Tokuzō Tanaka — Director (43)
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A Samurai Never Tells a Lie (1963) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
手討
director: Tokuzō Tanaka actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Yukiko Fuji …
other title: 手討
The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status. Soon, an offer of marriage is brought to Harima. Trying to test his love, Okiku breaks one of the plates of the family treasure of the Aoyama family, but Harima doesn't notice. However, someone surrounding her witnesses the moment Okiku breaks the plate on purpose.
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The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords (1964) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
駿河遊侠傳 破れ鉄火
director: Tokuzō Tanaka actor: Shintarō Katsu / Yukiko Fuji …
other title: 駿河遊侠傳 破れ鉄火
The second film in the "Suruga yukyoden" series, in which Shintaro Katsu plays Jirocho Shimizu. The film features Omasa, Komasa, Ocho, who will become Jirocho's wife, as well as other members of his future family. There is a particularly great swordfight near the end where Katsu and cronies attack the rival villainous yakuza clan to rescue their ailing, elderly boss. The action choreography, cinematography and editing of this sequence is quite brilliant, treading a difficult tightrope act between genuinely goofy antics and exhilirating, bloody violence.
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The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge (1981) [Movie] TMDB
怪盗鼠小僧といれずみ判官
director: Tokuzō Tanaka actor: Ken Ogata / Tomisaburō Wakayama …
other title: 怪盗鼠小僧といれずみ判官
Magistrate Toyama no Kin-san is ordered to catch the phantom thief Nezumi Kozo, who is robbing daimyo and wealthy townspeople. Under the name of Nezumi Kozo, there is a small wholesaler Jiro. And once Toyama and Jiro, when they were young, were comrades who spent all their time gambling and having fun with women in the Yushima Tenjin area...
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Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell (1989) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
子連れ狼
director: Tokuzō Tanaka actor: Hideki Takahashi / Tomisaburō Wakayama …
other title: 子連れ狼
The tale of Ogami Itto and his son Daigoro has come full circle with the greatest sword actor of all time, Wakayama Tomisaburo now playing Lone Wolf's mortal enemy, the evil Lord Yagyu Retsudo, who masterminded Ogami's fall from grace. Brilliant sword actor Takahashi Hideki takes over as the former shogunate decapitator, and his stunning swordsmanship is second to none! The story of Lone Wolf and Child has been told many times, but never before like this. With the magnificent sword skills of Takahashi Hideki as Ogami Itto, the Shogun's Decapitator and Wakayama Tomisaburo as the power hungry Lord Yagyu Retsudo the story has come full circle.