Masayuki Mori — Actor (14)

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Devil's Gold (1950)
魔の黄金 IMDb TMDB
Senkichi Taniguchi actor: Masayuki Mori / Jūkichi Uno …
other title: 魔の黄金
The protagonist descends from the mountains with a huge amount of panned gold dust. Upon learning of his wealth, all sorts of people, driven by greed and a desire to get their hands on his money, immediately begin to gravitate toward him.

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Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)
續 姿三四郎
Akira Kurosawa actor: Denjirō Ōkōchi / Susumu Fujita …
other title: Sanshiro Sugata 2 / A Saga do Judo 2 …
A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his discipline against an American prizefighter and later facing vengeful karate brothers. As rival schools and public spectacle push him toward violence, he must reconcile strength with restraint and the true spirit of his art.

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The Idiot (1951)
白痴
Akira Kurosawa actor: Setsuko Hara / Masayuki Mori …
other title: L'idiota / O Idiota …
A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry Hokkaidō and is pulled into a volatile tangle of love and pity between the disgraced Taeko Nasu, the proud Ayako, and his possessive friend Akama. Kameda’s saintly compassion exposes everyone’s wounds, steering the quartet toward jealousy, violence, and inexorable tragedy. Adapted from Dostoevsky’s novel.

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I've Heard the Ammonite Murmur (1992)
アンモナイトのささやきを聞いた IMDb TMDB
Isao Yamada actor: Kenzō Saeki / Hiroko Ishimaru …
other title: アンモナイトのささやきを聞いた
A young geologist is traveling by train to visit his sister in the countryside after having received a mysterious letter from her.

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Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
座頭市あばれ火祭り
Kenji Misumi actor: Shintarō Katsu / Tatsuya Nakadai …
other title: The Festival of Fire / La Légende de Zatoïchi, Vol. 21 : Le Shogun de l'ombre …
The blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a jealous husband bent on revenge. Zatoichi tours Edo's underground via a rousing onsen fight scene, gambling houses and the gender-bending character of Umeji, before a final, flame-filled conflagration.

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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)
武士道残酷物語
Tadashi Imai actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Ineko Arima …
other title: Bushido / Bushido - Schwur der Gehorsamkeit …
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.

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The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1952)
虎の尾を踏む男達 IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
Akira Kurosawa actor: Denjirō Ōkōchi / Susumu Fujita …
other title: Gli uomini che mettono il piede sulla coda della tigre / De, som træder på tigerens hale …
Yoshitsune Minamoto, disguised with his retinue as monks, must make do with a comical porter as their guide through hostile territory en route to safety.

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The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
悪い奴ほどよく眠る
other title: I cattivi dormono in pace / O Mal Dorme Bem …
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.

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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
女が階段を上る時
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other title: Quando una donna sale le scale / Quando Uma Mulher Sobe as Escadas …
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.

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Ugetsu (1953)
雨月物語
Kenji Mizoguchi actor: Machiko Kyō / Mitsuko Mito …
other title: I racconti della luna pallida d'agosto / En bleg og mystisk månes fortælling efter regnen …
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.