Yumiko Katayama
Biography: Yumiko Katayama was born on December 18, 1949 in Kyoto, Japan. She is an actress, known for Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972), Zubekô banchô: zange no neuchi mo nai (1971) and Horrors of Malformed Men (1969).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 18, 1949
Deathday: N/A
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Woman His Prey
1972-07-30
Woman His Prey
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-07-30
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Criminal Woman: Killing Melody
1973-10-27
Criminal Woman: Killing Melody
Overview: Reiko Ike stars as the daughter of a man who has been pushed into drug dealing by the local Yakuza mob. Having outlived his usefulness to the gang he is murdered and Reiko is gang raped, leading her to attempt a knife attack on the Yakuza boss (Ryoji Hayama) at a swank nightclub. Failing to kill him she ends up in prison, where she befriends a crew of other malcontents (including Yumiko Katayama and Chiyoko Kazama) and meets the Yakuza boss's girlfriend (Miki Sugimoto). Upon release Reiko reassembles her mob and launches a Machiavellian scheme to engineer a gang war between Hayama's Oba Industries and the formerly dominant Hamayasu Clan. The rival gangs begin killing each other off and Reiko works her way closer to her ultimate vengeance.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-10-27
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A Flower in a Neon Jungle
1973-06-20
A Flower in a Neon Jungle
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-06-20
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Women Doing Time
1966-03-05
Women Doing Time
Overview: Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-03-05
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Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel
1970-05-01
Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel
Overview: The third film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. Sugawara still plays the same Kanto street peddler, who this time ventures to Osaka where he defends a blind girl at a street market. The area is targeted by rotten yakuza (Asao Koike and Tatsuo Endo), who have lured local senior female boss (Nijiko Kiyokawa’s) rebellious but not entirely indecent son Goro Ibuki to their side.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-05-01
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Farewell to Rock'n Roll
1973-09-25
Farewell to Rock'n Roll
Overview: There is an ongoing war between two Girl Gangs, the Akabane 100 Club and the Ikebukuro Cavalry. Yukiko, the "Bankaku," or chief bodyguard of the Akabane, is released from reform school and sets about to finish an ongoing one-on-one grudge match with the Arab Falcon and the whole Cavalry gang. With a theme song by 1970s Japanese "Group Sounds" band Carol, and live performance. Rock and Sukeban unite for an extraordinary and cool piece of filmmaking.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-09-25
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Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
1971-04-28
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
Overview: Reiko Oshida stars as a young wannabe gangster tough girl, just released from reform school. She tracks down one of her classmates fathers, who runs an auto repair shop that the local Yakuza are trying to force out of business and take over, and starts working for him. At the same time a recently released from prison, and now ill Yakuza is trying to make a new life for himself and his girl, a friend of Reiko's, who also just graduated from reform school. A fateful car crash brings the two on a collision course with each other and the brutal Yakuza clan, which can only end bloody vengeance.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-04-28
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Inferno of Torture
1969-05-02
Inferno of Torture
Overview: Japan nineteenth century. High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their "production". Europeans pay more for tattooed beauties. Against this background, and considering the gorgeous tattooed women develop the history of confrontation between two highly skilled masters of tattoo.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-02
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Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love
1969-02-21
Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love
Overview: A Japanese woman is raped by her boyfriend day in day out.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-02-21
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Love Lost in Tears
1973-08-11
Love Lost in Tears
Overview: Japanese “kayo” film based on the song by "Namida koi" by Aki Yashiro.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-08-11
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Yakuza Law
1969-06-27
Yakuza Law
Overview: A story of yakuza lynching during the Edo, Meiji, and Showa periods.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-06-27
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The Revelation of a Geisha
1970-08-14
The Revelation of a Geisha
Overview: After the bankruptcy of her foster-father's condom factory, Tamae sets out to make a living on her own and ends up working as a geisha at a hot spring resort. After rising in popularity, a climactic sex battle is held to decide who gets to lay claim to her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-08-14
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Daring Girls
1969-06-27
Daring Girls
Overview: Comedy about sexy chambermaids at a hot spring resort.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-06-27
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Yakuza on Foot
1969-03-30
Yakuza on Foot
Overview: An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug trafficking. When she goes to China to make a deal, things get botched pretty badly. Shimamura must travel to save her and recoup his employers’ losses.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-03-30
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Love and Crime
1969-08-27
Love and Crime
Overview: A series of short stories about bizarre crimes committed by females in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras. Discover 4 famous Japanese murderers: Takahashi Oden, the last woman beheaded in Japan, Sada Abe, a crazy lover, Kunihiko Kodaira, a rapist-killer and finally, the Toyokaku case, a woman who did everything to own a hotel.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-08-27
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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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Horrors of Malformed Men
1969-10-31
Horrors of Malformed Men
Overview: After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appears to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-31
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Prison Tales
1970-04-10
Prison Tales
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-04-10
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