Norifumi Suzuki — Playwright (49)
The Protector (1966) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
のれん一代 女侠
other title: のれん一代 女侠
Mine, the only daughter of Kiyagen, is faced with running the family's timber business when her father falls ill. Under a great deal of pressure to continue the five generation long run of the business, Mine is put to the ultimate test when a former gangster sets his sights on closing her down.
Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man (1964) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
車夫遊侠伝 喧嘩辰
other title: L'indomptable d'Edo / 車夫遊侠伝 喧嘩辰
Richshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha, and throws her into the river. But later, he falls in love with her. Yasaburo, the oyabun of the Nishikawa Gang, loves her very much too. However, as he likes Tatsu's dynamic personality, he volunteers to become a go-between for their marriage. Yasaburo gets tipped off by Yajima who wants to take over the territory of the Nishikawa Gang, and is arrested and imprisoned. After his release, Yajima tries to kill him. Ginjiro, a lover of Tamaryu respects Kimiyakko as an older sister and a follower of Tatsu, is murdered. After the third marriage ceremony just between Tatsu and Kimiyakko, Tatsu goes off to the place of fighting.
Giant Rumble (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Ôdeiri
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!
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
緋牡丹博徒 お命戴きます
director: Tai Katō actor: Sumiko Fuji / Tomisaburō Wakayama
other title: Lady Yakuza 7 - Prépare-toi à mourir ! / Lady Yakuza Red Peony Gambler 7: Here to kill you
The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red Peony began her soul-searching journey after her father was killed. In her travels, she meets villagers whose crops and livelihoods are being destroyed by pollution from a local factory. They seem to work out an agreement, but Oryu must help the poor villagers when the greedy factory owner and corrupt politicians betray them…
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
緋牡丹博徒 花札勝負
director: Tai Katō actor: Sumiko Fuji / Ken Takakura
other title: Lady Yakuza 3 - Le jeu des fleurs / Lady Yakuza Red Peony Gambler 3: The Flowers Cards Game
The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu’s life as she seals her femininity with a red peony tattoo and lives in world of chivalry and honor of the yakuza. This story takes place in the middle of the Meiji era in Nagoya. Oryu is wandering the country, training herself to reinstate her family name. With a written recommendation from Kumatora, she appears at the door of the Nishinomaru family. At the same time, the family is preparing for the gambling competition at the Netsuda Shrine Festival, which they have been hosting for generations. Meanwhile, the crooked Kinbara family is plotting to take over the competition. And now Oryu is forced to get involved in the struggle…
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
緋牡丹博徒 鉄火場列伝
other title: Lady Yakuza 5 - Chronique des joueurs / Lady Yakuza Red Peony Gambler 5: Biographies of a Gambling Room
Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey after the death of her father. After collecting her sickly follower from jail, she is taken in by a fishing village. Feeling indebted to their generosity, she stays to work for the village and promises to leave her yakuza ways behind. When a dispute breaks out for the gambling rights to a local festival, the villagers are harassed by a gang of thugs. When the harassment turns violent, Oryu must decide wither to keep her promise or protect the villagers.
Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
緋牡丹博徒 二代目襲名
other title: Lady Yakuza 4 - L'Héritière / Lady Yakuza Red Peony Gambler 4: Second Generation Ceremony
The industrial revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to clashes between boatmen, who livelihoods are threatened, and the railroad construction workers. Oryu the Red Peony returns to her home in Kumamoto to accept her position as second generation leader of the Yano Family. But the ceremony is interrupted by fighting between local boatmen and railroad works. And it seems a rival family is pulling the strings behind the clashes.
Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group (1973) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
恐怖女子高校 不良悶絶グループ
director: Seiko Shimura actor: Reiko Ike / Yûko Kanô
other title: Terrifying Girls' High School 3 : Delinquent Convulsion Group / 恐怖女子高校 不良悶絶グループ
A nasty schoolgirl does what she pleases, under the protection of her father, who is the school principal. Another girl is not so nasty, but she is determined and tough enough to contest the girl's gang in a democratic vote - and win. That causes her trouble in school, just when her own father, who owns a truck transport company, is murdered in a fake car accident by an American mobster. Before the girl can react, her naive mother has signed over the company to the mobster, and accepted him as her lover. Repentant, the mother starts drinking, and the good schoolgirl ties up with a halfbreed young man, who also has a grudge against Americans. He starts spying on the gangsters, discovers they are dealing in drugs, but is killed before he can report it. The good girl will lead her team in a desperation assault on the mobsters - and the police will eventually arrive just in time for the showdown.
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack (1971) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
女番長ブルース 牝蜂の逆襲
director: Norifumi Suzuki actor: Reiko Ike / Yukie Kagawa
other title: 女番長ブルース 牝蜂の逆襲 / El contraataque de la abeja reina
In the 1970s, the Japanese youth emancipation also found its way into the yakuza (crime) societies. A Girl Boss may have a choice between bikes, and between boyfriends. But she has to defend her choices the hard way, as her triumph and power over the girls' gang is questioned by her female rivals, and the all powerful Yakuza Boss. She inspires loyalty to her girls, and to men to the extent of many of them literally giving their lives for her - in a world of knife and gun fighting, bike and car chasing, and violent death.
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me (1975) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
トラック野郎 御意見無用
other title: トラック野郎 御意見無用
The first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventures of two truck drivers. Momojiro and his best friend Kinzo take to the road on their cargo trucks impressing each other with their skills in driving fast and evading the police while transporting commodities throughout the country. Chance encounters with people along the way help them to come to terms with events clouding their past and offer them a shot at redemption.
Girl Boss Blues - Queen Bee's Challenge (1972) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
女番長ブルース 牝蜂の挑戦
director: Norifumi Suzuki actor: Reiko Ike / Chiyoko Kazama
other title: Queen Bee's Challenge / 女番長ブルース 牝蜂の挑戦
When two Girl Bosses fight each other over territory, their enmity is difficult to solve - they are equals in looks, strength, determination, and power of their respective girl gangs. So, the way is open to a mischievous Yakuza Boss who invites them for a peaceful way to decide their feud: a sexual challenge for him to decide who is the better Girl Boss. Trapped, both are subject to the man's lust and sadistic assaults. They escape by joining forces against the yakuza gang, though it costs one of the young women her life - when she was friends already with her former enemy.
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation (1968) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
緋牡丹博徒 一宿一飯
director: Norifumi Suzuki actor: Sumiko Fuji / Bin Amatsu
other title: Lady Yakuza 2 - La règle du jeu / Lady Yakuza Red Peony Gambler 2: Gambler's Obligation
A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at his residence. When a rival yakuza gang, who wants to take over the town’s businesses, murders him, Oryu is obliged to protect his children and business.
Turtle Geisha (1972) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
温泉スッポン芸者
director: Norifumi Suzuki actor: Miki Sugimoto / Emi Jo
other title: Hot Springs Kiss Geisha / 温泉スッポン芸者
Natsuko is so good at using that super-strong vagina of hers that she can fuck guys to death. In the end, she’s pitted against a sexual superman and a showdown ensues. There’s also a subplot about a mad scientist type who needs vaginal juices to create a potion designed to turn Japanese girls black.
The Wild Trucker (1975) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
トラック野郎 爆走一番星
other title: Truck Rascals 2: The Wild Trucker / トラック野郎 爆走一番星
The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help bring home the father of two young children in time to celebrate New Year’s together.
Kabamaru the Ninja Boy (1983) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
伊賀野カバ丸
other title: 伊賀野カバ丸
Kabamaru is a young boy raised and trained by his grandfather as a ninja. After the sudden death of his grandfather, he starts living with Mai, his grandfather’s mistress, who is a school director. He is asked to help out on struggles against other schools, as he is master of the ninja mystical arts. As time passes he will make lots of friends as well as enemies, and fall in love with Mai.