Ryutaro Otomo
Birthday: 1912-06-06
Place of Birth: Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Biography: Ryūtarō Ōtomo (大友柳太朗 Ōtomo Ryūtarō) (5 June 1912 – 27 September 1985) was a Japanese film actor. He committed suicide in 1985. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryūtarō Ōtomo, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1
With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, w...
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20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2
The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda....
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20 Duels of Young Shingo - Conclusion
While on his journey through the countryside of Japan, Shingo encounters many people whose lives hav...
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Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
Ryutaro Otomo as the Edo magistrate Umon Kondo is out to solve a crime that centers around the murde...
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Island of Horrors
Kindaichi challenges the mystery of an incident in which three sisters were killed one after the oth...
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Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 3
The adventures of Aoi Shingo continue. Shingo is finally given permission to officially meet his fat...
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53 Stages of the Road
An Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto....
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G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
The second part of an action-packed action movie about the struggle between smugglers, the Japanese ...
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The Eve of the Chinese Festival
A kabuki actor is assassinated during a New Year celebration show, in front of everyone, fortunately...
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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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Castle of Owls
Movie adaptation of the 1959 ninja novel. With war against Korea looming on the horizon, Hideyoshi ...
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The Lord Takes a Bride
Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said ...
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A Thousand Standards of Stone
A film about the rivalry and friendship between firefighter Chоji and sumo wrestler Sokichi Fudoyama...
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The Magic Serpent
In ancient Japan, a good lord is killed and his throne is taken by the trecherous Yuki Daijo and his...
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Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord
Bored Hatamoto movie #11...
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Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but while his determination impresses his supe...
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A Scream from Nowhere
In 1930, the chance meeting of a novelist and one of his fans opens the door to a series of mysterio...
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Seventeen Ninja
As the Shogun lays dying, seventeen Iga clan ninja are sent to infiltrate the impenetrable fortress ...
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The Red Shadow
Fifteen years after Ishida Mitsunari lost in the battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu foresees his ...
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White-haired Demon
A man dies in an automobile accident and returns as a white-haired demon and seeks revenge on his wi...
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Grand Contest
The story of an unusual friendship between a vagabond, masterless samurai and a magistrate....
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1
The deputy shogun of the realm, accompanied by his loyal and capable aides, makes a stop at Jigokuda...
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2
At the transformed Fumaden (Demon Subduing) Temple, with the dynamic efforts of Sukesan and Kakusan,...
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Magistrate Ooka’s Legends
A hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic....
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Thirty-three footprints
Fourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka...
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Genkuro Yoshitsune
An exciting historical drama that dynamically depicts the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune from the pe...
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Hirado Pirates
In the 9th year of the Tempo era, after a long sea voyage, Moritaya Seizo returned to Hirado, who ea...
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Goblin's Highway
Gombei is Nameless, a wanderer who is skilled with a sword and has a great sense of humor, who tries...
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Kanbei's Bargain Sale
Wandering swordsman Kanbei, parading through town with a sign that reads "Seeking fights, selling my...
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The Grand Master
Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-m...
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Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
Umon’s services are called upon when innocent bystanders, Kayo and Minokichi, along with the ronin, ...
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Tampopo
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside ...
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The Christian Revolt
In Tokugawa-era (1637) Shimabara, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the...
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Kagero-za
A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife....
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Ghost Ship Part 1
As Part I opens, Jubei (Denjiro Okochi), the best of sea skippers, is unable to overcome the stormy ...
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Ghost Ship Part 2
Jiromaru (Kinnosuke Nakamura) investigates the dark "Ghost Ship" in search of his father. Meanwhile,...
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Secret of The Golden Spell
One of Japan’s most popular folklore characters, Tange Sazen, the one-eyed and one-armed swordsman, ...
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Seven from Edo
When Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a plan ...
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Yagyu Chronicles 9: Assassin's Sword
The Yagyu Family have been teaching the Shinkage style of fencing for generations. Now a new fencing...
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The 47 Masterless Samurai
While the story of the Ako Clan's vendetta has been told countless times, never before has there bee...
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Cantankerous Edo
It's fighting fires and swordsmen with a touch of music in this free-for-all of action and excitemen...
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Watari, the Ninja Boy
Adapted from Sanpei Shirato's classic manga, a legend unfolds as Watari, a young boy skilled in ninj...
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The Crimson Peacock
One of the greatest film serials ever to come out of Japan puts together an all-star cast in the sea...
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Heiji, the Detective
Famous for his coin tossing when capturing criminals, an Edo detective, Heiji, launches an investiga...
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The Lonely Olympics
This is a story about the youth of a university student who, by chance, aims to compete in the Montr...
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Temptation of Angel
A story of the everyday life of a couple living together, ordinary but full of warmth and love. Star...
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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
The legendary one-eyed one-armed swordsman Tange Sazen is back to aid a Magistrate in his efforts to...
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Clan Revival
After the Onin War ended in 1477, Kyoto was left in ashes and the nation was in complete disorder. B...
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The Master Spearman
This subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit hara...
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The Kuroda Affair
This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is...
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The Elephant Who Waited
The story of Kanesuke and Entaro who are master elephant trainers in charge of two elephants, Taro a...
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A Warrior's Flute
Tale of tragic love between samurai and princess during Heian period....
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Case of Umon: The Nanbanzame Murders
The serial killing of a samurai each night by strangulation at various temples confounds investigato...
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Case of Umon: One-Eyed Wolf
Five swordsmen are murdered and hung from a tree and the chase is on to find the killers. Two magist...
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Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern
Detective Umon’s services are called upon when ronin Yaichiro is killed with a peculiar weapon, a st...
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Duel of Blood and Sand
Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the ...
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A Chivalrous Spirit
An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of per...
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Lord Mito
This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mi...
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Black Thief
Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land....
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Shimizu Port of Chivalry
An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of per...
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The Swordsman and the Actress
A fellow member of the company named Hanjiro tells Koharu, an actress in a traveling theatrical trou...
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The Black Hooded Man
A mysterious black hooded man intervenes when an anti-government group who plots to steal the precio...
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The Black Hooded Man 2
The mysterious black hooded man, Kurozukin, helps transport funds raised to fight against the govern...
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The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-sh...
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Vanquished Foes
A skilled assassin's services are called upon to put an end to the ugly turf battle between two yaku...
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Flames of Blood
The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course ...
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Revenge for His Lover
Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta a...
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The Woman Dicer
Seventh film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where...
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Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4
Aoi Shingo, a son of the Shogun, continues his travels seeking to further his mastery of the sword. ...
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Tange Sazen and the Princess
Tange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family....
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Case of Umon: Red Lizard
Umon goes on an investigation to unveil the murderer known as Red Lizard....
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The Ako Retainers
Toei’s 10th anniversary film, featuring an all-star cast from the golden movie era of the 1960s. A f...
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The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence
The stormy tale of the Shinsengumi is told from its birth by master filmmaker Sasaki Yasushi, with a...
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Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
In this film in the long running series, Tange Sazen and his friends are asked to guard a dragon-sha...
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Tengu Priest
Kichizaburo, a samurai keeping peace in Edo, helps a young geisha Kozome avenge her father’s death....
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Black Ninja
Historical action film about the struggle for gold of two feudal clans in the Edo period....
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The Great Killing
A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a vill...
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Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for ...
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Seventeen Ninja 2: The Great Battle
In a Toei all-star effort, Matsukata Hiroki, Otomo Ryutaro, and Konoe Jushiro combine to create an e...
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Fighting Disposition
With the help of famous yakuza Jirocho, brave and quick tempered Eijiro takes revenge on the death o...
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Festival of Swordsmen
During the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most peaceful...
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Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
A young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite with his bir...
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No Stronger Swords
Featuring some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells the ...
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Tange Sazen
Drama about a famous one-eyed, one-armed samurai swordsman of the middle of the Tokugawa period by t...
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Evil Man of Edo
A classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying on th...
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Five Men of Edo
During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo...
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Bride of Peacock Castle
Princess Kazu, the daughter of Shogun Ienari, is sent to marry Matsudaira Nobunao, master of Peacock...
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Tokaido Fullhouse
When Kanbe Nagakichi has his turf taken over by Ano-Toku, the father-in-law of his sworn brother Kir...
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Road of Chivalry
While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and...
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The Mysterious Purple Hood
The Purple-Hooded Man, Japan's version of Robin Hood, tries to uncover a corruption scandal in Edo e...
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Mighty Shosuke
A comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered to s...
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Mark of Blood
Three young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil....
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The Domain: The Naniwa Story
Second film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as "The...
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Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
Eight villains, former pirates, gather to attack the magistrate's office. They develop a plan and be...
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Lord Mito: All Star Version
In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the ...
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Bloody Battle at Dawn
A story of revenge between two samurai families on the Igagoe Road. Araki Mataemon born in the provi...
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A Spectacular Showdown
One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody sho...
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Temple of Revenge
Revenge breeds revenge. Ikuta Denpachiro, the martial arts instructor of the Honda family in Koriyam...
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Tange Sazen: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon
This movie depicts a familiar samurai Tange Sazen story realistically. Tange loses one of his eyes a...
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Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki
This is the only surviving "Mito Komon Manyu-ki" film. This release also known as Adrift Tour Memoir...
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The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki
When Japan entered into the great tragedy that was unforgettable, the general general of the history...
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Yatsuhaka-mura
Original work by Yokomizo Seishi. The third part of Kindaichi Kosuke's story, which was collected by...
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