Kunio Murai — Actor (13)
Snake Woman's Curse (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
怪談 蛇女
other title: 怪談 蛇女 / Snake Woman'S Curse
An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haunts the landlord from the grave. Since the man died in debt, his wife and daughter are indentured servants and are forced to work in the landlord's factory.
Sting (1997) [Movie] TMDB
詐話師 STING
director: Shūji Kataoka actor: Teruyuki Kagawa / Kunio Murai
other title: 詐話師 STING
Shunsuke, a coach who hangs out at the gambling track, is in jeopardy at the bicycle race track. The place is saved by a "scammer", and he himself will hone his skill in scamming, which skillfully raises a lot of money.
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III (2014) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
劇団☆新感線 「ZIPANG PUNK〜五右衛門ロック III」
actor: Haruma Miura / Yu Aoi
other title: 劇団☆新感線 「ZIPANG PUNK〜五右衛門ロック III」
Goemon Ishikawa steals a golden statue from Yukari Kukai with female thief Neko no Me Ogin, but Private Detective Shinkuro Akechi chases after Goemon Ishikawa and Neko no Me Ogin. Detective Shinkuro Akechi discovers that there is a code hidden within the golden statue. The code reveals the location where gold is hidden. Meanwhile, outlaws gather under Goemon Ishikawa.
Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning II (1985) [Movie] TMDB
探偵・神津恭介の殺人推理2
other title: 探偵・神津恭介の殺人推理2
Reportage writer Kenzo has made an interview appointment with Morishima, the mastermind behind the political and business world. On that day, Morishima is killed and a 200 million yen diamond is stolen. The diamond was brought by jeweler Kuhara to sell to Morishima. A woman named Maki who was present and disappeared immediately after the incident is suspicious. However, the site is a completely closed room. Kenzo's older brother, Matsushita, the chief of the investigation section, also shook his head...
Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza (1968) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
人生劇場 飛車角と吉良常
other title: 人生劇場 飛車角と吉良常
With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936’s Theatre of Life, an adaptation of Shiro Ozaki’s eponymous novel. Three-time Seijun Suzuki collaborator Goro Tanada wrote a gangsterized adaptation of Ozaki’s story for Uchida at a time when the yakuza had eclipsed the samurai genre as Toei's main cash crop. Protagonist Hishakaku murders a man in a quarrel over a barmaid and goes to jail. In his temporary absence, his girlfriend Otoyo, a former geisha, falls for Hishakaku’s brother, inciting a dangerous love triangle that, in typical yakuza fashion, ends tragically.
Lullaby of Death (1982) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
この子の七つのお祝いに
other title: この子の七つのお祝いに
Also known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them, for revenge. All intertwined with the investigation of journalists into local murders, the manipulations of a palmist known as the “blue moth”, and political corruption.
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.