Shunji Sasaki

Shunji Sasaki

Born: February 10, 1941
in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Shunji Sasaki...

Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
Title: Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
Released: March 27, 1993
Type: Movie
Bored Hatamoto film
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Goryokaku
Title: Goryokaku
Released: December 30, 1988
Type: Movie
After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nation that was recognized by more than one European country. Survivors of the Shinsengumi were among the followers of Enomoto Takeaki who took them to the northernmost island of Ezo where they fought their final battle at the star shaped fort, Goryokaku. The Japanese Civil Wars fought in the name of the emperor signaled the complete end of the feudal system and Japan’s entry into the modern world as those brave samurai tried to halt progress and learned that the age of modern warfare and weaponry had passed them by. Swords were no match for rifles and cannons, nor was any man a match for the power of the imperial flag. Japanese loyalty to the emperor has long defined the nation and culture despite the changing times.
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Yakuza Ladies
Title: Yakuza Ladies
Released: November 15, 1986
Type: Movie
While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her younger sister, marries a member of a rival band after being raped by him. The two sisters, united by blood ties but married to enemy yakuzas, will ultimately have to decide whose side they’re on.
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Fireflies in the North
Title: Fireflies in the North
Released: September 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.
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The Duel in the forbidden territory
Title: The Duel in the forbidden territory
Released: September 9, 1983
Type: Movie
The wandering swordsman, Ino Heihachiro, defeats Ichima, the youngest of the famed swordsmanship trio, the Nikis, but sustains an injury. In the mountains of Tohoku, he is aided by a young boy named Shosuke. Heihachiro finds refuge in the home of the boy's parents, Magoichi and Shino, only to discover that Magoichi was a skilled ninja from Koga. The peaceful days with the family are short-lived as Ichima, bent on revenge, along with his brothers Kurodo and Ryuma, pursue Heihachiro. Heihachiro and Magoichi head towards the duel's location, but the village headman, Seibei, blinded by the allure of gold dust in the mountains, abducts Shino...
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Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
Title: Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
Released: June 5, 1982
Type: Movie
Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. His struggles with his boss, the Shikoku Godfather, and the tumultuous life of his adopted daughter, Matsue, form the backdrop of this epic tale of justice, obedience, and bloody vengeance.
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Roaring Fire
Title: Roaring Fire
Character: Uiri Cho
Released: August 8, 1981
Type: Movie
On his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji’s real parents died tragically in a plane crash. Shortly thereafter Joji goes to Japan is search of his sister and his twin brother Toru. Joji’s quickly finds his sister Chihiro who is now blind and lives with their uncle. Joji one evening accidently over hears his uncle who has ties to the criminal underworld discussing his various illegal operations. Joji ‘s eavesdropping is discovered by his uncle who offers him a chance to join the organization. Joji promptly turns his uncle’s offer down which immediately puts his life in danger.
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Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon
Title: Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon
Released: September 15, 1977
Type: Movie
Duke Togo (codename: Golgo 13) is a ruthless assassin who's accepted a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate. His mission is to "rub out" Hong Kong's underworld kingpin. His main obstacle is the relentless Detective 'Smitty' Smith, determined to stop Togo no matter the cost. The result is an explosive adventure through the seamy, violent streets of Hong Kong.
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Doberman Cop
Title: Doberman Cop
Character: Luger Matsukawa
Released: July 2, 1977
Type: Movie
Joji Kano is a loose cannon cop from backwoods Okinawa, sent to Tokyo to investigate the grizzly murder of an Okinawa woman. As he probes deeper into the sleazy world of flesh-peddling, talent agency corruption and mob influence, Kano uncovers the shocking truth.
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Nuns That Bite
Title: Nuns That Bite
Released: April 8, 1977
Type: Movie
A woman on the run is raped, rescued, then raped again. Escaping, she heads for the hills and finds safe haven at a convent. After becoming a postulant (trainee nun), she catches her fellow sisters engaging in lesbianism, fighting over nothing, hurling snakes at each other, and engaging in mild flesh eating.
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Hokuriku Proxy War
Title: Hokuriku Proxy War
Released: February 26, 1977
Type: Movie
In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows battles among yakuza who value land over tradition. Hiroki Matsukata stars as Noboru Kawada, a Hokuriku yakuza who will use any measure for survival, disregarding parents, brothers, and tradition.
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The General and His Empire of Joy
Title: The General and His Empire of Joy
Released: February 11, 1977
Type: Movie
Zenjiro (Masaru Shiga) is a lowlife criminal, roaming the country with his merry band of crooks, gamblers and rapists. When he gets done with his latest escapade of banging a samurai's wife, he finds that his love Okoyo (Eiko Matsuda), has managed to be recruited as one of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna's (Kantaro Suga) concubines. While attempting to win her back, Zenjiro becomes involved in increasingly murderous palace intrigues.
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Japan's Don
Title: Japan's Don
Released: January 22, 1977
Type: Movie
A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.
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Oxen Split Torturing
Title: Oxen Split Torturing
Released: September 4, 1976
Type: Movie
Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1 - During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as his personal slave to torment Iori, and tries breaking her spirit by means of rape, torture and pure sadism. After Iori refuses to participate any longer he is exiled, but vows to get her back no matter what it takes. 2 - When Sutezo is forced to serve the barbarous master of a brothel in order to repay his debts, he becomes friends with a young girl named Sato in process. Together, they both escape and try to get by on scams and petty theft.
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Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist
Title: Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist
Character: Norio Osawa
Released: May 29, 1976
Type: Movie
Kiku Nakakawa, the only daughter of an old kimono shop owner in Kyoto, is enthusiastic about karate. To help her friend Michi avenge her brother, she sneaks into a movie studio in Kyoto where a drug dealing syndicate is based.
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Operation Plazma in Osaka
Title: Operation Plazma in Osaka
Released: January 31, 1976
Type: Movie
Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.
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The Decisive Power of Aikido
Title: The Decisive Power of Aikido
Character: Fujishima
Released: November 22, 1975
Type: Movie
It is about the life of Ueshiba - the founder of aikido. We can see how he decided to develop aikido and how he did it. We can see why he developed aikido and where he has learned martial arts.
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Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer
Title: Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer
Released: January 29, 1975
Type: Movie
Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike and Satomi Kôe.
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The Karate 3
Title: The Karate 3
Released: January 15, 1975
Type: Movie
This is the third and final film of the ZA KARATE trilogy. Tadashi Yamashita reprises his role as the Karate World Champion. Local Japanese karate schools are not happy that a Chinese master will take over the Japanese karate organization and will do everything they can to prevent it.
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The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
Title: The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
Character: Yokomitsu
Released: November 22, 1974
Type: Movie
Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crossed. So he wants the tape back.
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The Karate 2
Title: The Karate 2
Character: Liu Wantie
Released: November 1, 1974
Type: Movie
This is the second film of the ZA KARATE trilogy (AKA BRONSON LEE CHAMPION). Tadashi Yamashita reprises his role as the Karate World Champion and must faces dozens of worldwide pretenders, such as the Guillotine Brothers of New Guinea, Killer Samson, Dracula Jack (Bolo) who all want a shot at him at all cost and also to steal the famous Orikirimaru Sword.
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The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
Title: The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
Released: June 1, 1974
Type: Movie
With a Kansai syndicate vying for Tokyo, one man reunites with his roguish half-brother in the midst of negotiations, when all hell breaks loose.
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The Tattooed Hitman
Title: The Tattooed Hitman
Released: April 27, 1974
Type: Movie
The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and now, there's a contract on his life. Though nobody is more skilled in the arts of dealing death, can the tattooed hitman fend off the entire Japanese mafia as he searches for the man who wants him dead?
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Return of the Street Fighter
Title: Return of the Street Fighter
Released: April 27, 1974
Type: Movie
Martial artist Takuma Tsurugi returns to take on a Yakuza family that may be embezzling money from charities to finance their own operations. Both the police and the Yakuza find themselves battling Tsurugi, but Tsurugi's fight ultimately is with the mob, and he concentrates on them.
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The Street Fighter
Title: The Street Fighter
Character: Lam Bak-Jung
Released: February 2, 1974
Type: Movie
Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.
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Female Yakuza Tale
Title: Female Yakuza Tale
Character: One-eyed Man
Released: June 6, 1973
Type: Movie
Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a gang of female thieves.
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Sex and Fury
Title: Sex and Fury
Character: Kizaki
Released: February 17, 1973
Type: Movie
Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, she also crosses paths with Shonusuke, a radical set on murdering prominent politician Kurokawa and Christina, an American spy posing as a gambler.
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Prison Tales
Title: Prison Tales
Released: April 10, 1970
Type: Movie
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Brave Red Flower of the North
Title: Brave Red Flower of the North
Released: January 9, 1970
Type: Movie
An exciting tale of action on the distant northern island of Hokkaido around the beginning of the 20th Century starring two of the biggest names in Yakuza film history, Fuji Junko and Takakura Ken. Since the death of death of her father, Yuki who has traveled from her home in the southernmost part of Japan must fight corrupt local officials seeking to fill her late father's post. As her life is in danger a mysterious rifleman, played by Takakura Ken watches from the shadows. Can she finish the work her dear departed father started in an untamed land?
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Heiji, the Detective
Title: Heiji, the Detective
Released: October 10, 1967
Type: Movie
Famous for his coin tossing when capturing criminals, an Edo detective, Heiji, launches an investigation into the mysterious murder of his friend Seigoro.