Kōji Takada — Playwright (88)
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Yakuza Ladies 3 (1989) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
極道の妻たち　三代目姐
director: Yasuo Furuhata actor: Yoshiko Mita / Rino Katase …
other title: 極道の妻たち　三代目姐
Upon the passing of the Sakanishi Clan’s boss, a fierce battle between his wife Hazuki and his disciple Terada breaks out. Will Hazuki be able to assume her husband’s position as the head of the established yakuza clan?
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Yakuza Ladies 2 (1987) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
極道の妻たちII
director: Tōru Dobashi actor: Rino Katase / Yukiyo Toake …
other title: 極道の妻たちII
Yuki, the wife of a leading member of the Domoto family, must assume her husband’s role as a yakuza boss while he serves out a prison sentence. As she grows into her new role, she manages to assert control and increase the influence of her organization. But when her husband is released from prison, she finds him a changed man, lacking the character necessary to be a powerful yakuza leader. Conflict ensues and their marriage is challenged by a desire for power.
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Another Battle (2000) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
新・仁義なき戦い。
director: Junji Sakamoto actor: Etsushi Toyokawa / Tomoyasu Hotei …
other title: Shin Jinginaki Tatakai / 新・仁義なき戦い。 …
Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with a distaste for crime gangs. When a yakuza boss dies, a struggle for his position takes place between Kaneo's boss Awano and the young Nakahira. Nakahira's men try to extort money from Masatatsu, bringing him in between a yakuza battle.
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Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty (1972) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
緋牡丹博徒　仁義通します
director: Buichi Saitō actor: Sumiko Fuji / Bunta Sugawara …
other title: Lady Yakuza 8 - Le code Yakuza / Lady Yakuza Red Peony Gambler 8: Execution of duty …
The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an ally family and promised her that she would help guide the new Boss. Meanwhile a turf war breaks out. When the family is betrayed from within and the rival family becomes violent, Oryu takes things into her own hands…
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Never Give Up (1978) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
野性の証明
director: Junya Satō actor: Ken Takakura / Ryoko Nakano …
other title: Survie en pleine nature / 野性の証明
Special forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted daughter, Yoriko: the sole survival of a bloodbath for which he is responsible. Years later, Ajisawa is forced to return to the scene of the tragedy for his new job as a claims adjuster where he is subsequently arrested for his suspected involvement. But the threat of jail time is the least of his worries as his former organization comes gunning for him.
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Silk Hat Boss (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
シルクハットの大親分
director: Norifumi Suzuki actor: Tomisaburō Wakayama / Sumiko Fuji …
other title: シルクハットの大親分
In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series starring Wakayama Tomisaburo as everybody's favorite character Boss Kumatora from the Red Peony Gambler series. Having made a fortune in the Russo-Japanese War, the Kumatora Family migrates to Kyushu to take on a military-related job. There they encounter the evil and malicious interference of the Chindai family of Kumamoto, and Boss Kumatora boldly fights back with the help of O'Ryu the Red Peony. A super entertaining film with non-stop comedy and action directed by Suzuki Norifumi.
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The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers (1973) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
まむしの兄弟　恐喝三億円
director: Norifumi Suzuki actor: Bunta Sugawara / Tamio Kawachi …
other title: まむしの兄弟　恐喝三億円
Upon his release from prison, Masa (Bunta Sugawara) is disappointed to not be picked up by his brother Katsu (Tamio Kawaji). After hitching a ride on a bus full of old women, Masa finds out that Katsu tried to fake a car accident and get some money for Masa to live on after prison. Together, the two decide to blackmail the woman (Yoko Horikoshi) who hit Katsu, who happens to be the daughter of a rich company president (Seizaburo Kawazu). 6th film in a series of 8.
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Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
関東テキヤ一家 天王寺の決斗
director: Norifumi Suzuki actor: Bunta Sugawara / Gorō Ibuki …
other title: 関東テキヤ一家 天王寺の決斗
The third film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. Sugawara still plays the same Kanto street peddler, who this time ventures to Osaka where he defends a blind girl at a street market. The area is targeted by rotten yakuza (Asao Koike and Tatsuo Endo), who have lured local senior female boss (Nijiko Kiyokawa’s) rebellious but not entirely indecent son Goro Ibuki to their side.
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The Red Silk Gambler (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
緋ぢりめん博徒
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Eiko Nakamura / Reiko Ike …
other title: Hijirimen bakuto / 緋ぢりめん博徒
With her first love that unfolded in the battlefield in her heart, and with a short sword and a pillbox as her weapons, female gambler Okatsu the Tiger Lily travels from gambling site to gambling site. Surrounding her are Omon, an outlaw star blind lone gambler; Onaka, a thief who’s after Okatsu to avenge her father’s death; Ohide, a tattoo artist whose back is covered by a dragon tattoo; and Oryu, a young girl sold as a prostitute to a gambling family.