Fumio Kōnami — Playwright (52)
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Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song (1973)
女囚さそり　７０１号怨み節
director: Yasuharu Hasebe actor: Meiko Kaji / Masakazu Tamura …
other title: Sasori – Grudge Song / Mélodie de la rancune …
Nami is once again on the run from the law but is saved by an old classmate who works at a strip club. Through a subsequent conversation they discover they both have a score to settle with a particular crooked cop. However, Nami has doubts about ever trusting a man.
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Graveyard of Honor (1975) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
仁義の墓場
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Tetsuya Watari / Tatsuo Umemiya …
other title: La tomba dell'onore / Le Cimetière de la morale …
A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.
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Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate (1970) IMDb TMDB
やくざ刑事　マリファナ密売組織
director: Ryuichi Takamori actor: Fumio Watanabe / Jaianto Baba …
other title: やくざ刑事　マリファナ密売組織 / Yakuza Deka 2 : Opération Kamikaze …
An undercover cop insinuates himself into a yakuza family. Managing to avert an assassination attack on the boss he is assigned to kill a rival boss.
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Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979) IMDb TMDB
その後の仁義なき戦い
director: Eiichi Kudo actor: Jinpachi Nezu / Mieko Harada …
other title: Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Aftermath / その後の仁義なき戦い
Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a group of childhood friends, belonging to different yakuza families, are caught in the middle. Lies, deceit, and backstabbing are in play resulting in a bloodbath and a quest for revenge...
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Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers (1972) IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
人斬り与太 狂犬三兄弟
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Bunta Sugawara / Kunie Tanaka …
other title: 人斬り与太 狂犬三兄弟 / Okita le pourfendeur : les Trois Frères chiens fous …
The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s released he finds everything completely changed and his gang has swept him aside for being too violent. He tries to start a new life with his two ”brothers” but can’t seem to escape old affiliations
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A Kamikaze Cop (1970) IMDb TMDB
やくざ刑事
director: Yukio Noda actor: Sonny Chiba / Ryōji Hayama …
other title: やくざ刑事 / Kamikaze X-27
An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two rival Yakuza gangs. He pits the two rival gangs against each other in hopes that they will cross each other out.
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974) WikiData IMDb TMDB
新仁義なき戦い
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Bunta Sugawara / Hiroki Matsukata …
other title: Nouveau combat sans code d'honneur 1 / 新仁義なき戦い …
Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honorable way out.
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Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
女囚さそり 第41雑居房
director: Shunya Ito actor: Meiko Kaji / Fumio Watanabe …
other title: Sasori – Jailhouse 41 / Elle s'appelait Scorpion …
After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
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Wolf Guy (1975) WikiData IMDb TMDB
ウルフガイ 燃えろ狼男
director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi actor: Osamu Kaneda / Sonny Chiba …
other title: Wolfguy / ウルフガイ 燃えろ狼男 …
Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabaret singer, corrupt politicians, and a plot by the J-CIA to harvest his blood in order to steal his lycanthropic powers.
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The Crazy Family (1984)
逆噴射家族
director: Gakuryu Ishii actor: Katsuya Kobayashi / Mitsuko Baisho …
other title: Die Familie mit dem umgekehrten Düsenantrieb / The crazy family …
Shortly after moving to the suburbs, the Kobayashis start to come undone. Convinced a family curse is at the root of their erratic behavior, the man of the house takes it upon himself to course-correct before it takes the last of their sanity.