Kunie Tanaka

Born: 1932-11-23

Kunie Tanaka (田中 邦衛 Tanaka Kunie, November 23, 1932 - March 24, 2021) was a Japanese actor. He had his first notable role in 1960 as a thug in Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well, and worked with the director again on Sanjuro. Tanaka is well known for his roles in Kinji Fukasaku's yakuza films, namely the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series. He also appeared in Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan. He has been nominated for five Japanese Academy Awards, winning the Best Supporting Actor statuette for Gakko in 1993. He appeared as the lecherous Shinjiro Ishiyama, nicknamed Aodaishō, the antagonist of the hero, played by Yūzō Kayama, in all of the Wakadaishō series of films. The character Kizaru, from Eiichiro Oda's manga series One Piece, is modeled after Tanaka.


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The Sword of Doom

as Senkichi
Released: 1966-02-25

Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate...

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Sanjuro

as Samurai
Released: 1962-01-01

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced,...

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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

as Obara Nitôhei
Released: 1959-11-20

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his...

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The Bullet Train

as Koga's Brother
Released: 1975-07-05

A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train...

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The Bad Sleep Well

as Hitman
Released: 1960-09-15

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position...

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Station

as Sugawara
Released: 1981-11-07

A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in...

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The Face of Another

as Mentally Ill Man #1
Released: 1966-07-15

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask...

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Kwaidan

as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Released: 1965-01-06

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four...

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Dodes'ka-den

as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Released: 1970-10-01

This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the...

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The Battle of Okinawa

as uncredited
Released: 1971-08-14

The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The...

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

as Masakichi Makihara
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 Masakichi Makihara
Released: 1973-09-25

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

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Pitfall

as Man in White Suit
Released: 1962-07-01

A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a...

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

as Masakichi Makihara
Released: 1974-06-29

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

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Tenchu!

as Rokkaku Prison Officer
Released: 1969-08-09

A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the...

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity

as Masakichi Makihara
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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Sword of the Beast

as Tanji
Released: 1965-09-18

Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the...

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The Woman Gambler's Revenge

as uncredited
Released: 1968-12-20

Tenth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...

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Resurrection

as Dr. Saito
Released: 2003-01-18

When dead people starts returning to the small Japanese town of Aso, government official Kawada...

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Ronin-gai

as Magozaemon Doi
Released: 1990-08-18

Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district...

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Goyokin

as Hirosuke
Released: 1969-05-01

A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.

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Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

as uncredited
Released: 1970-08-12

Zatoichi is mentored by the blind leader of a secret organization as he contends with both the...

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Cash Calls Hell

as uncredited
Released: 1966-01-15

Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in...

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Village of Eight Gravestones

as uncredited
Released: 1977-10-29

The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries...

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Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

as Rikichi Komadera
Released: 1978-07-01

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a...

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Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women

as uncredited
Released: 1975-07-12

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My Voiceless Friends

as uncredited
Released: 1972-04-29

A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country...

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Tomorrow

as Shoji's stepfather
Released: 1988-08-13

On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story...

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The Demon

as Policeman
Released: 1978-10-07

When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of...

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Graveyard of Honor

as Katsuji Ozaki
Released: 1975-02-15

A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his...

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Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

as Storyteller
Released: 1966-08-12

Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles...

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北の国から 記憶 前編

as 演员
Released: 2003-08-23

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Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy

as Daisuke Jigen
Released: 1974-08-03

The Maccherone organization is out to get a priceless national treasure. But when they see...

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Shimane Prison Riot

as Yoshikazu Minagawa
Released: 1975-06-07

Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites...

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as Dr. Shimomura
Released: 1974-07-20

A professor takes up a new post at an all-girls school only to discover the principal concealing...

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The Inheritance

as uncredited
Released: 1962-02-16

On his deathbed, a wealthy businessman announces that his fortune is to be split equally among...

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A Class to Remember

as Ino
Released: 1993-11-06

A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood...

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Cops vs. Thugs

as Kinpachi Komiya
Released: 1975-04-26

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

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Manhunt

as Yokomichi Keiji
Released: 1976-02-11

A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is...

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Kewaishi

as uncredited
Released: 2002-02-09

Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori was an official...

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The Sun's Burial

as Thief
Released: 1960-08-09

In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution,...

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Japan's Don

as uncredited
Released: 1977-01-22

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

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Blood Type: Blue

as uncredited
Released: 1978-11-23

UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned...

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Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth

as Johei Yawata
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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300 Million Thief Immune to Charges Begins

as Toyama
Released: 1975-11-22

In this retelling of an infamous unsolved heist, a couple tries to outlast the statute of...

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The Threat

as uncredited
Released: 1966-02-17

Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an...

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The Human Bullet

as uncredited
Released: 1968-10-22

A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his...

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The Bullet and the Horse

as uncredited
Released: 1966-04-23

A number of recently released prisoners become involved in a racket with a rancher who is a...

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The International Gang of Kobe

as Teruo Maruyama
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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Oishinbo

as Tattsan
Released: 1996-04-13

Based on the comic by Tatsu Kariya. Featuring journalist Shiro Yamaoka who works for Touzai...

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The Rainbow Seeker 2

as uncredited
Released: 1997-12-27

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Silence Has No Wings

as uncredited
Released: 1966-02-11

Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido,...

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Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2

as Kirikawa
Released: 1965-07-10

Two convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to...

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Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy

as uncredited
Released: 1986-10-10

Travel into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the...

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All About Our House

as Chouichirou Iwata
Released: 2001-06-09

Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to...

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Operation Sewer Rats

as Private Anayama
Released: 1962-06-01

Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from...

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The Wolves

as Matsuzo Tsumura
Released: 1971-10-30

After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai)...

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Tasmania Story

as uncredited
Released: 1990-06-21

Eiji Kawano (Kunie Tanaka) has recently broken from the Japanese company he used to work for. As...

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The Hidden Blade

as Kanbê Katagiri
Released: 2004-10-30

Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his...

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May Love Be Restored

as Yugiri-ro client
Released: 1980-04-29

A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk.

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Charming Men

as Kuramoto Kuraji
Released: 1970-06-13

One day, when Goro (Kiyoshi Atsumi) returns to his poor tenement house from a trip on a deep-sea...

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Three Yakuza

as uncredited
Released: 1965-05-22

A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits...

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Take Me Out to the Snowland

as Yûichirô Tayama
Released: 1987-11-21

Fumio Yano is an unassuming young businessman in the ski wear line. His own skiing ability is...

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The Story of Pure Love

as Satoyan
Released: 1957-10-15

Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling...

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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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The Rainbow Seeker

as uncredited
Released: 1996-12-28

A young man fails his company entrance exams and leaves home to work at a run-down cinema in...

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Oracion

as uncredited
Released: 1988-07-23

Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is...

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The Shootout

as Iwai
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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Blood on the Sea

as uncredited
Released: 1961-08-13

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

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Tale of Ninja Duty

as uncredited
Released: 1965-02-25

Mumyo Tsunataro killed his betrayed fiance Orie and He flees to Utsunomiya. On his way he...

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Let's Go! Young Guy

as Shinjirou Ishiyama
Released: 1967-01-01

College student Yuuichi Tanuma is fired up for Nationals where his university Kyonan will face...

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Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On

as uncredited
Released: 1976-12-25

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Karate Cop

as Neighbor
Released: 1982-04-17

A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse...

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The Great Department Store Robbery

as uncredited
Released: 1987-12-26

Katsuyo plans her last gang robbery.

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The Woman Champion

as uncredited
Released: 1968-07-01

Fifth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...

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Punishment of a Lawless Villian

as uncredited
Released: 1964-03-25

In the early Meiji era, two contrasting craftsmen, who had been bound by a ten-year strong...

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Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms

as Seiji Matsumiya
Released: 1969-11-22

Beginning of the Showa era, Takasaki City in Joshu (Gunma Province). Gambler Inufushi Yoichi...

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Salaryman Senka

as uncredited
Released: 1995-12-23

Based on the manga by Sadao Jouji which has been running in the magazine Shukan Gendai since 1969.

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The Revolt

as uncredited
Released: 1980-01-15

When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being...

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The Young Ace in the South Pacific

as Shinjiro Ishiyama
Released: 1967-07-01

The 10th film in the Wakadaisho series, the Young Ace Yuichi Tanuma travels to Hawaii to train...

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Game of Chance 2

as uncredited
Released: 1967-04-01

Bungo is released from prison to find his son Kenichi in the care of strangers. Teruko, the...

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Campus A Go-Go

as uncredited
Released: 1965-12-19

Young Guy (Kayama) competes in an electric guitar competition and plays American-style football....

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Pride of the Campus

as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
Released: 1962-02-10

Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant,...

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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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Golden Ninja

as Risuke
Released: 1966-12-13

Just after the Battle of Sekigahara, a pair of children Denji and Kichizo witnessed a team of...

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Truck Rascals II: Ichibanboshi Runs Wild

as uncredited
Released: 1975-12-27

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

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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

as Gen Sakagami
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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Prison Walls of Abashiri 4

as uncredited
Released: 1965-12-31

A gripping tale of friendship set against the backdrop of Hokkaido. Shinichi sets out to earn a...

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The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club

as Kanegai
Released: 1969-11-22

A crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang...

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Seasonal Wind

as uncredited
Released: 1977-07-16

Shinji, a young man who accidentally met a successful model, moves to Tokyo because of his...

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The Crimson Sky

as uncredited
Released: 1962-03-21

1962 Japanese movie

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The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

as Lt. Todoroki
Released: 1979-07-14

Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the...

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The Last Ronin

as uncredited
Released: 2010-12-18

16 years after the fateful "revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin," involving samurais from the Ako...

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Young People

as Taro
Released: 1968-12-16

"Young People" is a story about the lives of four brothers and a sister, Sato. After the death...

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Nogare no machi

as uncredited
Released: 1983-10-15

Based on the novel of the same name by Kenzo Kitakata.

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Yakuza G-Men

as Masayoshi Imanishi
Released: 1965-11-13

34th year of Meiji (1901). Japanese gangster Shuntaro Hibiki is forced to work for the police to...

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Hobo General

as uncredited
Released: 1976-04-24

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Summer Soldiers

as Fujimura
Released: 1972-03-25

The plight of U.S. Army deserters from Vietnam on the run in Japan, centering on the culture...

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Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict

as Buddhist Priest
Released: 1993-02-06

A noble samurai serving the Shogun as 'Kogi Kaishaku-nin' (Official Executioner) is the target...

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The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

as Kuroki Taro
Released: 1977-09-17

Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with...

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Tora-san to the Rescue

as Ship Captain
Released: 1995-12-23

Tora-san works hard to bring together his nephew, Mitsuo, and Mitsuo’s girlfriend who is engaged...

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The Kingpin of Fair Ladies

as Tadao Ueda
Released: 1970-09-09

A man is inspired to build a hospital after his mother falls ill and becomes a host to swindle...

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Outlaw: Black Dagger

as Doctor Michio Hongô
Released: 1968-12-28

A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the...

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Demon

as Keita
Released: 1985-08-31

Shuji was once a feared member of the Yakuza crime syndicate, but he's reformed his ways,...

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Great Jailbreak

as Goda
Released: 1975-04-05

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

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Hangyaku no Tabi

as uncredited
Released: 1976-09-04

Hiroshi Kakurai is an assassin who was thinking of retiring. He travels to an island in the Seto...

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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Bad Sleep Well

as Self
Released: 2002-10-25

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...

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Early Spring Story

as Okino, Hitomi's father
Released: 1985-09-14

A high school student Hitomi poses as a university student and ends up in falling in love with...

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Hidden Fangs

as uncredited
Released: 1961-02-08

Set in a juvenile detention center and depicted with a documentary touch.

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Duel at Fort Ezo

as Kurobei
Released: 1970-02-09

1864. Samurai Shinbei is sent in a secret mission to Ezo, in the North of Japan, to stop riots...

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Down with The Big Boss

as uncredited
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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Hoshi wo tsugu mono

as Kenji Yoshida
Released: 1990-02-03

An old man falls into a coma and dreams about his childhood during WWII.

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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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Stray Dog

as Sagawa
Released: 1973-09-29

When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is...

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College Champ

as uncredited
Released: 1962-07-14

Yuuichi Tanuma, our young hero, is a senior at Kyonan University and captain of the marathon...

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

as Masakichi Makihara
Released: 1980-04-05

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

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A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage

as Inoue
Released: 1998-10-17

A widow who has single-handedly raised her autistic son loses her job and begins attending a...

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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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The Young Ace in Hawaii

as 石山新次郎(青大将)
Released: 1963-08-11

Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous...

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Big Shots Die at Dawn

as uncredited
Released: 1961-04-09

An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last...

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Light of Africa

as Katsuhiro
Released: 1975-06-21

Two semi-slackers with an ultra-intimate friendship work, slack and drink in a freezing Hokkaido...

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Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow

as uncredited
Released: 1997-11-22

A drama about a father and his son centered around the Great Hanshin earthquake.

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Shingo's Final Duel

as uncredited
Released: 1964-05-23

After Aoi Shingo, the illegitimate son of Shogun Yoshimune has gained prominence as the finest...

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Baian the Assassin

as uncredited
Released: 1990-12-26

First television special.

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Battle Cry

as uncredited
Released: 1975-03-14

During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal...

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The Merciless Trap

as uncredited
Released: 1961-02-01

Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy...

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Three Rogues

as uncredited
Released: 1968-10-19

Two lone wolf yakuza (Hideki Takahashi and Kunie Tanaka) rob a gambling den, then split up when...

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Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo

as uncredited
Released: 1989-03-31

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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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Koto—The Lake of Tears

as Kenkichi Ohara
Released: 1966-11-13

A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo,...

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Tora-san, the Good Samaritan

as Teacher Fukushi
Released: 1971-04-28

After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride.

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Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den

as Toramatsu Otani
Released: 1976-10-16

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Young Guy at Sea

as 石山新次郎(青大))
Released: 1965-08-08

Eternal young guy, Yuzo Kayama stars in this fifth installment of the Young Guy series. Young...

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Luminous Moss

as Hachizo
Released: 1992-04-25

A headmaster and a novelist, looking for inspiration, regard a strange natural phenomenon before...

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The Last Judgment

as uncredited
Released: 1965-05-16

The last judgment.

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How to Be the Worst of Office Workers

as uncredited
Released: 1968-06-22

A salaryman comedy.

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The Desperate

as uncredited
Released: 1964-04-18

A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its...

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The Undercover Ninja Organization

as uncredited
Released: 1983-07-12

Oniwaban is an organization that is composed of two ninja groups… Iga and Koga. This is a story...

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White Love

as uncredited
Released: 1979-08-03

Kobasashi was learning Spanish so that she could go to Spain to look for her father who had left...

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Choji Snack Bar

as Iwashita
Released: 1983-11-12

Eiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for...

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Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold

as uncredited
Released: 1983-08-19

The secret map of the treasure of Kenzan was stolen out of the house of a former soldier in Awa....

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Yakuza of the Present

as Zen san
Released: 1973-10-27

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A Fishmonger's Tour

as uncredited
Released: 1963-01-15

The supply of sea bream to the fish market has decreased, and the price has increased to a...

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The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop

as Yutaro Hatori
Released: 1987-10-03

A jewelry broker is killed and a large amount of money is stolen. A female detective from the...

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Winter's Flower

as Kokichi Minami
Released: 1978-06-17

Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a...

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Murder in the Doll House

as Detective Naraki
Released: 1979-04-28

Yūsaku Matsuda plays the part of a private detective in this modern day "who dunnit" mystery,...

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Deeper Than Blue

as Ajikawa
Released: 1973-02-10

About a girl who marries in the middle of the Pacific War, is widowed at 18, and her unflagging...

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Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack

as uncredited
Released: 1975-01-15

Toei studios last ninkyo eiga of the 70's.

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The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel

as uncredited
Released: 1984-04-28

In Okinawa, a Japanese-Filipino gangster named Joe kills an Okinawan mobster. Joe temporarily...

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Prison Walls of Abashiri 3

as uncredited
Released: 1965-10-31

Upon returning to his hometown of Nagasaki, recently released prisoner Tachibana Shinichi must...

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The House of Wedlock

as uncredited
Released: 1986-10-18

Tokiko Enomoto finds out that her husband Kazuya, who mostly lives at an apartment near his work...

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Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2

as Katsuji Nemoto
Released: 1968-04-28

Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his...

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Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil

as uncredited
Released: 1967-08-12

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The Extravagant Cops

as uncredited
Released: 1977-12-24

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Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers

as Ohno
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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The Last Game

as uncredited
Released: 1979-11-03

After the war-time government orders the disbanding of the Big-Six baseball league, the teams of...

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Machi no Hi

as Goro
Released: 1974-04-27

Chiyomatsu under the hill, also known as Choromatsu. He is a young man whose occupation is an...

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River of Forever

as uncredited
Released: 1967-02-19

Pure love story

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Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South

as uncredited
Released: 1966-08-13

This is the sixth film in the "Abashiri Series," based on an original idea by Hajime Ito, and...

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Baian the Assassin: Showdown

as uncredited
Released: 1993-10-06

Second television special.

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Hymn to a Tired Man

as uncredited
Released: 1968-06-08

Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son's fallen for the daughter of a war...

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A Desirable Marriage

as Mr. Kawamata
Released: 1991-05-18

A human drama on the state of marriage today, following the battle between a mother and daughter...

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Castle of Sand

as Eitaro Imanishi
Released: 1991-10-01

What is the dark fate of a young up-and-coming artist who is on the verge of achieving glory?...

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The Boat to Heaven

as Masato Sakurai
Released: 2003-09-13

A young boy, Masahiko Sakurai, grows up in Nagasaki where he sees the clear blue ocean everyday....

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In Broad Daylight

as March
Released: 1968-10-26

After his company goes bankrupt, Katsuji Watanabe resorts to pickpocketing again with his old...

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Love on a Daily Basis

as uncredited
Released: 1988-12-17

The lives of a young yakuza and his girlfriend.

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Okashina yatsu

as Sankichi Fujita
Released: 1963-11-01

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Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido

as uncredited
Released: 1967-04-20

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Truck Rascals VIII: Ichibanboshi Returns North

as uncredited
Released: 1978-12-23

Eighth movie in the Torakku Yarō series

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Sir Galahad in Campus

as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
Released: 1961-07-08

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.

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Angel's Lover

as uncredited
Released: 1968-12-28

Comedy about two employees who work against their boss.

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Dynamite Don-Don

as Sakuzo
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 Fixer

as uncredited
Released: 1979-10-27

Political fixer Homei Yamaoka's misdeeds come to light, throwing Japanese politics into deadly...

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Sasuke and His Comedians

as uncredited
Released: 1963-12-11

Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan...

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Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country

as uncredited
Released: 1966-12-31

Based on Ito Hajime's original story, this is the seventh installment in the "Bangaichi" series,...

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Abashiri Prison

as Otsuki
Released: 1965-04-18

Abashiri Prison is located in the coldest place in Japan. Two men, handcuffed together have...

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Rebel Against Glory

as uncredited
Released: 1970-04-04

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The Front Line Showdown

as Sawamura
Released: 1966-07-13

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Zorome no San Kyoudai

as uncredited
Released: 1972-01-15

In Osaka, a family sets up shop in Tsuruhashi. Trouble brews for three brothers – Jinzuke,...

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Red Diamond

as George Takase
Released: 1964-10-14

After losing all his money, Kizuka Keita, a seller on the black market, is trying to commit...

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Highschool Scramble

as uncredited
Released: 1982-12-18

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Shy Security

as uncredited
Released: 1991-04-13

A motocross rider avenges his father's death

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Doterai Man

as uncredited
Released: 1975-02-01

Business is a game! A theatrical version of the TV drama that became a social phenomenon...

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The School Deviate Waru

as uncredited
Released: 1973-03-31

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The love song of farewell later

as uncredited
Released: 1991-05-01

A suspense drama based on Osamu Takahashi's original work starring Shinobu Otake. The shooting...

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Banner of the Young

as Taro
Released: 1970-11-28

The final part of the trilogy. It is about a younger brother, Suekichi. He learned well the...

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幽霊列車

as uncredited
Released: 1978-01-14

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Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu

as uncredited
Released: 1984-09-27

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Free and Easy Special

as uncredited
Released: 1994-07-16

Approached by a friend about a matchmaking arrangement, Su-san goes to Hama-chan's home seeking...

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At This Late Date, the Charleston

as Army Minister
Released: 1981-12-19

A young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of sexual assault; he soon meets several...

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Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu

as uncredited
Released: 1983-03-24

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Fukumimi

as uncredited
Released: 2003-09-13

29-year-old Satonaka Takashi (Kudo Kankuro) is a freelancer. He falls in love at first sight...

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Women and Miso Soup

as uncredited
Released: 1968-07-04

Temari, a geisha, dreams of opening a small restaurant with her little brother.

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Nichiren

as uncredited
Released: 1979-03-10

An epic drama about Nichiren's life. Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived for 60 years during...

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Bravo, Young Guy

as uncredited
Released: 1970-05-27

A film by Katsumi Iwauchi.

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Tokimeki Coast Story

as uncredited
Released: 1984-01-01

Set in the fishing port of Shingu, Nankishu, it depicts a young man aiming to become a...

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Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu

as uncredited
Released: 1995-06-09

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Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu

as uncredited
Released: 1971-07-24

Comedy centered on a stripper agency

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Yojo no jidai

as uncredited
Released: 1988-10-29

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Troubleman Laughs and Kills

as uncredited
Released: 1979-08-04

Kensho Yamashita's directorial debut.

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Pink Lady's Motion Picture

as uncredited
Released: 1978-12-16

The Japanese pop music duo Pink Lady are circus performers who show kindness toward a captured...

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Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2

as uncredited
Released: 2002-09-07

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Debt of Honor

as uncredited
Released: 1966-12-24

A hobo exposes the misdeeds of a new yakuza.

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Detective Story: A Brother's Rule

as uncredited
Released: 1971-03-06

Iwabuchi of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division cooperates with Kubo of...

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As the River Flows

as Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
Released: 2000-04-29

2000 live-action Japanese film.

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Forward, Young People!

as Taro
Released: 1969-05-10

The second film tells about the life of matured brothers and sister Sato. Taro became a foreman....

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Tonga Adventure Family

as uncredited
Released: 1982-11-25

This adventure family drama is based on the story of Kazuhiko Inoue, who quit his job as a...

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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'

as Self
Released: 2002-10-25

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...

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Private Detective DOBU 1

as uncredited
Released: 1981-01-01

Dobu (Kunie Tanaka) used to be a soldier but now is a private detective. Three vagrants were...

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Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi

as uncredited
Released: 1987-03-27

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Sukanpin Walk

as Keizo Fukami
Released: 1984-02-11

Musical star vehicle for a young Kikkawa Koji.

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Kamigata Kugaizoshi

as uncredited
Released: 1991-02-09

"Do Not Fall" - Set during Japan's Meiji period, three sisters are abused and exploited by their...

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Rice Curry

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-04-03

Set in the majestic Canadian wilderness, the drama depicts the adolescence and love of three...

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Submersion of Japan

as Tatsuno
First aired: 1974-10-06

In this TV series of the hit 1973 film, Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes shake Japan....

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Kita no kuni kara

as 黑板五郎
First aired: 1981-10-09

Set in the town of Furano in Hokkaido, Kita no Kunikara centers around the story of the Kuroita...

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Older brother

as Kintaro
First aired: 1977-10-07

The series tells about the life of construction foreman Eiji and his sister. Both have a love...

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The Dark Magistrate

as Yoshitoshi Kogure
First aired: 1975-04-06

The drama depicts in the late Edo period in Nagasaki, Hiramatsu takes up Nagasaki bugyō`s head...

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The Password is "Courage"

as uncredited
First aired: 2000-07-06

Tomashi village is a small village, well known for its abundance of nature and beautiful...

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Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-11-17

A jidaieki drama where a hard-nosed doshin, Shinpachiro Kariya, takes on difficult cases with...

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Baian the Assassin

as Han-Emon of Otowa
First aired: 1991-10-09

During the day, Dr. Baian is the friendly and trusted village acupuncturist. At night, he...

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Private Detective Dobu

as uncredited
First aired: 1991-04-10

Dobu, an unconventional detective, teams up with Yoriki Samon to solve crimes in Yaoyacho, Edo,...

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