Isao Matsumoto — Playwright (68)
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Yakuza on Foot (1969) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
旅に出た極道
director: Junya Satō actor: Tomisaburō Wakayama / Bunta Sugawara …
other title: 旅に出た極道
An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug trafficking. When she goes to China to make a deal, things get botched pretty badly. Shimamura must travel to save her and recoup his employers’ losses.
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Wild Spirit (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
残侠あばれ肌
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Tatsuo Umemiya / Ryō Ikebe …
other title: 残侠あばれ肌
It has been 5 years since Eijiro Kikukawa of the Asakusa Kaminarimon family killed the head of the Suzaki family. Finally he gets out of prison and comes to the city of Odahama, where he had a mistress, Okei, whom he could not forget. He accidentally helped a man named Hanji from the Kurokane family and was received by the family as a guest. And soon Eijiro is involved in a showdown between the yakuza families.
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
昭和残侠伝 唐獅子仁義
director: Masahiro Makino actor: Ken Takakura / Sumiko Fuji …
other title: Il tatuaggio del drago: Il dovere di un leone / 昭和残侠伝 唐獅子仁義
Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken in by a company of quarry workers, whose boss has a strict code of non-violence. When the rival family tries to take over the company and kills their boss, Hidejirō must choose between his promise of non-violence and his yakuza code of revenge...
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf (1966) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
昭和残侠伝　一匹狼
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Ken Takakura / Sumiko Fuji …
other title: 昭和残侠伝　一匹狼 / Showa zankyo-den: Ippiki okami
The karashi Botan returns in the third chapter of the incredible Showa Zankoden series. This time legendary actor Ken Takakura plays Takei Shigejiro of the Shimazu family. When the boss of the Shimazu is killed, Shigejiro takes revenge and is sent to jail. Upon his release, he meets the dying widow of one of hid followers and takes her to her father, Boss Shiomasa, who take him into his family. But when Shiomasa is killed by an old enemy, Shigejiro is obligated to take revenge...
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2 (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
昭和残侠伝　唐獅子牡丹
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Ken Takakura / Yoshiko Mita …
other title: 昭和残侠伝　唐獅子牡丹 / Contemporary Tales Of Chivalry 2 …
Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor to the Soda Family, he kills the boss of the rival Sakaki Family. When the Soda attacks the Sakaki and double-crosses him, with sword in hand, Hidejiro seeks brutal retribution.
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Woman Mobsters (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
女囚やくざ
director: Masahide Shinozuka actor: Yoko Horikoshi / Reiko Ike …
other title: 女囚やくざ
Bank robbers steal 30 million yen and try to elude the cops and escape with the cash. Of the three, only one manages to avoid capture. Yoko, a female accomplice, is tossed in a women's prison where she meets Yuki, and the two of them manage to escape. Their plan is meet up with the robber who avoided capture, get ahold of the cash, and get for away from the big city.
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Pimp Heaven (1975) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
喜劇 特出しヒモ天国
director: Azuma Morisaki actor: Reiko Ike / Shingo Yamashiro …
other title: 喜劇 特出しヒモ天国
Class-A Kyoto, a strip joint in Kyoto, is raided by the police. Shohei, a salesman who happens to be there, gets caught in the middle of it and is fired from his job. Having nowhere else to go, Shohei reluctantly becomes the manager of the place... The film is a comedy full of pathos about the connection between strippers called "special delivery" and the "pimps" who hang on to them.
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Fugitive Scoundrel (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
極道兇状旅
director: Kōsaku Yamashita actor: Tomisaburō Wakayama / Bunta Sugawara …
other title: 極道兇状旅
Gokudo goes politics. Gray-haired Bin Amatsu has Wakayama assist a politician, meaning trashing the opponent. But of course the opponent has a pretty daughter to have a crush on. Enter protective Bunta Sugawara and Gokudo’s gotta settle for a cheaper Toei nude actress.
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A Yakuza Goes Home (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
極道釜ヶ崎に帰る
director: Kōsaku Yamashita actor: Tomisaburō Wakayama / Nijiko Kiyokawa …
other title: 極道釜ヶ崎に帰る
Shimamura & Mineko return to Kamagasaki in Osaka. In their return Shimamura quickly finds himself defending a lady in distress. During the skirmish he bumps into his old buddies who turns him on to the "new" goings on in town, Shimamura is angered to discover a Chinese triad organization has overthrown their gang, a situation they must reverse. Now he and the old gang finds themselves putting their lives on the line defending the honor of the "Yakuza Way", the locals of Osaka, even Japan!!