Hiroshi Takao
Also Known As: 高緒弘志
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Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
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Hageshī kawa
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-06
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Carmen from Kawachi
Overview: Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming a fashion model. Yoko tells her that she can move in to Yoko’s house to take lessons, while making a living at the same time.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-02-07
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Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
Overview: Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-01-27
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Tattooed Life
Overview: After his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with his younger brother.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-11-13
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Fighting Delinquents
Overview: This rarely seen gem from master Suzuki casts teenage heartthrob Koji Wada as a young misfit who suddenly finds himself the unwitting pawn in an escalating family feud that ultimately leads to tragedy. Lean, mean, and stylish as always, this tale of youth-gone-wild is both vibrant and touching. Suzuki contrasts tranquil glimpses of traditional regional life with the emergence of the new rock 'n' roll youth culture and the greed and seething cynicism of encroaching Westernism. Also released under the title "Go To Hell, Hoodlums!", this is a melodrama as colorful, shocking, and exhilarating as one would come to expect from Japan's master filmmaker.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-11-23
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Kanto Wanderer
Overview: Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu is less ethical, and allows the idiotic Tetsu to trick a schoolgirl he fancies, Hanako, into a type of bonded prostitution. Because of gang conflict, the Izu family (to whom Katsuta belongs) has their last gambling den taken over, and he seeks revenge. This brings him back into contact with a former lover who is also a card trickster - she is also Diamond Fuyu's sister, and is now married to Okaru-Hachi, who has mastered a clever card cheating trick called Okaru, which involves the deft use of mirrors.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-11-23
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The Guys Who Put Money on Me
Overview: An unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Match (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young energetic boxer. This story deals more with betting action surrounding a boxing match, concentrating mostly on the high-powered Yakuza gambling dens.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-09
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Gate of Flesh
Overview: In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining tenuous friendships and a semblance of order in a world of chaos. But when a renegade ex-soldier stumbles into their midst, lusts and loyalties clash, with tragic results. With Gate of Flesh, visionary director Seijun Suzuki delivers a whirlwind of social critique and pulp drama, shot through with brilliant colors and raw emotions.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-05-31
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Tokyo Drifter
Overview: After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.
Genres: Thriller Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-04-10
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Fighting Elegy
Overview: Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.
Genres: Comedy Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-11-09
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Youth of the Beast
Overview: When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.
Genres: Thriller Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-04-21
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The Man with a Shotgun
Overview: Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a hunter. He quickly becomes embroiled in a web of trouble surrounding the town's mill.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-06-03
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Tokyo Knights
Overview: A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-01
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Teenage Yakuza
Overview: A high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighbouring city.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-20
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The Call of Blood
Overview: Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-10-03
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The Sound of Waves
Overview: On a small island, inhabited by only fourteen hundred people, a young fisherman's son, Shinji falls in love with Hatsue, the daughter of the richest and most difficult man on the island. Despite their differences in class, they begin to meet and rumors spread of them having an illicit affair. Soon after, Shinji jumps into a stormy sea to help a ship in distress. The vessel turns out to be owned by Hatsue's arrogant father, who now becomes an understanding and sympathetic parent and allows the two lovers to marry.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-04-29
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Story of a Prostitute
Overview: Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate. Seijun Suzuki's Story of a Prostitute is a tragic love story as well as a rule-bending take on a popular Taijiro Tamura novel, challenging military and fraternal codes of honor, as seen through Harumi's eyes.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-02-27
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The Ghost of Iwojima
Overview: The monologue and mysterious death of a man who survived and returned from Iwo Jima. A newspaper reporter writes an article about "The Man from Iwo Jima" asking the people who were close to him about his character and the painful memories off all those involved.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-10-21
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Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
Overview: A boxing melodrama. Two friends become boxers and begin training for the championship. These two boys eventually face each other in the ring.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-01
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