Masaharu Arikawa
Sex and Fury
as KurashinaSex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified...
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Oxen Split Torturing
as uncreditedTwo short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. The first, during a time when Christians are...
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Samurai Reincarnation
as uncreditedAfter surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for...
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13 Assassins
as uncreditedA sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even...
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Cops vs. Thugs
as uncreditedWhen a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their...
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The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
as Takao NagatomoTerry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
as Tatsuo MikamiAs Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under...
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Yakuza Ladies
as uncreditedWhile her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s...
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Eleven Samurai
as uncreditedThe lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic...
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Fireflies in the North
as uncreditedSet in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal...
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Yakuza Graveyard
as Toshio EzakiA police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in...
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Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds
as uncreditedA Japanese geologist discovers that dinosaurs still exist in caves beneath the surface of a...
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Hokuriku Proxy War
as uncreditedIn the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in...
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Gate of Youth
as uncreditedThe story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal...
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Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
as uncreditedThe remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to...
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Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
as uncreditedIn the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of...
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Appassionata
as uncreditedThis story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of...
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The Kyoto Connection
as uncreditedChristina, on arriving in Japan, acquaints a Japanese man at the airport who looks like a sap....
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Three Yakuza
as uncreditedA tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits...
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The Domain: The Naniwa Story
as uncreditedSecond film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as...
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Samurai Wolf II
as uncreditedKiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their...
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Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
as uncreditedIn the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the...
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Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as uncreditedTwo Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful...
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Japan's Don
as uncreditedA yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo...
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The Rapacious Jailbreaker
as uncreditedConvicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But...
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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Okatani GorojiThe fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and...
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Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
as uncreditedIn turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as...
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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
as uncreditedThis anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when...
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Bloodiest Flower
as uncreditedA dramatic captivating tale tells of widowed Tei (Junko Fuji), she has become a coalmine...
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Yakuza of the Present
as uncreditedIn the roaring 1970s, a man who has left the world of the yakuza to become the owner of a sushi...
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Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
as uncreditedThe third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony...
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Industrial Spy
as KidoKogure, an industrial spy, is tasked by Sawada, head of the research department of the Nisshin...
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Pride
as Naoki HoshinoBased on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East of 1946–48, depicts Japanese prime...
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Operation Plazma in Osaka
as uncreditedAmidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's...
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Tokaido Fullhouse
as uncreditedWhen Kanbe Nagakichi has his turf taken over by Ano-Toku, the father-in-law of his sworn brother...
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Third Generation Boss
as uncreditedBased on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small...
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Eighteen Years in Prison
as uncreditedA former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes...
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Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
as SakichiKogarashi Monjiro is a lone samurai who agrees to take responsibility for a murder that his...
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Kisaragi Sword
as KoiwaiThe story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new...
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Gokudo of Kamagasaki
as uncreditedNinth installment in the "Gokudo" series. Depicts the activities of Shimamura Seikichi and his...
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Trials of an Okinawa Village
as uncreditedA boss from a trucking company has run-ins with evil yakuza during the American occupation of...
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The Marked Man
as uncreditedA man from Osaka comes up to Tokyo to fight gangsterism.
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The Tattooed Hitman
as uncreditedThe most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war,...
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Three Gamblers
as uncreditedThree closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling...
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Warrior of the Wind
as uncreditedA suspenseful Ninja fantasy based on Shiba Ryotaro's novel, woven with the mysterious fate and...
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The Story of a Man Among Men
as uncreditedDuring the Showa era, a young yakuza survives war and injury and rises to become a clan boss...
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Code of Wolves
as uncreditedIn gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his...
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Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
as uncreditedThe tale of Ogami Itto and his son Daigoro has come full circle with the greatest sword actor of...
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The Viper Brothers and the Young General
as uncreditedThe last in the series. Sugawara runs into two mahjong cheaters (Ichiro Araki and Mako Midori +...
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A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
as uncreditedPresident of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the...
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Silk Hat Boss
as TatsuhiraIn a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like...
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The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
as uncreditedWith a Kansai syndicate vying for Tokyo, one man reunites with his roguish half-brother in the...
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
as uncreditedThe tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a...
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Yakuza G-Men
as Tetsuo Kazama34th year of Meiji (1901). Japanese gangster Shuntaro Hibiki is forced to work for the police to...
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The Shogun's Vault II
as uncreditedA mysterious thief called "Yami no Kiba" (Fang of Darkness), who sneaks into the residences of...
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The Shogun and His Mistresses
as Harem OfficialThree tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period.
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Golden Ninja
as uncreditedJust after the Battle of Sekigahara, a pair of children Denji and Kichizo witnessed a team of...
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The Viper Brothers Rage Again
as uncreditedPart 2 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short...
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The Third Ninja
as uncreditedThree Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga.
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Fine Man
as uncreditedA young son of a master of the Kuwana clan gets disowned for his rebellious behavior. After he...
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The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman
as uncreditedIn the fourth film in this exciting series, and the first since losing his left eye, Yagyu Jubei...
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A Revengeful Raid
as uncreditedIn this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho,...
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Yagyu Chronicles 3: The Valley of Outlaws
as uncreditedThis time, sword-saint Yagyu Jubei battles the evil corruption in Akizuki Village, with the help...
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The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
as uncreditedPart 7 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short...
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Modern Lady Gambler
as uncreditedFujiko wanders aimlessly through the country, seeking vengence on the man she onced loved, who...
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The Coin Thrower Zenigata
as uncreditedThe film tells about a young detective Zenigata Heiji who successfully solves a disgusting and...
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The Pledge
as uncreditedWhen Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict...
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Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival
as 豚松A costumed film featuring the famous hero of Japanese history, Isshin Tasuke, arranged in the...
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The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
as uncreditedPart 3 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short...
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A Scarred Life
as uncreditedSet in Osaka, during the devastated time of post-war Japan, this is a tale of the yakuza who set...
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Drunken Sword
as uncreditedTetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt...
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Woman Mobsters
as uncreditedBank robbers steal 30 million yen and try to elude the cops and escape with the cash. Of the...
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While Traveling
as uncreditedIn this film, Hibari plays a dual role as brother and sister. The story involves a journey to...
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The Flower and the Dragon
as uncreditedA story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman...
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Please Hire Me!
as uncreditedEx-sword teacher Ihei Misawa is a skilled swordsman but because of his kind and judicious heart,...
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