Nobuo Kawakami
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Movies
Striving to Live
Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee...
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Love Eternal
A deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an executive me...
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Stolen Desire
A rambunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki t...
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I Hate But Love
A celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced To...
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Foundry Town
Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and on...
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Joe of Aces: Give and Take
Against the bosses of the underworld that dominate Yokohama, Kobe, and Hong Kong, ace Joe, who plays...
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Wind and waves of the South
Little dark-eyed boy Kazuo. Yes, he dreamed of the sea. However, like everyone here in the village. ...
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Facing to the Clouds
A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he...
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Badge of the Night
A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose mis...
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The Rambler Goes North
In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads wi...
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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes th...
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The Rambler Rides Again
In this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to Hokk...
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The Wild Reporter
Seven years ago, Ishimatsu Toshio, a talented radio producer at Zen Nihon Hōsō, witnessed a crazed...
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Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku
"Tomorrow is Another Day" tells the story of three brothers who struggle to shake free of the father...
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Prince of Wolves
As the post-war turmoil continued, Take, the boss of the waifs, stole the money of US soldiers and l...
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I'll End in Hell
Joji Dan tries to find the heir of a prosperous Japanese millionaire who died in Mexico. However, th...
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Tales of Ginza
In the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged husband...
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Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
A kidnapping occurred over a seven-million-dollar diamond that was sewn into his stomach. Takuya Nik...
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The Flame of Devotion
The tragic tale of Kiyono, a young woman from the mountain who fell in love with Takuji, a fisherman...
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The Human Cyclone
The first in the Ginza Whirlwind Child series. A poignant action giant depicting the activities of M...
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The Scarred Angel
A musical film based on the original work of Saigo Teruhiko. After leaving the juvenile detention ce...
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Loss of Innocence
A young journalist is writing an article on what happens to girls who are raped. He uncovers the sto...
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Immortal Guy
Kosuke Suzuki was presumed dead after boss Toseikai Setouchi lynched him and threw him into the sea ...
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JA750 Gōki Yukuefumei
1958 Newspaper Association Sweepstakes Winning Broadcast Drama Movie. A heartwarming and moving sto...
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The Reckless One
Kosuke Suzuki returns to Hakata's hometown after learning that his best friend Takehara has disappea...
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I'll Kill the Women
A unique action-packed drama that tells the story of a Yakuza man who craves blood like crazy, unawa...
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東京午前三時
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Tokyo gozen sanji" by Frank Nagai....
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Our Town
In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He s...
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Endless Desire
Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher...
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Intimidation
Koreyoshi Kurahara's ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a despe...
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Fight of the Gamblers
Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, sec...
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The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
Jiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different worlds. H...
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Bad Girl
Wakae is a 15 year old girl who lived under the same roof with her alcoholic father and stepmom. Her...
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The Song of Love
Heartwarming story of an ambitious girl who becomes a concert pianist with the help of her musician ...
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Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
On a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of Meishin-Kai...
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A Turning to Hell
Maki, a porter at the Sakura Hotel, finds a body in Room No. 2 and picks up a piece of paper on whic...
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The Rambler in the Sunset
The young rambler, Shinji Taki, with his guitar arrives a hot spa town at the foot of Mount Aizu Ban...
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Pigs and Battleships
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occup...
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The Heart
In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon rea...
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Retaliation
Emerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa discovers that his gang has disintegrate...
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Woman Gambler
Mourning the death of her boyfriend, Yukiko wanders aimlessly from one city to another. During her m...
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Gambling Kitten
Arikawa runs a transport company. But this is only a front for his gambling house. Yuriko is a reg...
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Farewell to Southern Tosa
Story of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard....
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his cond...
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The Symbol of a Man
A Japanese intelligence officer faces personal crises in the years preceding the Manchurian conflict...
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The Dragon Crest
A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan....
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The School Cap
A Tokyo student transfers to a rural school and finds it difficult to adjust himself to its customs ...
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The Eagle and the Hawk
In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. Af...
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The Sleeping Beast Within
A newspaper reporter's search for his girlfriend's missing father lead him into heart of the crimina...
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Taking the Castle
The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was...
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Bad Girl Mako
Patronized by a gang ruling the city, Mako delinquently plays around a night club every night with h...
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Haunted Samurai
When his sister commits suicide as a result of his actions, Rokuheita, an enforcer for the Yagyu nin...
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I Am Waiting
A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster emplo...
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Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
On a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of Meishin-Kai...
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The Guitarist and the Rancher
Rambler Shinji arrives in town armed with nothing but a guitar. With assistance from an old gun-for-...
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The Shadow of Fear
In the backstreets of Ginza, the boss of a hairdressing salon is found dead, killed by strangulation...
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Shiroi natsu
Hey, please, hold me... A thrilling physical farewell gift that a pure-hearted adult received while ...
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Kaze to Ki to Sora to
A nanny, played by Sayuri Yoshinaga, who lives and works in a Tokyo family, causes all kinds of wave...
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Gazing at Love and Death
A young girl knows that she is going to die and in this she is supported by the devotion of the boy ...
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The Day of Youth
At Tokyo Gakuen University, Takema, son of Tatsunosuke, chief of the Waku gang, is a freshman who wi...
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The Stars and I Decided...
The brother of an up-and-coming kendoka is mysteriously murdered while working on a new model of mot...
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Acacia no Ame ga Yamu Toki
Hideo Ishizaki, who was painting on the shore of the lake, saves a woman named Keiko....
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Blood Shed
Ginjiro was born to a family of nobility, though he yearned for freedom. To earn this freedom, he a...
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Wakai hyou no mure
A blockbuster youth action film that explodes with the charm of Maiko Guy and Akira, based on the se...
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The Tokyo Mighty Guy
Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in...
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The Bride is Fifteen
Hanayome wa Jūgo-sai, directed by Mio Ezaki and distributed by Nikkatsu, stars Masako Izumi and Ken ...
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Ningen Gari
A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs ...
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Love and Desire in the Night Mist
A film from Nikkatsu's "moodo akushon" (mood/action) subgenre....
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Shin yūkyōden
In this town, Kagosuke and Ryukichi of the Okamoto family, who are deeply committed to the yakuza wa...
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Drunken Ghost
A man meets the spirit of a murdered gangster after he spills alcohol over his grave....
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