Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Birthday: 1929-09-01

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Biography: Tomisaburō Wakayama (若山 富三郎), born Masaru Okumura (奥村 勝) was a Japanese actor.  His son is actor Kiichriō Wakayama.

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Henchmen
Henchmen

The three henchmen join forces to challenge the brutal gang that is trying to control the city of Iz...

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Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage
Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage

The third film in the Zenka-mono series.At the beginning of the Showa period, Matsukichi Iwaki was r...

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Capone's Younger Brother: Heart and Speculation
Capone's Younger Brother: Heart and Speculation

Lesser, but still modestly entertaining sequel. Wakayama is wonderfully bastardly here, but has to d...

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Companion to Hell
Companion to Hell

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Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Ninja, A Band of Assassins

Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu i...

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Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Bloodskull Mansion
Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Bloodskull Mansion

The second work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on the ...

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Scoundrel
Scoundrel

Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, l...

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Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold

Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed ...

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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yag...

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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
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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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, ...

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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
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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Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
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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53 Stages of the Road
53 Stages of the Road

An Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto....

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Ooka Seidan: Devil Image
Ooka Seidan: Devil Image

Magistrate Ooka and a samurai fight against evil forces....

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The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
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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Shogun Assassin
Shogun Assassin

A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but ...

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The Blood of the Extreme!
The Blood of the Extreme!

This work is a sequel to the former 'Gokudo' series....

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Quick-draw Okatsu
Quick-draw Okatsu

This film focuses on Okatsu; the adopted daughter of a master swordsman. She is a master with a swor...

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The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi...

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Ohyaku: The Female Demon
Ohyaku: The Female Demon

Ohyaku is a grifter who falls in love with a thief, who recruits her for his plan to rob a shipment ...

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Kisaragi Sword
Kisaragi Sword

The story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new inexpe...

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Diary of Good Conduct Matashiro: A beautiful bat
Diary of Good Conduct Matashiro: A beautiful bat

Rampant ronin Matashiro Sasai, finds himself embroiled in serious unrest after he rescues a geisha w...

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Ōedo no taka
Ōedo no taka

1962 Japanese movie...

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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
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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Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni shrin...

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Red Peony Gambler
Red Peony Gambler

Ryuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother die...

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A Cheerful Yakuza
A Cheerful Yakuza

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Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun

After settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in a se...

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Sympathy for the Underdog
Sympathy for the Underdog

A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to viol...

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Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game

The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Ory...

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Kigeki Gyanburu Hisshôhô
Kigeki Gyanburu Hisshôhô

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Japan Organized Crime Boss
Japan Organized Crime Boss

Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang aft...

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The Ghosts of Yotsuya
The Ghosts of Yotsuya

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and see...

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Kaoyaku
Kaoyaku

A detective is charged with investigating a bank corruption scandal....

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Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchante...

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The Shogun's Vault I
The Shogun's Vault I

Tomizo, a master storehouse-breaker who has been released from prison in Denmacho after serving five...

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The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado
The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado

Account magistrate Wakisaka Bizen Mamoru asks Yoshibei, the chief priest of Iriya and Myohoji Temple...

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Lullaby to Kill
Lullaby to Kill

Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police det...

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The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

Magistrate Toyama no Kin-san is ordered to catch the phantom thief Nezumi Kozo, who is robbing daimy...

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Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege

[Period covered: 1614-1615] Tokugawa Ieyasu is now the ruler of all Japan. But one last loose thread...

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A Scream from Nowhere
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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The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost
The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost

A samurai plots to reclaim his estranged wife after she leaves him over a murder scandal. When her s...

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Bad History
Bad History

1999 TOKYO CITY. "WILD Cats" and "COBLA", two major organizations that engage in a fierce battle fo...

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Nunnery Confidential
Nunnery Confidential

Erotic Pinku film showcasing he life of Buddhist nuns during the Edo Period....

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Irezumi
Irezumi

To satisfy her lover's fetish for tattooed women, Akane agrees to have her body covered in eloborate...

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Oh, My Son!
Oh, My Son!

A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families....

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The Young Rebels
The Young Rebels

A newspaper reporter investigates the lives of juvenile delinquents....

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Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage
Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage

Shinkai comes to the aid of a coastal village being held hostage by a group of political revolutiona...

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Fugitive Scoundrel
Fugitive Scoundrel

Gokudo goes politics. Gray-haired Bin Amatsu has Wakayama assist a politician, meaning trashing the ...

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Assassins for sale
Assassins for sale

Nagasaki at the end of the Edo period had the taste of a criminal paradise, where, despite the exoti...

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The Yoshida School
The Yoshida School

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting...

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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
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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Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder
Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder

Ryotatsu, the wayward Priest blinded by Shinkai, the Wicked Priest, has his own story in this ultra-...

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A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless
A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless

Just released on parole, one young man hurtles towards a face-off with the gangsters controlling Shi...

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Wicked Priest
Wicked Priest

During the Taisho Period (early 1920's) a monastery of warrior monks was split apart between two fac...

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Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder

The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as ...

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ESPY
ESPY

The film deals with the recruitment of race car driver Jiro Miki (Masao Kusakari) and his dog, Caesa...

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Killer's Mission
Killer's Mission

Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the ho...

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Eight Men to Kill
Eight Men to Kill

The third movie following the exploits of bounty hunter Shikoro Ichibei. The theft of almost a half ...

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Return of the Outlaw
Return of the Outlaw

Second film of the Gokudo series starring Tomisaburô Wakayama...

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The Yakuza Awaits
The Yakuza Awaits

Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama...

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Gokudo of Kamagasaki
Gokudo of Kamagasaki

Ninth installment in the "Gokudo" series. Depicts the activities of Shimamura Seikichi and his hench...

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Unruly Lion
Unruly Lion

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Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

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Saikoro mushuku
Saikoro mushuku

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Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo
Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo

A woman abandoned by the man she loved all her life becomes a ghost and takes revenge for her offens...

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Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp
Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp

Nishina Saburouta is powerful but corrupted priest. One night, an old samurai who couldn't bear him ...

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Flames of Blood
Flames of Blood

The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course ...

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The Red Water
The Red Water

Comedy drama film...

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Shinran: Path to Purity
Shinran: Path to Purity

In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school...

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Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments
Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments

As the Killer Priest Shinkai travels around Japan during the Meiji era, he comes to the aid of a vil...

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Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back
Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back

In Meiji Period Japan, the carrying of swords had been outlawed, so Shikai, the Killer Priest carrie...

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The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

A small time promotor/hustler takes the pint-sized baseball team to Japan for a match against the co...

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Story of Japanese Bad Men
Story of Japanese Bad Men

Toei yakuza film....

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Kojiki taishō
Kojiki taishō

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Ninja Arts of Jiraiya
Ninja Arts of Jiraiya

Ninja film by Tai Kato...

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Wild Palanquin
Wild Palanquin

Shinsuke Inaba, a thief who snuck into the Kishu family residence in Edo. He was almost discovered b...

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The Adventures of Jirokichi: A thousand coins
The Adventures of Jirokichi: A thousand coins

The film adaptation of the novel "Three Little Rats" by Tatsuro Jinde. In this fascinating story, th...

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Ninjutsu-tsukai to sennin masume
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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Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Street Demon Terror
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Street Demon Terror

In the streets of Edo, influential official merchants are being brutally murdered one after another,...

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Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Iron Mask Laughing in the Darkness
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Iron Mask Laughing in the Darkness

The head clerk of a decorative shop that captivates Edo girls with goods from the Nanban trade is mu...

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Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit
Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit

When Nizaemon Kumogiri, a major thief quits his job as a thief, he has two more big jobs planned in ...

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Internal Sleuth
Internal Sleuth

When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective crimin...

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Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed
Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed

In the first year of Chōroku, Satomi Yoshimi, lord of Takita Castle in Awa, faces defeat by neighbor...

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Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Female Demon Mask
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Female Demon Mask

A thrilling entertainment mystery period drama directed by Daisuke Yamazaki, depicting the remarkabl...

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White Snake Enchantment
White Snake Enchantment

Uta married a priest who saved her when she tried to commit suicide at a waterfall. The love triangl...

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The Path of the King
The Path of the King

When the aging leader of the yakuza gang Maeda-gumi decides to retire, many of the gang members have...

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Silk Hat Boss
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 Phoenix
The Phoenix

This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also ...

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Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events...

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The Blazing Valiant
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 Last Kamikaze
The Last Kamikaze

With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up s...

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関八州喧嘩陣
関八州喧嘩陣

1958 jidaigeki directed by Masaki Mori for Shintoho....

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Chutaro of Banba
Chutaro of Banba

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring r...

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幽霊沼の黄金
幽霊沼の黄金

Japanese film....

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銀蛇の岩屋
銀蛇の岩屋

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts....

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Brothers of Fire
Brothers of Fire

Japanese film....

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Flame of Father and Son
Flame of Father and Son

Yokomizo, a police officer in the traffic police force, is looking forward to watching his son Kazuh...

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Song Festival, Full Moon, and the Battle of the Raccoon Dogs
Song Festival, Full Moon, and the Battle of the Raccoon Dogs

Hibari Misora musical....

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修羅八荒 猛襲伏魔殿
修羅八荒 猛襲伏魔殿

Japanese film....

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勤王? 佐幕? 女人曼陀羅
勤王? 佐幕? 女人曼陀羅

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts....

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Fate Deals the Card of Death
Fate Deals the Card of Death

Seijiro and Shizue meet in Niigata and fall in love. Seijiro has to go back to Tokyo soon after, and...

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Domineering
Domineering

When the patriarch of Japan's most powerful yakuza family is shot, his wife is left to pick up the p...

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An Actor's Revenge
An Actor's Revenge

Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor who pl...

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Road of Chivalry
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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A Scarred Life
A Scarred Life

Set in Osaka, during the devastated time of post-war Japan, this is a tale of the yakuza who set abo...

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The Fort of Death
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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Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade

Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both sides i...

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A Spectacular Showdown
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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The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence
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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Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga

Among the great ‘Warlords’ in Japanese history, Oda Nobunaga holds a unique place. In effect, his mi...

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Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger
Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger

Some of the finest jidai-geki actors appear in this exciting and entertaining tale of intrigue and a...

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Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza

With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936’s Theatre of Life...

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Shingo's Ten Duels
Shingo's Ten Duels

The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to...

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Enlisted Yakuza
Enlisted Yakuza

It is the third film in the Gokudo series. In this episode, set in 1937, the main character of the s...

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Nonki saiban
Nonki saiban

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts re...

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Company Executives
Company Executives

A fierce succession battle ignites at a newspaper company when the president passes away....

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Detective Hibari: Case of the Hidden Coin
Detective Hibari: Case of the Hidden Coin

A mysterious coin found at a murder scene stirs the curiosity of young actress detective Oshichi and...

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Code Between Brothers 3
Code Between Brothers 3

A man finds great camaraderie while traveling....

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House of Gamblers
House of Gamblers

Ken Takakura stars as Ryoji one of the Aramasa family's loyal lieutenants whao takes the burden of h...

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The Pledge
The Pledge

When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict betw...

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Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell

The tale of Ogami Itto and his son Daigoro has come full circle with the greatest sword actor of all...

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Black Rain
Black Rain

Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They...

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A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell

President of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the mil...

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Blooded Spear
Blooded Spear

Edo, 1703. Young Sugino, one of the 47 rōnin seeking revenge against lord Kira, who caused that his ...

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Gyakushû Orochimaru
Gyakushû Orochimaru

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama....

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I Am A Man of Honor
I Am A Man of Honor

The sixth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. Two long-distance truckers, Momojiro and Kinzo, travel ar...

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Samurai Geisha
Samurai Geisha

Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business fro...

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The Black Hood
The Black Hood

A horse-riding samurai fights villains....

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Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo

[Period covered: 1616] On May 8th, 1615 the summer campaign of Osaka has reached the climax. This fi...

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The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When t...

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The Domain: Flower and Dragon
The Domain: Flower and Dragon

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Parole
Parole

Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold....

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The Rapacious Jailbreaker
The Rapacious Jailbreaker

Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But for a ...

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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assass...

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Runway to Hell
Runway to Hell

When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samura...

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Shinsengumi Chronicles
Shinsengumi Chronicles

As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader...

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Secrets of Fuji
Secrets of Fuji

Early film directed by Eiichi Kudô....

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Eighteen Years in Prison
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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Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return

Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes place...

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Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
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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Festival of Swordsmen
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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Secrets of Fuji 2
Secrets of Fuji 2

Early film directed by Eiichi Kudô....

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Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Holy Mountain
Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Holy Mountain

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Brothers Serving Time
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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Gate of Youth
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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Samurai Reincarnation
Samurai Reincarnation

After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring...

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Theater Of Life
Theater Of Life

Adaptation of Shiro Ozaki's novel....

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Evil Boss vs. Henchmen
Evil Boss vs. Henchmen

A high-ranking yakuza rises to national notoriety....

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Gambler's Legacy
Gambler's Legacy

A yakuza member embarks on a trail of revenge for his murdered boss. Senzo, the successor of the Mit...

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Heavenly Dragon
Heavenly Dragon

From the opening theme song to the grand finale, you know that you have found something special as t...

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Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger
Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger

Yagyu Jubei, the finest swordsman in the land, is called upon to bare his blade to help Iemitsu keep...

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Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation

A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting h...

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Yakuza on Foot
Yakuza on Foot

An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug traffic...

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Bronze Magician
Bronze Magician

Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer...

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Brothers of Capones
Brothers of Capones

Superbly entertaining action comedy with Tomisaburo Wakayama as Kuriyama Capone who learned his trad...

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The Armed Organization
The Armed Organization

Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsurat...

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Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

Junko Fuji returns as Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey afte...

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Hibari’s Favorite 2
Hibari’s Favorite 2

Young girl Kichiza searches for her missing brother and the person responsible for the death of her ...

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Big Time Gambling Boss
Big Time Gambling Boss

Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose ...

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Gambler's World 2
Gambler's World 2

Thriller about a gangster and an outlaw who become friends despite their different outlooks....

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Gambler's World
Gambler's World

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Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction

A fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have thei...

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Yakuza vs. Gang Leader
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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The Story of a Man Among Men
The Story of a Man Among Men

During the Showa era, a young yakuza survives war and injury and rises to become a clan boss with th...

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The Japan Derby Race
The Japan Derby Race

A story about a man who stakes his life on horse racing....

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Team of Ruffians
Team of Ruffians

Prisoners with special skills from all over Japan are sent to the battlefront on a mission....

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The Gambler's Counterattack
The Gambler's Counterattack

Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has...

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Evil Doers
Evil Doers

Hiroki Matsukata plays Ogata, an Osakan restaurant worker that gets sent to prison for murder. The ...

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A Yakuza Has His Way
A Yakuza Has His Way

The eighth installment in the popular film series starring Tomisaburo Wakayama. Embarrassed by the c...

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Informal Dress
Informal Dress

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The Marked Man
The Marked Man

A man from Osaka comes up to Tokyo to fight gangsterism....

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A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie

The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be...

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Maiko and the Assassin
Maiko and the Assassin

19th century Japan, at the end of the Edo period. A samurai falls in love with a young woman while t...

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Seven Fugitives
Seven Fugitives

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The Virgin Witness
The Virgin Witness

A father decides to put his delinquent daughter into a temple in Kyoto known for its austere novitia...

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Judo vs. Karate
Judo vs. Karate

A story of friendship between a lone wolf judo expert and a youth....

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North Sea Chivalry
North Sea Chivalry

Inosuke, a former gangster, and his friends struggle to make a living as simple fishermen in this ta...

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Faraway Tomorrow
Faraway Tomorrow

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No Stronger Swords
No Stronger Swords

Featuring some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells the ...

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Thugs of Shinjuku
Thugs of Shinjuku

Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting i...

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The Silk Hat Boss 2
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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Dojo Breaker
Dojo Breaker

Tomisaburo Wakayama is back with a new take on the classic Yamamoto Shugoro masterpiece “Ame Agaru” ...

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Benten Kozo
Benten Kozo

Orphaned Kiku was raised at a Buddhist temple and learned theatrical arts and martial arts as a chil...

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Postwar Secrets
Postwar Secrets

Everybody's chasing a diamond in Sadao Nakajima's crime/action/drama. It was a based on a novel by ...

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The Shootout
The Shootout

A run-in with the police once again puts three former reformatory inmates on the wrong side of the l...

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Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

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Minamoto Yoshitsune
Minamoto Yoshitsune

One evening, when the monk Saito Musashibo Benkei was luring for his sword number 1000 at Gojo bridg...

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Keepers of Order
Keepers of Order

Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal Nakayama a...

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Gambler: Victory Without Death
Gambler: Victory Without Death

Tsunetaro Asakura AKA "Dynamite Tsune" is a talented gambler, but not infallable. After losing his B...

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Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger
Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger

Tetsu, is a honourable and noble yakuza caught in a conflict between rival clans, and obligations ea...

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Company Buggers
Company Buggers

Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their d...

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A Yakuza Goes Home
A Yakuza Goes Home

Shimamura & Mineko return to Kamagasaki in Osaka. In their return Shimamura quickly finds himself de...

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A Gambler's Certain Death
A Gambler's Certain Death

Part 7 in the Gambling Den series. This time Koji Tsuruta is a gambler who feels sympathetic towards...

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New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stray Wolf in Snow
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stray Wolf in Snow

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KILL THEM ALL
KILL THEM ALL

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The Imperial Japanese Empire
The Imperial Japanese Empire

Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the...

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The Lightning Sword
The Lightning Sword

Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect hi...

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Fangs of Darkness 2: Ieyasu's Head
Fangs of Darkness 2: Ieyasu's Head

Ichibei teams up with Chief Jindayo of the Goomune (Japan’s gypsies’) in order to steal the shogunat...

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Michi
Michi

A married long-distance truck driver falls for a significantly younger waitress at a roadside diner....

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Gambling Den's Master Clan
Gambling Den's Master Clan

Sixth entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series....

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She-Shogun
She-Shogun

The rise to power of the famed Lady Kasuga no Tsubone, who established the 'Ooku' (the women's quart...

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Check
Check

Set in Osaka's Shinsekai, the film depicts the lives of Ayumu Tobita (Hidekazu Akai), who makes a li...

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Sugata Sanshiro
Sugata Sanshiro

The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher rev...

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The Drifting Gambler
The Drifting Gambler

8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series....

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Japan's Violent Gangs: Degenerate Boss
Japan's Violent Gangs: Degenerate Boss

Terajima, an ex-yakuza and current nightclub owner, is brought back into the world of crime when his...

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Gamblers
Gamblers

Tsuruta is a respected tattoo artist working with comrades Machida and Yamashiro. His former boss, w...

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The Shogun's Vault II
The Shogun's Vault II

A mysterious thief called "Yami no Kiba" (Fang of Darkness), who sneaks into the residences of the s...

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Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
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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Lord of Steel Heart
Lord of Steel Heart

A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a famo...

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Lord of Red Banner
Lord of Red Banner

A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa....

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Histories of the Chivalrous
Histories of the Chivalrous

A Kansai gang is up to conquer the whole country under the mask of a patriotic group. However after ...

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Summer Secrets
Summer Secrets

Two high school girls get mixed up in murder while investigating the disappearance of a classmate....

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The Shogun's Vault III
The Shogun's Vault III

Ichibei, a thief known as "Yami no Kiba," and his daughter Oasa are caught by members of a street pe...

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Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation

Yakuza Kojima appeared in Yokkaichi in search of her mother who died when she was young. There he me...

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Gambler Biography
Gambler Biography

Historical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era....

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Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die

Visualization based on Tetsuro Tamba's best-selling "Great Reikai". A story about a physicist who di...

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Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties

Famed detective Dandy Sashichi tries to solve who's behind the serial murders of six beautiful women...

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Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the Americ...

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Gambler's Code - Loyalty Offering
Gambler's Code - Loyalty Offering

A fairly entertaining yarn told in somewhat broad strokes with Wakayama playing against type as a re...

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Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo

The fifth volume of the Ningyo Sana Torimonocho series. Based on the original work by Seishi Yokomiz...

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Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Furisode Mansion
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Furisode Mansion

The fourth episode of the popular detective series starring Tomisaburō Wakayama. Featuring mysteriou...

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Obugyō-sama to musume-tachi
Obugyō-sama to musume-tachi

1961 Japanese movie...

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Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen

During the 16th century, Japan was involved in the Sengoku Period, an era of civil wars and the powe...

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Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Dead Beauty of Kurayamizaka
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Dead Beauty of Kurayamizaka

The second installment of the detective series starring Tomisaburō Wakayama. Depicting the remarkabl...

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Tsubakuro dōchū
Tsubakuro dōchū

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八州血煙り笠
八州血煙り笠

1961 Japanese movie...

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Holiday in Japan
Holiday in Japan

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding....

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Wakatono senryō hada
Wakatono senryō hada

1961 Japanese movie...

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Ninjutsu tsukai to sannin musume: onna kitsune henka
Ninjutsu tsukai to sannin musume: onna kitsune henka

1961 Japanese movie...

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Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Ox of Edo
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Ox of Edo

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi...

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Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger
Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger

After more than 200 years of Isolation, Japan is ready for a modern samurai who isn't afraid to use ...

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A Human Promise
A Human Promise

An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. After this, the story ...

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