Tamio Kawachi — Actor (22)
Teenage Yakuza (1962) [Movie] TMDB
ハイティーンやくざ
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Tamio Kawachi / Midori Tashiro
other title: ハイティーンやくざ
A high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighbouring city.
Tokyo Drifter (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
東京流れ者
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Tetsuya Watari / Ryuji Kita
other title: Deriva a Tokyo - Il vagabondo di Tokyo / Tóquio Violenta
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.
The Bullet Train (1975) [Movie] TMDB KevGa-NeoDB WikiData NeoDB IMDb Douban
新幹線大爆破
director: Junya Satō actor: Ken Takakura / Sonny Chiba
other title: Super Expresso 109 / Panik im Tokio-Express
A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb.
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963) [Movie] TMDB Douban
探偵事務所23 くたばれ悪党ども
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Jō Shishido / Reiko Sasamori
other title: Ufficio investigativo 23: Crepate Bastardi! / Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards!
Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.
Youth of the Beast (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
野獣の青春
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Jō Shishido / Misako Watanabe
other title: La giovinezza di una belva umana / 野獣の青春
When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.
Outlaw: Black Dagger (1968) [Movie] TMDB
無頼 黒匕首
director: Keiichi Ozawa actor: Tetsuya Watari / Chieko Matsubara
other title: 無頼 黒匕首
A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the middle of action. Through a knife fight against Sueo, a high profile gangster from Busou-kai, Goro notices a familiar face approaching him from amidst the chaos - his girlfriend, Yuri. Goro had sent her to safety, but she had returned, aching to see him. Caught between Goro and his enemy knife, she reunites with her love - the price was her life.
Cruel Gun Story (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
拳銃残酷物語
director: Takumi Furukawa actor: Joe Shishido / Chieko Matsubara
other title: 拳銃残酷物語
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their leverage is to promise him money for surgery for Rie. Togawa consents and plans the heist with three others. The plan is solid, but it doesn't go smoothly. Togawa must improvise, there are traitors somewhere, and double-crosses mount. Can Togawa escape with enough money to help his sister and ensure a passage out of Japan?
Gozu (2003) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
極道恐怖大劇場 牛頭 GOZU
director: Takashi Miike actor: Show Aikawa / Yūta Sone
other title: 極道恐怖大劇場 牛頭 GOZU / Gozu. El camino a la locura
Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for.
Black Sun (1964) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
黒い太陽
other title: 黒い太陽
Akira, a young, jazz-obsessed drifter, returns to his squat, a ruined church, and finds Gill, a wounded African-American GI, on the run after the death of a white GI. Despite terrible misunderstandings and culture clash, Akira agrees to help Gill escape towards the sea, dodging military police along the way.
Outlaw: Gangster VIP (1968) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
「無頼」より 大幹部
director: Toshio Masuda actor: Tetsuya Watari / Chieko Matsubara
other title: 「無頼」より 大幹部 / Hoodlum - Leading Mobster
Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself in the forefront of every battle. Violence never bothered him. However, after being sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing a rival gang’s hit man, he becomes disenchanted with the Yakuza life style. Goro is determined to start anew, but karma catches up. His two closest friends are murdered by his ex-boss. He is left with two options: to kill or be killed.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980) [Movie] TMDB
仁義なき戦い 総集篇
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Bunta Sugawara / Hiroki Matsukata
other title: 仁義なき戦い 総集篇
The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies: Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, Proxy War, Police Tactics.
Retaliation (1968) [Movie] TMDB
縄張はもらった
director: Yasuharu Hasebe actor: Akira Kobayashi / Jō Shishido
other title: 縄張はもらった
Emerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa discovers that his gang has disintegrated. An ambitious type, he quickly hooks up with another gang who promise him a prominent position if he helps them deal with a rival family. But bonds are made to be broken, and pledges of loyalty soon give way to competition, betrayal and — naturally — retaliation.
Ultraman Tiga (1996) [TV] NeoDB Douban TMDB
ウルトラマンティガ Season 1 part of TV Series: Ultraman Tiga
director: 村石宏实 / 松原信吾 actor: 长野博 / 吉本多香美
21世纪,地球回复昔日的和平,但此时宇宙坠下一颗陨石,陨石有一个人工的时空囊。地球和平联盟TPC的GUTS小队通过时空囊了解到地球将有大灾难发生。而此时,时空囊预言的两大怪兽·“哥路渣”和“米路巴”先后出现,GUTS小队便根据预言寻找收藏在金字塔的三大巨人的身体。
几经寻找后GUTS队员们终于找到金字塔,但两大怪兽也到来了。虽GUTS拼死守护,但三个巨像已被破坏剩一个,队员·大伍的战机也被击中,且逃生装置失灵。在危急关头,大伍突然化成光,和最后一个的石像结合。光之巨人“迪加”因此而复活,并与两大怪兽展开了战斗……
Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey (2000) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
ウルトラマンティガ THE FINAL ODYSSEY
director: Hirochika Muraishi actor: Hiroshi Nagano / Takami Yoshimoto
other title: Ultraman Tiga La Odisea Final / ウルトラマンティガ THE FINAL ODYSSEY
Ultraman Tiga: The Final Oddysey was sort of an epilogue of the Ultraman Tiga series. Just when we thought that the world is safe, it's under attack again! A TPC excursion (including GUTS' Captain Megumi Iruma) headed to an old ruins and unintentionally woke up three evil ancient giants whom Daigo, later on, has visions of. What's so haunting about his visions is that they're not only three but four evil giants, including Ultraman Tiga in a very dark physique and a very evil aura. After a series of visions, Daigo was able to meet the three evils who beat him up and left the Black Spark Lens to him. Later on, the ultimate battle begins in the ancient ruins. Daigo as Ultraman Tiga, who is supposed to be the warrior of light, must use his powers, however dark, in order to defeat the three evils.
Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey (2000) [Movie]
ウルトラマンティガ THE FINAL ODYSSEY
director: Hirochika Muraishi actor: Hiroshi Nagano / Takami Yoshimoto
other title: ウルトラマンティガ THE FINAL ODYSSEY / Ultraman Tiga La Odisea Final
Ultraman Tiga: The Final Oddysey was sort of an epilogue of the Ultraman Tiga series. Just when we thought that the world is safe, it's under attack again! A TPC excursion (including GUTS' Captain Megumi Iruma) headed to an old ruins and unintentionally woke up three evil ancient giants whom Daigo, later on, has visions of. What's so haunting about his visions is that they're not only three but four evil giants, including Ultraman Tiga in a very dark physique and a very evil aura. After a series of visions, Daigo was able to meet the three evils who beat him up and left the Black Spark Lens to him. Later on, the ultimate battle begins in the ancient ruins. Daigo as Ultraman Tiga, who is supposed to be the warrior of light, must use his powers, however dark, in order to defeat the three evils.
Ultraman Dyna (1997) [TV] TMDB
ウルトラマンダイナ
director: Kazuo Tsuburaya / Eiji Tsuburaya actor: Takeshi Tsuruno / Syunsuke Gondo
other title: ウルトラマンダイナ
As humanity begins migrating beyond Earth, a new Ultraman named Dyna arrives and bonds with defense organization GUTS' newest recruit, Shin Asuka, to protect a colony on Mars.
Gappa, the Triphibian Monster (1967) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban
大巨獣ガッパ
director: 野口晴康 actor: 川地民夫 / 山本陽子
other title: 大巨兽加帕 / 大巨獣ガッパ
An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.
Everything Goes Wrong (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
すべてが狂ってる
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Tamio Kawachi / Yoshiko Nezu
other title: On devient tous fous / すべてが狂ってる
Everything goes wrong when Jiro tries to break up his mother's relationship with a business man. The young rebel Jiro has to deal with an environment of crime and prostitution, and the impact of its choices on personal relationships: one with his mother, one with her business man lover and one with the girl in love with him.