Johnny Ohkura
Also Known As: 박운환, パク・ウナン, Johnny Okura, Johnny Ookura, Johnny Ōkura, Johnny Ôkura, ジョニー 大倉, 박 운환, 大倉 洋一
Biography: Actor and musician. Founded the band CAROL with Eikichi Yazawa in 1971. After disbanding CAROL in 1975, he became a solo artist and expanded his acting career.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Birthday: September 03, 1952
Deathday: November 19, 2014
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Overview: Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-05-28
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Boiling Point
Overview: Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.
Genres: Crime Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-09-15
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Road to the Don 12
Overview: The twelfth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-03-31
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Road to the Don Theatrical Version
Overview: A young yakuza experiences various conflicts, tactics, betrayals, rules, etc. in the gangster world, stands out in the organization, and climbs to the top of the organization. The theatrical version of the popular video series adapted from the original work by Murakami Kazuhiko.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-06-18
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Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 4
Overview: The second of three V-Cinema sequels.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-02-11
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Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
Overview: The third and final V-Cinema sequel.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-05-12
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Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)
Overview: Junko Mihara is full of mysterious charm and is involved in ambitious work.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-01-11
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Like a Beast
Overview: This work further strengthens the neo-chimpira line of Toei V-Cinema which has a reputation for being more powerful than the movie.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-07-13
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雀狼伝 必殺！！亜空間殺法
Overview: Mitsuru Ando is a professional mahjong player who makes his living by betting on mahjong. The film depicts how he developed his special technique, the "Subspace Killing Technique," while battling with a number of skilled mahjong players.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-06-21
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The Roaring Trucker Army - The Motion Picture
Overview: A trucker and his friend who gets mixed up with the wrong crowd
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Distant Thunder
Overview: A young man living on growing tomatoes in a greenhouse in a residential area. Tomato cultivation is as doomed as his personal life where he tries to keep alive his romance with the eccentric Kaede and parents selected fiancee Ayako.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-10-23
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Jingi 25: Bloody Rule
Overview: The sand group was in danger due to the erosion of the Chukyo Union. Behind the scenes was the darkening of Kurobe of the Tama Union, which is consolidating its position in the Kanto Ichienkai. On the other hand, Jin, who was struck by Mato, lived as a lone wolf at the excommunication of the Ichienkai, despite the concerns of Yoshiro and his friends. Under such circumstances, each organization of the Ichienkai will set up various works.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-09-22
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Demon's Room
Overview: A wife gets a call from a man claiming to be from her husband's company. He tells her that he will come to pick her up on his behalf. But when he takes her to the hotel he locks her in a room and rapes her. The kidnapper then calls her husband but he doesn’t want a ransom. For reasons not yet known all he wants to do is to sexually humiliate her and to make sure the husband knows it.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-04-23
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Beauty in the Flame
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-11-10
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Curtain Call
Overview: Miho Nakamichi, an orphan adopted by Haruko, dreams to star in a musical. One day, Haruko promised Miho that she could go on a journey to find her real father, "Daddy-Long-Legs", who sends a bouquet of flowers every birthday, once she can wear a special pair of pointe shoes. The day finally arrives and Miho's small adventure begins.
Genres: Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-07-14
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She^2
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-02-10
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XX: Beautiful Hunter
Overview: Shion, ruthless assassin for the Magnificat crime syndicate, is as sexy as she is deadly. But when her latest target turns out to be the man she loves, Shion is torn between duty and her heart. Her reluctance marks her for death by Magnificat, and her decision forces her into a life on the run, with her fellow assassins always a step behind.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-08-01
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Yakuza Wolves: The Yanagawa Gang
Overview: Based on a novel "The Battle Of The Yanagawa-Gumi" by Koichi Iiboshi, it tells the story of criminal Jiro Yanagawa. Released from prison, Jiro joins the notorious Yoshimizu Yakuza family as a member. Not long after however, he sets out to form his own Yakuza clan in Osaka. This sparks a bloody territory war with the Devils Dragons.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-07-26
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Firefly
Overview: A young outlaw racing through the streets of Yokohama. Will the love that slipped through his fingers like sand come back to him once again?
Genres: Action Crime Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-02-18
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実録 柳川組 柳川次郎伝説 －完結－
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-03-28
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A Legend of Turmoil
Overview: A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza family. When his boss gets shot, he decides to go after the plotters.
Genres: Crime Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-01-15
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Like a Savage
Overview: Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-12-14
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"Guys Who Never Learn" Part 2
Overview: Sequel to "Guys Who Never Learn".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-11-21
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Hawaiian Dream
Overview: Tatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, having flown out of Japan and entered the country illegally for a reason. The two make a living by trafficking pakalolo – marijuana – under the pretext of selling tea leaves, but they are in a foreign land where they don't speak the language well. When they get busted by the chief of police, they're forced to make a deal and and help get a local crime boss masquerading as a benevolent celebrity arrested.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-08-29
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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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Waru
Overview: A former gangster gets released from prison and goes to work for a group of people. The leader of this group becomes his mentor and the fight to combat criminals and for world peace. The whole resulting in the wanted and are chased of all families mob in Japan. They may however be a little unexpected help from the police.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-02-25
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Waru: The End
Overview: Youji Himuro comes out of hiding and faces off against a powerful new foe from a rival dojo.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-08-25
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Yakuza Warfare
Overview: Two childhood friends find themselves caught in the midst of an all-out turf war between rival factions in the yakuza-stained region of Kyushu.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-11-09
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Scent of a Spell
Overview: A young man returns home from the bar only to find a woman who was about to kill herself. Taking her home and protecting her, he learns that she’s escaped from a violent husband. but there’s more to her story than she's willing to tell at first.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-12-27
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Chi-n-pi-ra
Overview: Shibuya, Tokyo. Yoichi and Michio are a pair of hoodlums who make their living as bookies at horse races. One day, Yoichi's companion commits a crime, which leads him to become a real yakuza. In this way Yoichi wishes to put an end to his hoodlum days, but on the other hand he has to leave his brother Michio behind...
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-11-17
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Detective Story
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-03-13
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The River of the Stranger
Overview: A rare film about the Zainichi and the relations between Japan and South Korea. It is the first feature film ever directed by a zainichi director to explore these issues.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-07-01
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Cabaret
Overview: A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist starts playing at a particular nightspot, a thug from the Yakuza adopts him as a special friend for no greater reason than he plays one of his favorite songs well. As the dangerous life of the gangster intertwines with that of the musician, it brings harm to the musician's girlfriend, who is raped. This changes the young saxophonist's attitude about his patron, but his Yakuza "friend" is still too embroiled in his own problems to worry about anything else.
Genres: Drama Crime Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-04-26
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Drift Wars
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-07-21
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Mafia Family Yanagawa - Part 2
Overview: The movie is set one year after the events of Mafia Family Yanagawa - Part 1, in which 8 Yanagawas faced off against 100 Devil Dragons in an epic bloody battle. Jiro Yanagawa (Takeuchi Riki) continues his feud with the Devil Dragons as he attempts to usurp their western territory.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-10-25
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Kizu
Overview: Once again, director Shunichi Kajima and star Takanori Jinnai are teaming up to create a new type of yakuza film that stylishly depicts the short but vibrant life of legendary urban yakuza Takashi Hanagata.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-11-03
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Kizu Darake no Jingi
Overview: Inside the Todo-gumi, the confrontation between the young head of the martial arts group and the young assistant head of the moderate group continued. Eventually, Young Head's Assistant's strategy targeting the second generation caused a divisive conflict ...
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-02-25
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Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North Sea
Overview: Original video
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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The Successful Businessmen Handbook: Charisma You Can Learn from the Yakuza
Overview: In the yakuza world, where 'conflict,' 'prison sentences,' and 'death' are ever-present threats, the leader’s responsibility is immense, and their leadership skills are honed to perfection. To develop motivated subordinates and unite the organization, the key ingredient is undeniably 'charisma!' How do these bosses acquire their 'charisma'!? The highly popular 'Learn from the Yakuza' series continues with its fourth installment!!
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-02-25
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