Kazutarō Kuni

AKA: 国一太郎
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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {112}

1961-01-03 0

Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Mansion of beauties

The first work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on the original work of Tatsuro Jinde. Kasumi Ippei is a popular ronin actor, and when he is not on stage h ...
Genre :Drama

1962-01-23 0

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Coral Mansion

Bored Hatamoto movie #29 ...
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1960-06-21 0

Shinran

A biographical movie about Shinran ...
Genre :Drama, History, Adventure

1962-04-08 5.5

Kisaragi Sword

The story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new inexperienced Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune from the evil plans of the Owari Clan's corrupt Lord. It's a color ...
Genre :Action

1960-11-29 5.2

Morning Breeze in Edo

The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in Edo. ...
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1961-04-05 6

Diary of Good Conduct Matashiro: A beautiful bat

Rampant ronin Matashiro Sasai, finds himself embroiled in serious unrest after he rescues a geisha who is being kidnapped by a group of ronin. ...
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1959-01-09 5.8

The Acrobats of Death

Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town. ...
Genre :History, Action

1957-01-09 6

Cantankerous Edo

It's fighting fires and swordsmen with a touch of music in this free-for-all of action and excitement combining the talents of Japan's most popular couple... Misora Hibari and Okawa Hashizo. Along wit ...
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1959-07-12 8.1

Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun

After settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in a sea of trouble when he gets involved in the succession of the Takamatsu clan. The usurpers try by ever ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama

1958-01-03 7

A Chivalrous Spirit

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, u ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1958-10-01 6

The Abandoned Swords

Best friends Gentaro and Sanpei become fateful enemies when Sanpei steals a secret document revealing the identity of the chosen successor to the Tokugawa Shogun. Gentaro of the Owari clan sets out to ...
Genre :Drama

1977-01-22 7.5

Japan's Don

A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1959-09-20 6

Echo in the Mountains

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 ...
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1974-12-07 6.5

The Rapacious Jailbreaker

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. ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Thriller

1959-06-28 6

Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy

Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess. ...
Genre :Drama

1961-10-14 7

Restoration Fire

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 ...
Genre :Drama, History

1957-07-02 0

Red peonies on the skin

Genjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies, he helps his younger brother who is caught up in a conflict with Hatamoto. ...
Genre :Drama

1957-02-12 0

Lofty Ambitions

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1967-11-23 5

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. ...
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1972-11-22 0

Hikage-Mono

A Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita ...
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1962-10-27 0

While Traveling

In this film, Hibari plays a dual role as brother and sister. The story involves a journey to Hanagasa for an incognito Lord (Kotaro Satomi) to overthrow an attempted usurpation of his domain, while b ...
Genre :Adventure, Music, Drama, Romance

1960-03-01 6

Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill

Umon’s services are called upon when innocent bystanders, Kayo and Minokichi, along with the ronin, Gontaro are mistakenly identified as suspects in several recent murder cases. To prove their innocen ...
Genre :Action

1957-01-29 0

Flowers on the Trail

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1960-12-11 6

Sword of Destiny

When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing sensei has been murdered in the dead of night, he must find the culprit and exact revenge. His return ...
Genre :Action, Drama

1961-05-03 0

Kirimaru Kirigakure

Genre :Drama, Action, History

1964-03-01 7

The Third Ninja

Three Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga. ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Comedy, Family, Adventure

1958-02-25 0

直八子供旅

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1959-09-13 5.7

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

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 ...
Genre :Romance

1962-09-30 0

Tekka Wakashū

1962 Japanese movie ...
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1962-10-21 0

Skull Coins

The mysterious story behind the Skull Coins, which are said to reveal the location of treasure, and the battle for them will make your heart beat faster. ...
Genre :Drama, History

1977-02-26 6.9

Hokuriku Proxy War

In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows battles among yakuza who value land over t ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Action, Comedy

1963-02-17 6

Street of Wandering Men

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. ...
Genre :Action, Drama

1961-11-15 0

The Bride of Headless Island

Directed by Hideaki Onishi of "Vampire Monster House" fame. A thriller and unique period drama directed by Hideaki Onishi of "Vampire Monster House" from a script by Akiyoshi Kataoka. Suzuki Shuhei, ...
Genre :Drama, Horror

1962-12-01 0

Edokko Nagaya

1962 Japanese movie ...
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1961-03-19 6

Yagyu Chronicles 2: The Secret Sword

This is the second film in the popular black and white series about the master swordsman, Yagyu Jubei. When the Yagyu clan falls victim to rival Kasumi spies, Yagyu Jubei is called to action to protec ...
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1956-10-02 0

The Black Hooded Man 4

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1960-04-26 0

Sunny and Cloudy Days

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1964-10-14 6

Yagyu Chronicles 9: Assassin's Sword

The Yagyu Family have been teaching the Shinkage style of fencing for generations. Now a new fencing school has opened in Edo, claiming to be the true Shinkage style. Yagyu Jubei faces his biggest cha ...
Genre :Action

1967-07-08 6

Gambler: Victory Without Death

Tsunetaro Asakura AKA "Dynamite Tsune" is a talented gambler, but not infallable. After losing his Boss's money in a dice game he repays his debt by serving as a pit boss for a struggling coal mine in ...
Genre :Crime, Action

1959-07-07 5

Gentle Breeze

A young, feisty woman named Osome searches for her true love in the midst of a family crisis. ...
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Yokoyama Kansuke

1963-08-14 7

Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style

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-riva ...
Genre :Action, Drama, History

Kakiuchi Jiro

1973-01-13 7.4

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Hamida Ryukichi

1973-04-28 7.4

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

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 ambitio ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1973-09-25 7.3

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful underboss of the Muraoka ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Crime

1964-01-01 7

Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple

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. Mu ...
Genre :Action, Drama, History

1964-06-03 7.5

The Great Killing

A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th century. A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan ...
Genre :Action, Drama

1973-05-12 7.5

The Hard Core Criminal

In the 20th century, the Japanese government exploits prisoners as expendable slave laborers in a coal mine, which results in conflict between the prisoners and the warden to escalate. ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller

1966-05-25 6.6

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 arm. Taking a new identity as Tange Sazen, he searc ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Drama

1967-05-13 7.3

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 dead father. There are crooked gold miners, a beautif ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Drama

1961-03-21 6.1

Festival of Swordsmen

During the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most peaceful era. This left a large number of unemployed samurai with nothing to do, and their morale suffered. ...
Genre :Action, History, Romance

1964-09-05 7.5

The Ninja Hunt

Four ninja are hired to fight against the Shogunate’s plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, the regional barons struggling to reinstate their young heir Tanemaru as their Lord. ...
Genre :Action

Sônosuke Iwakura

1968-01-14 7.2

Big Time Gambling Boss

Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Thriller

Shujiro Mine

1967-08-12 6.5

Code Between Brothers 5

Saburo Kitajima, one of Japan’s most famous Enka singers, returns in the fifth of the Kyodai Jingi series. During the early 20th century, Ryuji from Asakusa, a wandering yakuza, joins the Narumi Famil ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1972-06-21 7.6

Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro

Kogarashi Monjiro is a lone samurai who agrees to take responsibility for a murder that his friend committed so that he can stay with his dying mother, with the expectation that his friend will confes ...
Genre :Action, Crime

1966-08-13 7

Code Between Brothers 2

The services of a wandering gambler, Seiji, are called upon to protect the turf of his loyal friend Risaburo. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1957-04-30 6

Rebellion

In the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a monumental battle to determine their survival. ...
Genre :Drama

1971-04-03 5.2

Bloodiest Flower

A dramatic captivating tale tells of widowed Tei (Junko Fuji), she has become a coalmine operator and is determined to be successful despite mining being a predominately male domain. Overcoming the na ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Crime

Den'nosuke Fukuhara

1961-12-24 6.4

The Red Shadow

Fifteen years after Ishida Mitsunari lost in the battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu foresees his unavoidable battle with Toyotomi Hideyori and goes into Fushimi Castle. At the night, Hattori Hanzo, ...
Genre :Action, Drama

1962-09-22 5

A Revengeful Raid

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 samu ...
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1969-04-19 7

The Biggest Gamble

When Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do everything possible to have Honjo step down, which puts Itsuki between a rock and a hard place. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1974-04-27 6

Return of the Street Fighter

Martial artist Takuma Tsurugi returns to take on a Yakuza family that may be embezzling money from charities to finance their own operations. Both the police and the Yakuza find themselves battling Ts ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

1957-11-10 0

Travel Romances

Romantic comedy. ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

1965-02-13 0

Hoodlum Match

A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1966-07-01 0

Showdown of Men

Part one. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1968-01-27 7

Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger

Tetsu, is a honourable and noble yakuza caught in a conflict between rival clans, and obligations each has toward their yakuza boss and brothers. A railroad line brings changing times to a community. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1963-07-06 7.3

Seventeen Ninja

As the Shogun lays dying, seventeen Iga clan ninja are sent to infiltrate the impenetrable fortress where his youngest son is preparing to storm Edo Castle and name himself Shogun by force of arms. Th ...
Genre :Action

1967-06-17 0

Tears of Banishment

Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling’s name. ...
Genre :Action, Drama

1972-06-21 0

The Brawling Angel

Ninkyo with Hideki Takahashi. ...
Genre :Action, Drama

1965-01-03 8.2

Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu

In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return. ...
Genre :Drama

1971-06-01 7.3

Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You

The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red Peony began her soul-searching journey after her father was killed. In her travels, she meets villa ...
Genre :Drama, Action

1976-01-31 6.5

Operation Plazma in Osaka

Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover. ...
Genre :Action, Crime

1970-04-18 0

The Drifting Gambler

8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series. ...
Genre :Crime

1959-08-09 6.2

A Spectacular Showdown

One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody showdown between two rival yakuza gangs in the 1840’s. The battle between Boss Sukegoro of Iioka and Bo ...
Genre :Action

1957-03-13 0

Lords of Oppression

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki. ...
Genre :Drama

1957-03-27 0

Lords of Oppression 2

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki. ...
Genre :Drama

1960-03-15 6

Official with a Tattoo

Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not commit. ...
Genre :Drama

1958-06-15 0

Three for The Road

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1957-06-25 0

Temple of Revenge

Revenge breeds revenge. Ikuta Denpachiro, the martial arts instructor of the Honda family in Koriyama, lost a fight to the young samurai Enjo Sozaemon in a martial arts tournament and as a result lost ...
Genre :Drama

1974-04-27 6

The Tattooed Hitman

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 ...
Genre :Drama, Action

1963-09-29 0

Blind Wolf

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1963-05-12 0

Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi

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1961-06-21 0

An Eagle Eyed Lord

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1962-02-14 0

A Warrior Generation

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1962-03-14 0

The Princess and the Bearded Lord

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1962-11-11 0

Revenge for His Lover

Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta against 17 wicked castle men. ...
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1965-08-01 0

Chivalrous Nature

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1974-03-01 0

The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges

Part 7 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves. Kat ...
Genre :Crime, Action, Drama

1961-09-06 0

Seven Knights Pt. 3

Genre :Drama, Action

1961-08-26 0

Seven Knights Pt. 2

Genre :Action, Drama

Guard

1961-09-13 0

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as an illegitimate son to a Shogun as a "gift of hope" ...
Genre :Drama

1960-06-29 6

Ninja Assassins

Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi. ...
Genre :Action

1962-09-01 6

Drunken Sword

Tetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt authorities. ...
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1965-02-25 8

The Tattooed Lord

Genre :Drama, Mystery

1964-03-28 0

The Detective Fencer

Young swordsman Shintaro must fight against evil officials who plot to overthrow the youthful Shogun. ...
Genre :Adventure, Action

1961-08-02 0

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Street Demon Terror

In the streets of Edo, influential official merchants are being brutally murdered one after another, casting fear over the entire city. Popular detective Sakichi, with diligent investigation, sets his ...
Genre :Drama

1959-10-18 0

53 Stages of the Road

An Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto. ...
Genre :Drama

1961-12-15 6

Hibari is Fashion Crazy

Under a decree by the Shogun, people of all classes are forced to lead a frugal lifestyle. However, Omitsu, a woman who is thought to have gone insane after the sudden death of her father, openly dis ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1977-05-28 7

Japanese Humanity and Justice

When a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to their limits as new alliances and enemies are formed. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1960-10-20 0

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Iron Mask Laughing in the Darkness

The head clerk of a decorative shop that captivates Edo girls with goods from the Nanban trade is murdered. The weapon used is a Western longsword. The multifaceted exploits of the renowned Sakichi re ...
Genre :Drama

1962-02-07 0

Beranmē nagaya kenka matoi

1962 Japanese movie ...
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1963-02-06 0

関東遊侠伝　利根の朝焼け

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1958-02-05 6

Noble Tasuke

The story opens in October of 1624 when the newly appointed Shogun Iemitsu visits the famed Kan-ei temple. On his way the procession is disrupted when a small child runs into the street, a crime punis ...
Genre :Action

1956-10-24 0

やくざ大名

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1964-09-16 0

間諜

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1960-05-10 0

Saikoro mushuku

Genre :History, Action

1960-08-24 0

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Furisode Mansion

The fourth episode of the popular detective series starring Tomisaburō Wakayama. Featuring mysterious ronin, enigmatic bon vivants, and melancholic daughter geishas, as they become entangled in a seri ...
Genre :Drama

1960-04-26 0

照る日くもる日 后篇

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1957-10-08 0

Goblin's Highway

Gombei is Nameless, a wanderer who is skilled with a sword and has a great sense of humor, who tries to save the good people of the Kiso Valley, he gets into a fight with local bad bosses who behave b ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama

1961-05-11 0

Ninjutsu-tsukai to sennin masume

A two-part series of ninjutsu films directed by Masahiko Izawa, director of Yagyu Bugeichou (1961), based on an original scenario by Yasuo Yokoyama. ...
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1961-07-02 0

Ninjutsu tsukai to sannin musume: onna kitsune henka

1961 Japanese movie ...
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1962-03-07 7.2

Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3

In the third, and final chapter of this epic tale, handsome swordsman Genji helps a vulnerable princess who is in search of a missing scroll that belongs to the Shogun. This is one of the most highly ...
Genre :Action, Drama

Kosuke

1963-06-30 0

Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge

This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other words, he was the Japanese Robin Hood. In this film Kuni ...
Genre :Drama