Akiko Kudō

Akiko Kudō

Born: January 1, 1944
in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Japanese actress.

Movies for Akiko Kudō...

Branded Female Convicts
Title: Branded Female Convicts
Released: February 23, 1984
Type: Movie
In an Edo-era women's prison, Ochiyo manages to escape execution during a fire and becomes determined to seek revenge against her harsh jailers.
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New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
Title: New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
Released: August 12, 1972
Type: Movie
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Organized Crime: Killer's Glory
Title: Organized Crime: Killer's Glory
Released: May 27, 1972
Type: Movie
A professional lone-wolf hitman comes to his blood brother's aid when his boss is brutally murdered by an unknown yakuza faction.
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The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
Title: The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
Character: Koteru
Released: March 4, 1972
Type: Movie
The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When their leader dies and the successor disappears, Tsuruji, a beautiful yet tough geisha, becomes the boss. But will she be able to confront a yakuza gang trying to take over the area?
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The Gambler's Counterattack
Title: The Gambler's Counterattack
Character: Yamano Midori
Released: October 14, 1971
Type: Movie
Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still respect him. So he becomes a consultant to another gang who are about to be clobbered by a much larger gang moving in from out of town. Aiba proves a crafty tactician, and does very well at playing gangs off against each other in order to save the smaller gang. His advice is not always taken by those he tries to help, but he is generally proved right.
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The Viper Brothers Rage Again
Title: The Viper Brothers Rage Again
Released: October 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Part 2 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.
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A Scarred Life
Title: A Scarred Life
Released: July 17, 1971
Type: Movie
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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A Modern Yakuza: Broken Code
Title: A Modern Yakuza: Broken Code
Released: April 3, 1971
Type: Movie
A young yakuza soldier is torn between staying in his current life or leaving his family when his boss refuses to follow their ancient code of ethics.
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Sympathy for the Underdog
Title: Sympathy for the Underdog
Character: Terumi
Released: January 12, 1971
Type: Movie
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.
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Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder
Title: Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder
Character: Maya
Released: November 11, 1970
Type: Movie
Ryotatsu, the wayward Priest blinded by Shinkai, the Wicked Priest, has his own story in this ultra-violent tale from the era of the Meiji Reconstruction. When a woman leaves her blind son at the Monastery, Ryotatsu is forced to teach the boy how to cope as a blind person in old Japan. When he takes the child with him on the road to find the boy's mother, they run afoul of not only yakuza gangsters, but some corrupt army officers have been trying to sway public opinion against the Satsuma rebels by posing as members of Saigo Takamori's group. It's a bloody mistake for them to underestimate the strength of the Blind Priest, and he'll make them pay with their lives!
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A Wad of Notes
Title: A Wad of Notes
Character: Sen
Released: September 9, 1970
Type: Movie
A lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After away from his hometown for 13 years, Ryuji comes back and saves the town that is becoming run-down from yakuza’s ill deeds.
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Gambler's Code - Loyalty Offering
Title: Gambler's Code - Loyalty Offering
Released: August 28, 1970
Type: Movie
A fairly entertaining yarn told in somewhat broad strokes with Wakayama playing against type as a reformed-gambler-turned- Christian minister. Of course, before the tale is finished he is forced by the utterly nefarious, heinous villains to once again pick up a sword and join fellow anti-hero Sugawara in wiping out Evil.
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Japan's Violent Gangs: Degenerate Boss
Title: Japan's Violent Gangs: Degenerate Boss
Released: June 20, 1970
Type: Movie
Terajima, an ex-yakuza and current nightclub owner, is brought back into the world of crime when his former brother attempts a hostile take over.
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Code Between Brothers: All New
Title: Code Between Brothers: All New
Released: April 10, 1970
Type: Movie
When the boss of the Nakano Family decides to retire and makes a loyal follower the new boss instead of his own son, it causes strife in the family. Sides are taken and lines are drawn. Meanwhile, a rival family with a land dispute with the Nakano starts pulling strings behind the scenes...
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Rise and Fall of Chivalry
Title: Rise and Fall of Chivalry
Released: February 21, 1970
Type: Movie
A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.
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The Man Without a Map
Title: The Man Without a Map
Released: June 1, 1968
Type: Movie
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.