Gorō Ōki

Gorō Ōki

Movies for Gorō Ōki...

Labyrinth Romanesque
Title: Labyrinth Romanesque
Released: January 15, 1988
Type: Movie
A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel.
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Yakuza Ladies
Title: Yakuza Ladies
Released: November 15, 1986
Type: Movie
While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her younger sister, marries a member of a rival band after being raped by him. The two sisters, united by blood ties but married to enemy yakuzas, will ultimately have to decide whose side they’re on.
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Appassionata
Title: Appassionata
Released: January 14, 1984
Type: Movie
This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") that Uemura painted at the age of 61. The main character, Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Tsuya, who loves painting more than anything and is hopeless at housework, attends art school and at age 15 receives the name Shōsui (from the characters for "pine" and "green") from her teacher. The crown prince of England purchases one of her works, propelling her to fame overnight. The novel portrays the remainder of her stormy life, during which she is impregnated by her teacher and raises a fatherless child; through it all she devotes herself to her painting, undaunted.
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Truck Rascals X: Hometown Express
Title: Truck Rascals X: Hometown Express
Character: Manager
Released: December 22, 1979
Type: Movie
Momojiro and Jonathan go to Kochi on a ferry. On the ferry a singer called Yuka dropped her sheet music into the ocean. Momojiro helps her by diving in to collect the sheets for her and ends up falling in love.
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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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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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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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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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The International Gang of Kobe
Title: The International Gang of Kobe
Released: October 14, 1975
Type: Movie
In 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun by United States occupation forces and international gangs.
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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 Viper Brothers and the Young General
Title: The Viper Brothers and the Young General
Released: March 1, 1975
Type: Movie
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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 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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Jeans Blues: No Future
Title: Jeans Blues: No Future
Released: March 30, 1974
Type: Movie
Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn't hers. Meanwhile, Jiro Katagiri is up to no good with his gangster friends and ends up making off with all their ill-gotten gains, much to their disapproval. The two misfits end up meeting after a car crash and soon end up on the road together in (another) stolen car. It's not long before the police take an interest in the crimes, and of course the gangsters are hot on Jiri's heels; meaning the two must scarper across Japan by any means necessary.
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人妻セックス地獄
Title: 人妻セックス地獄
Released: March 16, 1974
Type: Movie
1974 Japanese film.
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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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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Title: Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Character: Moriku Takashi
Released: September 25, 1973
Type: Movie
Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful underboss of the Muraoka family, Noboru Uchimoto.
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Title: Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Character: Suga Masao
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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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Title: Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Character: Otake Isamu
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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The Red Silk Gambler
Title: The Red Silk Gambler
Released: November 21, 1972
Type: Movie
With her first love that unfolded in the battlefield in her heart, and with a short sword and a pillbox as her weapons, female gambler Okatsu the Tiger Lily travels from gambling site to gambling site. Surrounding her are Omon, an outlaw star blind lone gambler; Onaka, a thief who’s after Okatsu to avenge her father’s death; Ohide, a tattoo artist whose back is covered by a dragon tattoo; and Oryu, a young girl sold as a prostitute to a gambling family.
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Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
Title: Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
Character: Kikuji
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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Kantō tekiya ikka: Goromen himatsuri
Title: Kantō tekiya ikka: Goromen himatsuri
Released: February 13, 1971
Type: Movie
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Samurai Geisha
Title: Samurai Geisha
Released: July 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business from struggling miners during the turbulent Meiji Era. With a stellar all-star cast, thrilling story and Takakura Ken's violent swordplay, makes this into a classic Yakuza movie!