Susumu Saji — Playwright (18)
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Code of Wolves (1974)
実録飛車角　狼どもの仁義 IMDb TMDB
Shinji Murayama actor: Bunta Sugawara / Kyōsuke Machida …
other title: True Account of Hikashaku: A Wolf’s Honor and Humanity / 実録飛車角　狼どもの仁義
In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake.
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Operation Diamond (1962)
遊民街の銃弾 IMDb TMDB
Masuichi Iizuka actor: Tetsuro Tamba / Yoshiko Sakuma …
other title: Notti roventi a Tokyo / 遊民街の銃弾
Un gangster americano viene fatto evadere da colleghi giapponesi, che hanno intenzione di servirsi di lui per un furto in una base statunitense. Lo scoppio d'un ordigno seminerà la strage tra i malviventi.
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The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats (1972)
まむしの兄弟　傷害恐喝十八犯 IMDb TMDB
Sadao Nakajima actor: Bunta Sugawara / Tsunehiko Watase …
other title: まむしの兄弟　傷害恐喝十八犯
Part 4 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves. Sugawara tries to overcome a traumatic experience of getting in bed blindfolded with a girl who turned out to be an old granny. Later he and Kawaji try to settle down in a neighbourhood harassed by businessman yakuza Bin Amatsu.
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Melody of Rebellion (1970)
反逆のメロディー WikiData IMDb TMDB
Yukihiro Sawada actor: Yoshio Harada / Meiko Kaji …
other title: 反逆のメロディー / Hangyaku no merodī
The disbandment of the Tanno clan left gang member Tetsu to stray from the crime family's fold. He roamed the streets as a one man band, wearing a denim jacket and long hair with sunglasses to cover his piercing eyes. Befriending a like-minded lone wolf by the name of Gebasaku, Tetsu builds a coalition against higher forces. A graphic portrayal of irrepressible anger and a friendship worth dying for.
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All Rascals (1962)
恋と太陽とギャング IMDb TMDB
Teruo Ishii actor: Ken Takakura / Shinjirō Ehara …
other title: 恋と太陽とギャング
Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named Tsuneda who is planning the same robbery and agree to work together.
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Rampaging Dragon of the North (1966)
北海の暴れ竜 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kinji Fukasaku actor: Tatsuo Umemiya / Shingo Yamashiro …
other title: Le Dragon sauvage d'Hokkaido / 北海の暴れ竜
The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza to find his father has died under orders of a local gang leader. He sets out to avenge his father, keeping his plans secret from his mother who is cold to him since his perceived abandonment of the family. This wonderful, if little-seen, Fukasaku gem deals with family, community and what it means to do right by both.
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The Challenge (1962)
誇り高き挑戦 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kinji Fukasaku actor: Koji Tsuruta / Tatsuo Umemiya …
other title: Défi d'amour propre – Fierté agressive / 誇り高き挑戦 …
Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the cover-up of a murder on an American base during the Allied Occupation. The film rolls along as a suspenseful thriller while offering a critique of political corruption, hypocrisy, and journalistic cowardice in postwar Japan.
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Ninja's Mark (1968)
忍びの卍 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Norifumi Suzuki actor: Isao Natsuyagi / Hiroko Sakuramachi …
other title: 忍びの卍
When the Shogun Tokugawa III is in bed with a girl, she turns into a monster. The court believes she is Ninja Magic, used to frighten the lord off women so that there will be no heir. Tôma, a famous swordsman, is called in and exposes the Ninja, even discovering their leader, a beautiful young girl named Kagiroi. Guessing that she is the daughter of some ousted daimyo anxious to get back into favor, he is about to unmask her when he is taken prisoner...
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Fort Graveyard (1965)
血と砂
Kihachi Okamoto actor: Toshirō Mifune / Makoto Satō …
other title: 血と砂 / 血与砂 …
Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His commander, Captain Sakuma, is vicious and dictatorial. Sakuma places Kosugi in charge of training for combat what once was the military band. Kosugi must somehow prepare his inept soldiers for the rigors of combat.