Keisuke Noro
Gate of Flesh
as IshiiIn the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of...
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Tattooed Life
as SeikouAfter his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with his...
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Story of a Prostitute
as MurakiVolunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service...
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A World For Two
as uncreditedOn a passenger ship to Japan, the journalist Kawase encounters a man who claims to be a...
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A Colt Is My Passport
as uncreditedA gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.
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Fighting Elegy
as KanedaKiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his...
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Retaliation
as uncreditedEmerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa discovers that his gang has...
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Itsudemo yume o
as uncreditedThis is a factory area in downtown Tokyo, and Hikaru, nicknamed Pika-chan, is a nurse at the...
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Kanto Wanderer
as TetsuHandsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it....
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The Man with a Shotgun
as ToraRyoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a...
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Voice Without a Shadow
as AkiraAsako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued...
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Tiger of the Sea
as uncreditedA group of pirates sail the treacherous Pacific ocean in search for wealth.
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The Rambler under the Southern Cross
as uncreditedIn the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back...
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The Wild Reporter
as uncreditedSeven years ago, Ishimatsu Toshio, a talented radio producer at Zen Nihon Hōsō, witnessed a...
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Living by Karate
as GenWada Kōji is a chivalrous young man who leads a group of youths that take on a yakuza boss.
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The Boy Who Came Back
as SpikyNobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break...
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Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
as uncreditedYukiko is on her way to meet Boss Gunji. Judging by her appearance, no one would suspect that...
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Welcome, My Baby
as Hotel front desk clerkTwo friends, both members of a Japanese cargo boat, return to Japan after a three-month voyage...
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Kill or get killed!
as uncreditedWhen Yakuza decides to take avenge his brother, the war shall begin.
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Smashing the 0-Line
as WangKatiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and...
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Cat Changed Into Tiger
as uncreditedA life insurance agent has a drinking problem causing him to lose his company a fortune. He...
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The Rambler Returns Home
as uncreditedFinal installment of THE WANDERING GUITARIST series.
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The Harbor of No Return
as uncreditedA jazz pianist named Shiro Tsuda returns from an overseas tour unwittingly carrying drugs that...
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The Aftermath of War
as uncreditedAfter World War II life in Japan was hard. There was lawlessness, rapine, never enough food or...
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Dice and Swords
as uncreditedThe year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything...
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Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie
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Three Wild Cats
as uncreditedThree women, deceived by a man, make full use of their feminine weapons, replete with daring and...
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Break Down that Wall
as uncreditedA man is wrongfully accused of murder.
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A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
as FanA rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her...
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Profit from Killing
as uncreditedThe bustling Ikebukuro area was under the control of the Hanamura Kogyo yakuza gang, and there...
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Take Aim at the Police Van
as Manager of Strip TheaterA sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.
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Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
as Tokichi ShimoyamaA boxing melodrama. Two friends become boxers and begin training for the championship. These...
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The Rambling Guitarist
as uncreditedArriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the...
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Born Under Crossed Stars
as ÔokaA young man with a strong sense of justice is torn between two girls: the flighty Taneko and the...
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The Sleeping Beast Within
as WangWhen a middle aged salaryman is unknowingly used by drug traffickers he is dishonored and fires...
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The Flower and the Angry Waves
as uncreditedA young yakuza in love with the girl who's to marry his clan oyabun, kidnaps the girl before...
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Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly
as uncreditedNursing home "Yuyoso". Many lonely old people live there, including botanist Taro Makiso, a...
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The Call of Blood
as GanTwo brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.
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Danger Pays
as KonnoJoe, Okita, and Serizawa hear of the armed robbery of a truck carrying one billion eighty...
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Carmen from Kawachi
as SaichiLike a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a...
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Gun Demon Without Form
as uncreditedA detective drama that realistically shows the work of an experienced detective who, under...
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The Tokyo Mighty Guy
as Bunkichi NakamuraMega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a...
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Ore no sora
as MachidaBased on the manga of the same name. Originally published in the Japanese magazine Weekly...
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Kaze to Ki to Sora to
as uncreditedA nanny, played by Sayuri Yoshinaga, who lives and works in a Tokyo family, causes all kinds of...
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The Assassination of Ryoma
as TôkichiStory of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), imperial loyalist who...
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The Scarred Angel
as uncreditedA musical film based on the original work of Saigo Teruhiko. After leaving the juvenile...
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Red Pier
as uncreditedShortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a...
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Gambling is My Destiny
as uncreditedShadowed and alone. Today, a melancholy guitar sobs in a wandering seaside town.... To make...
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Roar of the City
as uncreditedThis action drama depicts a horrifying murder case over a photo of a mysterious beautiful woman...
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Quick Draw Sanshiro
as uncreditedKoji Wada, who is good at shooting, karate, judo and boxing, has a tough fight with the sea...
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Yabanjin no Nekutai
as uncreditedMotozo Imamura, a.k.a. Gen, grew up in an upper-class family, but he never went to school and...
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Saga from Chichibu Mountains - Sword Cuts the Shadows
as ItarôDuring the 1880's a young swordsman, Saotome Gengo, on his way to Tokyo stops at an inn in a...
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Modern Children
as uncreditedAfter their father dies, his children try to get by on a house boat.
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I Have the Sun in My Back
as uncreditedShigeru, a serious young man who works as a glass cleaner, has an older brother Kenzo, who has...
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The Rambler Rides Again
as uncreditedIn this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to...
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Notorious Bastard
as Drugstore managerWhen Tornado Joe is wrongly accused of distributing counterfeit banknotes, he gets on a mission...
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The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
as uncreditedJiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different...
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Duel in the Storm
as GinjiIt is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to...
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Passport to Darkness
as uncreditedA jazz bandleader, falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend, tries to stay one step ahead of...
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Wharf Temperament
as SabuThe story of male friendship unfolding during a boxing match between the navigator, who took...
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The Call of the Foghorn
as uncreditedA sailor is stuck in harbor due to an engine failure in his boat, and he learns that a friend of...
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The Incorrigible
as uncreditedBased on the loosely autobiographical novel of the same name by Toko Kon. Ken Yamanouchi stars...
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Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
as Matsu AsahoriNonaka Tetsugoro, a substitute for the Aoi group, held a flower party to celebrate the complete...
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A Killer Without a Grave
as uncreditedNakata (Keiichiro Akagi) is a nihilistic young buck who is willing to do anything to get money...
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Seishun no Sabaki
as uncreditedUniversity karate club member Kikuo is actually the son of a yakuza boss. However, he disliked...
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Family Crest: Die Like a Man
as AikuchiThe story of three brothers who, after loosing their parents in the Great Kanto Earthquake,...
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The Reckless One
as uncreditedKosuke Suzuki returns to Hakata's hometown after learning that his best friend Takehara has...
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Wind of Volcano
as uncreditedAn airplane loaded with 50 million yen for the reconstruction of Amami Oshima crashes en route...
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Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
as uncreditedA young man wanders and makes calls to elders who live alone. Saying “Granny, it’s me,” he lies...
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Keiji monogatari jazu wa kurutchai nē
as uncredited1961 Japanese movie
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Ōedo Sōsamō
as uncreditedSet against the backdrop of the reign of the 11th Tokugawa Shogun, Ienari Tokugawa, this drama...
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