Kyōichi Satō
Bekend om: Acting
Verjaardag: 1936-12-29
Geboorteplaats: Kochi Prefecture, Japan
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Kwaidan
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...
Vrijlating : 1965.01.06Populariteit : 10.712
Scoundrel
Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any sense of either duty or chivalry. When...
Vrijlating : 1968.03.05Populariteit : 4.71
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out.
Vrijlating : 1974.04.24Populariteit : 8.104
The Wild Trucker
The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help bring home the father of two young...
Vrijlating : 1975.12.27Populariteit : 2.512
Samurai Wolf
This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba – who arrives at a village to defend a beautiful, blind...
Vrijlating : 1966.11.19Populariteit : 7.806
Samurai Wolf II
Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his...
Vrijlating : 1967.05.13Populariteit : 5.695
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
A Ronin with a death wish reluctantly joins the Clan of the Forgotten Eight, a nasty crew of ronin who are wrapped up in a clan war over local...
Vrijlating : 1973.02.03Populariteit : 6.2
Silk Hat Boss
In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series...
Vrijlating : 1970.02.21Populariteit : 2.67
Rub Out the Past
A lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation.
Vrijlating : 1966.08.26Populariteit : 1.036
Troops of Darkness
A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind.
Vrijlating : 1971.11.10Populariteit : 3.532
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they plan military expansion into...
Vrijlating : 1970.08.14Populariteit : 3.73
Ishimatsu the Yakuza: Something's Fishy
Matsukichi, a worker at a fish market, tries to settle the business between the two competitors on his turf.
Vrijlating : 1967.11.23Populariteit : 2.087
I Am A Man of Honor
The sixth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. Two long-distance truckers, Momojiro and Kinzo, travel around Japan in highly decorated...
Vrijlating : 1977.12.24Populariteit : 5.73
Tenchu!
A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.
Vrijlating : 1969.08.09Populariteit : 4.155
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
Katsuji takes revenge on evil Tamaru who forcefully took control of the fishery business run by Katsuji’s friend.
Vrijlating : 1969.12.27Populariteit : 3.477
Outlaw Cop
A bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs away with another man, who turns out to be the very same...
Vrijlating : 1976.02.04Populariteit : 2.659
The Silent Stranger
The Stranger comes across some bad guys trying to kill a Japanese emissary for a very important scroll. Before the emissary dies, he asks The...
Vrijlating : 1968.06.20Populariteit : 2.204
The Fugitive Samurai
Itto Ogami- High Executioner to the Shogun- has been betrayed by his political enemies and sentenced to a dishonorable death. Seeking to restore the...
Vrijlating : 1984.01.03Populariteit : 2.857
Death Shadows
Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninja working for mysterious high...
Vrijlating : 1986.09.20Populariteit : 7.585
The Man Without a Map
A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, the detective's own life begins to resemble the man...
Vrijlating : 1968.06.01Populariteit : 2.88
A Distant Cry from Spring
The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the...
Vrijlating : 1980.03.15Populariteit : 3.116
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin....
Vrijlating : 1972.01.15Populariteit : 7.689
Fireflies in the North
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...
Vrijlating : 1984.09.01Populariteit : 9.863
Black Lizard
A detective tries to outwit a jewel thief who has kidnapped the daughter of a jeweler to get to an exquisite diamond.
Vrijlating : 1968.07.31Populariteit : 2.031
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki...
Vrijlating : 1974.12.28Populariteit : 5.54
Violent Streets
With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence.
Vrijlating : 1974.04.13Populariteit : 4.146
Eight Men to Kill
The third movie following the exploits of bounty hunter Shikoro Ichibei. The theft of almost a half ton of gold from the shogunate's official mine...
Vrijlating : 1972.12.16Populariteit : 1.623
Prison Boss
Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.
Vrijlating : 1968.04.18Populariteit : 2.413
Three Outlaw Samurai
Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from...
Vrijlating : 1964.05.13Populariteit : 9.566
Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us
Exciting fight of a secret police detective over secret of a diamond.
Vrijlating : 1971.12.01Populariteit : 5.006
Shimane Prison Riot
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...
Vrijlating : 1975.06.07Populariteit : 1.176
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to...
Vrijlating : 1978.07.01Populariteit : 5.003
Sword of the Beast
Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his...
Vrijlating : 1965.09.18Populariteit : 10.014
Dragon Princess
A karate master played by Sonny Chiba is attacked and left crippled and blinded in one eye. He trains his daughter (Etsuko Shihomi) with the...
Vrijlating : 1976.01.31Populariteit : 2.021
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for his clan. He recovers but has lost an eye and an...
Vrijlating : 1966.05.25Populariteit : 5.148
A Yakuza Has His Way
The eighth installment in the popular film series starring Tomisaburo Wakayama. Embarrassed by the chairman of the Seiyu-kai for not having a family...
Vrijlating : 1972.07.03Populariteit : 0.972
Thugs of Shinjuku
Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he...
Vrijlating : 1970.12.18Populariteit : 4.014
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and...
Vrijlating : 1972.12.30Populariteit : 11.365
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
In the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors, each has one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one...
Vrijlating : 1973.08.11Populariteit : 7.361
Eleven Samurai
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,...
Vrijlating : 1967.12.16Populariteit : 3.505
Code Between Brothers
Famous enka singer Saburo Kitajima stars as Katsuji, a traveling craps artist who finds great camaraderie on the road.
Vrijlating : 1966.04.23Populariteit : 0.975
Yokosuka Navy Prison
When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is sent to the Yokosuka Naval Prison.
Vrijlating : 1973.11.17Populariteit : 4.901
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
Suehiro Katsuji, a prisoner of Abashiri, is sent to Shikoku to work at a dock where a fierce turf battle takes place between a local gang and the...
Vrijlating : 1969.08.13Populariteit : 1.887
Tarao Bannai
Legendary detective returns
Vrijlating : 1978.04.08Populariteit : 3.153
Internal Sleuth
When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective criminal tries to find out the truth.
Vrijlating : 1973.04.21Populariteit : 2.032
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After...
Vrijlating : 1971.01.13Populariteit : 8.819
Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder
Ryotatsu, the wayward Priest blinded by Shinkai, the Wicked Priest, has his own story in this ultra-violent tale from the era of the Meiji...
Vrijlating : 1970.11.11Populariteit : 3.428
The Wolves
After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets released early -- only to find that his former...
Vrijlating : 1971.10.30Populariteit : 2.724
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
A re-make of the classic story made for television in 1982.
Vrijlating : 1982.10.22Populariteit : 0.852
Great Jailbreak
A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and...
Vrijlating : 1975.04.05Populariteit : 1.091
Goyokin
A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
Vrijlating : 1969.05.01Populariteit : 4.374
The Bandits
Action drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese mountain bandits.
Vrijlating : 1968.05.21Populariteit : 3.092