Sakae Umezu — Actor (14)
Check (1991) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
王手
director: Junji Sakamoto actor: Hidekazu Akai / Masaya Katō
other title: 王手 / Ōte
Set in Osaka's Shinsekai, the film depicts the lives of Ayumu Tobita (Hidekazu Akai), who makes a living as a shogi gambler (shinken-shi), and Ryuzo Kayama (Masaya Kato) who aims to become a professional player.
Eko Eko Azarak: Misa the Dark Angel (1998) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
エコエコアザラクIII -MISA THE DARK ANGEL-
director: Katsuhito Ueno actor: Hinako Saeki / Ayaka Nanami
other title: Eko Eko Azarak III: The Dark Angel / Eko Eko Azarak 3 - Misa the Dark Angel
Misa Kuroi is a good witch, but wherever she goes, evil follows. When a dying girl appears out of nowhere shouting Misa's name, our heroine goes to work. Following the clues, Misa transfers to the prestigious Saint Salem School for Girls and joins the Drama Club. Soon all the girls depart for a mysterious Drama Camp, deep in the woods.
Samurai of Hachiman (1981) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
八幡鳩九郎
director: Yoshiyuki Kuroda actor: Yukiji Asaoka / Yū Fujiki
other title: 八幡鳩九郎
A mysterious swordsman called Hatokuro Yawata (Ken Matsudaira) who appeared from somewhere with white pigeons is actually Naotada Ii, the lord of Hikone Han. He was told that he had an older brother of twin by his mother on her deathbed. Hatokuro pretended to be a citizen in Edo and searched for his brother. However, in Edo, Murasaki Gumi, led by the mysterious Murasaki had power and used it as they like. One day, Hatokuro saved Okyu whose office-worker father was killed from Sanjuro Akaseki of Murasakigumi. It brought about a fierce fight between Murasaki and Hatokuro. What is the identity of Murasaki!?
The Hidden Festival (1998) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
秘祭
director: Taku Shinjo actor: Mitsuko Baisho / Gitan Ohtsuru
other title: 秘祭
Taku Shinjo spins this rural drama about ancient taboos and encroaching modernity. Takamine (Gitan Otsuru) is a big-city workaholic sent to a small remote island to seal a business deal. His predecessor almost managed to convince the island's 17 inhabitants to sell their stake and make way for a resort hotel -- that is, before he died under dubious circumstances. Takamine finds the islanders polite and kind but unwilling to discuss business; instead, they tell him to become an islander. So the city-slicker stuffed shirt loses his tie and starts to help the women plant and the men fish. He soon makes his acquaintance with Takako (Mitsuko Baisho), the widowed daughter of the island's chief. She lives alone with her crazed son who is kept Jane Eyre-style chained to a stake. One moon-lit night, their mutual attraction boils over, resulting in a naked, passionate roll on the beach.
Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl (1983) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
素浪人罷り通る 涙に消えた三日極楽
director: Akira Inoue actor: Toshirō Mifune / Kaoru Sugita
other title: 素浪人罷り通る 涙に消えた三日極楽
When the 'Lowly Ronin' helps an orphaned teenage girl avoid being turned into a prostitute, she then claims he is her father and they start a farm as father and daughter until fate steps in and he must draw his sword.
Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface (1997) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
安藤組外伝 群狼の系譜
director: Eiichi Kudō actor: Kiyoshi Nakajo / Ken Kaneko
other title: 安藤組外伝 群狼の系譜
“Gunro no keifu” is known as “Tale of a Scarface.” It follows the life of Kumoro, a yakuza member, who recently is released from prison after serving 14 years for his Family. Upon his return he finds the various yakuza syndicates on the brink of war. Kumoro is, at first, removed from the dealings of the families by his Boss, but slowly he is drawn back into his old ways.
Peanuts (1996) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
ピイナッツ 落華星
director: Takashi Miike actor: Riki Takeuchi / Koyo Maeda
other title: Rakkasei: Piinattsu / ピイナッツ 落華星
Two mysterious tough guys infuriate a local gang after helping an elderly grocery store owner with his debts by robbing a yakuza organised gambling den.
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder! (1985) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
必殺!ブラウン館の怪物たち
director: Jo Hirose actor: Makoto Fujita / Izumi Ayukawa
other title: 必殺!ブラウン館の怪物たち
When the Shogunates greatest secret is stolen, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. The Shogunate sends an incompetent cop, Tanaka, to Kyoto to act as a stalking horse. Hoping the thieves will kill Tanaka and the Ninja Spies will kill the thieves. But what the Shogunate doesn't realise is that Tanaka's even more incompetent assistant Mondo is in fact the leader of a gang of revengers for hire, there motto is "Sure Death" (or your money cheerfully refunded). Mondo doesn't know that everyone knows about the secret, but they all think he does. Poor Mondo, he not only has to deal with crazed Shogunate extremists, oddball ninjas, crooks who work for the Emperor and bicycle riding foreign death squads. He also have to deal with a wife and a crazy mother-in-law!
Be-In Bully High School (1990) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
びんばりハイスクール
director: Norifumi Suzuki actor: Kaori Fujise / Riki Takeuchi
other title: びんばりハイスクール
The prestigious private Sakuraryo Gakuen, which has a 90-year tradition, has now lost its glory to the ground, and the back organization of the athletic club, the male “Black Warriors” and the female “Red Warriors”, have made use of them. One girl, Oda Yoko, who has transferred to such a school, sneaks into the principal's room to find out the truth of the death of her best friend, Atsushi Katayama