Yutaro Ban
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: February 22, 1937
Age: 88 years old
Gender: Male
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New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel
Overview: At the end of the Edo period in Kyoto, the ronin Kurayoshi Norizen rents the second floor of a hardware store and lives a carefree life, running a temple school. However, his true identity is Kurama Tengu, who appears to help a patriot in a difficult situation when he is attacked by the Shinsengumi, and then disappears like smoke.
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-11-27
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Hoodlum Soldier: Looting and Pillaging
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-10-05
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Hoodlum Soldier's Flight to Freedom
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-11-09
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Wakaki hi no kōdōkan
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-10-02
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Girl with Bamboo Leaves
Overview: Yasuda plays Omon, a woman using bamboo leaves as darts/blades to disable and kill her enemies.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-26
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Assassin's Road
Overview: Toma (Go Kato) is a son of a doctor in Takane, Yoshitomo Monzen. He was ordered by the sick federal lord and travel to Edo. It was said that Tsurunosuke, the man supposed to be the next federal lord, got a heavy disease, and the order aimed to make sure if it is true or not. On his way to Edo, Toma gave a hand to Kiku (Mayumi Okamura) who had a stomachache. However, she seemed to be in big trouble, and there were many warriors on the roads… This is the remade drama of “Wakasamamono” written by a popular novelist Tatsuji Satte. Go Kato as Dr. Waka brandishes a sword to come up against the plot of Karo, related to the inheritance of Takane Han.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-05-28
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The Water Was So Clear
Overview: A Buddhist priest rescues a homeless girl and brings her into his temple's household. Soon she becomes an essential part of the place. One night she is raped by a young man who then becomes her lover. The priest happens on them one night as they make love before the temple shrine, and he becomes erotically obsessed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-04-14
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Broken Swords
Overview: The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the vile Lord Kira.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-30
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Overview: In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.
Genres: Action Drama Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-04-22
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Lefty Fencer
Overview: As a child, Okin the one-armed one-eyed swordswoman was disfigured by Lord Daizen-dayu, who was after her family's most treasured possession, the famed Drenched Swallow sword. As an adult, she has become a skilled swordswoman and lives a carefree life with her adopted family. One day, Okin saves a girl from a group of yakuza, and in doing so, gets involved in a grand conspiracy involving religious leaders, government officials, the yakuza and Lord Daizen-dayu, the man who killed her father and mutilated her body...
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-06-14
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Daimajin
Overview: A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-04-17
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A Certain Killer
Overview: A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-04-29
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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
Overview: Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his youthful attendant -- Zatoichi finds them and discovers that the pair's mixed up with a dangerous bunch of terrorist samurai who murdered the boy's parents. Now, Zatoichi must step in to save the day.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-01-13
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Return of Giant Majin
Overview: The tyrannical Lord Danjo Mikoshiba covets the rich, fertile lands surrounding Lake Yakumo. During a memorial ceremony for the late Chigusa lord, Mikoshiba launches an attack, overthrowing the honorable Lord Juro. Just when all seems lost, Daimajin rises from Lake Yakumo to settle a score of his own.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-08-13
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Haunted Castle
Overview: This period thriller concerns a very famous cat known as the "monster cat of Nabeshima". This cat, a symbol of vengeance in human disguise, takes revenge for the death of its master as well as for the corruption in the feudal system.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-12-20
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The Thieves' Who's Who
Overview: In the book of the world's greatest rogues, the number one man can only be one person.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-02-26
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Tokyo Gambler
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Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-02-25
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The Assassination of Ryoma
Overview: Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), the imperial loyalist who tried to unite the Choshu and Satsuma clans and prepared the way for the Meiji Restoration (1868).
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-08-03
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Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
Overview: Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his inquiries. His first adventure sees him investigating his superior officer's mistress, whom he suspects of having ties with a reputed criminal on the loose.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-12-30
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