Kenji Ushio

Kenji Ushio

Born: March 23, 1925
Died: September 19, 1993
in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Kenji Ushio...

The Skull Soldier
Title: The Skull Soldier
Character: Gaja
Released: September 25, 1992
Type: Movie
Narumi, a man out for revenge with the powers he received and a bit of help from the one who saved his life, he creates the persona of Skull Soldier and attempts to discover who really killed his sister.
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Title: Kyoudai Ken Byclosser
Character: Dr. Q
Released: January 10, 1985
Type: TV
Kyoudai Ken Byclosser was a serial Tokusatsu created by Shotaro Ishinomori (Ishinomori Productions) and Toei Company, in co-production with Nippon Television. The series consisted of 34 episodes, and aired in Japan starting January 10th, 1985 until August 29th of the same year.
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Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!
Title: Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!
Character: Ambassador Darkness
Released: January 3, 1984
Type: Movie
Ryo Murasame is an aircraft pilot, one day he was taking his sister out on a ride along the Amazon when they were shot down by an UFO. They survived, captured by the Badan Empire with his sister killed while Ryo became the Combat Roid known as ZX. His memory is erased by the Badan Empire and worked as their agent of evil. This does not last long as an accident occurs which causes Ryo to regain his memory and escapes Badan. A year later, Ryo begins his attack on Badan as they finish the preparations on their doomsday weapon: the Space Break System. However, a coordinated attack by the Kamen Riders disables the Badancium 84 supplies needed for Space System to work When Ryo arrives, he thinks Kamen Rider V3, Riderman and Kamen Rider Super-1 are enemies until they get him to listen as only one truck full of Badancium 84 makes it to the Badan's base run by Ambassador Darkness.
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Battle Fever J: The Movie
Title: Battle Fever J: The Movie
Character: Commander Hedder
Released: July 21, 1979
Type: Movie
Egos kidnaps the children of Information Supervisor Sakaguchi, Yoko and Kenichi. They then blackmail him into stealing the blueprints and completion status of the Battle Fever robo. Tetsuzan Shogun, who joined the Defense Department at the same time as Sakaguchi, is greatly concerned and confronts him. Sakaguchi escapes but vows to make amends. He appears at Egos factory, where they too are building a giant robo, and discloses a false timetable. When Egos orders them killed, Sakaguchi reveals dynamite strapped to his body. He backs away with his children and gets them to safety. He then returns to the factory, and blows himself up to destroy it. Unfortunately, his sacrifice is in vain, as their evil robo is already completed. But Battle Fever’s giant robo is also complete and ready to save the day!
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Happy Story Nankai Changgyoku
Title: Happy Story Nankai Changgyoku
Released: November 17, 1978
Type: Movie
The Panorama Group, a group of young people who work together with an old professor who is passionate about making hot air balloons a reality, dream of taking to the skies of the South Seas, but there are various obstacles in their way.
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J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai vs. Gorenger
Title: J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai vs. Gorenger
Character: Baron Iron Mask
Released: March 17, 1978
Type: Movie
While investigating a UFO in the Sky Ace, J.A.K.Q. is caught off guard by the return of Iron Claw, with the Big Four now leading the remnants of Crime and the Black Cross Army.
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Title: J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
Character: Crime Boss
Released: April 2, 1977
Type: TV
Cyborg warriors were created by the Special Science Investigation Squad to bear nuclear, gravitational, magnetic, and electrical forces. They fight the crime empire known as "Crime".
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Ninja Captor: The Movie
Title: Ninja Captor: The Movie
Character: Fukuro Saburōbei / Thunder Ninja Captor 1
Released: December 19, 1976
Type: Movie
A group of modern-day ninjas fight the Fuma Clan.
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Title: Ninja Captor
Character: Saburōbei Fukuro
Released: April 7, 1976
Type: TV
Ninja Captor is a Japanese tokusatsu TV series aired from April 7, 1976 to January 26, 1977 on TV Tokyo 12 Channel, produced by Toei Company, Ltd. This Sentai-esque series aired during the run of Shotaro Ishinomori's original Super Sentai series, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and was notably first superhero team show produced by Toei under the Saburo Yatsude/Hatte pseudonym. Daisuke Izumo graduates from the Wind-Demon Stealth-Army, a secret army aiming for the conquest of Japan. He instead escapes, and becomes the leader of the "Captor," a ninja team supervised by Mujin Tendou. The Captor team's mission is to battle the ninja sent out by the Wind-Demon General, Retsufuu Fuuma. This show used to be considered by some to be a part of the Super Sentai franchise* , but was later excluded. In 2013, it got a Shout-Out in the fourth episode of Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger: Season 2.
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Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Title: Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Released: February 28, 1976
Type: Movie
Takashi, a bank robber, dreams of his final heist and escaping to Brazil... but in his way, stands a woman that loves him, his dead partner's brother, a corrupt cop, a motorcycle gang and every police officer in the Kanto region.
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Title: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
Character: Butler
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
The first heroes of the Super Sentai series! The heroes were brought together to defend the world from the Black Cross Army, who attempted to conquer the world. The five powers united as one to defeat the monsters.
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Title: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
Character: Police officer
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
The first heroes of the Super Sentai series! The heroes were brought together to defend the world from the Black Cross Army, who attempted to conquer the world. The five powers united as one to defeat the monsters.
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Title: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
Character: Iron Trap Mask Disguise
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
The first heroes of the Super Sentai series! The heroes were brought together to defend the world from the Black Cross Army, who attempted to conquer the world. The five powers united as one to defeat the monsters.
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Violent Streets
Title: Violent Streets
Character: Tamaki
Released: April 13, 1974
Type: Movie
With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence.
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Yokosuka Navy Prison
Title: Yokosuka Navy Prison
Released: November 17, 1973
Type: Movie
When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is sent to the Yokosuka Naval Prison.
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Title: Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Character: Tomekichi the Mole
Released: August 11, 1973
Type: Movie
In the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors, each has one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assassination.
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Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
Title: Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
Released: June 23, 1973
Type: Movie
Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike
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Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell
Title: Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell
Character: Hell's Ambassador
Released: July 16, 1972
Type: Movie
Takeshi Hongo and FBI agent Kazuya Taki fake their deaths when they are attacked by Shocker soldiers during a motocross race. They disguise themselves as Shocker soldiers and infiltrate the main headquarters, but it doesn't take too long for Ambassador Hell to find their whereabouts and trap them. Before he detonates a bomb within the base, Ambassador Hell tells Kamen Rider #1 and Taki that Shocker is preparing a giant laser capable of destroying cities. Our two heroes must escape from the base's self-destruction and stop Shocker from arming their latest weapon. Not only that, they must rescue Tachibana and the racing club, who have been abducted by Shocker's minions.
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Organized Crime: Killer's Glory
Title: Organized Crime: Killer's Glory
Released: May 27, 1972
Type: Movie
A professional lone-wolf hitman comes to his blood brother's aid when his boss is brutally murdered by an unknown yakuza faction.
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The Pledge
Title: The Pledge
Released: March 23, 1972
Type: Movie
When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins.
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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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Zorome no San Kyoudai
Title: Zorome no San Kyoudai
Released: January 15, 1972
Type: Movie
In Osaka, a family sets up shop in Tsuruhashi. Trouble brews for three brothers – Jinzuke, Tadayoshi, and Eizo – when they come together in their hometown, Nakano Village, after getting word of their father's critical condition. In a Nakano Village divided by a clash between local pig bristle brush manufacturers and the village chief's group over factory expansion, the latter resorts to harassing the brush manufacturers associated with the Wadakura family. Tadayoshi and the villagers attempt to take on the village office but encounter opposition from the Wadakura family's interference. Meanwhile, Jinzuke finds himself at odds with the Wadakura family over territorial disputes in Tsuruhashi. He faces off against them, striving to thwart their factory plans...
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Wolves of the City: First to Fight
Title: Wolves of the City: First to Fight
Released: December 29, 1971
Type: Movie
Pinku from 1971.
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Trials of an Okinawa Village
Title: Trials of an Okinawa Village
Released: November 19, 1971
Type: Movie
A boss from a trucking company has run-ins with evil yakuza during the American occupation of Okinawa. Her hometown is threatened by usurers, gangsters and indirectly by American GI influences. She must battle a yakuza organization with her employees to help settle things.
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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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Kigeki Toruko-buro Osho-sen
Title: Kigeki Toruko-buro Osho-sen
Released: August 21, 1971
Type: Movie
A young man who aspires to become a big-shot businessman, finds himself in a twist of fate. Despite trying his hand at various jobs, success eludes him, and he unexpectedly ends up in Osaka's Shinimamiya district. With empty pockets, he stumbles upon an invitation to the 'Gokuraku Toruko' establishment, becoming a patron. Led by the enchanting Ibohachi, he becomes entangled with the charismatic hostesses, including the captivating Tama. This leads him to infiltrate Tama's apartment complex, Sakura-so. Within its walls reside a colorful cast of characters, from hostesses Chie, Akemi, Yukari, and Kayoko to the quirky parasites like Masao, Tetsuo, Arima, and more. Seeking a fresh start, He embarks on a journey as a 'parasite,' but things take unexpected turns...
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Wolves on Motorcycles
Title: Wolves on Motorcycles
Released: July 31, 1971
Type: Movie
Hoodlum group helps fishermen against firm polluting their fishing ground.
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The Sucker's Blunt Dagger
Title: The Sucker's Blunt Dagger
Released: April 16, 1971
Type: Movie
A man aspires to be a big boss but falls in love with a beautiful woman boss.
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Title: Kamen Rider
Character: Embajador Hell
Released: April 3, 1971
Type: TV
Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.
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Title: Kamen Rider
Character: Ambassador Hell
Released: April 3, 1971
Type: TV
Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.
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Thugs of Shinjuku
Title: Thugs of Shinjuku
Released: December 18, 1970
Type: Movie
Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he forms a rag-tag gang called “the Shinjuku Brothers.” The members of their gang are thugs who only wish they were traditional yakuza. When they turn up at the funeral for a gangster, they are not welcomed, but a senior boss intervenes to keep things calm. The boss of bosses invites them to join a respected local council of warlords. Katsumata is suspicious of why such powerful men would extend an invitation to lowlife like himself.
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Fugitive Scoundrel
Title: Fugitive Scoundrel
Released: October 3, 1970
Type: Movie
Gokudo goes politics. Gray-haired Bin Amatsu has Wakayama assist a politician, meaning trashing the opponent. But of course the opponent has a pretty daughter to have a crush on. Enter protective Bunta Sugawara and Gokudo’s gotta settle for a cheaper Toei nude actress.
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Gambler's Code - Loyalty Offering
Title: Gambler's Code - Loyalty Offering
Released: August 28, 1970
Type: Movie
A fairly entertaining yarn told in somewhat broad strokes with Wakayama playing against type as a reformed-gambler-turned- Christian minister. Of course, before the tale is finished he is forced by the utterly nefarious, heinous villains to once again pick up a sword and join fellow anti-hero Sugawara in wiping out Evil.
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Brothers of Capones
Title: Brothers of Capones
Released: May 23, 1970
Type: Movie
Superbly entertaining action comedy with Tomisaburo Wakayama as Kuriyama Capone who learned his trade under Al Capone in Chicago. The film follows his first venture to Japan with gangster brothers Frank (Shingo Yamashiro) and Joe (Fumio Watanabe). And being chased by gangster and the FBI, including the granddaughter of Eliot Ness. The whole thing is a good amount of fun, the performances especially (Wakayama, Yamashiro, Watanabe in a rare heroic role), making this one of routine director Takashi Harada’s best pictures.
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The Drifting Gambler
Title: The Drifting Gambler
Released: April 18, 1970
Type: Movie
8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.
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A Yakuza Goes Home
Title: A Yakuza Goes Home
Character: Teruo
Released: January 20, 1970
Type: Movie
Shimamura & Mineko return to Kamagasaki in Osaka. In their return Shimamura quickly finds himself defending a lady in distress. During the skirmish he bumps into his old buddies who turns him on to the "new" goings on in town, Shimamura is angered to discover a Chinese triad organization has overthrown their gang, a situation they must reverse. Now he and the old gang finds themselves putting their lives on the line defending the honor of the "Yakuza Way", the locals of Osaka, even Japan!!
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The Fort of Death
Title: The Fort of Death
Character: Kunai Aoto
Released: December 13, 1969
Type: Movie
The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of farmers being driven to despair by the vile Lord Ozeki. The villainous lord has driven them to mounting their last stand at a deserted fort against an army of attackers. Wakayama Tomisaburo is superb as an expert in killing and military tactics, who leaves his medical practice at a clinic for the poor in order to counter the vicious tactics of that vile lord.
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Killer's Mission
Title: Killer's Mission
Released: August 13, 1969
Type: Movie
Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the hostile Shogun Satsuma. On his mission he meets a cowardly Ronin who becomes his assistant, as well as a female spy and a female warrior...
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Yakuza on Foot
Title: Yakuza on Foot
Character: Teruo
Released: March 30, 1969
Type: Movie
An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug trafficking. When she goes to China to make a deal, things get botched pretty badly. Shimamura must travel to save her and recoup his employers’ losses.
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The Yakuza Awaits
Title: The Yakuza Awaits
Released: January 9, 1969
Type: Movie
Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama
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Desperate Hoodlum
Title: Desperate Hoodlum
Released: November 2, 1968
Type: Movie
Second part of the Zenka mono series.
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Rogue
Title: Rogue
Character: Miyoshi
Released: October 12, 1968
Type: Movie
Coal miner Isamu Oba is forced to quit his village and leave his mother and siblings behind. Mining buddy Ichiro accompanies him to Tokyo, and the pair enjoy several "fish-out-of-water" sequences before finding employment at a boxing gym with trainer Sawada and his spunky sister Tomoko. The boys also find part time night jobs as roving minstrels in the club district courtesy of benevolent gang boss Asakawa. Of course, they run afoul of boss Karasawa's cruel gang. Karasawa also has it in for Asakawa, and this indirectly throws a spanner into the works as far as Isamu's burgeoning success as a kickboxer. When Asakawa 's HQ is burned to the ground by Karasawa's men, Asakawa tries to kill Karasawa - which, of course, leads to his own gruesome death. Isamu goes on the rampage with his sword, wiping out Karasawa and men.
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Return of the Outlaw
Title: Return of the Outlaw
Released: June 28, 1968
Type: Movie
Second film of the Gokudo series starring Tomisaburô Wakayama
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The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Title: The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Released: June 1, 1968
Type: Movie
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schools. However, the flight schools have extremely demanding, harsh training, and once they finally become pilots, they must become suicide bombers and give their lives for their homeland.
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Henchmen
Title: Henchmen
Character: Hiroshi
Released: April 19, 1968
Type: Movie
The three henchmen join forces to challenge the brutal gang that is trying to control the city of Izu in Shizuoka during the early Showa period. Representatives of three different yakuza gangs - Tatsuo Umemiya, Tomisaburo Wakayama and Koji Tsuruta celebrate male friendship and male chivalry in action.
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Prison Boss
Title: Prison Boss
Released: April 18, 1968
Type: Movie
Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.
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Scoundrel
Title: Scoundrel
Released: March 5, 1968
Type: Movie
Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any sense of either duty or chivalry. When imprisoned, he is repeatedly transferred from one prison to another, because no one can handle him.
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Ninja's Mark
Title: Ninja's Mark
Character: Dodo Senjuro
Released: January 27, 1968
Type: Movie
When the Shogun Tokugawa III is in bed with a girl, she turns into a monster. The court believes she is Ninja Magic, used to frighten the lord off women so that there will be no heir. Tôma, a famous swordsman, is called in and exposes the Ninja, even discovering their leader, a beautiful young girl named Kagiroi. Guessing that she is the daughter of some ousted daimyo anxious to get back into favor, he is about to unmask her when he is taken prisoner...
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A History of the Japanese Underworld
Title: A History of the Japanese Underworld
Released: January 14, 1968
Type: Movie
The hero tries to unite various gangs.
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Code Between Brothers 6
Title: Code Between Brothers 6
Released: December 23, 1967
Type: Movie
Sixth film in the "Kyodai Jingi" series. Three gangsters challenge an underworld group in northern Japan.
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Game of Chance 3
Title: Game of Chance 3
Released: October 21, 1967
Type: Movie
Bungo, fulfilling his duty as a yakuza, kills a man from a rival gang. Since then, he has escaped the clan's vengeance by staying on the road with his son Kenichi. Tired of running, the two settle in a mountain town. Bungo finds work as a lumberjack for the Iwasaki family and Kenichi becomes a student at the local elementary school. Regrettably, their good fortune doesn't last. The yakuza boss, Tomitaka, wants control of the town's lumber and is willing to destroy the Iwasaki to get it. Natsue, Kenichi's estranged no-good mother, returns wanting to take part in the boy's upbringing. And shortly thereafter, a mysterious stranger arrives in town to lay claim on Bungo's life...
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The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
Title: The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
Released: September 15, 1967
Type: Movie
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
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Black Ninja
Title: Black Ninja
Released: September 8, 1967
Type: Movie
Historical action film about the struggle for gold of two feudal clans in the Edo period.
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Organized Violence II
Title: Organized Violence II
Character: Terakawa
Released: June 29, 1967
Type: Movie
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North Sea Chivalry
Title: North Sea Chivalry
Released: June 29, 1967
Type: Movie
Inosuke, a former gangster, and his friends struggle to make a living as simple fishermen in this tale of chivalry and friendship among yakuza in the northern regions.
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A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
Title: A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
Released: June 17, 1967
Type: Movie
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Samurai Wolf II
Title: Samurai Wolf II
Released: May 13, 1967
Type: Movie
Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his dead father. There are crooked gold miners, a beautiful girl who is unfortunately a complete lunatic and a dojo master who is obsessed with killing Kiba just to prove that his school's sword style is the best.
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Secret Love
Title: Secret Love
Released: December 3, 1966
Type: Movie
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Title: 悪魔くん
Character: メフィスト(弟)
Released: October 6, 1966
Type: TV
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Rub Out the Past
Title: Rub Out the Past
Released: August 26, 1966
Type: Movie
A lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation.
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf
Title: Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf
Released: July 9, 1966
Type: Movie
Yakuza families clash over a lucrative fishery business.
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Yakuza Hooligans
Title: Yakuza Hooligans
Character: Tamai
Released: May 15, 1966
Type: Movie
A bunch of young, angry and penniless misfits are full of great vitality. They aren’t quite up to joining the yakuza and execute a variety of petty scams. After being approached by a yakuza and asked to become a spy for them, they are now planning to take 10 million yen from the yakuza.
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A Circus Girl
Title: A Circus Girl
Released: February 25, 1966
Type: Movie
Japanese drama film.
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The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
Title: The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
Released: February 3, 1966
Type: Movie
The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
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Gang's Upward Strategy
Title: Gang's Upward Strategy
Released: December 18, 1965
Type: Movie
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Secret Club 000
Title: Secret Club 000
Released: December 4, 1965
Type: Movie
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Dupe
Title: Dupe
Released: October 1, 1965
Type: Movie
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry
Title: Brutal Tales of Chivalry
Released: October 1, 1965
Type: Movie
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking advantage of the mess, Iwasa and his gang take hold of goods from the US military, black-market and controlled items in order to become the most powerful group in Enko area.
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The Hoodlum Brothers
Title: The Hoodlum Brothers
Released: August 25, 1965
Type: Movie
A crime film released in 1965
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The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
Title: The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
Released: August 12, 1965
Type: Movie
Third part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's mate befriending fish shop owners harassed by yakuza.
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Tale of Japanese Burglars
Title: Tale of Japanese Burglars
Released: May 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some communists are found guilty of causing the incident, but he knows it wasn't them. He can save innocent people but for that he must confess his own crime.
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Abashiri Prison
Title: Abashiri Prison
Character: Prisoner A
Released: April 18, 1965
Type: Movie
Abashiri Prison is located in the coldest place in Japan. Two men, handcuffed together have escaped from the prison, one a yakuza, the other a petty criminal, and although they hate each other they must work together if they are to evade capture in this harshest of climates.
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The Boss
Title: The Boss
Released: January 3, 1965
Type: Movie
Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous way. Nakagami, the head of the Kanto Joseikai, is ordered to acquire the rights to work to level the reclaimed land and prevent the Doshikai from expanding from Kansai into Tokyo, but the interference of the Koda-gumi, associated with the Kansai Doshikai, intensifies. Nakagami's younger brother Hayami, unhappy that the situation is moving slowly, tries to blackmail the mayor into moving forward, but... A true Toei gangster film with an all-star cast including Koji Tsuruta and Ken Takakura!
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Gamblers and Racketeers
Title: Gamblers and Racketeers
Released: December 24, 1964
Type: Movie
Komatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group which supports the town vendors unlike Takioka, who will stop at nothing to undermine the vendors and take over the territory. Masakichi will do all he can to protect and support the people. Ryutaro Kijima is senior son to Masakichi, though disowned, he keeps interest in the family from a distance. He will be there for his father and his hot tempered younger brother Katsuo, if they should need his loyal help.
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Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Title: Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Released: September 23, 1964
Type: Movie
An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an ambush. It turns out the man is the head of a hard working clan appointed to a railway construction project. A ruthless yakuza gang is also trying to get their share of the project and attempts to sabotage the work. After the old man dies, his son (Sonny Chiba) and daughter (Junko Fuji) try to complete the project. Tsuruta joins them while also falling in love with a local woman working in a bar (after all, Tsuruta always was more of a lover than his stoic colleague Takakura).
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The Shogun's Vault
Title: The Shogun's Vault
Released: August 13, 1964
Type: Movie
Okawa Hashizo is 'Red Peony' Hanji who is thrown into a prison cell where he gets involved in a plot to steal government gold from the Shogun's vault. A tough fighter, he has to show his ability in order to keep from getting himself killed by the prisoners, too. Co-starring some of the biggest name in movies at the time, including Kataoka Chiezo and Tanba Tetsuro this film is loaded with surprises. From the opening moments when prisoners carry out their own form of justice, killing a crooked ex-constable, it is clear that this is the work of a visionary filmmaker.
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Main Street in the Underworld
Title: Main Street in the Underworld
Released: April 25, 1964
Type: Movie
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Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Title: Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Released: October 20, 1963
Type: Movie
A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era.
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Element of Surprise
Title: Element of Surprise
Released: September 21, 1963
Type: Movie
1963 Toei war / action film.
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Duel of the Underworld
Title: Duel of the Underworld
Released: July 13, 1963
Type: Movie
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Life of Hishakaku
Title: Life of Hishakaku
Released: March 16, 1963
Type: Movie
After eloping with a prostitute named Otoyo, Hishakaku takes refuge in the Kogane family’s turf. Indebted to Boss Kogane for his kindness, Hishakaku swears to dedicate himself to protect the Koganes in time of crisis. Hishakaku’s humble life comes to a sudden halt when the Kogane family becomes involved in a fatal feud with their rival, and Hishakaku’s services are called upon.
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Tokyo Untouchable
Title: Tokyo Untouchable
Character: as Tetsuo Sasaki
Released: October 21, 1962
Type: Movie
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Hell's Kitchen
Title: Hell's Kitchen
Released: October 12, 1962
Type: Movie
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Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori
Title: Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori
Released: September 16, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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I. George monogatari taiyō no ko
Title: I. George monogatari taiyō no ko
Released: September 9, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Mid-August Commotion
Title: Mid-August Commotion
Released: August 22, 1962
Type: Movie
A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General Staff of the Konoe Division on the eve of the end of the Pacific War.
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Four Sisters
Title: Four Sisters
Released: July 1, 1962
Type: Movie
A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.
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The Thinking Leaf
Title: The Thinking Leaf
Released: May 16, 1962
Type: Movie
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
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The Injured Boy
Title: The Injured Boy
Released: April 4, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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The Eighth Enemy
Title: The Eighth Enemy
Released: December 15, 1961
Type: Movie
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The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
Title: The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
Released: December 6, 1961
Type: Movie
A group of four chorus singers leave their hometown in Kyushu and go to Tokyo to become stars. It’s a musical comedy that shows Segawa’s talent.
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Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
Title: Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
Released: October 22, 1961
Type: Movie
Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor.
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Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
Title: Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
Released: September 13, 1961
Type: Movie
Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba returns as the reckless son of a private detective takes on the case of a minor league baseball pitcher who disappears right before signing a contract into the major leagues. Meanwhile, the body of an orthopedist is discovered in the river.
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Man with the Funky Hat
Title: Man with the Funky Hat
Released: August 5, 1961
Type: Movie
Ichiro (Chiba) is a scrappy little sport in a big car and funny hat always looking for some fun and some extra cash on the side. He and his friends get themselves involved in some shady business dealings involving a kidnapping.
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The Orphan Brother
Title: The Orphan Brother
Character: Sendô Sado No Tatsukô (voice)
Released: July 19, 1961
Type: Movie
After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their mother dies, they are sold to Sansho the Bailiff, a cruel man who subjects them to hideous torments. While Anju falls into a lake and is transformed into a swan, Zushio escapes and after being adopted to a nobleman grows to a young man. He will then fight to defeat the evil Dayu and free all the slaves.
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Tale of A Company Boss Pt.2
Title: Tale of A Company Boss Pt.2
Released: July 8, 1961
Type: Movie
1961 Toei comedy
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腕まくり七色娘
Title: 腕まくり七色娘
Released: May 17, 1961
Type: Movie
1961 Japanese movie
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Man of the World 2
Title: Man of the World 2
Released: July 13, 1960
Type: Movie
An upstanding young man’s racy adventure filled with conspiracies and love.
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Secret
Title: Secret
Released: April 5, 1960
Type: Movie
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The Second Bullet is Marked
Title: The Second Bullet is Marked
Released: January 27, 1960
Type: Movie
Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.
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Speed Crazy
Title: Speed Crazy
Released: December 20, 1959
Type: Movie
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Hell's Companion
Title: Hell's Companion
Released: June 1, 1959
Type: Movie
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Keishichō monogatari gao no nai on'na
Title: Keishichō monogatari gao no nai on'na
Released: February 18, 1959
Type: Movie
1959 Japanese movie
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Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
Title: Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
Released: December 22, 1957
Type: Movie
After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department began canvassing the area around the crime scene. As a result, they found a wallet with bloodstains that seemed to belong to the victim, a woman's wallet that did not fit the field, earrings, and other valuable materials, which led them on a foot search. The woman's purse had been picked up by a male prostitute on the subway, and from the prostitute's testimony, they were able to identify the pickpocket's face, but the next day, the man was found dead in a road accident, apparently murdered.
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Police Precinct Part 5
Title: Police Precinct Part 5
Released: August 28, 1957
Type: Movie