Masaru Shiga

Masaru Shiga

Born: January 13, 1942
Died: April 3, 2020
in Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Japanese actor and singer.

Movies for Masaru Shiga...

Miroku
Title: Miroku
Released: October 26, 2013
Type: Movie
Through philosophical and science themed imagination, Emile questions everything from his teenage years to adult life.
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Road to New Don 6
Title: Road to New Don 6
Released: November 19, 2009
Type: Movie
The Sixth 'Road to New Don' film.
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Road to New Don 5
Title: Road to New Don 5
Released: February 27, 2009
Type: Movie
The fifth 'Road to New Don' film.
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Road to New Don 4
Title: Road to New Don 4
Released: January 15, 2009
Type: Movie
The fourth 'Road to New Don' film.
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Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 7
Title: Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 7
Released: April 25, 2008
Type: Movie
The seventh 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
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Emperor of the Underworld The Man Called Capone
Title: Emperor of the Underworld The Man Called Capone
Released: March 7, 2008
Type: Movie
2008 Original Video.
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Sorrowful Hitman
Title: Sorrowful Hitman
Released: March 7, 2008
Type: Movie
A Hitman must protect a 15-year-old girl
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The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
Title: The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
Released: June 23, 2007
Type: Movie
A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the dead, in order to report on the afterlife. With his trusty companion Endo in tow, he sets off on a quest for the elusive insect and along the way meets the mysterious Sayoko, a former dominatrix and habitual wrist-cutter who delights in rubbing wasabi into her wounds.
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Hula Girls
Title: Hula Girls
Character: Goro Kumano
Released: September 9, 2006
Type: Movie
Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.
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Title: Time Limit Investigator
Character: Detective Demon
Released: January 13, 2006
Type: TV
Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are destroyed. Getting bored of his job, he decides to find a hobby, because it seems important to him to have a hobby. So he decides to puzzle out the unsolved cases on his free time, helped by his coworker Mikazuki, who seems to have a crush on him.
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My House
Title: My House
Released: April 12, 2003
Type: Movie
A young Japanese boy's life is changed when his sister returns to the small island, full of eccentric characters, where he lives.
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Another Battle/Conspiracy
Title: Another Battle/Conspiracy
Released: February 15, 2003
Type: Movie
Katsunori Takahashi and Ken Watanabe star in a modern yakuza tale in the classic Japanese film series, Battles Without Honor and Humanity, directed by Hajime Hashimoto.
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Hiroshima Yakuza War
Title: Hiroshima Yakuza War
Released: September 25, 2002
Type: Movie
After World War II, in Hiroshima, the Yakuza clans start a war for control of the city.
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Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
Title: Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
Character: Hideaki Asai
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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Don Woman 3
Title: Don Woman 3
Released: July 10, 2002
Type: Movie
It's 'Don Woman 3'... Are you ready to see?
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King of Sha-kin: Final
Title: King of Sha-kin: Final
Released: March 22, 2002
Type: Movie
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Don Woman 2
Title: Don Woman 2
Released: October 31, 2001
Type: Movie
It's 'Don Woman 2'... you already knew!
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Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2
Title: Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2
Released: October 14, 2001
Type: Movie
Straight to video sequel
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Don Woman
Title: Don Woman
Released: February 15, 2001
Type: Movie
Yakuza Girl Boss film.
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King of Sha-kin 8
Title: King of Sha-kin 8
Released: January 26, 2001
Type: Movie
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Another Battle
Title: Another Battle
Released: November 25, 2000
Type: Movie
Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with a distaste for crime gangs. When a yakuza boss dies, a struggle for his position takes place between Kaneo's boss Awano and the young Nakahira. Nakahira's men try to extort money from Masatatsu, bringing him in between a yakuza battle.
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Debt King Part VII: Millennium
Title: Debt King Part VII: Millennium
Released: July 22, 2000
Type: Movie
Takao, the owner of a coffee shop and brother-in-law to Anzai, the assistant manager of Hikari Bank, Osaka central branch, is caught in a scam by an online financial service.
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Kizu Darake no Jingi
Title: Kizu Darake no Jingi
Released: February 25, 2000
Type: Movie
Inside the Todo-gumi, the confrontation between the young head of the martial arts group and the young assistant head of the moderate group continued. Eventually, Young Head's Assistant's strategy targeting the second generation caused a divisive conflict ...
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The King of Minami: Yakuza in Debt
Title: The King of Minami: Yakuza in Debt
Character: Ryuki Fukunaga
Released: January 21, 2000
Type: Movie
#31 in the King of Minami series. A washed-up yakuza named Fukunaga borrows money from Manda, unwittingly involving him in a sinister murder plot.
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Debt King Part VI: Legendary Speculator in Naniwa
Title: Debt King Part VI: Legendary Speculator in Naniwa
Released: July 24, 1999
Type: Movie
Naito is serving time for his aggressive fundraising in the securities world, but returns to Osaka after completing his sentence. Although he wants to get clean, Oyodo Shinkin Bank has tasked Naito to raise funds.
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Debt King Part V: Project Okinawa
Title: Debt King Part V: Project Okinawa
Released: February 20, 1999
Type: Movie
Mizunuma is struggling to pay back his debts as always, and flies to Okinawa in an attempt to illegally sell a diamond that he confiscated from the yakuza to a jewelry broker.
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King of Sha-kin 3
Title: King of Sha-kin 3
Released: July 4, 1998
Type: Movie
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King of Sha-kin 4
Title: King of Sha-kin 4
Released: July 4, 1998
Type: Movie
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Friendship
Title: Friendship
Released: May 16, 1998
Type: Movie
Fourteen-year old student Ayumi has leukemia and starts losing hair. She becomes depressed but receives overwhelming support from her classmates when they all shave their heads for her.
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King of Sha-kin 2
Title: King of Sha-kin 2
Released: October 11, 1997
Type: Movie
A normal banker decides to take on the loan sharks and yakuza.
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King of Sha-kin
Title: King of Sha-kin
Character: Shozo Mizusawa
Released: October 11, 1997
Type: Movie
In late 90s Osaka, three people from various walks of life meet by chance. They team up to orchestrate a complex financial con targeting crooked businessmen in an attempt to solve their respective financial woes.
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The Man Who Shot the Don
Title: The Man Who Shot the Don
Released: May 14, 1994
Type: Movie
Horai serves an 18 year sentence for killing a rival boss, but right before his release he is attacked.
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Gokudo Steak III
Title: Gokudo Steak III
Released: November 13, 1992
Type: Movie
A deadly battle with mercenaries and a confrontation with big brother Yazaki!
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KILL THEM ALL
Title: KILL THEM ALL
Released: November 23, 1990
Type: Movie
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1750 Days of Turbulence
Title: 1750 Days of Turbulence
Released: September 15, 1990
Type: Movie
After the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years.
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The Boss' Wife
Title: The Boss' Wife
Character: Mihashi
Released: November 19, 1988
Type: Movie
The widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her husband. After her release, as she is shadowed by a hitman, she returns to thoughts of revenge.
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Be-Bop High School: A Dunce Rhapsody
Title: Be-Bop High School: A Dunce Rhapsody
Character: Motomura
Released: December 12, 1987
Type: Movie
College student Mayumi takes a mutual interest in Hiroshi, but their happiness is cut short when two thugs expelled from school eye the new couple.
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Blue Jeans Memory
Title: Blue Jeans Memory
Released: July 11, 1981
Type: Movie
A trio of high school boys get summer jobs at a seaside resort. Soon, however, they learn that the woman who runs it is in financial trouble. The three decide to help her.
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Title: Pro Hunter
Released: April 7, 1981
Type: TV
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The First Catch
Title: The First Catch
Released: December 27, 1980
Type: Movie
Based on the comic book series of the same name by Yûsuke Aoyagi.
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Truck Rascals IX: A 5,000 Kilometer Blast
Title: Truck Rascals IX: A 5,000 Kilometer Blast
Released: August 4, 1979
Type: Movie
Ninth movie in the Torakku Yarō series. Momojiro travels to Nagano to take Jonathan's place driving logging freight through the mountains. There he meets the wild and beautiful Natsu.
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Dead Angle
Title: Dead Angle
Released: July 4, 1979
Type: Movie
Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.
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The Rivals
Title: The Rivals
Released: June 6, 1979
Type: Movie
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No Grave for Us
Title: No Grave for Us
Character: Eiichi Takimoto
Released: May 26, 1979
Type: Movie
A plot to steal money from gangsters leads to trouble...
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Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
Title: Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
Character: Yoshio Shirakawa
Released: September 9, 1978
Type: Movie
The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determine who will become Don of Japan.
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Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Title: Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Character: Saburo Murakami
Released: October 29, 1977
Type: Movie
An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association.
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Gambling Code and Feuds
Title: Gambling Code and Feuds
Character: Kazuo Wakamatsu
Released: August 27, 1977
Type: Movie
It is the first Toei yakuza film directed by Akinori Matsuo, who was active in Nikkatsu action movies. It is a local yakuza movie made following Okinawa Yakuza War (1976) and Hokuriku Proxy War (1977). The film depicts the war between a storied yakuza killer (Hiroki Matsukata) and the largest organized crime group in the Kansai region, which plans to advance into the Kanto region.
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Doberman Cop
Title: Doberman Cop
Character: Kidnapper Ono
Released: July 2, 1977
Type: Movie
Joji Kano is a loose cannon cop from backwoods Okinawa, sent to Tokyo to investigate the grizzly murder of an Okinawa woman. As he probes deeper into the sleazy world of flesh-peddling, talent agency corruption and mob influence, Kano uncovers the shocking truth.
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Karate for Life
Title: Karate for Life
Released: May 14, 1977
Type: Movie
The last of the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy. Oyama takes a job as a professional wrestler in Okinawa, but when he discovers that he is expected to take a dive, he quits in disgust. However, when a friend finds herself in desperate need of medical supplies, Oyama steps back in the ring to raise the money—but will he be able to follow the script this time?
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Nuns That Bite
Title: Nuns That Bite
Character: Sakuzo
Released: April 8, 1977
Type: Movie
A woman on the run is raped, rescued, then raped again. Escaping, she heads for the hills and finds safe haven at a convent. After becoming a postulant (trainee nun), she catches her fellow sisters engaging in lesbianism, fighting over nothing, hurling snakes at each other, and engaging in mild flesh eating.
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The General and His Empire of Joy
Title: The General and His Empire of Joy
Released: February 11, 1977
Type: Movie
Zenjiro (Masaru Shiga) is a lowlife criminal, roaming the country with his merry band of crooks, gamblers and rapists. When he gets done with his latest escapade of banging a samurai's wife, he finds that his love Okoyo (Eiko Matsuda), has managed to be recruited as one of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna's (Kantaro Suga) concubines. While attempting to win her back, Zenjiro becomes involved in increasingly murderous palace intrigues.
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Decapitation of an Evil Woman
Title: Decapitation of an Evil Woman
Released: January 22, 1977
Type: Movie
An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history. During the early Meiji period a number of “Dokufu” (Poison Women) committed a significant number of murders. These crimes were most often committed by wives on their husbands in order to be together with their lovers. At that time women were executed in the same manner as men, to wit: by being decapitated. This is the story of the most notorious of all, Takahashi Oden who, in 1879, was the last woman executed by decapitation in Japan.
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Japan's Don
Title: Japan's Don
Released: January 22, 1977
Type: Movie
A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.
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Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
Title: Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
Released: December 25, 1976
Type: Movie
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Yakuza Graveyard
Title: Yakuza Graveyard
Released: October 30, 1976
Type: Movie
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.
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The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
Title: The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
Released: September 4, 1976
Type: Movie
Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent gangsters battling their way through fight after bloody fight with rival yakuza on the streets of Okinawa.
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A Savage Beast Goes Mad
Title: A Savage Beast Goes Mad
Character: Ichiro Gokuraku
Released: May 15, 1976
Type: Movie
Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. His company then learns that he has kept secret that he is visually impaired, and he is fired. Without the prospect of returning to his old job he makes a plan to rob several jewelry stores. A few days later, Hayami escapes with stolen goods worth 80 million yen in a violin case on a Kyoto city bus. A wild chase ensues.
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Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Title: Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Released: February 28, 1976
Type: Movie
Takashi, a bank robber, dreams of his final heist and escaping to Brazil... but in his way, stands a woman that loves him, his dead partner's brother, a corrupt cop, a motorcycle gang and every police officer in the Kanto region.
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Operation Plazma in Osaka
Title: Operation Plazma in Osaka
Released: January 31, 1976
Type: Movie
Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.
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Story of a Nymphomaniac
Title: Story of a Nymphomaniac
Character: Sailor
Released: October 14, 1975
Type: Movie
Natsu, the older of two sisters, has a relationship with Yonosuke, the local kimono trader. Unlike her more conservative sister Oshichi she tries to use sex as a means to climb to a better social position. To even attempt that she first needs to get out of the Buddhist monastery she is working at...
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Company Buggers
Title: Company Buggers
Released: August 9, 1975
Type: Movie
Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their directors for financial gain.
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The Viper Brothers and the Young General
Title: The Viper Brothers and the Young General
Released: March 1, 1975
Type: Movie
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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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The Rapacious Jailbreaker
Title: The Rapacious Jailbreaker
Released: December 7, 1974
Type: Movie
Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But for a man like him, breaking out of prison is easy.
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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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Code of Wolves
Title: Code of Wolves
Released: October 5, 1974
Type: Movie
In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake.
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The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
Title: The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
Released: August 31, 1974
Type: Movie
A crossover between Wakayama's Gokudo and Sugawara Mamushi series. Gokudo runs a restaurant and makes Takuzo Kawatani his kitchen bitch. He tries to do the same for the Mamushi bros. but the boys don't play along, which pisses Gokudo off. Things get worse when he starts helping a young teacher and Bunta has a crush on a pretty girl... and unbeknownst to them it's the same woman! Yes, the film has not one but two romantic subplots! Of course it all ends in bloodshed.
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The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
Title: The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
Released: June 1, 1974
Type: Movie
With a Kansai syndicate vying for Tokyo, one man reunites with his roguish half-brother in the midst of negotiations, when all hell breaks loose.
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The Tattooed Hitman
Title: The Tattooed Hitman
Released: April 27, 1974
Type: Movie
The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and now, there's a contract on his life. Though nobody is more skilled in the arts of dealing death, can the tattooed hitman fend off the entire Japanese mafia as he searches for the man who wants him dead?
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Title: Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Released: January 15, 1974
Type: Movie
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.
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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: Izumi Kazuma
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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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Title: Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Character: Terada Keiichi
Released: April 28, 1973
Type: Movie
Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono, and the other yakuza into a new round of bloodshed.
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Sex and Fury
Title: Sex and Fury
Character: Chin
Released: February 17, 1973
Type: Movie
Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, she also crosses paths with Shonusuke, a radical set on murdering prominent politician Kurokawa and Christina, an American spy posing as a gambler.
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Title: Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Character: Yokoyama Nobuo
Released: January 13, 1973
Type: Movie
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.
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Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
Title: Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
Character: Shinpachi
Released: September 14, 1972
Type: Movie
Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their boss. He also meets a fellow gambler who idolizes Monjiro. The gambler and Monjiro's sister are pulled into a conspiracy to get to Monjiro, but do things go as planned?
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Title: Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Released: September 2, 1972
Type: Movie
In the third film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.
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The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
Title: The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
Released: August 25, 1972
Type: Movie
Part 4 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. Sugawara tries to overcome a traumatic experience of getting in bed blindfolded with a girl who turned out to be an old granny. Later he and Kawaji try to settle down in a neighbourhood harassed by businessman yakuza Bin Amatsu.
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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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The Brawling Angel
Title: The Brawling Angel
Released: June 21, 1972
Type: Movie
Ninkyo with Hideki Takahashi.
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The Pledge
Title: The Pledge
Released: March 23, 1972
Type: Movie
When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins.
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Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
Title: Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
Released: January 11, 1972
Type: Movie
The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an ally family and promised her that she would help guide the new Boss. Meanwhile a turf war breaks out. When the family is betrayed from within and the rival family becomes violent, Oryu takes things into her own hands…
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Evil Boss vs. Henchmen
Title: Evil Boss vs. Henchmen
Released: October 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A high-ranking yakuza rises to national notoriety.
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Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
Title: Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
Released: June 1, 1971
Type: Movie
The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red Peony began her soul-searching journey after her father was killed. In her travels, she meets villagers whose crops and livelihoods are being destroyed by pollution from a local factory. They seem to work out an agreement, but Oryu must help the poor villagers when the greedy factory owner and corrupt politicians betray them…
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The Silk Hat Boss 2
Title: The Silk Hat Boss 2
Released: November 21, 1970
Type: Movie
The Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami.
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Silk Hat Boss
Title: Silk Hat Boss
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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Silk Hat Boss
Title: Silk Hat Boss
Character: Garimatsu
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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The Fort of Death
Title: The Fort of Death
Released: December 13, 1969
Type: Movie
The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of farmers being driven to despair by the vile Lord Ozeki. The villainous lord has driven them to mounting their last stand at a deserted fort against an army of attackers. Wakayama Tomisaburo is superb as an expert in killing and military tactics, who leaves his medical practice at a clinic for the poor in order to counter the vicious tactics of that vile lord.
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The Cross of Vengeance
Title: The Cross of Vengeance
Released: May 24, 1969
Type: Movie
Film with Junko Miyazono.
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Brothers Serving Time
Title: Brothers Serving Time
Released: May 3, 1969
Type: Movie
While imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking order. After initial conflict they become sworn brothers. Tatsu and the sworn brothers he acquires weren’t really gangsters before their prison time, just ruffians. Prison, however, introduces them to plenty of gangland characters and three years later, they’re out of prison and enmeshed in the yakuza world.
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Yakuza on Foot
Title: Yakuza on Foot
Released: March 30, 1969
Type: Movie
An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug trafficking. When she goes to China to make a deal, things get botched pretty badly. Shimamura must travel to save her and recoup his employers’ losses.
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The Yakuza Awaits
Title: The Yakuza Awaits
Released: January 9, 1969
Type: Movie
Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama
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Wicked Priest
Title: Wicked Priest
Released: August 14, 1968
Type: Movie
During the Taisho Period (early 1920's) a monastery of warrior monks was split apart between two factions. One of these factions was led by the Chief Abbot and his protege, Shinkai. When Shinkai intercedes in a fight between a rival priest and some ruffians it leads to his expulsion from the order. This story introduced us to the character of Shinkai, a "Karate Priest" and his long running feud with Ryotatsu, his greatest rival. There are touches of humor as Shinkai breaks all the commandments of a priest, including fighting, gambling, and running after women. All this leads to an awesome conclusion as he must destroy a gang of yakuza aided by corrupt priests. The fighting is fast and furious as Ryotatsu waits to see if Shinkai can live long enough to face him in the ultimate test! /Winterheart of CG
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Return of the Outlaw
Title: Return of the Outlaw
Released: June 28, 1968
Type: Movie
Second film of the Gokudo series starring Tomisaburô Wakayama
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The Marked Man
Title: The Marked Man
Released: May 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A man from Osaka comes up to Tokyo to fight gangsterism.
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Ninja's Mark
Title: Ninja's Mark
Released: January 27, 1968
Type: Movie
When the Shogun Tokugawa III is in bed with a girl, she turns into a monster. The court believes she is Ninja Magic, used to frighten the lord off women so that there will be no heir. Tôma, a famous swordsman, is called in and exposes the Ninja, even discovering their leader, a beautiful young girl named Kagiroi. Guessing that she is the daughter of some ousted daimyo anxious to get back into favor, he is about to unmask her when he is taken prisoner...
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A History of the Japanese Underworld
Title: A History of the Japanese Underworld
Released: January 14, 1968
Type: Movie
The hero tries to unite various gangs.
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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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Code Between Brothers 5
Title: Code Between Brothers 5
Released: August 12, 1967
Type: Movie
Saburo Kitajima, one of Japan’s most famous Enka singers, returns in the fifth of the Kyodai Jingi series. During the early 20th century, Ryuji from Asakusa, a wandering yakuza, joins the Narumi Family in Yokohama. However, when he confronts Shiotaro, the head of the rival family, Ryuji takes a liking to him. He ends up leaving his current family, and becomes close to Shiotaro like brothers swearing to become a full-fledged yakuza.
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Gambler: Victory Without Death
Title: Gambler: Victory Without Death
Released: July 8, 1967
Type: Movie
Tsunetaro Asakura AKA "Dynamite Tsune" is a talented gambler, but not infallable. After losing his Boss's money in a dice game he repays his debt by serving as a pit boss for a struggling coal mine in Kyuushu. Quickly there's trouble with the local mining competition, who doesn't always play a fair game. True to his hot-headed nickname, Tsune only gets into deeper trouble.
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Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo
Title: Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo
Released: May 3, 1967
Type: Movie
The second part of the Gamblers series.
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Eighteen Years in Prison
Title: Eighteen Years in Prison
Released: February 24, 1967
Type: Movie
A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cross again as they both fall in love with the same woman.
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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.