Minken Karasawa

Born: 1937-01-03


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Legend of the Eight Samurai

as uncredited
Released: 1983-12-10

The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the...

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Orgies of Edo

as Young man A
Released: 1969-01-09

Three stories of moral sickness set during Japan’s prosperous Genroku era are told in this...

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The Street Fighter

as Warden Yamazaki
Released: 1974-02-02

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

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity

as Chief Investigator Nakamura
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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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

as uncredited
Released: 1973-04-28

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

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Doberman Cop

as Manager Takemura
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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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

as uncredited
Released: 1963-04-28

After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw...

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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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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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Brave Red Flower of the North

as uncredited
Released: 1970-01-09

An exciting tale of action on the distant northern island of Hokkaido around the beginning of...

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Hell Riders in Kyoto

as uncredited
Released: 1973-04-28

The rich punk Junya has only one thing in mind: to race with the police on his motorcycle. That...

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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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Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple

as uncredited
Released: 1964-01-01

In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of...

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Dangerous Trade in Kobe

as Susumu Takigawa
Released: 1973-06-07

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

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Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro

as government official
Released: 1972-06-21

Kogarashi Monjiro is a lone samurai who agrees to take responsibility for a murder that his...

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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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Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

as A Yoshioka Cronie
Released: 1962-11-17

The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to...

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The Biggest Gamble

as uncredited
Released: 1969-09-14

When Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do...

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The Rapacious Jailbreaker

as uncredited
Released: 1974-12-07

Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But...

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Story of a Nymphomaniac

as uncredited
Released: 1975-10-14

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

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The Mad Fox

as Imperial Guard Officer
Released: 1962-05-01

A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope...

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The Red Silk Gambler

as uncredited
Released: 1972-11-21

With her first love that unfolded in the battlefield in her heart, and with a short sword and a...

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A Revengeful Raid

as uncredited
Released: 1962-09-22

In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho,...

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Eighteen Years in Prison

as uncredited
Released: 1967-02-24

A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes...

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Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

as uncredited
Released: 1965-04-10

Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman...

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Hoodlum Match

as uncredited
Released: 1965-02-13

A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.

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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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Chivalrous Nature

as uncredited
Released: 1965-08-01

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鷹天皇飄々剣 吉野の風雲児

as uncredited
Released: 1962-02-21

1962 Japanese movie

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Brothers Serving Time

as uncredited
Released: 1969-05-03

While imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking...

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Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi

as uncredited
Released: 1963-05-12

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Seventeen Ninja

as uncredited
Released: 1963-07-06

As the Shogun lays dying, seventeen Iga clan ninja are sent to infiltrate the impenetrable...

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Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You

as uncredited
Released: 1971-06-01

The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the...

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The Ninja Hunt

as uncredited
Released: 1964-09-05

Four ninja are hired to fight against the Shogunate’s plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, the...

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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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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

as uncredited
Released: 1969-10-16

This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when...

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Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes

as Okuda
Released: 1963-12-15

A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into...

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霧丸霧がくれ 

as uncredited
Released: 1961-05-03

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Fly Boys, Fly!

as uncredited
Released: 1995-09-23

Six young pilots who all volunteered to be Kami-kaze or suicide pilots.

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The Viper Brothers and the Young General

as uncredited
Released: 1975-03-01

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The Medicine Case

as uncredited
Released: 1959-09-30

Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.

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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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Restoration Fire

as uncredited
Released: 1961-10-14

Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic...

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A History of the Japanese Underworld

as uncredited
Released: 1968-01-14

The hero tries to unite various gangs.

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Code Between Brothers 2

as uncredited
Released: 1966-08-13

The services of a wandering gambler, Seiji, are called upon to protect the turf of his loyal...

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The Hard Core Criminal

as uncredited
Released: 1973-05-12

In the 20th century, the Japanese government exploits prisoners as expendable slave laborers in...

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Kantō tekiya ikka: Goromentsuu

as uncredited
Released: 1970-03-05

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Travels of Hibari and Chiemi

as uncredited
Released: 1962-01-03

Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer’s investigation of...

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Whistling Drifter

as Okotanpe
Released: 1961-09-23

Friendship between good samurais and aborigines in Hokkaido.

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Abekobe dōchū

as uncredited
Released: 1962-05-09

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Industrial Spy

as Ohara
Released: 1968-05-21

A spy learns the top secrets of a company.

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Hikage-Mono

as uncredited
Released: 1972-11-22

A Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita

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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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Skyscraper Hunting

as uncredited
Released: 1991-04-20

The ASH (Abnormal Species Humanoid) first appeared in the beginning of the 1980s. They looked...

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The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats

as uncredited
Released: 1972-08-25

Part 4 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short...

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Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha

as uncredited
Released: 1962-07-08

1962 Japanese movie

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Four and A Half Mats

as Kumagai
Released: 1966-02-17

Fukazawa Shino is a prostitute in the late Meiji period. Shino was deceived by Tatsukichi and...

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Kamen Rider

as Rich man
First aired: 1971-04-03

Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams...

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Professional Killers

as uncredited
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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