Makoto Satō

Born: 1934-03-18

Makoto Satō 18 March 1934 – 6 December 2012 was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1953 to 2008.


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Princess Mononoke

as Tatari God (voice)
Released: 1997-07-12

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must...

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The Hidden Fortress

as Soldier (uncredited)
Released: 1958-12-28

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers...

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What's Up, Tiger Lily?

as Phil's Partner
Released: 1966-11-02

In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret...

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The Eel

as Jukichi Takada
Released: 1997-05-12

A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a...

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Typhoon Club

as Hideo
Released: 1985-08-31

Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of...

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Cute Devil

as uncredited
Released: 1982-08-10

While Ryoko is in Vienna studying music, her boyfriend dies in a traffic accident. Ryoko...

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Port Arthur

as uncredited
Released: 1980-08-02

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified...

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Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

as uncredited
Released: 1989-02-04

Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful...

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The Storm of the Pacific

as Lt. Matsuura
Released: 1960-04-26

Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the...

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Amagi Pass

as Police in chief
Released: 1983-02-19

Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha...

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Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

as Sekine
Released: 1981-12-19

A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes...

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Whirlwind

as Shuri Kusanagi
Released: 1964-07-26

Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the...

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Admiral Yamamoto

as Genda
Released: 1968-08-14

As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto...

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Battle of the Japan Sea

as Gunnery Chief of Security
Released: 1969-08-01

Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the...

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The Imperial Navy

as uncredited
Released: 1981-08-08

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of...

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Chûshingura

as Kazuemon Fuwa
Released: 1962-11-03

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await...

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Miss Lonely

as Principal Okamoto
Released: 1985-04-12

Lonely and love-stricken high-school student Hiroki pursues a girl, but another one mysteriously...

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The Youth Killer

as uncredited
Released: 1976-10-23

Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love;...

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Four Sisters

as Morio Kitazawa
Released: 1985-12-21

Four sisters with no consanguinity are living together since childhood. When facing misfortune...

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Japan's Longest Day

as Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Released: 1967-08-03

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military...

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Shogun's Ninja

as Junka no Yatoji
Released: 1980-11-15

In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the...

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Blind Woman's Curse

as Tani Shouichi
Released: 1970-06-20

Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang...

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Samaritan Zatoichi

as Yasaburo Kashiwazaki
Released: 1968-12-28

Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his...

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The Imperial Japanese Empire

as uncredited
Released: 1982-08-07

Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during...

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I Are You, You Am Me

as Akio Saitoh
Released: 1982-04-17

9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan....

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The Retreat from Kiska

as Commander Amano
Released: 1965-07-04

In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers....

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The H-Man

as Uchida, gangster
Released: 1958-06-24

Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.

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Message from Space

as Urocco
Released: 1978-04-29

The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes...

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Desperado Outpost

as Sergeant Okubo, alias Araki
Released: 1959-10-06

When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the...

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Zero

as uncredited
Released: 1984-08-11

Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test...

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The Executioner

as Takeshi Hayato
Released: 1974-08-10

Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuchi Kog, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi...

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The Executioner II: Karate Inferno

as Takeshi Ayato
Released: 1974-12-28

When a priceless jewel owned by rich heiress Sabine is stolen, along with her daughter,...

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Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder

as uncredited
Released: 1972-01-11

A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts...

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Westward Desperado

as uncredited
Released: 1960-10-30

In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do...

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Shikoku

as Sendo
Released: 1999-01-23

Years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku....

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Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

as Seiroku the Pimp
Released: 1986-10-04

During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is...

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Diary of Early Winter Shower

as Numata
Released: 1998-11-14

Kounosuke Mibu and Tae Horikawa are unable to forget each other, even though they met and fell...

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Samurai Pirate

as The Black Pirate
Released: 1963-10-26

An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil...

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Operation Sewer Rats

as Byakko
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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Legend of the Cat Monster

as uncredited
Released: 1998-08-16

A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A...

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First Love

as uncredited
Released: 2000-04-01

This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her...

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Warring Clans

as Kinoshita
Released: 1963-03-23

A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful...

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Attack Squadron

as Teppei Yano
Released: 1963-01-03

Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He...

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Golden Eyes

as Detective Tezuka
Released: 1968-03-16

A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling...

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Rise Against the Sword

as Yatōta Gōemon
Released: 1966-11-25

Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight...

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The Last Gunfight

as Yata
Released: 1960-01-03

Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the...

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Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu

as Yasuo Fujiwara
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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I, the Executioner

as Kawashima
Released: 1968-04-13

Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage...

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Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me

as uncredited
Released: 1975-08-30

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

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The Falcon Fighters

as Lt. Takeo Kato
Released: 1969-11-01

In the prewar days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor...

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Zoku izuko e

as uncredited
Released: 1967-04-12

Sequel to "真実の愛情を求めて 何処へ" (1954). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka.

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Fireflies: River of Light

as uncredited
Released: 2004-06-05

After finally passing his teacher's exam, Miwa (Yukiyoshi Ozawa) devoted himself to teaching in...

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The Big Boss

as uncredited
Released: 1959-01-15

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in...

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The Okinawa War of Ten Years

as uncredited
Released: 1978-06-03

After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza...

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The Summit of Mt. Fuji

as Morita
Released: 1970-02-28

The Japanese government decides to install a radar on the top of Mt. Fuji, in order to detect...

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Fort Graveyard

as Inuyama
Released: 1965-09-18

Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the...

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The Weed of Crime

as uncredited
Released: 1962-12-08

Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.

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Miyamoto Musashi

as uncredited
Released: 1973-07-13

In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving...

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The Killing Bottle

as Ken Hayata
Released: 1967-02-11

In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a...

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Zero Fighter

as uncredited
Released: 1966-07-13

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Bonds of Love

as Kenji Hirai
Released: 1969-02-15

Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel...

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Adventure in Kigan Castle

as Gorjaka
Released: 1966-04-28

Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the...

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The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe

as uncredited
Released: 1999-11-07

Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.

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Flames of Blood

as uncredited
Released: 1981-01-01

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

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Ninja Hunt

as uncredited
Released: 1982-04-09

It's a rare occasion when a noted filmmaker like Yamauchi Tetsuya gets to re-visit a previous...

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Blood for Blood

as uncredited
Released: 1971-06-10

The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of “K City”. With the construction of new...

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Kazoku no sentaku

as Shinji Koiwa
Released: 1983-11-08

A single mother is being investigated into the death of her ex-husband, which brings to the fore...

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Shomuni

as uncredited
Released: 1998-11-28

Based on the comic by Hiroyuki Yasuda

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Ai・Mai・Me

as Akutsu Kaname
Released: 1990-04-28

Kaoruko, the daughter of a doctor and attending a prestigious high school in Fukuoka, was...

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The Beast Shall Die

as uncredited
Released: 1959-06-09

A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following...

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The Killing Machine

as Kentaro Otaki
Released: 1976-02-01

Mr. Soh, a righteous man with a cold stare and fists of steel, returns to a lawless post-war...

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Blueprint of Murder

as Ken Sudô
Released: 1961-01-03

Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother...

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Siege of Fort Bismarck

as uncredited
Released: 1963-05-29

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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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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 Cross of Vengeance

as uncredited
Released: 1969-05-24

Film with Junko Miyazono.

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The Human Revolution

as uncredited
Released: 1973-09-08

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Interpol Code 8

as Natsuo Ezaki
Released: 1963-08-31

Agent Jiro Kitami attempts to stop a smuggling ring from shipping arms to Vietcong guerrillas.

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Blood and Diamonds

as uncredited
Released: 1964-07-01

A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions...

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Ant Hell War

as uncredited
Released: 1964-04-29

The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima

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Moscow, My Love

as Tetsuya
Released: 1974-10-17

A young talented dancer from Japan is invited to study ballet art at a school at the Bolshoi...

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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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Woman Gambling Expert: Odd/Even Gambling Trip

as uncredited
Released: 1969-08-09

14th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

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The Daphne

as Goro (Kudo's younger brother)
Released: 1966-10-01

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two...

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Hoero Datsugoku-shu

as Ryusuke Oki
Released: 1962-05-15

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The Witness Killed

as uncredited
Released: 1961-12-17

Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda

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The Incident at Takanodai

as uncredited
Released: 1973-07-29

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Rise and Fall of Chivalry

as uncredited
Released: 1970-02-21

A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.

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The Stupid Teacher

as Kurihara
Released: 2000-09-30

Film director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from...

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Prison Tales

as uncredited
Released: 1970-04-10

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Woman Boss

as uncredited
Released: 1970-01-15

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The Crimson Sky

as uncredited
Released: 1962-03-21

1962 Japanese movie

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A Man in Red

as uncredited
Released: 1961-09-12

Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a...

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A Keg of Powder

as Inspector Yagyu
Released: 1964-12-09

In the third installment in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series, agent Jiro Kitami...

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風来忍法帖 八方破れ

as uncredited
Released: 1968-05-08

The second of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

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Bandits on the Wind

as uncredited
Released: 1961-11-22

1961 Japanese movie

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The Mad Atlantic

as Aoki
Released: 1966-07-13

Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former...

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Yun’s Town

as uncredited
Released: 1989-06-03

A Japanese boy in love with a girl of Korean origin must battle the prejudices of those around...

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25 O'Clock in Shinjuku

as uncredited
Released: 1969-04-12

Police detective Amachi fights against those who banished him from his job-both cops and criminals.

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Operation Enemy Fort

as uncredited
Released: 1962-10-20

Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and...

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Outpost of Hell

as uncredited
Released: 1963-07-28

The fifth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

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風来忍法帖

as uncredited
Released: 1965-05-16

The first of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

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Adults Cannot Understand - Record of Youth

as uncredited
Released: 1958-11-11

The first work of 27-year-old director Eizo Sugawa, contrasting a politician father and his son,...

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Girls Behind Bars

as uncredited
Released: 1960-07-31

A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the...

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Operation Mad Dog

as uncredited
Released: 1963-09-29

Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda

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Kogarashi Monjiro

as Kinzo
First aired: 1972-01-01

Monjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned...

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The Water Margin

as Yang Zhi
First aired: 1973-10-02

The Water Margin is a Japanese television series based on Water Margin, one of the Four Great...

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Shinjuku Shark

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-04-09

Hard-boiled suspense drama series about a detective feared as the "Shinjuku Shark" who bravely...

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