Masaru Shiga — Actor (19)
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King of Sha-kin (1997)
借王 IMDb TMDB
Seiji Izumi actor: Show Aikawa / Hideo Murota …
other title: 借王
In late 90s Osaka, three people from various walks of life meet by chance. They team up to orchestrate a complex financial con targeting crooked businessmen in an attempt to solve their respective financial woes.
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Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth (1972)
木枯し紋次郎　関わりござんせん WikiData IMDb TMDB
Sadao Nakajima actor: Bunta Sugawara / Etsuko Ichihara …
other title: 木枯し紋次郎　関わりござんせん / Kogarashi Monjiro: None of My Business …
Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their boss. He also meets a fellow gambler who idolizes Monjiro. The gambler and Monjiro's sister are pulled into a conspiracy to get to Monjiro, but do things go as planned?
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Samurai of Hachiman (1981)
八幡鳩九郎 IMDb TMDB
Yoshiyuki Kuroda actor: Yukiji Asaoka / Yū Fujiki …
other title: 八幡鳩九郎
A mysterious swordsman called Hatokuro Yawata (Ken Matsudaira) who appeared from somewhere with white pigeons is actually Naotada Ii, the lord of Hikone Han. He was told that he had an older brother of twin by his mother on her deathbed. Hatokuro pretended to be a citizen in Edo and searched for his brother. However, in Edo, Murasaki Gumi, led by the mysterious Murasaki had power and used it as they like. One day, Hatokuro saved Okyu whose office-worker father was killed from Sanjuro Akaseki of Murasakigumi. It brought about a fierce fight between Murasaki and Hatokuro. What is the identity of Murasaki!?
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Gambling Code and Feuds (1977)
仁義と抗争 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Akinori Matsuo actor: Hiroki Matsukata / Joe Shishido …
other title: 仁義と抗争 / Gambling Code And Feuds …
It is the first Toei yakuza film directed by Akinori Matsuo, who was active in Nikkatsu action movies. It is a local yakuza movie made following Okinawa Yakuza War (1976) and Hokuriku Proxy War (1977). The film depicts the war between a storied yakuza killer (Hiroki Matsukata) and the largest organized crime group in the Kansai region, which plans to advance into the Kanto region.
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A Yakuza Has His Way (1972)
極道罷り通る IMDb TMDB
Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Tomisaburō Wakayama / Bunta Sugawara …
other title: 極道罷り通る
The eighth installment in the popular film series starring Tomisaburo Wakayama. Embarrassed by the chairman of the Seiyu-kai for not having a family crest, Seikichi Shimamura sets out with his henchmen on a journey to acquire the crest of a local bankrupt family. The local Iwahashi clan and the fishermen fought over the construction of the industrial complex, but when Seikichi learned that the Seiyu-kai was behind the Iwahashi clan, he sided with the fishermen...
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The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers (1974)
極道VSまむし IMDb TMDB
Sadao Nakajima actor: Bunta Sugawara / Tomisaburō Wakayama …
other title: 極道VSまむし
A crossover between Wakayama's Gokudo and Sugawara Mamushi series. Gokudo runs a restaurant and makes Takuzo Kawatani his kitchen bitch. He tries to do the same for the Mamushi bros. but the boys don't play along, which pisses Gokudo off. Things get worse when he starts helping a young teacher and Bunta has a crush on a pretty girl... and unbeknownst to them it's the same woman! Yes, the film has not one but two romantic subplots! Of course it all ends in bloodshed.
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The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats (1972)
まむしの兄弟　傷害恐喝十八犯 IMDb TMDB
Sadao Nakajima actor: Bunta Sugawara / Tsunehiko Watase …
other title: まむしの兄弟　傷害恐喝十八犯
Part 4 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. Sugawara tries to overcome a traumatic experience of getting in bed blindfolded with a girl who turned out to be an old granny. Later he and Kawaji try to settle down in a neighbourhood harassed by businessman yakuza Bin Amatsu.
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Blue Jeans Memory (1981)
ブルージーンズメモリー BLUE JEANS MEMORY TMDB
Yoshisuke Kawasaki actor: Masahiko Kondo / Yoshio Nomura …
other title: ブルージーンズメモリー BLUE JEANS MEMORY
A trio of high school boys get summer jobs at a seaside resort. Soon, however, they learn that the woman who runs it is in financial trouble. The three decide to help her.
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Silk Hat Boss (1970)
シルクハットの大親分 IMDb TMDB
Norifumi Suzuki actor: Tomisaburō Wakayama / Sumiko Fuji …
other title: シルクハットの大親分
In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series starring Wakayama Tomisaburo as everybody's favorite character Boss Kumatora from the Red Peony Gambler series. Having made a fortune in the Russo-Japanese War, the Kumatora Family migrates to Kyushu to take on a military-related job. There they encounter the evil and malicious interference of the Chindai family of Kumamoto, and Boss Kumatora boldly fights back with the help of O'Ryu the Red Peony. A super entertaining film with non-stop comedy and action directed by Suzuki Norifumi.