Yasuzō Masumura

Yasuzō Masumura

Yasuzo Masumura (増村 保造 Masumura Yasuzō, August 25, 1924 - November 23, 1986) was a Japanese film director. Masumura was born in Kōfu on Honshū. After dropping out of a law course at the University of Tokyo he worked as an assistant director at the Daiei studio, later returning to university to study philosophy; he graduated in 1949. He then won a scholarship allowing him to study film in Italy at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia under Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. Masumura returned to Japan in 1953 and from 1955 worked as a second-unit director on films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi and Kon Ichikawa, before directing his own first film, Kisses, in 1957. Over the next three decades he directed around 60 films in a variety of genres. His work is noted for his dark satire and fluid style. Notable films include Red Angel, Black Test Car, Giants and Toys, Blind Beast and Hoodlum Soldier.

  • Popularity : 3.763
  • Known For : Directing
  • Birthday : 1924-08-25
  • Place of Birth : Kōfu, Yamanashi, Japan
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Yasuzō Masumura Movies

  • 1975
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    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    6.8 1975 HD

    In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts the...

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  • 1969
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    Blind Beast

    Blind Beast

    6.512 1969 HD

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  • 1966
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    Irezumi

    Irezumi

    6.9 1966 HD

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  • 1960
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    Afraid to Die

    Afraid to Die

    6 1960 HD

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  • 1974
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    Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?

    Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?

    5.9 1974 HD

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  • 1973
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    Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

    Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

    6.3 1973 HD

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  • 1973
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    Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

    Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

    6.3 1973 HD

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  • 1964
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    Manji

    Manji

    6.4 1964 HD

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  • 1966
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    Red Angel

    Red Angel

    7.6 1966 HD

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  • 1961
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    A Lustful Man

    A Lustful Man

    5.9 1961 HD

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  • 1962
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    Black Test Car

    Black Test Car

    6.9 1962 HD

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  • 1958
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    Giants and Toys

    Giants and Toys

    6.8 1958 HD

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  • 1957
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    Kisses

    Kisses

    6.6 1957 HD

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  • 1972
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    Music

    Music

    5 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    Music

    Music

    5 1972 HD

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  • 1978
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    Double Suicide of Sonezaki

    Double Suicide of Sonezaki

    6.8 1978 HD

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  • 1965
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    Seisaku's Wife

    Seisaku's Wife

    7.3 1965 HD

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  • 1960
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    The False Student

    The False Student

    6.5 1960 HD

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  • 1961
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    A Wife Confesses

    A Wife Confesses

    6.7 1961 HD

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  • 1976
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    Lullaby of the Earth

    Lullaby of the Earth

    6.5 1976 HD

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  • 1967
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    The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

    The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

    6.9 1967 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Blue Sky Maiden

    The Blue Sky Maiden

    6.8 1957 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Most Valuable Wife

    The Most Valuable Wife

    7.5 1959 HD

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  • 1960
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    A Woman's Testament

    A Woman's Testament

    5.8 1960 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Cast-Off

    The Cast-Off

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1967
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    Love for an Idiot

    Love for an Idiot

    6 1967 HD

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  • 1970
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    Play It Cool

    Play It Cool

    4.8 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Hot Little Girl

    The Hot Little Girl

    5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Hot Little Girl

    The Hot Little Girl

    5 1970 HD

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  • 1957
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    Warm Current

    Warm Current

    7.7 1957 HD

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  • 1958
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    Disobedience

    Disobedience

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1959
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    Across the Darkness

    Across the Darkness

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1959
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    Across the Darkness

    Across the Darkness

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1971
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    Games

    Games

    6 1971 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Precipice

    The Precipice

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Woman Who Touched Legs

    The Woman Who Touched Legs

    6 1960 HD

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  • 1964
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    Love and Greed

    Love and Greed

    7 1964 HD

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  • 1966
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    The School of Spies

    The School of Spies

    6.5 1966 HD

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  • 1985
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    Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka

    Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Burdened Sisters

    The Burdened Sisters

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1961
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    Love and Life

    Love and Life

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1962
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    A Woman's Life

    A Woman's Life

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Great Villains

    The Great Villains

    4 1968 HD

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  • 1964
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    Fools at Work

    Fools at Work

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Great Villains

    The Great Villains

    4 1968 HD

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  • 1980
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    The Garden of Eden

    The Garden of Eden

    4 1980 HD

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  • 1974
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    Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

    Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

    5 1974 HD

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  • 1956
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    Bridge of Japan

    Bridge of Japan

    7.3 1956 HD

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  • 1972
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    New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

    New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

    6.9 1972 HD

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  • 1965
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    Hoodlum Soldier

    Hoodlum Soldier

    7.3 1965 HD

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  • 1967
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    Two Wives

    Two Wives

    7.4 1967 HD

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  • 1962
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    Stolen Pleasure

    Stolen Pleasure

    6.8 1962 HD

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  • 1968
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    The House of Wooden Blocks

    The House of Wooden Blocks

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1968
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    The House of Wooden Blocks

    The House of Wooden Blocks

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1969
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    Vixen

    Vixen

    6.2 1969 HD

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  • 1970
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    Play It Cool

    Play It Cool

    4.8 1970 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Sex Check

    The Sex Check

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1963
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    Black Report

    Black Report

    6.3 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    Black Report

    Black Report

    6.3 1963 HD

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  • 1970
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    An Ode to Yakuza

    An Ode to Yakuza

    6.8 1970 HD

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  • 1982
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    Lullaby of Death

    Lullaby of Death

    5 1982 HD

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  • 1975
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    Main Line to Terror

    Main Line to Terror

    6.036 1975 HD

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  • 1969
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    Thousand Cranes

    Thousand Cranes

    9 1969 HD

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  • 1963
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    When Women Lie

    When Women Lie

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1982
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    Lullaby of Death

    Lullaby of Death

    5 1982 HD

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  • 1978
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    Horror of the Giant Vortex

    Horror of the Giant Vortex

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1975
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    Main Line to Terror

    Main Line to Terror

    6.036 1975 HD

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  • 1970
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    Just for You

    Just for You

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1963
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    Sentimental Mobsters

    Sentimental Mobsters

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    Sentimental Mobsters

    Sentimental Mobsters

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1964
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    Superexpress

    Superexpress

    8 1964 HD

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  • 2022
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    The Setting Sun

    The Setting Sun

    6 2022 HD

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  • 1972
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    New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

    New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

    6.9 1972 HD

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  • 1956
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    Street of Shame

    Street of Shame

    7.7 1956 HD

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  • 1967
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    A Certain Killer

    A Certain Killer

    6.3 1967 HD

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  • 1969
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    Vixen

    Vixen

    6.2 1969 HD

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  • 1959
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    Beauty the Enemy

    Beauty the Enemy

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1968
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    One Day at Summer's End

    One Day at Summer's End

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1964
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    Superexpress

    Superexpress

    8 1964 HD

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  • 1956
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    Punishment Room

    Punishment Room

    6.9 1956 HD

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  • 1955
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    Princess Yang Kwei Fei

    Princess Yang Kwei Fei

    6.7 1955 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Lowest Man

    The Lowest Man

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1978
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    Double Suicide of Sonezaki

    Double Suicide of Sonezaki

    6.8 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    原色の蝶は見ていた・死の匂い

    原色の蝶は見ていた・死の匂い

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1954
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    Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    a romance drawn under the theme of "As long as human beings have love, as long as they live thoroughly for love, they will never be unhappy."

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    When Ryoko, a ballerina turned disco dancer, gets entangled in a murder and a stolen 10 million yen, she must race against time to uncover the truth...

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  • 1970
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    6 1970 HD

    A track and field athlete falls in love with a cop, but...

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