Shintarō Katsu — Actor (62)
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The Money Dance (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
ど根性物語　銭の踊り
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Shintarō Katsu / Eiji Funakoshi …
other title: ど根性物語　銭の踊り
Machida (Shintaro Katsu) is in constant trouble because of his instincts to do right every time, even when it endangers his life. A gang hires him for his "forceful personality," and assigns him to kill evil people, a president of a loan company and a drug baron.
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The Homeless (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
無宿 やどなし
director: Kōichi Saitō actor: Ken Takakura / Shintarō Katsu …
other title: 無宿 やどなし
Two inmates are simultaneously released from jail, but go their separate ways, only to cross paths again in the nearest brothel. There they make the acquaintance of a would-be prostitute. They help her escape and decide to guide her on her quest for sunken contraband somewhere off the coast.
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An Ode to Yakuza (1970) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
やくざ絶唱
director: Yasuzō Masumura actor: Shintarō Katsu / Naoko Ohtani …
other title: Ode Au Yakuza / やくざ絶唱 …
Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending her to college and turning her into a perfect young lady. He's extremely fond of Akane. His fondness for her goes beyond how he feels about his mistress, Kanae. And yet, Akane feels alone. Now, a new tutor comes into her life that seems to have taken a liking to her...
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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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New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line (1972) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
新兵隊やくざ 火線
director: Yasuzō Masumura actor: Shintarō Katsu / Takahiro Tamura …
other title: 新兵隊やくざ 火線
The story is presented as a voiced-over narrative by Arita (Takahiro Tamura), speaking long after the events of the film. In a remote army base in Manchuria, near the Soviet border, long-serving corporal Arita hates the military and looks forward to the day he may leave. Although a university graduate, he has several times deliberately failed the exam for promotion and thus remains a corporal after four years' service.
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Hoodlum Soldier (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
兵隊やくざ
director: Yasuzō Masumura actor: Shintarō Katsu / Takahiro Tamura …
other title: Le Soldat yakuza / Hoodlum soldier (Soldado matón) …
A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an effort to desert by stealing a train.