Kenji Kusumoto

Born: 1929-03-12


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Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

as uncredited
Released: 1955-02-27

Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants –...

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Fukuoka

as Elevator Passenger
Released: 2020-08-27

A bookseller from Seoul travels with a young woman to Fukuoka in Japan to meet a former friend...

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The Tattooed Hitman

as uncredited
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 Forbidden Castle

as uncredited
Released: 1959-02-24

From an original story by Shibata Renzaburo, the novelist who created such classics as: the...

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The Kingdom of Jirocho 1

as uncredited
Released: 1963-10-19

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a...

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Japan's Top Gangster

as uncredited
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 Great Duel

as uncredited
Released: 1964-06-03

A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a...

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Virtue in Spades

as uncredited
Released: 1956-05-03

Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.

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The Biggest Gamble

as uncredited
Released: 1969-09-14

When Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do...

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Seventeen Ninja

as uncredited
Released: 1963-07-06

As the Shogun lays dying, seventeen Iga clan ninja are sent to infiltrate the impenetrable...

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Bohachi Bushido: The Villain

as Daruma
Released: 1974-02-02

The Bohachi Clan, the most vile, corrupt organization with ties deep in the Shogunate, have...

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Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style

as uncredited
Released: 1963-08-14

In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the...

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Showdown of Men

as uncredited
Released: 1966-07-01

Part one.

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A Chivalrous Spirit

as uncredited
Released: 1958-01-03

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of...

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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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Lord Mito

as uncredited
Released: 1957-08-11

This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke...

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Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit

as Sasaki Hayato
Released: 1968-07-12

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

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The Rapacious Jailbreaker

as uncredited
Released: 1974-12-07

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

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The Abandoned Swords

as uncredited
Released: 1958-10-01

Best friends Gentaro and Sanpei become fateful enemies when Sanpei steals a secret document...

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旗本退屈男 謎の決闘状

as uncredited
Released: 1955-12-28

1955 Japanese movie

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Epic Crash

as uncredited
Released: 1958-09-23

Utaemon Ichikawa plays the role of Hikoshiro Navate, who has a strong sense of justice and...

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The Domain

as uncredited
Released: 1964-08-13

The feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of...

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Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

as uncredited
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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The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor

as uncredited
Released: 1960-07-30

One of Japan's most enduring stories is the true-life yakuza boss Jirocho of Shimizu and his...

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The Bandits

as Yamaguchi
Released: 1968-05-21

Action drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese...

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Secret of The Golden Spell

as Iwabuchi Tatsunosuke
Released: 1958-03-18

One of Japan’s most popular folklore characters, Tange Sazen, the one-eyed and one-armed...

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一本刀土俵入 

as uncredited
Released: 1954-06-29

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Sword of Destiny

as uncredited
Released: 1960-12-11

When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his...

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Red Peony Gambler

as Nakagawa
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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Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple

as uncredited
Released: 1964-01-01

In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of...

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The Kingdom of Jirocho 3

as uncredited
Released: 1964-02-08

The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.

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Hoodlum Match

as uncredited
Released: 1965-02-13

A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.

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The Kingdom of Jirocho 2

as uncredited
Released: 1963-11-10

Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.

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Showdown of Men 2

as uncredited
Released: 1967-03-10

Part two.

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Souls in the Moonlight II

as uncredited
Released: 1958-04-20

This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great...

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Warrior of the Wind

as uncredited
Released: 1964-01-15

A suspenseful Ninja fantasy based on Shiba Ryotaro's novel, woven with the mysterious fate and...

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Ninja's Weapon

as uncredited
Released: 1956-10-31

During a time of war, Lord Ogata is betrayed by two of his closest vassals and killed by his...

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Unruly Lion

as uncredited
Released: 1961-02-01

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神変美女桜

as uncredited
Released: 1956-12-11

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Lord Mito: All Star Version

as uncredited
Released: 1960-08-07

In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to...

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Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony

as Tsujinokichi
Released: 1969-04-10

The industrual revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led...

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Red peonies on the skin

as uncredited
Released: 1957-07-02

Genjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies,...

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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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The Fort of Death

as uncredited
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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A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell

as uncredited
Released: 1972-01-22

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

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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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Rebellion

as uncredited
Released: 1957-04-30

In the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a...

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Black Ninja

as uncredited
Released: 1967-09-08

Historical action film about the struggle for gold of two feudal clans in the Edo period.

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Mighty Shosuke

as uncredited
Released: 1960-10-09

A comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered...

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ふり袖小天狗

as uncredited
Released: 1955-11-22

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Hawk of the North

as uncredited
Released: 1959-05-25

During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close....

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Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Fujimi Pass

as uncredited
Released: 1960-08-27

Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Fujimi Pass

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The Pirates

as uncredited
Released: 1960-09-18

Finding more freedom on the high seas than in war-torn Japan, the 'Bahansen' (Pirate ships)...

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Fencing Master

as uncredited
Released: 1950-08-26

Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to...

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Third Generation Boss

as uncredited
Released: 1974-08-10

Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small...

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Code Between Brothers 2

as uncredited
Released: 1966-08-13

The services of a wandering gambler, Seiji, are called upon to protect the turf of his loyal...

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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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The master of the sword dance

as uncredited
Released: 1956-02-11

The film tells the story of a young nobleman who finds himself alone in the midst of turmoil in...

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A Lively Geisha

as uncredited
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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Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy

as uncredited
Released: 1959-06-28

Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.

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Hatamoto taikutsu otoko: nazo no sango yashiki

as uncredited
Released: 1962-01-23

1962 Japanese movie

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Organized Crime: Killer's Glory

as uncredited
Released: 1972-05-27

A professional lone-wolf hitman comes to his blood brother's aid when his boss is brutally...

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Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Road

as uncredited
Released: 1960-03-08

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Gamblers and Racketeers

as uncredited
Released: 1964-12-24

Komatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group...

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The Coin Thrower Zenigata

as uncredited
Released: 1963-10-13

The film tells about a young detective Zenigata Heiji who successfully solves a disgusting and...

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Mark of Blood

as uncredited
Released: 1962-10-12

Three young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil.

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The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List

as uncredited
Released: 1963-05-25

When the country is in peril, Lord Yagyu Tajima summons his son Yagyu Jubei to retrieve the...

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A Revengeful Raid

as uncredited
Released: 1962-09-22

In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho,...

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Sasaki Kojiro, Part 2

as uncredited
Released: 1957-11-05

The conclusion of the story of famed swordsman, Sasaki Kojiro. After surviving a series of...

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Sanada Ten Braves

as uncredited
Released: 1954-01-12

1954 Japanese movie

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Ōedo no taka

as uncredited
Released: 1962-04-11

1962 Japanese movie

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Sword of Wind and Clouds

as uncredited
Released: 1963-10-05

This gripping historical drama depicts a clash of swordsmen, secret government spies, mysterious...

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Clan Revival

as uncredited
Released: 1954-04-27

After the Onin War ended in 1477, Kyoto was left in ashes and the nation was in complete...

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Good Rascals

as Dojo owner
Released: 1962-01-14

A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives.

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Merciless Blade Part 2

as uncredited
Released: 1953-06-03

The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

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Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Akiba

as uncredited
Released: 1960-03-01

Early film by Eiichi Kudô.

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Echo in the Mountains

as Goichiro Tendo
Released: 1959-09-20

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called...

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Chivalrous Nature

as uncredited
Released: 1965-08-01

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Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office

as Gunjuro Izumi
Released: 1964-08-26

Eight villains, former pirates, gather to attack the magistrate's office. They develop a plan...

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Shimmering Sword

as uncredited
Released: 1962-07-01

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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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Seven Knights Pt. 3

as uncredited
Released: 1961-09-06

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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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Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda

as Oda Nobukiyo
Released: 1955-09-20

A dynamic story depicting the rise to power of Oda Nobunaga. The story of a young man on the...

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Whistling Drifter

as uncredited
Released: 1961-09-23

Friendship between good samurais and aborigines in Hokkaido.

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Kagemaru of the Iga Clan

as Gorobei
Released: 1963-07-24

A group of Iga ninja risk their lives to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu from the villianous Koga Ninja....

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Happily Tied to the Road

as Gunbei Oyamada
Released: 1959-04-21

With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the...

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Three Gamblers

as Tatsuma Okamoto
Released: 1967-01-12

Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling...

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The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy

as uncredited
Released: 1963-08-07

Yagyu Jubei must protect the Yagyu scroll that holds the secret of the infamous assassination...

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The Yagyu Military Art: The One-Eyed Ninja

as uncredited
Released: 1963-12-21

The famed ninja Yagyu Jubei fights to suppress a coup d’etat plotted against Tokugawa Shogunate.

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Restoration Fire

as Okita Soji
Released: 1961-10-14

Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic...

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Duel of Blood and Sand

as uncredited
Released: 1963-12-01

Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving...

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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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Tales of Young Genji Kuro

as uncredited
Released: 1957-04-15

Genji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the...

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Fine Man

as uncredited
Released: 1961-06-11

A young son of a master of the Kuwana clan gets disowned for his rebellious behavior. After he...

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Blind Wolf

as uncredited
Released: 1963-09-29

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Dagger

as uncredited
Released: 1971-04-28

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Revenge for His Lover

as uncredited
Released: 1962-11-11

Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a...

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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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