Tamao Nakamura — Actor (36)
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New Tengu from Mount Kurama (1965) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
新鞍馬天狗
director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Tamao Nakamura …
other title: 新鞍馬天狗
The film is set in Kyoto at the end of the Tokugawa period, when there is a fierce clash between the supporters of the Emperor, who are fighting for the overthrow of the Shogunate, and the Shinsengumi squad, who are chasing them. Suddenly, a mysterious masked warrior appears, on a white horse he is called Tengu from Mount Kurama and he opposes the Shinsengumi.
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Stray Wolf (1982) [Movie] TMDB
はぐれ狼
director: Yoshiki Onoda actor: Umenosuke Nakamura / Akira Nagoya …
other title: はぐれ狼
Matoba Kokingo, who once served as a retainer for a hatamoto, becomes disillusioned with his master and elopes with his lover, Oyuki. They flee their lord's household, taking with them 30 ryō of official funds. However, the money is stolen from them at an inn, and shortly after, Oyuki dies of illness. Eight years later, Kokingo has fallen into disgrace, now making a living as a ronin who specializes in extortion. One day, he attempts to extort a restaurant owner named Hanzo, only to discover that Hanzo was the very thief who stole the 30 ryō from him eight years ago…
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Samurai of Hachiman (1981) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
八幡鳩九郎
director: Yoshiyuki Kuroda actor: Yukiji Asaoka / Yū Fujiki …
other title: 八幡鳩九郎
A mysterious swordsman called Hatokuro Yawata (Ken Matsudaira) who appeared from somewhere with white pigeons is actually Naotada Ii, the lord of Hikone Han. He was told that he had an older brother of twin by his mother on her deathbed. Hatokuro pretended to be a citizen in Edo and searched for his brother. However, in Edo, Murasaki Gumi, led by the mysterious Murasaki had power and used it as they like. One day, Hatokuro saved Okyu whose office-worker father was killed from Sanjuro Akaseki of Murasakigumi. It brought about a fierce fight between Murasaki and Hatokuro. What is the identity of Murasaki!?
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Summer Soldiers (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
サマー・ソルジャー
director: Hiroshi Teshigahara actor: Keith Sykes / Reisen Ri …
other title: サマー・ソルジャー
During the Vietnam War, an American G.I. deserts his base in Japan and escapes to Tokyo with the help of his Japanese bar hostess girlfriend. In the capital he gets involved with an anti-war organization while dodging the military police.
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An Osaka Story (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
大阪物語
director: Kōzaburō Yoshimura actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Shintarō Katsu …
other title: Uma história sobre Osaka / Une histoire d'Osaka …
A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo.
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Bonchi (1960) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
ぼんち
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Ayako Wakao …
other title: ぼんち
Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give them an heiress for the family business, he stands by helplessly as his wife is thrown out of the house for producing a son. Driven to a life of dissipation - his mistresses also fail to produce daughters - in the end he is just too tired to care.