Hajime Takaiwa — Playwright (41)
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Three Generations of Yakuza (1966) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
遊侠三代
director: Shinji Murayama actor: Tatsuo Umemiya / Koji Tsuruta …
other title: 遊侠三代
The film depicts the fate of a young yakuza boss and his father, who confront each other, not knowing that they are relatives, and become victims of a brutal war for territory between the clans according to the merciless laws of the yakuza.
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Wounded Beast (1959) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
傷つける野獣
director: Haruyasu Noguchi actor: Tamio Kawachi / Hideaki Nitani …
other title: 傷つける野獣
A tense action game that skillfully intertwines the human love between a criminal, his sister and his lover, and the desperate pursuit of a detective who is trying to catch a fleeing young criminal.
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Kunisada Chuji (1958) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
国定忠治
director: Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Chiezo Kataoka / Hiroko Sakuramachi …
other title: 国定忠治 / Kunisada Chūji
Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mercy of corrupt officials. Intent on fulfilling a dying wish from one of his henchmen, Asataro, to find a decent home for his young nephew, Chuji descends from his hide-out in the mountain, and heads to the city in spite of numerous dangers that await him there.
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Festival of Swordsmen (1961) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
剣豪天狗まつり
director: Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Ryutaro Otomo / Shingo Yamashiro …
other title: 剣豪天狗まつり
During the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most peaceful era. This left a large number of unemployed samurai with nothing to do, and their morale suffered. In order to raise their spirits, the Shogun's Chief Advisor suggests that they hold a "Festival of Swordsmen" in the Shogun's presence. Problems arise when some of the martial artists bring their personal grudges to the competition. When Busshi Shirogoro (OTOMO) meets the daughter of the late Lord SANADA Yukimura sparks fly as she tries to use the competition to carry out her vengeance against Shogun Iemitsu.
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The Hoodlum Priest (1967) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
やくざ坊主
director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda actor: Shintarō Katsu / Mayumi Ogawa …
other title: Yakuza bozu / やくざ坊主
The first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in addition to breaking all the commandments against sex and gambling, opens his own gambling den in direct defiance of the local yakuza boss. Exciting action and a twisty plot this movie breaks new barriers in Japanese cinema. Katsu Shintaro is superb in one of his better non-Zato Ichi roles as he fights off the advances of a love-lorn woman and risks his life to defeat the powerful gambling boss who has a stranglehold on the town.
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The Killer's Killer (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
皆殺しのスキャット
director: Kazuo Mori actor: Hiroki Matsukata / Yōko Namikawa …
other title: 皆殺しのスキャット
Takeshi Ijuin leaves for Chicago to be a cameraman, and a few years later returns to Japan. But he only learned the technique of homicide in Chicago. When he visits the graveyard with his father to pray at his mother's tomb, his father is shot by someone. Now he thirsts for revenge.
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Mist and Shadows (1961) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
霧と影
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Tetsuro Tamba / Tatsuo Umemiya …
other title: 霧と影
A veteran reporter and a young journalist doggedly pursue clues through sheer persistence and intuition to unravel the mystery behind the sudden death of a teacher in the remote Hokuriku region. In pursuit of the truth, they are led to a web of corporate fraud, an inbred village, bundles of toilet paper, and flatfoots with something to hide as the bodies pile up.