Kazuo Mortuchi

Kazuo Mortuchi

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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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New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
Title: New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
Released: April 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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Zatoichi at Large
Title: Zatoichi at Large
Released: January 15, 1972
Type: Movie
Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes the baby in search of its father and finds the child's aunt, who is about to be forced into prostitution for want of a payment the dead mother was bringing. Zatoichi determines to save the woman from her cruel fate.
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Title: Kogarashi Monjiro
Character: Yuzo
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: TV
Monjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned his hometown when he was 10 years old. He has been traveling aimlessly with a long toothpick in his mouth. Monjiro avoided getting involved in anything, but wherever he went, he ended up getting involved in incidents
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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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Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
Title: Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
Released: February 21, 1970
Type: Movie
16th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
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Sleepy Eyes Of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
Title: Sleepy Eyes Of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
Released: December 20, 1969
Type: Movie
Getting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself involved in a series of dangerous encounters.
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Blood End
Title: Blood End
Released: November 15, 1969
Type: Movie
Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time of famine. He is befriended by Kada Gentaro, a leader in the Mito Tengu group, which plans to overthrow the shogunate.
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Prison Break
Title: Prison Break
Released: August 30, 1969
Type: Movie
Set up to be the patsy by a rival gang, Furuta Makoto attacks the yakuza boss he thinks is responsible for his father’s murder. He then learns it was all a plot to take over his father’s turf and he seeks vengeance against the puppet master behind the entire conspiracy. His quest for justice leads him to prison where he must fend off the attack of a master assassin before he can make his escape and go after the true killer!
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Devil's Temple
Title: Devil's Temple
Released: May 31, 1969
Type: Movie
An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women, and a vicious killer. Bloody violence erupts whenever strangers approach the temple. Can the traveling priest bring his belief in the Buddha and rid the three temple residents of the devils that hold their souls?
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The Funeral Racket
Title: The Funeral Racket
Released: November 4, 1968
Type: Movie
The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society.
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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 Killer's Key
Title: A Killer's Key
Released: December 2, 1967
Type: Movie
Raizô Ichikawa reprises his role as the restaurant-cook-turned-contract-killer in this sequel to Kazuo Mori's stylish 1967 thriller A Certain Killer.
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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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The Betrayal
Title: The Betrayal
Released: July 2, 1966
Type: Movie
A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai principles makes him an oddity among his peers, and a very vulnerable oddity in consequence. He takes the blame for the misdeeds of others, with the understanding that he will be exiled for one year and restored to the clan's good graces after the political situation dies down. As betrayal begins to heap upon betrayal, he realizes he'll have to live out his life as a master-less ronin, if not hunted down and killed.
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Daimajin
Title: Daimajin
Released: April 16, 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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Irezumi
Title: Irezumi
Released: January 15, 1966
Type: Movie
A mysterious tattoo artist puts his masterpiece, a human-faced spider, on a kidnapped woman's back. She and her lover are then forced into a conspiracy-born nightmare, where they face the danger of becoming the very evil they seek to escape. With each new bloody incident, the spider's face seems to redden with ever-growing hunger.
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Zatoichi's Revenge
Title: Zatoichi's Revenge
Released: April 3, 1965
Type: Movie
Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a brothel. Through friendship with Denroku, a local dice thrower and devoted father, Ichi uncovers an unholy alliance between the governor and the area strongman: among their scams is falsifying tax records to put farmers in debt, then forcing their daughters into prostitution at the boss's brothel. With help from Denroku's daughter, Otsuru, Ichi comforts Osayo until he can provoke showdowns with the villains and their henchmen.
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Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Title: Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Released: August 6, 1963
Type: Movie
[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni shrine. He is asked if he thinks he has destroyed all the ninja who opposed him and answers that he suspects that there may be more. A servant brings water and tests it first. The paige dies and we hear gunshots as two ninja flee the scene. His suspicions confirmed, Nobunaga oversees the execution of captured ninja and decides that, in the future, he needs a much crueler method of execution. The daimyo Hideyoshi comes to visit.
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The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
Title: The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
Released: October 12, 1962
Type: Movie
Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.
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Princess and I
Title: Princess and I
Released: April 29, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Triangle Moods
Title: Triangle Moods
Released: May 24, 1961
Type: Movie
Ayako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved in her life are three young men—stage actor Goro, businessman Kokichi and Sanpei Pachinko.