Seizō Fukumoto — Actor (47)
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Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay (2015)
時代劇は死なず ちゃんばら美学考 IMDb TMDB
Sadao Nakajima actor: Sadao Nakajima / Hiroki Matsukata …
other title: 時代劇は死なず ちゃんばら美学考
Veteran director Nakajima Sadao examines the appeal, background, context and transition of chambara, or period sword-fighting and samurai films, in Kyoto. Not only interviews with actors, choreographers and critiques are included, but the director orchestrates an original chambara scene for the documentary.
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Love's Twisting Path (2019)
多十郎殉愛記 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Sadao Nakajima actor: Kengo Kora / Mikako Tabe …
other title: 多十郎殉愛記
Set in Kyoto in the last days of the Edo Period, the bloody conflict continues between local feudal domains, which aim to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate, and the Shogun's police and city patrol. Tajuro Kiyokawa, once the master of the sword but now a depraved samurai who left his domain putting aside his past ambition, barely makes ends meet. Toyo, a woman who runs a tavern next door, feels affection for Tajuro who guards her place against nasty customers, but he never realizes Toyo's feelings.
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The Last Ronin (2010)
最後の忠臣蔵 IMDb TMDB
Shigemichi Sugita actor: Koji Yakusho / Koichi Sato …
other title: 最後の忠臣蔵
16 years after the fateful "revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin," involving samurais from the Ako domain who avenged their leader and then commited seppuku (ritual suicide), the sole survivor of that incident, Kichiemon Terasaka (Koichi Sato) traverses the country on a mission. His purpose is to find the families of the fallen samurais and spread the truth of the ronin uprising.
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Lonely Hitman (1989)
悲しきヒットマン IMDb TMDB
Haruo Ichikura actor: Tomokazu Miura / Hisako Manda …
other title: 悲しきヒットマン
There are men in this world who seem to have been born to be a villain. His upbringing, his sexuality, everything about him was suited to being in the criminal world. However, he also had a loving wife and children. This is the story of a man who throws himself into a deadly struggle on the front lines of a huge violent war, while at the same time seeking the happiness of his family as a good husband and father.
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The Rugby Star (1976)
ラクビー野郎 IMDb TMDB
Akira Shimizu actor: Jirô Chiba / Koji Nanjo …
other title: ラクビー野郎
The success of Truck Yaro (1975-1979) initiated a whole load of movies that put "Yaro" in their title, including this semi-bonkers sports comedy/drama. Sonny Chiba's brother Jiro Chiba stars as a Rugby player whose team must find a way to beat the opponent. It's a standard storyline without any major surprises, but works surprisingly well. Training scenes are relatively nuts; much better than the actual matches actually, which tend to go on forever. There is no sex, nudity or graphic violence, making this a family friendly affair. Sonny Chiba appears for about 7 minutes during the last third as a truck driver who comes to Jiro's rescue.
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Another Battle (2000)
新・仁義なき戦い。 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Junji Sakamoto actor: Etsushi Toyokawa / Tomoyasu Hotei …
other title: Shin Jinginaki Tatakai / 新・仁義なき戦い。 …
Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with a distaste for crime gangs. When a yakuza boss dies, a struggle for his position takes place between Kaneo's boss Awano and the young Nakahira. Nakahira's men try to extort money from Masatatsu, bringing him in between a yakuza battle.
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The Karate (1974)
ザ・カラテ IMDb TMDB
Yukio Noda actor: Tadashi Yamashita / Yoko Horikoshi …
other title: ザ・カラテ
Bronson Lee, a Japanese-American raised by his grandma in the harsh, poverty-stricken desert Southwest, returns to Japan to demonstrate his mastery of karate by entering the tournament that will determine the first World Karate Champion.
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The Shogunate's Harem (1986)
大奥十八景 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Norifumi Suzuki actor: Kyoko Tsujisawa / Mami Nomura …
other title: 大奥十八景 / Ôoku jûhakkei
A new shogun is appointed to the throne when his brother dies. He find out that the former Shogun one of the women from his brothers harem became pregnant, but she escaped. The new Shogun would loose the throne if the child is a boy. Genshiro is doctor who, among other things, performs abortions, and is sheltering his love, another women who escaped from the harem. The new Shogun threatens to arrest the girl unless Genshiro hunts down the woman and aborts her child. Genshiro learns that the woman releases a "musky scent from her special area" when in ecstasy. Both Genshiro and his friend set out to find all the women of the former harem and have sex with them, by force if necessary.
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The Fort of Death (1969)
五人の賞金稼ぎ WikiData IMDb TMDB
Eiichi Kudō actor: Tomisaburō Wakayama / Tomoko Mayama …
other title: 五人の賞金稼ぎ / The Fort Of Death …
The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of farmers being driven to despair by the vile Lord Ozeki. The villainous lord has driven them to mounting their last stand at a deserted fort against an army of attackers. Wakayama Tomisaburo is superb as an expert in killing and military tactics, who leaves his medical practice at a clinic for the poor in order to counter the vicious tactics of that vile lord.
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Message from Space (1978)
宇宙からのメッセージ
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.
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Yakuza Ladies (1986)
極道の妻たち
Hideo Gosha actor: Shima Iwashita / Rino Katase …
other title: Femmes de Yakuza / 極道の妻たち …
When her crime boss husband is sent to prison, a woman assumes control of one of the most powerful gangs in Japan.
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Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather (1982)
鬼龍院花子の生涯 IMDb TMDB
Hideo Gosha actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Masako Natsume …
other title: 鬼龍院花子の生涯 / Onimasa: Um Padrinho Japonês …
Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. His struggles with his boss, the Shikoku Godfather, and the tumultuous life of his adopted daughter, Matsue, form the backdrop of this epic tale of justice, obedience, and bloody vengeance.
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Blade of the Immortal (2017)
無限の住人
Takashi Miike actor: Takuya Kimura / Hana Sugisaki …
other title: L'immortale / La espada del inmortal …
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.
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Decapitation of an Evil Woman (1977)
毒婦お伝と首切り浅 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Yuji Makiguchi actor: Terumi Azuma / Yoshinobu Hirose …
other title: 毒婦お伝と首切り浅
An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history. During the early Meiji period a number of “Dokufu” (Poison Women) committed a significant number of murders. These crimes were most often committed by wives on their husbands in order to be together with their lovers. At that time women were executed in the same manner as men, to wit: by being decapitated. This is the story of the most notorious of all, Takahashi Oden who, in 1879, was the last woman executed by decapitation in Japan.
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Assassination Orders (1984)
暗殺指令 IMDb TMDB
Eiichi Kudo actor: Hideki Takahashi / Yoshiko Miyazaki …
other title: 暗殺指令
The ronin, Sako Kanbei has to rescue the beautiful Princess Tsubaki from danger while young samurai of the Numata Clan stand up against their corrupt Chief Retainer and evil clan mistress. Kanbei wants to develop his swordsmanship only for himself, he finds that he has been implicated in a crime and must fight for justice in the ultimate battle to redeem his innocence. The swordplay in this film is reminiscent of the Lone Wolf and Cub series with its brutal and extended action sequences and awesome finale. A powerful motion picture about honor, love and cold steel!
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The Street Fighter (1974)
激突! 殺人拳 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Sonny Chiba / Osamu Kaneda …
other title: Den sorte drage / Der Wildeste von allen …
Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.