Eiji Minakata
Birthday: 1932-11-21
Place of Birth: Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Biography: No biography available.
Movies
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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Sonatine
Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a...
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Hana
In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge t...
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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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Red peonies on the skin
Genjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies, he ...
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Getting Any?
While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and en...
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The King of Minami: Insurance Embezzler
#19 in the series, following "Con Man Elimination."...
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Onibi: The Fire Within
After spending over half his life in prison, ex-hitman Kunihiro is determined to go straight. But th...
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Restoration Fire
Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale...
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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 Kingdom of Jirocho 1
The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler ...
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima....
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Faraway Heaven
Chizuru, a typical Japanese young female office worker, is socially clumsy, poor at romance and unha...
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Dad's Backdrop
Middle-aged pro wrestler Ushinosuke's wife passes away, and he and his son, Kazuo, move in with his ...
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A Yakuza in Love
When an innocent young country girl falls for a low level yakuza, she enters a completely different ...
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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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Big Magnum Kuroiwa
Kuroiwa, a high school teacher who carries a “Big Magnum 44” gun is sent to a school that is full of...
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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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Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Mi...
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A Revengeful Raid
In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss o...
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Shabu
Makabe is a yakuza who is addicted to 'shabu' (a slang refers to stimulant drug). He lives as if he ...
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Sword of Destiny
When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing se...
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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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Kōshoku hana densha
After a man racks up a huge debt, his wife and his father are “persuaded” to perform together in a s...
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Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. A...
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Mark of Blood
Three young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil....
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Billiken
The main hero of this film is the spirit of the once very popular wooden statuette called Billiken. ...
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Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames...
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Ninja Assassins
Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi....
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Little Tengu
A story about a tomboy, Otoshi, who is good at singing, dancing and fencing....
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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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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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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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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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Ninjutsu-tsukai to sennin masume
A two-part series of ninjutsu films directed by Masahiko Izawa, director of Yagyu Bugeichou (1961), ...
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Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu....
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In Search of Mother
Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza...
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An Edo Magistrate
When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster b...
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