Akane Kawasaki

Akane Kawasaki

Born: November 10, 1948
in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Akane Kawasaki...

Faces
Title: Faces
Released: June 4, 2016
Type: Movie
Juzo Kimura is a wandering Ronin with a past. 15 years later, after winding up in Edo, he becomes a sword teacher to support his wife and daughter. But he has a dark side to him; at night, he becomes an assassin for hire. The fates of men living double lives cross in the shadows of Edo.
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Title: Kumokiri Nizaemon
Released: April 10, 2013
Type: TV
During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo, and all across the Kansai region, stealing large sums of money with skillful techniques. They only target the very wealthy and never kill or injure people. They appear with the clouds and disappear like the mist. On the night that the beautiful Ochiyo is to become the bride of a dry goods dealer, a large amount of money hidden inside the shop is stolen. The gang disappears without injuring anyone. It was a two-year plan to marry Ochiyo off so that she could bring them in. The leader of this gang is Kumokiri Nizaemon, the greatest bandit of all time. He keeps a rein on his highly-skilled and notorious followers Nanabake no Ochiyo, Kinezumi no Kichigoro, Subashiri no Kumagoro, Ingakozo Rokunosuke and others.
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Title: Onihei Hankachō
Released: July 12, 1989
Type: TV
Hasegawa is a chief police of big heart who leads a band of samurai police and cultivates reformed criminals as informants to solve difficult crimes.
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A Young Female Instructor
Title: A Young Female Instructor
Released: April 15, 1978
Type: Movie
A junior high school teacher is raped by several students inside the school.
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Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
Title: Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
Released: November 13, 1976
Type: Movie
A great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there were frequent uprisings in rural areas due to farmers losing their land as a result of strict tax collection. The Tonegawa area of ​​Boso was a lawless area for a generation, as two major forces fought against each other: Sukegoro of Iioka, who wields power with his industrial capital behind him, and Shigezo of Sasakawa, a rising yakuza. Furthermore, the successive floods of the Tone River, which could be called fate, forced the farmers into even more poverty and despair. Meanwhile, farmers in Nabe Village continue to live a lethargic life, but agricultural reform is about to begin under the hands of Yugaku Ohara, a ronin who has settled in the village.
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The Rugby Star
Title: The Rugby Star
Released: May 15, 1976
Type: Movie
The success of Truck Yaro (1975-1979) initiated a whole load of movies that put "Yaro" in their title, including this semi-bonkers sports comedy/drama. Sonny Chiba's brother Jiro Chiba stars as a Rugby player whose team must find a way to beat the opponent. It's a standard storyline without any major surprises, but works surprisingly well. Training scenes are relatively nuts; much better than the actual matches actually, which tend to go on forever. There is no sex, nudity or graphic violence, making this a family friendly affair. Sonny Chiba appears for about 7 minutes during the last third as a truck driver who comes to Jiro's rescue.
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Karate Warriors
Title: Karate Warriors
Released: April 10, 1976
Type: Movie
Sakata protects a little boy while coping with rival gangs.
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The Return of Sister Street Fighter
Title: The Return of Sister Street Fighter
Character: Shurei
Released: September 30, 1975
Type: Movie
When Koryu's childhood friend Shurei is abducted by gangsters, the desperate young woman recruits a female martial artist and a tough-as-nails stranger to join her for a dangerous rescue mission.
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Solar Eclipse
Title: Solar Eclipse
Released: September 6, 1975
Type: Movie
When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, greed and even murder are on the ballot.
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Housewife's Experience: Tenement
Title: Housewife's Experience: Tenement
Character: Noyuri
Released: April 26, 1975
Type: Movie
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恋は放課後
Title: 恋は放課後
Released: September 15, 1973
Type: Movie
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Professional Killers
Title: Professional Killers
Character: Oteru
Released: June 9, 1973
Type: Movie
Two assassins are hired to carry out a hit on the second wife of a candle merchant, but someone is watching...
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Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
Title: Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
Character: Hatsuko Kawakami
Released: December 9, 1972
Type: Movie
Akane Kawasaki, known for her aversion to physical contact with men, possesses some unfavorable habits such as stealing. Despite these flaws, she garners popularity in the slums due to her compassionate care for children. In an attempt to secure a stable future for their child, she enters into marriage with Tsutomu Yamazaki, who struggles with a stutter. Unfortunately, their union is cut short by the untimely death of Tsutomu Yamazaki in an accident.
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The Ghostly Trip
Title: The Ghostly Trip
Released: October 6, 1972
Type: Movie
The 10th film in the travel series. The original work and screenplay is by Kazuo Funahashi, the director is Shoji Segawa, and the cinematography is by Keiji Maruyama.
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Title: Professional Killers
Released: September 2, 1972
Type: TV
A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...
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Kumo no Yuna
Title: Kumo no Yuna
Released: November 20, 1971
Type: Movie
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Hiding-Place in the Storm
Title: Hiding-Place in the Storm
Released: October 16, 1971
Type: Movie
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若き日の講道館
Title: 若き日の講道館
Released: October 2, 1971
Type: Movie
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Women's Prison for Torture
Title: Women's Prison for Torture
Released: May 26, 1971
Type: Movie
Shocking scenes are revealed in the Nagasaki Women's prison.
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The Woman Gambler's Iron Rule
Title: The Woman Gambler's Iron Rule
Released: February 17, 1971
Type: Movie
The woman gambler Ginko risks her life for her brother-in-law.
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Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life
Title: Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life
Released: November 14, 1970
Type: Movie
Soft-Boiled Goro is a 1970 film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro
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The Little Hero
Title: The Little Hero
Released: September 23, 1970
Type: Movie
A five year old boy leaves his mother and grandparents to see his father who has gone to work in Osaka.
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Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Title: Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Released: August 12, 1970
Type: Movie
Zatoichi is mentored by the blind leader of a secret organization as he contends with both the Yakuza and a jealous husband.
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Sex Revolution
Title: Sex Revolution
Character: Fumie Ikemoto
Released: July 1, 1970
Type: Movie
Story exposes free-sex among highschool students.
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Masseur’s Curse
Title: Masseur’s Curse
Character: Okyo
Released: June 20, 1970
Type: Movie
One murky night, Soetsu, a blind acupuncturist and money lender, calls on Shinzaemon Fukami, a Hatamoto samurai, to collect some money. But Fukami is too busy having an affair with a maid and curtly tells Soetsu to ask Sawano, his wife, for the money. As they have no money, Sawano interprets her husband's words as telling her to give herself to Soetsu in lieu of payment. However, Fukami catches them in the act and kills them both. Snatching up Soetsu's money bag with 30 ryo in it, he then asks two ruffians, to sink the bodies in a marsh. From what follows, it seems as if the spirits of Soetsu and Sawano are still hovering on earth in anguish and anger. For soon afterwards, Fukami is found dead by his own hand and Osono, Soetsu's younger daughter, suddenly disappears from home.
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あゝ独身
Title: あゝ独身
Released: May 16, 1970
Type: Movie
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The Angry Sword
Title: The Angry Sword
Released: April 4, 1970
Type: Movie
Story about a gambler who gets involved in a struggle between companies.
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Haunted Castle
Title: Haunted Castle
Character: Sanae
Released: December 20, 1969
Type: Movie
This period thriller concerns a very famous cat known as the "monster cat of Nabeshima". This cat, a symbol of vengeance in human disguise, takes revenge for the death of its master as well as for the corruption in the feudal system.
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Girl with Bamboo Leaves
Title: Girl with Bamboo Leaves
Released: July 26, 1969
Type: Movie
Yasuda plays Omon, a woman using bamboo leaves as darts/blades to disable and kill her enemies.
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Broken Swords
Title: Broken Swords
Released: May 30, 1969
Type: Movie
The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the vile Lord Kira. Remake of Hakuôki AKA Samurai Vendetta (1959).
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Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare
Title: Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare
Character: Lady Chie
Released: December 1, 1968
Type: Movie
When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him.
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The Night before Pearl Harbor
Title: The Night before Pearl Harbor
Released: March 9, 1968
Type: Movie
The last film in the series brings the tale to the doorstep of Pacific War, with the planning of the bombing of Pearl Harbor dominant in Nakano Spy School.
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Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
Title: Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
Released: March 12, 1966
Type: Movie
Yukiko is on her way to meet Boss Gunji. Judging by her appearance, no one would suspect that this beautiful young woman, sitting quietly in a suburban train, is the only woman able to beat the best professional players in Japan; or that she is wearing the tattoo of the man that loved her and died for her...