Mikio Narita
Also Known As: 成田三树夫, Mikio Narita
Biography: Mikio Narita (成田三樹夫, Narita Mikio, 31 January 1935 – 9 April 1990) was a Japanese actor. He was most famous for playing villains. He often worked with Kinji Fukasaku. Narita graduated from Haiyuza Theatre Company acting school and joined Daiei Film. His career as a screen actor started in 1963. His film debut was the 1963 film Kōkō Sannensei. He gradually won fame by playing the role of the villains. In 1971, Narita left Daiei and became a freelance actor. As a freelance actor he appeared in many yakuza films produced by Toei film company. In Japan he is best known for his role in Tantei Monogatari (TV series). He is also well known for his part in Battles Without Honor and Humanity series. He also portrayed the evil character in Mito Kōmon (3rd season). He died of Linitis plastica on 9 April 1990. His final film role was in the 1990 film "Jipangu".
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: January 31, 1935
Age: 90 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 09, 1990
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Tokyo Bordello
Overview: A ruined businessman was forced to sell his daughter, Hisano, to a brothel in Yoshiwara, the largest red-light district in Tokyo. The owner of the brothel has hopes to make her a great new addition which will attract the richest of customers. But after several months of training, she tries to flee Yoshiwara when the time has come for her to take her first customer...
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-06-13
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Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences
Overview: Attacking Asao Uchida's lonely, clifftop mansion in no-holds barred massacre.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-11-07
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Blood Vendetta
Overview: The film tells about Masayoshi, a noble Yakuza who lives by the laws of honor and humanity, and who is bound by an oath to his brother in a conflict between the Gamblers' family and the Tekiya family.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-07-31
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Karate Bullfighter
Overview: Sonny Chiba plays Kyokushin Karate founder Masutatsu Oyama, who unexpectedly arrives at a karate tournament in rags, but wins the tournament. After turning down the chance to fight at future tournaments he returns to his simple village life. He reluctantly returns to karate for a final showdown against the students of a rival school.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-08-09
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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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Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Overview: An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-10-29
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Hunter in the Dark
Overview: Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds his boss's enemies almost overwhelming.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-06-17
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Roaring Fire
Overview: On his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji’s real parents died tragically in a plane crash. Shortly thereafter Joji goes to Japan is search of his sister and his twin brother Toru. Joji’s quickly finds his sister Chihiro who is now blind and lives with their uncle. Joji one evening accidently over hears his uncle who has ties to the criminal underworld discussing his various illegal operations. Joji ‘s eavesdropping is discovered by his uncle who offers him a chance to join the organization. Joji promptly turns his uncle’s offer down which immediately puts his life in danger.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-08-08
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The Hoodlum Soldier Deserts Again
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Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-01-03
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Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?
Overview: Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with Heisuke Takei a friend from his youth, offers protection to a forward-thinking physician Genan Sugino who has defamed his ruler, discovers a pleasure ring of young wives and a blind music teacher, and cuckolds a corrupt official under his very nose.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-02-09
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Zero-Fighters
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-09-04
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Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell
Overview: The second in Norio Nanjo’s “Secret” series. The former secret phantom Sanzo (Hiroki Matsukata) and Yume no Gosuke (Ashiya Gannosuke), who escaped after clashing with their superiors, travel to the castle town of Kurume in Kyushu.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-02-05
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Back Stairways
Overview: A young man named Kijima who works as a pianist in a small bar is surprised when one of the customers asks if he won't pretend to be the fiance of his sister. He is even more surprised when he is offered a million yen to play this apparently harmless role. Actually, it is anything but harmless. Both the customer and his sister are involved in a jewel robbery in which they have double-crossed two of their accomplices who are now out of prison and thirsting for revenge.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-02-06
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Seisaku's Wife
Overview: On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of poverty.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-06-25
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Utamaro's World
Overview: Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared in Utamaro's paintings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-02-20
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Ninja Wars
Overview: A fortuneteller prophesizes that whoever marries the beautiful Ukio will become the ruler of the world. Naturally, this makes her very popular with those vying for power, particularly the insatiably greedy Lord Donjo. Only the ninja Jotaro can stop Donjo's plan, but to do so, he must first battle the deadly team of "Devil Monks" serving the lord. Will Jotaro succeed in his mission? And if so, will Ukio marry him, thus making him the ruler of the world?
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-12-18
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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
Overview: Zatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, while fending off angry yakuza and bloodthirsty relatives out for revenge, and trying to save a sick child. Meanwhile, his luck with dice is turning.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-12-24
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G.I. Samurai
Overview: A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.
Genres: Action Science Fiction War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-09-17
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Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny
Overview: The great Daimyo enlists the aid of the three Shadow Hunters in ensuring the delivery of an illegal cannon in this sequel to Toshio Masuda's bloody adaptation of the manga by Takao Saito. Despite the Shadow Hunters's remarkable skill, this mission is no walk in the park, and in order to survive they must face a relentless army of ninjas and female warriors willing to sacrifice their lives to disrupt the delivery and claim the cannon for themselves.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-10-10
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Shadow Hunters
Overview: Set during the declining years of the Tokugawa shogunate, Shadow Hunters details the questionably noble exploits of three ronin who act as "Shadow Hunters". These three ronin are not your normal ornery ruffians who are looking for a drink, a broad and someone to jab a sword into, but are in fact former samurai who, rather than follow their destroyed fiefs and murdered masters into death via seppuku, have dedicated their combined sword prowess to stopping the government from raping its daimyos for valuable resources.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-06-10
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Rebellion Reward
Overview: The film tells about drug trafficking from Vietnam to Tokyo and Okinawa. Tetsuya Watari plays a photographer who uses his camera as a blackmail weapon. He is on the trail of a narcotics smuggler (Mikio Narita) and his beautiful contact (Haruko Wanibuchi). Watari meets a former gangster (Yujiro Ishihara) who is seeking revenge against Narita, his former partner. Watari and Ishihara become allies and hijack the dope shipment. But Narita threatens the life of Haruko, who turns out to be Ishihara's sister, and demands the dope in return for the girl.
Genres: Drama Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-02-17
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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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Easy Money
Overview: An action-comedy about three men who try to bilk money out of gambling dens.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-04-18
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Woman Boss
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-01-15
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Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records
Overview: Samon Kamiyama, a skilled yoriki under Toyama Saemon-no-jō Kagemoto is feared and known to the villains as “Samon from the Hell.” Samon suspects that the drowning incident at the raw silk wholesaler Shinano-ya was the work of Maruya Rihei, a kimono wholesaler favored by the Ōoku, but has no evidence to prove his allegation. The elder Arao Tsushima-no-kami who is colluding with Maruya plan on building a gold mine on an uninhabited island using prisoners. Arao gives the supervision charge to Samon, who along with his comrades and Horikawa takes up his post on the island but is attacked by assassins one after another.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-07-10
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Oar
Overview: Drama about the difficult relationship between a former wrestler, his wife and their adopted children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-01-15
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映画村殺人事件
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-05-24
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The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
Overview: A star tennis player takes revenge on the blackmailers out to ruin his athletic career.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-09-12
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Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Overview: The tale takes place around 1650, after the death of the third Tokugawa shogun, when ronin were expelled from Edo, the military capital. During the political instability following the death of Iemitsu Tokugawa, Hanzo's Iga ninja clan battles against the Koga clan as various factions vie to seize power. The child shogun Ietsuna is kidnapped but turns out to be hidden under (or over) everyone's noses in a castle turret which is reinforced by a comic book villain, the fire-spitting black ninja. The good ninja has to get through all the traps & save the child.
Genres: Action War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-02-23
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Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
Overview: Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's, Atsugi Shizuka, body shape. Because of that Shizuka tries her best to restrict her diet and please Kazuki. "It's So Far Away!" Karuma Sae is an office lady who works in the city center but lives with her family in a house far away from her work. Because she is always rushing to catch the last train, she can never enjoy a decent date with her boyfriend, Oishi Mamoru. Her father is also always interfering in her life, so she can't appreciate the city life and isn't happy. "Get Ready to Drive!" Masuko is a new taxi driver in Tokyo who is very stressed from dealing with the behavior of some passengers. One night he drives a very beautiful drunk hostess home. "What Is English?" Kosaka Shigeru, a businessman, was transferred to a Chicago branch factory. He tried hard to learn English, practicing day and night, but couldn't improve as much as he expected.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-09-15
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Cops vs. Thugs
Overview: When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the acting boss of the Ohara gang also has his eyes on the property and recruits crooked detective Tokumatsu Kuno to help him hijack the deal. With relations between the rival gangs at breaking point, it's not long before all-out war breaks out as the gangsters, police and local politicians battle for control of the city.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-04-26
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Young Boss
Overview: After a yakuza boss is assassinated by a rival, his naval officer son returns home to take over the gang.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-03-13
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The Rivals
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-06-06
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The Legend of Zipang
Overview: Jigoku-gokuraku-maru is a samurai on the run. One bounty hunter hoping to collect the sizeable reward is Teppo Oyuri, a comely lass who is an ace shot with her pearl-laden pistol. Before she can set her sights on Jigoku-gokuraku-maru, he is attacked by a hoard of sword-wielding thugs also hoping to collect the reward. He dispatches them with bloody aplomb. Later, Jigoku-gokuraku- maru and Teppo Oyuri -- who has fallen for the master swordsman in spite of herself -- ventures to Zipingu -- the Land of Gold -- in search of a magical gold sword.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-01-27
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Homeless Dog
Overview: First movie of the Inu series directed by Tokuzō Tanaka
Genres: Action Crime Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-05-02
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Quick-Draw Dog
Overview: Quick Drawer Dog (早射ち犬 Hayauchi inu) is a 1967 film directed by Tetsutarō Murano. It is the eighth film in the Inu series.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-05-27
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Stray Dog
Overview: Stray Dog is a 1966 film directed by Yoshio Inoue. It is the seventh film in the Inu series.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-11-26
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Legend of the Eight Samurai
Overview: The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their clutches. She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of powerful magic crystal, led by Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba!) to help rescue the remaining members of her court and revenge her family. Along the way, they must fight undead warriors, evil spirits, poisonous beauties and a giant centipede.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-12-10
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Black Panther Bitch M
Overview: An assassin trained as a ninja carries the code name M. Hayami is a yakuza boss and a divorced father who is not allowed to come near his young daughter Mutsumi from his ex-wife Kazuko. In the big port city of Yokohama, M targets Hayami, who has angered the president of his group.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-08-14
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Shogun's Samurai
Overview: Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadanaga become bitter rivals for the shogunate, and the land is split into factions, eventually erupting into warfare. Iemitsu's mentor, his fencing instructor Yagyu, is fixated upon securing Iemitsu the shogunate and ends up betraying everyone, even his own family, in pursuit of the goal.
Genres: Action Drama Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-01-21
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Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
Overview: Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. His struggles with his boss, the Shikoku Godfather, and the tumultuous life of his adopted daughter, Matsue, form the backdrop of this epic tale of justice, obedience, and bloody vengeance.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-06-05
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The Sea and Poison
Overview: Two interns and a nurse are interrogated by American MPs for their involvement in an atrocity during the war: the vivisections of a downed American air crew.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-10-17
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Karate Bear Fighter
Overview: Masutatsu Oyama is recruited by his former Army friend to work for a crew of gangsters, but when they kill both his girlfriend and his best friend, Oyama flees away to a small town where he both learns lessons in martial arts philosophy from a wandering master and helps a young boy take on a challenge to fight a ferocious captured bear to win money for the boy's injured father.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-12-27
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A Chaos of Flowers
Overview: Set in the Taisho era, which might be regarded as Japan's Hippie Phase, Hana no ran is a story about fashionable people without impulse control. Much of the action centers on a popular woman writer, the real-life poet Akiko Yosano, and her experiences among the literati of early 20th century Japan. Because of her independent, anti-war and often erotic poetry, she was a lightning rod for revolutionaries and other extremists, many of whom were destined to glamorous, yet ultimately pointless, deaths. The closest parallels might be the Byron/Shelley group or the people drawn to the Beat Generation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-10-01
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Dead Angle
Overview: Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-07-04
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The Notorious Bored Samurai 3
Overview: One night, Sawatari Shusui saves a geisha named Osode from a ninja attack. Osode's mother is said to be carrying the child of the shogun, Tsunayoshi, and has hidden herself on Hachijo Island. Shusui heads to Hachijo to verify the truth. Meanwhile, Shusui had heard from Tsunayoshi that he was planning to appoint the Kofu Chancellor, Tokugawa Tsunatoyo, as the next shogun, but Sumi's father, Makino Bizen no Kami, whose daughter was pregnant with Tsunayoshi's child, was planning to have his daughter's child ascend to the shogunate and seize real power. Amidst all this, Shusui, along with Osode and his servant, Sasao Yoshinari , sets foot on Hachijo Island and meets Tsunayoshi's son, Kotaro, who was born to Osode's mother. But then a group of ninjas attacks.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-08-10
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The Notorious Bored Samurai 7
Overview: The great merchant of Kaga Daitokuya , had taken control of the domain with his wealth and by holding onto the weakness of Lord Maeda Tsunanori , and was planning to rule over Japan as well. In order to free the lord from evil spirits and monsters, Sawatari Shusui heads towards Kaga Hyakumangoku. On his way, Shusui helps a girl named Oyumi who was about to be bullied by a ronin. Oyumi claims to be the daughter of Daitokuya, but she is actually the daughter of Lord Maeda Tsunanori's concubine. Daitokuya, who had taken control of power by raising Oyumi on behalf of Tsunanori who could not make it public because of his legal wife, was secretly storing weapons and ammunition and was pressuring Tsunanori to sign a letter of rebellion.
Genres: Action Drama Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-05-26
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Water Moon
Overview: As the monk Ryuun, whose past and origin make him prone to internal and external fits, leaves the temple towards Tokyo, he gets to catch a glimpse of enlightenment resonating with the blind Kanoko.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-12-16
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Gateway to Glory
Overview: A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese navy.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-12
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No More God, No More Love
Overview: Released after seven years in prison, an inveterate thug goes from strength to ruthless strength as he makes his way through a succession of dubious jobs, illegal schemes, and brutal romances.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-03-23
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Father Avenger
Overview: Master director Sadao Nakajima brings to life the adventures of Shohachi, a ronin (masterless samurai) searching for his father's enemy. O-Tama, the star of a light acrobatics hut in the back mountains of Asakusa, falls in love at first sight with a ronin named Shohachi who appears out of nowhere and, impressed by his skills, asks him to become the troupe's bodyguard. Shohachi, who is searching for his father's enemy Hyoto, follows the troupe on their provincial tour and finally finds him. But it seems that his enemy is quite skilled.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-04-30
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Appassionata
Overview: This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") that Uemura painted at the age of 61. The main character, Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Tsuya, who loves painting more than anything and is hopeless at housework, attends art school and at age 15 receives the name Shōsui (from the characters for "pine" and "green") from her teacher. The crown prince of England purchases one of her works, propelling her to fame overnight. The novel portrays the remainder of her stormy life, during which she is impregnated by her teacher and raises a fatherless child; through it all she devotes herself to her painting, undaunted.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-01-14
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Overview: In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-01-13
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Tokyo Ninja Force
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-02-12
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牝犬脱走
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-11-13
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雲を呼ぶ講道館
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-05-27
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Overview: Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful underboss of the Muraoka family, Noboru Uchimoto.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-09-25
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Overview: Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono, and the other yakuza into a new round of bloodshed.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-04-28
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The Dropout
Overview: Detective Seiji Otaki is determined to find the psychopathic killer of a young woman who was ostensibly a student but in reality a high-priced prostitute. Even though he has been taken off the case for beating up a suspect, he refuses to let it go and recruits his mistress to act as a decoy for the killer. Her involvement turns out to be a fatal mistake, and when her husband gets out of prison, Detective Otaki is in worse trouble than ever.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-10-02
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The Freezing Point
Overview: Keizo Tsujiguchi believes his wife Natsue was having an extramarital affair when their child was kidnapped and killed. He believes of her extramarital affair she was unable to watch over their child properly and blames her for their daughter's death. To exact revenge on his wife, he then adopts the killer's child without telling the truth to his wife or their newly adopted child.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-03-26
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Hokuriku Proxy War
Overview: In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows battles among yakuza who value land over tradition. Hiroki Matsukata stars as Noboru Kawada, a Hokuriku yakuza who will use any measure for survival, disregarding parents, brothers, and tradition.
Genres: Drama Crime Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-02-26
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Yakuza Ladies 3
Overview: Upon the passing of the Sakanishi Clan’s boss, a fierce battle between his wife Hazuki and his disciple Terada breaks out. Will Hazuki be able to assume her husband’s position as the head of the established yakuza clan?
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-04-08
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The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
Overview: Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent gangsters battling their way through fight after bloody fight with rival yakuza on the streets of Okinawa.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-09-04
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The Sister Gamblers
Overview: Third film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
Genres: Drama Crime History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-11-15
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Champion Woman Gambler
Overview: Ninth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
Genres: Crime Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-09-21
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The Woman Dicer
Overview: Seventh film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
Genres: Crime History Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-10-02
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Two Enemy Women Gamblers
Overview: Twelfth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
Genres: Crime Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-02-08
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The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
Overview: A seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night. In a delicious scheme of payback, he seeks to dominate the corporation that employs him by day.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-08-04
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Graveyard of Honor
Overview: A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-02-15
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Yakuza Graveyard
Overview: A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-10-30
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Fireflies in the North
Overview: Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-09-01
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The Last True Yakuza
Overview: A made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence and betrayal inside the criminal underworld.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-11-16
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Yakuza of the Present
Overview: In the roaring 1970s, a man who has left the world of the yakuza to become the owner of a sushi restaurant decides to rise up again when he sees his former family being overrun by a modern yakuza group from the Kansai region.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-10-27
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The Lady in a Black Dress
Overview: A woman named Fujiki Asuka arrives as an acquaintance of a sister in law for a day under the bar master Tamura who had guided Yakuza's escaping as a shoji. Tamura who lives on the second floor of the store for the time being the son who wants to work here. A few days later, Tamura finds a handgun from Yuko's baggage and holds a suspicion ....
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-03-14
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Violent Fraternity
Overview: Set in Shibuya in 1949, this is another film based on real life former yakuza boss Noboru Ando's memoirs.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-11-01
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Those Swell Yakuza
Overview: Ryo, a young former banker, gets beaten up over a debt from gambling. A yakuza boss saves him, and Ryo decides to train to become a yakuza under him.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-06-11
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Sure Death 4
Overview: Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by a group of masked thugs who are soon attacked in turn by an unseen force. He begins to suspect the work of assassins, but whose side are they on?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-06-06
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
Overview: The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constantly bullied by the upper organization and “bleed in vain” in gang wars.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-04-24
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
Overview: The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for territorial rights and drug smuggling. The Owada sends their man, Tetsu, and his friend Shuji to kill the Kyoei boss. With the promise of fame and riches, Shuji takes the fall and goes to jail for 7 years. But when he's released, he discovers that he and Tetsu have been all but forgotten by the Owada. Feeling betrayed, Shuji takes matters into his own hands and becomes an unsuspecting pawn in an internal conflict and an assassination attempt on the Owada boss. And now angered, Shuji seeks revenge...
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-11-01
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The Fall of Ako Castle
Overview: This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-10-28
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Samurai Reincarnation
Overview: After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him in a murderous rampage.
Genres: Action Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-06-06
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The Fixer
Overview: Political fixer Homei Yamaoka's misdeeds come to light, throwing Japanese politics into deadly confusion. But he's not going down without a fight.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-10-27
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High School Juniors (Part II)
Overview: A story full of youthful vigor and spirit as high school students try to work out their problems, realize the awakening of love and growing maturity and find fun and happiness in helping others.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-08-22
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The Pit of Death
Overview: Horror film directed by Koji Shima.
Genres: Horror Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-06-15
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Down with The Big Boss
Overview: In pre-war Japan, two members of a large yakuza syndicate instigate a turf war that embroils the highest echelons of Tokyo's underworld.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-03-24
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Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Overview: Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-07-01
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The Geisha
Overview: Yokiro was the most successful Geisha house in Western Japan during the first half of the 20th century and remains open to this day. At its peak, it was home to over 200 geisha, however behind the fabulous facade, there were many battles - between family members, men and women, and with the Yakuza. Momokawa was sold to Yokiro at age 12, and despite being the top geisha, her many complicated relationships provide unending challenges throughout her glamorous but turbulent life.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-09-10
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Hoodlum Soldier
Overview: A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an effort to desert by stealing a train.
Genres: Action War Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-03-18
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The Hoodlum Priest
Overview: The first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in addition to breaking all the commandments against sex and gambling, opens his own gambling den in direct defiance of the local yakuza boss. Exciting action and a twisty plot this movie breaks new barriers in Japanese cinema. Katsu Shintaro is superb in one of his better non-Zato Ichi roles as he fights off the advances of a love-lorn woman and risks his life to defeat the powerful gambling boss who has a stranglehold on the town.
Genres: Action Crime History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-11-15
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The Shogun Assassins
Overview: This is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-09-01
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Be-Bop High School 2
Overview: Teen thugs Hiroshi and Toru get caught in a street war when their prized school trousers are forcefully taken from them by punks from a rival school.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-08-09
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The Killer's Killer
Overview: Takeshi Ijuin leaves for Chicago to be a cameraman, and a few years later returns to Japan. But he only learned the technique of homicide in Chicago. When he visits the graveyard with his father to pray at his mother's tomb, his father is shot by someone. Now he thirsts for revenge.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-12-05
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
Overview: The Son of the Black Mass returns in this ninth installment in Daiei's longstanding Nemuri Kyoshiro series. This time Raizo Ichikawa as Nemuri is called to see that a gold statuette of the Virgin Mary gets safe passage to Kyoto from the prying hands of a sect of murderous Christian ronin that call themselves the Black Finger Group.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-07-15
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Yakuza Ladies
Overview: While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her younger sister, marries a member of a rival band after being raped by him. The two sisters, united by blood ties but married to enemy yakuzas, will ultimately have to decide whose side they’re on.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-11-15
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Desperate Pursuit
Overview: In the desert of Egypt, Kurata, the CEO of the Japanese corporation Tokokaihatsu, is killed by a sniper. After the news reaches Japan, the CEO's lawyer, Yamamoto, receives a visit from two men that attempt to steal the deceased CEO's will. This is witnessed by two detectives, Tsuzuki and Ōnuki, but they fail to catch the perps. Yamamoto hands the detectives a set of keys before he stops breathing. Tsuzuki and Ōnuki now have to investigate Kurata's murder...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-05-17
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The Three Ginza Rascals
Overview: Three men, all named Masa, join forces to capitalize on each of their unique yet questionable talents against a hyper-competitive Tokyo underworld.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-10-01
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Step on the Gas!
Overview: Yūji, fresh out of prison on parole, meets a stranger named Nao that asks for his assistance...
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-10-24
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Operation Plazma in Osaka
Overview: Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-01-31
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Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Overview: Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a group of childhood friends, belonging to different yakuza families, are caught in the middle. Lies, deceit, and backstabbing are in play resulting in a bloodbath and a quest for revenge...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-05-26
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 13: The Full Moon Swordsman
Overview: Inspector General Kanjuro Sano conspires with the future shogun twin brother. They replace Ieyoshi Tokugawa with his twin, but it becomes a problem when suspicion arises and Nemuri Kyoshiro gets involved.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-04
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The Dedicated Gunman
Overview: Third film in the "Inu" series.
Genres: Action Crime Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-01-13
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The First Catch
Overview: Based on the comic book series of the same name by Yûsuke Aoyagi.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-12-27
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Break Out
Overview: An accidental shooting on the job and a recent divorce take a toll on the personal and professional life of a Japanese detective. Just as it seems he can't go any lower, he is suspended from the force for disregarding orders to halt his criminal investigation of a Congressman. However, even this setback won't stop the determined cop from getting to the bottom of the scandal.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-07-30
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Ninja Hunt
Overview: It's a rare occasion when a noted filmmaker like Yamauchi Tetsuya gets to re-visit a previous film, and in this re-make of NINJA GARI, he not only does that, but has created an even better piece. While the original from 1964 starred the great old-time actor Konoe Jushiro, this version is perfectly cast with his son Matsukata Hiroki in the lead as Wadakuro, one of four ronin hired to fight against the Shogunate's plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, who are struggling to reinstate their young heir Tanemaru as their Lord. Facing the threat of the Koga Ninja, Wadakuro shows his own cruelty while on a personal vendetta. This is a very brutal film, with lots of realistic ninja action, violent deaths, a dark story line and is completely without any light-hearted 'humor' elements that Toei used to incorperate back in the golden era. And with Matsukata Hiroki's outstanding martial skills, the swordplay is even better in this one. This is definitely one of the best ninja movies ever made!
Genres: Action TV Movie Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-04-09
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The Enforcer
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Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-11-14
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Tarao Bannai
Overview: Legendary detective returns.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-04-08
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The Murder Corps
Overview: A violent upstart forms an alliance with the powerful Tensei-kai syndicate to fight on the front lines of an underworld war and take over all of Japan.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-05-24
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The Story of a Geisha
Overview: In the year 1873, a Japanese woman is sold as a mistress to an American diplomat stationed in Japan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-08-27
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Sure Death! 3
Overview: Third movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. Chasing the killer of a lawman, a group of assassins fall foul of a group of blackmarket financiers who dispatch their own hitmen to dispose of them.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-05-24
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Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
Overview: After serving 10 years in prison for murdering a rival boss, Tetsu is appalled to see his yakuza family overgrown and dysfunctional upon his release.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-04-08
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Message from Space
Overview: The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to Gavana Prince Hans to young Terrans Meia, Kido, and Aaron all have different reactions to being chosen.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-04-29
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Stay Gold
Overview: Three girls go on a trip after a friend commits suicide and learn about friendship.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-10-29
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Japan's Don
Overview: A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-01-22
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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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Ooku: Empress of the Tokugawa
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-08-27
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The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
Overview: Part 7 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves. Katsuji finds his long lost mother, who is a rich lady of a respectable family. Comedy and melodrama ensue. A thrilling spectacle with an overly violent ending, and a remarkable, Japan's only post-prison rape comedy, Masa is determined to have sex with the female guard, despite the fact that there is a bar between them. Michi Azuma (topless swordswoman from Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril) plays a tomboy who wants to join her brothers.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-03-01
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Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
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Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-05-24
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Lonely Hitman
Overview: There are men in this world who seem to have been born to be a villain. His upbringing, his sexuality, everything about him was suited to being in the criminal world. However, he also had a loving wife and children. This is the story of a man who throws himself into a deadly struggle on the front lines of a huge violent war, while at the same time seeking the happiness of his family as a good husband and father.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-09-09
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The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
Overview: 15th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-15
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Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
Overview: 16th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-21
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The Woman Killer
Overview: Japanese crime film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-03-08
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You and I
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Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-07-13
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A Drop of Grease
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Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-09-03
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Prison Release Loyalty Offering
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Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-12-24
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Territory of the Night
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Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-12-16
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Never Give Up
Overview: Special forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted daughter, Yoriko: the sole survival of a bloodbath for which he is responsible. Years later, Ajisawa is forced to return to the scene of the tragedy for his new job as a claims adjuster where he is subsequently arrested for his suspected involvement. But the threat of jail time is the least of his worries as his former organization comes gunning for him.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-10-07
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Theater Of Life
Overview: Adaptation of Shiro Ozaki's novel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-01-29
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Japanese Humanity and Justice
Overview: When a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to their limits as new alliances and enemies are formed.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-05-28
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G-Men of the Sea: Pacific Ocean Bodyguards
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-09-15
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手錠無用
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-04-05
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Kill Before Being Killed
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Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-02-15
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School of Crime
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Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-06-20
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The Truck Rascals Go to The North
Overview: Eighth movie in the Torakku Yarō series
Genres: Comedy Action Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-12-23
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