Tomisaburō Wakayama

Born: 1929-09-01

Tomisaburō Wakayama (若山 富三郎), born Masaru Okumura (奥村 勝) was a Japanese actor.  His son is actor Kiichriō Wakayama.


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as Sugai
Released: 1989-09-22

Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia....

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Shogun Assassin

as Ogami Itto
Released: 1980-11-11

A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed...

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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

as Ogami Itto
Released: 1972-04-22

In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja...

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Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

as Ogami Itto
Released: 1974-04-24

In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami...

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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

as Ogami Itto
Released: 1972-09-02

In the third film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by...

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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

as Ogami Itto
Released: 1973-08-11

In the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors,...

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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

as Ogami Itto
Released: 1972-01-15

In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we...

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Samurai Reincarnation

as Lord Tajima no Kami Munenori Yagyu
Released: 1981-06-06

After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for...

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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

as Ogami Itto
Released: 1972-12-30

In the fourth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed...

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Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

as Bandit
Released: 1975-05-31

A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an...

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White Snake Enchantment

as Ekai Kanamishima
Released: 1983-11-12

Uta married a priest who saved her when she tried to commit suicide at a waterfall. The love...

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ESPY

as Ulrov
Released: 1974-12-28

The film deals with the recruitment of race car driver Jiro Miki (Masao Kusakari) and his dog,...

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The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

as Nagisa no Yoshiro
Released: 1962-10-12

Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent,...

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Lullaby to Kill

as Insp. Isokawa
Released: 1977-04-02

Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police...

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A Modern Yakuza: The Code of The Lawless

as uncredited
Released: 1969-02-01

Just released on parole, one young man hurtles towards a face-off with the gangsters controlling...

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The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

as Coach Shimizu
Released: 1978-06-30

In this third film version of the Bad News Bears series, Tony Curtis plays a small time...

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Ninja, A Band of Assassins

as Oda Nobunaga
Released: 1962-12-01

Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of...

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Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold

as Jushiro (as Jo Kenzaburo)
Released: 1964-03-14

Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he...

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Sympathy for the Underdog

as Yonabaru
Released: 1971-01-12

A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to...

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Yakuza on Foot

as Seikichi Shimamura
Released: 1969-03-30

An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug...

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Big Time Gambling Boss

as Tetsuo Matsuda
Released: 1968-01-14

Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers...

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Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

as Torakichi Kumasaka
Released: 1969-10-01

Junko Fuji returns as Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey...

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Japan Organized Crime Boss

as Miyahara
Released: 1969-07-08

Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang...

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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

as Aoki Naotake
Released: 1974-12-28

Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a...

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Irezumi

as Kyogoro
Released: 1982-11-27

To satisfy her lover's fetish for tattooed women, Akane agrees to have her body covered in...

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The Rapacious Jailbreaker

as Okamoto Seijiro
Released: 1974-12-07

Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But...

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Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation

as Torakichi Kumazaka
Released: 1968-11-22

A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by...

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The Domain: Flower and Dragon

as Yoshida
Released: 1969-05-31

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The Last Kamikaze

as Aramaki
Released: 1970-10-29

With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step...

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Ohyaku: The Female Demon

as Boss Minokichi of Otowa
Released: 1968-05-25

Ohyaku is a grifter who falls in love with a thief, who recruits her for his plan to rob a...

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The Blazing Valiant

as Goro Kaji
Released: 1981-12-19

Jo has just come back to Japan for the funeral of his parents, who were killed in tribal warfare...

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Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

as Jukichi Harada
Released: 1958-03-14

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Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction

as uncredited
Released: 1964-10-17

A fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have...

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Oh, My Son!

as Shuzo Kawase
Released: 1979-09-15

A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.

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Theater Of Life

as uncredited
Released: 1983-01-29

Adaptation of Shiro Ozaki's novel.

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Shinsengumi Chronicles

as Isami Kondo
Released: 1963-01-03

As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its...

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Red Peony Gambler

as Torakichi Kumasaka
Released: 1968-09-14

Ryuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother...

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The Virgin Witness

as Gyôshun
Released: 1966-01-29

A father decides to put his delinquent daughter into a temple in Kyoto known for its austere...

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Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You

as Torakichi Kumasaka
Released: 1971-06-01

The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the...

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The Imperial Japanese Empire

as Kanji Ishiwara
Released: 1982-08-07

Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during...

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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

as Arimura Jizaemon
Released: 1969-10-16

This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when...

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The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

as Master Kofusai Donju
Released: 1972-03-04

The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region....

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Company Buggers

as uncredited
Released: 1975-08-09

Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and...

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Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

as Major Tachibana
Released: 1957-04-29

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political...

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Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage

as uncredited
Released: 1969-06-14

Shinkai comes to the aid of a coastal village being held hostage by a group of political...

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Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage

as uncredited
Released: 1969-02-21

The third film in the Zenka-mono series.At the beginning of the Showa period, Matsukichi Iwaki...

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A Scream from Nowhere

as Tatsuo Honda
Released: 1977-06-18

In 1930, the chance meeting of a novelist and one of his fans opens the door to a series of...

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Yakuza vs. Gang Leader

as uncredited
Released: 1974-11-22

Gokudo Shimamura comes to blows with the Delinquent Boss who rolls into town with his motorcycle...

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Gambler: Victory Without Death

as uncredited
Released: 1967-07-08

Tsunetaro Asakura AKA "Dynamite Tsune" is a talented gambler, but not infallable. After losing...

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Samurai Geisha

as Sakata Yoshinobu
Released: 1969-07-31

Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business...

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Maiko and the Assassin

as uncredited
Released: 1963-08-28

19th century Japan, at the end of the Edo period. A samurai falls in love with a young woman...

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The Yakuza Awaits

as Shimamura Seikichi
Released: 1969-01-09

Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama

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Faraway Tomorrow

as uncredited
Released: 1979-11-03

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Kaoyaku

as Hoshino
Released: 1971-08-12

A detective is charged with investigating a bank corruption scandal.

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A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell

as Ryuzo
Released: 1972-01-22

President of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the...

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Brothers'Code - The Back Relation

as uncredited
Released: 1968-08-27

Yakuza Kojima appeared in Yokkaichi in search of her mother who died when she was young. There...

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The Phoenix

as Sarutahaiko, General of the Yamatai
Released: 1978-08-12

This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is...

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Road of Chivalry

as Omasa
Released: 1960-01-03

While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising...

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Enlisted Yakuza

as uncredited
Released: 1968-09-18

It is the third film in the Gokudo series. In this episode, set in 1937, the main character of...

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Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza

as uncredited
Released: 1968-10-25

With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936’s Theatre of...

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Hibari’s Favorite 2

as uncredited
Released: 1960-04-26

Young girl Kichiza searches for her missing brother and the person responsible for the death of...

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Nunnery Confidential

as uncredited
Released: 1968-02-22

Erotic Pinku film showcasing he life of Buddhist nuns during the Edo Period.

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The Silk Hat Boss 2

as uncredited
Released: 1970-11-21

The Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami.

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Summer Secrets

as uncredited
Released: 1982-09-18

Two high school girls get mixed up in murder while investigating the disappearance of a classmate.

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Brothers Serving Time

as uncredited
Released: 1969-05-03

While imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking...

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Gate of Youth

as Ryugoro Hanawa
Released: 1981-01-15

The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal...

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House of Gamblers

as uncredited
Released: 1970-03-29

Ken Takakura stars as Ryoji one of the Aramasa family's loyal lieutenants whao takes the burden...

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Oda Nobunaga

as uncredited
Released: 1992-01-05

Among the great ‘Warlords’ in Japanese history, Oda Nobunaga holds a unique place. In effect,...

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The Red Water

as uncredited
Released: 1963-05-03

Comedy drama film

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An Actor's Revenge

as uncredited
Released: 1959-12-25

Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor...

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Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

as 幡随院長兵衛
Released: 1960-04-12

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The Drifting Gambler

as Yoshii Yusaku
Released: 1970-04-18

8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.

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Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

as Oda Nobunaga
Released: 1963-08-06

[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni...

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Evil Doers

as uncredited
Released: 1975-12-06

Hiroki Matsukata plays Ogata, an Osakan restaurant worker that gets sent to prison for murder. ...

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Wicked Priest

as Mikuni Shinkai
Released: 1968-08-14

During the Taisho Period (early 1920's) a monastery of warrior monks was split apart between two...

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Return of the Outlaw

as Shimamura Seikichi
Released: 1968-06-28

Second film of the Gokudo series starring Tomisaburô Wakayama

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Shingo's Ten Duels

as Takeda Ishin
Released: 1990-01-01

The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he...

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Unruly Lion

as uncredited
Released: 1961-02-01

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Scoundrel

as Shimamura Seikichi
Released: 1968-03-05

Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his...

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The Shogun's Vault II

as Ichibei
Released: 1982-03-19

A mysterious thief called "Yami no Kiba" (Fang of Darkness), who sneaks into the residences of...

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The Adventures of Jirokichi: A thousand coins

as uncredited
Released: 1960-07-20

The film adaptation of the novel "Three Little Rats" by Tatsuro Jinde. In this fascinating...

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Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game

as Torakichi Kumasaka
Released: 1969-02-01

The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony...

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Gambler's Legacy

as Kaku
Released: 1969-12-27

A yakuza member embarks on a trail of revenge for his murdered boss. Senzo, the successor of the...

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I Am A Man of Honor

as uncredited
Released: 1977-12-24

The sixth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. Two long-distance truckers, Momojiro and Kinzo,...

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Flames of Blood

as Seihachi
Released: 1981-01-01

The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of...

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Kisaragi Sword

as uncredited
Released: 1962-04-08

The story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new...

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Wild Palanquin

as uncredited
Released: 1960-12-06

Shinsuke Inaba, a thief who snuck into the Kishu family residence in Edo. He was almost...

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Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return

as Torakichi Kumasaka
Released: 1970-03-05

Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes...

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Ooka Seidan: Devil Image

as uncredited
Released: 1960-05-22

Magistrate Ooka and a samurai fight against evil forces.

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Gyakushû Orochimaru

as uncredited
Released: 1955-01-29

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

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Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger

as Okubo Hikozaemon
Released: 1989-01-03

Yagyu Jubei, the finest swordsman in the land, is called upon to bare his blade to help Iemitsu...

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Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade

as Chen Sun
Released: 1963-11-02

Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both...

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The Fort of Death

as Ichibei Shikoro
Released: 1969-12-13

The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group...

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Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun

as uncredited
Released: 1959-07-12

After settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in...

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Killer's Mission

as Shikoro Ichibei
Released: 1969-08-13

Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to...

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A Yakuza Has His Way

as Shimamura Seikichi
Released: 1972-07-03

The eighth installment in the popular film series starring Tomisaburo Wakayama. Embarrassed by...

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Eighteen Years in Prison

as uncredited
Released: 1967-02-24

A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes...

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Domineering

as Tsuyoshi Gonno
Released: 1982-10-29

When the patriarch of Japan's most powerful yakuza family is shot, his wife is left to pick up...

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Gambler's World

as Hirose
Released: 1967-07-30

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Parole

as uncredited
Released: 1967-10-21

Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.

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The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers

as uncredited
Released: 1974-08-31

A crossover between Wakayama's Gokudo and Sugawara Mamushi series. Gokudo runs a restaurant and...

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Gambler Biography

as Adachi Sanji
Released: 1968-12-28

Historical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era.

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The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost

as Tamiya Iemon
Released: 1961-07-02

Yotsuya Kaidan, the story of Oiwa and Tamiya Iemon, is a tale of betrayal, murder and ghostly...

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Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder

as Shinkai
Released: 1968-11-30

The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury...

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Thugs of Shinjuku

as uncredited
Released: 1970-12-18

Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not...

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Lord of Steel Heart

as Kuroda
Released: 1961-01-09

A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a...

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Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell

as Retsudo Yagyu
Released: 1989-04-22

The tale of Ogami Itto and his son Daigoro has come full circle with the greatest sword actor of...

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Quick-draw Okatsu

as Bounty hunter
Released: 1969-04-10

This film focuses on Okatsu; the adopted daughter of a master swordsman. She is a master with a...

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Quick-draw Okatsu

as uncredited
Released: 1969-04-10

This film focuses on Okatsu; the adopted daughter of a master swordsman. She is a master with a...

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Gambler's World 2

as Sakamoto
Released: 1967-11-23

Thriller about a gangster and an outlaw who become friends despite their different outlooks.

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The Lightning Sword

as Shinjiro of Misaki
Released: 1962-12-08

Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to...

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Secrets of Fuji

as uncredited
Released: 1959-09-02

Early film directed by Eiichi Kudô.

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The Shogun's Vault III

as uncredited
Released: 1983-01-14

Ichibei, a thief known as "Yami no Kiba," and his daughter Oasa are caught by members of a...

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She-Shogun

as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Released: 1990-01-20

The rise to power of the famed Lady Kasuga no Tsubone, who established the 'Ooku' (the women's...

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The Blood of the Extreme!

as uncredited
Released: 1997-04-11

This work is a sequel to the former 'Gokudo' series.

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The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado

as uncredited
Released: 1983-07-14

Account magistrate Wakisaka Bizen Mamoru asks Yoshibei, the chief priest of Iriya and Myohoji...

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Bronze Magician

as Prime Minister
Released: 1963-10-05

Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same...

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Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger

as uncredited
Released: 1960-03-29

Some of the finest jidai-geki actors appear in this exciting and entertaining tale of intrigue...

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Shinran: Path to Purity

as uncredited
Released: 1987-06-02

In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one...

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Silk Hat Boss

as Kumotora
Released: 1970-02-21

In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like...

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Diary of Good Conduct Matashiro: A beautiful bat

as uncredited
Released: 1961-04-05

Rampant ronin Matashiro Sasai, finds himself embroiled in serious unrest after he rescues a...

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Seven Fugitives

as uncredited
Released: 1966-11-19

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Chutaro of Banba

as uncredited
Released: 1955-03-29

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major...

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Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty

as uncredited
Released: 1972-01-11

The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of...

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Eight Men to Kill

as Shikoro Ichibei
Released: 1972-12-16

The third movie following the exploits of bounty hunter Shikoro Ichibei. The theft of almost a...

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Michi

as Naokichi Sakura
Released: 1986-09-06

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The Marked Man

as uncredited
Released: 1968-05-01

A man from Osaka comes up to Tokyo to fight gangsterism.

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Fangs of Darkness 2: Ieyasu's Head

as uncredited
Released: 1983-01-01

Ichibei teams up with Chief Jindayo of the Goomune (Japan’s gypsies’) in order to steal the...

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Runway to Hell

as uncredited
Released: 1960-05-03

When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the...

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Informal Dress

as uncredited
Released: 1972-10-12

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Ninja Arts of Jiraiya

as Yuminosuke Toyama
Released: 1955-01-03

Ninja film by Tai Kato

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The Armed Organization

as uncredited
Released: 1971-11-10

Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji...

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North Sea Chivalry

as uncredited
Released: 1967-06-29

Inosuke, a former gangster, and his friends struggle to make a living as simple fishermen in...

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The Gambler's Counterattack

as Yano
Released: 1971-10-14

Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang...

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Festival of Swordsmen

as Iishiro Shurinosuke
Released: 1961-03-21

During the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most...

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Lord of Red Banner

as uncredited
Released: 1960-02-14

A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.

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The Yoshida School

as Bukichi Miki
Released: 1983-04-09

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece...

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Team of Ruffians

as uncredited
Released: 1969-09-19

Prisoners with special skills from all over Japan are sent to the battlefront on a mission.

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Gambling Den's Master Clan

as uncredited
Released: 1968-09-03

Sixth entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.

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The Black Hood

as uncredited
Released: 1981-12-03

A horse-riding samurai fights villains.

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The Shootout

as Captain
Released: 1982-09-15

A run-in with the police once again puts three former reformatory inmates on the wrong side of...

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A Yakuza Goes Home

as Shimayoshi Shimamura
Released: 1970-01-20

Shimamura & Mineko return to Kamagasaki in Osaka. In their return Shimamura quickly finds...

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Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger

as uncredited
Released: 1968-01-27

Tetsu, is a honourable and noble yakuza caught in a conflict between rival clans, and...

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Case of the Hidden Coin

as uncredited
Released: 1959-11-15

A mysterious coin found at a murder scene stirs the curiosity of young actress detective Oshichi...

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Company Executives

as uncredited
Released: 1989-06-10

A fierce succession battle ignites at a newspaper company when the president passes away.

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The Ghosts of Yotsuya

as Iemon
Released: 1956-07-12

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and...

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A Spectacular Showdown

as uncredited
Released: 1959-08-09

One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody...

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人形佐七捕物帖 闇に笑う鉄仮面

as uncredited
Released: 1960-10-20

The head clerk of a decorative shop that captivates Edo girls with goods from the Nanban trade...

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The Path of the King

as Torakichi Ohmatsu
Released: 1971-03-06

When the aging leader of the yakuza gang Maeda-gumi decides to retire, many of the gang members...

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Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo

as Sanada Yukimura
Released: 1964-12-30

[Period covered: 1616] On May 8th, 1615 the summer campaign of Osaka has reached the climax....

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The Pledge

as uncredited
Released: 1972-03-23

When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict...

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The Story of a Man Among Men

as uncredited
Released: 1984-11-17

During the Showa era, a young yakuza survives war and injury and rises to become a clan boss...

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Brothers of Capones

as uncredited
Released: 1970-05-23

Superbly entertaining action comedy with Tomisaburo Wakayama as Kuriyama Capone who learned his...

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Bad History

as uncredited
Released: 1989-01-01

1999 TOKYO CITY. "WILD Cats" and "COBLA", two major organizations that engage in a fierce...

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Fate Deals the Card of Death

as uncredited
Released: 1971-02-13

Seijiro and Shizue meet in Niigata and fall in love. Seijiro has to go back to Tokyo soon after,...

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Kigeki Gyanburu Hisshôhô

as uncredited
Released: 1970-10-17

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Heavenly Dragon

as Kanbei Yamashiro
Released: 1960-10-23

From the opening theme song to the grand finale, you know that you have found something special...

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Kojiki taishō

as uncredited
Released: 1964-11-28

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Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments

as Shinkai
Released: 1971-02-25

As the Killer Priest Shinkai travels around Japan during the Meiji era, he comes to the aid of a...

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Gokudo of Kamagasaki

as Shimamura Seikichi
Released: 1973-06-20

Eighth installment in the "Gokudo" series. Depicts the activities of Shimamura Seikichi and his...

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Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege

as Sanada Yukimura
Released: 1964-07-10

[Period covered: 1614-1615] 4th film in the shinobi no mono series Tokugawa Ieyasu is now the...

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Internal Sleuth

as Akio Okumura
Released: 1973-04-21

When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective...

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Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder

as Dr. Mitamura
Released: 1970-11-11

Ryotatsu, the wayward Priest blinded by Shinkai, the Wicked Priest, has his own story in this...

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A Samurai Never Tells a Lie

as Shindo Genjiro
Released: 1963-05-29

The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they...

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Dojo Breaker

as uncredited
Released: 1982-09-24

Tomisaburo Wakayama is back with a new take on the classic Yamamoto Shugoro masterpiece “Ame...

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Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp

as Saburôta Nishina
Released: 1963-06-23

Nishina Saburouta is powerful but corrupted priest. One night, an old samurai who couldn't bear...

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Benten Kozo

as uncredited
Released: 1960-01-03

Orphaned Kiku was raised at a Buddhist temple and learned theatrical arts and martial arts as a...

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Check

as Sanae Mitamura
Released: 1991-11-25

Set in Osaka's Shinsekai, the film depicts the lives of Ayumu Tobita (Hidekazu Akai), who makes...

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Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die

as 大霊人
Released: 1989-01-14

Visualization based on Tetsuro Tamba's best-selling "Great Reikai". A story about a physicist...

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Judo vs. Karate

as uncredited
Released: 1966-10-30

A story of friendship between a lone wolf judo expert and a youth.

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Capone's Younger Brother: Heart and Speculation

as Capone
Released: 1971-01-23

Lesser, but still modestly entertaining sequel. Wakayama is wonderfully bastardly here, but has...

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The Japan Derby Race

as uncredited
Released: 1970-05-13

A story about a man who stakes his life on horse racing.

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Story of Japanese Bad Men

as uncredited
Released: 1971-08-26

Toei yakuza film.

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Blooded Spear

as uncredited
Released: 1959-11-01

Edo, 1703. Young Sugino, one of the 47 rōnin seeking revenge against lord Kira, who caused that...

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A Gambler's Certain Death

as uncredited
Released: 1969-09-06

Part 7 in the Gambling Den series. This time Koji Tsuruta is a gambler who feels sympathetic...

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Code Between Brothers 3

as Akoshima Isamu
Released: 1966-12-30

A man finds great camaraderie while traveling.

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Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: 6 Famous Beauties

as Ningyo
Released: 1956-12-11

Famed detective Dandy Sashichi tries to solve who's behind the serial murders of six beautiful...

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Gambler's Code - Loyalty Offering

as uncredited
Released: 1970-08-28

A fairly entertaining yarn told in somewhat broad strokes with Wakayama playing against type as...

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Evil Boss vs. Henchmen

as Ozeki Isami
Released: 1971-10-01

A high-ranking yakuza rises to national notoriety.

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Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

as uncredited
Released: 1956-07-21

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the...

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Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Holy Mountain

as Kira no Jinkichi
Released: 1960-09-12

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No Stronger Swords

as uncredited
Released: 1959-05-05

Featuring some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells...

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Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed

as Inuzuka Shino
Released: 1957-01-09

Japanese historical horror movie from 1957.

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KILL THEM ALL

as Naojiro
Released: 1990-11-23

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The Young Rebels

as Asakawa Senjo
Released: 1980-09-20

A newspaper reporter investigates the lives of juvenile delinquents.

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Keepers of Order

as uncredited
Released: 1962-08-22

Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal...

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The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence

as Okita Soji
Released: 1960-07-10

The stormy tale of the Shinsengumi is told from its birth by master filmmaker Sasaki Yasushi,...

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Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back

as Shinkai
Released: 1970-02-21

In Meiji Period Japan, the carrying of swords had been outlawed, so Shikai, the Killer Priest...

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Gamblers

as Ozeki Isamu
Released: 1967-01-28

Tsuruta is a respected tattoo artist working with comrades Machida and Yamashiro. His former...

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Ninjutsu-tsukai to sennin masume

as uncredited
Released: 1961-05-11

A two-part series of ninjutsu films directed by Masahiko Izawa, director of Yagyu Bugeichou...

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The Shogun's Vault I

as uncredited
Released: 1981-07-14

Tomizo, a master storehouse-breaker who has been released from prison in Denmacho after serving...

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Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo

as uncredited
Released: 1959-07-14

A woman abandoned by the man she loved all her life becomes a ghost and takes revenge for her...

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Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Bloodskull Mansion

as uncredited
Released: 1961-05-10

The second work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on...

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Postwar Secrets

as uncredited
Released: 1970-06-04

Everybody's chasing a diamond in Sadao Nakajima's crime/action/drama. It was a based on a novel...

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A Cheerful Yakuza

as uncredited
Released: 1976-02-14

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さいころ無宿

as uncredited
Released: 1960-05-10

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Henchmen

as Kanji Omuro
Released: 1968-04-19

The three henchmen join forces to challenge the brutal gang that is trying to control the city...

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A Scarred Life

as uncredited
Released: 1971-07-17

Set in Osaka, during the devastated time of post-war Japan, this is a tale of the yakuza who set...

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人形佐七捕物帖 恐怖の通り魔

as uncredited
Released: 1961-02-08

In the streets of Edo, influential official merchants are being brutally murdered one after...

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Japan's Violent Gangs: Degenerate Boss

as uncredited
Released: 1970-06-20

Terajima, an ex-yakuza and current nightclub owner, is brought back into the world of crime when...

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Histories of the Chivalrous

as uncredited
Released: 1968-08-01

A Kansai gang is up to conquer the whole country under the mask of a patriotic group. However...

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Secrets of Fuji 2

as uncredited
Released: 1959-09-08

Early film directed by Eiichi Kudô.

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Fugitive Scoundrel

as Shimamura Seikichi
Released: 1970-10-03

Gokudo goes politics. Gray-haired Bin Amatsu has Wakayama assist a politician, meaning trashing...

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The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

as Nezumi Kozo
Released: 1981-04-24

Magistrate Toyama no Kin-san is ordered to catch the phantom thief Nezumi Kozo, who is robbing...

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極悪坊主 人斬り数え唄

as uncredited
Released: 1968-11-30

Known as the "Evil Monk," Shinmi encountered Rentaro, who had killed his boss and fled, along...

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Minamoto Yoshitsune

as uncredited
Released: 1990-12-31

One evening, when the monk Saito Musashibo Benkei was luring for his sword number 1000 at Gojo...

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Assassins for sale

as uncredited
Released: 1963-03-08

Nagasaki at the end of the Edo period had the taste of a criminal paradise, where, despite the...

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53 Stages of the Road

as uncredited
Released: 1959-10-18

An Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto.

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極悪坊主 念仏三段斬り

as uncredited
Released: 1970-02-21

Even when cut down - Shinmi, who does not die, and Ryo Tatsu, the blind who does not fall. This...

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人形佐七捕物帖 般若の面

as uncredited
Released: 1960-03-08

A thrilling entertainment mystery period drama directed by Daisuke Yamazaki, depicting the...

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Ōedo no taka

as uncredited
Released: 1962-04-11

1962 Japanese movie

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Companion to Hell

as uncredited
Released: 1972-02-22

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Tuesday Suspense Theater

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-09-29

"Tuesday Suspense Theater" was broadcast every Tuesday from 21:00 to 22:54 ( JST ) on the Nippon...

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Mute Samurai

as Kiichi Hogan
First aired: 1973-10-07

A master swordsman, Kiichi Hogan, wanders Japan in search of the Spanish swordsman who murdered...

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Iki no Iiyatsu

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-01-07

Set in a sushi restaurant in Tokyo shortly after the end of the war, the story follows a...

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Sanada Yukimura

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-01-01

Lord Sanada along with his deadly ninja assassins Kirigakure Saizo and Sarutobi Sasuke attempt...

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Priest of Darkness

as Tōyama Kinsirō
First aired: 1975-10-06

Kōchiyama Sōshun serves as a cha-bōzu (He is kind of tea man) in the administrative headquarters...

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Bounty Hunter

as Shikoro Ichibei
First aired: 1975-04-06

Continuing the adventures from the film series, Shikoro Ichibei is back with his cache of unique...

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He's Like a Devil

as Inspector Shirato
First aired: 1975-06-06

Kamon Ryou, a guitar-playing male prostitute in a decadent downtown bar of Yokohama, is a man of...

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Zoku zoku jiken

as Daizaburô Kikuchi
First aired: 1980-09-14

Daisaburo Kikuchi (Tomisaburo Wakayama), a skilled lawyer full of humanity, thrillingly depicts...

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