Tōru Abe — Actor (88)
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Human Target (1971) WikiData IMDb TMDB
人間標的
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Go Wakabayashi / Yoshiko Kayama …
other title: 人間標的
At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was being arrested by detective Negoro, the detective's bullet struck Sakuko, Yamabe's girl friend who attempted to protect him, and crippled her. When Yamabe was sent to prison, Negoro cared for her and they fell in love. Sakuko asked him to marry her, but Negoro was reluctant to take the killer's sweetheart from him. Learning of the relationship of his girl friend and the detective, Yamabe had pledged revenge.
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The Killer (1971) WikiData IMDb TMDB
暴力団　乗り込み
director: Mio Ezaki actor: Akira Kobayashi / Meiko Kaji …
other title: 暴力団　乗り込み
A former gang leader and lone wolf who has left the organization works behind the scenes in a new city to take revenge on a giant alliance of organizations.
This film is amongst the last "straight" yakuza films made at Nikkatsu before the studio's switch-over to pinku eiga.
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Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms (1969) TMDB
朱鞘仁義 鉄火みだれ桜
director: 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 Fearless Avenger (1972) WikiData IMDb TMDB
無宿人御子神の丈吉 川風に過去は流れた
director: Kazuo Ikehiro actor: Yoshio Harada / Atsuo Nakamura …
other title: 無宿人御子神の丈吉 川風に過去は流れた
Thirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being captured by yakuza. His life is spared by Boss Juzaburo, in order that the harmony of an important commemoration not be further disturbed. Though now even more of an outcast, Jokichi is asked by another Yakuza boss, Umezo, to guard Oyuki, the wayward daughter of Juzaburo. The tragic consequences of this assignment will lead him into a deadly trap and a final confrontation with Chogoro.
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Gamblers and Racketeers (1964) IMDb TMDB
博徒対テキ屋
director: Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Chiezo Kataoka / Koji Tsuruta …
other title: 博徒対テキ屋
Komatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group which supports the town vendors unlike Takioka, who will stop at nothing to undermine the vendors and take over the territory. Masakichi will do all he can to protect and support the people. Ryutaro Kijima is senior son to Masakichi, though disowned, he keeps interest in the family from a distance. He will be there for his father and his hot tempered younger brother Katsuo, if they should need his loyal help.
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Brand of Evil (1964) IMDb TMDB
悪の紋章
director: Hiromichi Horikawa actor: Tsutomu Yamazaki / Michiyo Aratama …
other title: 悪の紋章
A Jonan Station detective, Kikuchi, is framed for smuggling drugs and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency, where he is asked to investigate Mitsue Takazawa, the wife of a local trading firm president. While secretly conducting his own research, he finds out that Takazawa's husband is the one, responsible for Kikuchi's imprisonment, who also have set sights on Setsuko, a woman Kikuchi becomes romantically involved with.
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Eleven Gangsters (1963) IMDb TMDB
暗黒街の顔役　十一人のギャング
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Koji Tsuruta / Tetsuro Tamba …
other title: 暗黒街の顔役　十一人のギャング
Two men head a team who steal a factory payroll valued at 500 million yen. Then a hoodlum gang goes after the team for the money.
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I Have the Sun in My Back (1963) WikiData IMDb TMDB
俺の背中に陽が当る
director: Kō Nakahira actor: Mitsuo Hamada / Sayuri Yoshinaga …
other title: 俺の背中に陽が当る
Shigeru is a young man who works as a window cleaner. His older brother Kenzo has just returned from prison and is determined to start life anew. But a battle for leadership within his old gang causes him to be framed for murder. Shigeru sets out to uncover the truth to clear his name.
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The Homely Sister (1967) WikiData IMDb TMDB
なみだ川
director: Kenji Misumi actor: Shiho Fujimura / Rokkō Toura …
other title: なみだ川 / La Rivière des larmes
In the 19th century Edo period, sisters Oshizu and Otaka have sacrificed their personal happiness to work and care for their ailing father. Otaka falls in love, but can’t accept a marriage proposal since her older sister needs to marry first. When Oshizu learns of this decision, she takes matters in her own hands.