Sanae Kitabayashi — Actor (13)
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Scoundrel (1968) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
極道
director: Kōsaku Yamashita actor: Tomisaburō Wakayama / Minoru Ōki …
other title: 極道
Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any sense of either duty or chivalry. When imprisoned, he is repeatedly transferred from one prison to another, because no one can handle him.
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A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell (1972) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
傷だらけの人生　古い奴でござんす
director: Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Koji Tsuruta / Yuko Hama …
other title: 傷だらけの人生　古い奴でござんす
President of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the military and some capitalists Ishikiri. The plan is to get multiple family of the organized crime groups based in Osaka to war it out and order the Shima to the Onishi group of the branch to expand the territory. Now members of the same yakuza gang are forced to fight each other over territory and honor.
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A Scarred Life (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
傷だらけの人生
director: Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Koji Tsuruta / Tomisaburō Wakayama …
other title: 傷だらけの人生
Set in Osaka, during the devastated time of post-war Japan, this is a tale of the yakuza who set about rebuilding after the death of their Oyabun (big boss). Battles erupt as tempers explode as someone seeks to fill the seat of power.
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The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
まむしの兄弟　傷害恐喝十八犯
director: Sadao Nakajima actor: Bunta Sugawara / Tsunehiko Watase …
other title: まむしの兄弟　傷害恐喝十八犯
Part 4 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. Sugawara tries to overcome a traumatic experience of getting in bed blindfolded with a girl who turned out to be an old granny. Later he and Kawaji try to settle down in a neighbourhood harassed by businessman yakuza Bin Amatsu.
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Devil's Flute (1979) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
悪魔が来りて笛を吹く
director: Kōsei Saitō actor: Toshiyuki Nishida / Haruko Wanibuchi …
other title: 悪魔が来りて笛を吹く
Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent blend of intrigue and betrayal, set against the backdrop of wealth, this film is loaded with twists and turns and surprises at every corner.