Nobuo Kawakami
Pigs and Battleships
as Policeman in Lawless AreaIn the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the...
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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as uncreditedSaheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He...
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Facing to the Clouds
as uncreditedA rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet...
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The Eagle and the Hawk
as uncreditedIn a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who...
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Tales of Ginza
as uncreditedIn the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged...
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I Am Waiting
as EizoA former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster...
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Our Town
as Night Market BossIn 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan....
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Gazing at Love and Death
as uncreditedA young girl knows that she is going to die and in this she is supported by the devotion of the...
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Farewell to Southern Tosa
as uncreditedStory of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard.
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Stolen Desire
as PolicemanA rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of...
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Bad Girl
as uncreditedWakae is a 15 year old girl who lived under the same roof with her alcoholic father and stepmom....
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The Heart
as UndertakerIn the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon...
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Retaliation
as uncreditedEmerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa discovers that his gang has...
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Shiroi natsu
as uncreditedHey, please, hold me... A thrilling physical farewell gift that a pure-hearted adult received...
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Joe of Aces: Give and Take
as uncreditedAgainst the bosses of the underworld that dominate Yokohama, Kobe, and Hong Kong, ace Joe, who...
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I Hate But Love
as uncreditedA celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves...
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
as uncreditedGoro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his...
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Love Eternal
as uncreditedA deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an...
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The Wild Reporter
as uncreditedSeven years ago, Ishimatsu Toshio, a talented radio producer at Zen Nihon Hōsō, witnessed a...
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Intimidation
as uncreditedKoreyoshi Kurahara's ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a...
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Foundry Town
as DetectiveSet in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families...
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The Plateau Man
as uncreditedJapanese Western set at a mountain ranch in Kyushu.
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Endless Desire
as uncreditedSet in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a...
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The School Cap
as uncreditedA Tokyo student transfers to a rural school and finds it difficult to adjust himself to its...
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Wind and waves of the South
as YazōLittle dark-eyed boy Kazuo. Yes, he dreamed of the sea. However, like everyone here in the...
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Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
as BoilermanOn a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of...
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Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
as uncreditedOn a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of...
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as Inspector UrakamiJiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different...
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Kaze to Ki to Sora to
as uncreditedA nanny, played by Sayuri Yoshinaga, who lives and works in a Tokyo family, causes all kinds of...
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The Scarred Angel
as uncreditedA musical film based on the original work of Saigo Teruhiko. After leaving the juvenile...
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The Sleeping Beast Within
as MotoyamaWhen a middle aged salaryman is unknowingly used by drug traffickers he is dishonored and fires...
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I'll End in Hell
as uncreditedJoji Dan tries to find the heir of a prosperous Japanese millionaire who died in Mexico....
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Loss of innocence
as uncreditedA young journalist is writing an article on what happens to girls who are raped. He uncovers the...
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Striving to Live
as uncreditedYasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly...
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Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku
as uncredited"Tomorrow is Another Day" tells the story of three brothers who struggle to shake free of the...
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The Flame of Devotion
as Yasuko's fatherThe tragic tale of Kiyono, a young woman from the mountain who fell in love with Takuji, a...
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The Rambler Rides Again
as uncreditedIn this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to...
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Prince of Wolves
as uncreditedAs the post-war turmoil continued, Take, the boss of the waifs, stole the money of US soldiers...
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Badge of the Night
as uncreditedA noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose...
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Woman Gambler
as OtakiMourning the death of her boyfriend, Yukiko wanders aimlessly from one city to another. During...
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The Dragon Crest
as uncreditedA violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.
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A Turning to Hell
as uncreditedMaki, a porter at the Sakura Hotel, finds a body in Room No. 2 and picks up a piece of paper on...
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Taking the Castle
as uncreditedThe Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa,...
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The Shadow of Fear
as Detective MatsukiIn the backstreets of Ginza, the boss of a hairdressing salon is found dead, killed by...
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Rambling in the Sea
as uncreditedSeventh in the nine-film series, "The Wandering Guitarist".
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Bad Girl Mako
as uncreditedPatronized by a gang ruling the city, Mako delinquently plays around a night club every night...
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The Song of Love
as uncreditedHeartwarming story of an ambitious girl who becomes a concert pianist with the help of her...
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The Rambler in the Sunset
as uncreditedThe young rambler, Shinji Taki, with his guitar arrives a hot spa town at the foot of Mount Aizu...
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The Rambler Goes North
as uncreditedIn the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back...
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Gambling Kitten
as MiyoshiArikawa runs a transport company. But this is only a front for his gambling house. Yuriko is a...
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The Symbol of a Man
as UekiIn 1936 under the war clouds over the Manchurian border, 60-year-old Oshima Shozaburo is...
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Fight of the Gamblers
as uncreditedRyuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men,...
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The Reckless One
as uncreditedKosuke Suzuki returns to Hakata's hometown after learning that his best friend Takehara has...
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The Guitarist and the Rancher
as uncreditedRambler Shinji arrives in town armed with nothing but a guitar. With assistance from an old...
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Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie
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Haunted Samurai
as JisakuWhen his sister commits suicide as a result of his actions, Rokuheita, an enforcer for the Yagyu...
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Immortal Guy
as uncreditedKosuke Suzuki was presumed dead after boss Toseikai Setouchi lynched him and threw him into the...
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Modern Children
as uncreditedAfter their father dies, his children try to get by on a house boat.
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I'll Kill the Women
as uncreditedA unique action-packed drama that tells the story of a Yakuza man who craves blood like crazy,...
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