Shunji Daito

Shunji Daito

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Watari and the Fantasticks
Title: Watari and the Fantasticks
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Watari and his ninja friends continue their battles against evil people in long ago Japan.
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Three Yakuza
Title: Three Yakuza
Released: May 22, 1965
Type: Movie
A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each part tells the story of a different drifter’s life. Part 1: A man is on the run after killing two Hasshu Officials to avenge his Boss. He must make a life or death decision as he is asked to protect a gang from attack. Part 2: A pair of gamblers chased out of a crooked game must fight not only their pursuers, but the ghosts of their pasts as well. Part 3: A wanderer who wants to live according to the Yakuza Code, but is not sure that he can do so when asked to save a town from an evil official.
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G-Men in the Pacific
Title: G-Men in the Pacific
Released: April 22, 1962
Type: Movie
G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama.
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Restoration Fire
Title: Restoration Fire
Released: October 14, 1961
Type: Movie
Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. Excellent performances and extremely good swordplay highlight this glimpse into the heart and soul of Japanese history. Although known as “Razor Blade” Hijikata, the vice-commander is a man of deep conviction with a little-known sense of humanity. Starting after the famed Ikedaya Incident, in which they saved Kyoto from Choshu’s plot to burn the city to ashes, they work hard to change the public’s view of them as merciless killers to their true mission of protecting the shogun. This is an extraordinary tale of blood and guts! From the pen of award winning author Shotaro Ikenami (Bandit Vs. Samurai, Hunter in the Dark, Misumi's The Last Samurai)
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Magistrate of Dice
Title: Magistrate of Dice
Released: April 18, 1961
Type: Movie
Based on the exploits of real-life historical character Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan, this exciting tale brings the “Demon Magistrate” as he is called to the aid of a beautiful young woman who asks to be abducted on the eve of her wedding so that she would not have to marry a country bumpkin. Instead she plans to go to Edo, where life can be cheap and common criminals run rampant. Can Magistrate Toyama, a gambler himself, see through the plot and keep her safe from harm. Don’t miss this spectacular showpiece of samurai era action led by superstar Kataoka Chiezo in one of his signature roles. When he bares his tattooed right shoulder, all hell breaks loose!
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Morning Breeze in Edo
Title: Morning Breeze in Edo
Released: November 29, 1960
Type: Movie
The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in Edo.
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The Medicine Case
Title: The Medicine Case
Released: September 30, 1959
Type: Movie
Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.