Yutaro Ban — Actor (12)
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The Water Was So Clear (1973)
餓鬼草紙 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Yoichi Takabayashi actor: Sachie Matsuda / Yutaro Ban …
other title: L'eau était si claire / 餓鬼草紙
A Buddhist priest rescues a homeless girl and brings her into his temple's household. Soon she becomes an essential part of the place. One night she is raped by a young man who then becomes her lover. The priest happens on them one night as they make love before the temple shrine, and he becomes erotically obsessed.
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Daimajin (1966)
大魔神
Kimiyoshi Yasuda actor: Miwa Takada / Yoshihiko Aoyama …
other title: Daimajin - Frankensteins Monster erwacht / Majin …
A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.
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Zatoichi in Desperation (1972)
新座頭市物語・折れた杖 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Shintarō Katsu actor: Shintarō Katsu / Kiwako Taichi …
other title: Zatôichi in Desperation / La Légende de Zatoïchi, Vol. 24 : La Blessure …
After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel - but this causes more problems than solves them.
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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
新座頭市　破れ！唐人剣 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kimiyoshi Yasuda / Hsu Tseng-Hung actor: Shintarō Katsu / Jimmy Wang Yu …
other title: Zatoichi meets the One Armed Swordsman / La Légende de Zatoïchi, Vol. 22 : Zatoïchi contre le Sabreur manchot …
Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are — an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his youthful attendant — Zatoichi finds them and discovers that the pair's mixed up with a dangerous bunch of terrorist samurai who murdered the boy's parents. Now, Zatoichi must step in to save the day.
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Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972)
御用牙
Kenji Misumi actor: Shintarō Katsu / Yukiji Asaoka …
other title: Hanzo the Razor – Sword of Justice / Hanzo The Razor 1 : L'épée de la justice …
Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his inquiries. His first adventure sees him investigating his superior officer's mistress, whom he suspects of having ties with a reputed criminal on the loose.
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A Certain Killer (1967)
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Kazuo Mori actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Yumiko Nogawa …
other title: Le Silencieux / ある殺し屋 …
A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.
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Haunted Castle (1969)
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Tokuzō Tanaka actor: Kōjirō Hongō / Naomi Kobayashi …
other title: 秘録怪猫伝
This period thriller concerns a very famous cat known as the "monster cat of Nabeshima". This cat, a symbol of vengeance in human disguise, takes revenge for the death of its master as well as for the corruption in the feudal system.
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Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)
東海道お化け道中 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kimiyoshi Yasuda / Yoshiyuki Kuroda actor: Kōjirō Hongō / Pepe Hozumi …
other title: La Légende des Yokai / 東海道お化け道中
In feudal Japan, gangsters chase a young girl who might testify against their boss. When the gangsters murder the girl's grandfather on sacred ground, the door is opened for the Yokai Monsters to step in.