Kōichi Mizuhara
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
as KanzoReturning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent,...
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Zatoichi the Outlaw
as uncreditedWhen a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a...
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An Actor's Revenge
as uncreditedIn Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their...
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Adventures of Zatoichi
as KamazoBlind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village...
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Ninja, A Band of Assassins
as uncreditedWarlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of...
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Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
as Shimazo KitaseBlind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving...
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Zatoichi's Vengeance
as JoshuyaZatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no...
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Sword Devil
as GosukeHanpei is a gentle young samurai that loves flowers. One day, he witnesses an old man's quick...
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Zatoichi the Fugitive
as Boss UnosukeAfter arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a...
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Buddha
as uncreditedAn Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six...
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Zatoichi Challenged
as Minowa of SobeIchi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his...
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Zatoichi and the Fugitives
as SennosukeZatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
as uncreditedThe masked daughter of the Shogun wants to kill a samurai who has seen her scarred face. She...
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Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as uncreditedDuring the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out...
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Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
as uncreditedIchi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he...
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Two Enemy Women Gamblers
as uncreditedTwelfth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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The Blind Menace
as uncreditedThis is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
as SajiheiFifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman...
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The Homely Sister
as Raisuke ShimazakiIn the 19th century Edo period, sisters Oshizu and Otaka have sacrificed their personal...
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On the Road Forever
as uncreditedA wandering gambler strolls into a village searching for his father's killer, unaware that the...
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Ken
as uncreditedKokubu Jiro is the captain of his university's Kendo team. Often standoffish, mild, stoic and...
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The Betrayal
as uncreditedA naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai...
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A Lustful Man
as uncreditedFascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of...
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Homeless Dog
as uncreditedFirst movie of the Inu series directed by Tokuzō Tanaka
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The Fencing Master
as uncreditedThe Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
as TaheiNemuri Kyoshiro discovers a conspiracy centering around a band of disgruntled samurai wanting to...
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Conflagration
as ProsecutorLearning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the...
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Conflagration
as uncreditedLearning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the...
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The Man Disappears Yesterday
as uncreditedTired of everyday life, the 8th Shogun Yoshimune flees Edo Castle and asks Ooka Echizen to...
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Bamboo Doll of Echizen
as uncreditedBased on a novel by Tsutomu Mizukami, this haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker...
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Her Hidden Past
as DetectiveAdaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the...
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The Woman Dicer
as uncreditedSeventh film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
as uncreditedA fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
as uncreditedWandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after...
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Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
as uncredited[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were...
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Freelance Samurai
as uncreditedOne of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in...
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Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
as uncredited[Period covered: 1637-1651] This is one of the most complicated plots of any of the Shinobi no...
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Rampaging Dog
as uncreditedAbare inu is a 1965 action-comedy film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is the fourth film in the series.
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Samurai Vendetta
as uncreditedTwo amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and...
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Shinsengumi Chronicles
as Minomaro YoshiuAs winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its...
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The Silent Gun
as KuboA series of murders has been committed by someone with a new model gun, a Mord-Gessel X 38....
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The Demon of Sendai's Castle
as uncreditedTsunamune Date, the young lord of Sendai Domain, was ordered by the shogunate to stand down...
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Young Boss: Prison Release
as uncreditedThe further adventures of Takeshi Nanjo, the Young Boss.
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The Life of a Horse Trader
as uncreditedThis early gem starring the great Mifune Toshiro tells the tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The...
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Obsessive Snake
as uncreditedUtaji heard that her ex-lover Seijirou would get married to Ochiyo a daughter of Ise-ya. She...
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Champion Woman Gambler
as uncreditedNinth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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The Funeral Racket
as uncreditedThe film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society.
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The Old Temple Well
as The ManFeatures a haunted well with yet another blind masseur's vengeful ghost.
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Satan's Sword
as AkameThe Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41...
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Three-Fingered Detective
as uncreditedBeing acquainted with the bride's uncle, a famed private detective is invited to a wedding...
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The Sister Gamblers
as uncreditedThird film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
as uncreditedSixth film in the series. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a...
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Sworn Brothers
as KurosakiIchikawa Raizo’s last film. He plays a Yakuza enforcer who kills a man on his boss's orders....
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The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
as uncreditedA kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon...
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Thoroughbred Women Gamblers
as uncreditedFourth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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Jirocho Fuji
as uncreditedLegendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire...
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Woman Gambler and the Nun
as uncreditedEighth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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Flowers of Chivalry
as uncreditedKayama Ichinoshin (Raizo Ichikawa) has been traveling for ten years in search of revenge for his...
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The Saga of Tanegashima
as ShigeomiWell before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese...
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Scarred Yosaburo
as uncreditedThe film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
as uncreditedA decapitation at the hands of the shogun's monstrous misbegotten son kicks off the action and...
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Jigoku bana
as uncreditedPeriod drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.
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The Man From Chungking
as Akanuma JūkichiMysterious incident at a secret factory! Important documents lost! What is the true identity of...
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A Woman's Gamble
as uncreditedOnna no Toba, is the first film in long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko...
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The Woman Gambler's Revenge
as uncreditedTenth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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Secret Assignment
as uncreditedIn the fourth film of series, Secret Assignment, Raizo again plays the Jiro Shiina. This time...
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The Woman Gambler's Supplication
as uncreditedEleventh film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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Prison Gate Island Clarification
as uncreditedSequel to "Island of Horrors" (獄門島, 1949).
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Bloody Shuriken
as uncreditedRonin samurai Ibuki-san enters a town and sells his skills to the warring families. He falls in...
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The Bride from Hades
as uncreditedOn the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named...
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Akado Suzunosuke vs. the Devil in Crescent Moon Tower
as uncreditedThe swordsman again crosses paths with the murderous Devil Mask Gang -- who as the name...
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Song of Sado
as uncreditedSentaro (Raizo Ichikawa) from Ipponmatsu sets out to commit evil and gain dignity, but his...
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Assassins for sale
as uncreditedNagasaki at the end of the Edo period had the taste of a criminal paradise, where, despite the...
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The Devil's toast
as uncreditedRetired police inspector Kurusu is vacationing at a seaside hotel when one night he hears a...
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The Woman Champion
as uncreditedFifth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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The Lord and the Gambler
as Matsudaira Izu-no-kamiFate begins to smile upon young Chonosuke Tokugawa, son of eleventh Tokugawa Shogun, after some...
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Straw hat of Itako
as uncreditedA film about young wandering Yakuza. Yukio Hashi's first film role.
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Tōkaidō wa kyōjō tabi
as uncreditedAdaptation of the original story by Hida Yoshiro, whose depiction of the world of the yakuza is...
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