Haruki Jo
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 08, 1946
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
1975-01-29
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
Overview: A sly gangster hatches a plot against his own wife, who works at a brothel-cum-bathhouse, with the help of the bathhouse owner’s wife.
Genres: Horror Romance Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-01-29
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Codename: Tomoko
2000-07-01
Codename: Tomoko
Overview: An action in which a former CIA female operative captures a revenge drama that unfolds against a huge secret organization.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-07-01
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Dangai: Illusion
1999-11-20
Dangai: Illusion
Overview: Kyoichi, a small-time drug dealer for the yakuza, has recurring nightmares about two men raping him. Once his real-world problems escalate, people around him start dying in horriffic ways and he finds it increasingly difficult to tell dreams from reality.
Genres: Action Horror Thriller Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-11-20
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Aikoki: Urban Legend
2000-12-30
Aikoki: Urban Legend
Overview: A freelance reporter is investigating an urban legend about an aikoki (literally: love bite monster) that only attacks men in this erotic horror film.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-12-30
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Yo-Yo Sexy Girl Cop
2006-09-30
Yo-Yo Sexy Girl Cop
Overview: A beautiful "special student undercover cop" attends a prestigious high school in order to bust up a student prostitution ring in this sexy spoof of the popular Yo-Yo Girl Cop series. Saki (Mihiro) may look like you're average innocent schoolgirl, but in reality she's a highly skilled agent for the Japanese government. Armed with a lethal yo-yo and a special pair of see through underwear, Saki befriends a student prostitute named Asuka in hopes of identifying of the ringleaders and gathering the evidence that will bring them to justice. Accomplishing that goal is no simple task, however, because in addition to being bullied about her unconventional undergarments, Saki soon finds herself falling for handsome young classmate Takuya. Now torn between love and duty, Saki is shocked to learn that Asuka has been murdered after her double life was discovered, and that the leaders of the prostitution are none other than the Headmaster of the school and a highly respected teacher.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-09-30
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The leader without underwear
2001-01-01
The leader without underwear
Overview: Meichun (dressed in summer clothes) is a tourism operator of Yamato Travel Agency. She is a tour guide Miss, and her demeanor is very popular among male clients. Her boss, the president, was extremely satisfied with her performance and often provided sexual services as a reward afterwards.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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The Fighting Rascal
1979-02-24
The Fighting Rascal
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-02-24
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Wolf Guy
1975-04-04
Wolf Guy
Overview: Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabaret singer, corrupt politicians, and a plot by the J-CIA to harvest his blood in order to steal his lycanthropic powers.
Genres: Crime Horror Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-04-04
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Neon Jellyfish: Shinjuku Flower Streetcar
1973-12-18
Neon Jellyfish: Shinjuku Flower Streetcar
Overview: 17 year old naïve country girl Emiko Yamauchi has a hash wakeup call when she’s welcomed to Tokyo by a bunch of rapey hoods. Fast forward past the opening credits and we have her working in Mitsuko Mori’s Shinjuku girlie bar managed by manager/pimp Takeo Chii, who is dreaming of making it big once the plan comes together. Meanwhile she gets romantically involved with young chap Seiji Sawada who’s trying to make it as a bike racer.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-12-18
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Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972-10-25
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
Overview: The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s released he finds everything completely changed and his gang has swept him aside for being too violent. He tries to start a new life with his two ”brothers” but can’t seem to escape old affiliations
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-10-25
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Graveyard of Honor
2002-06-22
Graveyard of Honor
Overview: A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-06-22
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A Single Flower Withered
1974-10-05
A Single Flower Withered
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Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-10-05
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I Am A Man of Honor
1977-12-24
I Am A Man of Honor
Overview: The sixth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. Two long-distance truckers, Momojiro and Kinzo, travel around Japan in highly decorated trucks. In Kyushu, Momojiro falls in love again... this time with a beautiful college student Masako.
Genres: Comedy Action Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-12-24
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Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable
1973-07-29
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable
Overview: Following her successful prison break, Scorpion begins this third episode in the series hiding out in a brothel. Her prostitute friend tries to keep her identity secret, but the brothel's madam discovers that Scorpion is the ex-girlfriend of the vice officer who killed her lover.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-07-29
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Battle Anthem
1983-06-04
Battle Anthem
Overview: The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.
Genres: War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-06-04
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Festival Champ
1976-05-29
Festival Champ
Overview: Hiroki Matsukata is a fish market worker and a fanatical Japanese festival rascal. He also falls in love with a stripper while delivering his colleague's love letter to her but forgetting to mention it's from another man.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-05-29
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Violent Fraternity
1974-11-01
Violent Fraternity
Overview: Set in Shibuya in 1949, this is another film based on real life former yakuza boss Noboru Ando's memoirs.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-11-01
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All Under the Moon
1993-11-06
All Under the Moon
Overview: A Korean taxi-driver interacts both humorously and tragically with his customers and employers in '90s Tokyo.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-11-06
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The Armed Organization
1971-11-10
The Armed Organization
Overview: Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsurata as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union. He finds himself between a rock and a hard place, at odds with both the dockworkers' leader (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and sadistic, unprincipled bosses (Fumio Watanabe and Tetsuro Tamba).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-11-10
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Hell's Angels: Crimson Roar
1977-10-01
Hell's Angels: Crimson Roar
Overview: After a fight with a local girl gang, Yoko serves time in prison. After her release the world she once knew has changed. When she is drugged and raped by a local yakuza she seeks revenge…
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-10-01
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A Kamikaze Cop
1970-05-23
A Kamikaze Cop
Overview: An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two rival Yakuza gangs. He pits the two rival gangs against each other in hopes that they will cross each other out.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-05-23
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Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701
1972-08-25
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701
Overview: After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cohorts with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-08-25
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Seikimatsu Bakuroden Saga
1997-08-02
Seikimatsu Bakuroden Saga
Overview: Live-action adaptation of the "Seikimatsu Bakuroden Saga" manga by Akira Miyashita.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-08-02
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A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn
2003-04-08
A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn
Overview: A young widow, Noriko, lives with her senile father-in-law, Shukichi, on a farm. He believes his favorite cow, long gone, is still alive. Noriko pretends to be the cow and lets him milk her – a satisfying arrangement for them both.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-04-08
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Dead Angle
1979-07-04
Dead Angle
Overview: Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-07-04
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A Madcap Corporation
1983-12-17
A Madcap Corporation
Overview: A comedy of a yakuza family that goes into show business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-12-17
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Port Arthur
1980-08-02
Port Arthur
Overview: Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-08-02
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Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
1969-11-20
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
Overview: An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-20
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Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
1977-04-08
Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
Overview: After serving 10 years in prison for murdering a rival boss, Tetsu is appalled to see his yakuza family overgrown and dysfunctional upon his release.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-04-08
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Chikan densha: Yurete zecchô go byô mae
2000-01-03
Chikan densha: Yurete zecchô go byô mae
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-01-03
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