Kihachi Okamoto — Director (18)
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Vengeance for Sale (2002) [Movie] Douban NeoDB WikiData IMDb TMDB
助太刀屋助六
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Hiroyuki Sanada / Kyoka Suzuki …
other title: 助太刀屋助六
In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sukeroku the Helper, a ‘cool and rambling yakuza’ that has made a business out of helping victims carry out their revenge. When he returns to his hometown to pay a visit to his mother’s grave he meets a deadly ronin who carries a secret which eventually leads him into a vendetta of his own.
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Desperado Outpost (1959) [Movie] TMDB
独立愚連隊
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Makoto Satō / Izumi Yukimura …
other title: 独立愚連隊 / Der Deserteur
When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother's killer.
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Battle Cry (1975) [Movie] TMDB
吶喊
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Tsutomu Hiura / Toshitaka Itō …
other title: 吶喊
During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to fight Imperial troops. But Sentaro's friendship with a pickpocket, who switches sides whenever it suits his needs, leads to complications that could cost Sentaro his life as they infiltrate enemy lines.
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Rainbow Kids (1991) [Movie] TMDB Douban
大誘拐　RAINBOW KIDS
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Ken Ogata / Tanie Kitabayashi …
other title: 大誘拐　RAINBOW KIDS / Rainbow kids …
A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place.
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Red Lion (1969) [Movie] TMDB
赤毛
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Toshirō Mifune / Shima Iwashita …
other title: 赤毛 / Akage – Red Lion …
Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to Sawando, his hometown, to announce the end of tyranny.
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The Age of Assassins (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
殺人狂時代
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Reiko Dan …
other title: 殺人狂時代 / L' Age d'or des assassins
A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin. Surviving somewhat miraculously, he fends off other assassins and with the help of reporter Keiko Tsurumaki and car mechanic Bill Otomo, eventually discovering that a "population control" association is really an assassination squad led by Shogo Mizorogi, who has been training patients of a mental asylum to become killers.
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Warring Clans (1963) [Movie] TMDB
戦国野郎
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Yūzō Kayama / Yuriko Hoshi …
other title: 戦国野郎 / Clanes en guerra
A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been smuggling arms to the enemy. The remaining samurai try in vain to coerce him back, but their efforts are thwarted by crooked warriors who launch an attack...
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Westward Desperado (1960) [Movie] TMDB
独立愚連隊西へ
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Makoto Satō / Yūzō Kayama …
other title: 独立愚連隊西へ
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into Communist China to bring back the flag of a defeated enemy regiment.
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The Last Gunfight (1960) [Movie] TMDB WikiData
暗黒街の対決
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Toshirō Mifune / Koji Tsuruta …
other title: 暗黒街の対決 / Ankokugai no Taiketsu - The Last Gunfight …
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investigate the death of the wife of gangster Tetsuo Maruyama of the Kozuka gang, probably at the hands of one of the Oka gang. During a gang gunfight, Maruyama is rescued by Detective Fujioka and the two become friends. But Maruyama insists on avenging his wife's murder, even if it means conflict with his new friend.
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Oh, Bomb! (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
ああ爆弾
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Yūnosuke Itō / Fubuki Koshiji …
other title: ああ爆弾
During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb.
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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
座頭市と用心棒
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Shintarō Katsu / Toshirō Mifune …
other title: Zatoichi meets Yojimbo / La Légende de Zatoïchi, Vol. 20 : Zatoïchi contre Yojimbo …
Zatoichi treks to a village that has always been a favorite spot of his, only to discover that it’s become a living hell, plagued by feuding father and son yakuza as well as the younger crime boss’s bodyguard, scruffy, smart-mouthed, cash-hungry Yojimbo of legend.
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Japan's Longest Day (1967) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
日本のいちばん長い日
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Seiji Miyaguchi / Rokkō Toura …
other title: The Emperor and a General / Le jour le plus long du Japon …
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
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The Human Bullet (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB
肉弾
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Minori Terada / Naoko Ohtani …
other title: Nikudan / La torpille humaine …
A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the war draws to a close, his commanding officers become increasingly desperate and push their men to ever more absurd extremes. The ridiculousness of the orders from above peak when the hero of the story is assigned to drive a one-man submarine straight into the hull of an enemy battleship.
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Blood Type: Blue (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
ブルークリスマス
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Hiroshi Katsuno / Keiko Takeshita …
other title: Blue Christmas / ブルークリスマス …
UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest of mankind, and eventually certain all-too-familiar measures begin to be taken against them.