Fumio Watanabe — Actor (47)
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Brothers of Capones (1970) IMDb TMDB
舶来仁義　カポネの舎弟
director: Takashi Harada actor: Tomisaburō Wakayama / Fumio Watanabe …
other title: 舶来仁義　カポネの舎弟
Superbly entertaining action comedy with Tomisaburo Wakayama as Kuriyama Capone who learned his trade under Al Capone in Chicago. The film follows his first venture to Japan with gangster brothers Frank (Shingo Yamashiro) and Joe (Fumio Watanabe). And being chased by gangster and the FBI, including the granddaughter of Eliot Ness. The whole thing is a good amount of fun, the performances especially (Wakayama, Yamashiro, Watanabe in a rare heroic role), making this one of routine director Takashi Harada’s best pictures.
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Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers (1970) WikiData IMDb TMDB
現代任侠道 兄弟分
director: Shinji Murayama actor: Bunta Sugawara / Kyōsuke Machida …
other title: 現代任侠道 兄弟分
After the enactment of the Anti-Prostitution Law, the red-light district in Shinjuku lost its allure. Even the gambling den of the Ryūzaki family was always deserted. Ryūzaki, the boss, declared his retirement in response to the changing times. It was thought that Igarashi, who valued righteousness and principles and had the respect of others, would become the second-in-command. However, he was an annoying presence to Ryūzaki...
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Shura ga Yuku 6 (1997) TMDB
修羅がゆく6 東北激闘篇
director: Keiichi Ozawa actor: Show Aikawa / Nagare Hagiwara …
other title: 修羅がゆく6 東北激闘篇
Set in Aizuwakamatsu, where resort development is progressing, the sixth installment of the gangster action series that depicts the battle between the eastern and western gangsters aiming for national domination.
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A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell (1972) WikiData IMDb TMDB
傷だらけの人生　古い奴でござんす
director: Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Koji Tsuruta / Yuko Hama …
other title: 傷だらけの人生　古い奴でござんす
President of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the military and some capitalists Ishikiri. The plan is to get multiple family of the organized crime groups based in Osaka to war it out and order the Shima to the Onishi group of the branch to expand the territory. Now members of the same yakuza gang are forced to fight each other over territory and honor.
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The Hoodlum Priest (1967) IMDb TMDB
やくざ坊主
director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda actor: Shintarō Katsu / Mayumi Ogawa …
other title: Yakuza bozu / やくざ坊主
The first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in addition to breaking all the commandments against sex and gambling, opens his own gambling den in direct defiance of the local yakuza boss. Exciting action and a twisty plot this movie breaks new barriers in Japanese cinema. Katsu Shintaro is superb in one of his better non-Zato Ichi roles as he fights off the advances of a love-lorn woman and risks his life to defeat the powerful gambling boss who has a stranglehold on the town.