Asao Sano — Actor (30)
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Shadow Hunters (1992) [Movie] TMDB
影狩り
director: Keiichirō Yoshida actor: Hiroaki Murakami / Takeo Chii …
other title: 影狩り
In the middle of the Edo period, when the finances of the shogunate were in a desperate situation, the shogunate sent its shadow spies to each clan, who secretly planned the abolition of the clans and the seizure of their territories. The Inami clan has mastered the essence of making weapons, thus breaking the law. To protect the clan, its elders hire three "Shadow Hunters"... TV movie based on the popular manga by Takao Saito.
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Black Strait (1964) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
黒い海峡
director: Mio Ezaki actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Yukiyo Toake …
other title: 黒い海峡
Newly out of prison after killing his boss' rival, Akio Maki is eager to move on and start a new life with the boss' daughter. However, the chains of the past are not so easily broken and Maki is soon ordered to kill again.
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The Dragon of Macao (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
マカオの竜
director: Mio Ezaki actor: Akira Kobayashi / Yukiyo Toake …
other title: マカオの竜
Ryu (Akira Kobayashi) sets foot on the Yokohama port with a suitcase filled with 300 thousand dollars. He was sent by a jewelry company in Hong Kong to retrieve a certain diamond that was stolen from them. The "Himalayan Star" is worth couple hundred million yen and unbeknown to Ryu, it now lays in the hands of Aizu (Jo Shishido), the infamous ”Pirate of the Tokyo Bay."
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Fearless Comrades (1966) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
不敵なあいつ
director: Shōgorō Nishimura actor: Akira Kobayashi / Izumi Ashikawa …
other title: 不敵なあいつ
The first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but decided to leave after his best friend died a brutal death at the hands of the gang leader. He goes on a trip with a guitar in his hand and ends up in Yokohama. The guitar he plays at the bar in the evening was given to him by his late best friend. At the bar, Kosuke meets Kumagoro. Kosuke saves Kumagoro from bandits. Kumagoro is a funny man, he came to this city to reunite with the woman he swore to marry. Kosuke decides to settle in this city and help him find his beloved, but the future of this city is not cloudless either, because the cruel Yakuza is in power in the city, and soon Kosuke will have to fight with him...
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I Have the Sun in My Back (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
俺の背中に陽が当る
director: Kō Nakahira actor: Mitsuo Hamada / Sayuri Yoshinaga …
other title: 俺の背中に陽が当る
Shigeru is a young man who works as a window cleaner. His older brother Kenzo has just returned from prison and is determined to start life anew. But a battle for leadership within his old gang causes him to be framed for murder. Shigeru sets out to uncover the truth to clear his name.
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The Empty Table (1985) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
食卓のない家
director: Masaki Kobayashi actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Mayumi Ogawa …
other title: La Table vide / 食卓のない家
One year after the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist kidnapping, which resulted in multiple deaths, all the other perpetrators' parents have either resigned from their professional positions or taken their own lives, Nobuyuki Kidoji remains adamant that he is not responsible for his son's actions.
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Season of the Sun (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
太陽の季節
director: Takumi Furukawa actor: Yōko Minamida / Hiroyuki Nagato …
other title: 太陽の季節
The film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing and chasing girls, and who more often than not spend their nights getting into brawls. In particular, it focuses upon Tatsuya, a sullen young man, who falls in love with Eiko, a proud upper-class girl.
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I Hate But Love (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
憎いあンちくしょう
director: Koreyoshi Kurahara actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Ruriko Asaoka …
other title: Un type méprisable / 憎いあンちくしょう
A celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. When his controlling manager, the woman he loves, follows, the two must reconcile while dodging reporters.
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Gone in the Rain (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
雨の中に消えて
director: Katsumi Nishikawa actor: Sayuri Yoshinaga / Reiko Sasamori …
other title: 雨の中に消えて
Ayako (Sayuri Yoshinaga) is a free-willed college girl who shares a room with Takako and Kimie. They each have a clear vision of what they want from their career and love life. Soon, their room share takes a turn, when ideals begin to clash with reality.
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Black River (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
黒い河
director: Masaki Kobayashi actor: Fumio Watanabe / Ineko Arima …
other title: La Rivière noire / Río Negro …
A love triangle develops between a benevolent student, his innocent girlfriend, and a cruel petty criminal, all as a point of diagnosis of a social disease that had Japan slowly succumbing to lawlessness during the post-War era.
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Blood Is Dry (1960) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
血は渇いてる
director: Yoshishige Yoshida actor: Keiji Sada / Shinichirō Mikami …
other title: Le sang séché / 血は渇いてる …
An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own advantage by turning the incident into an advertising campaign. With the success of the campaign, however, he is no longer a desperate man pointing a gun to his head, but a potential leader who wishes to take advantage of his failed suicide.
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The Thick-Walled Room (1956) [Movie]
壁あつき部屋
director: 小林正树 actor: 三岛耕 / 平田昭彦 …
other title: 厚壁房间 / 壁あつき部屋
巣鴨拘留所－－那里文明和和平的名义被判刑的战犯们服刑的。其中一个山下，战时南方上司的命令滨一个人的原住民杀了，不过，那个滨田的密告中重体力劳动终身刑的判决。另外横战时美国俘虏收容所的翻译了巣鴨只是被列入了。而且战时，横只被一个人类的少女”的一个温柔的ヨシ子，现在是涩谷的特飲街工作的女人。朝鲜人的许，神经质的山下也这样的刻印战犯被推的遇难者的一个人而已。逃脱失败了的山下那个紧接之后知道了母亲的死。定时决定来源被允许了的山下，滨田有女人的山下的家到现在持续迫害了的事情知道一切的愤怒和不由得比方了。可是恐怖扭曲的滨田的表情看了的山下，杀意也不做了。唯一的妹妹，“今后怎么办？”据说山下这样的问题，“活下去。”这时回答了。横们再次迎接，拘留所的穿过门山下，然后在那里，再次热只是等待着的墙壁。...
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Fighting Elegy (1966) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
けんかえれじい
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Hideki Takahashi / Yūsuke Kawazu …
other title: Elegia della lotta / Elégie de la bagarre …
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.