Yoshi Katō — Actor (110)
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Tampopo (1985)
タンポポ
★ 8.3 (11 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.
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Ninja, A Band of Assassins (1962) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
忍びの者
director: Satsuo Yamamoto actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Reiko Fujiwara …
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.
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A Fugitive from the Past (1965)
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.
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The Mad Fox (1962) WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
恋や恋なすな恋
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Hashizo Ōkawa / Michiko Saga …
other title: La renarde folle / 恋や恋なすな恋 …
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.
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Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
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.
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八甲田山 (1977) 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。
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The Demon (1978)
鬼畜
director: 野村芳太郎 actor: Shima Iwashita / 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.
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Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
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.