Takeshige Hatanaka

Takeshige Hatanaka

Born: January 8, 1948
in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Takeshige Hatanaka...

Legend of the Eight Samurai
Title: Legend of the Eight Samurai
Character: Banquet Samurai B
Released: December 10, 1983
Type: Movie
The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their clutches. She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of powerful magic crystal, led by Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba!) to help rescue the remaining members of her court and revenge her family. Along the way, they must fight undead warriors, evil spirits, poisonous beauties and a giant centipede.
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Samurai Reincarnation
Title: Samurai Reincarnation
Released: June 6, 1981
Type: Movie
After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him in a murderous rampage.
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Title: Pro Hunter
Released: April 7, 1981
Type: TV
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Virus
Title: Virus
Character: Crew Member
Released: June 26, 1980
Type: Movie
Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.
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Dead Angle
Title: Dead Angle
Released: July 4, 1979
Type: Movie
Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.
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0計画を阻止せよ-総理大臣誘拐!!-
Title: 0計画を阻止せよ-総理大臣誘拐!!-
Released: March 3, 1979
Type: Movie
Samonji, a reporter, receives a message on his answering machine from his friend Takada that says "stop it... zero plan! February." Learning that Takada is dead, Samonji begins an investigation. He and his younger sister Fumiko investigate major events happening in February but cannot find anything relevant. Meanwhile, Kanzaki, a doctor who works at a clinic on a remote island, is working on a plan to extort two billion yen.
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Proof of the Man
Title: Proof of the Man
Character: Detective D
Released: October 8, 1977
Type: Movie
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
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Curse of the Dog God
Title: Curse of the Dog God
Character: Yasui
Released: June 18, 1977
Type: Movie
A trio of young scientists investigate a source of uranium at the base of a sacred mountain, and after running over a dog, find themselves cursed by the locals.
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Festival Champ
Title: Festival Champ
Released: May 29, 1976
Type: Movie
Hiroki Matsukata is a fish market worker and a fanatical Japanese festival rascal. He also falls in love with a stripper while delivering his colleague's love letter to her but forgetting to mention it's from another man.
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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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Wolf Guy
Title: Wolf Guy
Character: Tsukada Member
Released: April 4, 1975
Type: Movie
Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabaret singer, corrupt politicians, and a plot by the J-CIA to harvest his blood in order to steal his lycanthropic powers.
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Graveyard of Honor
Title: Graveyard of Honor
Released: February 15, 1975
Type: Movie
A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his self control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.
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The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
Title: The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
Released: December 28, 1974
Type: Movie
When a priceless jewel owned by rich heiress Sabine is stolen, along with her daughter, Professional thief and hired killer Ryuichi Koga and his gang are hired to retrieve both. At a ransom exchange, the team save the girl but lose the money and the jewel. When Sabine decides to deal directly with the thieves and obtains the jewel on her own by paying the ransom, Koga, having been stiffed of his fee by Sabine, steals the jewel. Little does he know, it’s a fake. Now, Koga and the team must break into a high security bank to steal the real jewel.
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Violent Fraternity
Title: Violent Fraternity
Released: November 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Set in Shibuya in 1949, this is another film based on real life former yakuza boss Noboru Ando's memoirs.
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A Single Flower Withered
Title: A Single Flower Withered
Released: October 5, 1974
Type: Movie
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Violent Streets
Title: Violent Streets
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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The Ando Gang Documentary Film
Title: The Ando Gang Documentary Film
Released: December 1, 1973
Type: Movie
This biopic of notorious yakuza-turned-actor Noboru Ando focuses on the days leading to his arrest after the shooting of businessman Hideki Yokoi.
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Karate Killer
Title: Karate Killer
Released: October 13, 1973
Type: Movie
Kiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the violent acts he has committed. Once he's out, he begins working as a bodyguard in a club that is crawling with gangsters.
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Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable
Title: Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable
Released: July 29, 1973
Type: Movie
Following her successful prison break, Scorpion begins this third episode in the series hiding out in a brothel. Her prostitute friend tries to keep her identity secret, but the brothel's madam discovers that Scorpion is the ex-girlfriend of the vice officer who killed her lover.
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Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
Title: Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
Released: October 25, 1972
Type: Movie
The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s released he finds everything completely changed and his gang has swept him aside for being too violent. He tries to start a new life with his two ”brothers” but can’t seem to escape old affiliations
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Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
Title: Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
Released: August 25, 1972
Type: Movie
After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cohorts with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
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Wandering Ginza Butterfly
Title: Wandering Ginza Butterfly
Character: Ôwada's Henchman
Released: April 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon her release three years later, she’s a shamed woman confined to living in the shadowy world of sex clubs and street gangs. She returns to the city to live with her uncle, a billiard-hall owner, and after befriending pimp and ne’er-do-well Ryuji (Tsunehiko Watase), she gets a job working at a hostess club in the chic Ginza neighborhood, where the expensive shops and neon lights conceal a dark world of crime and sexual slavery. But when a rival gang attempts to muscle in on the club, Nami becomes enmeshed in a violent struggle that forces her to wield a skilled pool cue to defend her uncle’s business, and eventually a short sword to wreak bloody vengeance upon her enemies.
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A Kamikaze Cop
Title: A Kamikaze Cop
Released: May 23, 1970
Type: Movie
An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two rival Yakuza gangs. He pits the two rival gangs against each other in hopes that they will cross each other out.