Ryūzō Shimada
Birthday: 1931-03-21
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Biography: Ryūzō Shimada was a Japanese film actor.
Movies
The Tale of Zatoichi
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controll...
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Travels of Lord Mito
Lord Mito Mitsukuni, the vice-shogun of the whole country, left the family estate and went on a trip...
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Zatoichi on the Road
Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in t...
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Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his ...
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Sword Devil
Hanpei is a gentle young samurai that loves flowers. One day, he witnesses an old man's quick draw o...
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The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
The hairpin murdered a young girl. Detective Zenigata Heiji begin to investigate. Suddenly a murder ...
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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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What Price Love?
Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebra...
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Rampaging Dog
Abare inu is a 1965 action-comedy film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is the fourth film in the series....
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Black Challenger
Young lawyer Jiro receives a late night phone call from a distraught woman sending him on a journey ...
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Black Weapon
Industrial espionage gets in the way of love and marriage for factory worker Katayanagi....
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Tabiwa Oiroke
Will the assassin take my life or will a beautiful woman take my chastity? Or will a beautiful woman...
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Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
Disguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a country d...
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The Gay Masquerade
The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo...
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Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
[Period covered: 1637-1651] This is one of the most complicated plots of any of the Shinobi no Mono ...
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The Third Shadow Warrior
In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai...
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Jirocho Fuji
Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' i...
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Daimajin
A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations...
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Buddha
An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years ...
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The Gambler's Code
One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds...
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Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane
Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daught...
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The Demon of Mount Oe
A demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider! The y...
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Samurai Vendetta
Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the...
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Satan's Sword
The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 book...
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Assignment Dragon No. 3
In late 1940 the Japanese were anxious to conclude peace in China and to that end sent Colonel Hidak...
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Obsessive Snake
Utaji heard that her ex-lover Seijirou would get married to Ochiyo a daughter of Ise-ya. She murdere...
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Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut
The story of Sasaki Kojiro, a young swordsman, and his quest to train under master Seigen and develo...
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Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of mo...
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Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were weaken...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
Fifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman being a...
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Shinsengumi Chronicles
As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
Nemuri Kyoshiro discovers a conspiracy centering around a band of disgruntled samurai wanting to ave...
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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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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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A Lustful Man
Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven...
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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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Samurai Save The Virgin
A gripping historical drama full of suspense and a mysterious bewitching mood. A puzzle of a turbule...
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Koga's Messenger
The mysterious Koga Ninja crushes the villains who are trying to take over the inheritance of the Om...
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Song of Sado
Sentaro (Raizo Ichikawa) from Ipponmatsu sets out to commit evil and gain dignity, but his good-natu...
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The Man Disappears Yesterday
Tired of everyday life, the 8th Shogun Yoshimune flees Edo Castle and asks Ooka Echizen to become hi...
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The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
An entertaining historical drama featuring popular comedians from the Kansai region of the time, suc...
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The Swishing Sword
A beautiful girl who seeks revenge, disguises herself by dressing up in men's clothes, geisha, etc. ...
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The Informer
To pay off his enormous debt, Segawa becomes a spy for the president of a small trading company....
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Three Young Samurai
During Japan's Warring States period three young Tokugawa vassals head their separate ways after Tak...
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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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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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