Kyōichi Satō

Kyōichi Satō

Born: December 29, 1936
in Kochi Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Kyōichi Satō...

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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Fireflies in the North
Title: Fireflies in the North
Released: September 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.
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Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
Title: Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
Released: October 22, 1982
Type: Movie
A re-make of the classic story made for television in 1982.
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A Distant Cry from Spring
Title: A Distant Cry from Spring
Released: March 15, 1980
Type: Movie
The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the heart of the mother and shows her boy the importance of grit and kindness, but then he leaves with the autumn wind.
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Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Title: Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Character: Sukejirô Yanagi
Released: July 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.
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Tarao Bannai
Title: Tarao Bannai
Released: April 8, 1978
Type: Movie
Legendary detective returns
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Truck Rascals VI: Momojiro, The One and Only
Title: Truck Rascals VI: Momojiro, The One and Only
Released: December 24, 1977
Type: Movie
The sixth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. Two long-distance truckers, “Momojiro” and “Kinzo,” travel around Japan in highly decorated trucks. In Kyushu, Momojiro falls in love again . . . this time with a beautiful college student Masako.
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Outlaw Cop
Title: Outlaw Cop
Released: February 4, 1976
Type: Movie
A bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs away with another man, who turns out to be the very same man that her husband is hunting. Once he discovers this, he loses his nerve and turns in his badge. But the chase turns into a personal vendetta where the ex-cop plans to wipe out the entire gang.
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Dragon Princess
Title: Dragon Princess
Released: January 31, 1976
Type: Movie
A karate master played by Sonny Chiba is attacked and left crippled and blinded in one eye. He trains his daughter (Etsuko Shihomi) with the intention of her avenging not only himself but a murdered friend.
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Truck Rascals II: Ichibanboshi Runs Wild
Title: Truck Rascals II: Ichibanboshi Runs Wild
Released: December 27, 1975
Type: Movie
The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help bring home the father of two young children in time to celebrate New Year’s together.
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Shimane Prison Riot
Title: Shimane Prison Riot
Character: Tadashi Kusatsu
Released: June 7, 1975
Type: Movie
Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisoners of Shimane Prison to the biggest riot in jail history. A fighter by heart, he sees a way out of any situation, but will he survive this, the gutsiest assault ever attempted?
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Great Jailbreak
Title: Great Jailbreak
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: Movie
A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and directed by Ishii Teruo. The friendship between two men on death row, a fleeting love affair with a traveling dancer and a deadly battle with the real culprit who has hunted him down filmed over a long period of time on location in Hokkaido.
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
Title: New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
Released: December 28, 1974
Type: Movie
Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honorable way out.
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Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Title: Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Character: Kiyota Ryunosuke
Released: April 24, 1974
Type: Movie
In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out.
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Violent Streets
Title: Violent Streets
Character: Yamaoka
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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Yokosuka Navy Prison
Title: Yokosuka Navy Prison
Released: November 17, 1973
Type: Movie
When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is sent to the Yokosuka Naval Prison.
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Title: Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Character: Shobei Debuchi
Released: August 11, 1973
Type: Movie
In the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors, each has one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assassination.
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Internal Sleuth
Title: Internal Sleuth
Released: April 21, 1973
Type: Movie
When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective criminal tries to find out the truth.
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Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
Title: Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
Character: One-Eyed Kanji
Released: February 3, 1973
Type: Movie
A Ronin with a death wish reluctantly joins the Clan of the Forgotten Eight, a nasty crew of ronin who are wrapped up in a clan war over local prostitution.
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Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
Title: Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
Character: Tadokoro
Released: December 30, 1972
Type: Movie
After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
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Eight Men to Kill
Title: Eight Men to Kill
Released: December 16, 1972
Type: Movie
The third movie following the exploits of bounty hunter Shikoro Ichibei. The theft of almost a half ton of gold from the shogunate's official mine threatens to bankrupt the government of Japan. Despite a desperate search the gold has not been found, causing officials of the Tokugawa bakufu to call on their most skillful secret agent, Shikoro Ichibei.
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A Yakuza Has His Way
Title: A Yakuza Has His Way
Released: July 3, 1972
Type: Movie
The eighth installment in the popular film series starring Tomisaburo Wakayama. Embarrassed by the chairman of the Seiyu-kai for not having a family crest, Seikichi Shimamura sets out with his henchmen on a journey to acquire the crest of a local bankrupt family. The local Iwahashi clan and the fishermen fought over the construction of the industrial complex, but when Seikichi learned that the Seiyu-kai was behind the Iwahashi clan, he sided with the fishermen...
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Gang Warfare
Title: Gang Warfare
Released: April 14, 1972
Type: Movie
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Delinquent Street
Title: Delinquent Street
Released: February 22, 1972
Type: Movie
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Title: Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Released: January 15, 1972
Type: Movie
In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin. Ogami Itto, the official Shogunate executioner, has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro.
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Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us
Title: Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us
Released: December 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Exciting fight of a secret police detective over secret of a diamond.
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Troops of Darkness
Title: Troops of Darkness
Released: November 10, 1971
Type: Movie
A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind.
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The Wolves
Title: The Wolves
Released: October 30, 1971
Type: Movie
After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets released early -- only to find that his former gang has merged with the Kannos. But with bitter resentments lingering on both sides, how long will it be before the bloodshed begins anew? Set in 1926 Japan, this serpentine crime thriller from director Hideo Gosha also stars Toshio Kurosawa and Isao Natsuyagi as Iwahashi's closest ally.
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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
Title: Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
Character: Yakuza
Released: January 13, 1971
Type: Movie
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.
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Thugs of Shinjuku
Title: Thugs of Shinjuku
Released: December 18, 1970
Type: Movie
Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he forms a rag-tag gang called “the Shinjuku Brothers.” The members of their gang are thugs who only wish they were traditional yakuza. When they turn up at the funeral for a gangster, they are not welcomed, but a senior boss intervenes to keep things calm. The boss of bosses invites them to join a respected local council of warlords. Katsumata is suspicious of why such powerful men would extend an invitation to lowlife like himself.
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Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder
Title: Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder
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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Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Title: Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Character: Tadashi Hanaya
Released: August 14, 1970
Type: Movie
The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they plan military expansion into Manchuria.
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Silk Hat Boss
Title: Silk Hat Boss
Character: Genzo Sera
Released: February 21, 1970
Type: Movie
In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series starring Wakayama Tomisaburo as everybody's favorite character Boss Kumatora from the Red Peony Gambler series. Having made a fortune in the Russo-Japanese War, the Kumatora Family migrates to Kyushu to take on a military-related job. There they encounter the evil and malicious interference of the Chindai family of Kumamoto, and Boss Kumatora boldly fights back with the help of O'Ryu the Red Peony. A super entertaining film with non-stop comedy and action directed by Suzuki Norifumi.
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New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
Title: New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
Released: December 27, 1969
Type: Movie
Katsuji takes revenge on evil Tamaru who forcefully took control of the fishery business run by Katsuji’s friend.
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New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
Title: New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
Released: August 13, 1969
Type: Movie
Suehiro Katsuji, a prisoner of Abashiri, is sent to Shikoku to work at a dock where a fierce turf battle takes place between a local gang and the dock operator.
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Tenchu!
Title: Tenchu!
Released: August 9, 1969
Type: Movie
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.
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Goyokin
Title: Goyokin
Character: Arai Dokan
Released: May 1, 1969
Type: Movie
A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
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Black Lizard
Title: Black Lizard
Character: Ôkawa
Released: July 31, 1968
Type: Movie
A detective tries to outwit a jewel thief who has kidnapped the daughter of a jeweler to get to an exquisite diamond.
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The Silent Stranger
Title: The Silent Stranger
Released: June 20, 1968
Type: Movie
The Stranger comes across some bad guys trying to kill a Japanese emissary for a very important scroll. Before the emissary dies, he asks The Stranger to return the scroll to Japan. Once there he finds himself stuck in the middle of two rival clans and decides to play them off one against each other to free the town.
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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.
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The Bandits
Title: The Bandits
Character: Rin Seiko
Released: May 21, 1968
Type: Movie
Action drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese mountain bandits.
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Prison Boss
Title: Prison Boss
Released: April 18, 1968
Type: Movie
Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.
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Scoundrel
Title: Scoundrel
Released: March 5, 1968
Type: Movie
Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any sense of either duty or chivalry. When imprisoned, he is repeatedly transferred from one prison to another, because no one can handle him.
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Eleven Samurai
Title: Eleven Samurai
Released: December 16, 1967
Type: Movie
The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. After an investigation, the Oshi clan is blamed for what happened and sentenced to be disbanded. Eleven of the best samurai of the clan refuse the sentence and are willing to give their life for justice.
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Ishimatsu the Yakuza: Something's Fishy
Title: Ishimatsu the Yakuza: Something's Fishy
Released: November 23, 1967
Type: Movie
Matsukichi, a worker at a fish market, tries to settle the business between the two competitors on his turf.
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Samurai Wolf II
Title: Samurai Wolf II
Released: May 13, 1967
Type: Movie
Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his dead father. There are crooked gold miners, a beautiful girl who is unfortunately a complete lunatic and a dojo master who is obsessed with killing Kiba just to prove that his school's sword style is the best.
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Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
Title: Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
Released: April 20, 1967
Type: Movie
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Showdown of Men 2
Title: Showdown of Men 2
Released: March 10, 1967
Type: Movie
Part two.
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Samurai Wolf
Title: Samurai Wolf
Released: November 19, 1966
Type: Movie
This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba – who arrives at a village to defend a beautiful, blind woman against a sinister plot. Her assailants then send against him another samurai, named Sana, who is without scruples. The fight between them will become personal, for the honor and love of the blind woman.
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Rub Out the Past
Title: Rub Out the Past
Released: August 26, 1966
Type: Movie
A lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation.
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Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Title: Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Character: Ikkaku
Released: May 25, 1966
Type: Movie
Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for his clan. He recovers but has lost an eye and an arm. Taking a new identity as Tange Sazen, he searches for a stolen urn which has hidden significance to his clan. But Tange Sazen has his own reasons for seeking the urn.
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Code Between Brothers
Title: Code Between Brothers
Released: April 23, 1966
Type: Movie
Famous enka singer Saburo Kitajima stars as Katsuji, a traveling craps artist who finds great camaraderie on the road.
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Sword of the Beast
Title: Sword of the Beast
Released: September 18, 1965
Type: Movie
Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes his sense of honor that he decides to live in the wild, like an animal. There he joins up with a motley group who are illegally mining the shogun’s gold, and, with the aid of another swordsman, gets a chance not just at survival but to recover his name and honor.
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Kwaidan
Title: Kwaidan
Character: (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)
Released: January 6, 1965
Type: Movie
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
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Three Outlaw Samurai
Title: Three Outlaw Samurai
Released: May 13, 1964
Type: Movie
Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.