Asao Uchida — Actor (96)
House of Gamblers (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
博徒一家
other title: 博徒一家
Ken Takakura stars as Ryoji one of the Aramasa family's loyal lieutenants whao takes the burden of his family being insulted by the Tanuma's family goons, by retaliating on his own. After injuring the head of Tanuma's family, and slaying others along the way, he then surrenders to the law and serves time.
Before his last year to serve, the head of the Aramasa family falls ill and decides to retire, Ryoji miss chance to be successor, his old friend is reluctant but accepts. Now this gives the Tanuma family a chance for revenge! But with Tomisaburo Wakayama (Sekine) always having your back, how can you go wrong?
Eight Men to Kill (1972) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
賞金首 一瞬八人斬り
other title: Bounty Hunter 3: Eight Men to Kill / 賞金首 一瞬八人斬り
The third movie following the exploits of bounty hunter Shikoro Ichibei. The theft of almost a half ton of gold from the shogunate's official mine threatens to bankrupt the government of Japan. Despite a desperate search the gold has not been found, causing officials of the Tokugawa bakufu to call on their most skillful secret agent, Shikoro Ichibei.
Yagyu Chronicles 9: Assassin's Sword (1964) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
十兵衛暗殺剣
other title: 十兵衛暗殺剣 / Yagyu Chronicles 9 Assassins Sword
The Yagyu Family have been teaching the Shinkage style of fencing for generations. Now a new fencing school has opened in Edo, claiming to be the true Shinkage style. Yagyu Jubei faces his biggest challenge yet when the master of the new school claims he is the legitimate successor of Shinkage and tries to take the Yagyu's political power.
Yakuza of the Present (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
現代任侠史
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Ken Takakura / Meiko Kaji
other title: 現代任侠史
In the roaring 1970s, a man who has left the world of the yakuza to become the owner of a sushi restaurant decides to rise up again when he sees his former family being overrun by a modern yakuza group from the Kansai region.
The Woman Gambler (1967) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
女賭博師
director: Tarō Yuge actor: Kyōko Enami / Saeda Kawaguchi
other title: 女賭博師
Second film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
In a fierce gambling den where rough men clash like sparks, two female gamblers vie for the same man in a high-stakes, best-of-seven showdown—from which only one will emerge victorious. Amid the tense atmosphere, Natsue, a highly skilled card dealer, gracefully reveals her hand with the flick of her slender fingers. At that precise moment, across the table, Takiko’s face goes ashen—she’s just lost the fateful game her lover had wagered his fortune on. The next day, Takiko and her boyfriend attempt a double suicide in despair, but she survives alone. Consumed by twisted emotions toward Natsue, a man named Isobe manipulates Takiko. Under his influence, Takiko seduces Tagami—who is Natsue’s fiancé—setting the stage for a dangerous and tangled web of love, revenge, and deceit.
A True Story of the Private Ginza Police (1973) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
実録・私設銀座警察
director: Junya Satō actor: Noboru Andō / Tsunehiko Watase
other title: 実録・私設銀座警察
Japan, 1946, just after the end of World War II. As the US occupation army patrols the dilapidated streets of Tokyo, a desperate and ambitious group of war veterans and gamblers struggle to take control of the Ginza district's underworld with the help of a deranged soldier.
The Claws of the Divine Beast (1980) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
神獣の爪
other title: 神獣の爪
Based on a mystery by Taiwanese-Japanese author Chin Shun-shin. After two elderly men in Yokohama quarrel over a Tang dynasty artifact, one of the men turns up dead with mysterious claw marks across his face. A detective takes up the case, and uncovers secrets dating back to war crimes committed during Japan’s invasion of China in WWII.
The Sex Check (1968) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
セックス・チェック 第二の性
director: Yasuzō Masumura actor: Michiyo Yasuda / Ken Ogata
other title: セックス・チェック 第二の性
Ken Ogata plays Shiro Miyagi, a sprinter with Olympic aspirations whose dreams were shattered by WWII. A broken man, he leads the dissolute life of a gigolo until a chance meeting with a fiery young athlete named Hiroko (Michiyo Yasuda). Realizing that she has talent as a sprinter, Miyagi sees a second chance at Olympic glory in becoming her coach. Following Miyagi’s unconventional, military-style training, Hiroko sets a record for the 100-meter dash, but her greatest hurdle proves to be a “sex check” which all professional athletes must pass.