Masataka Iwao

Born: 1942-12-20


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Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

as Yajuro Masaki
Released: 1974-04-24

In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami...

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The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

as Yamane
Released: 1974-11-22

Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a...

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Oxen Split Torturing

as uncredited
Released: 1976-09-04

Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1 - During a time when Christians are...

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

as uncredited
Released: 1973-09-25

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

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

as Wada
Released: 1973-04-28

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally...

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Samurai Reincarnation

as Yasui Tobei
Released: 1981-06-06

After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for...

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity

as Kinagashi
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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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

as uncredited
Released: 1972-04-22

In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja...

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Return of the Street Fighter

as uncredited
Released: 1974-04-27

Martial artist Takuma Tsurugi returns to take on a Yakuza family that may be embezzling money...

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Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather

as uncredited
Released: 1982-06-05

Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties...

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Yakuza Ladies

as Tatsuo Kakinuma
Released: 1986-11-15

While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s...

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

as uncredited
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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The Street Fighter

as Saga
Released: 1974-02-02

Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of...

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Yakuza Graveyard

as Masaharu Kusumoto
Released: 1976-10-30

A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in...

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The Magic Serpent

as Kido
Released: 1966-03-05

In ancient Japan, a good lord is killed and his throne is taken by the trecherous Yuki Daijo and...

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Roaring Fire

as Gondo
Released: 1981-08-08

On his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji’s...

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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

as Prison Rapist
Released: 1975-11-01

The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of...

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The General and His Empire of Joy

as uncredited
Released: 1977-02-11

Zenjiro (Masaru Shiga) is a lowlife criminal, roaming the country with his merry band of crooks,...

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Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist

as Goro Osone
Released: 1976-05-29

Kiku Nakakawa, the only daughter of an old kimono shop owner in Kyoto, is enthusiastic about...

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Doberman Cop

as Hostage Negotiator Nakatani
Released: 1977-07-02

Joji Kano is a loose cannon cop from backwoods Okinawa, sent to Tokyo to investigate the grizzly...

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Yakuza Ladies Revisited

as Kazunari
Released: 1991-06-15

The wife of a yakuza lieutenant tries to keep the peace when the clan's heir suddenly dies and a...

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Sure Death 4

as uncredited
Released: 1987-06-06

Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled...

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Hokuriku Proxy War

as uncredited
Released: 1977-02-26

In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in...

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The Tattooed Hitman

as uncredited
Released: 1974-04-27

The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war,...

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The Second Is a Christian

as uncredited
Released: 1985-09-14

The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very...

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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

as uncredited
Released: 1965-09-04

The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and...

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Labyrinth Romanesque

as Yoshimoto
Released: 1988-01-15

A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel.

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Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds

as uncredited
Released: 1977-04-29

A Japanese geologist discovers that dinosaurs still exist in caves beneath the surface of a...

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Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu

as uncredited
Released: 1965-01-03

In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as...

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Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School

as Prefectural Police Commander
Released: 1973-05-24

Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more...

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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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Cops vs. Thugs

as uncredited
Released: 1975-04-26

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

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The Blazing Valiant

as Hayashi
Released: 1981-12-19

Jo has just come back to Japan for the funeral of his parents, who were killed in tribal warfare...

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The Great Duel

as uncredited
Released: 1964-06-03

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

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The Yakuza Code Still Lives

as uncredited
Released: 1976-12-04

After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new...

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Dangerous Trade in Kobe

as uncredited
Released: 1973-06-07

Using a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try...

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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss

as uncredited
Released: 1976-04-24

The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves...

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The Accomplice

as uncredited
Released: 1999-04-10

This hard-boiled action starring Naoto Takenaka is directed by popular manga artist Kazuhiro...

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Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity

as uncredited
Released: 1979-05-26

Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful...

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Father of the Kamikaze

as uncredited
Released: 1974-09-14

Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to...

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Gate of Youth

as uncredited
Released: 1981-01-15

The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal...

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Another Battle

as uncredited
Released: 2000-11-25

Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a...

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Eleven Samurai

as uncredited
Released: 1967-12-16

The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic...

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Winter's Flower

as uncredited
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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The Pledge

as uncredited
Released: 1972-03-23

When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict...

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Duel of Blood and Sand

as uncredited
Released: 1963-12-01

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

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The Karate 2

as Genzo Oda
Released: 1974-11-01

This is the second film of the ZA KARATE trilogy (AKA BRONSON LEE CHAMPION). Tadashi Yamashita...

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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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A Legend of Turmoil

as Katsuhiko Sugimoto
Released: 1992-01-15

A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned...

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A Savage Beast Goes Mad

as Kitamura
Released: 1976-05-15

Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. His company then learns that he has...

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Yakuza vs. Gang Leader

as uncredited
Released: 1974-11-22

Gokudo Shimamura comes to blows with the Delinquent Boss who rolls into town with his motorcycle...

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The Dropout

as uncredited
Released: 1982-10-02

Detective Seiji Otaki is determined to find the psychopathic killer of a young woman who was...

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Japanese Godfather: Ambition

as Giichi Arahama
Released: 1977-10-29

An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking...

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The Kyoto Connection

as uncredited
Released: 1973-03-03

Christina, on arriving in Japan, acquaints a Japanese man at the airport who looks like a sap....

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Virgin Breaker Yuki

as Detective
Released: 1975-05-14

Based on a manga by Kosuke Miki and Tadashi Matsumori, this film follows the adventures of Yuki,...

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Baian the Assassin

as Genpachiro Isaka
Released: 1981-04-11

This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the...

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The Most Perverted Post War Crimes

as uncredited
Released: 1976-06-19

Reconstruction, in the form of episodes, of the most bizarre crimes that occurred in Japan after...

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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 Viper Brothers and the Young General

as uncredited
Released: 1975-03-01

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Judo vs. Karate

as uncredited
Released: 1966-10-30

A story of friendship between a lone wolf judo expert and a youth.

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Operation Plazma in Osaka

as uncredited
Released: 1976-01-31

Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's...

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The Kingdom of Jirocho 4

as uncredited
Released: 1965-08-25

The continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang.

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Ryuji

as Sekiya
Released: 1983-10-29

Ryuji tries quitting the yakuza to actively support his wife and daughter; as he's used to easy...

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Gambling Den Heist

as Tsukasa
Released: 1975-06-21

After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor.

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Showdown of Men

as uncredited
Released: 1966-07-01

Part one.

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The Duel in the forbidden territory

as uncredited
Released: 1983-09-09

The wandering swordsman, Ino Heihachiro, defeats Ichima, the youngest of the famed swordsmanship...

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Story of a Nymphomaniac

as Sailor
Released: 1975-10-14

Natsu, the older of two sisters, has a relationship with Yonosuke, the local kimono trader....

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The Rugby Star

as uncredited
Released: 1976-05-15

The success of Truck Yaro (1975-1979) initiated a whole load of movies that put "Yaro" in their...

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Chivalrous Nature

as uncredited
Released: 1965-08-01

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Carlos

as uncredited
Released: 1991-01-25

V-cinema classic about a wanted Brazilian Japanese gangster who flees to Tokyo and fights yakuza.

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Decapitation of an Evil Woman

as uncredited
Released: 1977-01-22

An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history....

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Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell

as uncredited
Released: 1982-02-05

The second in Norio Nanjo’s “Secret” series. The former secret phantom Sanzo (Hiroki Matsukata)...

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Rub Out the Past

as uncredited
Released: 1966-08-26

A lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation.

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The Decisive Power of Aikido

as uncredited
Released: 1975-11-22

It is about the life of Ueshiba - the founder of aikido. We can see how he decided to develop...

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The Coin Thrower Zenigata

as uncredited
Released: 1963-10-13

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

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Professional Killers

as Oiwa's subordinate
First aired: 1972-09-02

A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an...

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