Tadao Nakamaru — Actor (52)
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Kojiro (1967) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
佐々木小次郎
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Yōko Tsukasa / Yuriko Hoshi …
other title: 佐々木小次郎
Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi (Tatsuya Nakadai). Oscar winning Hiroshi Inagaki directs this epic motion picture based on Genzo Murakami’s fascinating story. Despite his humble birth, the orphan Sasaki Kojiro (Onoe Kikunosuke) is determined to become the foremost swordsman in all Japan, a title that traditionally belongs to a nobleman. At fencing school, young Kojiro receives the contempt of his classmates because of his superior swordsmanship. When rumors of the upcoming civil war between Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans spread, Kojiro leaves the school and sets out, seizing every opportunity to realize his dream.
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The Notorious Bored Samurai 8 (1993) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
ご存知！旗本退屈男Ⅷ　琉球王朝に渦巻く暗雲！
director: Akinori Matsuo actor: Kinya Kitaoji / Hiro Komura …
other title: ご存知！旗本退屈男Ⅷ　琉球王朝に渦巻く暗雲！
The two ronin that Sawatari Mondonosuke saved were secret envoys from Ryukyu. They could not stand the tyranny of the Satsuma clan and were trying to appeal to the shogunate. But they were captured by someone afterwards. Mondonosuke’s boredom bug started to stir… Mondonosuke rescued the two who were imprisoned in the mansion of the chief elder, Okubo Iga-no-kami , as well as a senior official, Mamoru, and his niece, Reika , who had also escaped from Ryukyu. The Satsuma clan hired Wakura Juro to assassinate Mondonosuke through his daughter O-Ran, who is a spy …
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8 Man - For All Lonely Nights (1992) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
8マン・すべての寂しい夜のために
director: Yasuhiro Horiuchi actor: Kai Shishido / Etsushi Takahashi …
other title: 8マン・すべての寂しい夜のために
After Tokyo police officer Yokoda is killed in the line of duty, his chief decides give Yokoda's body to Dr. Tani for use in a secret scientific experiment: Yokoda's brain will be transplanted into a super-powered robot body, making him into an unstoppable policeman of the future. The supercop develops problems, however, when he begins to remember his human past. Then there is the matter of Dr. Tani's other cyborg, who has become a super-powered homicidal maniac.
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The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark (1993) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
眠らない街 新宿鮫
director: Yojiro Takita actor: Hiroyuki Sanada / Minako Tanaka …
other title: 眠らない街 新宿鮫 / Nemuranai Machi: Shinjuku Same …
A lone-wolf detective known as "The Shark" must navigate hostile territory within both the criminal underworld and his own corrupt department to hunt down a ruthless serial cop-killer in the streets of Shinjuku. Adaptation of the Arimasa Ohsawa novel Shinjuku Shark.
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Counterstroke (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
吼えろ脱獄囚
director: Jun Fukuda actor: Makoto Satō / Yōsuke Natsuki …
other title: 吼えろ脱獄囚
Ryusuke and Joe Oki escape from prison. Ryusuke was incarcerated for killing his younger brother Yasuhiko, who was a bouncer at the cabaret "Three Cats" and Junko's lover who worked at the same restaurant. Of course, Ryusuke did not commit this crime...
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The Mad Atlantic (1966) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
怒涛一万浬
director: 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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Bloody Territories (1969) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
広域暴力　流血の縄張
director: Yasuharu Hasebe actor: Akira Kobayashi / Ryōji Hayama …
other title: 広域暴力　流血の縄張
A once-powerful yakuza clan disbands as a result of a police crackdown, but one small group refuses to bow to police pressure, and launches a campaign to take over Tokyo's drug, prostitution, and gambling rackets. Someone wants to stop them. Is it the police? Rival gang members? Or is it an entirely new group of hired killers who will stop at nothing to gain complete control of Tokyo's "bloody territories"?
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Big Shots Die at Dawn (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
顔役暁に死す
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Yūzō Kayama / Kumi Mizuno …
other title: 顔役暁に死す
Grown up son arrives home to learn his father, the newly elected mayor, has been assassinated. So he journeys down a path to find the assassin and gets involved with two opposing yakuza gangs.
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Cobra 2 (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
撃たれる前に撃て！
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Jirō Tamiya / Keiko Matsuzaka …
other title: 撃たれる前に撃て！
A Datsun driving, face-punching moody super-cop Cobra Cumera battles homicidal mobsters intent on causing mayhem and trouble in beautifully shot Tokyo. Complete with strippers, muggins, drugs, car chases, bouncy pop tunes, freak-outs, and a saucy lady assassin.
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Lill, My Darling Witch (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
可愛い悪女
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Bunjaku Han / Etsuko Ikuta …
other title: 可愛い悪女
Set against the background of a giant newspaper company. A girl reporter on the staff of the newspaper witnesses the accidental killing of one of the top executives, whose wife is having an affair with the head of the company.
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Stray Dog (1973) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
野良犬
director: Azuma Morisaki actor: Tetsuya Watari / Shinsuke Ashida …
other title: Cão Danado / 野良犬
When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior, Chief Detective Sato, Murakami works feverishly to trace the location of his pistol, ultimately clashing with a gang of youthful Okinawans.