Tamio Kawachi
Tamio Kawachi was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 120 feature films. He is best known for his collaborations with directors Koreyoshi Kurahara and Seijun Suzuki, starring in Kurahara's The Warped Ones (1960) and Black Sun (1964), and having a prominent role in Suzuki's Tokyo Drifter (1966).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.237 |
| Birthday | 1938-07-21 |
| Place of Birth | Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Also Known As | 川地民夫, Tamio Kawaji, Тамио Кавати, |
1967
Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
5.3/33
An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an undergro...
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Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
1965
Story of a Prostitute
6.7/30
Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal...
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Story of a Prostitute
1960
The Warped Ones
6.8/19
A juvenile delinquent gets out of the pen and immediately embarks on a rampage of untethered anger, most of it directed at the girlfriend of the journ...
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The Warped Ones
1964
Black Sun
6.6/10
Akira, a young, jazz-obsessed drifter, returns to his squat, a ruined church, and finds Gill, a wounded African-American GI, on the run after the deat...
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Black Sun
1960
Everything Goes Wrong
6.4/12
Everything goes wrong when Jiro tries to break up his mother's relationship with a business man. The young rebel Jiro has to deal with an environment...
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Everything Goes Wrong
1962
Teenage Yakuza
7.2/5
A high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighbouring city.
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Teenage Yakuza
1961
Kitakami yakyoku
0/0
Keisuke and Shizuko grew up by the Kitakami river and came to fall in love before they knew it. Eighteen years ago, Shizuko was left an orphan and was...
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Kitakami yakyoku
1958
The Coming of Age
0/0
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The Coming of Age
1958
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
0/0
Former boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow for Daishiro. One day, Daishiro got a call from his re...
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The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
1959
Wounded Beast
0/0
A tense action game that skillfully intertwines the human love between a criminal, his sister and his lover, and the desperate pursuit of a detective...
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Wounded Beast
1959
Downhill Youth
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Downhill Youth
1959
Umi wa kurutte iru
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Umi wa kurutte iru
1959
The Stream of Youth
0/0
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The Stream of Youth
1959
Gun Number Zero
0/0
Eric, an American, arrives at an international tourist hotel and loses his self-defense Colt. It was Kudaira, a beggar, who discovered it, and immedia...
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Gun Number Zero
1959
Mighty Rules
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Mighty Rules
1958
Taiyō o buchi otose
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Taiyō o buchi otose
1958
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
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Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
1958
Osaka no kaze
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Osaka no kaze
1959
Unripe Fruit
0/0
A youth lyrical painting depicting a sensitive young man with rich poetic feelings focused on the concerns and aspirations of a high school student.
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Unripe Fruit
1963
Jidanya
0/0
Every day a car accident happens in the city. The involved parties are prey to the settlement agents (jidanya), mediators between the parts and the i...
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Jidanya
1965
Loss of innocence
0/0
A young journalist is writing an article on what happens to girls who are raped. He uncovers the story of a young girl who committed suicide when reco...
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Loss of innocence
1962
Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
1961
Wharf Temperament
0/0
The story of male friendship unfolding during a boxing match between the navigator, who took responsibility for the accident and went ashore from the...
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Wharf Temperament
1962
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
5/1
An unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Match (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young energetic boxer. This story deals more with betting action...
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The Guys Who Put Money on Me
1959
Woman from the Sea
8/2
While in vacation in a sea side house, a young man fall in love with a beautiful woman who pretends to live by herself in the sea. The fishermen of a...
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Woman from the Sea
1964
The Flower and the Angry Waves
6.9/8
A young yakuza in love with the girl who's to marry his clan oyabun, kidnaps the girl before fleeing with her. In Tokyo, he hides under the identity o...
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The Flower and the Angry Waves
1966
Star of Destiny
0/0
"She's out there somewhere, well and alive." Eiji (Teruhiko Saigo) and his sister hadn't seen their mother in almost 20 years. The war had separated t...
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Star of Destiny
1971
The Viper Brothers Rage Again
0/0
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The Viper Brothers Rage Again
1971
The Viper Brothers
0/0
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The Viper Brothers
1965
The Rule for a Vagabond
0/0
A brave warrior fights to restore peace to a town riddled by crime, one sword at a time, in this historical action saga.
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The Rule for a Vagabond
1964
Ningen ni kakeruna
0/0
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Ningen ni kakeruna
1959
Dream Young Man's Dream
0/0
An early contemporary yakuza action drama.
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Dream Young Man's Dream
1975
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
0/0
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The Viper Brothers and the Young General
1972
The Viper Brothers: Clown Princes of Crime
0/0
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The Viper Brothers: Clown Princes of Crime
1974
The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
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The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
1963
The Hill is Full of Flowers
0/0
A youth drama directed by Kiyoshi Horiike, who was adapted from "Young Tokyo no Yane" by Akira Saiga from "Oka wa Hanazakari" based on Yojiro Ishizaka...
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The Hill is Full of Flowers
1973
The Viper Brothers: Jail - Living for 4 1/2 Years
0/0
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The Viper Brothers: Jail - Living for 4 1/2 Years
2005
Sakura no daimon: chi no hōshū
0/0
The battle for life begins now; who will survive? A clash that transcends the boundaries between police and the yakuza.
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Sakura no daimon: chi no hōshū
1997
Escape Captivity Looting Love
0/0
The condemned criminal of the false accusation that I bet on a jailbreak to appeal for own innocence. It was revenge to the true criminal. The target...
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Escape Captivity Looting Love
1967
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
0/0
A man who was released from prison wanders around the Kanto region and gets involved with the local yakuza.
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The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
1966
Tokyo Drifter
7.129/163
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo...
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Tokyo Drifter
1964
Cruel Gun Story
6.3/15
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's...
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Cruel Gun Story
1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
6.65/20
Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military mu...
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Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963
Youth of the Beast
6.8/65
When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.
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Youth of the Beast
1966
Carmen from Kawachi
6.9/8
Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming a...
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Carmen from Kawachi
1968
Retaliation
6/11
Two years before they collaborated on the immortal Stray Cat Rock series, director Yasuharu Hasebe and soon-to-be-superstar Meiko Kaji teamed up for t...
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Retaliation
1969
Savage Wolf Pack
5.5/2
A professional hunter, Tetsuya, returns from Alaska to find that his hometown had become a lawless slum. He is shocked to learn that his younger siste...
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Savage Wolf Pack
1964
Welcome, My Baby
0/0
Two friends, both members of a Japanese cargo boat, return to Japan after a three-month voyage and have just 24 hours shore leave. In those hectic hou...
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Welcome, My Baby
1968
Outlaw: Black Dagger
6.4/8
A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the middle of action. Through a knife fight against Sueo,...
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Outlaw: Black Dagger
1961
Lost in the Sun
0/0
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Lost in the Sun
1960
The Guitarist from the Sea
3.5/4
Plans to build a touristic hot spring on the island of Izu Oshima run afoul of the Kobe yakuza group, which intends to use the island as a relay base...
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The Guitarist from the Sea
1964
Whirlpool of Flesh
0/0
During the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is apparent that their needs are not matched. He would much...
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Whirlpool of Flesh
1973
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
0/0
Upon his release from prison, Masa (Bunta Sugawara) is disappointed to not be picked up by his brother Katsu (Tamio Kawaji). After hitching a ride on...
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The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
1959
Friendship of Jazz
0/0
Kenichi, who lives like a stray dog among fellow gangsters, finds his love for the first time while the police are trying to catch him on suspicion of...
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Friendship of Jazz
1958
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
0/0
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The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
1959
Hijo tehai
0/0
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Hijo tehai
1992
The Gambler
0/0
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The Gambler
1969
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
0/0
Yakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino
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Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
1964
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
0/0
An exciting and fast-paced entertaining action in which G-Man Joe of Aces (Japanese version 007) challenges a terrible international mafia organizatio...
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Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
1966
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
0/0
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Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1963
Prince of Wolves
0/0
As the post-war turmoil continued, Take, the boss of the waifs, stole the money of US soldiers and lived with friends. They were like children of wolv...
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Prince of Wolves
1965
Gambling is My Destiny
0/0
Shadowed and alone. Today, a melancholy guitar sobs in a wandering seaside town.... To make amends, he hides his identity and saves his girlfriend's s...
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Gambling is My Destiny
2007
The History of Yakuza Struggles in Kyushu - The Ogura War
0/0
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The History of Yakuza Struggles in Kyushu - The Ogura War
1962
Hana no saigetsu
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Hana no saigetsu
1970
あばれ丁半
0/0
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あばれ丁半
1960
Return of the Vagabond
5/3
The 3rd film of the famous "Wataridori" (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. The young rambler, Shinji Taki (Akira Kobayashi), with his guitar arrives...
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Return of the Vagabond
1964
Red Handkerchief
7.2/4
A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years, only...
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Red Handkerchief
1968
Outlaw: Gangster VIP
6.7/11
Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself...
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP
1985
Kekkon Annai Mystery
8.2/2
A 19-year-old girl Hiroko Terasawa working in a matching agency promises her client Masakazu Sekine that she'll pose as his fiancée for a remarkable c...
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Kekkon Annai Mystery
1985
Break Town Story
0/0
Japanese drama film.
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Break Town Story
1958
A Slope in the Sun
5.5/6
The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receiv...
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A Slope in the Sun
1967
The Black Sheep
0/0
Japanese drama film.
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The Black Sheep
1969
Penitentiary Brothers
0/0
Authentic action drama of modern gangsters.
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Penitentiary Brothers
1975
Shimane Prison Riot
5/1
Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisoners of Shimane Prison to the biggest riot in jail h...
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Shimane Prison Riot
1972
Informal Dress
0/0
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Informal Dress
2006
Waru: The End
0/0
Youji Himuro comes out of hiding and faces off against a powerful new foe from a rival dojo.
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Waru: The End
1963
I Fly for Kicks
0/0
A musical film with Yūjirō Ishihara and Ruriko Asaoka.
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I Fly for Kicks
1995
Sukiyaki
0/0
Sukiyaki can be viewed two ways, a popular Japanese cuisine or a gathering of a family. This heart-warming comedy takes place in Yokohama, where the M...
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Sukiyaki
1977
Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
0/0
After serving 10 years in prison for murdering a rival boss, Tetsu is appalled to see his yakuza family overgrown and dysfunctional upon his release.
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Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
1974
The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
0/0
A crossover between Wakayama's Gokudo and Sugawara Mamushi series. Gokudo runs a restaurant and makes Takuzo Kawatani his kitchen bitch. He tries to d...
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The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
1990
Bad Guys Only
0/0
A one shot game setup by lonely outlaws!
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Bad Guys Only
2000
Fighting Knife Yoshi
0/0
Kazuki spends his days training to leave his home town and become the best cook in Japan.
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Fighting Knife Yoshi
1970
A Gangster's Morals
0/0
Yakuza movie directed by Yasuharu Hasebe
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A Gangster's Morals
1983
Empress
0/0
Nikkatsu Roman Porno.
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Empress
1966
Story of Japanese Chivalry: Flower of a Chivalrous Man
0/0
In the early years of the twentieth-century a young gambler returns to his home town where he finds the gang of which he was once a member engaged in...
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Story of Japanese Chivalry: Flower of a Chivalrous Man
2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 5
0/0
The fifth 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
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Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 5
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
7.314/86
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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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1962
I Hate But Love
6.8/11
A celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote vill...
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I Hate But Love
1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
6.7/3
The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies: Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Deadly Fight...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1984
Chi-n-pi-ra
8.2/2
Shibuya, Tokyo. Yoichi and Michio are a pair of hoodlums who make their living as bookies at horse races. One day, Yoichi's companion commits a crime,...
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Chi-n-pi-ra
1971
A Man's World
0/0
Tadao Konno (Yujiro Ishihara) had been staying in Canada for 5 years since his girlfriend's death. She was killed for Gang's boss, Shiraishi. Now Tada...
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A Man's World
1959
The Sky Is Mine
0/0
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The Sky Is Mine
1959
When a Man Risks His Life
0/0
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When a Man Risks His Life
1972
The Viper Brothers: The Young Hoodlum
0/0
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The Viper Brothers: The Young Hoodlum
1976
A Kawachi Rascal's Song
0/0
Even after turning 30, Matsutaro Tokuda is still single and spends his days driving a white taxi. He likes to gamble, although he doesn't have a talen...
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A Kawachi Rascal's Song
2000
Shura ga Yuku 9
0/0
The 9th series of Violence Action that depicts the battle between this issue and Ino aiming at the top of the gangster society as a unit.
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Shura ga Yuku 9
2001
Gunball
0/0
1990. Takizawa, the head of the Hayama group's Takizawa group, ordered the members to shoot and kill Sasamoto, who betrayed the group and tried to joi...
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Gunball
1961
Hotbed of Crime
0/0
Released in the UK as Hotbed of Crime
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Hotbed of Crime
1968
Seishun no kaze
0/0
A romantic Nikkatsu youth film about three female friends.
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Seishun no kaze
2008
Road to New Don 2
0/0
The second 'Road to New Don' film.
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Road to New Don 2
2007
Kegareta daimon: kanketsu-hen
0/0
Kegareta daimon sequel.
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Kegareta daimon: kanketsu-hen
2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 4
0/0
The fourth 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
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Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 4
2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 8
0/0
The eighth 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
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Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 8
2009
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 9
0/0
The ninth 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
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Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 9
1973
Professional Killers
7/2
Two assassins are hired to carry out a hit on the second wife of a candle merchant, but someone is watching...
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Professional Killers
2007
Kegareta daimon
0/0
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Kegareta daimon
1992
Gorotsuki
0/0
This coming-of-age drama comically depicts two young men who yearn to become members of the yakuza underworld, focusing on the apprenticeship of a roo...
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Gorotsuki
1960
The Angry Rambler
0/0
Fourth installment of Nikkatsu's "Drifter" series, with Kobayashi Akira.
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The Angry Rambler
2009
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 10
0/0
The tenth 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
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Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 10
1970
Waterfront Blues
0/0
Based on Shinichi Mori song
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Waterfront Blues
2017
Conquest 11
0/0
The eleventh film in the 'Conquest' series.
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Conquest 11
2007
Yakuza no daimon
0/0
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Yakuza no daimon
2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 6
0/0
The sixth 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
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Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 6
2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 7
0/0
The seventh 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
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Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 7
2003
Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura
0/0
In this gritty Yakuza drama about the struggles between the Kanto Yakuza forces and Tohoku forces, a newcomer of the Kishimori Group takes on the dang...
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Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura
1970
Suparuta Kyouiku Kutabare Oyaji
0/0
In a match where professional baseball referee Yuzo Tagami was observing a young referee, Hara, a player who got angry at the indecisive judge, knocke...
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Suparuta Kyouiku Kutabare Oyaji
2017
Conquest 10
0/0
The tenth film in the 'Conquest' series.
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Conquest 10
2004
Road to the Don 23
0/0
The twenty-third 'Road to the Don' film.
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Road to the Don 23
2007
Yakuza Emblem Chapter 2
0/0
The second 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
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Yakuza Emblem Chapter 2
2007
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 3
0/0
The third 'Yakuza Emblem' film.
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Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 3
1983
Kazoku no sentaku
0/0
A single mother is being investigated into the death of her ex-husband, which brings to the fore the obscure details of her past.
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Kazoku no sentaku
1992
Investigation of a Typical Love
0/0
The screenplay is Haruhiko Arai of "Tragedy of W" and "Revolver". The man is a detective who doesn't take on anything other than background checks for...
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Investigation of a Typical Love
1997
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
0/0
Akiko returns to her home village in Japan after seven years in South America, where she contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion. The town, thick wit...
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Remembering the Cosmos Flower
2006
Cool Dimension: Innocent Assassin
5.5/1
Kidnapped in childhood. Raised as an assassin. Shiori's spent her entire life following the orders of her mysterious masters, never questioning the co...
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Cool Dimension: Innocent Assassin
2003
Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle
6.429/7
Once again, Musashi has encounter Ultraman Cosmos. Now Ultraman Cosmos has gained some new modes to defeat Scropis. Musashi has joined Team Sea to sav...
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Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle
2002
Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution 2
0/0
Sequel of Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution
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Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution 2
2003
Gozu
6.769/182
Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, pro...
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Gozu
2001
Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution
0/0