Makoto Satō — Actor (73)
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The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail (1980) [Movie] TMDB
幸福号出帆
director: Kōichi Saitō actor: Mariko Fuji / Ichiro Kurakoshi …
other title: 幸福号出帆
Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.
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Samurai Pirate (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
大盗賊
director: Senkichi Taniguchi actor: Toshirō Mifune / Mie Hama …
other title: Der Löwe des gelben Meeres / Le Défi des géants …
An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the throne and marrying the king's beautiful daughter. Along the way, with the help of some courageous rebels and a lustful wizard, he must overcome the powers of a bewitching witch, a band of ruthless pirates, and the castle's Imperial guards. He must also free those kidnapped into slavery and restore the king's reputation.
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The Beast Shall Die (1959) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
野獣死すべし
director: Eizō Sugawa actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Hiroshi Koizumi …
other title: 野獣死すべし
A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mother with a younger man.
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Message from Space (1978) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB Skybridge
宇宙からのメッセージ
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Vic Morrow / Sonny Chiba …
other title: Sternenkrieg im Weltall / Les Évadés de l'espace …
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to Gavana Prince Hans to young Terrans Meia, Kido, and Aaron all have different reactions to being chosen.
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Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder (1972) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
狼やくざ　殺しは俺がやる
director: Ryuichi Takamori actor: Sonny Chiba / Ryōji Hayama …
other title: Yakuza Wolf 1, I Perform Murder / 狼やくざ　殺しは俺がやる
A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.
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Moscow, My Love (1974) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Москва, любовь моя
director: Aleksandr Mitta / Kenji Yoshida actor: Komaki Kurihara / Oleg Vidov …
other title: Moskau, meine Liebe / Москва, любовь моя …
A young talented dancer from Japan is invited to study ballet art at a school at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. She achieves professional success, for the first time real love comes to her. However, the girl’s happiness was short-lived — a sudden illness of blood interferes in the fate of the dancer, like an echo of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, where her parents lived.
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Unagi (1997) [Movie] Min reol
うなぎ
director: 今村昌平 actor: 役所广司 / 清水美沙 …
other title: 鳗鱼 / うなぎ …
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.
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Yun’s Town (1989) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban
潤の街
director: 金佑宣 actor: Mi Bom Kang / 田中实 …
other title: 潤の街 / 윤의거리
A Japanese boy in love with a girl of Korean origin must battle the prejudices of those around him in order to sustain the relationship.
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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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Samaritan Zatoichi (1968) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
座頭市喧嘩太鼓
director: Kenji Misumi actor: Shintarō Katsu / Yoshiko Mita …
other title: Zatôichi, il benefattore / La Légende de Zatoïchi, Vol. 19 : Les Tambours de la colère …
Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has caused.
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Blind Woman's Curse (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
怪談昇り竜
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Meiko Kaji / Hoki Tokuda …
other title: 怪談昇り竜 / Maldição da Mulher Cega …
Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat along with the eye-victim go on to pursue Akemi’s gang in revenge, leaving a trail of dead Yakuza girls, their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies.
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I, the Executioner (1968) [Movie] NeoDB
みな殺しの霊歌
director: 加藤泰 actor: 倍赏千惠子 / 中原早苗 …
other title: 我的刽子手 / みな殺しの霊歌 …
A killer driven by revenge tracks down and murders the five women who sexually molested his mentally unstable best friend and drove him to suicide. All the while the police search the underworld for the killer, the press plays up the sensational sex killings, and the killer himself finds his resolve weakened by his budding romantic relationship with a pretty young shopgirl.
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Rise Against the Sword (1966) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
暴れ豪右衛門
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Makoto Satō …
other title: 暴れ豪右衛門 / Rise against the sword
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees the success Goemon has achieved, he attempts to recruit him to fight in a conflict between Asakura and another clan. Goemon refuses, and Lord Asakura sets out to destroy him.
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The Last Gunfight (1960) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
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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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.