Gorō Ibuki — Actor (19)
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Shimane Prison Riot (1975) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
暴動島根刑務所
director: Sadao Nakajima actor: Hiroki Matsukata / Kinya Kitaoji …
other title: 暴動島根刑務所 / Bodo shimane keimusho
Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisoners of Shimane Prison to the biggest riot in jail history. A fighter by heart, he sees a way out of any situation, but will he survive this, the gutsiest assault ever attempted?
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The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang (1972) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
純子引退記念映画 関東緋桜一家
director: Masahiro Makino actor: Sumiko Fuji / Koji Tsuruta …
other title: 純子引退記念映画 関東緋桜一家 / Cherry Blossom Fire Gang …
The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When their leader dies and the successor disappears, Tsuruji, a beautiful yet tough geisha, becomes the boss. But will she be able to confront a yakuza gang trying to take over the area?
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Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro (1972) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
木枯し紋次郎
director: Sadao Nakajima actor: Bunta Sugawara / Gorō Ibuki …
other title: 木枯し紋次郎 / Kogarashi Monjirō
Kogarashi Monjiro is a lone samurai who agrees to take responsibility for a murder that his friend committed so that he can stay with his dying mother, with the expectation that his friend will confess and get him pardoned once she dies. Monjiro is sentenced to an island for prisoners. When he discovers that his friend's mother has died over a year ago, Monjiro seeks to escape with a group of prisoners in order to get his revenge.
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Gambler's Code - Loyalty Offering (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
博徒仁義 盃
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Bunta Sugawara / Tomisaburō Wakayama …
other title: 博徒仁義 盃
A fairly entertaining yarn told in somewhat broad strokes with Wakayama playing against type as a reformed-gambler-turned- Christian minister. Of course, before the tale is finished he is forced by the utterly nefarious, heinous villains to once again pick up a sword and join fellow anti-hero Sugawara in wiping out Evil.
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Father of the Kamikaze (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
あゝ決戦航空隊
director: Kōsaku Yamashita actor: Koji Tsuruta / Noboru Andō …
other title: Â kessen kôkûtai / あゝ決戦航空隊
Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solution was to convince the Americans that invading Japan would cause massive casualties on both sides. The cold logic of suicide attacks, where one man and one plane could kill hundreds, seemed the only solution. In one of the cruel ironies of fate, Ohnishi actually succeeded; he convinced the Americans that invading Japan would be too costly in lives. But what he could not foresee was that America had another way of ending the war.
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The Last Kamikaze (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
最後の特攻隊
director: Junya Satō actor: Koji Tsuruta / Ken Takakura …
other title: 最後の特攻隊
With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji Tsuruta stars as a Kamikaze squad leader who has second thoughts about suicide runs. He becomes torn between his own morality and his duty to his country when he must deal with a pilot under his command who refuses to complete his mission.
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Silk Hat Boss (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
シルクハットの大親分
director: Norifumi Suzuki actor: Tomisaburō Wakayama / Sumiko Fuji …
other title: シルクハットの大親分
In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series starring Wakayama Tomisaburo as everybody's favorite character Boss Kumatora from the Red Peony Gambler series. Having made a fortune in the Russo-Japanese War, the Kumatora Family migrates to Kyushu to take on a military-related job. There they encounter the evil and malicious interference of the Chindai family of Kumamoto, and Boss Kumatora boldly fights back with the help of O'Ryu the Red Peony. A super entertaining film with non-stop comedy and action directed by Suzuki Norifumi.
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Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
関東テキヤ一家 天王寺の決斗
director: Norifumi Suzuki actor: Bunta Sugawara / Gorō Ibuki …
other title: 関東テキヤ一家 天王寺の決斗
The third film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. Sugawara still plays the same Kanto street peddler, who this time ventures to Osaka where he defends a blind girl at a street market. The area is targeted by rotten yakuza (Asao Koike and Tatsuo Endo), who have lured local senior female boss (Nijiko Kiyokawa’s) rebellious but not entirely indecent son Goro Ibuki to their side.
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Watch Out, Crimson Bat! (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
めくらのお市　みだれ笠
director: Hirokazu Ichimura actor: Yōko Matsuyama / Gorō Ibuki …
other title: Watch Out, Crimson Bat ! / めくらのお市　みだれ笠
A young female samurai comes upon a dying messenger and agrees to deliver the scroll he was carrying to its destination. However, unbeknownst to her, the scroll is actually a formula for a new kind of gunpowder. An evil clan that is planning to overthrow the Emperor is also after the scroll, and they try to take it from her.