Kentarō Shimizu
Birthday: Born in 1952-10-11 in Kokura, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Deathday: Alive
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男たちの旅路
Character: Seijo Ojima
The series depicts the employees of a security company from different generations and backgrounds facing many difficult questions. It features a guard who survived a suicide mission during the war and his conflicts, rebellion, empathy and reconciliation with the younger generation born after the war....
Gメン'82
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Toppamono Taiyouden
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In 1974. Shogo was suddenly called back by his father, Haruo Yuge who was the leader of Hakusan-gumi in Wakayama. What awaited him was the crisis of survival of the Hakusan-gumi. The decision Shogo made to get out of this mess was to get out of the yakuza business and get back on his feet....
雀鬼 裏麻雀勝負！20年間無敗の男[前編]
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Shoichi Sakurai (Kentaro Shimizu) is a college student who hates mahjong, which ruined his father and mother. One day, unable to refuse his friend's invitation, Shoichi steps into a mahjong parlor and vows to take revenge on the mahjong that ruined his family. He vows to take revenge on his family for their misfortune by playing mahjong, a game he never loses. Shoichi develops a genius technique all by himself. He makes a shocking debut in Shinjuku, but this victory marks the beginning of a 20-y...
Zeni studies Naniwa back financial road
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End-of-the-century financial survival...
Road to the Don
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The first 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 2
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The second 'Road to the Don' film...
Road to the Don 3
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The third 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 4
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The fourth 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 5
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The fifth 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 6
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The sixth 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 7
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The seventh 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 14
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The fourteenth 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 15
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The fifteenth 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 16
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The sixteenth 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 17
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The seventeenth 'Road to the Don' film....
Can You Collect It?
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Two scammers who cross the world without being caught by Satsu and killed...
Can you collect it? 2
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Jin, who has killed is worried about his younger brother Jiro and has returned to the world as a ghost!...
Road to the Don 8
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The eighth "Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 9
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The ninth 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 10
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The tenth 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 11
Character: Tetsutaro Sakurai
The eleventh 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 12
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The twelfth 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 13
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The thirteenth 'Road to the Don' film....
It's More Radical!
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A yakuza's woman got in a car with Ida, a salesman who has no choice!...
Road to the Don 18
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The eighteenth 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 19
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The nineteenth 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 20
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The twentieth 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 21
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The twenty-first 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 22
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The twenty-second 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 23
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The twenty-third 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don 24
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The twenty-fourth 'Road to the Don' film....
Road to the Don Theatrical Version
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A young yakuza experiences various conflicts, tactics, betrayals, rules, etc. in the gangster world, stands out in the organization, and climbs to the top of the organization. The theatrical version of the popular video series adapted from the original work by Murakami Kazuhiko....
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2
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Sequel to 'Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf'...
Otoko Michi 5
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The conflict that broke out due to the expansion of the power of the Ninryukai was further intensified of both political and police powers....
Codename K Ready Connection
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An action in which a female lone wolf bravely confronts a blood struggle in the underworld of Hong Kong. Kay Himuro, trained as a special intelligence officer, is asked to work in drug trafficking and flies to Hong Kong....
Shura ga Yuku 7
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The 7th gangster action of men who continue to fight bloody battles in Tosa, Shikoku....
Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution
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An incident occurred where a member of the Sannokai who sparked a dispute at the gambling house was shot dead by a member of the Umeyama group dividing the place. This is the beginning of the "Osaka War" that shook the world of Japanese gangsters....
Kibakichi
Character: Onizo
A werewolf samurai walks the countryside, finding himself in the middle of a village of monsters who feed on human flesh....
A Legend of Turmoil
Character: Susumu Yamagishi
A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza family. When his boss gets shot, he decides to go after the plotters....
Gunball
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1990. Takizawa, the head of the Hayama group's Takizawa group, ordered the members to shoot and kill Sasamoto, who betrayed the group and tried to join the fifth Sannokai-affiliated Minamiyama group. This triggered the interruption of the "Yamaha War" by Sannokai and Hayama-gumi....
Mermaid Legend
Character: Shouhei Miyamoto
After a woman is framed for the murder of her fisherman husband, she seeks out a bloody revenge on the corrupt businessmen responsible....
Boxer
Character: Tetsuo Tenma
In the midst of a match, a successful boxer - Hayato, has had enough of the sport. He lets himself get knocked, quits boxing, leaving his wife and start living alone with his mangy dog. One day a young mediocre boxer knocks at the door and wants to be Hayato's apprentice....
I Am A Man of Honor
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The sixth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. Two long-distance truckers, Momojiro and Kinzo, travel around Japan in highly decorated trucks. In Kyushu, Momojiro falls in love again... this time with a beautiful college student Masako....
Shin Janki
Character: Sakurai Shouichi
This is based on a true story, recited, directed by the real Sakurai Shouichi, who has now retired from the underworld mahjong. An elite bureaucrat clashes with Sakurai, a lone wolf, wishing to hire him as rep player. However no matter the money offered, Sakurai will not respond to any offer......
Yakuza Lawyer Haruhiko Ayanokoji
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The fourth head of the Masashimizu group suddenly died. It was good until his adopted son Haruhiko Ayanokoji, a lawyer, succeeded him, but the gang consisted of only three odd people. Depicts the struggle of Haruhiko, who wears two pairs of straw sandals, a boss and a lawyer. A unique court yakuza story starring Masao Kusakari....
極道競馬 がぶノミ荒矢
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film by noboru matsui...
History of Japan's Yakuza — Cry of Honor 2
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Which Is Stronger, Karate or the Tiger?
Character: Ihara Ryota
Yasuaki Kurata plays a masked ring brawler who is out for revenge against an evil, megalomaniac entrepreneur played by Japan's most reliable bad guy of the '70's, Masashi Ishibashi....
History of Japan's Yakuza — Cry of Honor 5
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Showa Gamblers
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The first installment of the Showa Gamblers series. In 1964, as Tokyo buzzes with excitement over the upcoming Olympics, Ginzaki of the Kansai Senba Union approaches Hanamura, the leader of the “Asakusa Union Eight,” who controls the gambling dens in the Asakusa area. He proposes a joint operation for a grand gambling event....
Confinement Escape
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A detective living a happy married life learns that a man he once arrested has escaped from prison. The fugitive commits a string of robberies and rapes, and ultimately takes his former lover as hostage, who now the detective's wife. He continues his escape, repeatedly assaulting her while holding the detective's gun in his hand......
Katana
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An antique sword exposes tension between three siblings....
Wangan Midnight 4
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Gedo
Character: Ryujin
East meets West as the Japanese Yakuza battle drug lords and the LAPD in the streets of Los Angeles......
Like a Savage
Character: Takeshi
Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble....
The Last True Yakuza
Character: Shunichi
A made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence and betrayal inside the criminal underworld....
Down with The Big Boss
Character: Suguru Shindo
In pre-war Japan, two members of a large yakuza syndicate instigate a turf war that embroils the highest echelons of Tokyo's underworld....
Stranger
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After serving time for bank fraud, Kiriko now lives a quiet life as a taxi driver working night shifts... but her peace is shattered by a relentless stalker in a Land Cruiser....
Hell Riders
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The fourth installment in the Bosozoku film series starring Koichi Iwaki....
The Runaway Season
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The third movie in the "Boso" series....
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
Character: Sawai
In Okinawa, a Japanese-Filipino gangster named Joe kills an Okinawan mobster. Joe temporarily escapes the pursuing mob by fleeing to the Philippines, hoping to find there safety and perhaps to link up with his father. He meets Yoko, a saloon girl, who looks after him, but soon Joe's enemies show up, determined to make Joe pay....
Kanto Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura
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In this gritty Yakuza drama about the struggles between the Kanto Yakuza forces and Tohoku forces, a newcomer of the Kishimori Group takes on the dangerous task of launching a new office in rival territory....
Bullet Explosion
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When a lowly thug gets brought into a powerful Yakuza gang by his successful younger brother, he is tasked to take the hit on a rival gang leader....
The Wangan Highway
Character: Sasaki
Based on the novel of the same name by Yoshio Kataoka....
The Story of a Man Among Men
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During the Showa era, a young yakuza survives war and injury and rises to become a clan boss with the help and respect of his sworn brothers....
Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface
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“Gunro no keifu” is known as “Tale of a Scarface.” It follows the life of Kumoro, a yakuza member, who recently is released from prison after serving 14 years for his Family. Upon his return he finds the various yakuza syndicates on the brink of war. Kumoro is, at first, removed from the dealings of the families by his Boss, but slowly he is drawn back into his old ways....
1750 Days of Turbulence
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After the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years....
Bounty Hunter Muyonosuke
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Takahashi Hideki stars as Muyonosuke, the one-eyed ronin who makes his living as a bounty hunter who is on a never-ending quest to find the man who murdered his father. The usually aloof Muyonosuke, who never would pause to help the common man winds up befriending an orphan boy and a mysterious woman, and getting involved in a feud between two families, but finds out there is a high power behind the curtain who pulls their strings....
Cabaret
Character: Maekawa
A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist starts playing at a particular nightspot, a thug from the Yakuza adopts him as a special friend for no greater reason than he plays one of his favorite songs well. As the dangerous life of the gangster intertwines with that of the musician, it brings harm to the musician's girlfriend, who is raped. This changes the young saxophonist's attitude about his...
Ambition Without Honor 3
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Third part in the yakuza series....
日本暴力地帯
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The first directorial work of Kazuhiko Murakami, a master of gangster comics. Yano-gumi Wakato and Kito Kiyoji, whose leader was shot dead, boarded the Owada-gumi alone. Owada-gumi chairman, Gozo Shimamura, who was impressed by that spirit, asks Kito to rectify the injustice of Owada Ichimon as a dark punisher who runs through the path. You can't go to the world without justice! The blade of Kito Kiyotsugu's judgment begins here!...
日本暴力地帯 二
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Kiyotsugu Kito judges evil as acting chairman of Owada-gumi, Japan's largest organization, for the reconstruction of extreme society. Currently, he unexpectedly reunites with his former younger brother, Ejima, who is living in the Miyagawa group, which is a single-minded group. However, with Ejima as the starting point, the Miyagawa group will face the Owada group......
日本暴力地帯 三
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Kiyotsugu Kito, a dark punisher, has set foot in a port town where the Kanekura-kai and Iwasa-gumi, who are directly attending the Owada group, are competing against each other. It is not possible to pass the world without justice ... The blade of the purge of Kiyotsugu Kito, the judge of modern times, cuts off evil!...
日本暴力地帯 美しき野望
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Kiyotsugu Kito, the punisher of darkness, meets Misa, a young widow of Sakakigumi, who is directly attending the Owada group. Misa decides to disband Sakakigumi and return to Katagi, but she overcomes the opposition of her members and she establishes a civil engineering company. Tokuto Mii! This is the gangster Otoshimae!...
Blood Brothers
Character: Takeda Clan Boss
The Dragon Tiger brothers who live as yakuza in the Han Chinese district of Japan. The arm of his brother, Noboru, is engraved with a dragon rising to the sky, and the arm of his brother, Takeshi, is engraved with a tattoo symbolizing himself. After the war, they draw the blood of Sangokujin Wang Haidong, who was killed in a mutiny in abandoned Japan, but has been gratefully serving the leader of the Takeda group who murdered his father. One day the group leader tells them to take over the group...
Crime Hunter 3 Killing Bullet
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Little Tokyo, USA In a lonely hotel room, Little Tokyo's Detective Joker was waiting for a woman. The rain grew stronger and filled the storm. And the woman came to the room where the Joker was staying. The woman's name is Serika. She was Joker's former lover. Serika came to ask for help. Appeal to the Joker with a scared "murdered" voice. There, a mysterious group appears in the hotel lobby. Nicole and her friends control the buying and selling of cocaine in the Little Tokyo area. The Joker des...
雀鬼 裏麻雀勝負！20年間無敗の男[後編]
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Shoichi (Kentaro Shimizu) has become the top player in the underworld of mahjong. His daily life is always in danger as he plays for huge sums of money in a single night. The only time he can relax is when he plays mahjong for "fun" at a mahjong parlor. One of the members is Jun-chan, a pimp, but there is something wrong with him... In Shinjuku, where the thoughts of various people intersect, Shoichi's biggest rival appears before him!...
Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North Sea
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Ryuji Hoshikawa (played by Ken'ichi Endô), the leader of the Hoshikawa group and an executive of the Saito group, a branch of the Asahikawa Sekine Association, grew increasingly distrustful of the group's leader, Shigezo Saito (played by Johnny Okura), after being removed from his role as acting head of the Saito group. As a result, he abandoned his parent organization and his family, ultimately accepting the ceremonial sake cup from Tetsuya Kishimori (played by Kentaro Shimizu), the leader of t...
Mahjong Demon 2: With a White Blade on His Back
Character: Sakurai Shoichi
A young professional mahjong player, Sakurai Shoichi (Shimizu Kentaro), who graduated from university, was employed at a real estate company. While on a business trip with the company president (Hamada Akira) to a secluded hot spring town, he learns that an elderly couple who are the president's benefactors are in trouble. The old man was a former gambler who ran the town with honor and compassion, but his business was taken away by an emerging gangster (Hiura Tsutomu). When Sakurai Shoichi find...
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
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Shoichi Sakurai, who started his own trading company and is obsessed with business, is approached with a mineral resource deal. However, it is a trap set by a politician who wants Sakurai to play as a substitute. Falling right into the trap, Sakurai is forced to participate in an underground mahjong match held at a certain country's embassy......
Mahjong Demon 4: Mahjong Proxy War
Character: Shoichi Sakurai
Kabukicho, Shinjuku. Shoichi Sakurai meets a man who goes to a mahjong parlor from 9am to 5pm and realizes that there is something missing in his mahjong. Next, a soba restaurant owner from Karuizawa who lost his land because of mahjong appears before Sakurai. Sakurai teaches him mahjong when he asks for his help, but......
Mahjong Demon 5 Final Edition: One-man Retirement Match
Character: Sakurai Shoichi
Shoichi Sakurai meets his girlfriend's father, the legendary drug dealer Mo. This leads to the two of them repeatedly competing against each other, but Mo eventually passes away. Sakurai, who regrets having taken his life, receives news of the Japan Championship and decides to retire after this match. Thus, he faces his final match, but......
Shin Mahjong Demon 2: Mahjong Lawless Zone
Character: Shoichi Sakurai
The Kuronuma Group, a huge mahjong organization that controls the political and financial circles of Japan from behind the scenes, has been growing rapidly by taking in underground professionals one after another with the overwhelming strength of the second generation leader, Nishimura Hiromitsu. In the midst of all this, a young pinch-player, Matsuoka, who respects Sakurai Shoichi, faces off against a low-level member, which leads to a confrontation between Sakurai and Nishimura......
Showa Gamblers Gaiden
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The second installment of the Showa Gamblers series. In the mid-1950s, Orin, the daughter of Takashima Tomezō, the 8th-generation leader of the Takashima clan in Jōshū Nitta, seeks out Seijirō Hanamura, an old friend of her father. She hopes to stop the Narita-gumi, who are plotting to take over the main family....