Yoshi Katō — Actor (111)
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Giant Rumble (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Ôdeiri
director: Kōsaku Yamashita actor: Hashizo Ōkawa / Tetsuro Tamba …
other title: Ôdeiri
In this gritty tale of gamblers battling in the samurai era, Okawa Hashizo gives perhaps his greatest performance as a gambler returning to his home town. Swearing allegiance to his fiancée’s father, a decent boss, he had taken to the road after a gang fight until things cooled down. While honing his sword skills in his travels, everything in the town had changed and he descended into a virtual hell of violence. Opponents were being slaughtered by a former samurai ‘Bodyguard’ played by Tanba Tetsuro at the height of his amazing career. While these two master swordsmen are fated to meet, before that can even happen they must survive one of the longest, bloodiest swordfights in movie history!
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An Ode to Yakuza (1970) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
やくざ絶唱
director: Yasuzō Masumura actor: Shintarō Katsu / Naoko Ohtani …
other title: Ode Au Yakuza / やくざ絶唱 …
Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending her to college and turning her into a perfect young lady. He's extremely fond of Akane. His fondness for her goes beyond how he feels about his mistress, Kanae. And yet, Akane feels alone. Now, a new tutor comes into her life that seems to have taken a liking to her...
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Tale of Japanese Burglars (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
にっぽん泥棒物語
director: Satsuo Yamamoto actor: Rentaro Mikuni / Yūnosuke Itō …
other title: Les Contes du voleur japonais / にっぽん泥棒物語
Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some communists are found guilty of causing the incident, but he knows it wasn't them. He can save innocent people but for that he must confess his own crime.
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The Navy (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
海軍
director: Shinji Murayama actor: Kinya Kitaoji / Sonny Chiba …
other title: 海軍
A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his best friend Shinji to join him. As it turns out, however, Takao's poor health prevents him from entering the navy while his friend is chosen instead. As time goes by, Takao becomes a painter and changes his mind about the meaningfulness of war and fighting, while his friend goes the opposite path. Meanwhile Takao's sister falls in love with Shinji.
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Fight of the Gamblers (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
男の紋章　風雲双つ竜
director: Akinori Matsuo actor: Hideki Takahashi / Masako Izumi …
other title: 男の紋章　風雲双つ竜
Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his misdeeds. At home, when his mother, the boss of a construction gang, bids for and gets the job of building the Town Hall, other gangs set out to disrupt her business and try to kill her.
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Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
ファンキーハットの快男児　２千万円の腕
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Sonny Chiba / Hitomi Nakahara …
other title: Le Type au drôle de chapeau : Le Bras de vingt millions de yens / ファンキーハットの快男児　２千万円の腕 …
Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba returns as the reckless son of a private detective takes on the case of a minor league baseball pitcher who disappears right before signing a contract into the major leagues. Meanwhile, the body of an orthopedist is discovered in the river.
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Man with the Funky Hat (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
ファンキーハットの快男児
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Sonny Chiba / Hitomi Nakahara …
other title: Le Type au drôle de chapeau / ファンキーハットの快男児 …
Ichiro (Chiba) is a scrappy little sport in a big car and funny hat always looking for some fun and some extra cash on the side. He and his friends get themselves involved in some shady business dealings involving a kidnapping.
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Immortal Love (1961) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
永遠の人
director: 木下惠介 actor: 高峰秀子 / 仲代达矢 …
other title: 永远的人 / 永遠の人 …
A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through three decades of bitter conflict which engulfs their children and those around them.
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Zero Focus (1961) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
ゼロの焦点
director: Yoshitarō Nomura actor: Yoshiko Kuga / Hizuru Takachiho …
other title: Le Foyer zéro / ゼロの焦点 …
One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, and along the way discovers some surprising facts about her husband's past. With only a pair of old photographs among his belongings to go off of, Teiko tries to figure out what has happened to him.
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The Beast Shall Die (1974) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
野獣死すべし 復讐のメカニック
director: Eizō Sugawa actor: Hiroshi Fujioka / Toshio Kurosawa …
other title: 野獣死すべし 復讐のメカニック
Kunihiko Date, a young criminal genius, puts a perfect crime plan into action to take revenge on the men who once drove his father to ruin.