Kenji Imai — Actor (68)
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Police Precinct: Backing Investigation (1963) [Movie] TMDB
警視庁物語 ウラ付け捜査
director: Hajime Sato actor: Yūji Hori / Tokue Hanazawa …
other title: 警視庁物語 ウラ付け捜査
A man confessed to killing a woman in a labyrinth 2 years ago. The detectives must now conduct a "backing investigation" to determine whether his confession is true, because the law states that a confession alone is not enough to make the case. The 20nd work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.
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Police Precinct Part 12 (1960) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
警視庁物語　深夜便一三〇列車
director: Masuichi Iizuka actor: Yūji Hori / Kenji Imai …
other title: 警視庁物語　深夜便一三〇列車
In a corner of a warehouse at Shiodome Station, a alumni trunk, is found with the terrible smell of decay. The dead body of a woman is inside. Since the trunk was shipped from Osaka Tennoji Station, the murder investigation headquarters were established in Tokyo and Osaka
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Eight Men to Kill (1972) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
賞金首 一瞬八人斬り
director: Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Tomisaburō Wakayama / Minoru Ōki …
other title: Bounty Hunter 3: Eight Men to Kill / 賞金首 一瞬八人斬り …
The third movie following the exploits of bounty hunter Shikoro Ichibei. The theft of almost a half ton of gold from the shogunate's official mine threatens to bankrupt the government of Japan. Despite a desperate search the gold has not been found, causing officials of the Tokugawa bakufu to call on their most skillful secret agent, Shikoro Ichibei.
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Yakuza of the Present (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
現代任侠史
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Ken Takakura / Meiko Kaji …
other title: 現代任侠史
In the roaring 1970s, a man who has left the world of the yakuza to become the owner of a sushi restaurant decides to rise up again when he sees his former family being overrun by a modern yakuza group from the Kansai region.
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A Fishwife's Tale (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
魚河岸の女石松
director: Eiichi Kudō actor: Hibari Misora / Hitomi Nakahara …
other title: 魚河岸の女石松
Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological father who has fallen victim to an evil plot orchestrated by those who would take over his successful business.
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The Gambler's Counterattack (1971) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
博徒斬り込み隊
director: Junya Satō actor: Koji Tsuruta / Tomisaburō Wakayama …
other title: 博徒斬り込み隊
Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still respect him. So he becomes a consultant to another gang who are about to be clobbered by a much larger gang moving in from out of town. Aiba proves a crafty tactician, and does very well at playing gangs off against each other in order to save the smaller gang. His advice is not always taken by those he tries to help, but he is generally proved right.
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Glorious Fights (1966) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
地獄の掟に明日はない
director: Yasuo Furuhata actor: Ken Takakura / Rentaro Mikuni …
other title: Il n'y a pas de lendemain dans les lois de l'enfer / 地獄の掟に明日はない
A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor. He fiercely battles violent elements in southern Japan like there is no tomorrow.
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Peanuts (1996) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
ピイナッツ 落華星
director: Takashi Miike actor: Riki Takeuchi / Koyo Maeda …
other title: Rakkasei: Piinattsu / ピイナッツ 落華星
Two mysterious tough guys infuriate a local gang after helping an elderly grocery store owner with his debts by robbing a yakuza organised gambling den.
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Taking the Castle (1965) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
城取り
director: Toshio Masuda actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Minoru Chiaki …
other title: 城取り / Taking The Castle
The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near. Only one man was brave enough to stand in Ieyasu's way - A lone wolf samurai by the name of Kagekatsu Uesugi. Inspired by Uesugi's courage to revolt, a young samurai warrior, Touzou Kuruma decides to join the fight. Their target: the Tamonyama Castle.
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Code Between Brothers: All New (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
新兄弟仁義
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Saburo Kitajima / Kenji Imai …
other title: 新兄弟仁義
When the boss of the Nakano Family decides to retire and makes a loyal follower the new boss instead of his own son, it causes strife in the family. Sides are taken and lines are drawn. Meanwhile, a rival family with a land dispute with the Nakano starts pulling strings behind the scenes...