Hideo Murota — Actor (62)
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB NeoDB WikiData
戦場のメリークリスマス
7.9 (9 ratings) director: Nagisa Ōshima actor: David Bowie / Tom Conti …
other title: Furyo / Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence …
Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.
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Hiruko the Goblin (1991) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB
ヒルコ 妖怪ハンター
director: 冢本晋也 actor: 竹中直人 / 泽田研二 …
other title: ヒルコ／妖怪ハンター / Hiruko the goblin …
A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission. He beheads students in order to assemble their heads on the demons' spider-like bodies. Hieda, an archaeology professor, and Masao, a haunted student, investigate the gory deaths and eventually battle Hiruko.
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Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban
女囚701号さそり
director: Shunya Ito actor: Meiko Kaji / Rie Yokoyama …
other title: Prisioneira #701: Escorpiã / Sasori – Scorpion …
After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cahoots with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
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死而无憾 (1992) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
死んでもいい
director: 石井隆 actor: 大竹忍 / 永濑正敏 …
other title: 死んでもいい / Original Sin
四处流浪的青年平野信（永瀬正敏 饰）在某地邂逅风韵犹存的少妇土屋名美（大竹しのぶ 饰），平野为其所吸引，于是尾随来到一家商铺门前。这是一家小型的房屋中介所，由名美及其丈夫土屋英树（室田日出男 饰）共同经营。执著的平野为了接近名美，于是请求英树留在这里工作。
此后的日子里，两人的关系平平淡淡，波澜不惊。某个夏日的雨天，名美到一处房产寻找平野，结果两人发生关系，并险些被英树撞破。数日后，房屋中介所进行假日旅行，喝得醉醺醺英树四处寻找妻子，最终在温泉浴场看见平野和名美一丝不挂地泡在池中洗澡。英树恼羞成怒，赶走了平野。自此之后，平野蜗居在河边的一个小工厂里工作，当他和名美再次相遇时，心中已对英树产生了杀意……
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A Night in Nude (1993) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB
ヌードの夜
director: 石井隆 actor: 竹中直人 / 余贵美子 …
other title: ヌードの夜 / 裸体之夜 …
Jiro is a Tokyo man who offers a stand-in service where he'll do "anything". A woman claiming to be from Fukuoka wants to be shown around Tokyo and see the sights. What Jiro doesn't know is that this woman isn't who she says she is. She's on the run from her Yakuza boyfriend, and Jiro is going to be unwittingly entwined in the situation.
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Sympathy for the Underdog (1971) [Movie] WikiData NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
博徒外人部隊
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Koji Tsuruta / Tomisaburō Wakayama …
other title: Guerre des gangs à Okinawa / 博徒外人部隊 …
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.
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Cops vs. Thugs (1975) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB WikiData Min reol IMDb Douban
県警対組織暴力
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Bunta Sugawara / Tatsuo Umemiya …
other title: Police contre Syndicat du crime / 県警対組織暴力 …
When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the acting boss of the Ohara gang also has his eyes on the property and recruits crooked detective Tokumatsu Kuno to help him hijack the deal. With relations between the rival gangs at breaking point, it's not long before all-out war breaks out as the gangsters, police and local politicians battle for control of the city.
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The Island Closest to Heaven (1984) [Movie] TMDB
天国にいちばん近い島
director: Nobuhiko Obayashi actor: Tomoyo Harada / Miyoko Akaza …
other title: 天国にいちばん近い島
A Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia in search of the fabled "island closest to heaven" that her late father had told her about.
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A Fugitive from the Past (1965) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
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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Wolf Guy (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
ウルフガイ 燃えろ狼男
director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi actor: Sonny Chiba / Kyōsuke Machida …
other title: Wolfguy / ウルフガイ 燃えろ狼男 …
Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabaret singer, corrupt politicians, and a plot by the J-CIA to harvest his blood in order to steal his lycanthropic powers.
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Doberman Cop (1977) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
ドーベルマン刑事
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Sonny Chiba / Janet Hatta …
other title: Detective Doberman / ドーベルマン刑事
Joji Kano is a loose cannon cop from backwoods Okinawa, sent to Tokyo to investigate the grizzly murder of an Okinawa woman. As he probes deeper into the sleazy world of flesh-peddling, talent agency corruption and mob influence, Kano uncovers the shocking truth.
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Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
女必殺拳　危機一発
director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi actor: Etsuko Shihomi / Tamayo Mitsukawa …
other title: 女必殺拳　危機一発 / Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a thread …
Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into the nubile buttocks of Chinese prostitutes. Koryu's older sister, working as a jewelry designer, is secretly, if unhappily, involved with the gangsters.
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Karate for Life (1977) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
空手バカ一代
director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi actor: Sonny Chiba / Hideo Murota …
other title: 空手バカ一代 / Karate Baka Ichidai
The last of the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy. Oyama takes a job as a professional wrestler in Okinawa, but when he discovers that he is expected to take a dive, he quits in disgust. However, when a friend finds herself in desperate need of medical supplies, Oyama steps back in the ring to raise the money—but will he be able to follow the script this time?
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Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972) [Movie] WikiData TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb
女囚さそり 第41雑居房
director: Shunya Ito actor: Meiko Kaji / Fumio Watanabe …
other title: Sasori – Jailhouse 41 / Elle s'appelait Scorpion …
After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
新仁義なき戦い
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Bunta Sugawara / Hiroki Matsukata …
other title: 新仁義なき戦い / Nouveau combat sans code d'honneur 1
Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honorable way out.
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Violent Streets (1974) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
暴力街
director: Hideo Gosha actor: Noboru Andō / Akira Kobayashi …
other title: Quartier violent / 暴力街 …
With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence.
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If You Were Young: Rage (1970) [Movie] TMDB
君が若者なら
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Tetsuo Ishidate / Gin Maeda …
other title: 君が若者なら / Si tu étais jeune
If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the boom. We follow a group of young men that can't seem to get ahead, despite their willingness to try. Then one hits upon a plane - to work together to save for a dump truck and thus become independent contractors and be their own bosses at last. Ultimately life presents obstacles: jail for one, violence at the hands of the police for another and a girlfriend and subsequent children for the third. An early Kinji Fukasaku gem that imports the freewheeling style of the French New Wave and the hip detachment of American noir.
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Talk of the Town Tora-san (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: Elle court, elle court la rumeur / 男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎 …
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed when a beautiful lady starts working at Toraya.
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Yakuza Graveyard (1976) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData IMDb TMDB
やくざの墓場　くちなしの花
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Tetsuya Watari / Meiko Kaji …
other title: やくざの墓場　くちなしの花 / Tombe de yakuza et fleur de gardénia …
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.
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Black Angel (1998) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
黒の天使 Vol.1
director: Takashi Ishii actor: Riona Hazuki / Reiko Takashima …
other title: 黒の天使 Vol.1 / Black Angels
Tokyo is a dark technopolis, a city of faceless chrome and cold marble. It is ruled by Nogi, a yakuza boss specializing in drugs and murder. He gained absolute power by executing the former boss and marrying his daughter, Chiaki. Only the mysterious Ikko, Chiaki's half-sister threatens him. Inspired by a legendary hit-woman, Ikko calls herself the Black Angel and plans to wash away her father's murderer with a deluge of blood.