Akinori Matsuo — Director (34)
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Asiapol Secret Service (1966) [Movie] TMDB
アジア秘密警察
director: Akinori Matsuo actor: Hideaki Nitani / Joe Shishido …
other title: アジア秘密警察
A major international action film filmed on location in Hong Kong, depicting the activities of Asian Interpol, the Asian branch of a secret police organization that pursues global criminal organizations.
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Gambling Code and Feuds (1977) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
仁義と抗争
director: Akinori Matsuo actor: Hiroki Matsukata / Joe Shishido …
other title: 仁義と抗争 / Gambling Code And Feuds …
It is the first Toei yakuza film directed by Akinori Matsuo, who was active in Nikkatsu action movies. It is a local yakuza movie made following Okinawa Yakuza War (1976) and Hokuriku Proxy War (1977). The film depicts the war between a storied yakuza killer (Hiroki Matsukata) and the largest organized crime group in the Kansai region, which plans to advance into the Kanto region.
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The Reckless One (1967) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
命しらずのあいつ
director: Akinori Matsuo actor: Akira Kobayashi / Bonta Tōkyō …
other title: 命しらずのあいつ
Kosuke Suzuki returns to Hakata's hometown after learning that his best friend Takehara has disappeared. Kosuke is persistently hindered by Hasebe from Omura Sangyo. Kosuke's partner Kumagoro investigates and finds out that Hasebe, who killed the head of the Muraoka clan, made Takehara disappear in order to keep him silent. The third film in the series.
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The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn (1982) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
素浪人罷り通る 血煙りの宿
director: Akinori Matsuo actor: Toshirō Mifune / Noriko Sengoku …
other title: 素浪人罷り通る 血煙りの宿
After saving a young Lord from an assassination attempt the Lowly Ronin finds that he is now a wanted man! Accused of being a thief by those that tried to kill the young Lord he must now clear himself of the accusations. Befriended by an old woman, she then attempts to use him for her own designs.
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In Tears (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
泣かせるぜ
director: Akinori Matsuo actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Ruriko Asaoka …
other title: 泣かせるぜ
Hiroshi is the second officer on board the Hakuromaru. Lead by his captain, he heads out to town to recruit new crew members for their next voyage. Hiroshi is baffled when his captain approaches the Daigo-Kuroshiomaru crew, a notorious group nicknamed "the hoodlums of the sea". Their offer is greeted with scoffs and quickly turned down.
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Dice and Swords (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
遊侠三国志　鉄火の花道
director: Akinori Matsuo actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Hideki Takahashi …
other title: 遊侠三国志　鉄火の花道
The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything is being rebuilt from the ground up. Odera crime syndicate saw this as an opportunity to expand its territory. The Odera boss arranges marriage between his daughter Orin (Ruriko Asaoka) and the son of notorious Gyotoku clan, but Orin’s heart belonged to Shinjiro (Yujiro Ishihara), a member of her father’s clan.
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Asia-Pol (1967) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
亚洲秘密警探
director: Akinori Matsuo actor: Fang Ying / Jimmy Wang Yu …
other title: Mr. Kugelblitz schlägt zu / Asia-pol …
Yang Ming Xuan intercepts a truckload of contraband, but the criminals stage a brazen helicopter attack, ruthlessly eliminating their own operatives and destroying most of the shipment before it can be confiscated. In the process, Ming Xuan's partner is killed, and the young agent is brought to the unwelcome attention of the leader of the smuggling operation.
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The Okinawa War of Ten Years (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
沖縄10年戦争
director: Akinori Matsuo actor: Hiroki Matsukata / Sonny Chiba …
other title: 沖縄10年戦争
After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza prospered. But when Okinawa is returned to Japan, the mainland yakuza tries to take over; the local yakuza tries to compete. Now sides are drawn among the local yakuza guys who used to be best friends since their childhood, and brother fights brother. It results in the biggest yakuza war in Okinawa.
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Fight of the Gamblers (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
男の紋章　風雲双つ竜
director: Akinori Matsuo actor: Hideki Takahashi / Masako Izumi …
other title: 男の紋章　風雲双つ竜
Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his misdeeds. At home, when his mother, the boss of a construction gang, bids for and gets the job of building the Town Hall, other gangs set out to disrupt her business and try to kill her.
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The Dragon and the Tiger (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
男の紋章　竜虎無情
director: Akinori Matsuo actor: Hideki Takahashi / Masako Izumi …
other title: 男の紋章　竜虎無情
A young gambler returns from prison to find his gang scattered, and many gone over to his old rival. But their rivalry is not only a matter of gambling. For when he is about to marry the daughter of a police official, the rival again interferes and this time it is a fight to the finish -- the end of his enemy.