Rikiya Yasuoka

Rikiya Yasuoka

Born: July 19, 1947
Died: April 8, 2012
in Tokyo, Japan
Rikiya Yasuoka (安岡力也, Yasuoka Rikiya, 19 July 1947 – 8 April 2012) was a Japanese actor and singer of mixed Italian and Japanese descent.

Movies for Rikiya Yasuoka...

Izo
Title: Izo
Character: Lender
Released: September 7, 2004
Type: Movie
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.
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Road to the Don Theatrical Version
Title: Road to the Don Theatrical Version
Released: June 18, 2003
Type: Movie
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.
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Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
Title: Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
Character: Masakatsu Kugihara
Released: September 21, 2002
Type: Movie
After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing other Yakuza leaders leading to a final confrontation by the old man's killers.
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Gokudô seisen: Jihaado II
Title: Gokudô seisen: Jihaado II
Released: July 8, 2002
Type: Movie
The second installment of the "Gokudo Seisen" series, a hard-line action OV that presents the original draft of Shigenori Takechi under the supervision of Takashi Miike of "IZO". A hot-blooded yakuza challenges a "holy war" against a company that earns a lot of money in a villainous way. Big actors such as Taishu Kase and Hiroki Matsukata set aside.
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Gokudô seisen: Jihaado III
Title: Gokudô seisen: Jihaado III
Released: July 8, 2002
Type: Movie
The third installment of the hard-line action OV "Gokudo Seisen" series, which presents the original draft of Shigenori Takechi under the supervision of Takashi Miike of "IZO". It depicts the activities of the martial arts yakuza who challenge the major general contractors who are plotting wrongdoing. Actors such as Taishu Kase and Hiroki Matsukata performed well with the men living in Shuraba.
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Graveyard of Honor
Title: Graveyard of Honor
Character: Aoyama
Released: June 22, 2002
Type: Movie
A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
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残侠伝説 覇王道
Title: 残侠伝説 覇王道
Released: April 26, 2002
Type: Movie
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Family 2
Title: Family 2
Released: September 21, 2001
Type: Movie
In this continuation of "Family", it is discovered that the one who gave the order to assassinate the Mitsumikai Boss is the one and only Boss of the Japan Mafia: Mr. Nishiwaki. Hideshi finds something odd about the killing and begins to investigate, uncovering the true motives behind this murder. Miike's sequel is chock full of harrowing Boat chases, big explosions, beautiful women sex and drugs! Takashi Miike's Family, Part 2 continues the tale of the yakuza gangster named Hideshi, who must uncover the identity of the man who killed a powerful crime boss.
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Closed Ward
Title: Closed Ward
Character: Shigemune
Released: April 7, 2001
Type: Movie
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Family
Title: Family
Released: March 10, 2001
Type: Movie
When the mobster Iwaida Nishikawi is executed by the hit man Takeshi, his family chases the killer. Takeshi's brothers Takashi and Hideshi Miwa try to find Takeshi, who is hidden with the nurse Rie Ishibashi, to protect him and Hideshi discovers that Takeshi was secretly sent by their Yakuza boss to eliminate Iwaida. Meanwhile, the mobster Kenmoshi abducts Takashi's wife Mariko and rapes her, trying to force Takashi to deliver his brother to him.
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雀狼伝3 必殺!!亜空間殺法
Title: 雀狼伝3 必殺!!亜空間殺法
Released: January 21, 2001
Type: Movie
The third full-fledged mahjong drama presented with the full cooperation of the Japan Professional Mahjong Federation! Will Gan defeat him, Ando! Is this the last of the subspace killing techniques? After winning the 20th Meisei Sen and the 9th Tairyu Sen in quick succession, Mitsuru Ando decides to form the Mahjong Battle Squad again. Ando challenges the professional league with great vigor, but... (C) Museum
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Shura ga Yuku 13
Title: Shura ga Yuku 13
Released: December 1, 2000
Type: Movie
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Fighting Knife Yoshi 2
Title: Fighting Knife Yoshi 2
Released: November 10, 2000
Type: Movie
Sequel to 'Fighting Knife Yoshi'
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雀狼伝2 必殺!!亜空間殺法
Title: 雀狼伝2 必殺!!亜空間殺法
Released: October 21, 2000
Type: Movie
The second full-fledged mahjong drama presented with the full cooperation of the Japan Professional Mahjong Federation! The strongest rival appears. The most formidable rival appears. What will Ando Mitsuru do? Will the subspace killing method be defeated?
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Fighting Knife Yoshi
Title: Fighting Knife Yoshi
Released: July 14, 2000
Type: Movie
Kazuki spends his days training to leave his home town and become the best cook in Japan.
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Shura ga Yuku 9
Title: Shura ga Yuku 9
Released: February 18, 2000
Type: Movie
The 9th series of Violence Action that depicts the battle between this issue and Ino aiming at the top of the gangster society as a unit.
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Shura ga Yuku 11
Title: Shura ga Yuku 11
Released: January 22, 2000
Type: Movie
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Japan's Yakuza History: Human Rights Scream 2: Shura's Human Rights
Title: Japan's Yakuza History: Human Rights Scream 2: Shura's Human Rights
Released: November 17, 1999
Type: Movie
Original video film.
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Shura ga Yuku 10
Title: Shura ga Yuku 10
Released: September 4, 1999
Type: Movie
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GinZame
Title: GinZame
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
The film depicts the activities of a female financier nicknamed "Silver Shark" Nakajima, who has his own ideas about computer systems, asks Kyoko, a club mama, to contact a mysterious female financier who calls herself "Silver Shark". With Kyoko's help, Nakajima secures a 150 million yen loan from "Silver Shark" and begins working with his partner Nosaka to establish a new company. However, soon after, both Nosaka and the money disappear...
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Shura ga Yuku 8
Title: Shura ga Yuku 8
Released: July 29, 1998
Type: Movie
The 8th gangster action that depicts the familiar Hongo-gumi facing the Tokyo Waterfront City Development Project, which is a wide-area gangster in the Kansai region.
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Shura ga Yuku 7
Title: Shura ga Yuku 7
Released: March 7, 1998
Type: Movie
The 7th gangster action of men who continue to fight bloody battles in Tosa, Shikoku.
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Health Master Dan
Title: Health Master Dan
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Adaptation of the manga by the same title by Noboru Takahashi. Dan is a masseuse that has the ability to pinpoint anyone's health issues. In this erotic / semi-erotic film Dan uses his special 'techniques' that help cure his patients' ailments.
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Shura ga Yuku 6
Title: Shura ga Yuku 6
Released: September 19, 1997
Type: Movie
Set in Aizuwakamatsu, where resort development is progressing, the sixth installment of the gangster action series that depicts the battle between the eastern and western gangsters aiming for national domination.
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Assault Rakugaki Fools
Title: Assault Rakugaki Fools
Released: September 12, 1997
Type: Movie
This exciting work is full of dangerous behind the scenes stories from the sex industry.
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Shura ga Yuku 5
Title: Shura ga Yuku 5
Released: May 16, 1997
Type: Movie
The fifth installment of the Gokudo Action Series, which depicts the process of the yakuza organization walking on the path to national domination, centered on the confrontation between the two gangsters who became their nemesis. This work is set in a certain area of ​​Hiroshima, which is shaken by the construction problem of an industrial waste treatment plant.
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Shura ga Yuku 4
Title: Shura ga Yuku 4
Released: January 10, 1997
Type: Movie
The fourth of the extreme actions that depicts the men who are confronting the war set by the Kansai yakuza who are planning to advance to the Kanto region by taking advantage of the off-track betting dispute.
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Shura ga Yuku 3
Title: Shura ga Yuku 3
Released: May 25, 1996
Type: Movie
The third hit series of a gangster movie that depicts a fateful confrontation between a man stigmatized for killing a gangster and confronting an enemy who has fitted himself. The stage will be moved to Kyushu, and the escalated battle between yakuza will unfold.
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Cab
Title: Cab
Released: May 11, 1996
Type: Movie
A suspenseful story about an earnest and kind-hearted taxi driver who, by chance, turns into a violent murderer and races through the darkness of the city.
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The Man with Two Hearts
Title: The Man with Two Hearts
Released: May 11, 1996
Type: Movie
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Shura ga Yuku
Title: Shura ga Yuku
Released: June 24, 1995
Type: Movie
Terrible ! Bloody conflict , outbreak !! The overwhelmingly popular graphic novel serialized in Manga Goraku is finally made into a moviel Draw the hard life of men running through the times , including Show Alkawa !!! First film of the live action series.
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Osaka Tough Guys
Title: Osaka Tough Guys
Character: Daimon
Released: June 21, 1995
Type: Movie
Osaka Tough Guys stars Kentaro Nakakura and Yoshiyuki Ohmori. It tells the story of two hoods forced to take on paid work when they run out of money for booze, who end up being drawn into the spiderweb of the yakuza. Gaijiro Saito and Sei Hiraizumi co-star. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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Gokutsubushi
Title: Gokutsubushi
Released: October 15, 1994
Type: Movie
The original is a manga work by Shigeru Tsuchiyama serialized in the magazine "Leed Comic". The director is Takeshi Watanabe of "Kyouju Luger P08", the script is Masaya Ishikawa, and the shooting is Naoaki Imaizumi. A hard-boiled action by a combination of a former yakuza detective and a gangster who is a police officer. Performers are Kazuya Kimura, Rikiya Yasuoka, and Katsuya Kobayashi.  Kyotaro Inugami, a detective at the port station, is a former yakuza. The young head of the gangster group Tsuneno-gumi, Choji Hanawa is a police officer. They were two people glaring at each other, but there are two people, Assistant Commissioner Masaru Sasaki and Shiro Sasaki ...
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Can you collect it? Complete
Title: Can you collect it? Complete
Released: September 9, 1994
Type: Movie
Jiro becomes a happy instructor but a shocking suspicion was raised by Owada who took the place of his parents.
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Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell
Title: Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell
Released: January 15, 1994
Type: Movie
The seventh movie of the series “Yakuza Ladies” focuses on a wife of a small Osaka family. She risks her life to protect her husband’s family and its members against much larger, more established organizations.
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We're No Angels 2
Title: We're No Angels 2
Released: December 24, 1993
Type: Movie
Joe and his delivery company friends are back. This time they become embroiled in the evil plot of a corrupt politician.
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We're No Angels
Title: We're No Angels
Released: October 29, 1993
Type: Movie
Rikiya Yasuoka, Ren Ōsugi and Junji Inagawa star in this early straight to video effort from Takashi Miike. Joe (Yasuoka), a lumbering tough guy with a heart of gold, is fresh out of prison, but it's not long before he lands himself in trouble again. The courier company he works for is attacked by a local yakuza gang. Joe takes matters into his own hands.
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Can you collect it? 2
Title: Can you collect it? 2
Released: August 13, 1993
Type: Movie
Jin, who has killed is worried about his younger brother Jiro and has returned to the world as a ghost!
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Silent Mobius Gaiden -Bakumatsu Dark Woman Disposition-
Title: Silent Mobius Gaiden -Bakumatsu Dark Woman Disposition-
Character: Minoya Yabei
Released: March 22, 1993
Type: Movie
Straight to video
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Can You Collect It?
Title: Can You Collect It?
Released: October 9, 1992
Type: Movie
Two scammers who cross the world without being caught by Satsu and killed
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The Skull Soldier
Title: The Skull Soldier
Released: September 25, 1992
Type: Movie
Narumi, a man out for revenge with the powers he received and a bit of help from the one who saved his life, he creates the persona of Skull Soldier and attempts to discover who really killed his sister.
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続・こちら凡人組
Title: 続・こちら凡人組
Released: September 25, 1992
Type: Movie
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The Triple Cross
Title: The Triple Cross
Released: September 12, 1992
Type: Movie
Following the bloody aftermath of a heist, three robbers are double-crossed by a new accomplice, who is then tracked down amid escalating carnage and spectacular car chases.
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This is Bonjingumi
Title: This is Bonjingumi
Released: February 25, 1992
Type: Movie
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Quiet Don 2
Title: Quiet Don 2
Released: January 24, 1992
Type: Movie
Part two of twelve.
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Lone Wolf Cop: The Sex Doll Case
Title: Lone Wolf Cop: The Sex Doll Case
Released: September 27, 1991
Type: Movie
A police officer is recruited to a special agency and given a license to kill. He is given a dozen or so young policemen and a bar as a front. Meanwhile, girls are disappearing and the friend of one girl is searching for her. It turns out the girls are being kidnapped and sold into bizarre kinky sex games to rich industrialists by a megalomaniacal corporation. One of the young deputies becomes involved and finds a friend of his (the boyfriend of the searching woman) is involved.
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The Man With No Name
Title: The Man With No Name
Released: September 13, 1991
Type: Movie
A detective infiltrates the yakuza
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Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
Title: Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
Character: Mitsuo Kikuchi
Released: April 12, 1991
Type: Movie
In the sequel to 1990's classic Neo Chinpira, Junko (Sho Aikawa) attempts to take out Kazama and then goes on the run. However, he quickly begins to feel homesick, and returns home to find that almost everything has changed. Noriko is now a bar mama with a lavish lifestyle, Yumeko is nowhere to be found, and his boss (Toru Minegishi) seems to have sinister plans involving Junko and his uncle (Jo Shishido).
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Tuff Part II
Title: Tuff Part II
Released: January 25, 1991
Type: Movie
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Legend of the Shadowy Ninja: The Ninja Dragon
Title: Legend of the Shadowy Ninja: The Ninja Dragon
Character: Gô Ranjuji
Released: October 25, 1990
Type: Movie
The secretive realm of the world's deadliest ninja warriors is thrown into chaos as one by one, ninja clan leaders are brutally assassinated! What fiendish foe has the power to kill the most dangerous men in the world? To avenge their dead leader, three ninjas must face this hidden enemy. They'll need all their stealth and ninja trickery to survive!
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Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
Title: Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
Character: Mitsuo Kikuchi
Released: May 11, 1990
Type: Movie
Junko (Sho Aikawa) is a low-level yakuza in the service of Yoshikawa (Toru Minegishi), despite the misgivings of his uncle (Jo Shishido). He lives off of the money earned by his girlfriend and is more interested in trying to look cool than anything else. He meets Yumeko (Chikako Aoyama), an innocent but dangerous narcoleptic runaway, after she steals his car, and she soon moves in with him. Following the assassination of a high-ranking member by the Kazama Family, Junko is called on to be the lookout while the family gets revenge. However, the other men quickly "zoom", or escape from their duty, leaving the task to Junko. Will he take out Kazama, or will he zoom?
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Tuff Part I
Title: Tuff Part I
Released: February 20, 1990
Type: Movie
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Gal The Cop
Title: Gal The Cop
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Yuka, a neat lady who usually goes to an all girls school. But behind her façade is here identity as "lady detective" who fights against an evil organization that shakes peace. Yuka fights for world peace, swayed by her school romance and friendships. Creating a group of femme fatales to help her along the way to help her fight this evil cultist organization.
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Black Rain
Title: Black Rain
Character: Sugai's Man
Released: September 22, 1989
Type: Movie
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.
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The Toxic Avenger Part II
Title: The Toxic Avenger Part II
Character: Big Mac
Released: July 15, 1989
Type: Movie
Melvin Junko was a nerdy weakling until he fell into a vat of toxic waste, turning him into the first ever superhuman creature from New Jersey. This time, he takes on Tokyo.
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Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Title: Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Released: February 4, 1989
Type: Movie
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.
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Flying
Title: Flying
Released: May 14, 1988
Type: Movie
A young woman aspires to be a motorboat racing champion.
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Tokyo Pop
Title: Tokyo Pop
Character: Akira
Released: April 15, 1988
Type: Movie
A young rock singer is not appreciated by her band, and gets a postcard from Japan saying "wish you were here". She takes what little money she has including ex-boyfriend's rent money and goes to Tokyo. She has numerous cross-cultural adventures and ends up singing with a Japanese rock group looking for a gaijin gimmick.
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Title: "Guys Who Never Learn" Part 2
Released: November 21, 1987
Type: Movie
Sequel to "Guys Who Never Learn".
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Yakuza Ladies 2
Title: Yakuza Ladies 2
Released: October 10, 1987
Type: Movie
Yuki, the wife of a leading member of the Domoto family, must assume her husband’s role as a yakuza boss while he serves out a prison sentence. As she grows into her new role, she manages to assert control and increase the influence of her organization. But when her husband is released from prison, she finds him a changed man, lacking the character necessary to be a powerful yakuza leader. Conflict ensues and their marriage is challenged by a desire for power.
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The Shinjuku Love Story
Title: The Shinjuku Love Story
Character: Suzumura
Released: July 4, 1987
Type: Movie
Ichijoji is a street punk who stumbles across Mari and her cat. Mari and Ichijoji immediately fall in love but are chased by both yakuza and corrupt cops.
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The Heartbreak Yakuza
Title: The Heartbreak Yakuza
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both engulfed in the underground world of intergang warfare.
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Death Shadows
Title: Death Shadows
Released: September 20, 1986
Type: Movie
Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninja working for mysterious high ranking officials. During their investigation on some illegal business, one of them, called “Yazuke the Viper”, finds his abandoned daughter, Ocho, who has now become a mistress of Denzo, a smuggler. After Yazuke’s death, Ocho is also recruited as a “shadows executioner”, with the task of completing her father’s mission.
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Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
Title: Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
Character: Clover King
Released: August 23, 1986
Type: Movie
The story revolves around a hardcore Onyanko Club fanatic who decides he wants to kill the girls to prevent the young, cute idols from getting old and married - in a sense, to preserve their youth for eternity.
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No More Comics!
Title: No More Comics!
Character: Man at bar
Released: March 24, 1986
Type: Movie
Stuck doing show-biz schlock, an investigative reporter stumbles on a scheme to swindle pensions through an attractive gold futures scam, a potential news-story.
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Tampopo
Title: Tampopo
Character: Pisken
Released: November 23, 1985
Type: Movie
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.
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Fire Festival
Title: Fire Festival
Character: Toshio
Released: May 25, 1985
Type: Movie
Tatsuo, a reverent lumberjack, seeks to disrupt plans to build a marine park on his family land, instead promoting his traditions in reactionary ways.
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A Madcap Corporation
Title: A Madcap Corporation
Released: December 17, 1983
Type: Movie
A comedy of a yakuza family that goes into show business.
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Kabamaru the Ninja Boy
Title: Kabamaru the Ninja Boy
Released: August 6, 1983
Type: Movie
Kabamaru is a young boy raised and trained by his grandfather as a ninja. After the sudden death of his grandfather, he starts living with Mai, his grandfather’s mistress, who is a school director. He is asked to help out on struggles against other schools, as he is master of the ninja mystical arts. As time passes he will make lots of friends as well as enemies, and fall in love with Mai.
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The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
Title: The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
Character: Yazawa
Released: July 2, 1983
Type: Movie
A lower-middle-class policeman lives decadently, chasing cheap beer and girls at the same time he's running from loan sharks and his personal expectations.
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Our Wedding
Title: Our Wedding
Released: April 29, 1983
Type: Movie
On her wedding day, Makiko is stabbed by a woman in wedding dress. The wound isn't serious but the attacker blows herself up and can't be identified. The attacker is thought to be an ex-girlfriend of Tsutomu, the groom. He gives two names to the police but these two are still alive. But there is still one woman in Tsutomu's mind...
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So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex
Title: So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex
Character: Yasuda
Released: November 20, 1982
Type: Movie
First production by Directors’ Company. The film depicts the lives of a young man with dreams of becoming a rock superstar and his two friends.
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Zokubutsu zukan
Title: Zokubutsu zukan
Released: November 8, 1982
Type: Movie
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A Pool Without Water
Title: A Pool Without Water
Character: Yakuza henchman
Released: February 20, 1982
Type: Movie
The man has a monotonous job punching tickets for the Japanese railway. One night, while walking home, he saves Jun from getting raped by two hoodlums. A few days later, he sneaks into her house but gets discovered. Later, as he watches his son subdue an insect with a chemical, the man gets an idea to subdue women while they're sleeping so he won't be discovered sneaking into their home. His new hobby spirals out of control as his confidence grows.
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Sekushî purin: Kuse ni narisô
Title: Sekushî purin: Kuse ni narisô
Character: Shibuta
Released: December 25, 1981
Type: Movie
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Rolling on the Road
Title: Rolling on the Road
Character: Yutaka(ユタカ)
Released: October 23, 1981
Type: Movie
George is a washed-up middle-aged punk rocker, who divorces his wife and lives with his girlfriend, a soap massage parlor worker. His life becomes even more of a mess when the nurse he raped moves in with them.
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The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
Title: The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
Character: Sakurai
Released: September 12, 1981
Type: Movie
A star tennis player takes revenge on the blackmailers out to ruin his athletic career.
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Roaring Fire
Title: Roaring Fire
Released: August 8, 1981
Type: Movie
On his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji’s real parents died tragically in a plane crash. Shortly thereafter Joji goes to Japan is search of his sister and his twin brother Toru. Joji’s quickly finds his sister Chihiro who is now blind and lives with their uncle. Joji one evening accidently over hears his uncle who has ties to the criminal underworld discussing his various illegal operations. Joji ‘s eavesdropping is discovered by his uncle who offers him a chance to join the organization. Joji promptly turns his uncle’s offer down which immediately puts his life in danger.
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Yokohama BJ Blues
Title: Yokohama BJ Blues
Character: Yasunaga
Released: April 25, 1981
Type: Movie
BJ is a relatively unknown blues singer who scraps some bars in Yokohama. He does not earn much with it and to make ends meet he also acts as a private detective.
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The Dogs of War
Title: The Dogs of War
Released: October 11, 1980
Type: Movie
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The Beast to Die
Title: The Beast to Die
Character: Minehara
Released: October 4, 1980
Type: Movie
A policeman is murdered and his gun, stolen, used to commit the next crime. Detective Kashiwagi, who is leading the investigation, learns that the author of the killings “walks like a dead man”. Kashiwagi runs into Date, a former correspondent in the Vietnam War. There, Date discovered hell and something snapped in his mind.
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Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82
Title: Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82
Released: August 18, 1979
Type: Movie
Mika Hino is a sharp-shooting investigator that belongs to the infamous "Gator Branch.” When an executive board member of a trading company is accused of being involved in a bribery, Mika is assigned to keep watch over him. A few nights later her target is found dead outside of his 30 floor office building. With an apparent suicide note as evidence, local police conclude the case as a suicide. Mika’s assignment may have ended in failure, but her mission has just begun...
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Prey
Title: Prey
Released: June 23, 1979
Type: Movie
A rock singer who has returned to the U.S. approaches his former musician friends with the soulful sound of reggae that he encountered during his stay in the U.S. However, his friends lost their old energy and were busy chasing only the songs that would sell, and did not pay attention to reggae. Eventually, the lonely and violent rock singer turns to mass indiscriminate murder out of repugnance to the blurred times and humanity.
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Erotic Liaisons
Title: Erotic Liaisons
Character: Staff in Sports club
Released: July 8, 1978
Type: Movie
The story of a second rate detective asked to tail a mysterious woman who is cheating on her man.
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The Killing Machine
Title: The Killing Machine
Released: February 1, 1976
Type: Movie
Mr. Soh, a righteous man with a cold stare and fists of steel, returns to a lawless post-war Japan in 1946. He protects the weak, defends the poor and knocks some good sense into friends and enemies alike. Rapists and gangsters get the worst of it, as Mr. Soh builds up his school on the island of Shikoku.
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Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
Title: Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
Released: August 30, 1975
Type: Movie
The first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventures of two truck drivers. Momojiro and his best friend Kinzo take to the road on their cargo trucks impressing each other with their skills in driving fast and evading the police while transporting commodities throughout the country. Chance encounters with people along the way help them to come to terms with events clouding their past and offer them a shot at redemption.
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The Great Chase
Title: The Great Chase
Character: Shudou
Released: April 26, 1975
Type: Movie
Shihomi Etsuko plays a race car driver who also lends out her services to the Japanese Secret Service. Although there really isn't much of a "chase" to be seen, Shihomi does pursue a cartel of drug runners and assorted Japanese yakuza types. While the story is pure 70's exploitation and gritty crime drama, the best reason to see it is for the Martial Arts Action of Etsuko Shihomi. The action is over-the-top and at times hilarious (i.e. Shihomi battling the lead criminal atop a moving gondola or Shihomi battling a whip-wielding Catholic Nun).
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Wolf Guy
Title: Wolf Guy
Character: Hanamura
Released: April 4, 1975
Type: Movie
Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabaret singer, corrupt politicians, and a plot by the J-CIA to harvest his blood in order to steal his lycanthropic powers.
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The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
Title: The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
Character: One-Eyed Sammy
Released: December 28, 1974
Type: Movie
When a priceless jewel owned by rich heiress Sabine is stolen, along with her daughter, Professional thief and hired killer Ryuichi Koga and his gang are hired to retrieve both. At a ransom exchange, the team save the girl but lose the money and the jewel. When Sabine decides to deal directly with the thieves and obtains the jewel on her own by paying the ransom, Koga, having been stiffed of his fee by Sabine, steals the jewel. Little does he know, it’s a fake. Now, Koga and the team must break into a high security bank to steal the real jewel.
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Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread
Title: Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread
Character: Genjuro Ranai
Released: December 7, 1974
Type: Movie
Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into the nubile buttocks of Chinese prostitutes. Koryu's older sister, working as a jewelry designer, is secretly, if unhappily, involved with the gangsters.
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Yakuza vs. Gang Leader
Title: Yakuza vs. Gang Leader
Released: November 22, 1974
Type: Movie
Gokudo Shimamura comes to blows with the Delinquent Boss who rolls into town with his motorcycle gang.
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Violent Fraternity
Title: Violent Fraternity
Released: November 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Set in Shibuya in 1949, this is another film based on real life former yakuza boss Noboru Ando's memoirs.
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The Executioner
Title: The Executioner
Character: Lone Wolf
Released: August 10, 1974
Type: Movie
Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuchi Kog, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi Hayato, and the criminal mastermind Ichiro Sakura work together to take out an infamous drug dealer.
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Violent Streets
Title: Violent Streets
Character: Yakzua Thug
Released: April 13, 1974
Type: Movie
With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence.
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Reformatory Buddies
Title: Reformatory Buddies
Released: March 30, 1974
Type: Movie
Third film in the series.
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The Ando Gang Documentary Film
Title: The Ando Gang Documentary Film
Released: December 1, 1973
Type: Movie
This biopic of notorious yakuza-turned-actor Noboru Ando focuses on the days leading to his arrest after the shooting of businessman Hideki Yokoi.
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Karate Killer
Title: Karate Killer
Released: October 13, 1973
Type: Movie
Kiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the violent acts he has committed. Once he's out, he begins working as a bodyguard in a club that is crawling with gangsters.
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The Incident at Takanodai
Title: The Incident at Takanodai
Released: July 29, 1973
Type: Movie
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The Bodyguard
Title: The Bodyguard
Released: June 30, 1973
Type: Movie
Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to come forward and provide information about the drug lords' activities. He is soon approached by a mysterious woman claiming to have important information and asking for Chiba's protection. She seems to be legitimate, but is she really what she appears to be?
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The School Deviate Waru
Title: The School Deviate Waru
Released: March 31, 1973
Type: Movie
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Quarreling with Yakuza
Title: Quarreling with Yakuza
Released: March 3, 1973
Type: Movie
Set loose in a postwar world with no rules, an ex-juvenile delinquent begins building the most powerful gang in Tokyo's glittering Shibuya ward.
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Yakuza Wolf: Extend My Condolences
Title: Yakuza Wolf: Extend My Condolences
Released: November 7, 1972
Type: Movie
Attacking Asao Uchida's lonely, clifftop mansion in no-holds barred massacre.
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Delinquent Boss: Devour to the Bone
Title: Delinquent Boss: Devour to the Bone
Released: October 14, 1972
Type: Movie
This is the Sixteenth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value & “pinku” soft-core with sex, nudity, violence, gunplay, & a lot of mainly pointless foolishness when the biker gang coopts racist or nazi imagery, inventing a non-existent youth culture void of morality…
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Delinquent Boss: Alley Dog Commando
Title: Delinquent Boss: Alley Dog Commando
Released: May 16, 1972
Type: Movie
This is the Fifteenth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value & “pinku” soft-core with sex, nudity, violence, gunplay, & a lot of mainly pointless foolishness when the biker gang coopts racist or nazi imagery, inventing a non-existent youth culture void of morality…
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Wolves of the City: First to Fight
Title: Wolves of the City: First to Fight
Released: December 29, 1971
Type: Movie
Pinku from 1971.
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Delinquent Boss: Smooth Talking, Good Fighting
Title: Delinquent Boss: Smooth Talking, Good Fighting
Released: September 18, 1971
Type: Movie
This is the Twelfth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value & “pinku” soft-core with sex, nudity, violence, gunplay, & a lot of mainly pointless foolishness when the biker gang coopts racist or nazi imagery, inventing a non-existent youth culture void of morality…
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The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup
Title: The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup
Released: September 14, 1971
Type: Movie
This is the thirteenth film in the series.
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Wolves on Motorcycles
Title: Wolves on Motorcycles
Released: July 31, 1971
Type: Movie
Hoodlum group helps fishermen against firm polluting their fishing ground.
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The Swindlers
Title: The Swindlers
Released: December 30, 1970
Type: Movie
Interesting fights between the "Capone Group" and "Jumbo Group".
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Sign of the Jack
Title: Sign of the Jack
Character: Kenji Shiraishi
Released: October 14, 1970
Type: Movie
Hanamura, widely known in gangland a professional trouble shooter has the sign of the Jack tattooed on his chest. His follower is his sworn partner Kurahara. They attempt to help the Towada-Gumi gang against its rival group the Kamioka-Gumi which is seeking the chance to conquer the Towada-Gumi in collusion with Noda, a big shot in the town operating a real estate firm.
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Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter
Title: Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter
Character: Kazuma
Released: September 1, 1970
Type: Movie
Mako and her girl friends enter a dispute with rival street gangsters The Eagles, a band of racist macho pigs led by the evil Baron, who hate half-breeds. When one of the girls start dating a half-breed, they start a terror campaign to take all of them out of town. Mako and her gang fight back, helping their new friend Kazuma find his long gone sister.
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Car Thieves
Title: Car Thieves
Character: Chief
Released: October 4, 1964
Type: Movie
Mixed-race children in Japan become involved in the petty theft of car parts.