Takashi Ebata — Actor (14)
In Broad Daylight (1968) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
白昼堂々
other title: 白昼堂々
After his company goes bankrupt, Katsuji Watanabe resorts to pickpocketing again with his old swindler buddies. However, one by one, his friends start getting caught. Katsuji decides to play a high stakes game of robbing the proceeds of a department store.
Stray Wolf (1982) [Movie] TMDB
はぐれ狼
other title: はぐれ狼
Matoba Kokingo, who once served as a retainer for a hatamoto, becomes disillusioned with his master and elopes with his lover, Oyuki. They flee their lord's household, taking with them 30 ryō of official funds. However, the money is stolen from them at an inn, and shortly after, Oyuki dies of illness. Eight years later, Kokingo has fallen into disgrace, now making a living as a ronin who specializes in extortion. One day, he attempts to extort a restaurant owner named Hanzo, only to discover that Hanzo was the very thief who stole the 30 ryō from him eight years ago…
The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers (1974) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
極道VSまむし
other title: 極道VSまむし
A crossover between Wakayama's Gokudo and Sugawara Mamushi series. Gokudo runs a restaurant and makes Takuzo Kawatani his kitchen bitch. He tries to do the same for the Mamushi bros. but the boys don't play along, which pisses Gokudo off. Things get worse when he starts helping a young teacher and Bunta has a crush on a pretty girl... and unbeknownst to them it's the same woman! Yes, the film has not one but two romantic subplots! Of course it all ends in bloodshed.
Yabure Kabure (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
破れかぶれ
director: Koreyoshi Kurahara actor: Tamio Kawachi / Eiji Gō
other title: 破れかぶれ
Ambitious action drama about a young man living a carefree life of women and money, struggling to crawl out of the mire, and his lover who tries to save him at his own peril.
A Gambler's Certain Death (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
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.
The Dagger of Kamui (1985) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
カムイの剣
director: Rintaro actor: Hiroyuki Sanada / Taro Ishida
other title: La spada dei Kamui / A Adaga de Kamui
A young boy named Jiro finds his mother and sister murdered in his home. Falsely accused of the crime, he flees from his village and meets a priest named Tenkai, who has him kill a rogue ninja named Tarouza. After fulfilling that task, Jiro undergoes training to become a master assassin. Many years later, Jiro finds out that he was an orphan and his real father was Tarouza, who had worked for Tenkai until he aborted his mission when he fell in love with an Ainu woman. The young ninja discovers that the Shogunate was to retrieve the lost treasure of Captain Kidd and use it to once again isolate Japan from the rest of the world. Using the clues that Tarouza had kept secret, Jiro - along with the female ninja Oyuki and a slave named Sam - travels to Russia and America to search for the treasure in hopes of using it to extract revenge from Tenkai.
all about our house (2001) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
みんなのいえ
director: 三谷幸喜 actor: 唐泽寿明 / 田中邦卫
other title: 大家的家 / みんなのいえ
Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to design it. Unfortunately, Yanagisawa isn’t licensed to build homes, so they call in the wife’s father, a retired carpenter, to help out. When Yanagisawa’s contemporary ideas clash with the old carpenter’s traditional Japanese methods, the project becomes a huge mess.