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Postwar Secrets (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
戦後秘話 宝石略奪
other title: 戦後秘話 宝石略奪
Everybody's chasing a diamond in Sadao Nakajima's crime/action/drama. It was a based on a novel by Tsusai Sugawara, who was a Japanese writer and political figure campaigning against drugs, prostitution and sexually transmitted diseases.
Jeans Blues: No Future (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
ジーンズブルース 明日なき無頼派
director: Sadao Nakajima actor: Meiko Kaji / Tsunehiko Watase
other title: ジーンズブルース 明日なき無頼派
Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn't hers. Meanwhile, Jiro Katagiri is up to no good with his gangster friends and ends up making off with all their ill-gotten gains, much to their disapproval. The two misfits end up meeting after a car crash and soon end up on the road together in (another) stolen car. It's not long before the police take an interest in the crimes, and of course the gangsters are hot on Jiri's heels; meaning the two must scarper across Japan by any means necessary.
The Horrible Obsessions (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
麻薬売春Gメン 恐怖の肉地獄
director: Shin Takakuwa actor: Sonny Chiba / Tsunehiko Watase
other title: Une horrible obsession / 麻薬売春Gメン 恐怖の肉地獄
Detective Kikuchi is sent to Okinawa to investigate why a girl jumped from a window after shooting heroin. There, he encounters the usual assortment of addicts, dealers, pimps and sleazy American GIs.
The Great Chase (1975) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
華麗なる追跡
other title: 華麗なる追跡
Shihomi Etsuko plays a race car driver who also lends out her services to the Japanese Secret Service. Although there really isn't much of a "chase" to be seen, Shihomi does pursue a cartel of drug runners and assorted Japanese yakuza types. While the story is pure 70's exploitation and gritty crime drama, the best reason to see it is for the Martial Arts Action of Etsuko Shihomi. The action is over-the-top and at times hilarious (i.e. Shihomi battling the lead criminal atop a moving gondola or Shihomi battling a whip-wielding Catholic Nun).
Bohachi Bushido: The Villain (1974) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
忘八武士道 さ無頼
director: Takashi Harada actor: Gorō Ibuki / Emi Jo
other title: Bohachi Bushido - The Villain / 忘八武士道 さ無頼
The Bohachi Clan, the most vile, corrupt organization with ties deep in the Shogunate, have controlled the flesh trade in Japan for generations. When threatened by a competitor, they employ Saburai, a nihilistic ronin on the verge of self destruction. Blood gushes and limbs fly for anyone who stands against Saburai as he instills the Way of the Bohachi.
The Kyoto Connection (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
ポルノの女王 にっぽんSEX旅行
director: Sadao Nakajima actor: Christina Lindberg / Ichiro Araki
other title: Sexrejsen til Japan / Journey to Japan
Christina, on arriving in Japan, acquaints a Japanese man at the airport who looks like a sap. He takes her to his apartment where he brutally rapes her and keeps her hostage and bound in chains. Christina's alluring beauty eventually enchants the rapist and he is soon consulting his 'How to Stimulate a Woman' sex book in an effort to please her...