Isao Matsumoto — Playwright (7)
Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist (1976) [Movie] TMDB
女必殺五段拳
director: Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Etsuko Shihomi / Mitchi Love
other title: 女必殺五段拳
Kiku Nakakawa, the only daughter of an old kimono shop owner in Kyoto, is enthusiastic about karate. To help her friend Michi avenge her brother, she sneaks into a movie studio in Kyoto where a drug dealing syndicate is based.
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon (1977) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
ゴルゴ13:九竜の首
director: Yukio Noda actor: Sonny Chiba / Lun Chia
other title: Golgo 13: Kowloon Assignment / Golgo 13: Kûron no kubi
Duke Togo (codename: Golgo 13) is a ruthless assassin who's accepted a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate. His mission is to "rub out" Hong Kong's underworld kingpin. His main obstacle is the relentless Detective 'Smitty' Smith, determined to stop Togo no matter the cost. The result is an explosive adventure through the seamy, violent streets of Hong Kong.
Brutal Tales of Chivalry (1965) [Movie] TMDB
昭和残侠伝
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Ken Takakura / Ryō Ikebe
other title: 昭和残侠伝
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking advantage of the mess, Iwasa and his gang take hold of goods from the US military, black-market and controlled items in order to become the most powerful group in Enko area.
Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972) [Movie] TMDB
銀蝶渡り鳥
director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi actor: Meiko Kaji / Tsunehiko Watase
other title: 銀蝶渡り鳥
Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon her release three years later, she’s a shamed woman confined to living in the shadowy world of sex clubs and street gangs. She returns to the city to live with her uncle, a billiard-hall owner, and after befriending pimp and ne’er-do-well Ryuji (Tsunehiko Watase), she gets a job working at a hostess club in the chic Ginza neighborhood, where the expensive shops and neon lights conceal a dark world of crime and sexual slavery. But when a rival gang attempts to muscle in on the club, Nami becomes enmeshed in a violent struggle that forces her to wield a skilled pool cue to defend her uncle’s business, and eventually a short sword to wreak bloody vengeance upon her enemies.
Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
銀蝶流れ者 牝猫博奕
director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi actor: Meiko Kaji / Sonny Chiba
other title: Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2: She-Cat Gambler / Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2: The Wildcat Gambler
Meiko Kaji reprises her role as Nami, a vengeful female gang leader, in the second installment of this high-action series that casts a new actor — martial arts legend Sonny Chiba — in the role of Nami's loyal friend Ryuji. This time around, Nami is looking for Hoshiden, the man who murdered her father and shattered her once-hopeful childhood. But living under an assumed name, Hoshiden could stay hidden forever.
Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
恐竜 怪鳥の伝説
director: Junji Kurata actor: Tsunehiko Watase / Shōtarō Hayashi
other title: Terremoto 10° Grado / Giganten der Vorzeit
A Japanese geologist discovers that dinosaurs still exist in caves beneath the surface of a volcanic lake.