Tōru Abe
Toru Abe (安部 徹, Abe Tōru, 28 March 1917 – 18 July 1993) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1944 to 1985.
Tokyo Story
as Railway StaffThe elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village...
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Rear Adm. Takijiro Onishi (uncredited)In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant...
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Watarai GunsôAfter handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post...
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Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
as Kendo TerauchiLady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to...
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Lovers Lost
as uncreditedA poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the...
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Zatoichi the Fugitive
as Boss Yagiri TokyuroAfter arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a...
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Female Yakuza Tale
as AsakichiOcho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle...
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Forever a Woman
as YamagamiFumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her...
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The Inheritance
as Detective AOn his deathbed, a wealthy businessman announces that his fortune is to be split equally among...
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Lustful Shogun and His 21 Mistresses
as uncreditedThe Tokugawa new Shogun is not interested in women. A nobleman with the help of a lady thief...
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Blind Woman's Curse
as DobashiAkemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang...
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Love Letter
as uncreditedA sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love...
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The Imperial Navy
as uncreditedA lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of...
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Admiral Yamamoto
as Chief of Staff SokaAs Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto...
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Battle of Roses
as uncreditedA Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by...
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A Lively Geisha
as uncreditedYoung geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago...
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Wharf Temperament
as RyuThe story of male friendship unfolding during a boxing match between the navigator, who took...
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Street of Violence
as TajimaAn attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police...
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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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Demon Pond
as Leader of the Village AssemblyWhen a lone traveler stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed...
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Ballad of Orin
as BeshoA blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world...
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Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack
as Yakuza BossIn the 1970s, the Japanese youth emancipation also found its way into the yakuza (crime)...
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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
as Boss ToubeiZatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is...
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Hoodlum Soldier
as uncreditedA young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in...
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Wrath of Daimajin
as Hidanokami ArakawaIn a mountainous region of Japan, Lord Arakawa kidnaps the men of nearby villages to use as...
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Anne no Nikki: Anne Frank Monogatari
as Otto Frank (voice)Amsterdam, June 12, 1942. Anne celebrates her 13th birthday and begins her diary, which she...
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Take Aim at the Police Van
as AkahoriA sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.
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Jubilation Street
as uncreditedThe few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to...
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Sword: Flower-Strewn Path of Courage
as KanzakiAfter serving his sentence, Yakuza family member Toshin-gumi Umebayashi is released from prison....
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Peonies And Dragons
as uncreditedYakuza Ryuichi, nicknamed the Dragon-killer, went on a journey with his son Tatsuo after he lost...
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Girl Boss Guerilla
as uncreditedMiko Sugimoto is the leader of the Red Helmet Gang, a biker girl gang from Shinjuku who wind up...
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The Blind Menace
as uncreditedThis is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi
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The Blossom and the Sword
as Tsuyoshi KishimotoTai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who...
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Greatest Boss Of Japan
as uncreditedA man who became the third boss faces off against delinquent foreigners and villains vying to...
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Dancing Sisters
as uncreditedIt’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a...
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The Great Duel
as uncreditedA cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a...
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Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
as uncreditedThe long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury...
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Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
as Samezu no MasagoroOryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes...
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Kanto Wanderer
as Boss YoshidaHandsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it....
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Abashiri Prison
as Heizo YodaAbashiri Prison is located in the coldest place in Japan. Two men, handcuffed together have...
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With Wife, Children, and Friends
as HoshinoJapanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the...
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Blood of Revenge
as Tatsuzo KarasawaOsaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean...
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Evil Boss vs. Henchmen
as uncreditedA high-ranking yakuza rises to national notoriety.
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Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game
as Yakuza BossReleased from reform school, the Girl Boss and her girl gang enter into conflict with another...
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Life of Matsu the Untamed
as uncreditedA poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband...
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The Blazing Valiant
as Sakae OyaJo has just come back to Japan for the funeral of his parents, who were killed in tribal warfare...
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Code Between Brothers
as KitoFamous enka singer Saburo Kitajima stars as Katsuji, a traveling craps artist who finds great...
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The Shogun's Vault
as uncreditedOkawa Hashizo is 'Red Peony' Hanji who is thrown into a prison cell where he gets involved in a...
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Young Lord Yakuza
as uncreditedYoung Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under...
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The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
as uncreditedA seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by...
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The Champion
as Shinzo TakaokaEikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club...
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The Boy Who Came Back
as uncreditedNobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break...
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Man Who Causes a Storm
as uncreditedShoichi Kokubun (Yujiro Ishihara) is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is...
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The Last Samurai
as uncreditedThe film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many...
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Fearless Opposition
as uncreditedThis action film depicts the conflict between two brothers, one a detective and the other a yakuza.
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Underworld Beauty
as MiharaThe moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen...
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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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Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
as YodaTwo convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to...
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Black Thief
as uncreditedOrganized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.
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100 Gamblers
as uncreditedSet in Kyushu during the early Showa period, the son of a boss who is killed after a greedy boss...
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The Portrait
as uncreditedThe mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an...
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Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
as YasuiUpon returning to his hometown of Nagasaki, recently released prisoner Tachibana Shinichi must...
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The Classroom of Terror
as uncreditedYusaku Matsuda plays an ex-boxer who killed an opponent during a fight. He is brought into a...
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Victory and Defeat
as Kenzo GodaAfter the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura),...
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Run Truck Rascal, Run!
as uncreditedMomojiro and Jonathan go to Kochi on a ferry. On the ferry a singer called Yuka dropped her...
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Game of Chance
as KizakiBungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling....
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Tales of Ginza
as Gô MomoyamaIn the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged...
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Wait for Tomorrow
as uncreditedKohei Misugi works in a vegetable market, but his ambition is to be a photographer. He is given...
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An Outlaw
as TeAssassin Nanjo goes on a solitary mission to take revenge on the man who trapped him into a...
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The Flesh Is Weak
as IidaA woman who grew up in a prestigious household, begins to have an affair outside the marriage.
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
as AtobeFifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman...
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Storm Party
as uncreditedMany outlaws are gathered at the front line of the Japanese Army in a shock troop.
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The Lonely Olympics
as uncreditedThis is a story about the youth of a university student who, by chance, aims to compete in the...
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The Domain
as uncreditedThe feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of...
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I Will Challenge
as uncreditedAkira, a student who is professionally engaged in boxing, aspires to follow in the footsteps of...
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Daring Girls
as uncreditedComedy about sexy chambermaids at a hot spring resort.
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Hana no shôgai
as 通訳In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times,...
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The River Fuefuki
as uncreditedIn a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very...
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Master Fencer Sees the World
as uncreditedA historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the...
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Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
as ToribuA modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin...
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New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
as uncreditedSuehiro Katsuji, a prisoner of Abashiri, is sent to Shikoku to work at a dock where a fierce...
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Gesshoku
as uncreditedA unique and controversial film directed by Umeji Inoue, based on the original story by Shintaro...
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Trapped, the Crimson Bat
as BunzoOichi may have met her match as she vies against the evil beauty that has set her sights on...
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Duel at Fort Ezo
as Ronin1864. Samurai Shinbei is sent in a secret mission to Ezo, in the North of Japan, to stop riots...
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Okatsu the Fugitive
as uncreditedOkatsu the Fugitive is the third film in the "Ohyaku/Okatsu" series. Okatsu; a "tomboy" who is...
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Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
as uncreditedBased on the comic by Kazuo Koike
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Code Between Brothers: All New
as uncreditedWhen the boss of the Nakano Family decides to retire and makes a loyal follower the new boss...
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The Ninja Hunt
as uncreditedFour ninja are hired to fight against the Shogunate’s plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, the...
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Jungle Block
as Hanji TakebayashiA young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted...
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Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
as Kentaro YokokawaThe three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to...
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Lord Mito
as Mondo MuraiOne of Japan’s most popular historical characters, former Vice-Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni, whose...
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Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown
as Oshima HumioKeiko Aizawa a vengeance-crazed vixen sets out on a journey to avenge the death of her older sister.
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I Have the Sun in My Back
as YamadaShigeru, a serious young man who works as a glass cleaner, has an older brother Kenzo, who has...
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On the Road Forever
as uncreditedA wandering gambler strolls into a village searching for his father's killer, unaware that the...
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Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder
as uncreditedRyotatsu, the wayward Priest blinded by Shinkai, the Wicked Priest, has his own story in this...
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The Fearless Avenger
as uncreditedThirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being...
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Gamblers and Racketeers
as uncreditedKomatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group...
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The Murder Corps
as uncreditedA violent upstart forms an alliance with the powerful Tensei-kai syndicate to fight on the front...
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The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
as Kakubei OiwaIn the mountainous region of Koshu, Taikahara, there was an intense power struggle between the...
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Champion Woman Gambler
as uncreditedNinth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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Bad Angel
as uncreditedOne of the earliest of subeban/ girl boss type eiga
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
as GekiTwo devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but...
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The Swindlers
as uncreditedInteresting fights between the "Capone Group" and "Jumbo Group".
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Saga from Chichibu Mountains - Sword Cuts the Shadows
as Detective KuroshimaDuring the 1880's a young swordsman, Saotome Gengo, on his way to Tokyo stops at an inn in a...
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Rikidozan: Man of Fury
as uncreditedThe story of legendary Korean-Japanese wrestler Rikidozan.
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Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
as uncreditedA gripping tale of friendship set against the backdrop of Hokkaido. Shinichi sets out to earn a...
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The Boss
as uncreditedTeruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and...
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The Last Betrayal
as uncreditedA crime boss gets out of prison and tries to find who from his organization betrayed him.
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Foul Play
as Second baseman AoikePrivate eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa)...
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Three Gamblers
as Kichinosuke KoizumiThree closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling...
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Ishimatsu of the Forest
as uncreditedThe tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it...
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Crossroad
as Inspector HanadaIse, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having...
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Yakuza of Seki
as Sukegoro IiokaA young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister,...
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Code Between Brothers 6
as Tsuyoshi ShimaokaSixth film in the "Kyodai Jingi" series. Three gangsters challenge an underworld group in...
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Harbor Rats
as uncreditedA scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir...
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Tokyo no Kodoku
as uncreditedA coming-of-age story about two newcomers to the world of professional baseball who compete for...
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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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Rub Out the Past
as Bunsho TeiA lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation.
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The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
as uncreditedThe film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five...
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Once and For All Pt.２
as uncreditedContinuation of the film Once and For All about two yakuza brothers Joji and Goro.
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The Inner Palace Conspiracy
as Older brother Taro IchiA period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of...
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Human Target
as Chief SendaAt midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic...
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Gunman's Alley
as uncreditedNitani is an undercover drug enforcement agent in Kobe who not only busts two rival drug gangs...
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Desperate Hoodlum
as uncreditedSecond part of the Zenka mono series.
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Furankī no uchūbito
as uncreditedDr. Kinoshita, whose rocket experiments had been a series of failures, discovers a strange...
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Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger
as uncreditedTetsu, is a honourable and noble yakuza caught in a conflict between rival clans, and...
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The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
as Deputy Chief KawanishiThe last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.
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Blood Vendetta
as Hideo TokuzawaThe film tells about Masayoshi, a noble Yakuza who lives by the laws of honor and humanity, and...
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When a Woman Loves
as YoshimuraStory of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.
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Penitentiary Brothers
as uncreditedAuthentic action drama of modern gangsters.
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Policeman's Diary, Part 2
as uncreditedFrom runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.
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Jigoku no hatoba
as uncreditedA battle for a large sum of money unfolds on the docks near a steel mill in a foggy atmosphere....
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He Killed Dad
as uncreditedThe lives of two brothers, Kunio and Akira Kasahara, are changed forever when their father is...
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The Eagle and the Hawk
as MatsuIn a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who...
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The Silk Hat Boss 2
as uncreditedThe Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami.
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Rampaging Dragon of the North
as uncreditedThe son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza...
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Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments
as uncreditedAs the Killer Priest Shinkai travels around Japan during the Meiji era, he comes to the aid of a...
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Family Crest: Die Like a Man
as Yoshiichiro OmoriThe story of three brothers who, after loosing their parents in the Great Kanto Earthquake,...
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Men in a Rough Town
as uncreditedAn action-packed, dramatic gangster film.
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Flower Cards Chivalry
as uncreditedAn absolutely astonishing art house ninkyo yakuza film. Wandering gambler runs into a young...
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King of the Widow-Killers
as uncreditedThe third installment of the Emperor series, starring Tatsuo Umemiya as the man who rules the...
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Red Sword Sheath: Code Of Honour: Recieving Orders
as uncreditedJapanese crime film
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Back Stairways
as uncreditedA young man named Kijima who works as a pianist in a small bar is surprised when one of the...
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Secret Information
as Yasaburo ObaA gangster named Sagara killed a broker at the request of a friend named Oba, was arrested and...
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The Young and Bad
as uncreditedNot too long ago, Soichiro was considered one of the most powerful men in business. But his...
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Brothers of Capones
as uncreditedSuperbly entertaining action comedy with Tomisaburo Wakayama as Kuriyama Capone who learned his...
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A Modern Yakuza: The Code of The Lawless
as uncreditedJust released on parole, one young man hurtles towards a face-off with the gangsters controlling...
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Turbid youth
as uncreditedShigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around...
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The Scarred Crest
as uncreditedA war veteran clashes with a mob boss in this crime saga. When Ryuji returns from the war, he...
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The Biggest Gamble
as IwasaWhen Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do...
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A History of the Japanese Underworld
as uncreditedThe hero tries to unite various gangs.
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Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair
as FuruyaExciting fights between the police and a crime syndicate over the secret of poison gas.
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The Black Current
as uncreditedA reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company,...
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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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Wolves of the City: Checkmate
as uncreditedThis is the sixth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968...
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A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
as uncredited
Wolf Escort
as uncreditedRivalry between a hoodlum group and gangster organization.
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Gun Number Zero
as uncreditedEric, an American, arrives at an international tourist hotel and loses his self-defense Colt. It...
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Fangs of Night
as uncreditedA young doctor discovers that the city hall of records has a record of his death. He and some...
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Hawk of the Harbour
as uncreditedA Nikkatsu Action film with Yujiro Ishihara as the head of a small shipping company who gets...
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Dai shinrin ni mukatte tatsu
as uncreditedStrife between competing lumber mills.
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The Killer
as uncreditedA former gang leader and lone wolf who has left the organization works behind the scenes in a...
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Tale of Scarlet Love
as uncreditedAssistant Police Inspector Saburo Tatsuno, a former jazz pianist, is assigned to uncover a...
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Gambling Den Heist
as HadaAfter eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor.
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Monk's Paradise
as uncreditedA genius gambler and born hunter is a Buddhist monk by occupation.
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The Homely Sister
as Ukichi TsurumuraIn the 19th century Edo period, sisters Oshizu and Otaka have sacrificed their personal...
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Jûnana-sai no teikô
as uncreditedKanako is an intelligent and beautiful girl in her third year of high school, but there was a...
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The Rambler Returns Home
as uncreditedFinal installment of THE WANDERING GUITARIST series.
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Phoenix
as uncreditedEmi Ikushima, a star actress in the Roses, is half-hearted, but she wasn't disappointed by the...
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Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms
as Tokuzo SekiyamaBeginning of the Showa era, Takasaki City in Joshu (Gunma Province). Gambler Inufushi Yoichi...
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Melody of Crime
as uncreditedPro boxer Aoshima Toru is diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor and given three months to live....
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Chivalrous Man: Junkyard of Life
as uncreditedEnd of the Taisho period. In the city of Kiryu, where the wind is constantly blowing, the heads...
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Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the Dohyō
as uncreditedA film about sumo wrestler Wakanohana Kanji I. He was nicknamed "Devil of the dohyo" due to his...
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Shōgun
as HiromatsuAn English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.
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Professional Killers
as uncreditedA shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an...
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Nemuri Kyoshiro
as uncreditedStarting out in Edo, as Kyoshiro travels west toward Kyoto, he encounters some of the most...
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