalry (1957)

    Shimizu Port of Chivalry

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    An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this genre. In this dramatic portrayal of the real-life gambling boss Jirocho, a good-hearted and honest boss ...

    Shimizu Port of Chivalry
  • 1954
    Nangoku Taiheiki

    Nangoku Taiheiki (1954)

    Nangoku Taiheiki

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    Nangoku Taiheiki
  • 1954
    The Crimson Peacock

    The Crimson Peacock (1954)

    The Crimson Peacock

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    One of the greatest film serials ever to come out of Japan puts together an all-star cast in the search for the key of the Crimson Peacock, a treasure trove that will make whoever discovers it the richest man in the world. The battle lines are drawn ...

    The Crimson Peacock
  • 1958
    A Chivalrous Spirit

    A Chivalrous Spirit (1958)

    A Chivalrous Spirit

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    An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this genre. Jirocho, an honorable and respected gang boss, uncovers a conspiracy organized by his rivals while...

    A Chivalrous Spirit
  • 1960
    Sword of Destiny

    Sword of Destiny (1960)

    Sword of Destiny

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    When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing sensei has been murdered in the dead of night, he must find the culprit and exact revenge. His return sets off a series of violent incidents and incite...

    Sword of Destiny
  • 1955
    ふり袖侠艶録

    ふり袖侠艶録 (1955)

    ふり袖侠艶録

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    ふり袖侠艶録
  • 1957
    Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja

    Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja (1957)

    Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja

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    During the Age Of Wars (Sengoku Era), Tokugawa Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideyoshi are vying for power and each uses their secret weapons in order to try and defeat the other. Momochi Sandayu of the Iga, along with his disciple Ishikawa Goemon are ordered ...

    Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja
  • 1955
    The Swordsman and the Actress

    The Swordsman and the Actress (1955)

    The Swordsman and the Actress

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    A fellow member of the company named Hanjiro tells Koharu, an actress in a traveling theatrical troupe, about a keepsake folding fan that his lost love Lady Okyo gave him years ago. It turns out this fan is a precious clan heirloom whose possession, ...

    The Swordsman and the Actress
  • 1955
    The Fighting Magistrate

    The Fighting Magistrate (1955)

    The Fighting Magistrate

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    The Fighting Magistrate
  • 1955
    The Roar of The Lion

    The Roar of The Lion (1955)

    The Roar of The Lion

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    The Roar of The Lion
  • 1955
    Minamoto Yoshitsune

    Minamoto Yoshitsune (1955)

    Minamoto Yoshitsune

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    A historical scroll depicting the story of the tragic fate of the young samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune, based on the novel by Genzo Murakami. The action of the first part takes place in the late Heian period, when the Taira clan came to power, and Genji...

    Minamoto Yoshitsune
  • 1956
    Short Sword Magistrate

    Short Sword Magistrate (1956)

    Short Sword Magistrate

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    Short Sword Magistrate