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Rumi Matsumto Kinnosuke Nakamura Chitose Kobayashi Hiroshi Akutagawa Yoshio Harada Ryo Tamura Kōji Shimizu Sō Yamamura Yōko Tsukasa Tetsuo Ishidate Kazuo Funaki Isao Sasaki Shikaku Nakamura Tomoko Naraoka Kyōko Kishida Takao Kataoka Atsuo Nakamura Kazuo Kitamura Kōjirō Kusanagi Junshi Shimada Shōgo Shimada Masakazu Tamura Yoshio Tsuchiya Takahiro Tamura Hideki Takahashi Shun Ōide Ichikawa Danjūrō XII
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Young Tom Edison
Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk all think Tom is crazy, and creating a strained relationship between Tom and his father. Tom's only solace is his understanding mother who believes he's headed to do great things.
Ultraman Taiga The Movie: New Generation Climax
The time of the New Generation Heroes is drawing to a close. Hiroyuki is being targeted by a dark power, forcing the other Ultra Heroes, from Ginga to R/B to appear and help the Tri-Squad battle these evil forces. But among them is Taiga's father? What has happened to Ultraman Taro?!
Shinsengumi Chronicles
As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsenhumi out of admiration for its leader and because he wants to live and die as a samurai. However, as his involvement grows, reality and idealism come into deadly conflict.
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Adapted from a book by Robert Lacey, this biographical film chronicles both the private and public life of automobile manufacturer Henry Ford (Cliff Robertson).
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Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
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River
The one-hundred-year-old Fujiya inn stands in the quiet region of Kyoto. Mikoto is standing in front of the Kibune river at the back of the building when she is called back to work. But two minutes later, she finds herself back at the river again. The whole inn seems to be stuck in a time loop!
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Taira no Kiyomori
Villain or hero, Taira no Kiyomori changed Japanese history forever 900 years ago. Without ever knowing his real father, Kiyomori was raised as a samurai. Together with his stepfather, he wiped out piracy along Japan's western coast, becoming a full-fledged warrior samurai. In an age when samurai were looked down on as members of the lower class, Kiyomori was skillful at winning the hearts and minds of the people. By rounding up surrendered pirates and achieving other successes, Kiyomori eventually became the de facto ruler of Japan.
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