Shunji Kasuga

Shunji Kasuga

Born: June 14, 1921
in Niigata Prefecture , Japan

Movies for Shunji Kasuga...

Mighty Jack
Title: Mighty Jack
Released: December 29, 1987
Type: Movie
The organization Mighty Jack is formed to combat the criminal syndicate known as "Q", and are given a large array of advanced weapons, chief among them being a high-tech submarine. Harold Hatari is abducted by Q, and Mighty Jack is dispatched to rescue him. Hatari is interrogated and threatened with blinding lights, but the Mighty Jack crew rescue him in the nick of time. Later, Q is discovered to be using "hot ice" (water that remains solid at room temperature) to create weapons and a secret ocean base disguised as an iceberg (though it's not precisely clear how hot ice could be a major world threat). Q then attempts to take over the Mighty Jack sub.
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Dissolution Rites
Title: Dissolution Rites
Released: March 31, 1967
Type: Movie
Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world has changed significantly in that time. The police have forced the disbanding of all yakuza groups in and around Tokyo and most of the former yakuza have moved on to legitimate jobs. Sawaki is disgusted that his yakuza brothers have abandoned their codes of honor and are abusing their newfound power in the legitimate business world to exploit the poor. Sawaki feels partly responsible for making them so powerful and enabling their corruption, so he decides to follow his traditional code of honor to save the residents of a small town where his former lover lives.
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What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Title: What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Character: Bearded Wong Henchman
Released: November 2, 1966
Type: Movie
In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to make it revolve around a secret egg salad recipe.
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Flame and the Code
Title: Flame and the Code
Character: Chin
Released: March 5, 1966
Type: Movie
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Key of Keys
Title: Key of Keys
Released: October 22, 1965
Type: Movie
Intelligence director Suritai asks agent Kitami to steal money from anti-government guerrillas.
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Wolves, Pigs & Men
Title: Wolves, Pigs & Men
Character: Nishimura
Released: August 26, 1964
Type: Movie
Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is not invited. Jiro meanwhile is planning a big job - steal 40 million in cash and drugs, and he invites Sabu and gang to act as decoys, for 50,000 each. The sting is a success, but the double-crossing starts almost immediately. Sabu discovers how little of the take they were promised and hides the stash. Jiro and his slimy partner pressure the kids to fess up. Meanwhile, their respectable elder brother Ichiro is being leaned on by the town's big boss, whose money it was.
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Escape from Japan
Title: Escape from Japan
Released: July 3, 1964
Type: Movie
As Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought after by the police after helping his friend conduct a robbery.
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The Great Duel
Title: The Great Duel
Released: June 3, 1964
Type: Movie
A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th century. A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, the next Shogun. The best strategist in Japan, Yamaga, leads a plot to stop the Elder, but his cabal is betrayed and most of the conspirators are captured and tortured.
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The Desperate
Title: The Desperate
Released: April 18, 1964
Type: Movie
A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its depths. Ace detective Sugai (Oki Minoru) pursues Chiyo (Hara Chisako), the mistress of a man who was arrested for extortion, and takes advantage of her weakness. However, as his colleague Tokumochi (Hisashi Igawa) and others regard him with suspicion, he is tormented by remorse.
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Sasuke and His Comedians
Title: Sasuke and His Comedians
Released: December 11, 1963
Type: Movie
Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan children are wandering through the battlefield scavenging for armour when they encounter a young boy named Sasuke with magical powers he says came from a meteor that crashed onto the Earth…
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13 Assassins
Title: 13 Assassins
Released: December 7, 1963
Type: Movie
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.
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River Washes Away the Moon
Title: River Washes Away the Moon
Released: September 8, 1963
Type: Movie
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Duel of the Underworld
Title: Duel of the Underworld
Released: July 13, 1963
Type: Movie
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Fearful Witch
Title: Fearful Witch
Released: December 16, 1962
Type: Movie
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Operation Diamond
Title: Operation Diamond
Released: December 9, 1962
Type: Movie
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Gang vs. G-Men
Title: Gang vs. G-Men
Released: November 2, 1962
Type: Movie
Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.
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Hell's Kitchen
Title: Hell's Kitchen
Released: October 12, 1962
Type: Movie
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Nerai uchi buraikan
Title: Nerai uchi buraikan
Released: October 6, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Tokyo's  Business District
Title: Tokyo's Business District
Released: August 29, 1962
Type: Movie
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The Ambitious Youth
Title: The Ambitious Youth
Released: June 3, 1962
Type: Movie
As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flourish his employer’s food business.
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Zankokuna tsuki
Title: Zankokuna tsuki
Released: May 27, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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The Challenge
Title: The Challenge
Released: March 28, 1962
Type: Movie
Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the cover-up of a murder on an American base during the Allied Occupation. The film rolls along as a suspenseful thriller while offering a critique of political corruption, hypocrisy, and journalistic cowardice in postwar Japan.
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Love at the Fogged Harbor
Title: Love at the Fogged Harbor
Released: February 21, 1962
Type: Movie
A bittersweet love story between yakuza Hiroshi and a married woman Reiko.
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Greed in Broad Daylight
Title: Greed in Broad Daylight
Released: November 1, 1961
Type: Movie
After a successful robbery the culprits, from very different backgrounds, at once turn on each other.
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The Yellow Climate
Title: The Yellow Climate
Released: September 23, 1961
Type: Movie
Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
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Volunteering for Villainy
Title: Volunteering for Villainy
Released: September 20, 1960
Type: Movie
Two outsiders start a relationship in a mining town.
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Cruel Story of Youth
Title: Cruel Story of Youth
Released: June 3, 1960
Type: Movie
A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.
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Sotobori murder case
Title: Sotobori murder case
Released: March 25, 1960
Type: Movie
A taxi driver hits a woman on the streets. He takes care of her while she gets better. While realizing they're both at a brink in their lives they'll start falling for each other against their odds.
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The Burmese Harp
Title: The Burmese Harp
Character: Maki
Released: January 21, 1956
Type: Movie
In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW.
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The Street Without Sun
Title: The Street Without Sun
Released: June 24, 1954
Type: Movie
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Tower of Lilies
Title: Tower of Lilies
Released: January 9, 1953
Type: Movie
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.
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Today is Payday
Title: Today is Payday
Character: Section member Yamazaki
Released: October 2, 1952
Type: Movie
Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa
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The Skin of the South
Title: The Skin of the South
Character: Shoichiro Takayama
Released: February 28, 1952
Type: Movie
When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable, they are met with scorn on two fronts. On one end, they must contend with the local villagers who balk at the prospect of relocation; on the other, they face the ambitions of the headstrong lumber baron, whose actions will only further destabilize the land. Their pleas for reason ignored, the scientists can do little but observe as nature runs its inevitable course.
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風雲児
Title: 風雲児
Released: May 18, 1951
Type: Movie
Yano, a progressive individual who seeks to overcome strength with gentleness and confronts physical power with moral principles, faces off against a man protecting jujitsu in the twilight of Kikyōgahara!
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Escape from Prison
Title: Escape from Prison
Released: January 4, 1950
Type: Movie