Shintarō Katsu
Birthday: Born in 1931-11-29 in Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Deathday: 1997-06-21
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Shintarō Katsu (勝 新太郎 Katsu Shintarō?), born Toshio Okumura (奥村 利夫 Okumura Toshio, November 29, 1931—June 21, 1997; nicknamed Katsu-shin) was a Japanese actor, singer, producer, and director. He was the son of kabuki performer Katsutoji Kineya (Kineya Katsutōji) who was renowned for his nagauta and shamisen skills, younger brother of actor Tomisaburo Wakayama (Wakayama Tomisaburō), husband of actress Tamao Nakamura (married in 1962), and father of actor Ryutaro Gan (Gan Ryūtarō). Description above from the Wikipedia article Shintaro Katsu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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警視-K
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" Keishi-K " is a detective drama directed and starring Shintaro Katsu. This drama tells the story of Inspector Katsutoshi Gatsu, a hammy detective, as he fights crime....
痛快！河内山宗俊
Character: Kōchiyama Sōshun
Kōchiyama Sōshun serves as a cha-bōzu (He is kind of tea man) in the administrative headquarters of the Tokugawa shogunate but he works behind the scene to protect powerless people from evil power of Tokugawa shogunate. Kataoka Naojirō and Ushimatsu work for Kōchiyama. Kaneko Ichinojō is a ronin whose interests often align with Kōchiyama...
座頭市物語
Character: Zatoichi
Blind masseur Zatôichi travels from town to town gambling, drinking, and fighting off the local gangs....
唖侍鬼一法眼
Character: Manji
A master swordsman, Kiichi Hogan, wanders Japan in search of the Spanish swordsman who murdered his parents and slashed his throat 18 years before. Renouncing any normal life the samurai has become the feared bounty hunter, "Devil" Hogan, the Mute Samurai....
今夜不設防
Character: 胜新太郎
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The Summit of Mt. Fuji
Character: Asakichi
The Japanese government decides to install a radar on the top of Mt. Fuji, in order to detect typhoons as far as 800 km south of the Japanese archipelago, but the task will not be easy....
Incident at Blood Pass
Character: Gentetsu
In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin's assignment becomes clear, to help the gang, he's ordered to kill the inn's residents, including a woman he's rescued from an abusive husband. He's reluctant to murder innocent people; then he learns that the gold shipment is a trap a...
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Character: Zatoichi
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to use non-violence and set a good example, or violence and s...
Kanto Woman Infamy
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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
Character: Zatoichi
Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his youthful attendant -- Zatoichi finds them and discovers that the pair's mixed up with a dangerous bunch of terrorist samurai who murdered the boy's parents. Now, Zatoichi must step in to save the day....
The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
Character: Jirocho
The second film in the "Suruga yukyoden" series, in which Shintaro Katsu plays Jirocho Shimizu. The film features Omasa, Komasa, Ocho, who will become Jirocho's wife, as well as other members of his future family. There is a particularly great swordfight near the end where Katsu and cronies attack the rival villainous yakuza clan to rescue their ailing, elderly boss. The action choreography, cinematography and editing of this sequence is quite brilliant, treading a difficult tightrope act betwee...
An Actor's Revenge
Character: Hojin
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago....
Keshin
Character:
1962 Japanese movie...
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
Character: Zatoichi
Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed two years ago. When some tax money is stolen while in transit to the governor he is accused and sets out to find the money and clear his name....
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Character: Zatoichi
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns....
Teppo Yasu no Shogai
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1962 Japanese movie...
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Character: Zatoichi
With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro, the son of a merchant rumored to have stolen gold from the shogunate. The boss has hired Yojimbo as his hard-drinking enforcer, but Yojimbo is both a spy for the shogunate, trying to find the gold, and in love with the merchant's unwilling mistress, Umeno. Ichi hires on as the merchant's masseur and buys Umeno's freedom with his employer's own money. This embarrasse...
Tenchu!
Character: Izo Okada
A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage....
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
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Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life
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Soft-Boiled Goro is a 1970 film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro...
Third Generation's Loyalty Offering
Character:
1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie...
The Tale of Zatoichi
Character: Zatôichi
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing....
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
Character: Zatoichi
Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love....
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
Character: Hanzo 'The Razor' Itami
Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his inquiries. His first adventure sees him investigating his superior officer's mistress, whom he suspects of having ties with a reputed criminal on the loose....
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
Character: Hanzo 'The Razor' Itami
Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He shows inadequate respect to the treasurer, who wants him dead....
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?
Character: Hanzo 'The Razor' Itami
Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with Heisuke Takei a friend from his youth, offers protection to a forward-thinking physician Genan Sugino who has defamed his ruler, discovers a pleasure ring of young wives and a blind music teacher, and cuckolds a corrupt official under his very nose....
Travels of Lord Mito
Character: Sutekichi
Lord Mito Mitsukuni, the vice-shogun of the whole country, left the family estate and went on a trip to various provinces with his students Sukesaburo Sasaki and Kakunoshin Atsumi. At an inn in Sunagawa, Mitsukuni exposed and punished an evil judge who had fallen in love with a townsman's wife. However, on the night he stayed at Nihonmatsu Castle, Mitsukuni found out that this incident was a performance organized especially for him…...
Zatoichi the Fugitive
Character: Zatoichi
After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face the killer, a hired ronin....
New Tale of Zatoichi
Character: Zatoichi
Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home....
Sabakareru Echizen no kami
Character:
1962 Japanese movie...
Zatoichi on the Road
Character: Zatoichi
Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in the middle of a bloody turf war....
The Great Wall
Character: Emperor Shih Huang Ti
In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his serious faults are showed in this film. Qin adopted autocratic dictatorship and led a luxurious life: abolition of feudalism and the centralization of power in the form of a now-hereditary bureaucracy loyal to himself; burning books and burying scholars; the construction of a sumptuous palace for his concubines and also the Great Wall....
The Fiery Magistrate
Character:
Film adaption by Kenji Misumi...
The Blind Menace
Character: Suginoichi
This is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi...
Dynamite Doctor
Character: Denjirô Daimatsu
Film by director Kenji Misumi...
Dynamite Doctor Returns
Character: Denjirô Daimatsu
Second movie in the yoidore hakase serie...
Drunken Harbor
Character: Gyoro-matsu
Third film of the yoidore hakase series...
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
Character: Zatoichi
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child....
Zatoichi's Revenge
Character: Zatoichi
Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a brothel. Through friendship with Denroku, a local dice thrower and devoted father, Ichi uncovers an unholy alliance between the governor and the area strongman: among their scams is falsifying tax records to put farmers in debt, then forcing their daughters...
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
Character: Zatoichi
Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himself to use his amazing sword skills to help the young woman's father, whose river-crossing service is under attack by the same gang responsible for Zatoichi's wounds....
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
Character: Zatoichi
Zatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, while fending off angry yakuza and bloodthirsty relatives out for revenge, and trying to save a sick child. Meanwhile, his luck with dice is turning....
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Character: Zatoichi
The blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a jealous husband bent on revenge. Zatoichi tours Edo's underground via a rousing onsen fight scene, gambling houses and the gender-bending character of Umeji, before a final, flame-filled conflagration....
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
Character: Zatoichi
Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss....
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
Character: Zatoichi
Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official....
Zatoichi the Outlaw
Character: Zatoichi
When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival gambling house pays their debts and sets them free....
Adventures of Zatoichi
Character: Zatoichi
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her brother, who has murdered someone at about the same time and place as the missing man was last seen....
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Character: Zatoichi
Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged gambling game. Of course, the local gangsters attempt to kill him, and the adventure begins. It turns out a blacksmith named Senzo examines Zatoichi's cane sword, and discovers it to be forged by his old mentor. Senzo discovers the sword is at the end of its usefulness and will break when it is used next....
Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
Character: Zatoichi
Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his innocence of a crime for which he is sentenced to death. Zatoichi is reluctant to get involved, because he knows how often such involvement has led to trouble in the past. But events conspire to thrust him repeatedly into involvement, and gradually he comes to believe in the man's innocence and determines to free him....
Zatoichi Challenged
Character: Zatoichi
Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has been forced by a local boss to create illegal pornography to pay off his gambling debts. Ichi makes it his mission to save tha man and reunite the family, even though it brings him into conflict with a samurai he sort of befriended on his way to the town....
Zatoichi at Large
Character: Zatoichi
Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes the baby in search of its father and finds the child's aunt, who is about to be forced into prostitution for want of a payment the dead mother was bringing. Zatoichi determines to save the woman from her cruel fate....
Samaritan Zatoichi
Character: Zatoichi
Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has c...
Zatoichi in Desperation
Character: Zatoichi
After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel - but this causes more problems than solves them....
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
Character: Zatoichi
Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who now is wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested in repaying the villagers' debts, but is in reality manipulating the ownership of a now-valuable rock quarry. Zatoichi learns of the subterfuge and confronts his old friend, who has a score of yakuza ...
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Character: Eichi Shibusawa
The reincarnation of a 10th century Japanese general haunts 1920's Tokyo....
The Man Without a Map
Character: Detective
A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, the detective's own life begins to resemble the man for whom he is searching....
Easy Money
Character:
An action-comedy about three men who try to bilk money out of gambling dens....
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
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The Gift of the Fox
Character:
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Samurai Vendetta
Character: Nakayama Yasubei
Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the family of Lord Kira that led to the famous revenge of the 47 Ronin....
Kaoyaku
Character: Ryota Tachibana
A detective is charged with investigating a bank corruption scandal....
Ronin-gai
Character: Goemon
Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district attempt to regain their honor by defending a brothel from a hostile militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes....
Devil's Temple
Character: Mumyo Taro
An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women, and a vicious killer. Bloody violence erupts whenever strangers approach the temple. Can the traveling priest bring his belief in the Buddha and rid the three temple residents of the devils that hold their souls?...
Jirocho Fuji
Character: Mori no Ishimatsu
Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa....
駿河遊侠傳 賭場荒し
Character:
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Enchanted Princess
Character: Kurisuke
Once upon a time, Okuro (Ayako Wakao), a young female racoon, lived poorly with her drunken father. One day after they disguised themselves as parasols, they were wrongly brought to the Racoon Palace, where the young racoon princess (also Ayako Wakao) made a mess of her arranged marriage with the beautiful racoon prince (Raizô Ichikawa). Pretty princess ran away. In order not to spoil the promising marriage, people tried to make use of resemblances between Okuro and the princess. Before long, Ok...
The Demon of Mount Oe
Character: Watanabe-no-Tsuna
A demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider! The young Genji warrior protects the Fujiwara Clan and the beautiful lady in tragic love! A grand visual epic told with mesmerizing extravagance!...
Sisters of Gion
Character:
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The Bogus Policeman
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Toramatsu is a very enthusiastic policeman. Believing that the police should help others he is dismissed the force when his pistol is stolen while doing one of his good deeds. He saves a child from drowning, restores it to his mother, then finds that someone has run off with his gun and later uses it to kill. Then he breaks up a group of hoodlums attacking a young girl named Mieko, and the police, his former friends, deciding he has gone too far, decide to sue him. On top of this the girl gets h...
The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall
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When a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her and her cat and has their bodies immured in a wall. Shortly afterwards, a catlike demon begins to haunt the castle....
The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
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A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim....
Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp
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A remake of Kaidan Saga yashiki (1953)....
Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi
Character: Minami Sanjirô
A power struggle in the fief of Okazaki causes the death of Namiji, a nobleman's daughter. As her fiancé seeks revenge, he finds Namiji's cat helping him. Co-starring Shintarô Katsu and Takako Irie....
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
Character: Asakichi
About small-time gangster Asakichi's chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he must not continue working in the family business. Instead he supports himself by arranging cockfights. He becomes ex-geisha Okinu's patron and lover, and falls directly into disfavor with the yakuza....
Buddha
Character: Devadatta
An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals include human sacrifices. During his meditations, he is tempted by erotic dancing women, demons, and the evil machinations of his criminal cousin. Devastate to attain the spiritual perfection and become the Buddha. He travels to convert followers by ...
Hoodlum Soldier
Character: Kisaburo Omiya
A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an effort to desert by stealing a train....
The Magoichi Saga
Character: Oda Nobunaga
Lord Oda Nobunaga gains control of nearly all of Japan and tries to enlist the aid of Magoichi and his 3.000 gunners....
Kojiki taishō
Character:
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The Homeless
Character: Genzo Komagen
Two inmates are simultaneously released from jail, but go their separate ways, only to cross paths again in the nearest brothel. There they make the acquaintance of a would-be prostitute. They help her escape and decide to guide her on her quest for sunken contraband somewhere off the coast....
Hana no yukyo-den
Character:
1958 Japanese movie...
Life of Matsu the Untamed
Character: Matsugorô Tomishima
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly....
Saga of the Phoenix
Character: Jiku Ajari
Hell Virgin is granted permission to live on earth for 7 days, if she promises not to cause armageddon whilst she's there. She accepts and tries to enjoy her remaining time. but Hell Concubine has other plans....
The Whale God
Character: Kishu
A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it....
Yokosuka Navy Prison
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When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is sent to the Yokosuka Naval Prison....
Beauty the Enemy
Character: Fujikawa
In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city....
Three Young Samurai
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During Japan's Warring States period three young Tokugawa vassals head their separate ways after Takeda Shingen's forces overran their castle. When they next meet they have all joined opposing sides....
An Ode to Yakuza
Character: Minoru Tatematsu
Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending her to college and turning her into a perfect young lady. He's extremely fond of Akane. His fondness for her goes beyond how he feels about his mistress, Kanae. And yet, Akane feels alone. Now, a new tutor comes into her life that seems to have taken a liking to her......
The Women of Osaka Castle
Character: Oda Nobunaga
A television drama aired on November 3, 1983 as a special project to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of Yomiuri Television and the 30th anniversary of the founding of Nippon Television....
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Character: Shijo Kingo
During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders by creating a new form of Buddhism. He runs afoul of the existing Buddhist sects and their government supporters and is persecuted. Can Nichiren persevere before the Mogol fleet reaches Japanese shores?...
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Character: Genzô Akagaki
Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the target of a merciless revenge....
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
Character: Kaku-san
Daiei Film Company's three biggest stars shine in this exciting story about Vice-Shogun Mito Komon's journey to the land of the Ainu. As the shogun's uncle, Lord Mito traveled about the nation seeking to make sure that corruption and injustice did not go unpunished. Traveling together with his two faithful bodyguards Kaku and Suke, they board ship for a voyage to the far northern island of Ezo (modern day Hokkaido) where the indigenous people called "Ainu" live. Somewhat like American Indians, t...
The Blind Swordsman
Character: Self
A documentary about the character created for a series of Japanese films starring Shintaro Katsu. There are behind-the-scenes interviews on the set of the subsequent television series featuring the character....
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
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A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa....
Tough Guy
Character: Asakichi
Asakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss. When Kotoito, the geisha Asakichi is in love with, is kidnapped by a rival clan and sold to a a house of pleasure, Asakichi and Sada set out to rescue her....
The Life of Buddha
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A re-edited, feature length compilation of the two parts of Ôfuji's The Great Sage Shakyamuni Buddha - the culmination of Noburô Ôfuji's monochrome silhouette films. After a portentous dream about a white elephant, the ancient Hindu princess Maya gives birth to a prince. Reared in seclusion from the troubles of the world, Prince Siddhartha is troubled by sights of poverty and deprivation when he is 12 years old. He is married to a beautiful wife, but he is unable to bear the thought of others s...
The Two Musashis
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During the reign of Shogun Hidetada, both Hirate Musashi and Okamoto Musashi strive to become the finest swordsman in the land by defeating the Yagyu clan's top instructors and then taking on Sasaki Kojiro!...
An Osaka Story
Character: Ichinosuke
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....
The Funeral Racket
Character: Ganmen
The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society....
Blind Devotion
Character: Aikichi
Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke....
The Money Dance
Character: Hapyaku Machida
Machida (Shintaro Katsu) is in constant trouble because of his instincts to do right every time, even when it endangers his life. A gang hires him for his "forceful personality," and assigns him to kill evil people, a president of a loan company and a drug baron....
Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut
Character: Sasaki Kojiro
The story of Sasaki Kojiro, a young swordsman, and his quest to train under master Seigen and develop his own style....
Inn of Evil
Character: Wanderer
The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an isolated inn (the one that the title refers to), the head-quarters of a group of smugglers, with stolen money intended to ransom his loved one who is forced to work in a brothel....
The Hoodlum Priest
Character: Ryuzen
The first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in addition to breaking all the commandments against sex and gambling, opens his own gambling den in direct defiance of the local yakuza boss. Exciting action and a twisty plot this movie breaks new barriers in Japanese cinema. Katsu Shintaro is superb in one of his better non-Zato Ichi roles as he fights off the advances of a love-lorn woman and risks his life to defeat the powerful gambling boss who has a str...
Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint
Character: Ryuzen
It’s cross and double-cross in these further adventures of Ryuzen, the wayward priest played by Katsu Shintaro as he tries to help a woman who may be the heir to a fortune get what is rightfully hers. Matsuo Kayo, who first rose to international stardom as ‘the supreme ninja’ in “Shogun Assassin” gives an outstanding performance in this clever and exciting caper tale set in the samurai era. Ryuzen agrees to help her, but is he just in it for himself, and is she really who she claims to be? When ...
Bad Reputation: The Notorious Harbor
Character: Asakichi
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The Notorious Man's Return
Character: Asakichi
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The Lord Pretends
Character: Koheita Mochizuki
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Born Fighter
Character: Isokichi Yoshida
Story about a big boss who built the foundation of an industrial city....
The Last Betrayal
Character: Takabayashi
A crime boss gets out of prison and tries to find who from his organization betrayed him....
Rabble Tactics
Character: Mohei
The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to keep the wolf from the door. The farmers are recruited in groups of fifteen. In Yaju's village, there are only twelve men, so they press Oto, who looks more like a boy than a girl, to join, disguised as a man....
Vagabonds from Badgerville
Character:
A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society....
Ishimatsu - The One-Eyed Swordsman
Character: Mori no Ishimatsu
Ishimatsu of Mori, from his early days leading up to his joining with Shimizu Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido where he made his mark in history through his tragic end this is the story of a beloved and loyal henchman....
The Front Line Showdown
Character: Kisaburo Omiya
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Five Star Private
Character: Kisaburo Omiya
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Hoodlum Soldier: Looting and Pillaging
Character: Kisaburo Omiya
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The Hoodlum Soldier Deserts Again
Character: Kisaburo Omiya
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Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack
Character: Kisaburo Omiya
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Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O.
Character: Kisaburo Omiya
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Hoodlum Soldier's Flight to Freedom
Character: Kisaburo Omiya
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Bad Reputation Returns
Character: Asakichi
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Tsukinode no ketto
Character: Asakichi
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Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men
Character: Asakichi
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Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms
Character: Asakichi
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Bad Reputation: The Notorious Man of Legend
Character: Asakichi
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Bad Reputation: Showdown of the Best
Character: Asakichi
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Bad Reputation of the Big Three
Character: Asakichi
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New Bad Reputation Continues
Character: Asakichi
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Bad Reputation: Two Notorious Men in Tokyo
Character: Asakichi
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Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again
Character: Asakichi
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Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise
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Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty
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Bad Reputation: The Big Drum
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
Character: Shusaku Utsugi
During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the Choshu and Satsuma clans. This is the story of Tsukigat Khanpayit, the sword maker of the Choshu clan, who, along with Katsuro Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma, sought to fulfill the dream of a new peaceful era in Japan. Can he realize his ideals or will he die in the chaos of internecine fights......
Daiei Studio is Bustling
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A studio introduction version for Daiei Stars....
Fighting Letter for 29 People
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The Magnificent Five
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Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
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Thief and Magistrate
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The Dancer and Two Warriors
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Migratory Birds of the Flowers
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Flowery Hood
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Flowery Hood 2
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The Actress and the Three Rascals
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The Thieves' Who's Who
Character: Banzuke
In the book of the world's greatest rogues, the number one man can only be one person....
Oniisan to oneesan
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A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda....
Marathon Samurai
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The TV drama of Ima Harube was adapted by Yagi Ryuichiro ("Komuso Henge"), directed by Mori Issei ("I Am Fujikichirou"), and cinematographed by Honda Shozo ("The Return of the Ghost"). The main cast includes Katsu Shintaro ("Flower of the Wandering Bird"), Saga Michiko and Mita Tokiko ("Matashirou's Fighting Journey")...