Tamio Kawachi

Tamio Kawachi

Born: July 21, 1938
Died: February 10, 2018
in Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan
Tamio Kawachi was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 120 feature films. He is best known for his collaborations with directors Koreyoshi Kurahara and Seijun Suzuki, starring in Kurahara's The Warped Ones (1960) and Black Sun (1964), and having a prominent role in Suzuki's Tokyo Drifter (1966).

Movies for Tamio Kawachi...

Conquest 11
Title: Conquest 11
Released: March 30, 2017
Type: Movie
The eleventh film in the 'Conquest' series.
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Conquest 10
Title: Conquest 10
Released: February 17, 2017
Type: Movie
The tenth film in the 'Conquest' series.
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Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 10
Title: Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 10
Released: November 26, 2009
Type: Movie
The tenth 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
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Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 9
Title: Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 9
Released: January 30, 2009
Type: Movie
The ninth 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
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Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 8
Title: Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 8
Released: July 24, 2008
Type: Movie
The eighth 'Yakuza Emblem' 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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Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 6
Title: Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 6
Released: March 31, 2008
Type: Movie
The sixth 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
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Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 5
Title: Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 5
Released: February 22, 2008
Type: Movie
The fifth 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
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Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 4
Title: Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 4
Released: January 25, 2008
Type: Movie
The fourth 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
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Road to New Don 2
Title: Road to New Don 2
Released: January 17, 2008
Type: Movie
The second 'Road to New Don' film.
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Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 3
Title: Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 3
Released: December 28, 2007
Type: Movie
The third 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
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Yakuza Emblem Chapter 2
Title: Yakuza Emblem Chapter 2
Released: December 1, 2007
Type: Movie
The second 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
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Kegareta daimon: kanketsu-hen
Title: Kegareta daimon: kanketsu-hen
Released: November 29, 2007
Type: Movie
Kegareta daimon sequel.
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Yakuza no daimon
Title: Yakuza no daimon
Released: November 13, 2007
Type: Movie
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Kegareta daimon
Title: Kegareta daimon
Released: June 25, 2007
Type: Movie
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The History of Yakuza Struggles in Kyushu - The Ogura War
Title: The History of Yakuza Struggles in Kyushu - The Ogura War
Released: June 25, 2007
Type: Movie
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Road to New Don
Title: Road to New Don
Released: January 15, 2007
Type: Movie
The first 'Road to New Don' film.
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Cool Dimension: Innocent Assassin
Title: Cool Dimension: Innocent Assassin
Released: October 25, 2006
Type: Movie
Kidnapped in childhood. Raised as an assassin. Shiori's spent her entire life following the orders of her mysterious masters, never questioning the commands that have sentenced hundreds to die at her hands. But when a childhood memory suddenly resurfaces, the programming in her head is short circuited and her entire world is turned upside down! Now, before her masters realize she's slipped their leash, Shiori has to escape. But to do so means she must kill again... even the ones who are close to her!
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Yakuza Don
Title: Yakuza Don
Released: September 25, 2006
Type: Movie
Kazuki moves to Tokyo, aspiring to rise to the top in his Yakuza group. Working directly under his group's kumicho (the Yakuza don) and surviving the group in-fightings, he learns what it really takes to be Yakuza.
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Waru: The End
Title: Waru: The End
Released: August 25, 2006
Type: Movie
Youji Himuro comes out of hiding and faces off against a powerful new foe from a rival dojo.
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Sakura no daimon: chi no hōshū
Title: Sakura no daimon: chi no hōshū
Released: November 11, 2005
Type: Movie
The battle for life begins now; who will survive? A clash that transcends the boundaries between police and the yakuza.
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Road to the Don 23
Title: Road to the Don 23
Released: June 10, 2004
Type: Movie
The twenty-third 'Road to the Don' film.
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Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura
Title: Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura
Released: October 25, 2003
Type: Movie
In this gritty Yakuza drama about the struggles between the Kanto Yakuza forces and Tohoku forces, a newcomer of the Kishimori Group takes on the dangerous task of launching a new office in rival territory.
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Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle
Title: Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle
Released: August 2, 2003
Type: Movie
Once again, Musashi has encounter Ultraman Cosmos. Now Ultraman Cosmos has gained some new modes to defeat Scropis. Musashi has joined Team Sea to save the Blue Area. But there is mysterious evil monster, Sandros, who wants to destroy the Earth. Now it is up Musashi and Ultraman Cosmos to defeat Sandros and who’s the other Ultraman?
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Gozu
Title: Gozu
Released: July 11, 2003
Type: Movie
Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for.
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Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution 2
Title: Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution 2
Released: April 25, 2002
Type: Movie
Sequel of Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution
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Gunball
Title: Gunball
Released: December 25, 2001
Type: Movie
1990. Takizawa, the head of the Hayama group's Takizawa group, ordered the members to shoot and kill Sasamoto, who betrayed the group and tried to join the fifth Sannokai-affiliated Minamiyama group. This triggered the interruption of the "Yamaha War" by Sannokai and Hayama-gumi.
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Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution
Title: Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution
Released: March 25, 2001
Type: Movie
An incident occurred where a member of the Sannokai who sparked a dispute at the gambling house was shot dead by a member of the Umeyama group dividing the place. This is the beginning of the "Osaka War" that shook the world of Japanese gangsters.
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Ultraman Tiga Gaiden: Revival of the Ancient Giant
Title: Ultraman Tiga Gaiden: Revival of the Ancient Giant
Character: Osa
Released: January 25, 2001
Type: Movie
Set many years after the end of the original Ultraman Tiga series, in which Daigo Madoka (human host of Ultraman Tiga) has a son with Rena, named Tsubasa Madoka. Tsubasa is a member of a new team, Neo Super GUTS, the successor to the original Super GUTS.
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Fighting Knife Yoshi
Title: Fighting Knife Yoshi
Released: July 14, 2000
Type: Movie
Kazuki spends his days training to leave his home town and become the best cook in Japan.
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Shura ga Yuku 9
Title: Shura ga Yuku 9
Released: February 18, 2000
Type: Movie
The 9th series of Violence Action that depicts the battle between this issue and Ino aiming at the top of the gangster society as a unit.
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East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights
Title: East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Fukano, an elderly novelist who grew up in the mountains of Tokyo, met a young woman, Kana, for the first time in Fukagawa. Overcoming the age difference, they are strongly attracted to each other. However, in Fukano, in addition to the problem of downtown and uptown, there was a deep “river” that separated women and men. However, Kana, on the other hand, easily crossed that "river" due to her sexual love with Fukano. "I never thought I'd live west of the Sumida River," Kana said. However, behind this lies the conspiracy of Fukano's old lover, Junko. The two get married, but Kana's behavior is gradually haunted by a mystery, and the shadow of her detective and old man flickers. The core of the mystery involved a strange sex shop
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Escape Captivity Looting Love
Title: Escape Captivity Looting Love
Released: November 28, 1997
Type: Movie
The condemned criminal of the false accusation that I bet on a jailbreak to appeal for own innocence. It was revenge to the true criminal. The target is a fiance, beautiful woman OL of the true criminal. Innocence to take her, and to appeal for by a threatening telephone call. In the escape drama, she mentions the gentleness of the man and knows the truth. The beautiful woman female office worker who I lose a heart to a man gradually and open the body by oneself, and pushes forward self-surrender. The urge to kill of the true criminal who broke into it alone takes two people then. And the truth of the case is uncovered!
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Remembering the Cosmos Flower
Title: Remembering the Cosmos Flower
Released: May 3, 1997
Type: Movie
Akiko returns to her home village in Japan after seven years in South America, where she contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion. The town, thick with paranoia, is quick to ostracize the ailing Akiko. With only her best friend and her mom in her corner, Akiko suffers awful discrimination at school and at home.
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KISS ME
Title: KISS ME
Released: June 6, 1996
Type: Movie
A hard-boiled touch love story that depicts the momentary love between a hitman and a woman who had a dangerous escape together.
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Sukiyaki
Title: Sukiyaki
Character: Ryohel Mihara
Released: November 11, 1995
Type: Movie
Sukiyaki can be viewed two ways, a popular Japanese cuisine or a gathering of a family. This heart-warming comedy takes place in Yokohama, where the Mihara family owns a restaurant called “Boston Grill”. Experience the ups and downs of this family and learn how they deal with the everyday problems they are faced with during difficult times.
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The Setting Sun
Title: The Setting Sun
Released: September 15, 1992
Type: Movie
A Japanese soldier is forced to question alliances when he meets and falls in love with the leader of the rebel movement.
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The Gambler
Title: The Gambler
Character: Honorable
Released: September 1, 1992
Type: Movie
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Gorotsuki
Title: Gorotsuki
Released: March 21, 1992
Type: Movie
This coming-of-age drama comically depicts two young men who yearn to become members of the yakuza underworld, focusing on the apprenticeship of a rookie yakuza
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Investigation of a Typical Love
Title: Investigation of a Typical Love
Character: Takimura
Released: March 21, 1992
Type: Movie
The screenplay is Haruhiko Arai of "Tragedy of W" and "Revolver". The man is a detective who doesn't take on anything other than background checks for marriage and looking for cats. One day, a request for a job that belongs to him comes in. It is from Masako, a married woman who suspects her husband of having an affair.
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Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
Title: Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
Released: January 3, 1992
Type: Movie
The life story of Japan’s greatest leader, Tokugawa Ieyasu, whose shogunate ruled the nation for almost 300 years has never been told like this before. From the early days as a supporter of Imagawa Yoshimoto, then on to his days with Oda Nobunaga, leading to his wars against and ultimate victory over the Toyotomi to become shogun is a fascinating tale of his military genius coupled with a native intelligence that allowed him to become the last of the great warlords and ultimately the leader of the nation. With great performances from an all-star cast featuring names like Kitaoji Kinya and Takahashi Hideki this is history come to life on the screen.
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Heat Wave
Title: Heat Wave
Character: Shinkichi, Hashiba
Released: February 9, 1991
Type: Movie
Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.
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Bad Guys Only
Title: Bad Guys Only
Released: December 14, 1990
Type: Movie
A one shot game setup by lonely outlaws!
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Break Town Story
Title: Break Town Story
Released: August 24, 1985
Type: Movie
Japanese drama film.
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Kekkon Annai Mystery
Title: Kekkon Annai Mystery
Released: June 15, 1985
Type: Movie
A 19-year-old girl Hiroko Terasawa working in a matching agency promises her client Masakazu Sekine that she'll pose as his fiancée for a remarkable cash reward. Hiroko moves to Sekine's mansion and prepares to attend the family's meeting. However, this only turns out to be a prelude of a bloody fight over the family's legacy.
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Chi-n-pi-ra
Title: Chi-n-pi-ra
Character: Otani
Released: November 17, 1984
Type: Movie
Shibuya, Tokyo. Yoichi and Michio are a pair of hoodlums who make their living as bookies at horse races. One day, Yoichi's companion commits a crime, which leads him to become a real yakuza. In this way Yoichi wishes to put an end to his hoodlum days, but on the other hand he has to leave his brother Michio behind...
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Kazoku no sentaku
Title: Kazoku no sentaku
Character: Yoichi Kanazawa
Released: November 8, 1983
Type: Movie
A single mother is being investigated into the death of her ex-husband, which brings to the fore the obscure details of her past.
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Empress
Title: Empress
Released: April 29, 1983
Type: Movie
A struggling single mother catches the eye of a rising executive and gains power and wealth as his mistress. But beware, power is fleeting.
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The Imperial Japanese Empire
Title: The Imperial Japanese Empire
Released: August 7, 1982
Type: Movie
Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.
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Title: Pro Hunter
Released: April 7, 1981
Type: TV
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Title: Tokugawa no Onnatachi
Released: April 14, 1980
Type: TV
A drama about three different women living in the inner palace of Edo castle during the Tokugawa era.
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Title: Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Character: Seiichi Kanbara
Released: April 5, 1980
Type: Movie
The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies: Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, Proxy War, Police Tactics.
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Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
Title: Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
Character: Kenji Igarashi
Released: April 8, 1977
Type: Movie
After serving 10 years in prison for murdering a rival boss, Tetsu is appalled to see his yakuza family overgrown and dysfunctional upon his release.
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A Kawachi Rascal's Song
Title: A Kawachi Rascal's Song
Released: November 17, 1976
Type: Movie
Even after turning 30, Matsutaro Tokuda is still single and spends his days driving a white taxi. He likes to gamble, although he doesn't have a talent for it. However, there was a woman that fell in love with such a man...
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Shimane Prison Riot
Title: Shimane Prison Riot
Character: Dog breeder
Released: June 7, 1975
Type: Movie
Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisoners of Shimane Prison to the biggest riot in jail history. A fighter by heart, he sees a way out of any situation, but will he survive this, the gutsiest assault ever attempted?
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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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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 Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
Title: The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
Released: March 1, 1974
Type: Movie
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The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
Title: The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
Character: Katsu
Released: September 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Upon his release from prison, Masa (Bunta Sugawara) is disappointed to not be picked up by his brother Katsu (Tamio Kawaji). After hitching a ride on a bus full of old women, Masa finds out that Katsu tried to fake a car accident and get some money for Masa to live on after prison. Together, the two decide to blackmail the woman (Yoko Horikoshi) who hit Katsu, who happens to be the daughter of a rich company president (Seizaburo Kawazu). 6th film in a series of 8.
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Professional Killers
Title: Professional Killers
Character: Gozamatsu no Magohachi
Released: June 9, 1973
Type: Movie
Two assassins are hired to carry out a hit on the second wife of a candle merchant, but someone is watching...
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The Viper Brothers: Jail - Living for 4 1/2 Years
Title: The Viper Brothers: Jail - Living for 4 1/2 Years
Released: February 17, 1973
Type: Movie
Part 5 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. After serving four and a half years in prison, Masa and his brother Katsuji leave Kobe to go to Nagoya to help a hostess get her daughter back from her mother. As they arrive in Nagoya, they get into a scuffle with the local yakuza affiliate. Sugawara and Kawaji's chemistry is even more evident here than usual, the storyline is alright if melodramatic. Delightful start with Tatsuo Endo as a nice guy prison guard! How many times have you seen that? And we got Kyosuke Machida (henchman) with cool beard and the always good Tsunehiko Watase (young hood) on board as well. One of the best films in the series.
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Title: Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Character: Kanbara Seiichi
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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Informal Dress
Title: Informal Dress
Released: October 12, 1972
Type: Movie
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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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The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
Title: The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
Released: February 3, 1972
Type: Movie
Part 3 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.
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Title: Kogarashi Monjiro
Character: Sentaro
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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The Viper Brothers Rage Again
Title: The Viper Brothers Rage Again
Released: October 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Part 2 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.
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The Viper Brothers
Title: The Viper Brothers
Released: June 1, 1971
Type: Movie
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A Man's World
Title: A Man's World
Released: January 13, 1971
Type: Movie
Tadao Konno (Yujiro Ishihara) had been staying in Canada for 5 years since his girlfriend's death. She was killed for Gang's boss, Shiraishi. Now Tadao returned from Canada and Gang member wonder if he will do revenge for her death…
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Waterfront Blues
Title: Waterfront Blues
Character: Chiba
Released: October 3, 1970
Type: Movie
Based on Shinichi Mori song
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Suparuta Kyouiku Kutabare Oyaji
Title: Suparuta Kyouiku Kutabare Oyaji
Released: August 12, 1970
Type: Movie
In a match where professional baseball referee Yuzo Tagami was observing a young referee, Hara, a player who got angry at the indecisive judge, knocked the referee down. Tagami lived with his wife and five children, but when he returned home, Hara, who had been suspended for a month, wanted to receive Tagami's Subaruta training.
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あばれ丁半
Title: あばれ丁半
Released: March 7, 1970
Type: Movie
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A Gangster's Morals
Title: A Gangster's Morals
Released: January 24, 1970
Type: Movie
Yakuza movie directed by Yasuharu Hasebe
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Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
Title: Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
Released: August 9, 1969
Type: Movie
Yakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino
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Penitentiary Brothers
Title: Penitentiary Brothers
Character: Jiro Matsubara
Released: July 26, 1969
Type: Movie
Authentic action drama of modern gangsters.
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Mini-Skirt Lynchers
Title: Mini-Skirt Lynchers
Released: June 28, 1969
Type: Movie
The group led by Teruko was the most famous in the port city of Yokohama. One day, however, a group claiming the same name as Teruko and her group appeared and began extorting them. The group was led by Rosa, who had come from Hayama. Teruko and the others were taken in by Detective Jitsusei on suspicion of extortion, and were even doused with oil. What saved the day was a witness, a runaway daughter named Toshie. Toshie is a half-sister.
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Savage Wolf Pack
Title: Savage Wolf Pack
Released: February 22, 1969
Type: Movie
A professional hunter, Tetsuya, returns from Alaska to find that his hometown had become a lawless slum. He is shocked to learn that his younger sister had committed suicide after being raped by unknown men. One day, he rescues a girl from being attacked by some gang, and discovers that the same gang had driven his sister to death. Using his lethal hunting skills, Tetsuya begins to take revenge…
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Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
Title: Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
Released: January 22, 1969
Type: Movie
A flower is a woman or a man is a butterfly... Love and melancholy bloom wildly in the nighttime garden! This is a moody entertainment work depicting the love, laughter, melancholy, and human drama of an iron-fisted daughter of a family of expositors who, after her father's death, disbanded her gang and moved to Tokyo by herself, where she becomes a hostess and demonstrates her natural chivalrous temperament, risking her life in the neon-lit Ginza district.
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Outlaw: Black Dagger
Title: Outlaw: Black Dagger
Character: Sueo Shige
Released: December 28, 1968
Type: Movie
A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the middle of action. Through a knife fight against Sueo, a high profile gangster from Busou-kai, Goro notices a familiar face approaching him from amidst the chaos - his girlfriend, Yuri. Goro had sent her to safety, but she had returned, aching to see him. Caught between Goro and his enemy knife, she reunites with her love - the price was her life.
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若い川の流れ
Title: 若い川の流れ
Released: October 14, 1968
Type: Movie
The story follows Misako Kitaoka, a junior college graduate and Nitto Lease sales department employee, as she grows through work, love, and friendship. For the sake of the company's managing director and his wife, Misako recommends her colleague Tensuke Sone to Fusako, the managing director's daughter and best friend. Fusako and Sone meet at the executive director's Karuizawa villa, but for some reason Kensuke becomes angry when he learns that Misako is the one who recommended him...
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Retaliation
Title: Retaliation
Character: Naruse
Released: October 5, 1968
Type: Movie
Emerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa discovers that his gang has disintegrated. An ambitious type, he quickly hooks up with another gang who promise him a prominent position if he helps them deal with a rival family. But bonds are made to be broken, and pledges of loyalty soon give way to competition, betrayal and — naturally — retaliation.
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Seishun no kaze
Title: Seishun no kaze
Released: March 30, 1968
Type: Movie
A romantic Nikkatsu youth film about three female friends.
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP
Title: Outlaw: Gangster VIP
Character: Isamu Tsujikawa
Released: January 13, 1968
Type: Movie
Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself in the forefront of every battle. Violence never bothered him. However, after being sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing a rival gang’s hit man, he becomes disenchanted with the Yakuza life style. Goro is determined to start anew, but karma catches up. His two closest friends are murdered by his ex-boss. He is left with two options: to kill or be killed.
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My Sweetheart
Title: My Sweetheart
Character: Kawachi
Released: November 3, 1967
Type: Movie
It had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by director Ishizaki and his film crew, Mitsuo is excited to star as the lead in "My Sweetheart". One day, half way through production, he meets his friends from a popular rock group, "The Spiders". Through their discussion regarding the climax scene, they criticize that the script is too grim. In a notion to protect their friend's career, they decide to pay the scriptwriter a little visit.
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Aruhi watashi wa
Title: Aruhi watashi wa
Released: October 23, 1967
Type: Movie
The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriage, a maternal love, and a destined love between parents and children over two generations, as well as the sisterly love between Yuriko and her sister Kaori.
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The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
Title: The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
Character: Ishikawa no Torakichi
Released: June 28, 1967
Type: Movie
A man who was released from prison wanders around the Kanto region and gets involved with the local yakuza.
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Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
Title: Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
Character: Hiroshi Kurosaki
Released: April 22, 1967
Type: Movie
An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.
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The Black Sheep
Title: The Black Sheep
Released: January 3, 1967
Type: Movie
Japanese drama film.
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Star of Destiny
Title: Star of Destiny
Released: August 27, 1966
Type: Movie
"She's out there somewhere, well and alive." Eiji (Teruhiko Saigo) and his sister hadn't seen their mother in almost 20 years. The war had separated them. When Eiji learns that his sister is engaged, he is determined to reunite with his mother and relay the wonderful news. With a pocket full of hopes and just one clue that may lead him to his mother, Eiji sets off for Taiwan.
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Title: Lost in the Rain
Character: Nozaki Masaya
Released: August 15, 1966
Type: TV
It tells about the women's view on love and marriage through the love affair of three women. Ayako, a rampant college student; OL Takako who works for a magazine company and Kimie, who attends the dressmaking school training to be a homemaker. The trio who graduated from the same high school moved to Tokyo from Akita, and they start living together in a rented house at Denenchofu, however.....
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Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
Title: Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
Character: Yoshida
Released: July 29, 1966
Type: Movie
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Story of Japanese Chivalry: Flower of a Chivalrous Man
Title: Story of Japanese Chivalry: Flower of a Chivalrous Man
Released: June 15, 1966
Type: Movie
In the early years of the twentieth-century a young gambler returns to his home town where he finds the gang of which he was once a member engaged in a feud with a rival gang. Though he successfully settles their differences he is turned out of the organization for the way in which accomplishes it. Upon his return he finds that the fortunes of the group have declined - there has been treachery and desertion. This time with the approval of the seniors he settles the differences with a duel. After winning, however, he declines the position of gang-boss, preferring his freedom, and once more leaves town.
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Tokyo Drifter
Title: Tokyo Drifter
Character: Tatsuzo the Viper
Released: April 10, 1966
Type: Movie
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.
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Carmen from Kawachi
Title: Carmen from Kawachi
Character: Seiji Takano
Released: February 7, 1966
Type: Movie
Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming a fashion model. Yoko tells her that she can move in to Yoko’s house to take lessons, while making a living at the same time.
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The Rule for a Vagabond
Title: The Rule for a Vagabond
Character: Naojiro
Released: August 4, 1965
Type: Movie
A brave warrior fights to restore peace to a town riddled by crime, one sword at a time, in this historical action saga.
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Loss of innocence
Title: Loss of innocence
Released: June 20, 1965
Type: Movie
A young journalist is writing an article on what happens to girls who are raped. He uncovers the story of a young girl who committed suicide when recognized by her former fiancee after she had become a prostitute. Other stories are interwoven, and the journalist finally comes to the conclusion, which he publishes, that "keeping your virginity until your wedding day will never be a source of regret for either men or women."
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Gambling is My Destiny
Title: Gambling is My Destiny
Released: April 4, 1965
Type: Movie
Shadowed and alone. Today, a melancholy guitar sobs in a wandering seaside town.... To make amends, he hides his identity and saves his girlfriend's sister from certain death. Filmed on location on the scenic Manazuru Peninsula, the action is set amidst rugged rocky terrain and raging waves!
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Story of a Prostitute
Title: Story of a Prostitute
Character: Shinkichi Mikami
Released: February 27, 1965
Type: Movie
Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate. Seijun Suzuki's Story of a Prostitute is a tragic love story as well as a rule-bending take on a popular Taijiro Tamura novel, challenging military and fraternal codes of honor, as seen through Harumi's eyes.
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Whirlpool of Flesh
Title: Whirlpool of Flesh
Character: Kenichi Sekiguchi
Released: October 21, 1964
Type: Movie
During the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is apparent that their needs are not matched. He would much rather be translating Shakespeare than attending to her, and she has a secret in her past - one that results in her sleeping with a great number of men.
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Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
Title: Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
Character: Kurokawa
Released: October 11, 1964
Type: Movie
An exciting and fast-paced entertaining action in which G-Man Joe of Aces (Japanese version 007) challenges a terrible international mafia organization based in Japan. To defeat the villains, Joe uses his unprecedented skills of fast shooting and karate secrets!
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Ningen ni kakeruna
Title: Ningen ni kakeruna
Released: August 29, 1964
Type: Movie
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Black Sun
Title: Black Sun
Character: Akira
Released: April 24, 1964
Type: Movie
Akira, a young, jazz-obsessed drifter, returns to his squat, a ruined church, and finds Gill, a wounded African-American GI, on the run after the death of a white GI. Despite terrible misunderstandings and culture clash, Akira agrees to help Gill escape towards the sea, dodging military police along the way.
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Welcome, My Baby
Title: Welcome, My Baby
Character: Toshio Tanimura
Released: February 23, 1964
Type: Movie
Two friends, both members of a Japanese cargo boat, return to Japan after a three-month voyage and have just 24 hours shore leave. In those hectic hours, they vie for the affections of a hotel owner's daughter but wind up with separate girl friends and attempt to bring together the parents of a baby who have separated.
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The Flower and the Angry Waves
Title: The Flower and the Angry Waves
Released: February 8, 1964
Type: Movie
A young yakuza in love with the girl who's to marry his clan oyabun, kidnaps the girl before fleeing with her. In Tokyo, he hides under the identity of a worker while the young woman becomes a waitress in a restaurant.
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Cruel Gun Story
Title: Cruel Gun Story
Character: Takizawa
Released: February 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their leverage is to promise him money for surgery for Rie. Togawa consents and plans the heist with three others. The plan is solid, but it doesn't go smoothly. Togawa must improvise, there are traitors somewhere, and double-crosses mount. Can Togawa escape with enough money to help his sister and ensure a passage out of Japan?
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Red Handkerchief
Title: Red Handkerchief
Released: January 3, 1964
Type: Movie
A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years, only to return to find the woman he loved married to his former partner. He searches for answers to his troubled past, knowing that his inevitable doomed fate is more or less sealed.
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Jidanya
Title: Jidanya
Released: October 30, 1963
Type: Movie
Every day a car accident happens in the city. The involved parties are prey to the settlement agents (jidanya), mediators between the parts and the insurance companies to avoid time-consuming legal actions that could come when no settlement is reached (while cheating both parties out of some piece of the settlement pay). Genkichi is a well versed old-timer, that sees how his freshly out of collage son struggles to fit into the business, while at the same time facing one of his lowest rivals in a car crash incident.
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Prince of Wolves
Title: Prince of Wolves
Character: Ginji Tachibana
Released: October 4, 1963
Type: Movie
As the post-war turmoil continued, Take, the boss of the waifs, stole the money of US soldiers and lived with friends. They were like children of wolves. By chance, they were found by and became a members of a yakuza family. Five years later, Take dominated the port town as a young boss.
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The Hill is Full of Flowers
Title: The Hill is Full of Flowers
Character: Masaya Nozaki
Released: September 11, 1963
Type: Movie
A youth drama directed by Kiyoshi Horiike, who was adapted from "Young Tokyo no Yane" by Akira Saiga from "Oka wa Hanazakari" based on Yojiro Ishizaka. Miwako Kazuki left the English literature department and joined Toyo Critics. She was attracted by Noro, the editor-in-chief, whose wife died a few years ago and was now living with her two orphans and her old mother....
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Youth of the Beast
Title: Youth of the Beast
Character: Hideo Nomoto
Released: April 21, 1963
Type: Movie
When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.
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I Fly for Kicks
Title: I Fly for Kicks
Released: March 3, 1963
Type: Movie
A musical film with Yūjirō Ishihara and Ruriko Asaoka.
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Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
Title: Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
Character: Manabe
Released: January 27, 1963
Type: Movie
Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.
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Utau abarenbō
Title: Utau abarenbō
Released: December 26, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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The Guys Who Put Money on Me
Title: The Guys Who Put Money on Me
Character: Kenjiro Yoshida
Released: December 9, 1962
Type: Movie
An unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Match (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young energetic boxer. This story deals more with betting action surrounding a boxing match, concentrating mostly on the high-powered Yakuza gambling dens.
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Yoko o muita seishun
Title: Yoko o muita seishun
Released: September 19, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Naku n janai ze
Title: Naku n janai ze
Released: August 8, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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I Hate But Love
Title: I Hate But Love
Character: Hiroshi Ozaki
Released: July 9, 1962
Type: Movie
A celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. When his controlling manager, the woman he loves, follows, the two must reconcile while dodging reporters.
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Teenage Yakuza
Title: Teenage Yakuza
Character: Jiro
Released: June 20, 1962
Type: Movie
A high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighbouring city.
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Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
Title: Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
Released: May 13, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Hana no saigetsu
Title: Hana no saigetsu
Released: March 28, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Wharf Temperament
Title: Wharf Temperament
Character: Eiji Iwasa
Released: October 14, 1961
Type: Movie
The story of male friendship unfolding during a boxing match between the navigator, who took responsibility for the accident and went ashore from the ship, and a young docker, whom he loves like a younger brother.
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Lost in the Sun
Title: Lost in the Sun
Released: August 16, 1961
Type: Movie
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Kitakami yakyoku
Title: Kitakami yakyoku
Character: Keisuke Shirato
Released: May 22, 1961
Type: Movie
Keisuke and Shizuko grew up by the Kitakami river and came to fall in love before they knew it. Eighteen years ago, Shizuko was left an orphan and was taken in by Keisuke's parents, who had raised her as their own child. At the riverside when the cherry blossoms are falling, Keisuke, now enrolled in university, promises Shizuko that he will tell his parents about them at the start of the summer vacation. He then sets off for Tokyo...
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Hotbed of Crime
Title: Hotbed of Crime
Released: March 26, 1961
Type: Movie
Released in the UK as Hotbed of Crime
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The Angry Rambler
Title: The Angry Rambler
Released: November 16, 1960
Type: Movie
Fourth installment of Nikkatsu's "Drifter" series, with Kobayashi Akira.
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Everything Goes Wrong
Title: Everything Goes Wrong
Character: Jirô Sugita
Released: October 8, 1960
Type: Movie
Everything goes wrong when Jiro tries to break up his mother's relationship with a business man. The young rebel Jiro has to deal with an environment of crime and prostitution, and the impact of its choices on personal relationships: one with his mother, one with her business man lover and one with the girl in love with him.
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The Warped Ones
Title: The Warped Ones
Character: Akira
Released: September 3, 1960
Type: Movie
A juvenile delinquent gets out of the pen and immediately embarks on a rampage of untethered anger, most of it directed at the girlfriend of the journalist who helped send him up.
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Return of the Vagabond
Title: Return of the Vagabond
Released: April 23, 1960
Type: Movie
The 3rd film of the famous "Wataridori" (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. The young rambler, Shinji Taki (Akira Kobayashi), with his guitar arrives in Sadogashima Island, Niigata, Japan. Of course, Shinji meets yet another beautiful girl named Noriko, who closely resembles the famous actress Ruriko Asaoka again. Of course, Noriko is in trouble. Of course, Shinji's yet another skilled rival named "Tetsu, the Gunman" comes to Sado shortly. Of course, the villain tries to kill Shinji and Tetsu. Of course, Shinji solves the problem and leaves Sado suddenly.
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The Guitarist from the Sea
Title: The Guitarist from the Sea
Released: February 28, 1960
Type: Movie
Plans to build a touristic hot spring on the island of Izu Oshima run afoul of the Kobe yakuza group, which intends to use the island as a relay base for drug smuggling.
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When a Man Risks His Life
Title: When a Man Risks His Life
Released: December 27, 1959
Type: Movie
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Mighty Rules
Title: Mighty Rules
Released: December 14, 1959
Type: Movie
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The Sky Is Mine
Title: The Sky Is Mine
Released: November 1, 1959
Type: Movie
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Woman from the Sea
Title: Woman from the Sea
Character: Toshio
Released: September 13, 1959
Type: Movie
While in vacation in a sea side house, a young man fall in love with a beautiful woman who pretends to live by herself in the sea. The fishermen of a nearby village think she is a monster, the female of a shark killed many years before, responsible for many disappearances.
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Dream Young Man's Dream
Title: Dream Young Man's Dream
Released: August 9, 1959
Type: Movie
An early contemporary yakuza action drama.
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Downhill Youth
Title: Downhill Youth
Character: Yasuo Kawase
Released: June 30, 1959
Type: Movie
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Umi wa kurutte iru
Title: Umi wa kurutte iru
Released: May 9, 1959
Type: Movie
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Gun Number Zero
Title: Gun Number Zero
Character: Yoshio
Released: April 28, 1959
Type: Movie
Eric, an American, arrives at an international tourist hotel and loses his self-defense Colt. It was Kudaira, a beggar, who discovered it, and immediately sold it to Matsuko - another pauper. Soon, the weapon that moves from hand to hand, becomes a tool of many crimes.
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Wounded Beast
Title: Wounded Beast
Released: April 1, 1959
Type: Movie
A tense action game that skillfully intertwines the human love between a criminal, his sister and his lover, and the desperate pursuit of a detective who is trying to catch a fleeing young criminal.
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Hijo tehai
Title: Hijo tehai
Released: February 24, 1959
Type: Movie
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Unripe Fruit
Title: Unripe Fruit
Released: February 4, 1959
Type: Movie
A youth lyrical painting depicting a sensitive young man with rich poetic feelings focused on the concerns and aspirations of a high school student.
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The Stream of Youth
Title: The Stream of Youth
Character: Yasuo Kitaoka
Released: January 15, 1959
Type: Movie
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Friendship of Jazz
Title: Friendship of Jazz
Character: Kenji Kawazoe
Released: January 3, 1959
Type: Movie
Kenichi, who lives like a stray dog among fellow gangsters, finds his love for the first time while the police are trying to catch him on suspicion of murder.
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Osaka no kaze
Title: Osaka no kaze
Released: December 3, 1958
Type: Movie
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Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
Title: Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
Released: October 29, 1958
Type: Movie
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Taiyō o buchi otose
Title: Taiyō o buchi otose
Released: October 1, 1958
Type: Movie
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The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
Title: The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
Character: Kaoru Shirafuji
Released: September 2, 1958
Type: Movie
Former boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow for Daishiro. One day, Daishiro got a call from his relative Morihiko. He said he forgot the winning lottery ticket of 2 million yen at the hotel, so he wants Daishiro to go and pick it up. Morihiko used the hotel for secret meetings, so he said he couldn't go there himself because he was afraid it would become public. When Daishiro entered the hotel, the Yakuza, who learned about the lottery from the newspaper, threaten the hotel maid Noriko, and want to rob her. Daishiro helps Noriko and safely picks up the lottery, but a message arrives from his relative Seikichi from Osaka. His missing son Kaoru is said to be a boxer in Osaka. "My son... He has the blood of a boxer in him..." Daishiro is heading to Osaka in a hurry...
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The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
Title: The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
Released: August 12, 1958
Type: Movie
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The Coming of Age
Title: The Coming of Age
Character: Yasushi Nanjô
Released: June 17, 1958
Type: Movie
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A Slope in the Sun
Title: A Slope in the Sun
Character: Tamio Takagi
Released: April 15, 1958
Type: Movie
The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receives attention from her two older brothers, Yukichi and Shinji. Meanwhile, the exact parentage of Shinji comes to light.