Akaji Maro — Actor (48)
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Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003)
赤目四十八瀧心中未遂 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Genjiro Arato actor: Shinobu Terajima / Shima Onishi …
other title: 赤目四十八瀧心中未遂 / Akame shijûhachi taki shinjû misui
A man is trying to flee from his past, and he ends up in an underworld filled with strange characters. He finds a job skewering meat in a dirty old room in a shabby old house filled with prostitutes, gangsters and a weird old tattoo master. He clearly doesn't fit in to this new world, and the inhabitants of it immediately despise him.
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An Angel with Many Scars (1997)
傷だらけの天使 IMDb TMDB
Junji Sakamoto actor: Etsushi Toyokawa / Claude Maki …
other title: 傷だらけの天使
An odd journey starts as Mitsuru, a private detective, and a boy, whom a dying mobster entrusts to him, decide to go to northern Japan in search of the boy’s mother, and the detective’s buddy Hisashi joins them later.
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Check (1991)
王手 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Junji Sakamoto actor: Hidekazu Akai / Masaya Katō …
other title: 王手 / Ōte …
Set in Osaka's Shinsekai, the film depicts the lives of Ayumu Tobita (Hidekazu Akai), who makes a living as a shogi gambler (shinken-shi), and Ryuzo Kayama (Masaya Kato) who aims to become a professional player.
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Born to Be Baby (1997)
ちんなねえ TMDB
Kaizo Hayashi actor: Yoshio Harada / Akaji Maro
other title: ちんなねえ
A detective, a mysterious beauty Ekin and other characters appear in the film. It creates a mysterious visual world that takes us one step further into the world of Ekin. This is the second art documentary film produced by the Museum of Art, Kochi, following Hiroyuki Oki's HEAVEN-6-BOX. This time, the stage performances of butoh greats Maro Akaji and Dairakudakan were documented by Hayashi Kaizo.
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Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III (2014)
劇団☆新感線 「ZIPANG PUNK〜五右衛門ロック III」 IMDb TMDB
actor: Haruma Miura / Yu Aoi …
other title: 劇団☆新感線 「ZIPANG PUNK〜五右衛門ロック III」
Goemon Ishikawa steals a golden statue from Yukari Kukai with female thief Neko no Me Ogin, but Private Detective Shinkuro Akechi chases after Goemon Ishikawa and Neko no Me Ogin. Detective Shinkuro Akechi discovers that there is a code hidden within the golden statue. The code reveals the location where gold is hidden. Meanwhile, outlaws gather under Goemon Ishikawa.
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Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe (1995)
平成無責任一家 東京デラックス WikiData IMDb TMDB
Yōichi Sai actor: Goro Kishitani / Moeko Ezawa …
other title: 平成無責任一家 東京デラックス
The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hometown, they move from Shikoku to Tokyo and resume their fraudulent activities. Everything carries on smoothly until the eldest and the fourth sons' modus operandi go awry, the mother's lover runs off with another woman, and disasters strike one after another. This film is a collaboration between Yoichi Sai and Goro Kishitani following "All Under the Moon." The family business of the Ameya family is defrauding people. The matriarch, who keeps getting married and divorced, has five children with different fathers. The Ameya family chases after fortune and leaves a trail of trouble on their path.
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Hanezu (2012)
朱花の月 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Naomi Kawase actor: Tôta Komizu / Hako Ohshima …
other title: Hanezu, l'esprit des montagnes / 朱花の月 …
Woodwork artist Takumi moves to the small village Asuka in Nara Prefecture. He remodels old homes and lives a peaceful existence with nature. Takumi then meets Kayoko, a woman who went to the same school as Takumi. Kayoko is fascinated with the color crimson. She dyes scarves with the color of hanezu. Kayoko lives with boyfriend Tetsuya, who works as an editor of a PR magazine. They live together. Soon, Kayoko falls in love with Takumi.
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Ready to Shoot (1990)
われに撃つ用意あり WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kōji Wakamatsu actor: Yoshio Harada / Kaori Momoi …
other title: われに撃つ用意あり / Ware ni Utsu Yōi Ari
A middle-aged man discovers an injured refugee woman trembling in the corner of his bar in Kabukicho. He quickly becomes aware that her life is in his hands when he learns she is hiding from the yakuza.
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Neko Ninja (2017)
猫忍 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Takeshi Watanabe actor: Takuro Ohno / Akira Emoto …
other title: Ninja Cat the Movie / 猫忍
Kagerota is a young ninja who embarks on his first mission: stealing the goldfish from a wealthy samurai. He succeeds, but then a mysterious fat cat starts following him. His distinctive red nose leads Kagerota to believe that the feline stalker is actually the reincarnation of his long last father, a legendary ninja who left him when he was ten years old.
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Under the Turquoise Sky (2021)
ターコイズの空の下で WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kentaro actor: Yuya Yagira / Akaji Maro …
other title: ターコイズの空の下で
Takeshi grew up spoiled in an affluent family. One day his businessman grandfather Saburo sends him to the grasslands of Mongolia where he is to search for a daughter born out of Saburo's relationship with a local woman after the Second World War.
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Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 1 (1998)
くノ一忍法帖 柳生外伝 江戸花地獄篇 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Hitoshi Ozawa actor: Ryushi Mizukami / Yûko Moriyama …
other title: Kunoichi - Lady Ninja / Kunoichi Lady Ninja …
Yuko Moriyama stars in this ninja period piece as one of seven women determined to exact revenge on the evil lord Akinari Katou and “The 7 Spears”, the band of soldiers he commands. Trained assassins and skilled in sorcery, these men took over the Aizu prefecture and took its most beautiful young women as concubines. They left behind 7 daughters now seeking out Jyubei Yagyuu to help get revenge.
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Circus Boys (1989)
二十世紀少年読本 IMDb TMDB
Kaizo Hayashi actor: Hiroshi Mikami / Moe Kamura …
other title: 二十世紀少年読本
Two brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. After an accident, Jinta decides to leave the circus and travels the countryside working as a con-man. After a run-in with a local gang of yakuza, he is invited to join their ranks, where he makes the mistake of falling for a boss's mistress. Wataru stays with the circus and works hard to regain its former glory
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The Dropout (1982)
野獣刑事 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Eiichi Kudō actor: Ken Ogata / Ayumi Ishida …
other title: 野獣刑事 / Yaju-deka …
Detective Seiji Otaki is determined to find the psychopathic killer of a young woman who was ostensibly a student but in reality a high-priced prostitute. Even though he has been taken off the case for beating up a suspect, he refuses to let it go and recruits his mistress to act as a decoy for the killer. Her involvement turns out to be a fatal mistake, and when her husband gets out of prison, Detective Otaki is in worse trouble than ever.
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The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro (1977)
黒木太郎の愛と冒険 IMDb TMDB
Azuma Morisaki actor: Kunie Tanaka / Mitsuko Baisho …
other title: 黒木太郎の愛と冒険
Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries to cure a cat lady by reversing her trauma, and finally, rescues his niece who is about to be lured into prostitution.
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Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969)
新宿泥棒日記
Nagisa Ōshima actor: Tadanori Yokoo / Rie Yokoyama …
other title: Diario di un ladro di Shinjuko / Diário de um Ladrão …
In Tokyo's Shinjuku district, the lives of a young man prone to theft, a young woman he meets at a bookstore, and a kabuki actor intersect.
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Yakuza Weapon (2011)
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Yudai Yamaguchi / Tak Sakaguchi actor: Tak Sakaguchi / Jun Murakami …
other title: 極道兵器
After four years overseas, Shozo returns to Japan to avenge his yakuza boss who was assassinated by his own treacherous top man, Kurawaki. The resulting battle leaves both men severely injured, and Shozo awakens in a mysterious medical facility to find his arm replaced with an M61 Vulcan cannon and his leg replaced with a rocket launcher. Meanwhile, Kurawaki has been fitted with mechanical augmentations of his own. Get ready for the second round.