Masataka Iwao
Birthday: 1942-12-20
Place of Birth: Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Biography: No biography available.
Movies
Oxen Split Torturing
Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. The first, during a time when Christians are per...
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A Legend of Turmoil
A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful ya...
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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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Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist
Kiku Nakakawa, the only daughter of an old kimono shop owner in Kyoto, is enthusiastic about karate....
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Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell
The second in Norio Nanjo’s “Secret” series. The former secret phantom Sanzo (Hiroki Matsukata) and ...
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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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Carlos
V-cinema classic about a wanted Brazilian Japanese gangster who flees to Tokyo and fights yakuza....
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Ryuji
Ryuji tries quitting the yakuza to actively support his wife and daughter; as he's used to easy mone...
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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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Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties confl...
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Roaring Fire
On his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji’s real...
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Virgin Breaker Yuki
Based on a manga by Kosuke Miki and Tadashi Matsumori, this film follows the adventures of Yuki, who...
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Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more interested...
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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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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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The Kyoto Connection
Christina, on arriving in Japan, acquaints a Japanese man at the airport who looks like a sap. He ta...
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The Second Is a Christian
The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different me...
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Hokuriku Proxy War
In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in tru...
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Third Generation Boss
Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamag...
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The Duel in the Forbidden Territory
The wandering swordsman, Ino Heihachiro, defeats Ichima, the youngest of the famed swordsmanship tri...
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A Story of Modern Chivalry
A hard-boiled man who lived in the world of the Yakuza, leaves everything behind in search of reveng...
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Yakuza Ladies
When her crime boss husband is sent to prison, a woman assumes control of one of the most powerful g...
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The Coin Thrower Zenigata
The film tells about a young detective Zenigata Heiji who successfully solves a disgusting and unusu...
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Gambling Den Heist
After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor....
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The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy
Yagyu Jubei must protect the Yagyu scroll that holds the secret of the infamous assassination plotte...
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The Blazing Valiant
Jo has just come back to Japan for the funeral of his parents, who were killed in tribal warfare in ...
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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 Dropout
Detective Seiji Otaki is determined to find the psychopathic killer of a young woman who was ostensi...
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Father of the Kamikaze
Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to reali...
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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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Yakuza Graveyard
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotia...
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Cops vs. Thugs
When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their politic...
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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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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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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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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and e...
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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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Sure Death 4
Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by ...
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the y...
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around...
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Samurai Reincarnation
After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring...
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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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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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Winter's Flower
Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year...
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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyam...
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The Yakuza Code Still Lives
After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new lif...
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Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds
A Japanese geologist discovers that dinosaurs still exist in caves beneath the surface of a volcanic...
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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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Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza ...
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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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Yakuza Ladies Revisited
The wife of a yakuza lieutenant tries to keep the peace when the clan's heir suddenly dies and a suc...
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Return of the Street Fighter
Martial artist Takuma Tsurugi returns to take on a Yakuza family that may be embezzling money from c...
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The Accomplice
This hard-boiled action starring Naoto Takenaka is directed by popular manga artist Kazuhiro Kiuchi....
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Gate of Youth
The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner....
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The Most Perverted Post War Crimes
Reconstruction, in the form of episodes, of the most bizarre crimes that occurred in Japan after Wor...
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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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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a trai...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
With most of his family already dead at Ogami Itto's hands, Retsudo launches one final plot to destr...
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Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a p...
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The Decisive Power of Aikido
It is about the life of Ueshiba - the founder of aikido. We can see how he decided to develop aikido...
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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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The Rugby Star
The success of Truck Yaro (1975-1979) initiated a whole load of movies that put "Yaro" in their titl...
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The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price...
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The Street Fighter
Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnapper...
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The Karate 2
This is the second film of the ZA KARATE trilogy (AKA BRONSON LEE CHAMPION). Tadashi Yamashita repri...
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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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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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Dangerous Trade in Kobe
Using a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try to c...
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Baian the Assassin
This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the famous ...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party,...
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Shadow Warrior of Nobunaga Oda
In Tensho 9, as Oda Nobunaga nears the unification of Japan, he assigns trusted generals to conquer ...
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The Lowly Ronin: Hanayama Daikichi
Low-caste former samurai Hanayama Daikichi and his gambler friend Hanji of Yaizu, come to a once pea...
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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 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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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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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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The Third Contest
Mondonosuke, a young sword student, has a bad dream about his sensei being killed in a duel.Conseque...
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The Karate
Bronson Lee, a Japanese-American raised by his grandma in the harsh, poverty-stricken desert Southwe...
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