Kanjūrō Arashi — Actor (32)
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Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger (1959)
影法師捕物帖 IMDb TMDB
Nobuo Nakagawa actor: Kanjūrō Arashi / Ryūzaburō Nakamura …
other title: 影法師捕物帖
For the poor, Edo is Hell on Earth, starving under the rule of Tanuma Okitsugi, corrupt councilor to the shogun. But the courageous vagabond called “Kageboshi” (Shadow Avenger), will fight for the common folk, robbing the rich so the people will have rice. Tanuma’s henchmen will hire an evil swordsman to pose as Kageboshi, starting a wave of murder, kidnapping and robbery, searching for two antique sword-guards that will reveal the hiding place of a fortune in buried gold. But who will claim the gold? The poor of Edo, or the conniving Tanuma? Only Kageboshi’s flashing sword, tearing through Tanuma’s bloodthirsty minions, can forestall his wicked schemes.
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Kurama Tengu (1938)
鞍馬天狗　角兵衛獅子の巻 IMDb TMDB
Sadatsugu Matsuda / Masahiro Makino actor: Kanjūrō Arashi / Kunitaro Bando …
other title: 鞍馬天狗　角兵衛獅子の巻
This is Kanjûrô Arashi's first film with Nikkatsu after his independent production company went bankrupt (many of these independent companies went bankrupt shortly after the transition to sound). As he is mostly famous for his portrait of Kurama tengu (and on the other hand, he's the definitive actor for Kurama Tengu as well), Nikkatsu made another version of Kurama tengu, co-directed by Masahiro Makino & Sadatsugu Matsuda who are both sons of Shozo Makino. Scripted by Yoshitake Hisa, a jidaigeki specialist who later scripted several Toei All-Star Jidaigeki.
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Dynamite Don-Don (1978)
ダイナマイトどんどん IMDb TMDB
Kihachi Okamoto actor: Bunta Sugawara / Junko Miyashita …
other title: ダイナマイトどんどん
Yakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyūshū Area in the summer of 1950, particularly between the Okagen Group and the rising Hashiden Gang. Now with the mediation/interference of the Americans, they decide to settle it in a peaceful, *democratic* way, that is, to settle it with a baseball game. Now, with its money and power, The Hashiden group soon recruits a group of gamblers known to be good at baseball from the whole country. So, what is the Okagen Gumi gonna do?
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Seventeen Ninja 2: The Great Battle (1966)
十七人の忍者 大血戦 IMDb TMDB
Motohiro Torii actor: Hiroki Matsukata / Jūshirō Konoe …
other title: 十七人の忍者 大血戦
In a Toei all-star effort, Matsukata Hiroki, Otomo Ryutaro, and Konoe Jushiro combine to create an exciting black and white sequel to the classic story of 17 Ninja, one of the most famous films from that noted studio. In the year 1651 the Kishu clan is about to rise against the Tokugawa shogunate using a stash of muskets being guarded by Jinza the leader of the Koga ninja. The Iga ninja are called upon to stop the revolt under the leadership of Hattori Hanzo setting off a spy versus spy battle of silent ninja stealth. Through all the turmoil, Shizaburo and Yuka have broken the taboo of ninja falling in love and strive to achieve the forbidden life of happiness that is denied to all members of the ninja class.
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Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms (1969)
朱鞘仁義 鉄火みだれ桜 TMDB
Buichi Saitō actor: Hiroko Ogi / Meiko Kaji …
other title: 朱鞘仁義 鉄火みだれ桜
Beginning of the Showa era, Takasaki City in Joshu (Gunma Province). Gambler Inufushi Yoichi continues to lose at Takamasa's gambling house. The authoritative female gambler Ai gives him money and advises him to think seriously about his life. She has to leave Takamasa because of him. She travels to Tomioka for advice from Matsumiya Seiji, who previously helped her. However, the latter is killed due to a conflict with the Kaizu-gumi yakuza family, making his wife Tane a widow...
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The Bullet and the Horse (1966)
網走番外地 荒野の対決 IMDb TMDB
Teruo Ishii actor: Ken Takakura / Kanjūrō Arashi …
other title: 網走番外地 荒野の対決
A number of recently released prisoners become involved in a racket with a rancher who is a rival to a neighboring landowner and wants to use the convicts to seize his ranch. The rancher does not know, however, that he had years before killed the parents of one of their number.