Eisaku Shindō
Also Known As: 進藤栄作
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hidakagawa, Wakayama, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: November 28, 1958
Age: 66 years old
Gender: Male
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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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Road to the Don 16
Overview: The sixteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-02-02
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Japan Gangster War Chapter 11
Overview: The eleventh 'Japan Gangster War' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-08-19
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In Love With Him
Overview: It depicts a young man who challenges a 2600km traverse of Japan from Hidaka in Hokkaido to Kagoshima in Kyushu with Hokkaido horses.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-05-30
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The Silk Road
Overview: In 1026, students in western China are shanghaied into the forces of crown prince Li Yuanhao of Xi Xia, who wants to control the length of the Silk Road. One student is Zhao Xingde, who becomes the favorite of his commander, Zhu Wangli. While sacking a fortress, Xingde discovers Tsurpia, princess of the Uighur. He hides her; they fall in love. When he's sent away to study Xixian, he leaves Tsurpia in Zhu's care, but returns to find her engaged to Li. Tragedy follows, and he and Zhu enter a pact to take revenge when Li arrives at Dun-Huang, the region's seat of learning and culture. Against overwhelming odds, they find a surprising way to leave a monument to their life and love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-06-25
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Shura ga Yuku 2
Overview: A small group of men stigmatized for killing the gang leader tries to survive the group and take revenge on the man who killed them, while being involved in the conflict between the two major powers of Kanto and Kansai. The second movie of the live action adaptation series.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-02-10
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Yokohama Underworld Kyouka
Overview: Straight to video film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-12-25
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Ten Warriors of the Underworld
Overview: The Kanto-based Aoi-kai seeks nationwide domination and sets its sights on the Nagano-based Taketomi-kai. Tokunaga (Kiyoshi Nakajo), chairman of the Aoi-kai, launches an assault to bring them under his control. Eventually, Taketomi-kai’s leader Katsuo Taketomi (Yuichi Kimura) is gunned down, forcing the group to disband. As a result, Masaki Koda (Koichi Miura), father of Shinichi Koda (ISSA), announces his retirement. Shinichi, once a civilian running a construction business, loses everything as Aoi-kai expands into Nagano. Burdened by a promise to his father, the loss of his work, and his strained relationship with his half-brother Shigekazu (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) of the Aoi-kai, Shinichi heads to Kanto to fight back. Determined to live with pride, Shinichi’s resolve draws a group of unique, fearless men around him. Together, they ignite a fierce yakuza battle that marks the beginning of an epic underworld saga.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-01-01
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Ten Warriors of the Underworld: Chapter 2
Overview: To crush the Kanto-based Aoi-kai aiming for national domination, Shinichi Koda (ISSA), president of Koda Construction, heads from Nagano to Tokyo. At the request of Asagiri (TJ Kayama), he helps the former Hanazono Union leader, now on the run from the Aoi-kai. Shinichi’s former mentor, Takeharu Mori (Tetsu Watanabe), president of Mori Industries, is being driven to the brink of bankruptcy due to an eviction dispute with the Aoi-kai. Seeking a trigger to start the fight, Shinichi asks Mori for his cooperation. At last, the ten brave men are assembled. With his father's banner—the Koda-gumi—raised high, Shinichi leads them into a fierce war against the mighty Aoi-kai. "Now, brave men... it's time to rise."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-09-28
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佐賀のがばいばあちゃん
Overview: A film adaptation of the great hit memoir of Shimada Yoshichi 'Saga no Gabai Bachan' which sold a total of 6.7 million copies for the entire series. He directed and wrote the script for this film. This tear-jerking and side-splitting work depicts the days of a boy and his "gabai (amazing)" grandmother who overcomes poverty with her bright nature and witty words. In 1958, first grader Akihiro (Morita Haruto) is sent to live with his grandmother (Kayama Yoshiko) in Saga Prefecture as his family struggles financially. He is initially bewildered by the unfamiliar countryside life, but grows into an energetic boy with the help of his lively grandmother.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-04-11
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Zero Woman: The Accused
Overview: Rei, the deadly but reluctant assassin for the Zero Division of the Tokyo Police Department, befriends a young man after she sees him cruising a gay bar looking for johns. After he gets beaten up by a group of street thugs, she takes him in to live with her. When a series of vicious murders takes place, she begins to suspect that the killer may actually be her friend taking revenge on everyone who has abused him. Will she uphold her duty to the police, or protect her only friend?
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-04-04
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Ben-Joe
Overview: Saki Omura (Nonoka Ishikawa) is a college student who lives a seemingly peaceful life with her family. Still, behind her smiles, she is tormented by a sense of rejection and isolation. One day, she meets Rena and is fascinated by her appearance. She wishes to become thin and beautiful like Rena and be loved by everyone, but the relationship between Saki and Rena deteriorates. Social rejection and humiliation spiral her into bulimia nervosa until her thoughts are clouded by anguish. The turn of events takes Saki to a health house. During this mountain retreat, a few women with similar issues are separated from external human contact and become a part of a grotesque social experiment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-16
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Kawaki no machi
Overview: A hard-boiled story about a young man who wakes up to the ferocity within himself, swaying between violence and love as he walks a devastating path.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-01-18
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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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Hakuro no Shibijin
Overview: The wife of a famous resident of Kamakura awakens to carnal passion . . . And when her blood cools down it's because she's been murdered!
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-04-26
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Taboo
Overview: Kiriu believes Miki is the ideal woman he's been looking for, but she's already taken. Kiriu's chance comes when Miki's husband dies of cancer. However, to get his dream lady, Kiriu must have sex with Miki in front of her late husband's coffin on the day of the funeral!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-06-27
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Yakuza Zombie
Overview: Yakuza Zombie opens with an introduction to a mysterious Yakuza graveyard deep in the forest, and a story of the baddest Yakuza of them all, Naruo Ryuuji (shown in cut scenes played by Ozawa Hitoshi). Naruo Ryuuji was a fearless killer who eventually got into heroin and, exactly like Ishimatsu Rikuo in Takashi Miike's Graveyard of Honor, eventually leaps to his death from the top of a prison, claiming he'll be back. I'm assuming this is a reference to real life crazy Yakuza Ishikawa Rikio, whom the original Graveyard of Honor was based on. It's established that the corpse of the fierce Yakuza Ryuuji is buried in the graveyard beneath a marker with the Japanese characters "Jingi" (Honor), and then we are taken to the modern day.
Genres: Horror Thriller Crime Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-02-15
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実録 広島やくざ戦争外伝 義兄弟 ～山口英弘の半生～ 激流の章 完結編
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-11-25
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I Go to Tokyo
Overview: A young man working as a cameraman in Tokyo is visited for three days by his parents from the countryside.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-08-03
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Rose
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Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-05-24
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True Account: Chivalrous Soul
Overview: After completing his journey of self-discovery through Osaka and Kyushu, Ryū Shimaoka (played by Yasukaze Motomiya) returns to his hometown of Awaji as a fully-fledged yakuza. With the backing of Hosono, a senior member of the Yamagami-gumi, Shimaoka and his youthful comrades form the Kyōkotsukai and align themselves with the powerful Okada-gumi, which controls the island. As Shimaoka rises rapidly through the ranks, tensions flare when the rival Kurosaki-gumi brings in a dangerous outsider from Kobe, shattering the fragile peace that once divided the island. This is the gripping story of a man born and raised in Awaji, who walks the path of the yakuza to protect his home, and the turbulent life he leads!
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-07-25
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King of Sha-kin 3
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-07-04
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The Setting Sun
Overview: A Japanese soldier is forced to question alliances when he meets and falls in love with the leader of the rebel movement.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-09-15
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The Panda Story
Overview: Kayo, a zookeeper, dreams of raising a panda one day. However, she soon decided to study abroad in China, and her dream came true. As soon as Kayo arrived in Sichuan Province, she met a boy named Ryuryu, and together they helped save an injured panda cub. The panda cub regained his strength and was named Hua Hua, but one day he went missing…
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-10-08
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