Sachio Sakai — Actor (59)
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Whirlwind (1964)
士魂魔道 大龍巻 IMDb TMDB
Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Akihiko Hirata …
other title: Tourbillon / 士魂魔道 大龍巻
Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle chaos and the persecution of the Shogun's army. Five samurai decide on different fates when it becomes clear that their side is being destroyed. One wants to attack the enemy head on in a final honorable death. Another decides to commit hari-kiri but wants to find a glorious view to do it. His close friend, the "coward", just wants to run and give up the life of a samurai. The final two set their own castle on fire to garner favors from the enemy and therefore avert their own death during the massacre of all defeated soldiers as
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Bonds of Love (1969)
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Takashi Tsuboshima actor: Mari Sono / Makoto Fujita …
other title: 愛のきずな
Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but tires of their authority over his life. A chance encounter with Yukiko Hirai one rainy night brings a new romance into Ryohei's life, and he and Yukiko fall deeply in love. Yukiko, however, reveals that she has a violent husband in prison - with only a week left until his release. Ryohei, desperate to maintain his social standing, brings Yukiko to the mountains in Nagano and sets in motion an unthinkable, tragic chain of events.
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The Mad Atlantic (1966)
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Jun Fukuda actor: Toshirō Mifune / Tatsuya Mihashi …
other title: 怒涛一万浬 / 10,000 Miles of Stormy Seas …
Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. Murakami forces the crew to work harder than they ever have, creating enmity and exhaustion. Just when the ship has taken a huge catch of tuna in its nets, Murakami learns that his ship is the only one in position to rescue the crew of another ship, sinking in a storm. He must choose between saving the catch or saving lives. Either choice may mean his ruin.
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Hangyaku no Tabi (1976)
反逆の旅 IMDb TMDB
Yūsuke Watanabe actor: Yoshio Harada / Yoko Takahashi …
other title: 反逆の旅
Hiroshi Kakurai is an assassin who was thinking of retiring. He travels to an island in the Seto Inland Sea and begins to live peacefully with Shinobu, a woman he has fallen in love with, but the intensity of his love for her begins to drive him towards destruction...
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Legacy of the 500,000 (1963)
五十万人の遺産 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Toshirō Mifune actor: Toshirō Mifune / Tatsuya Mihashi …
other title: L'héritage des 500 000 / 五十万人の遺産 …
During World War II, Japan sends gold to the Phillipines. After the war, the gold is lost in the bay of Manille. Former soldier Takeichi Matsuo is now working as a business executive. He meets Mintsura Gunji, the boss of a large company, who offers him to go to the Philippines and bring back the gold.
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A Man in Red (1961)
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Ishirō Honda actor: Makoto Satō / Akira Kubo …
other title: 真紅の男 / A Man In Red
Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a four-year sentence, only to find it infested with yakuza running a dope ring. Battling gangsters all the way, Takashi searches for his former girlfriend, now a drug addict.
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Ironfinger (1965)
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Jun Fukuda actor: Akira Takarada / Mie Hama …
other title: １００発１００中 / Chasseur d'espions …
A silly yet skilled Interpol agent flies to Tokyo and gets mixed up in a war between two gangs intent on winning the favor of a notorious arms dealer.
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The Last Embrace (1953)
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Masahiro Makino actor: Yoshiko Yamaguchi / Toshirō Mifune …
other title: 抱擁
Yukiko Nogami is rescued during a mountain blizzard by handsome forester Shinkichi, and the two subsequently fall in love. But when Shinkichi dies in an avalanche, Yukiko leaves the mountains in despair and takes a job in a bar where she becomes deeply involved in the personal lives of several of the patrons. One day she thinks she sees Shinkichi alive, but it turns out to be a gangster named Hayakawa, a man on the run who bears an astonishing resemblance to Yukiko's lost love. Against her better judgment, she is drawn to help Hayakawa, though clearly danger follows him.
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Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1957)
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman IMDb TMDB
Ishirō Honda / Kenneth G. Crane actor: John Carradine / Momoko Kôchi …
An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote tribe as a god, and how it was discovered by modern man after it raided a skiers shelter following an avalanche, killing all inside. This is an adaptation of the Japanese film "Jūjin Yuki Otoko" (1955) with added American-made footage, narration, and music.
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Daredevil in the Castle (1961)
大阪城物語 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Kyōko Kagawa …
other title: 大阪城物語 / The Story of Osaka Castle …
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.
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Godzilla (1977)
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Luigi Cozzi / Ishirō Honda … actor: Raymond Burr / Akira Takarada …
other title: ゴジラ / 義大利科斯拉 …
Mentre Tokyo è ormai ridotta ad un cumulo di macerie, Steve Martin, giornalista americano del United World News, racconta di come la città è stata attaccata da una mostruosa creatura. Il racconto poi torna al presente e segue le operazioni che conducono alla distruzione di Godzilla, sconfitto grazie all'intervento del professor Serizawa, vecchio amico di Steve.
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Blood Type: Blue (1978)
ブルークリスマス WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kihachi Okamoto actor: Hiroshi Katsuno / Keiko Takeshita …
other title: Blue Christmas / ブルークリスマス …
UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest of mankind, and eventually certain all-too-familiar measures begin to be taken against them.