Bunta Sugawara

Born: 1933-08-16

Bunta Sugawara was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 200 Japanese feature films, most prevalently in Yakuza films. On December 1, 2014, it was announced that Sugawara had died from liver cancer in a Tokyo hospital on November 28, 2014 at the age of 81. (Wikipedia)


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Spirited Away

as Kamaji (voice)
Released: 2001-07-20

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents...

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Wolf Children

as Nirasaki (voice)
Released: 2012-07-21

After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the...

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Tales from Earthsea

as Haitaka (voice)
Released: 2006-07-29

Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to...

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Star of David: Beauty Hunting

as Momojirô Hoshi(運転手)
Released: 1979-10-27

The film portrays the life of Tatsuya, a young man of proper descent whose outward...

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity

as Shozo Hirono
Released: 1973-01-13

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a...

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Street Mobster

as Isamu Okita
Released: 1972-05-06

After serving time, a defiant street thug is incensed to find his town overrun by two yakuza...

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

as Shozo Hirono
Released: 1973-04-28

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally...

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The Great Yokai War

as Shuntarō Ino
Released: 2005-08-06

A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a...

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The Man Who Stole the Sun

as Inspector Yamashita
Released: 1979-10-06

A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is...

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

as Shozo Hirono
Released: 1974-01-15

As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under...

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

as Shozo Hirono
Released: 1973-09-25

Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family,...

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

as Shozo Hirono
Released: 1974-06-29

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political...

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The Battery

as Yozo Ioka
Released: 2007-03-10

Because of his younger brother’s poor health, Takumi and his family move to a different Japanese...

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Japanese Godfather: Ambition

as Shinsuke Tembo
Released: 1977-10-29

An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking...

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The International Gang of Kobe

as Kenzo Otaki
Released: 1975-10-14

In 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun...

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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

as Miyoshi Makio
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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Cops vs. Thugs

as Detective Kuno
Released: 1975-04-26

When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their...

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Yakuza Law

as uncredited
Released: 1969-06-27

A story of yakuza lynching during the Edo, Meiji, and Showa periods.

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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

as Shuji Kuroda
Released: 1975-11-01

The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of...

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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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Father of the Kamikaze

as uncredited
Released: 1974-09-14

Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to...

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Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation

as Shiraishi
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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Japan Organized Crime Boss

as Kazama
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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Violent Streets

as Tatsu
Released: 1974-04-13

With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back...

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Dora-heita

as Nadahachi on the Great River
Released: 2000-05-13

A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in...

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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss

as Shuichi Nozaki
Released: 1976-04-24

The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves...

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Dog of Fortune

as Lorry driver
Released: 1979-06-02

From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home....

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Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

as Akira Kawanishi
Released: 1978-09-09

The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to...

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Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me

as Momojirô Hoshi - Ichibanboshi
Released: 1975-08-30

The first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventures of two truck drivers. Momojiro...

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The Last Kamikaze

as Lieutenant Satake
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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Japan's Don

as Eizo Iwami
Released: 1977-01-22

A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo...

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The Lady in a Black Dress

as Shoji Katsuaki
Released: 1987-03-14

A woman named Fujiki Asuka arrives as an acquaintance of a sister in law for a day under the bar...

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The Red Silk Gambler

as Masa
Released: 1972-11-21

With her first love that unfolded in the battlefield in her heart, and with a short sword and a...

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Japanese Humanity and Justice

as uncredited
Released: 1977-05-28

When a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to...

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The Scent of Incense

as Sugiura
Released: 1964-05-24

After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her...

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The Shape of Night

as Tamura
Released: 1964-11-01

Yoshie Nogami, a factory worker by day, works as a bar hostess at night. She begins a passionate...

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Flames of Blood

as Senkichi
Released: 1981-01-01

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

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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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A Legend, or Was It?

as Goichi Takamori
Released: 1963-08-11

A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry...

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Truckster Goes to Hokkaido

as uncredited
Released: 1976-08-07

Momojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own.

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The Viper Brothers

as uncredited
Released: 1971-06-01

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Yakuza on Foot

as Tamotsu Asai
Released: 1969-03-30

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

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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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To Trap a Kidnapper

as uncredited
Released: 1982-09-25

Hideyuki Mitamura, a student at a private school near Osaka, is kidnapped on his way home from...

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Scoundrel

as uncredited
Released: 1968-03-05

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

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Shag

as uncredited
Released: 1978-03-31

Shiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year-old daughter, with the aid of...

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Boxer

as Hayato
Released: 1977-10-01

In the midst of a match, a successful boxer - Hayato, has had enough of the sport. He lets...

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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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Yellow Fangs

as uncredited
Released: 1990-02-10

Based on actual events that occurred in Hokkaido, Japan, 1915. Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki...

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Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro

as uncredited
Released: 1978-08-12

Hoping to romance an alien, Momojiro meets beautiful animal trainer Eriko instead. Then he and...

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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

as Heigo Asahi
Released: 1969-10-16

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

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

as Shozo Hirono
Released: 1980-04-05

The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four...

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Code of Wolves

as uncredited
Released: 1974-10-05

In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his...

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Dynamite Don-Don

as Ongagawa no Kasuke
Released: 1978-10-07

Yakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyūshū Area in the summer of 1950, particularly...

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The Machine Gun Dragon

as uncredited
Released: 1976-02-28

Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine...

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The Wild Trucker

as Momojirô Hoshi - Ichibanboshi
Released: 1975-12-27

The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue....

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The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

as Yuijiro
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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Yakuza Skirmishes

as uncredited
Released: 1972-09-29

In the gaudy world of 1930s Shinjuku, a violent youth known as Bakudan Match tangles explosively...

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An Angel with Many Scars

as uncredited
Released: 1997-04-19

An odd journey starts as Mitsuru, a private detective, and a boy, whom a dying mobster entrusts...

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Yokosuka Navy Prison

as uncredited
Released: 1973-11-17

When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he...

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Melody of Crime

as uncredited
Released: 1964-03-15

Pro boxer Aoshima Toru is diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor and given three months to live....

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Destroyer Yukikaze

as uncredited
Released: 1964-02-16

Yutaro Kida, a worker at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, volunteers for the navy but finds himself a...

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Trials of an Okinawa Village

as uncredited
Released: 1971-11-19

A boss from a trucking company has run-ins with evil yakuza during the American occupation of...

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Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return

as Aoyama Tsunejiro
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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The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers

as Masa
Released: 1973-09-01

Upon his release from prison, Masa (Bunta Sugawara) is disappointed to not be picked up by his...

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Tekken

as Seiji Nakamoto
Released: 1990-11-23

A directionless young man, recently released from prison, tries to make a new start in life as a...

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The Tattooed Hitman

as Ginji Yozokura
Released: 1974-04-27

The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war,...

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The Viper Brothers: Jail - Living for 4 1/2 Years

as uncredited
Released: 1973-02-17

Part 5 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short...

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Samurai from Somewhere

as Yoshioka Shinnosuke
Released: 1964-12-07

Young Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions lead his...

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Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers

as Gondo
Released: 1972-10-25

The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s...

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Crane

as Rich man
Released: 1988-05-21

Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru...

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Domineering

as Koji Kawakami
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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A Lively Geisha

as Yukichi
Released: 1970-08-01

Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago...

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A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers

as uncredited
Released: 1971-11-19

When a large crime syndicate seeks to invade Gifu's underworld, three brothers and their yakuza...

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Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City

as uncredited
Released: 1969-01-18

Kosaka Hiroshi is a small time swindler and the boss of a motorcycle gang in Shinjuku. Living...

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The Truck Rascals Go to The North

as uncredited
Released: 1978-12-23

Eighth movie in the Torakku Yarō series

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Sword: Flower-Strewn Path of Courage

as Minoru Akihara
Released: 1966-02-02

After serving his sentence, Yakuza family member Toshin-gumi Umebayashi is released from prison....

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Run Truck Rascal, Run!

as uncredited
Released: 1979-12-22

Momojiro and Jonathan go to Kochi on a ferry. On the ferry a singer called Yuka dropped her...

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Code Between Brothers: All New

as uncredited
Released: 1970-04-10

When the boss of the Nakano Family decides to retire and makes a loyal follower the new boss...

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The Burmese Harp

as Platoon Commander
Released: 1985-07-20

In the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen...

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Kigeki Gyanburu Hisshôhô

as uncredited
Released: 1970-10-17

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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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New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji

as Tokugawa Leyasu
Released: 2005-02-05

In order to save the daughter of Kuroiwa clan lord who was made ill by the curse of someone,...

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Jingi

as uncredited
Released: 1991-12-21

Based on the comic by Ayumi Tachihara

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Evil Boss vs. Henchmen

as Hanjiro Murase
Released: 1971-10-01

A high-ranking yakuza rises to national notoriety.

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A Modern Yakuza: Broken Code

as uncredited
Released: 1971-04-03

A young yakuza soldier is torn between staying in his current life or leaving his family when...

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Flame and the Code

as Ôtsu
Released: 1966-03-05

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Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival

as uncredited
Released: 1971-02-13

The fourth film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. The protagonist, played by Bunta Sugawara...

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Wicked Priest

as Ryotatsu
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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Love New and Old

as Kenji
Released: 1961-10-11

A woman brings her injured daughter to the hospital, only to realize that the doctor is the...

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Wolves of the City: Checkmate

as uncredited
Released: 1970-01-09

This is the sixth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968...

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Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit

as Shibayama Ukon
Released: 1968-07-12

Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his...

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Brothers Serving Time

as Tatsuo Yaguchi
Released: 1969-05-03

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

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Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1

as uncredited
Released: 1992-05-22

There is a man who divorced his wife. He moved to rural Hokkaido from Tokyo where he lived with...

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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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Student Yakuza

as uncredited
Released: 1974-02-16

A youth action movie in which a student lone wolf who burns with unstoppable strength, courage,...

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August Moon

as Ishikawa
Released: 1962-04-29

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My Grandpa

as Godai Kenzo
Released: 2003-04-05

Kenzo was behind bars for killing a gangster. Upon his release, he goes to live with his son,...

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The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin

as Masayuki Abe
Released: 1959-09-11

In the northern province, two waitresses Mieko and Hanako from Tokyo, are missing somewhere near...

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A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun

as uncredited
Released: 1979-08-04

Ninth movie in the Torakku Yarō series. Momojiro travels to Nagano to take Jonathan's place...

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Dangerous Trade in Kobe

as Lee Chung Shun
Released: 1973-06-07

Using a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try...

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The Private Police

as uncredited
Released: 1969-09-06

After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an...

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Rebellion of Japan

as uncredited
Released: 1967-01-14

Suzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist...

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By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him

as uncredited
Released: 1966-03-23

Also known as "History of a Man’s Face" and "By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him" . Immigrant...

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The Kii River

as School principal
Released: 1966-06-11

Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and...

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Sisterhood

as uncredited
Released: 2008-09-20

Teenage stepsisters Yui and Ai form a close bond as a result of the neglect and abuse from their...

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Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu

as Tetsuji Gondo
Released: 1977-04-08

After serving 10 years in prison for murdering a rival boss, Tetsu is appalled to see his yakuza...

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A Sky Full of Tears

as Sakaki
Released: 1966-05-21

Popular guitarist Shunsuke Sugi had a busy schedule and lived a puppet life with manager Yoko...

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Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 1 - The Heaven Chapter

as uncredited
Released: 2004-01-01

Part 1 of a 4 part series about Sarutobi Sasuke

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High-Ranking Yakuza

as uncredited
Released: 1965-09-30

1965 youth / yakuza film

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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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A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm

as Mamushi
Released: 1967-12-23

Convict son revenges innocent father's death.

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Delinquent Street

as uncredited
Released: 1972-02-22

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Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro

as Monjiro
Released: 1972-06-21

Kogarashi Monjiro is a lone samurai who agrees to take responsibility for a murder that his...

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Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School

as uncredited
Released: 1974-06-15

In the spring of 1945, Murakami, an apprentice officer, was ordered by the General Staff...

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Kanto Street Peddlers

as uncredited
Released: 1969-11-08

Kokubu Masaru (Bunta Sugawara) is a hard-headed, hot-tempered member of a street vendor clan run...

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The Man Who Shot the Don

as uncredited
Released: 1994-05-14

Horai serves an 18 year sentence for killing a rival boss, but right before his release he is...

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Female Thief and the Bomb

as Nobuo Asakura
Released: 1960-02-07

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Truckster of Guts

as uncredited
Released: 1977-08-06

The fifth movie of the “Truck Yaro” series, which is comical road movies of two long-distance...

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The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13

as uncredited
Released: 1972-02-03

Part 3 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short...

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Marriage of the sky and the sea

as uncredited
Released: 1962-12-19

A love comedy directed by Osamu Takahashi based on an original screenplay by Kei Tasaki.

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Bloodstained Clan Of Honor

as Gunji
Released: 1970-01-31

It takes place in the sunset days of the yakuza in the 1970s. The postwar turmoil that created...

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Wolves of the City, Money Hunters

as uncredited
Released: 1970-04-18

The hoodlum group tries to help a little printing factory against gangsters.

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Turtle Geisha

as uncredited
Released: 1972-07-03

Natsuko is so good at using that super-strong vagina of hers that she can fuck guys to death. In...

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Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel

as uncredited
Released: 1970-05-01

The third film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. Sugawara still plays the same Kanto street...

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The Pledge

as uncredited
Released: 1972-07-30

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

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Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder

as Ryutatsu
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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Female Slave Ship

as Sugawa
Released: 1960-01-03

The year is 1945, months prior to Japan's ultimate defeat in WW2, and military lieutenant Sugawa...

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Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler

as uncredited
Released: 1971-07-31

Bunta Sugawara replaces Koji Tsuruta as the leading man for this sequel of Okoma, the Orphan...

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Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments

as Ryutatsu
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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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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Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu

as Lieutenant Matsumoto
Released: 1960-04-01

During the naval battle of Midway in WWII, the battleship Mutsu was in its home port in Japan....

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Otoko no Uta

as uncredited
Released: 1962-03-11

1962 Japanese movie

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Yawara!

as Kumajiro inokuma
Released: 1989-04-15

Yawara Inokuma is a girl who aspires to an ordinary life but due to her innate talent is forced...

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Woman Boss: Chivalrous Fight

as Shuichi Kitahashi
Released: 1969-09-19

Sumi Muraoka, nicknamed "Sumi Banten", due to the fact that her back is decorated with a tattoo...

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Postwar Secrets

as Shin'ichi Yamada
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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Gate of Youth

as Shigezo Ibuki
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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A Modern Yakuza: Humanity and Justice of the Outlaw

as uncredited
Released: 1969-05-31

Back after four years, Goro learns his younger brother's been thrown out of the gang and his...

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The Viper Brothers Rage Again

as uncredited
Released: 1971-10-01

Part 2 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short...

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Japan's Top Gangster

as Hachiro Daicho
Released: 1973-08-11

A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him...

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The Three Ginza Rascals

as uncredited
Released: 1976-10-01

Three men, all named Masa, join forces to capitalize on each of their unique yet questionable...

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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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Great Jailbreak

as Kunizo Kuniiwa
Released: 1975-04-05

A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a...

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New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter

as Tokugawa Leyasu
Released: 2005-02-06

As the power of the Tokugawa Shogunate becomes firm, Hattori Hanzo struggles against Sarutobi...

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Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth

as Monjirô Kogarashi
Released: 1972-09-14

Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their...

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Down with The Big Boss

as Hachiyo Shunji
Released: 1979-03-24

In pre-war Japan, two members of a large yakuza syndicate instigate a turf war that embroils the...

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Shura Group

as uncredited
Released: 2002-02-16

Remake of The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)

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Zoku seiun yakuza - ikari no otoko

as uncredited
Released: 1965-11-20

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Ryoukan-san

as Ryoukan
Released: 2003-07-12

An animated motion picture about a real-life Buddhist monk and renowned poet, Ryoukan who lived...

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Hiroshima Yakuza War: Finale

as uncredited
Released: 2000-10-21

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Kigeki Toruko-buro Osho-sen

as uncredited
Released: 1971-08-21

A young man who aspires to become a big-shot businessman, finds himself in a twist of fate....

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Invitation to the Enchanted Town

as uncredited
Released: 1961-02-08

Live-action adaptation of Ko Kojima's manga "Sennin buraku".

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Violent Fraternity

as uncredited
Released: 1974-11-01

Set in Shibuya in 1949, this is another film based on real life former yakuza boss Noboru Ando's...

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Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back

as Ryutatsu
Released: 1970-02-21

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

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Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor

as uncredited
Released: 1971-12-17

The fifth and final chapter of the Kanto Street Peddlers series! Will the battle in Asakusa be...

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Actress

as Kenji Mizoguchi
Released: 1987-01-17

Story of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with...

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Kanto Street Peddlers Clan: Violent Loyalty

as uncredited
Released: 1970-03-05

The second film in the Kanto Street Peddlers Clan series starring Bunta Sugawara.

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Five Violent Girls

as Kazuhiko Nanjô
Released: 1960-12-27

Japanese comedy film.

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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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The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges

as uncredited
Released: 1974-03-01

Part 7 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short...

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Gakusei geisha koi to kenka

as uncredited
Released: 1962-09-01

1962 Japanese movie

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Truck Rascals in Fever Heat

as uncredited
Released: 1976-12-25

The fourth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. A comical road movie of two long-distance truckers,...

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Rogue

as Ichiro Yamakawa
Released: 1968-10-12

Coal miner Isamu Oba is forced to quit his village and leave his mother and siblings behind....

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Distant Justice

as Rio Yuki
Released: 1992-12-01

After his daughter is kidnapped and his wife murdered by drug dealers, a man finds that the gang...

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Tōkyō sanosa musume

as uncredited
Released: 1962-09-16

1962 Japanese movie

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Brutal Woman

as Hiroshi Taniguchi
Released: 1960-06-04

Tired of poverty, Keiko leaves home and soon takes a lover, but leads a wanton life without...

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Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu

as Nakagawa, a student
Released: 1956-10-31

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Face of the Dice

as uncredited
Released: 1966-02-19

Rumiko, the female boss from Kanto. The film is a fierce counterattack by a Yakuza woman against...

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Let's Shoot Ridiculously

as uncredited
Released: 1991-05-10

Takashi Kashiwagi, who once participated in Koshien as a high school baseball player, is now a...

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Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!

as uncredited
Released: 1966-10-15

Following “A Man's Face Shows His Personal History”, this movie is the second of the “Trilogy of...

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The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor

as uncredited
Released: 1971-09-07

The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor (関東兄弟仁義 仁侠) is a 1971 film directed by Buichi Saitō. It is the...

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The Swindlers

as uncredited
Released: 1970-12-30

Interesting fights between the "Capone Group" and "Jumbo Group".

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Hiroshima Yakuza War

as uncredited
Released: 2000-08-21

After World War II, in Hiroshima, the Yakuza clans start a war for control of the city.

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Shura Group Part 3

as uncredited
Released: 2002-01-01

Ryuji Inahara changed the name of the Inahara-gumi to the Inahara-kai, and accordingly unified...

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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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Big Boss

as uncredited
Released: 1992-04-10

A big battle between world class phantom thieves unfolds over the worlds largest diamond!

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Hooligans on Buggies

as uncredited
Released: 1970-10-29

Rivalry between a hoodlum group and a gangster organization.

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Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder

as Blind Priest Ryotatsu
Released: 1970-11-11

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

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Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers

as uncredited
Released: 1970-01-20

After the enactment of the Anti-Prostitution Law, the red-light district in Shinjuku lost its...

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Shura ga Yuku

as uncredited
Released: 1995-06-24

Terrible ! Bloody conflict , outbreak !! The overwhelmingly popular graphic novel serialized in...

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Fight to the Death in a Blizzard

as uncredited
Released: 1959-04-29

1959 film directed by Teruo Ishii for Shintoho.

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The Viper Brothers and the Young General

as uncredited
Released: 1975-03-01

The last in the series. Sugawara runs into two mahjong cheaters (Ichiro Araki and Mako Midori +...

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Fugitive Scoundrel

as Izumi Tatsuya
Released: 1970-10-03

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

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Ōwarai Jiro chō ikka: Sanshita nitei kenjū

as uncredited
Released: 1962-05-15

Comedy movie

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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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This Is a Man's World

as Toshio Sugawara
Released: 1960-10-20

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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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4Teen

as uncredited
Released: 2003-07-25

Naoto, the son of a wealthy family, suffers from Werner syndrome, a premature aging condition;...

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The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats

as uncredited
Released: 1972-08-25

Part 4 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short...

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Blood and Law

as uncredited
Released: 1965-08-29

Based on the autobiography of Noboru Andô .

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The Hall of the Crying Deer

as uncredited
Released: 1986-09-20

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Wolf Escort

as uncredited
Released: 1969-07-31

Rivalry between a hoodlum group and gangster organization.

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Ren'ai Zubari Kôza

as uncredited
Released: 1961-01-21

A omnibus movie consisting of the three parts: "Kechinbo", "Yowak" and "Kôshoku".

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A Yakuza Has His Way

as Ishido Tsuneo
Released: 1972-07-03

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

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King of the Highway

as uncredited
Released: 1965-12-18

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Signal Fool

as uncredited
Released: 1990-03-24

The main character is Isamu (Hideaki Machida), a sixth grader . Isamu lost his mother in a car...

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Haunted Cave

as Detective Nonomiya
Released: 1959-07-17

The treasures of the Aoyamas were buried at the bottom of the sea when a large earthquake...

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Japanese Gangster History Ambition Corps 3

as uncredited
Released: 1999-07-26

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Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 2 - The Earth Chapter

as uncredited
Released: 2004-01-02

Part 2 of 4 Sarutobi Sasuke Series.

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The Sucker's Blunt Dagger

as uncredited
Released: 1971-04-16

A man aspires to be a big boss but falls in love with a beautiful woman boss.

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Kirikomi

as uncredited
Released: 1995-02-08

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The Bad Boss 3

as uncredited
Released: 1969-05-06

A story of rivalry between two gambling clans.

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Crazy Desire

as uncredited
Released: 1959-08-01

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Toshiie and Matsu

as Toshimasa Maeda
First aired: 2002-01-06

The 41st NHK Taiga Drama is Toshiie to Matsu. During the turbulent Warring States Era, one man's...

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Furuhata Ninzaburo

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-04-13

Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from...

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Tokugawa Yoshinobu

as Saisho Tokugawa
First aired: 1998-01-04

The 37th NHK Taiga Drama is Tokugawa Yoshinobu. The series focuses on the life of Tokugawa...

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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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Sanada Yukimura: The Man Shogun Ieyasu Feared Most

as Gensai
First aired: 1998-01-02

An entertaining historical drama depicting Sanada Yukimura, a hero who has gone through the era...

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The Lion Era

as uncredited
First aired: 1980-01-06

It depicts how the winner, the Satsuma Clan, and the loser, the Aizu Clan, survive through the...

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You Don't Know That, Teacher?

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-04-10

When an eager young man gets an elementary school teaching position as his first job, he finds a...

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Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth

as Syouzaburou Ooki
First aired: 2007-02-17

A Japanese bank is being targeted by Horizon, an American financial group that takes advantage...

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Musashibo Benkei

as Tomo
First aired: 1986-04-09

After being carried in his mother’s womb for three years, Benkei is born with long hair and...

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