Bokuzen Hidari — Actor (19)
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Young Swordsman (1963) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
秘剣
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Matsumoto Hakuō II / Hiroyuki Nagato …
other title: 秘剣
This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the law is unfair. His brother keeps his opinions about the law to himself. The swordsman vents his frustration by cutting off the thumbs of an enemy. The fighter is then banished. To live, he becomes a thief. To restore the family's lost honor, the other brother is forced to challenge the fighter to a duel.
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A Fishmonger's Tour (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
一心太助 男一匹道中記
director: Tadashi Sawashima actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Ryūnosuke Tsukigata …
other title: 一心太助 男一匹道中記
The supply of sea bream to the fish market has decreased, and the price has increased to a whopping 1 ryo, and unable to face his customers openly anymore, Tasuke closes the shop and goes on a trip to celebrate the first wedding anniversary with his wife Onaka. Staying at the inn, Tasuke sees that dishes from magnificent sea bream are served here, which is very cheap. Tasuke goes to a fishing village and finds out here that a rich merchant is stopping the shipment of fish...
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Our Wasteland (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
俺たちの荒野
director: Masanobu Deme actor: Toshio Kurosawa / Wakako Sakai …
other title: 俺たちの荒野
Tetsuya, a worker at a US Air Base who moonlights as a bartender with his bar hostess roommate, dreams to move to the United States one day. Meanwhile, his best friend Jun wants to build a home on some local wasteland. Yet the introduction of Yuki, who they both fall in love with, begins to tear their friendship apart.
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
昭和残侠伝 唐獅子仁義
director: Masahiro Makino actor: Ken Takakura / Sumiko Fuji …
other title: Il tatuaggio del drago: Il dovere di un leone / 昭和残侠伝 唐獅子仁義
Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken in by a company of quarry workers, whose boss has a strict code of non-violence. When the rival family tries to take over the company and kills their boss, Hidejirō must choose between his promise of non-violence and his yakuza code of revenge...
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A Hole of My Own Making (1955) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
自分の穴の中で
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Yumeji Tsukioka / Mie Kitahara …
other title: Chacun dans sa coquille / 自分の穴の中で
Nobuko is a widow who lives with her stepchild Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The family's gatekeeper, Komatsu, is attracted to Tamiko, but she is encouraged to marry a doctor and he is afraid to tell her his feelings.
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The Blue Pearl (1951) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
青い眞珠
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Ryō Ikebe / Yukiko Shimazaki …
other title: 青い眞珠
The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; literally “women of the sea”) in a superstitious coastal town. Though raised within the same tradition-bound crucible, the two women – Noe and Riu – are portrayed as diametric opposites; the former meek but affectionate, the latter strong-willed but jaded by a tryst with metropolitan life.
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Age of Nudity (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
素ッ裸の年令
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Keiichirō Akagi / Kyoko Hori …
other title: 素ッ裸の年令
The story deals with a juvenile delinquent gang surviving through petty thievery. However, everything gets screwed up when they accidentally steal big bucks from the Yakuza.