Yoshi Katō — Actor (55)
Vengeance Is Mine (1979) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
復讐するは我にあり
9.4 (5 ratings) director: Shōhei Imamura actor: Ken Ogata / Mayumi Ogawa
other title: La vendetta è mia / A Vingança é Minha
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
The Demon (1978) [Movie] Douban TMDB
鬼畜
director: 野村芳太郎 actor: 岩下志麻 / 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.
八甲田山 (1977) [Movie] Douban
director: 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。
Profound Desires of the Gods (1968) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban
神々の深き欲望
director: 今村昌平 actor: 三国连太郎 / 河原崎长一郎
other title: Il profondo desiderio degli dei / 神々の深き欲望
Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori clan, to drill a well to power a sugar mill.
The Mad Fox (1962) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
恋や恋なすな恋
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Hashizo Okawa / Michiko Saga
other title: 恋や恋なすな恋 / La renarde folle
A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appears to be on the horizon after he becomes romantically involved with his dead lover's twin sister, but more complications arise thanks to a chance encounter with a clan of shape-shifters.
A Fugitive from the Past (1965) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
飢餓海峡
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Rentaro Mikuni / Sachiko Hidari
other title: Lo stretto della fame / Le détroit de la faim
Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest.
Ninja, A Band of Assassins (1962) [Movie] Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
忍びの者
director: Satsuo Yamamoto actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Yūnosuke Itō
other title: Le Secret du ninja / 忍びの者
Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to assassinate the warlord before he completes his task.
Tampopo (1985) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
タンポポ
7.9 (7 ratings) director: Jūzō Itami actor: Tsutomu Yamazaki / Nobuko Miyamoto
other title: タンポポ
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
子連れ狼 子を貸し腕貸しつかまつる
director: Kenji Misumi actor: Tomisaburō Wakayama / Fumio Watanabe
other title: Lobo Solitário 1: A Espada da Vingança / Okami - Das Schwert der Rache
Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro.
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
赤穂城断絶
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Sonny Chiba
other title: A Queda do Castelo Ako / Last of the Ako Clan
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
座頭市血笑旅
director: Kenji Misumi actor: Shintarō Katsu / Nobuo Kaneko
other title: Combatti, Zatoichi, combatti! / La Légende de Zatoïchi, Vol. 08 : Voyage meurtrier
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child.
The Third Ninja (1964) [Movie] TMDB
第三の忍者
director: Toshikazu Kono actor: Kotaro Satomi / Kôji Nanbara
other title: 第三の忍者
Three Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga.
Revenge (1964) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
仇討
director: Tadashi Imai actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Takahiro Tamura
other title: La Vengeance / Venganza de sangre
An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The situation snowballs out of control, leading to a deadly duel and political fallout which threatens the entire clan. Declared mentally unstable by the corrupt authority, Shinpachi begins his descent into true insanity…
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
仁義なき戦い 広島死闘篇
other title: Battles Without Honor and Humanity - Deadly Fight in Hiroshima / Combat sans code d'honneur 2 : Qui sera le boss à Hiroshima ?
Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono, and the other yakuza into a new round of bloodshed.
Silence (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
沈黙 SILENCE
director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: David Lampson / Mako
other title: 沈黙 SILENCE / Silencio
Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.
Village of Eight Gravestones (1977) [Movie] TMDB Douban
八つ墓村
director: Yoshitaro Nomura actor: Kenichi Hagiwara / Mayumi Ogawa
other title: 八つ墓村 / Village of the Eight Tombs
The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure (1964) [Movie] TMDB
眠狂四郎勝負
director: Kenji Misumi actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Kōichi Aihara
other title: 眠狂四郎勝負 / Nemuri Kyoshiro 2: Shôbu
Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending the shogunate's tightfisted financial adviser, Asahina, who's earned the wrath of the shogun's self-indulgent daughter for cutting off her allowance. The enraged princess promptly hatches a scheme to have Asahina bumped off -- along with his protector, Kyoshiro. Shiho Fujimura also stars in this installment of the enormously popular film series.
The Christian Revolt (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
天草四郎時貞
director: Nagisa Ōshima actor: Hashizo Okawa / Ryutaro Otomo
other title: 天草四郎時貞 / Le Révolté
In the year 1637 in Shimabara of Tokugawa-era Japan, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of a charismatic Christian rebel leader Shiro Amakusa.