Eimei Esumi — Actor (37)
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不良少女:野良猫的性春 (1973)
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曾根中生 actor: 片桐夕子 / 江角英明 …
other title: 不良少女 野良猫の性春 / Furyo shoujo noraneko no seishun
東京の大学に行っている恋人の正夫と一緒に東京へ行く約束で赤城村の駅まで来た鳩子は、正夫にスッポカされ、一人で上京した。新宿駅に着いて雑踏にとまどっている鳩子に、ゴマメが目をつけ、彼のアパートへ連れていき、彼女に挑みかかった。ゴマメを信じきっている鳩子は、ゴマメの仲間、ベッドとプロが抱きついてきても、何の抵抗もしなかった。翌日、鳩子の金をバッグから抜き取ったゴマメは、彼女に靴を買ってやったが、自分の...
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A Taxing Woman (1987)
マルサの女
Jūzō Itami actor: Nobuko Miyamoto / Tsutomu Yamazaki …
other title: Die Steuerfahnderin / L'Inspectrice des impôts …
Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities. Itakura and Gondo soon find themselves engaged in a complicated, satirical battle of wits.
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Dodes'ka-den (1970)
どですかでん
Akira Kurosawa actor: Yoshitaka Zushi / Kin Sugai …
other title: どですかでん / Dodeskaden - O Caminho da Vida …
This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances are, each of them—the homeless father and son envisioning their dream house; the young woman abused by her uncle; the boy who imagines himself a trolley conductor—finds reasons to carry on.
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A Colt Is My Passport (1967)
拳銃は俺のパスポート
Takashi Nomura actor: Jō Shishido / Chitose Kobayashi …
other title: A colt is my passport / La Colt es mi pasaporte …
A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 (1968)
大幹部 無頼
Keiichi Ozawa actor: Tetsuya Watari / Chieko Matsubara …
other title: 大幹部 無頼 / 大干部：无赖 …
Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his condolences to Yumeko and to reunite with Yukiko (Chieko Matsubara), but finds that Yumeko is fatally ill. Although Yukiko was taking care of her, she is pressed for money. Goro wants to help and knows that there is only one way to come up with fast money.
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Gate of Flesh (1964)
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Seijun Suzuki actor: Jō Shishido / Kōji Wada …
other title: Le professioniste dell'amore / Nakito - Profis der Liebe …
In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining tenuous friendships and a semblance of order in a world of chaos. But when a renegade ex-soldier stumbles into their midst, lusts and loyalties clash, with tragic results. With Gate of Flesh, visionary director Seijun Suzuki delivers a whirlwind of social critique and pulp drama, shot through with brilliant colors and raw emotions.
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Eureka (2001)
ユリイカ
Shinji Aoyama actor: Koji Yakusho / Aoi Miyazaki …
other title: ユリイカ
In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.
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Kuroneko (1968)
藪の中の黒猫
Kaneto Shindō actor: Kichiemon Nakamura II / Nobuko Otowa …
other title: 藪の中の黒猫 / O Gato Preto do Túmulo …
In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero to quell what is evidently an Onryō ghost. He encounters the two beautiful women in an eerie, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling fight.
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Tokyo Drifter (1966)
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Seijun Suzuki actor: Tetsuya Watari / Ryuji Kita …
other title: Deriva a Tokyo - Il vagabondo di Tokyo / Tóquio Violenta …
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.
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Kanto Wanderer (1963)
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Seijun Suzuki actor: Akira Kobayashi / Chieko Matsubara …
other title: 関東無宿 / Il vagabondo del Kanto
Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu is less ethical, and allows the idiotic Tetsu to trick a schoolgirl he fancies, Hanako, into a type of bonded prostitution. Because of gang conflict, the Izu family (to whom Katsuta belongs) has their last gambling den taken over, and he seeks revenge. This brings him back into contact with a former lover who is also a card trickster - she is also Diamond Fuyu's sister, and is now married to Okaru-Hachi, who has mastered a clever card cheating trick called Okaru, which involves the deft use of mirrors.
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Outlaw Cop (1976)
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Yūsuke Watanabe actor: Yoshio Harada / Naoko Ohtani …
other title: やさぐれ刑事
A bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs away with another man, who turns out to be the very same man that her husband is hunting. Once he discovers this, he loses his nerve and turns in his badge. But the chase turns into a personal vendetta where the ex-cop plans to wipe out the entire gang.
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八甲田山 (1977)
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森谷司郎 actor: 岛田正吾 / 大泷秀治 …
明治34年（1901年），国际局势风起云涌，日俄战争爆发在即。为了应对严寒地带作战的艰苦环境，日本陆军高层决定进行一次演习，并将演习地点定在了高耸险峻、严寒冰冷的八甲田山。演习队伍分成两支，分别由弘前第31连队的德岛大尉（高倉健 饰）和青森第5连队的神田大尉（北大路欣也 饰）领导。德岛具有丰富的雪原行军经验，他和神田仔细研究了行军路线，并相约在目的地会合。然而神田的上司山田少佐（三國連太郎 饰）一门心思击败友军，不仅擅自扩编行军人数，还粗暴地打乱既定的计划。他的颟顸将第5连队引向了死亡之途…… 本片根据新田次郎的小说《八甲田山死の彷徨》改编。
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The Demon (1978)
鬼畜
野村芳太郎 actor: Shima Iwashita / 绪形拳 …
other title: 鬼畜 / L'Été du démon …
When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children with Sokichi - and his very surprised and angry wife Oume - and disappears.