Hisao Maki
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 16, 1940
Deathday: January 02, 2012
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Silver
Overview: The story in "Silver" is about a female wrestler who is really an undercover agent. Disguised as a wrestling warrior, heroine Jun Shirogane (Atsuko Sakuraba) goes after the gang that killed her family in Takashi Miike's action-packed thriller. Aided by secret service colleague Yusuke Minamida (Kenji Haga), Jun goes undercover as Silver, a formidable fighter in the professional women's wrestling circuit. But Jun's success in the ring doesn't distract her from her primary mission: exacting revenge on the Paradise gang.
Genres: Action Horror Science Fiction Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-09-21
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Bodyguard Kiba
Overview: Naoto Kiba takes on the task of protecting thug Junpei who embezzled 500 million yen from Okinawa's largest gangster gangs, Soryu-kai.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-06-25
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Fighter in the Wind
Overview: An account of karate competitor Choi Yeung-Eui who went to Japan after World War II to become a fighter pilot but found a very different path instead. He changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama and went across the country, defeating martial artists one after another. This film concentrates on the period when he is still young, and developing his famous karate style, Kyokushin.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2004-08-12
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Sutegoro: The Three Kajiwara Brothers' Turbulent Showa History
Overview: The story of Asaki (Eiji Okuda) and his younger brother Shinji (Sho Aikawa). The elder brother has established himself as an author of sports manga. The younger brother engages in vigorous bare-knuckle brawls with local yakuza and well-known brawlers. The distance between them grows little by little, and the younger brother struggles in the shadow of his elder brother's light. Strong enemies and incidents appear one after another.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-06-14
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Detective Story
Overview: A detective and a businessman search for a serial killer who removes people's organs.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-29
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A Human Murder Weapon
Overview: A man dubbed "Karate Kid" is imprisoned and forced to fight for his life in an underground fighting ring.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-06-10
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Ginza Midnight Story - Utopia 2
Overview: In a continuation of "Utopia: Midnight Story, White Flower Bud" Haruka Ichijou follows through in her vow to become the No1 Geisha. She develops intricate schemes and mindful manipulations in changing her "Papa-san's," or Sugar Daddies, on her way up the modern geisha ladder. After she pits one against the other, the men begin to compete for her in elaborate and very expensive ventures, and their fight to win her for their prize in all-consuming frenzy becomes the focus for the No1 Spot. A barrage of young geisha's karate fighting seals their fate at last!
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-08-25
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Waru
Overview: A former gangster gets released from prison and goes to work for a group of people. The leader of this group becomes his mentor and the fight to combat criminals and for world peace. The whole resulting in the wanted and are chased of all families mob in Japan. They may however be a little unexpected help from the police.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-02-25
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Waru Gaiden
Overview: An action film based on the original story and screenplay by Hisao Maki of "WARU". Yoji Himuro is an unparalleled sword user and is known as a badass. As a child, he received intensive training from his father, the owner of a kendo dojo, which resulted in him sustaining 15 wounds. Yoji, who is always looking for stimulation, seeks the smell of blood again today...
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-08-21
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The Legend of Ando Family: The Road to Hell
Overview: Genji Sokabe (Hakuryu) is a legendary hit-man who has just finished a 15-year prison stretch for killing the head of a rival gang. But Genji returns to a world where the old Yakuza codes of honour, vengeance and pride have been forgotten by a younger generation of criminals, and discovers that his old gang is now more concerned about money and finance. Taking up his guns once more, Genji sets out to teach the younger generation a lesson they will never forget.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-12-07
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Karate Wars
Overview: Maki travels from Japan to Hong Kong and Thailand in order to show the superiority of Japanese karate to those countries' native to martial arts.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Bodyguard Kiba: Combat Apocalypse 2
Overview: When a young karate student attempts to earn some extra cash by serving as bodyguard to a high-profile Hong Kong woman, the initial distraction of her beauty soon gives way to razor sharp focus as a series of attackers descend upon the pair.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-02-03
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Waru: The End
Overview: Youji Himuro comes out of hiding and faces off against a powerful new foe from a rival dojo.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-08-25
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Ginza Midnight Story - Utopia
Overview: Japanese gangster drama set in the exclusive Ginza district of Tokyo, following Haruka (Atsuko Sakuraba), a young geisha who is attacked by an influential businessman who plans to abduct her. When she is rescued by the members of a club called 'Utopia', Haruka joins them and becomes a hostess, rapidly establishing herself as one of the most sought-after geisha's in Ginza. At the same time, Haruka learns of a plan by a corrupt, gangster-owned club to set itself up as a rival to Utopia. Such is her loyalty to the club that first helped her, she is willing to do anything to protect it.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-07-21
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Family
Overview: When the mobster Iwaida Nishikawi is executed by the hit man Takeshi, his family chases the killer. Takeshi's brothers Takashi and Hideshi Miwa try to find Takeshi, who is hidden with the nurse Rie Ishibashi, to protect him and Hideshi discovers that Takeshi was secretly sent by their Yakuza boss to eliminate Iwaida. Meanwhile, the mobster Kenmoshi abducts Takashi's wife Mariko and rapes her, trying to force Takashi to deliver his brother to him.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-10
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