Masaru Shiga
Birthday: 1942-01-13
Place of Birth: Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Biography: Japanese actor and singer.
Movies
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza in order to save a prostitute and is hired by their l...
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Debt King Part VII: Millennium
Takao, the owner of a coffee shop and brother-in-law to Anzai, the assistant manager of Hikari Bank,...
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Karate for Life
The last of the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy. Oyama takes a job as a professional wrestler in Okinawa, bu...
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Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go on ...
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The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
Part 4 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, ...
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The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
A crossover between Wakayama's Gokudo and Sugawara Mamushi series. Gokudo runs a restaurant and make...
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Japanese Godfather: Ambition
An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking con...
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Hula Girls
Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Ha...
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Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Takashi, a bank robber, dreams of his final heist and escaping to Brazil... but in his way, stands a...
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Gambler: Victory Without Death
Tsunetaro Asakura AKA "Dynamite Tsune" is a talented gambler, but not infallable. After losing his B...
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Another Battle
Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza...
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Gokudo Steak III
A deadly battle with mercenaries and a confrontation with big brother Yazaki!...
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1750 Days of Turbulence
After the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years....
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Eighteen Years in Prison
A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and...
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Japan's Don
A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with...
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Silk Hat Boss
In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there'...
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Brothers Serving Time
While imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking order. Af...
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The Rapacious Jailbreaker
Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But for a ...
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Story of a Nymphomaniac
Natsu, the older of two sisters, has a relationship with Yonosuke, the local kimono trader. Unlike h...
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A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun
Ninth movie in the Torakku Yarō series. Momojiro travels to Nagano to take Jonathan's place driving ...
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Sex and Fury
Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by u...
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The Man Who Shot the Don
Horai serves an 18 year sentence for killing a rival boss, but right before his release he is attack...
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The General and His Empire of Joy
Zenjiro (Masaru Shiga) is a lowlife criminal, roaming the country with his merry band of crooks, gam...
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The King of Minami: Yakuza in Debt
#31 in the King of Minami series. A washed-up yakuza named Fukunaga borrows money from Manda, unwitt...
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Debt King Part V: Project Okinawa
Mizunuma is struggling to pay back his debts as always, and flies to Okinawa in an attempt to illega...
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Debt King Part VI: Legendary Speculator in Naniwa
Naito is serving time for his aggressive fundraising in the securities world, but returns to Osaka a...
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Miroku
Through philosophical and science themed imagination, Emile questions everything from his teenage ye...
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Bokunchi - My House
A young Japanese boy's life is changed when his sister returns to the small island, full of eccentri...
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The True Story of The Hiroshima Yakuza War
After World War II, in Hiroshima, the Yakuza clans start a war for control of the city....
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The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
With a Kansai syndicate vying for Tokyo, one man reunites with his roguish half-brother in the midst...
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Code of Wolves
In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of...
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The Daimon
Based on the manga of the same name, this hard-boiled action drama depicts the life of a man torn be...
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The Daimon 2
The second in the series about a former businessman who rises in the world of the yakuza. Monjiro Ta...
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Dead Angle
Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s...
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Nuns That Bite
A woman on the run is raped, rescued, then raped again. Escaping, she heads for the hills and finds ...
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Friendship
Fourteen-year old student Ayumi has leukemia and starts losing hair. She becomes depressed but recei...
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Be-Bop High School: A Dunce Rhapsody
College student Mayumi takes a mutual interest in Hiroshi, but their happiness is cut short when two...
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The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent gangs...
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Doberman Cop
Joji Kano is a loose cannon cop from backwoods Okinawa, sent to Tokyo to investigate the grizzly mur...
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Yakuza Graveyard
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotia...
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King of Sha-kin
In late 90s Osaka, three people from various walks of life meet by chance. They team up to orchestra...
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bun...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under press...
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The Fort of Death
The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of f...
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Decapitation of an Evil Woman
An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history. Duri...
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Yakuza on Foot
An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug traffic...
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Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determ...
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A Savage Beast Goes Mad
Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. His company then learns that he has kept...
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Samurai Wolf
This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba – who arrives at a...
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Gambling Code and Feuds
It is the first Toei yakuza film directed by Akinori Matsuo, who was active in Nikkatsu action movie...
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A Yakuza Has His Way
The eighth installment in the popular film series starring Tomisaburo Wakayama. Embarrassed by the c...
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Silk Hat Boss
In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there'...
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The Silk Hat Boss 2
The Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami....
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Yakuza vs. Gang Leader
Gokudo Shimamura comes to blows with the Delinquent Boss who rolls into town with his motorcycle gan...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Ogami Itto is challenged by a quintet of warriors, each armed with one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee...
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The Boss' Wife
The widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her h...
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The Pledge
When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict betw...
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Eleven Samurai
The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, s...
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Wicked Priest
During the Taisho Period (early 1920's) a monastery of warrior monks was split apart between two fac...
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Code Between Brothers 5
Saburo Kitajima, one of Japan’s most famous Enka singers, returns in the fifth of the Kyodai Jingi s...
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Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their bos...
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Blue Jeans Memory
A trio of high school boys get summer jobs at a seaside resort. Soon, however, they learn that the w...
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Company Buggers
Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their d...
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Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red...
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Operation Plazma in Osaka
Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's large...
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Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an al...
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The Viper Brothers and the Young General
The last in the series. Sugawara runs into two mahjong cheaters (Ichiro Araki and Mako Midori + side...
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Ninja's Mark
When the Shogun Tokugawa III is in bed with a girl, she turns into a monster. The court believes she...
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The Tattooed Hitman
The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and n...
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Another Battle/Conspiracy
Katsunori Takahashi and Ken Watanabe star in a modern yakuza tale in the classic Japanese film serie...
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The Scarred Code of Honor
Inside the Todo-gumi, the confrontation between the young head of the martial arts group and the you...
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The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a ...
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Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor
The fifth and final chapter of the Kanto Street Peddlers series! Will the battle in Asakusa be enoug...
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Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North Sea
Ryuji Hoshikawa (played by Ken'ichi Endô), the leader of the Hoshikawa group and an executive of the...
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Snake and Lady Slave
Hisayoshi, who was known as "Matahisa" and was a famous bondage artist in the Kansai region, is now ...
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Gokudo of Kamagasaki
Ninth installment in the "Gokudo" series. Depicts the activities of Shimamura Seikichi and his hench...
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Hakuryu 8: Invasion of Roppongi
The main character, Hakuryu, played by Hakuryu, is bursting with unexpected strategies. The developm...
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A Kawachi Rascal's Song
Even after turning 30, Matsutaro Tokuda is still single and spends his days driving a white taxi. He...
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The Protector
Mine, the only daughter of Kiyagen, is faced with running the family's timber business when her fath...
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The Shogun Assassins
This is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu....
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Japanese Humanity and Justice
When a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to thei...
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Scoundrel
Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, l...
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Samurai of Hachiman
A mysterious swordsman called Hatokuro Yawata (Ken Matsudaira) who appeared from somewhere with whit...
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A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers
When a large crime syndicate seeks to invade Gifu's underworld, three brothers and their yakuza fami...
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Gate of Flesh
Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of th...
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千年の松 完結編
Makino Kuniyasu is consulted about the succession issue of the Joshu Okubo family. At that time, Mak...
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Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel
The third film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. Sugawara still plays the same Kanto street peddl...
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Hakuryu 2: Reward for Shinogi Chapter 2
The Kurosu clan has succeeded in making 20 billion yen from the sale of golf course stock certificat...
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Hakuryu 3: Ruthless Battle Royale
An unprecedented scandal of human experimentation by a well-known company is uncovered. The cool and...
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Hakuryu 7: Assassination Plan for Hakuryu
Tatsuya Shirakawa, the acting head of the Kurosu clan, who has ruled Shibuya, where outlaws are thri...
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Hakuryu 9: Arisa, That Woman...
Arisa, a former lady and hostess, falls in love with Hakuryu, who saved her from a tight spot, and g...
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Hakuryu 10: White Dragon vs Black Dragon
In this series, money-related matters arise frequently, and this time, too, we find ourselves involv...
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Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
Tokijiro has the unfortunate duty according to the code of the gamblers to join in the fighting when...
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