Hachiro Tako
Also Known As: Tako Hachirô, Tako-chan, Seisaku Saito
Biography: Tako Hachiro was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. He came close to losing the vision in his left eye in a childhood accident. He went on to become the professional flyweight boxing champion of Japan in 1962. After retiring from the ring, he became a popular comedian and eventually appeared in films such as Toei's 1974 School of the Holy Beast. He also appeared in television commercials and dramas. He once managed a bar in Shinjuku's Golden Gai section and was a member of Oniroku Dan's group of artists and performers known as Oni Pro. Hachiro drowned at a beach in Kanagawa Prefecture after suffering a heart attack.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: November 22, 1940
Age: 84 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: July 24, 1985
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Chikan to no sôgû
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-06-03
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The Yellow Handkerchief
Overview: The story is about a convict released from prison for an old murder who is thinking about returning to his ex-wife and his former life. If she puts a yellow handkerchief on the window, it would mean that she wants him back at home.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-09-30
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King of Pornography
Overview: Dumb Tatsuo Umemiya / Shingo Yamashiro comedy about a young bloke whose dick grows to inhuman dimensions (obviously a role tailor made for star Umemiya's ego). He visits a doctor, impresses ladies and opens a porn shop before running afoul with yakuza...
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-05-02
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Kōshoku biyōshi: Nikutai no hōshū
Overview: The film is an adaptation of Nakano Yu's play "Sexual Beauty Techniques," serialized as a manga.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-02-03
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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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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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It's a Psychic, Gather Everyone!
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-08-03
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Aizome Kyôko no mibôjin geshuku
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-12-22
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Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
Overview: Softcore porn collaboration between Nikkatsu director Shinya Yamamoto and gag manga artist Fujio Akatsuka, utilizing both creators' comedy techniques in an erotic setting.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-03-31
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Mibōjin geshuku: Norinige
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-08-04
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Mibôjin geshuku: Hatsunaki
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-12-22
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New Widow Boarding House: Back Room for Rent
Overview: One day, when a vacancy opened up at the boarding house, an ostentatious move began. An elderly man arrived in a luxury car and directed the movers as fine items—luxurious bedding, a paulownia wood wardrobe, and other furniture—were hauled in. The new boarder turned out to be Ayamaro, the legitimate heir of the former noble Ura Komichi family. Perhaps due to his aristocratic upbringing, he just couldn’t quite match everyone else’s pace.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-11-01
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Joshi daisei: Chikan no susume
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-06-26
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Chikan-shi: Dote sagashi
Overview: Pinku from 1980, distributed by Nikkatsu
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-03-15
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Mibōjin geshuku: Hatsu nurashi
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-12-26
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Mibōjin geshuku: Anomichi kono michi oshiemasu
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-08-02
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Ore to aitsu no monogatari
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-08-08
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Zoku mibōjin geshuku: omote mo kashimasu ura mo kashimasu
Overview: Pinku from 1975.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-03-19
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Woman's Body Archipelago Reconstruction
Overview: Pinku from 1972.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-11-01
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Semi-dokyumento: shin mibōjin geshuku
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-07-01
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Capone Cries a Lot
Overview: Umiemon is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achieving fame and fortune.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-02-16
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Big Magnum Kuroiwa
Overview: Kuroiwa, a high school teacher who carries a “Big Magnum 44” gun is sent to a school that is full of violence. Can Kuroiwa reform the students with the gun?
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-04-13
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The Transgressor
Overview: 18 years after the mysterious death of her mother, Maya takes religious vows to find out what terrible things happened to her mother inside the Sacred Heart Convent. As soon as the door closes to the nunnery, the nuns start torturing her. She also has to deal with a lecherous archbishops and a lesbian mother superior.
Genres: Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-02-16
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Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder
Overview: A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-01-11
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Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread
Overview: Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into the nubile buttocks of Chinese prostitutes. Koryu's older sister, working as a jewelry designer, is secretly, if unhappily, involved with the gangsters.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-12-07
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Mibôjin geshuku: Hatsunori
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-12-23
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Military Comfort Woman
Overview: Movie based on a book by Kakou Senda about the use of women as sexual slaves by the Japanese Army during WW2.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-07-17
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Hole in the Pants
Overview: A boy transfers into a new high school in the big city. He gets bullied, but meets a pretty girl. He tries to win her heart, but rivals abound. Debut video release from Pantsu no ana, a subsection of "BOMB" magazine.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-03-17
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Sure Death
Overview: A group of seemingly ordinary merchants is really a band of assassins for hire. When they discover that all the assassins in Edo are being killed they must act quickly to find the culprit.
Genres: Drama Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-06-16
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Porno: Chan-chaka-chan
Overview: Mysterious aliens help a salaryman and his boss with their problems in bed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-04-01
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Gemini Woman
Overview: A man catches the eye of an elegant lady at a bar. She relents to his advances. In the morning he throws her out of his apartment. He will soon regret his mistake when she slowly plots revenge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-08-10
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Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-06-23
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Sex Horoscope: Love Tasting
Overview: On the advice of their horoscopes, a scenario writer, a producer and a director take a working vacation to a hot spring in the hopes of finishing their porn script. For the next week, the three men conduct interviews with many young women, seeking to discover their next starlet.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-02-04
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Outlaw Cop
Overview: A bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs away with another man, who turns out to be the very same man that her husband is hunting. Once he discovers this, he loses his nerve and turns in his badge. But the chase turns into a personal vendetta where the ex-cop plans to wipe out the entire gang.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-02-04
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Three Little Geisha
Overview: A young girl works as a geisha to earn money for travel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-07-04
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Penguin's Memory: A Tale of Happiness
Overview: Mike is a penguin soldier who returns home after being injured during combat. Estranged from his family and friends, he leaves his hometown and starts to roam adrift through the country.
Genres: Animation War Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-06-22
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Shōwa Gokudōshi
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-06-15
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Groping Live Recording Trip
Overview: Pink film distributed by Shintoho.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-05-01
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Marukin marubi no kintamashii maki
Overview: Koji Tadokoro, the manager of a hot bento shop, lives an ordinary life with his girlfriend Noriko Kinoshita, who works at a nearby supermarket and loves sex. Tonight they are having sex, as if they are going to try to break the Guinness World Record, when suddenly the window opens and Nakagawa, a middle school classmate, appears. Shimizu, who had become a film director, has died. The two go to the funeral, and on the way home they pass a man accompanied by a beautiful woman. That man is none other than his childhood friend, Kimio Kondo. Kimio is the epitome of a money man. He is a doctor working at a university hospital, and on the side, he writes new music lyrics and is popular with nurses and popular singers. The three are excited to see each other again after a long time, and plan a class reunion trip to Kimio's luxurious mansion...
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-04-20
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Patience Has An End
Overview: Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-06-25
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