Show Aikawa — Actor (96)
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Fukuzawa Yukichi (1991) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
福沢諭吉
director: Shinichiro Sawai actor: Kyôhei Shibata / Takaaki Enoki …
other title: 福沢諭吉
Fukuzawa Yukichi opens a school for samurai, who aim to learn Dutch language, most common for overseas trading. But when he was in Yokohama he learned that English language is one way more global one. His struggle against patriarchal mindset leads his school to become one of the oldest universities in Japan.
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Onibi: The Fire Within (1997) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
鬼火
director: Rokurō Mochizuki actor: Yoshio Harada / Reiko Kataoka …
other title: Onibi - Feuerkreis / 鬼火
After spending over half his life in prison, ex-hitman Kunihiro is determined to go straight. But the shortcomings of the new gangs mean that he is soon having to call on his old-school yakuza talents. And when he falls for Asako, a beautiful piano player, she unknowingly ignites a fire within Kuni that will immolate everything and everybody around him. Regarded by many as his masterpiece, Onibi has all the hallmarks of a Mochizuki film, with the gangster elements tightly compressed and controlled to allow space in which a subdued romance can bloom. Coming from a background in porno cinema, this master of sexual relations injects a fresh passion and tension into the macho world of the yakuza film.
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The Dirty One (1995) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
汚い奴
director: Rokurō Mochizuki actor: Ryuji Harada / Tatsuo Yamada …
other title: 汚い奴
Based on the manga by Satosumi Takaguchi, adapted by Midori Kogane and Hidehiro Ito, and directed by Rokuro Mochizuki, this anti-hero story follows a fallen boxer turned extortionist. Takasu Goro, once forced out of boxing by a fixed match, now runs a front as a private detective while blackmailing targets ranging from students to yakuza bosses. Feared for his ruthless methods, he’s known as “the dirty one”. His intellectually disabled sister Keiko befriends a man named Osho at her favorite riverside spot. When a yakuza executive is killed, Goro tries to extort the boss for 100 million yen—triggering Keiko’s kidnapping.
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The Fox with Gentle Shoulders (1999) [Movie] TMDB
なで肩の狐
director: Takeshi Watanabe actor: Kippei Shiina / Show Aikawa …
other title: なで肩の狐
The former legendary assassin, now living as a bartender after washing his hands of a violent past, unleashes the hidden violence within. Known as the "Fox with Gentle Shoulders" based on his name, Kijou worked as a bartender at a bar run by his childhood friend Reiko. One day, his former comrade Tokumitsu appears, asking him to hold onto something, but Kijou refuses. Tokumitsu has escaped with two hundred million yen from the organization.
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Shura ga Yuku 9 (2000) [Movie] TMDB
修羅がゆく9 北海道進攻作戦
director: Keiichi Ozawa actor: Show Aikawa / Nagare Hagiwara …
other title: 修羅がゆく9 北海道進攻作戦
The 9th series of Violence Action that depicts the battle between this issue and Ino aiming at the top of the gangster society as a unit.
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Organized Violence: Blood for Blood 2 (1999) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
組織暴力 流血の抗争2
director: Yasuharu Hasebe actor: Show Aikawa / Kai Shishido …
other title: 組織暴力 流血の抗争2
After the events of the first part, the fight seemed to stop for a while. However, the enmity between the Udagawa-gumi and the Seishinkai continued to smolder. Maki and Hayase are targeted by an killer, and Hayase's younger brother Ishioka kills the leader of the Udagawa-gumi due to a threat from Miyauchi, the leader of the Seishinkai. And the conflict flares up with renewed vigor.
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Another Battle (2000) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
新・仁義なき戦い。
director: Junji Sakamoto actor: Etsushi Toyokawa / Tomoyasu Hotei …
other title: Shin Jinginaki Tatakai / 新・仁義なき戦い。 …
Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with a distaste for crime gangs. When a yakuza boss dies, a struggle for his position takes place between Kaneo's boss Awano and the young Nakahira. Nakahira's men try to extort money from Masatatsu, bringing him in between a yakuza battle.
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The Peking Man (1997) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
北京原人
director: Junya Satō actor: Naoto Ogata / Show Aikawa …
other title: 北京原人 / Peking Man Who are you?
In 1929 the fossil of a 500,000 year old man is discovered in China. In 1941 the Japanese army confiscates this find, but during the war the remains disappear. Based on these factual events, this movie takes off with a science fiction story involving a space rocket which places a satellite in orbit containing a secret cargo. The satellite crashes on a remote island and footprints are found in the sand leading away from the crash site. A story of how an ancient primitive cave-dwelling family contends with the scientists who want to study them.
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Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1991) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
ネオ チンピラ 続 鉄砲玉ぴゅ～
director: Banmei Takahashi actor: Show Aikawa / Shiori Sakura …
other title: ネオ チンピラ 続 鉄砲玉ぴゅ～
In the sequel to 1990's classic Neo Chinpira, Junko (Sho Aikawa) attempts to take out Kazama and then goes on the run. However, he quickly begins to feel homesick, and returns home to find that almost everything has changed. Noriko is now a bar mama with a lavish lifestyle, Yumeko is nowhere to be found, and his boss (Toru Minegishi) seems to have sinister plans involving Junko and his uncle (Jo Shishido).
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The Informer (1998) [Movie] TMDB
密告（チクリ）　マル暴裏捜査
director: Yoshiho Fukuoka actor: Show Aikawa / Masao Komatsu …
other title: 密告（チクリ）　マル暴裏捜査
Yuzuru, ex-thief 106, combines his skills with those of his former enemy, Detective Onishima, intent on the destruction of a terrible evil that is beyond the reach of the law. Thrills and hardball action as these men become buddies...
Based on the action novel by Azusa Katsume.
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Tokyo Zombie (2005) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
東京ゾンビ
director: Sakichi Sato actor: Tadanobu Asano / Show Aikawa …
other title: 東京ゾンビ / Tóquio Zombie
Two Japanese friends accidentally kill their boss and dump his remains in Black Fuji, a mountain/landfill hybrid. This leads to poor results when the chemicals of the landfill mix with the corpse (and many other corpses) to give rise to a zombie infestation in Tokyo.