Tetsuro Tamba — Actor (84)
Dissolution Rites (1967) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB Douban
解散式
director: 深作欣二 actor: 鶴田浩二 / 丹波哲郎
other title: 解散式 / Kaisan shiki
Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world has changed significantly in that time. The police have forced the disbanding of all yakuza groups in and around Tokyo and most of the former yakuza have moved on to legitimate jobs. Sawaki is disgusted that his yakuza brothers have abandoned their codes of honor and are abusing their newfound power in the legitimate business world to exploit the poor. Sawaki feels partly responsible for making them so powerful and enabling their corruption, so he decides to follow his traditional code of honor to save the residents of a small town where his former lover lives.
Flickering Flames (1977) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
錆びた炎
director: Masahisa Sadanaga actor: Mikijiro Hira / Meiko Kaji
other title: 錆びた炎
In the early hours of April 13th, a five year old hemophiliac child was kidnapped by someone from Tanemura General Hospital in Tokyo, Setagaya. Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Inspector Kitahara, who received the report, goes quickly to the Tanemura home, along with other police to speak to the family of the child. Then, suddenly, the phone rings. The kidnapper wants money.
Daredevil in the Castle (1961) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
大阪城物語
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Kyōko Kagawa
other title: 大阪城物語 / The Story of Osaka Castle
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.
A Flame at the Pier (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
涙を、獅子のたて髪に
director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: Takashi Fujiki / Tamotsu Hayakawa
other title: Lágrimas en la melena del león / 涙を、獅子のたて髪に
A young dockworker who owes his life to his boss becomes embroiled in union activity on the Yokohama waterfront. The rebel Saburo works as an errand boy for a shipping company and vents his frustrations by plucking on the guitar.
To Trap a Kidnapper (1982) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
誘拐報道
director: Shunya Ito actor: Kenichi Hagiwara / Rumiko Koyanagi
other title: 誘拐報道 / Yūkai hōdō
Hideyuki Mitamura, a student at a private school near Osaka, is kidnapped on his way home from school.
An Outlaw (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
ならず者
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Ken Takakura / Tetsuro Tamba
other title: Un hors-la-loi / ならず者
Assassin Nanjo goes on a solitary mission to take revenge on the man who trapped him into a complicated drug deal.
Mysterious Dwarf (1955) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
一寸法師
director: Seiichiro Uchikawa actor: Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi / Mitsuko Miura
other title: 一寸法師
The daughter of a wealthy family goes missing at the same time a mysterious dwarf is running around town scattering body parts in public areas.
Blood of Revenge (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
明治侠客伝 三代目襲名
director: Tai Katō actor: Koji Tsuruta / Sumiko Fuji
other title: Le Sang de la vengeance / 明治侠客伝 三代目襲名
Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running, tame his late oyabun’s hot-blooded son and suffer the throes of his impossible love for beautiful geisha Hatsue.
Conflagration (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
東京湾炎上
director: Katsumune Ishida actor: Tetsuro Tamba / Hiroshi Fujioka
other title: Terrorfahrt ins Ungewisse / 東京湾炎上
Global South guerrillas hijack the Japanese oil tanker Arabian Light, threatening to blow it up in Tokyo Bay, unless the Cabinet complies with an economically devastating ultimatum.
The Classroom of Terror (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
暴力教室
director: Akihisa Okamoto actor: Yūsaku Matsuda / Hiroshi Tachi
other title: The classroom of terror / 暴力教室
Yusaku Matsuda plays an ex-boxer who killed an opponent during a fight. He is brought into a school to deal with a gang of disruptive students led by Hiroshi Tachi.
The 5-Man Army (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Un esercito di cinque uomini
director: Don Taylor actor: Peter Graves / Bud Spencer
other title: Un esercito di 5 uomini / Exército de 5 Homens
At the behest of local revolutionaries, a mercenary enlists four specialists in various combat styles to help him rob a Mexican Army train carrying $500,000 in gold.
Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf (2001) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
盲獣VS一寸法師
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Lily Franky / Shinya Tsukamoto
other title: 盲獣VS一寸法師 / Blind Beast vs. Dwarf
A blind masseur kidnaps young women and kills them and then make sculptures of them, while a mysterious dwarf spreading severed body parts around. Detective Akechi Kogorô investigating crimes.
The Bushido Blade (1981) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Bushido Blade
director: Tsugunobu Kotani actor: Richard Boone / Toshirō Mifune
other title: Bushido - La spada del sole / Das Schwert des Shogun
A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.
Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
ゴキブリたちの黄昏
director: Hiroaki Yoshida actor: Kaoru Kobayashi / Ichirôta Miyakawa
other title: ゴキブリたちの黄昏
The cockroaches of Saito's apartment live in peace with their human host, who gives them lots of space to breed and plenty of leftovers to munch on. In the midst of these high living times, Naomi and Ichiro plan to get married and start a family. But when a hard-bitten stranger roach named Hans appears with news of war with the humans across the lawn, it foretells disruption-not only of Naomi and Ichiro's relationship, but of the hive's entire way of life.
Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
ノストラダムスの大予言
director: Toshio Masuda actor: Tetsuro Tamba / Toshio Kurosawa
other title: Catastrofe / Weltkatastrophe 1999?
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.
Japanese Hell (1999) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
地獄
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Mutsumi Fujita / Hisayoshi Hirayama
other title: 地獄 / Jigoku: Japanese Hell
From the king of the Japanese cult movie, Teruo Ishii! A controversial film in which actual cases that rocked modern-day Japan—including the sarin gas attack by the Aum Shinrikyo Cult—are dramatized with gruesome detail as their perpetrators stand trial in Hell. An angst-ridden girl, Rika, is carried off to Hell by an old woman she meets in a neighborhood park. There she gets a first-hand look at the excruciating agony of those found guilty—by Lucifer himself—of committing heinous crimes during their time on Earth.
A Wicked Woman (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
毒婦高橋お伝
director: Nobuo Nakagawa actor: Katsuko Wakasugi / Jūzaburō Akechi
other title: 毒婦高橋お伝 / Dokufu Takahashi Oden
In 1870's Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. She falls in love with a young policeman, but is coerced into becoming the mistress of and procurer for a vice boss.
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
0課の女 赤い手錠
director: Yukio Noda actor: Miki Sugimoto / Eiji Gō
other title: Der Tiger von Osaka / Les menottes rouges
Agent Zero is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills a rapist in a violent fashion, she is sent to prison and stripped of her badge. But very soon after, a rich politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang. Agent Zero is let out of prison with the mission of going undercover to find the politician's daughter and return her safely. Using her deadly red handcuffs, she disposes of the criminals one by one.
Message from Space (1978) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
宇宙からのメッセージ
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Vic Morrow / Sonny Chiba
other title: Sternenkrieg im Weltall / Les Évadés de l'espace
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to Gavana Prince Hans to young Terrans Meia, Kido, and Aaron all have different reactions to being chosen.
The Barren Zone (1976) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
不毛地帯
director: Satsuo Yamamoto actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Tetsuro Tamba
other title: The Corporation / 不毛地帯
Tadashi Iki returns to Japan from a Soviet gulag 11 years after being captured during the invasion of Manchuria. He is offered a position in the expansive Kinki Corporation, but rival corporations are competing for a government contract to produce fighter planes.