Eiichi Kudō — Director (48)
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Heavenly Dragon (1960) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
天竜母恋い笠
director: Eiichi Kudō actor: Hibari Misora / Tomisaburō Wakayama …
other title: 天竜母恋い笠
From the opening theme song to the grand finale, you know that you have found something special as this exciting movie stars the great Misora Hibari in one of her most memorable performances as she plays Shintaro and Oharu, a brother and sister, the children of a lumber dealer who had been murdered by the evil boss Kumagoro who plots to take over Shintaro's family business with the help of a corrupt deputy who has fooled the family into believing that he is on their side.
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Convicted Woman (1966) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
女犯破戒
director: Eiichi Kudō actor: Mayumi Ogawa / Yuriko Mishima …
other title: 女犯破戒
Set in the decadent mid-Edo period, this unconventional work depicts the story of a man who, after being pursued as one half of a double suicide, enters the Buddhist priesthood, breaks his vows, and emerges as a notorious villainous monk.
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Yakuza Princess of Edo (1961) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
花のお江戸のやくざ姫
director: Eiichi Kudō actor: Hibari Misora / Kōtarō Satomi …
other title: 花のお江戸のやくざ姫
Tsukitaro, a young man who comes to Edo, meets a blind girl named Ochiyo. Ochiyo’s father, the grinder Yasujiro, was asked to sharpen a sword called Kongomaru, which was planned to be presented to the shogun Iemitsu, but he died due to a yakuza attack. In addition, the sword was stolen, and Ochiyo’s sister was also kidnapped.
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Hanzo: The Razor (1984) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
御用牙
director: Eiichi Kudō actor: Hiroki Matsukata / Katsuo Nakamura …
other title: 御用牙
A pair of black-robed thieves who robbed many wealthy merchants in Edo one after another. One of them is a young woman who is called "Aoi no Kozo" because she always takes off her skin to show the tattoo on her back. The target of the robbers was the Kogi, and in particular, the big stores that were under the control of Hotta Bizen. Itami Hanzo, a Doshin known as "Kamisori Hanzo" discovers when he tracks down the Aoi no Kozo! What is the truth?!
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Flowers on the Road (1961) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
花かご道中
director: Eiichi Kudō actor: Chiyonosuke Azuma / Satomi Oka …
other title: 花かご道中
Yae and Kiku, daughters of drapers in Edo, must travel to Kyoto in place of their sickly fathers to attend to some businesses affairs. On their way to Kyoto, the two ladies are ambushed by a group of bandits. However a good Samaritan named Santaro comes to their rescue. Santaro is aiding a young samurai named Sanshiro who is on an official mission to deliver a message to a noble in Kyoto. When Yae and Kiku discover that a gang of assassins is after Sanshiro, they decide to help Sanshiro to complete his mission.
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Nakibokuro (1991) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
泣きぼくろ
director: Eiichi Kudō actor: Tsutomu Yamazaki / Kazuya Kimura …
other title: 泣きぼくろ
Junko Mizuta, who is returning from juvenile training school, is a former motorcycle gang. Even though he now works, he still goes to his father Junji's yakitori restaurant from time to time. One day, Junichi's uncle, who was returning home from school, came to see Junko and told him that Junji had passed away.
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The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges (1974) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
まむしの兄弟　二人合わせて３０犯
director: Eiichi Kudō actor: Bunta Sugawara / Tamio Kawachi …
other title: まむしの兄弟　二人合わせて３０犯
Part 7 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves. Katsuji finds his long lost mother, who is a rich lady of a respectable family. Comedy and melodrama ensue. A thrilling spectacle with an overly violent ending, and a remarkable, Japan's only post-prison rape comedy, Masa is determined to have sex with the female guard, despite the fact that there is a bar between them. Michi Azuma (topless swordswoman from Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril) plays a tomboy who wants to join her brothers.
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A Fishwife's Tale (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
魚河岸の女石松
director: Eiichi Kudō actor: Hibari Misora / Hitomi Nakahara …
other title: 魚河岸の女石松
Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological father who has fallen victim to an evil plot orchestrated by those who would take over his successful business.