Gen Kimura
Bekend om: Acting
Verjaardag: 1937-02-07
Geboorteplaats: Osaka, Japan
Ook gekend als: 木村玄
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town...
Vrijlating : 1966.05.03Populariteit : 3.836
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro, the son of a...
Vrijlating : 1970.01.15Populariteit : 7.424
Third Generation's Loyalty Offering
1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie
Vrijlating : 1962.03.04Populariteit : 0.976
New Tale of Zatoichi
Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have...
Vrijlating : 1963.03.15Populariteit : 14.096
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the latter days of the samurai era. Awesome...
Vrijlating : 1960.06.01Populariteit : 2.003
Straw hat of Itako
A film about young wandering Yakuza. Yukio Hashi's first film role.
Vrijlating : 1961.01.25Populariteit : 2.56
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her,...
Vrijlating : 1964.11.17Populariteit : 3.624
Adventures of Zatoichi
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate...
Vrijlating : 1964.12.30Populariteit : 4.173
Double Clutch
Hiromi Go plays a high school student who need's a role model in his life badly. He's raised by his older sister played by Keiko Matsuzaka who is a...
Vrijlating : 1978.04.29Populariteit : 3.265
Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both sides in a game of corruption, ambition, and double...
Vrijlating : 1963.11.02Populariteit : 1.982
Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
A decapitation at the hands of the shogun's monstrous misbegotten son kicks off the action and draws nomadic Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa)...
Vrijlating : 1964.05.23Populariteit : 1.8
Housewife Meiko Murder Mystery - Death of a Teacher
Takahashi Meiko (Mano Azusa) used to work at a large newspaper company. However, she is now an ordinary housewife. She receives a call from Sasame...
Vrijlating : 1999.04.24Populariteit : 1.737
The Two Musashis
Toru Emori leads the cast as Hirate Musashi while a Hiroshi Fujioka competes with him as Okamoto Musashi. They must not only contend with the...
Vrijlating : 1981.05.29Populariteit : 5.722
Homeless Dog
First movie of the Inu series directed by Tokuzō Tanaka
Vrijlating : 1964.05.02Populariteit : 0.887
The Rape
Yahagi Michiko is accosted and raped walking home one evening. From there she maneuvers the logistics of the police, hospital, and criminal justice...
Vrijlating : 1982.05.15Populariteit : 15.588
New Tengu from Mount Kurama
The film is set in Kyoto at the end of the Tokugawa period, when there is a fierce clash between the supporters of the Emperor, who are fighting for...
Vrijlating : 1965.09.18Populariteit : 1.149
Samurai Save The Virgin
A gripping historical drama full of suspense and a mysterious bewitching mood. A puzzle of a turbulent era in which various characters fall into a...
Vrijlating : 1960.12.21Populariteit : 1.962
Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
Disguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a country dojo or fencing school malingering outside their...
Vrijlating : 1961.05.17Populariteit : 1.586
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
Daiei Film Company's three biggest stars shine in this exciting story about Vice-Shogun Mito Komon's journey to the land of the Ainu. As the shogun's...
Vrijlating : 1961.07.12Populariteit : 1.01
Girl with Bamboo Leaves
Yasuda plays Omon, a woman using bamboo leaves as darts/blades to disable and kill her enemies.
Vrijlating : 1969.07.26Populariteit : 3.552
An Actor's Revenge
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
Vrijlating : 1963.01.13Populariteit : 7.053
Daimajin
A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.
Vrijlating : 1966.04.17Populariteit : 5.794
Kim's War
After shooting a gangster in self-defense, Kim Hui Ro takes refuge at a hotel and takes the guest hostages. Realising his position, he invites the...
Vrijlating : 1991.04.05Populariteit : 0.654
Secrets of a Woman's Temple
A woman joins a convent to investigate the suspicious death of her brother but nothing could prepare her for the horror and depravity that takes...
Vrijlating : 1969.01.25Populariteit : 0.669
The Genius and Delinquent
A talented man and a dull-witted one plan a big crime.
Vrijlating : 1971.02.17Populariteit : 3.692
There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
Benio, a peppy tomboy, is surprised to learn that she has been secretly betrothed by her grandfather to a young officer named Shinobu Ijuin. Because...
Vrijlating : 1987.12.12Populariteit : 4.017
Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare
When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him.
Vrijlating : 1968.12.01Populariteit : 2.587
Case of the Disjointed Murder
In the summer of 1947, various men and women gather at a mansion in the countryside at the invitation of Kazuma Utagawa. They are artists,...
Vrijlating : 1977.03.14Populariteit : 2.286
Devil's Temple
An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women,...
Vrijlating : 1969.05.31Populariteit : 4.799
Zatoichi's Revenge
Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of...
Vrijlating : 1965.04.03Populariteit : 6.505
The Funeral Racket
The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society.
Vrijlating : 1968.11.04Populariteit : 3.173
The Gambler's Code
One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds that he must take care of the wife and child of...
Vrijlating : 1961.06.14Populariteit : 2.669
Play It Cool
This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure...
Vrijlating : 1970.05.01Populariteit : 1.156
Broken Swords
The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the...
Vrijlating : 1969.05.30Populariteit : 1.457
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged...
Vrijlating : 1967.01.03Populariteit : 6.111
The Third Shadow Warrior
In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three doubles,...
Vrijlating : 1963.04.21Populariteit : 4.33
Samurai Vendetta
Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the family of Lord Kira that led to the famous...
Vrijlating : 1959.11.22Populariteit : 3.32
Satan's Sword
The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last...
Vrijlating : 1960.10.18Populariteit : 1.529
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in...
Vrijlating : 1962.10.12Populariteit : 23.495
Destiny's Son
In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her lord’s concubine. Decades later, his adoptive...
Vrijlating : 1962.07.01Populariteit : 1.841
Zatoichi on the Road
Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in the middle of a bloody turf war.
Vrijlating : 1963.11.30Populariteit : 8.501
Sworn Brothers
Ichikawa Raizo’s last film. He plays a Yakuza enforcer who kills a man on his boss's orders. He’s then sent to a provincial town to lie...
Vrijlating : 1969.02.22Populariteit : 3.775
Two Wives
After a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a love-and-hate drama that threatens to engulf them. The...
Vrijlating : 1967.04.15Populariteit : 1.456
The Night before Pearl Harbor
The last film in the series brings the tale to the doorstep of Pacific War, with the planning of the bombing of Pearl Harbor dominant in Nakano Spy...
Vrijlating : 1968.03.09Populariteit : 3.182
Assignment Cloud
A sequel to the popular "The School of Spies", this film continues the adventures of one of the graduates who is assigned to crack a powerful spy...
Vrijlating : 1966.09.17Populariteit : 2.406
Bloody Shuriken
Ronin samurai Ibuki-san enters a town and sells his skills to the warring families. He falls in love with the beautiful horse stable owner but like...
Vrijlating : 1965.02.20Populariteit : 1.274
The Saga of Tanegashima
Well before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese vessel ran aground off Tanegashima. Lord...
Vrijlating : 1968.05.18Populariteit : 2.635
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting...
Vrijlating : 1962.12.01Populariteit : 7.263
The Temple of Wild Geese
Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's...
Vrijlating : 1962.01.21Populariteit : 1.346
Ken
Kokubu Jiro is the captain of his university's Kendo team. Often standoffish, mild, stoic and minimalist, Kokubu is a mystery to those who know him....
Vrijlating : 1964.03.14Populariteit : 5.291
Young Boss: Prison Release
The further adventures of Takeshi Nanjo, the Young Boss.
Vrijlating : 1965.08.14Populariteit : 1.25
Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter
Master swordsman Akiyama Kohei’s simple life in retirement is jarred into violent sword action when he meets an elderly fencing instructor who...
Vrijlating : 2005.01.11Populariteit : 1.59
Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel
The samurai Akiyama Daijiro is asked to help a young boy who tries to bring the man who murdered his father to justice. In the course of their quest...
Vrijlating : 2004.12.14Populariteit : 1.864
Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were weakening by the day and many were there who planned to...
Vrijlating : 1966.12.10Populariteit : 4.213
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending the shogunate's tightfisted financial...
Vrijlating : 1964.01.09Populariteit : 2.11
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
Fifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman being attacked on the road, he quickly finds himself...
Vrijlating : 1965.01.12Populariteit : 8.203
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
A fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have their eye on Kyoshiro. The fact that a bunch of...
Vrijlating : 1964.10.17Populariteit : 3.315
Sword Devil
Hanpei is a gentle young samurai that loves flowers. One day, he witnesses an old man's quick draw of the sword. He is so impressed that he becomes...
Vrijlating : 1965.10.16Populariteit : 2.964
Shinsengumi Chronicles
As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and because he wants to live and die as a...
Vrijlating : 1963.01.03Populariteit : 2.076
Murderous Intent in the Pacific
A ferry captain named Sugisaki (Takahashi Hideki) and his first officer, Kojima (Funakoshi Eiichiro), participate in a photoshoot conducted by...
Vrijlating : 1998.09.26Populariteit : 1.528
Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
Sixth film in the series. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a plot that might topple -- or save -- a mighty Clan,...
Vrijlating : 1965.04.30Populariteit : 2.652
Irezumi
A mysterious tattoo artist puts his masterpiece, a human-faced spider, on a kidnapped woman's back. She and her lover are then forced into a...
Vrijlating : 1966.01.15Populariteit : 4.843
Prison Break
Set up to be the patsy by a rival gang, Furuta Makoto attacks the yakuza boss he thinks is responsible for his father’s murder. He then learns...
Vrijlating : 1969.08.30Populariteit : 1.369
The Blind Menace
This is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi
Vrijlating : 1960.09.01Populariteit : 1.236
The Fencing Master
The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives...
Vrijlating : 1962.09.30Populariteit : 4.133
The Angry Sword
Story about a gambler who gets involved in a struggle between companies.
Vrijlating : 1970.04.04Populariteit : 0.815
Island of Horrors
Two women are ferried to a small prison colony on the remote and barren prison island, where they and their fellow inmates are forced to perform...
Vrijlating : 1970.10.14Populariteit : 4.451
Bronze Magician
Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate...
Vrijlating : 1963.10.05Populariteit : 4.567
Lefty Fencer
As a child, Okin the one-armed one-eyed swordswoman was disfigured by Lord Daizen-dayu, who was after her family's most treasured possession, the...
Vrijlating : 1969.06.14Populariteit : 2.79
Zatoichi the Outlaw
When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival gambling house pays their debts and sets them free.
Vrijlating : 1967.08.12Populariteit : 6.062
Sleepy Eyes of Death 13: The Full Moon Swordsman
Inspector General Kanjuro Sano conspires with the future shogun twin brother. They replace Ieyoshi Tokugawa with his twin, but it becomes a problem...
Vrijlating : 1969.10.04Populariteit : 1.621
Sleepy Eyes Of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
Getting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself involved in a series of dangerous encounters.
Vrijlating : 1969.12.20Populariteit : 1.685
The Betrayal
A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai principles makes him an oddity among his peers, and a...
Vrijlating : 1966.07.02Populariteit : 2.052
Haunted Castle
This period thriller concerns a very famous cat known as the "monster cat of Nabeshima". This cat, a symbol of vengeance in human disguise, takes...
Vrijlating : 1969.12.20Populariteit : 1.645
Danchizuma no sakebi
A man she was once in a relationship with has been killed. A wife keeping a secret from her husband gets involved in a strange case.
Vrijlating : 1983.07.23Populariteit : 1.04
The Invisible Swordsman
A coward boy fencer becomes invisible and matchless through a magic pill.
Vrijlating : 1970.03.21Populariteit : 0.86
Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint
It’s cross and double-cross in these further adventures of Ryuzen, the wayward priest played by Katsu Shintaro as he tries to help a woman who...
Vrijlating : 1968.11.06Populariteit : 2.953
The Lightning Sword
Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads,...
Vrijlating : 1962.12.08Populariteit : 2.925
The Tale of Zatoichi
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring...
Vrijlating : 1962.04.18Populariteit : 14.075
Naked Ambition
Wicked woman Ogin is a concubine of a powerful feudal lord Tayu. At first Ogin gains power by poisoning lawful wife of Tayu. To gain more power Ogin...
Vrijlating : 1970.04.04Populariteit : 2.555
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined...
Vrijlating : 1967.10.28Populariteit : 6.143
Lullaby of the Earth
The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and...
Vrijlating : 1976.06.12Populariteit : 8.928
Double Suicide of Sonezaki
Suicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703, samurai culture is being transformed by the emergence of...
Vrijlating : 1978.04.29Populariteit : 2.083
The Bride from Hades
On the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsuyu. Not knowing she's a ghost, he becomes...
Vrijlating : 1968.06.15Populariteit : 3.069
The Thieves' Who's Who
In the book of the world's greatest rogues, the number one man can only be one person.
Vrijlating : 1966.02.26Populariteit : 3.189