Yutaro Ban

Yutaro Ban

Born: February 22, 1937

Movies for Yutaro Ban...

Title: 古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Genzō Zakōji
Released: February 19, 1983
Type: TV
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Assassin's Road
Title: Assassin's Road
Released: May 28, 1982
Type: Movie
Toma (Go Kato) is a son of a doctor in Takane, Yoshitomo Monzen. He was ordered by the sick federal lord and travel to Edo. It was said that Tsurunosuke, the man supposed to be the next federal lord, got a heavy disease, and the order aimed to make sure if it is true or not. On his way to Edo, Toma gave a hand to Kiku (Mayumi Okamura) who had a stomachache. However, she seemed to be in big trouble, and there were many warriors on the roads… This is the remade drama of “Wakasamamono” written by a popular novelist Tatsuji Satte. Go Kato as Dr. Waka brandishes a sword to come up against the plot of Karo, related to the inheritance of Takane Han.
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The Water Was So Clear
Title: The Water Was So Clear
Released: April 14, 1973
Type: Movie
A Buddhist priest rescues a homeless girl and brings her into his temple's household. Soon she becomes an essential part of the place. One night she is raped by a young man who then becomes her lover. The priest happens on them one night as they make love before the temple shrine, and he becomes erotically obsessed.
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Title: Professional Killers
Released: September 2, 1972
Type: TV
A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Title: Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Released: April 22, 1972
Type: Movie
In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.
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若き日の講道館
Title: 若き日の講道館
Released: October 2, 1971
Type: Movie
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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
Title: Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
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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Haunted Castle
Title: Haunted Castle
Released: December 20, 1969
Type: Movie
This period thriller concerns a very famous cat known as the "monster cat of Nabeshima". This cat, a symbol of vengeance in human disguise, takes revenge for the death of its master as well as for the corruption in the feudal system.
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Girl with Bamboo Leaves
Title: Girl with Bamboo Leaves
Released: July 26, 1969
Type: Movie
Yasuda plays Omon, a woman using bamboo leaves as darts/blades to disable and kill her enemies.
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Lefty Fencer
Title: Lefty Fencer
Released: June 14, 1969
Type: Movie
As a child, Okin the one-armed one-eyed swordswoman was disfigured by Lord Daizen-dayu, who was after her family's most treasured possession, the famed Drenched Swallow sword. As an adult, she has become a skilled swordswoman and lives a carefree life with her adopted family. One day, Okin saves a girl from a group of yakuza, and in doing so, gets involved in a grand conspiracy involving religious leaders, government officials, the yakuza and Lord Daizen-dayu, the man who killed her father and mutilated her body...
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Broken Swords
Title: Broken Swords
Released: May 30, 1969
Type: Movie
The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the vile Lord Kira. Remake of Hakuôki AKA Samurai Vendetta (1959).
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Hoodlum Soldier: Looting and Pillaging
Title: Hoodlum Soldier: Looting and Pillaging
Released: October 5, 1968
Type: Movie
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A Certain Killer
Title: A Certain Killer
Released: April 29, 1967
Type: Movie
A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.
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Hoodlum Soldier's Flight to Freedom
Title: Hoodlum Soldier's Flight to Freedom
Released: November 9, 1966
Type: Movie
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Return of Giant Majin
Title: Return of Giant Majin
Released: August 13, 1966
Type: Movie
The tyrannical Lord Danjo Mikoshiba covets the rich, fertile lands surrounding Lake Yakumo. During a memorial ceremony for the late Chigusa lord, Mikoshiba launches an attack, overthrowing the honorable Lord Juro. Just when all seems lost, Daimajin rises from Lake Yakumo to settle a score of his own.
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Daimajin
Title: Daimajin
Released: April 17, 1966
Type: Movie
A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.
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The Thieves' Who's Who
Title: The Thieves' Who's Who
Released: February 26, 1966
Type: Movie
In the book of the world's greatest rogues, the number one man can only be one person.
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新 鞍馬天狗 五條坂の決闘
Title: 新 鞍馬天狗 五條坂の決闘
Released: November 27, 1965
Type: Movie