Shinji Murayama — Director (28)
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The Murderer Must Die (1959) [Movie] TMDB
七つの弾丸
director: Shinji Murayama actor: Rentaro Mikuni / Naoko Kubo …
other title: 七つの弾丸
A year ago, Tetsuo Yazaki was unemployed and wanted money, attacked a police box in Kobe, robbed a policeman of his pistol, attacked Hamamatsu OS Theater and Nagoya Shinwa Bank, and succeeded in robbing a large amount of money.
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Police Precinct Part 5 (1957) [Movie] TMDB
警視庁物語　上野発五時三五分
director: Shinji Murayama actor: Yūji Hori / Takashi Kanda …
other title: 警視庁物語　上野発五時三五分
The fifth installment of the Metropolitan Police Department story series. This time, detectives from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division are once again in action, full of thrills and speed, in pursuit of the perpetrator of a mysterious murder that suddenly occurred at an auto race track.
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Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face (1959) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
警視庁物語 顔のない女
director: Shinji Murayama actor: Kappei Matsumoto / Takashi Kanda …
other title: 警視庁物語 顔のない女
A tragic drama - a dismembered torso of a woman rises up on the banks of the Arakawa River. The body is only the torso. Her legs were discovered on the opposite bank. The only clue, a man was trying to throw something in from a car with a license plate number three days ago at Shin-Arakawa Ohashi Bridge...
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Police Precinct Part 7 (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
警視庁物語　七人の追跡者
director: Shinji Murayama actor: Yūji Hori / Kappei Matsumoto …
other title: 警視庁物語　七人の追跡者
The body of a woman was found in a manhole. Is it an affair? The victim is a clerk at a mannequin manufacturing company. At the age of 26, she was a widow with a child, and she went missing after he went to collect her salary from the bank. A colleague at work said the victim was wearing an opal ring, but the bank clerk says she wore a jade ring when he came to withdraw money.
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Three Generations of Yakuza (1966) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
遊侠三代
director: Shinji Murayama actor: Tatsuo Umemiya / Koji Tsuruta …
other title: 遊侠三代
The film depicts the fate of a young yakuza boss and his father, who confront each other, not knowing that they are relatives, and become victims of a brutal war for territory between the clans according to the merciless laws of the yakuza.
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A Lonely Gamble (1965) [Movie] TMDB
孤独の賭け
director: Shinji Murayama actor: Yoshiko Sakuma / Shigeru Amachi …
other title: 孤独の賭け
In post-war Japan, it is difficult for private business to stay afloat. The small atelier has a debt of several million yen. To get a loan, his proprietress is forced to turn to a successful businessman, owner of entertainment establishments and bars. But she has nothing to guarantee the return of the debt, and then she offers herself as collateral. A drama about the contradictory nature of human feelings.
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Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers (1970) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
現代任侠道 兄弟分
director: Shinji Murayama actor: Bunta Sugawara / Kyōsuke Machida …
other title: 現代任侠道 兄弟分
After the enactment of the Anti-Prostitution Law, the red-light district in Shinjuku lost its allure. Even the gambling den of the Ryūzaki family was always deserted. Ryūzaki, the boss, declared his retirement in response to the changing times. It was thought that Igarashi, who valued righteousness and principles and had the respect of others, would become the second-in-command. However, he was an annoying presence to Ryūzaki...
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Night Guy (1968) [Movie] TMDB
夜の手配師
director: Shinji Murayama actor: Tatsuo Umemiya / Mihoko Inagaki …
other title: 夜の手配師
Tokyo at night. It has another face, different from the daytime. Gorgeous neon lights and dressed-up women decorate the city at night. And then, there are men who live off of these women. This movie depicts the conflict of sex and desire between a procurer, called a "night arranger," and women who live in the neon city seeking money and pleasure.
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The Gambling Nun (1971) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
尼寺博徒
director: Shinji Murayama actor: Yumiko Nogawa / Haruko Katō …
other title: 尼寺博徒
A young woman, an experienced gambler, enters a nunnery to atone for some of her father's crimes. When the nunnery runs into debt, she resorts to gambling and challenges the racketeer threatening to sell the place to a game.