Akikane Sawa — Actor (27)
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Snake Woman's Curse (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
怪談 蛇女
director: Nobuo Nakagawa actor: Yukiko Kuwahara / Yukie Kagawa …
other title: 怪談 蛇女 / Snake Woman'S Curse
An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haunts the landlord from the grave. Since the man died in debt, his wife and daughter are indentured servants and are forced to work in the landlord's factory.
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Gang vs. Gang (1962) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
ギャング対ギャング
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Koji Tsuruta / Tatsuo Umemiya …
other title: Die Killer von Tokio / ギャング対ギャング
The plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the blame for a fellow gang member’s crime. However, his former gang boss seems to have gone to seed, with people now killing each other and dealing in drugs. The hero then teams up with a lone operator (Tamba) who specialises in shaking down gangsters.
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Life of Hishakaku (1963) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
人生劇場　飛車角
director: Tadashi Sawashima actor: Koji Tsuruta / Yoshiko Sakuma …
other title: Theater Of Life: Hishakaku / Theater of Life - Hishakaku …
After eloping with a prostitute named Otoyo, Hishakaku takes refuge in the Kogane family’s turf. Indebted to Boss Kogane for his kindness, Hishakaku swears to dedicate himself to protect the Koganes in time of crisis. Hishakaku’s humble life comes to a sudden halt when the Kogane family becomes involved in a fatal feud with their rival, and Hishakaku’s services are called upon.
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Detective (1964) [Movie] TMDB
刑事
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Tetsuro Tamba / Kōtarō Satomi …
other title: 刑事
The first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a criminal, which takes place in Yokohama. Tamba enthusiastically plays a police inspector who pursues a criminal who kidnapped his sister.
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf (1966) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
昭和残侠伝　一匹狼
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Ken Takakura / Sumiko Fuji …
other title: 昭和残侠伝　一匹狼 / Showa zankyo-den: Ippiki okami
The karashi Botan returns in the third chapter of the incredible Showa Zankoden series. This time legendary actor Ken Takakura plays Takei Shigejiro of the Shimazu family. When the boss of the Shimazu is killed, Shigejiro takes revenge and is sent to jail. Upon his release, he meets the dying widow of one of hid followers and takes her to her father, Boss Shiomasa, who take him into his family. But when Shiomasa is killed by an old enemy, Shigejiro is obligated to take revenge...
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Game of Chance 3 (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
出世子守唄
director: Ryuichi Takamori actor: Sonny Chiba / Tetsuro Tamba …
other title: 出世子守唄
Bungo, fulfilling his duty as a yakuza, kills a man from a rival gang. Since then, he has escaped the clan's vengeance by staying on the road with his son Kenichi. Tired of running, the two settle in a mountain town. Bungo finds work as a lumberjack for the Iwasaki family and Kenichi becomes a student at the local elementary school. Regrettably, their good fortune doesn't last. The yakuza boss, Tomitaka, wants control of the town's lumber and is willing to destroy the Iwasaki to get it. Natsue, Kenichi's estranged no-good mother, returns wanting to take part in the boy's upbringing. And shortly thereafter, a mysterious stranger arrives in town to lay claim on Bungo's life...