Kihachi Okamoto — Playwright (8)
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.
Desperado Outpost (1959) [Movie] TMDB
独立愚連隊
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.
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.
Red Lion (1969) [Movie] TMDB
赤毛
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.