Tai Katō — Playwright (16)
Flower and Dragon (1973) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
花と龍・青雲篇、愛憎篇、怒濤篇
director: Tai Katō actor: Tetsuya Watari / Yoshiko Kayama
other title: 花と龍・青雲篇、愛憎篇、怒濤篇
Kingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the Tamai-gumi, a stevedore group, to vie for work with two other powerful groups. Gingo is Tamai's chief rival who falls in love with the latter's wife and tries to kill Tamai.
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2 (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
源氏九郎颯爽記 白狐二刀流
director: Tai Katō actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Satomi Oka
other title: 源氏九郎颯爽記 白狐二刀流
Thanks to a secret message hidden on the two sacred swords Kaen and Suien, the samurai Genji Kurô (Nakamura Kinnosuke) found the hidden treasure of Lord Yoshitsune. When he gives a piece of the treasure to a couple of poor but honest people so they can pay their debts, it attracts the unwanted attention of several dishonest people, such as pirates, greedy merchants and rebels. While the government is fighting a battle for power against rebels and royalists, all want the treasure by any means possible.
Tale of Ninja Duty (1965) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
忍法忠臣蔵
director: Yasuto Hasegawa actor: Tetsuro Tamba / Minoru Ōki
other title: 忍法忠臣蔵 / Ninpō-chushingura
Mumyo Tsunataro killed his betrayed fiance Orie and He flees to Utsunomiya. On his way he happens to saves Chisaka Hyobu's daughter Oyu (She is exactly like Orie) be attacked by ninja. Thus he stays Chisaka's residence in Yonezawa. Chisaka was just trying to stop Forty-seven ronin's revenge against Kira Kozukenosuke by female ninja's sexual entrapment. Chisaka asks Tsunataro to lead female ninja. Tsunataro accepts the request on condition of marriage to Oyu.
Theater Of Life (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
人生劇場 青春・愛欲・残侠篇
director: Tai Katō actor: Muga Takewaki / Jirō Tamiya
other title: 人生劇場 青春・愛欲・残侠篇
Centred on Aonari Hyokichi, a young literary man with aspirations to become a writer, and the surrounding people, including Kira Tsuneo and Tobigashikaku.
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.
Flames of Blood (1981) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
炎のごとく
director: Tai Katō actor: Bunta Sugawara / Mitsuko Baisho
other title: 炎のごとく / Flames Of Blood
​The story follows the chance meeting between Senkichi, a wandering gambler on the run, and Orin, a blind musician who offers him kindness and shelter. As their lives become intertwined, they attempt to find a sense of peace and domesticity while caught in the crossfire of the violent Bakumatsu revolution.
In Search of Mother (1962) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
瞼の母
other title: 瞼の母
Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in Edo (Tokyo), he travels there, intent on finding her and leaving the swordsman's life behind. But a team of rival gangsters is hot on his heels.
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…
The Blossom and the Sword (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
日本侠花伝
director: Tai Katō actor: Hiroko Maki / Tetsuya Watari
other title: 日本侠花伝
Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths with an assassin (Tetsuya Watari). The encounter sends her to jail as a suspected accomplice. Years later she marries a yakuza boss, whose gang is affiliated with working class people.