Hiroshi Hatano

Hiroshi Hatano

Movies for Hiroshi Hatano...

Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie
Title: Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie
Released: July 22, 1978
Type: Movie
The movie version of Ryu and Hayato fighting against the Gavanas Empire.
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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: Masaharu Suga
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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The General and His Empire of Joy
Title: The General and His Empire of Joy
Character: Saotome
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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Decapitation of an Evil Woman
Title: Decapitation of an Evil Woman
Released: January 22, 1977
Type: Movie
An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history. During the early Meiji period a number of “Dokufu” (Poison Women) committed a significant number of murders. These crimes were most often committed by wives on their husbands in order to be together with their lovers. At that time women were executed in the same manner as men, to wit: by being decapitated. This is the story of the most notorious of all, Takahashi Oden who, in 1879, was the last woman executed by decapitation in Japan.
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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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The Decisive Power of Aikido
Title: The Decisive Power of Aikido
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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Victimized
Title: Victimized
Released: March 1, 1975
Type: Movie
1975 Toei movie.
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The Rapacious Jailbreaker
Title: The Rapacious Jailbreaker
Released: December 7, 1974
Type: Movie
Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But for a man like him, breaking out of prison is easy.
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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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Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
Title: Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
Character: Ministry of Justice Official B
Released: May 24, 1973
Type: Movie
Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more interested in cheating the government out of money than reformation. Each having their own reasons for escaping, they go their separate ways. With the help of a young mechanic, who's also on the lam, Ruriko tries to realize her dream of leaving the island of Japan behind. But the authorities are always one step behind her...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Title: Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Released: April 28, 1973
Type: Movie
Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono, and the other yakuza into a new round of bloodshed.
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Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
Title: Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
Released: March 31, 1973
Type: Movie
Three new students at a super-strict girl's school must face off with a repressive school administration, the sadistic, murderous student discipline brigade and corrupt politicians over the murder/suicide of one of their friends. They're approached by a blackmailer (Tsunehiko Watase) who promises to help them exact vengeance in exchange for setting up a corrupt local politician, and aided by a independent Yakuza biker chick (Reiko Ike).
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Title: Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Character: Policeman
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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Prison Tales
Title: Prison Tales
Released: April 10, 1970
Type: Movie
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Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
Title: Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
Released: March 5, 1970
Type: Movie
Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes place in the Tokyo Theater.
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The Cross of Vengeance
Title: The Cross of Vengeance
Released: May 24, 1969
Type: Movie
Film with Junko Miyazono.
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Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
Title: Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
Released: February 1, 1969
Type: Movie
The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu’s life as she seals her femininity with a red peony tattoo and lives in world of chivalry and honor of the yakuza. This story takes place in the middle of the Meiji era in Nagoya. Oryu is wandering the country, training herself to reinstate her family name. With a written recommendation from Kumatora, she appears at the door of the Nishinomaru family. At the same time, the family is preparing for the gambling competition at the Netsuda Shrine Festival, which they have been hosting for generations. Meanwhile, the crooked Kinbara family is plotting to take over the competition. And now Oryu is forced to get involved in the struggle…
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Red Peony Gambler
Title: Red Peony Gambler
Released: September 14, 1968
Type: Movie
Ryuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother died when she was little. When she turned 18 years old, her father was attacked and killed by a stranger in alley. Ryuko then dissolves her yakuza family, and, carrying the wallet left by the killer, she sets out on a journey to avenge her father's death. Five years later, she wanders the nation, known only as! Red Peony Oryu who has a red peony tattooed on her shoulder and has the defiance and courage of a man. She meets Katagiri - a loner gambler, Kumatora - boss of a family in Shikoku, and Otaka - female boss of the Doman Family in Osaka. With their help, she finally catches up with the man who murdered her father.
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Eleven Samurai
Title: Eleven Samurai
Released: December 16, 1967
Type: Movie
The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. After an investigation, the Oshi clan is blamed for what happened and sentenced to be disbanded. Eleven of the best samurai of the clan refuse the sentence and are willing to give their life for justice.
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Tears of Banishment
Title: Tears of Banishment
Released: June 17, 1967
Type: Movie
Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling’s name.
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Classmates
Title: Classmates
Released: June 3, 1967
Type: Movie
A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.
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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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Eighteen Years in Prison
Title: Eighteen Years in Prison
Released: February 24, 1967
Type: Movie
A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cross again as they both fall in love with the same woman.
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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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The Flower and the Dragon
Title: The Flower and the Dragon
Released: November 20, 1965
Type: Movie
A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing a family of longshoreman, centering on their love and struggle.
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Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
Title: Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
Released: December 12, 1964
Type: Movie
A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but while his determination impresses his superiors, questions begin to arise as to his true identity and intentions.
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Female Ninja Magic
Title: Female Ninja Magic
Released: October 3, 1964
Type: Movie
In Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position, fearing Toyotomi's blood descendents would end, he impregnates one of five Shinano female ninja with the seed of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in hopes of continuing the bloodline. Princess Sen and the five female ninja escape from Osaka castle by blending in with the handmaidens. Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu who was supposed to rule all under the heavens was informed of this secret. So Ieyasu orders five samurai of the Iga Ninja clan (brought by Hattori Hanzo) to stop the Toyotomi bloodline by killing the Kunoichi ninja. An attack of ninja magic arts unfolds in a battle of the sexes.
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Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
Title: Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. As his great love Otsu has succumbed to madness. Musashi then sets off to beat the functionaries of a treacherous clan in an arranged duel. 73 against one. Boastful Kojiro watches, secure in the knowledge that only he is a worthy opponent.
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River Washes Away the Moon
Title: River Washes Away the Moon
Released: September 8, 1963
Type: Movie
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Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
Title: Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
Released: August 14, 1963
Type: Movie
In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission of learning; with the introduction of his arch-rival Sasaki Kojiro; and lastly the large cast of characters rendezvouses for a fateful finale.
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Kagemaru of the Iga Clan
Title: Kagemaru of the Iga Clan
Character: Handayu
Released: July 24, 1963
Type: Movie
A group of Iga ninja risk their lives to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu from the villianous Koga Ninja. Kagemaru uses his amazing Iga ninja skills to fight the evil Koga Ninja in the name of justice! A stunning old-school Ninja action adventure, full of special effects! It splendid cast includes Matsukata Hiroki as 'Kagemaru' and Yamashiro Shingo as 'Amanojaki', Kagemaru's arch-enemy.
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Street of Wandering Men
Title: Street of Wandering Men
Released: February 17, 1963
Type: Movie
When a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin decides to help her and a drunken calligrapher. In doing so, he uncovers a wider scheme.
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Tekka Wakashū
Title: Tekka Wakashū
Released: September 30, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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A Revengeful Raid
Title: A Revengeful Raid
Released: September 22, 1962
Type: Movie
In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido is called upon to help a young yakuza named Eijiro after he runs afoul of the new samurai officials who have taken over his hometown. Expertly portrayed by Kitaoji Kinya (son of the all-time great star Ichikawa Utaemon), this young man stands up for the townspeople and puts his life on the line. Jirocho, played by superstar Nakamura Kinnosuke, a boss known for his honor and valor soon finds himself involved in the feud which will only end in a brutal showdown.
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Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
Title: Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
Released: July 8, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Abekobe dōchū
Title: Abekobe dōchū
Released: May 9, 1962
Type: Movie
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Ōedo no taka
Title: Ōedo no taka
Released: April 11, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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鷹天皇飄々剣 吉野の風雲児
Title: 鷹天皇飄々剣 吉野の風雲児
Released: February 21, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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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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The Spear of Heroism
Title: The Spear of Heroism
Released: June 17, 1961
Type: Movie
Lord Gennosuke and Princess Yoshi are to be betrothed to one another, however Gennosuke is already in love with Suzue who is from a lower caste. The order has been sent from up on high that if Gennosuke won't change his mind then Suzue must be dealt with one way or another. When spearmaster, Fuwa Mondo, a Ronin and all around happy guy stumbles into the plot, things get a little hokey-pokey.
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Fine Man
Title: Fine Man
Released: June 11, 1961
Type: Movie
A young son of a master of the Kuwana clan gets disowned for his rebellious behavior. After he goes from the mountains to the ocean defeating the evil, he becomes a fine man.
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Miyamoto Musashi
Title: Miyamoto Musashi
Released: May 27, 1961
Type: Movie
In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of the historic battle. He and his friend Matahachi manage to escape the slaughter although the latter is wounded in his leg. They stumble across the young Akemi who makes her living with her mother Oko by robbing corpses of their armor and anything else they can sell. Oko takes it into her head to seduce Matahachi, which she does first by skillfully sucking the gangrene from his blood, and then just by sucking.
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Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Bloodskull Mansion
Title: Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Bloodskull Mansion
Released: May 10, 1961
Type: Movie
The second work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on the original work of Tatsuro Jinde. Popular ronin actor Kasumi Ippei intervenes in a planned robbery of the mint, where gold coins are minted for the Shogunate.
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Flowers on the Road
Title: Flowers on the Road
Released: January 21, 1961
Type: Movie
Yae and Kiku, daughters of drapers in Edo, must travel to Kyoto in place of their sickly fathers to attend to some businesses affairs. On their way to Kyoto, the two ladies are ambushed by a group of bandits. However a good Samaritan named Santaro comes to their rescue. Santaro is aiding a young samurai named Sanshiro who is on an official mission to deliver a message to a noble in Kyoto. When Yae and Kiku discover that a gang of assassins is after Sanshiro, they decide to help Sanshiro to complete his mission.
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Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
Title: Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
Released: May 29, 1960
Type: Movie
A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to rescue them.
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Echo in the Mountains
Title: Echo in the Mountains
Released: September 20, 1959
Type: Movie
A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge his father-in-law's death and retrieve the family heirloom.
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Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Title: Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Released: September 13, 1959
Type: Movie
The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is about to be purchased by a client, steals money from his employer to redeem her. Hunted criminals, the two young lovers take flight to Yamato, but, as in Chikamatsu's other domestic tragedies of love and duty (known as sewamono), they must be pursued and their passion destroyed by death. Favourite Uchida themes, such as the indenturing of a prostitute , and his characteristic emphasis on performance and theatrical artifice re-emerge here; but the daring device of having Chikamatsu appear as a character - not unlike having Shakespeare interpolated into a film adaptation of one of his plays - is just one of many surprises this remarkable film holds. “Extraordinary” (Donald Richie).
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Happily Tied to the Road
Title: Happily Tied to the Road
Character: Isaburo
Released: April 21, 1959
Type: Movie
With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of Boss Jirotaro who has been terrorizing travelers along the route through his territory. When Hanjiro steps in to gamble with him one-on-one it leads to a deadly vendetta that will show no mercy. Along the way Hanjiro is called upon to help sisters with no one else to depend on. Will the feud end in tragedy, or can the honest wanderer prevail against the bloodlust of an angry yakuza boss whom he had scarred for life?
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A Chivalrous Spirit
Title: A Chivalrous Spirit
Released: January 3, 1958
Type: Movie
An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this genre. Jirocho, an honorable and respected gang boss, uncovers a conspiracy organized by his rivals while on a quest to bring justice to three murders. Some of the most famous actors from Toei studios make this a must-see for everyone! Featuring a very young Nakamura Kinnosuke, who went on to become one of Japan's mosted noteworthy actors under the name Yorosuya Kinnosuke. This is one of the best examples his early work.
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A Warrior's Flute
Title: A Warrior's Flute
Released: December 4, 1955
Type: Movie
Tale of tragic love between samurai and princess during Heian period.
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.4
Title: Travels of Lord Mito Pt.4
Released: February 24, 1954
Type: Movie
Fourth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.