Kazuo Mortuchi
Also Known As: Kazuo Moriuchi
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
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Gender: Other
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Overview: In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin. Ogami Itto, the official Shogunate executioner, has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-01-15
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Zatoichi at Large
Overview: Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes the baby in search of its father and finds the child's aunt, who is about to be forced into prostitution for want of a payment the dead mother was bringing. Zatoichi determines to save the woman from her cruel fate.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-01-15
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Zatoichi's Revenge
Overview: Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a brothel. Through friendship with Denroku, a local dice thrower and devoted father, Ichi uncovers an unholy alliance between the governor and the area strongman: among their scams is falsifying tax records to put farmers in debt, then forcing their daughters into prostitution at the boss's brothel. With help from Denroku's daughter, Otsuru, Ichi comforts Osayo until he can provoke showdowns with the villains and their henchmen.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-04-03
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Princess and I
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-29
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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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Wakaki hi no kōdōkan
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-10-02
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Triangle Moods
Overview: Ayako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved in her life are three young men—stage actor Goro, businessman Kokichi and Sanpei Pachinko.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-24
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Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
Overview: 16th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-21
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Devil's Temple
Overview: An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women, and a vicious killer. Bloody violence erupts whenever strangers approach the temple. Can the traveling priest bring his belief in the Buddha and rid the three temple residents of the devils that hold their souls?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-31
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The Funeral Racket
Overview: The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-11-04
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The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
Overview: Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-12
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Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Overview: [Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni shrine. He is asked if he thinks he has destroyed all the ninja who opposed him and answers that he suspects that there may be more. A servant brings water and tests it first. The paige dies and we hear gunshots as two ninja flee the scene. His suspicions confirmed, Nobunaga oversees the execution of captured ninja and decides that, in the future, he needs a much crueler method of execution. The daimyo Hideyoshi comes to visit.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-08-06
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Irezumi
Overview: Otsuya, the daughter of a rich merchant, elopes with her lover Shinsuke, an employee of her father's. During their flight, Otsuya's beauty attracts the gaze of Seikichi, a mysterious master tattooist who sees her pristine white skin as the perfect canvas for his art. The image of the large demonic spider that he emblazons across Otsuya's back marks her as the property of another man, radically altering her relationships with all around her as her personality seems to transform under its influence.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-01-15
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Prison Break
Overview: Set up to be the patsy by a rival gang, Furuta Makoto attacks the yakuza boss he thinks is responsible for his father’s murder. He then learns it was all a plot to take over his father’s turf and he seeks vengeance against the puppet master behind the entire conspiracy. His quest for justice leads him to prison where he must fend off the attack of a master assassin before he can make his escape and go after the true killer!
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-08-30
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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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New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-04-22
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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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Blood End
Overview: Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time of famine. He is befriended by Kada Gentaro, a leader in the Mito Tengu group, which plans to overthrow the shogunate.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Romance History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-15
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A Killer's Key
Overview: Raizô Ichikawa reprises his role as the restaurant-cook-turned-contract-killer in this sequel to Kazuo Mori's stylish 1967 thriller A Certain Killer.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-12-02
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
Overview: Getting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself involved in a series of dangerous encounters.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-12-20
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The Betrayal
Overview: A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai principles makes him an oddity among his peers, and a very vulnerable oddity in consequence. He takes the blame for the misdeeds of others, with the understanding that he will be exiled for one year and restored to the clan's good graces after the political situation dies down. As betrayal begins to heap upon betrayal, he realizes he'll have to live out his life as a master-less ronin, if not hunted down and killed.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-07-02
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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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Ōkuma Shigenobu the great
Overview: The biopic of Shigenobu Ōkuma, one of the main Japanese leaders at the turn of the 20th century, a supporter of rapprochement with the United Kingdom, and who brought his country into the Triple Entente against the German Empire.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-11-02
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