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Kikue Mōri

November 3, 1903 · 122 years old

Known For

12 titles
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Ugetsu

Ugetsu

1953 · 1h 36m · Movie

A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.

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Sansho the Bailiff

Sansho the Bailiff

1954 · 2h 4m · Movie

In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.

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3
The Life of Oharu

The Life of Oharu

1952 · 2h 13m · Movie

Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.

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4
Gate of Hell

Gate of Hell

1953 · 1h 29m · Movie

A samurai pursues a married lady-in-waiting.

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5
An Actor's Revenge

An Actor's Revenge

1963 · 1h 55m · Movie

Yukinojo, a Kabuki actor, seeks revenge by destroying the three men who caused the deaths of his parents. Also involved are the daughter of one of Yukinojo's targets, two master thieves, and a swordsman who himself is out to kill ...

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6
A Geisha

A Geisha

1953 · 1h 25m · Movie

A seasoned geisha and her apprentice maiko are forced to give in to their clients' sexual advances to survive.

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7
Women of the Night

Women of the Night

1948 · 1h 15m · Movie

A mistress of a drug dealer in post-war Japan is shocked when she discovers that he is having an affair with her sister.

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Irezumi

Irezumi

1966 · 1h 26m · Movie

A seductive woman gets kidnapped into prostitution. After getting a spider tattoo made on her back, she grows vengeful, leaving several men in her path.

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9
Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow

Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow

1962 · 1h 49m · Movie

In the reign of the Emperor Suzaku (930- 946 A.D.), various mishaps happen after a strange white rainbow in appearance in the sky over Kyoto. The Emperor orders a famous astronomer, Yasunori, to consult a certain Chinese book of s...

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10
Revenge

Revenge

1964 · 1h 44m · Movie

After killing a high-ranking officer in an illegal duel, a low-ranking samurai is declared insane and challenged to a fixed duel by the vengeful clan to which his dead opponent belonged to.

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11
Bonchi

Bonchi

1960 · 1h 45m · Movie

Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give them an heiress for the family business, he stands by helplessly as his wife is t...

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12
Meiji kyokyakuden - sandaime shumei

Meiji kyokyakuden - sandaime shumei

1965 · 1h 30m · Movie

A tale set in the late Meiji era - circa 1880s-1890 as opposed to the early Meiji which began in the 1860s.

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