Kayo Matsuo — Actor (42)
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Assignment Dragon No. 3 (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
陸軍中野学校　竜三号指令
director: Tokuzō Tanaka actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Michiyo Yasuda …
other title: 陸軍中野学校　竜三号指令
In late 1940 the Japanese were anxious to conclude peace in China and to that end sent Colonel Hidaka to inaugurate negotiations. He was mysteriously assassinated, however, when his car was blown up. The General Staff Headquarters in Japan, sends Lieutenant Shiina, a graduate of the famed Nakano School of Spies inaugurated by Colonel Kusanagi, to investigate the matter. Arriving in Shanghai, he disguises himself as a Chinese coolie and sets out to watch for developments, the only clue being a silver dollar found beside what was left of the victim.
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Hunter in the Dark (1979) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
闇の狩人
director: Hideo Gosha actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Keiko Kishi …
other title: Chasseurs des ténèbres / 闇の狩人
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds his boss's enemies almost overwhelming.
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To Trap a Kidnapper (1982) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
誘拐報道
director: Shunya Ito actor: Kenichi Hagiwara / Rumiko Koyanagi …
other title: 誘拐報道 / Yūkai hōdō
Hideyuki Mitamura, a student at a private school near Osaka, is kidnapped on his way home from school.
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Mute Samurai (1973) [TV] WikiData TMDB IMDb
唖侍鬼一法眼
director: Takeshi Kanda actor: Tomisaburō Wakayama / Tony Cetera …
other title: 唖侍鬼一法眼 / Oshizamurai Kiichihōgan
A master swordsman, Kiichi Hogan, wanders Japan in search of the Spanish swordsman who murdered his parents and slashed his throat 18 years before. Renouncing any normal life the samurai has become the feared bounty hunter, "Devil" Hogan, the Mute Samurai.
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Magnitude 7.9 (1980) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
地震列島
director: Kenjirô Ohmori actor: Hiroshi Katsuno / Shuji Otaki …
other title: Erdbeben - Flammendes Inferno von Tokio / Terremoto 81 …
A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.
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Endless Desire (1958) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
果しなき欲望
director: Shōhei Imamura actor: Hiroyuki Nagato / Misako Watanabe …
other title: Desiderio inappagato / Desejo Insaciável …
Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during the war. A grimly humorous tale of twisted relationships as one by one each of the group is eliminated.
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Fighting Elegy (1966) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
けんかえれじい
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Hideki Takahashi / Yūsuke Kawazu …
other title: Elegia della lotta / Elégie de la bagarre …
Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.
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The Vampire Doll (1970) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
幽霊屋敷の恐怖 血を吸う人形
director: Michio Yamamoto actor: Kayo Matsuo / Akira Nakao …
other title: A Noite do Vampiro / Legacy of Dracula …
A young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend's isolated country home. His sister and her boyfriend trace him to the creepy mansion, but their search becomes perilous when they uncover a gruesome family history.
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie (1969) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
眠狂四郎悪女狩り
director: Kazuo Ikehiro actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Shiho Fujimura …
other title: 眠狂四郎悪女狩り / Nemuri Kyoshiro 12 Castle menagerie
Just when you think Kyoshiro's life can't get any stranger, someone starts running around raping and murdering, and leaving notes proudly proclaiming that he did it. Tracking down the real culprit will take him along a twisted trail that involves the Shogun's harem, hidden Christians, and positively pregnant politics!
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP (1968) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
「無頼」より 大幹部
director: Toshio Masuda actor: Tetsuya Watari / Chieko Matsubara …
other title: 「無頼」より 大幹部 / Hoodlum - Leading Mobster …
Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself in the forefront of every battle. Violence never bothered him. However, after being sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing a rival gang’s hit man, he becomes disenchanted with the Yakuza life style. Goro is determined to start anew, but karma catches up. His two closest friends are murdered by his ex-boss. He is left with two options: to kill or be killed.
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Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
その後の仁義なき戦い
director: Eiichi Kudo actor: Jinpachi Nezu / Mieko Harada …
other title: Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Aftermath / その後の仁義なき戦い
Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a group of childhood friends, belonging to different yakuza families, are caught in the middle. Lies, deceit, and backstabbing are in play resulting in a bloodbath and a quest for revenge...
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
大幹部 無頼
director: Keiichi Ozawa actor: Tetsuya Watari / Chieko Matsubara …
other title: 大幹部 無頼
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) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
肉体の門
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Jō Shishido / Kōji Wada …
other title: Le professioniste dell'amore / 肉体の門 …
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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The Trial of Blood (1972) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
無宿人御子神の丈吉 牙は引き裂いた
director: Kazuo Ikehiro actor: Yoshio Harada / Katsuo Nakamura …
other title: The Trail of Blood / 無宿人御子神の丈吉 牙は引き裂いた
Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three years, the gangs he embarrassed when he saved his wife find the family and leave Jokichi in grief, vowing revenge. To parry his terrible swift sword, rival gangs join forces, hiring a prostitute to pose as a woman needing help and breaking the code of honor to double cross the drifter. He finds unlikely allies: a thief who aids him for fun and a one-eyed swordsman who may be Jokichi's equal in skill and honor.
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Shogun Assassin (1980) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Shogun Assassin
director: Robert Houston / Kenji Misumi actor: Tomisaburō Wakayama / Akihiro Tomikawa …
other title: Shogun il giustiziere / Shogun kontra den ensomme ulv …
A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search of vengeance.