Rinichi Yamamoto — Actor (113)
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Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro (1972) WikiData IMDb TMDB
木枯し紋次郎
director: Sadao Nakajima actor: Bunta Sugawara / Gorō Ibuki …
other title: 木枯し紋次郎 / Kogarashi Monjirō
Kogarashi Monjiro is a lone samurai who agrees to take responsibility for a murder that his friend committed so that he can stay with his dying mother, with the expectation that his friend will confess and get him pardoned once she dies. Monjiro is sentenced to an island for prisoners. When he discovers that his friend's mother has died over a year ago, Monjiro seeks to escape with a group of prisoners in order to get his revenge.
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Life of Hishakaku 2 (1963) WikiData IMDb TMDB
人生劇場　続　飛車角
director: Tadashi Sawashima actor: Koji Tsuruta / Yoshiko Sakuma …
other title: Theater of Life: Return of Hishakaku / 人生劇場　続　飛車角 …
Upon his release from the prison, Hishakaku joins the Kikkyo family who is struggling to regain their turf from their rival, Domoto family. To reciprocate the kindness of the Kikkyos, Hishakaku heads to meet the leader of Domoto, Osumi, and finds himself emotionally involved with her.
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Life of Hishakaku (1963) WikiData IMDb 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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The Gambler's Counterattack (1971) WikiData IMDb TMDB
博徒斬り込み隊
director: Junya Satō actor: Koji Tsuruta / Tomisaburō Wakayama …
other title: 博徒斬り込み隊
Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still respect him. So he becomes a consultant to another gang who are about to be clobbered by a much larger gang moving in from out of town. Aiba proves a crafty tactician, and does very well at playing gangs off against each other in order to save the smaller gang. His advice is not always taken by those he tries to help, but he is generally proved right.
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A Gambler's Certain Death (1969) IMDb TMDB
必殺博奕打ち
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Koji Tsuruta / Isamu Nagato …
other title: 必殺博奕打ち
Part 7 in the Gambling Den series. This time Koji Tsuruta is a gambler who feels sympathetic towards a woman whose naive husband is driven to a debt trap by a rotten gambling den owner (Tatsuo Endo) and his dishonest card dealer (Isamu Nagato). The plot is standard stuff and features too much talk, but there's also a decent balance between melodrama and lyricism in the form and storytelling. Tsuruta was a perfect fit for these kind of roles, with the stoic and emotional sides nicely mixed in his screen persona.
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny (1970) WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
昭和残侠伝 死んで貰います
director: Masahiro Makino actor: Ken Takakura / Ryō Ikebe …
other title: Il tatuaggio del drago: L'inferno è il destino dell'uomo / 昭和残侠伝 死んで貰います …
Young yakuza Shujiro Hanada goes to prison after losing his cool in a rigged gambling game and slashing a few other players. When he's released in 1927, the world has changed. His sister died in the Great Kanto Earthquake and his father is also gone. His brother Jukichi invites him to stay at his in-laws and works in their family pub. He lies low, helping his blind mother-in-law and slowly developing a relationship with Ikuye, the hostess who helped him before his arrest. But trouble lurks when the resident gang decides to show its strength.