Rinichi Yamamoto — Actor (113)
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
昭和残侠伝 唐獅子仁義
director: Masahiro Makino actor: Ken Takakura / Sumiko Fuji …
other title: Il tatuaggio del drago: Il dovere di un leone / 昭和残侠伝 唐獅子仁義
Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken in by a company of quarry workers, whose boss has a strict code of non-violence. When the rival family tries to take over the company and kills their boss, Hidejirō must choose between his promise of non-violence and his yakuza code of revenge...
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Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza (1968) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
人生劇場 飛車角と吉良常
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Koji Tsuruta / Tomisaburō Wakayama …
other title: 人生劇場 飛車角と吉良常
With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936’s Theatre of Life, an adaptation of Shiro Ozaki’s eponymous novel. Three-time Seijun Suzuki collaborator Goro Tanada wrote a gangsterized adaptation of Ozaki’s story for Uchida at a time when the yakuza had eclipsed the samurai genre as Toei's main cash crop. Protagonist Hishakaku murders a man in a quarrel over a barmaid and goes to jail. In his temporary absence, his girlfriend Otoyo, a former geisha, falls for Hishakaku’s brother, inciting a dangerous love triangle that, in typical yakuza fashion, ends tragically.
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Jeans Blues: No Future (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
ジーンズブルース　明日なき無頼派
director: Sadao Nakajima actor: Meiko Kaji / Tsunehiko Watase …
other title: ジーンズブルース　明日なき無頼派
Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn't hers. Meanwhile, Jiro Katagiri is up to no good with his gangster friends and ends up making off with all their ill-gotten gains, much to their disapproval. The two misfits end up meeting after a car crash and soon end up on the road together in (another) stolen car. It's not long before the police take an interest in the crimes, and of course the gangsters are hot on Jiri's heels; meaning the two must scarper across Japan by any means necessary.
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Japan's Top Gangster (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
山口組三代目
director: Kōsaku Yamashita actor: Ken Takakura / Tetsuro Tamba …
other title: 山口組三代目
A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on the road to becoming boss of Japan's largest gang.
This epic film is the first part of greatest true-life series based on autobiography of the Yamaguchi-gumi's third leader, Taoka Kazuo.
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The Biggest Gamble (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
戦後最大の賭場　
director: Kōsaku Yamashita actor: Koji Tsuruta / Ken Takakura …
other title: 戦後最大の賭場　
When Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do everything possible to have Honjo step down, which puts Itsuki between a rock and a hard place.
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Bloodiest Flower (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
日本女侠伝 血斗乱れ花
director: Kōsaku Yamashita actor: Sumiko Fuji / Ken Takakura …
other title: 日本女侠伝 血斗乱れ花
A dramatic captivating tale tells of widowed Tei (Junko Fuji), she has become a coalmine operator and is determined to be successful despite mining being a predominately male domain. Overcoming the natural hardships, a more serious threat to Tei and her mine, the menacing presence of rival mining gangs who sense her vulnerability... Nihon jokyo-den:ketto midarw-bana is an outstanding drama, highlighted by wonderful characterizations/performances. Yamashita's excellent direction maintains a rich emotional flow from the opening seconds to the last. Intense and bloody encounters punctuate throughout the engaging multi layered tale!
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A Lively Geisha (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
日本女侠伝 鉄火芸者
director: Kōsaku Yamashita actor: Sumiko Fuji / Bunta Sugawara …
other title: 日本女侠伝 鉄火芸者
Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes true. When she learns of the trouble Yukichi's business is facing, she stands ready to come to his aid, and thus repay a debt that's long overdue.
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Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye (1977) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
ブラックジャック　瞳の中の訪問者
director: Nobuhiko Obayashi actor: Nagisa Katahira / Joe Shishido …
other title: The Visitor in the Eye / ブラックジャック　瞳の中の訪問者
Komori Chiaki is a budding tennis student. However, one day while training, her coach hits a ball into her eye on accident. At the hospital, the news that she will never regain the sight in her eye leaves her heartbroken. As a last resort, she undergoes a costly surgery from the mysterious doctor known as Black Jack, where after a successful operation, a mysterious figure starts to emerge in her vision, and only she can see it.
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Modern Lady Gambler (1972) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
昭和おんな博徒
director: Tai Katō actor: Kyōko Enami / Hiroki Matsukata …
other title: 昭和おんな博徒
Fujiko wanders aimlessly through the country, seeking vengence on the man she onced loved, who betrayed her, and destroying her family and her life. When she discovers that man had already died, she loses her will to live. But in a twist of fate, she meets Tatsumi, a raising star in the Horikawa Family. She quickly falls in love with him and his yakuza lifstyle. But when Tatsumi is chosen to but the next Boss of the family, his jealous sworn brother Morito kills him with the help of a mysterious man behind the scenes. Now Fujiko becomes a Bakuto, a wandering yakuza gambler, and once again, walks the bloody path of vengence...
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The Rugby Star (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
ラクビー野郎
director: Akira Shimizu actor: Jirô Chiba / Koji Nanjo …
other title: ラクビー野郎
The success of Truck Yaro (1975-1979) initiated a whole load of movies that put "Yaro" in their title, including this semi-bonkers sports comedy/drama. Sonny Chiba's brother Jiro Chiba stars as a Rugby player whose team must find a way to beat the opponent. It's a standard storyline without any major surprises, but works surprisingly well. Training scenes are relatively nuts; much better than the actual matches actually, which tend to go on forever. There is no sex, nudity or graphic violence, making this a family friendly affair. Sonny Chiba appears for about 7 minutes during the last third as a truck driver who comes to Jiro's rescue.
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Police Department Part 15: Alibi (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
警視庁物語 不在証明
director: Shoichi Shimazu actor: Yūji Hori / Rinichi Yamamoto …
other title: 警視庁物語 不在証明
The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government agency, with particular attention to finding an alibi for the suspects. A security guard was killed in the building, the safe was broken into, but nothing was stolen. The three suspects have alibis, but who then killed the guard and broke into the safe? The 15th work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department. Sonny Chiba's first film role as one of the seven detectives.