Ichirō Nakatani — Actor (29)
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule (1971) [Movie] TMDB
刑事物語 兄弟の掟
director: Shun Inagaki actor: Kunie Tanaka / Yūzō Kayama
other title: 刑事物語 兄弟の掟
Iwabuchi of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division cooperates with Kubo of the Foreign Affairs Division in re-investigating the case of a foreign drug addict's death at the request of Kubo.
The Last Game (1979) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
英霊たちの応援歌
other title: 英霊たちの応援歌
After the war-time government orders the disbanding of the Big-Six baseball league, the teams of Waseda and Keio universities play one final game before they are drafted into the armed forces and face the hardships of military service.
Dynamite Don-Don (1978) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
ダイナマイトどんどん
other title: ダイナマイトどんどん
Yakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyūshū Area in the summer of 1950, particularly between the Okagen Group and the rising Hashiden Gang. Now with the mediation/interference of the Americans, they decide to settle it in a peaceful, *democratic* way, that is, to settle it with a baseball game. Now, with its money and power, The Hashiden group soon recruits a group of gamblers known to be good at baseball from the whole country. So, what is the Okagen Gumi gonna do?
The Battle of Okinawa (1971) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
激動の昭和史 沖縄決戦
other title: Kamikaze (Okinawa Zero) / A Batalha de Okinawa
The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army divisions to defend it at all costs. The mission quickly degenerates as vital resources and troops are diverted to other islands. After a civilian evacuation ends in tragedy most of non-combatants are forced to remain on the island. Many convert to soldier status. Tokyo sends mixed messages that squander time and resources, as when they order the defenders to build an airstrip for aircraft that never come. The truth soon becomes obvious: the high command decides that the island cannot be held and effectively abandons the Okinawan defenders. When the Americans land many troops are deployed in the wrong places. As the slaughter mounts, a suicidal attitude takes hold. Okinawa becomes a death trap, for civilian volunteers and non-combatants as well.
The Saga of Tanegashima (1968) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
鉄砲伝来記
director: Kazuo Mori actor: Rick Jason / Ayako Wakao
other title: 鉄砲伝来記
Well before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese vessel ran aground off Tanegashima. Lord Tokitaka helped Captain Pinto repair his ship. The grateful captain offered the lord a gift--a matchlock musket—the first firearm ever seen in Japan. But like a great stone hurled into placid waters, this simple gift will start a revolution. Tokitaka tasks Kinbei, his greatest swordsmith, to copy this musket and build guns for Japan. While Kinbei struggles to forge Japan’s first musket, a great love blooms between Captain Pinto and Kinbei’s daughter Wakasa. But for Kinbei, to let Wakasa marry Pinto and go to Portugal is unthinkable. And as Kinbei creates Japan’s first matchlock factory, Lord Oda Nobunaga will seize upon firearms as the key to sweep all other clans before him, tearing a blood-soaked path of destruction through Japan.
Young Swordsman (1963) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
秘剣
other title: 秘剣
This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the law is unfair. His brother keeps his opinions about the law to himself. The swordsman vents his frustration by cutting off the thumbs of an enemy. The fighter is then banished. To live, he becomes a thief. To restore the family's lost honor, the other brother is forced to challenge the fighter to a duel.
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 …
Black Strait (1964) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
黒い海峡
director: Mio Ezaki actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Yukiyo Toake
other title: 黒い海峡
Newly out of prison after killing his boss' rival, Akio Maki is eager to move on and start a new life with the boss' daughter. However, the chains of the past are not so easily broken and Maki is soon ordered to kill again.
Fearless Comrades (1966) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
不敵なあいつ
other title: 不敵なあいつ
The first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but decided to leave after his best friend died a brutal death at the hands of the gang leader. He goes on a trip with a guitar in his hand and ends up in Yokohama. The guitar he plays at the bar in the evening was given to him by his late best friend. At the bar, Kosuke meets Kumagoro. Kosuke saves Kumagoro from bandits. Kumagoro is a funny man, he came to this city to reunite with the woman he swore to marry. Kosuke decides to settle in this city and help him find his beloved, but the future of this city is not cloudless either, because the cruel Yakuza is in power in the city, and soon Kosuke will have to fight with him...
The Daring Nun (1968) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
尼くずれ
director: Kazuo Ikehiro actor: Michiyo Yasuda / Kayo Mikimoto
other title: 尼くずれ
One of the nuns at Senjuan is Sister Shunko (Michiyo Yasuda). Unlike the usual nun, however, she often goes out to see the world, being of the opinion that nuns should not lead cloistered lives but should see something of modern life. She makes the acquaintance of a young girl named lkuko (Kayo Mikimoto) and saves her from the advances of a gangster named Goro (lchiro Nakatani). In the meantime she turns down several propositions and, in revenge, one of her admirers denounces her to the Mother Superior (Kuniko Miyake). This lady is of liberal views, however, and refuses to do anything about it. Then Shunko is visited by Goro's gang boss who wants lkuko back and says he will blackmail Shunko unless she agrees.
The Blue Beast (1960) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
青い野獣
other title: 青い野獣
The ruthless and ambitious Yasuhiko uses his charm to manipulate and exploit those around him to climb the corporate social ladder. After securing a position at a prestigious firm through deceit, he callously discards the women who helped him and embezzles company funds to further his personal gain. His cold-blooded ascent eventually leads to a web of blackmail and moral decay as his past actions begin to catch up with him.
Blood End (1969) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
天狗党
other title: Tengu-tô / 天狗党
Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time of famine. He is befriended by Kada Gentaro, a leader in the Mito Tengu group, which plans to overthrow the shogunate.
Willful Murder (1981) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
日本の熱い日々 謀殺・下山事件
director: Kei Kumai actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Ichirō Nakatani
other title: L'Affaire Shimoyama / Willful murder
The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and shutdowns. The government says that the president was murdered; the police claim it was a suicide. A quizzical reporter follows the case for years, but the basic question remains unanswered: was the victim killed by members of the burgeoning Communist movement in Japan, or was the death stage-managed by the authorities in hopes of discrediting the Communists?
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.
The Homeless (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
無宿 やどなし
other title: 無宿 やどなし
Two inmates are simultaneously released from jail, but go their separate ways, only to cross paths again in the nearest brothel. There they make the acquaintance of a would-be prostitute. They help her escape and decide to guide her on her quest for sunken contraband somewhere off the coast.