Shōsaku Sugiyama

AKA: 杉山剛, Tsuyoshi Sugiyama

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1906-08-06

Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Crew Roles

Producer

Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {95}

1957-09-21 0

Akado Suzunosuke vs. the Devil in Crescent Moon Tower

The swordsman again crosses paths with the murderous Devil Mask Gang -- who as the name suggests, all wear hideous devil masks. ...

Genre :Fantasy, Action

1953-10-02 0

Princess Finds Her Prince

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1969-05-01 4

Kanto Woman Infamy

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1962-01-14 0

Keshin

1962 Japanese movie ...

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1958-06-15 7

The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall

When a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her and her cat and has their bodies immured in a wall. Shortly afterwards, a catlike demon begins to haunt ...

Genre :Horror

1962-02-21 0

Teppo Yasu no Shogai

1962 Japanese movie ...

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Shohachi Oncho

1952-11-10 0

Sunset Over Mount Fuji

Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi ...

Genre :

1962-03-04 0

Third Generation's Loyalty Offering

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie ...

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Tamigoro

1962-10-12 7

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 love. ...

Genre :Adventure, Action, Drama

Tosho Narita

1958-12-21 0

Travels of Lord Mito

Lord Mito Mitsukuni, the vice-shogun of the whole country, left the family estate and went on a trip to various provinces with his students Sukesaburo Sasaki and Kakunoshin Atsumi. At an inn in Sunaga ...

Genre :Adventure

1957-12-15 5.4

Freelance Samurai

One of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in this terrific version of legendary Demon slaying Peach Boy. ...

Genre :Action

1959-04-21 0

Ojo-kichiza

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1958-12-21 0

Akado Suzunosuke: Dokuro dentaiji

1958 Japanese movie ...

Genre :Fantasy, Action

1961-05-03 0

Otemoyan

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Hangoro

1964-11-17 6.8

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, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He g ...

Genre :Adventure, Action, Drama

Ikenaga

1965-10-16 6.1

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 the old man's pupil. Soon, Hanpei's skill of sword c ...

Genre :Action, Drama

Tetsunosuke Matsumae

1936-06-18 6.3

Akanishi Kakita

A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him. ...

Genre :Drama, History, Comedy

1964-11-28 0

Kojiki taishō

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1938-01-01 0

Monster Cat of Enmaji Temple

Film about Ghost-Cat. ...

Genre :Horror, Drama

1962-06-24 0

Kumoemon to sono tsuma

1962 Japanese movie ...

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1963-03-08 7.5

Assassins for sale

Nagasaki at the end of the Edo period had the taste of a criminal paradise, where, despite the exotic, dangerous work was always in demand. Here, three wandering samurai who earn their living by killi ...

Genre :Drama, Action

1962-09-01 0

The Demon of Sendai's Castle

Tsunamune Date, the young lord of Sendai Domain, was ordered by the shogunate to stand down after being spotted in a brothel. Shortly after, four advisors from his entourage were assassinated, calling ...

Genre :

1969-07-26 0

Girl with Bamboo Leaves

Yasuda plays Omon, a woman using bamboo leaves as darts/blades to disable and kill her enemies. ...

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1956-01-29 0

Rainy Night Duel

Masahiko Koseki, a judo master, gets in several fights as a result of protecting a young woman. Despite his success, Koseki is expelled from his judo school because of his propensity for street fighti ...

Genre :

1956-06-08 0

Flowery Brothers

Early film by Kenji Misumi. ...

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1954-03-13 8

Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki

The Lord of Okazaki is killed by his brother-in-law. Although the Lord's widow bears a child, she is also killed. Then, a ghost cat begins stalking in the castle. ...

Genre :Horror

1953-12-29 8

Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace

Okoyo, the mistress of Lord Arima, fears that she is being replaced by a younger woman named Otaki. In a fit of jealousy, she kills the younger girl. The dead woman's cat licks her blood and becomes a ...

Genre :Horror

1954-03-03 0

A Samurai's Love

A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki. ...

Genre :Horror, Drama

1965-05-01 0

Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again

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1962-08-12 0

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven

Genre :Action, Drama

1929-08-01 0

Hyakumensô

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1956-06-08 0

Gale Winds! Tengu Karama

The 40th and final "Tengu Kurama" feature starring Kanjuro Arashi. ...

Genre :Drama

Bannai Ibaragi

1968-03-20 6.5

Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters

A greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people out of a tenement building and destroy the shrine in back. But he makes the fatal mistake of hosting a 1 ...

Genre :Horror

Ichirô Kawabe

1949-09-26 6.2

The Invisible Man Appears

Jewel thieves become interested in an invisibility formula invented by Professor Nakazato and want to use his invention to acquire a diamond necklace called the "Tears of Amour." ...

Genre :Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery, Crime

1954-05-10 0

Kenkyō edo-murasaki

Japanese film released to commemorate the 7th anniversary of Shintoho's founding. ...

Genre :

1960-05-18 5

Koga's Messenger

The mysterious Koga Ninja crushes the villains who are trying to take over the inheritance of the Omi castle owner using various means! A sword and witchcraft, a mystery and revenge swirl around the m ...

Genre :History, Action

Otaka Gengo

1953-01-03 0

珍説忠臣蔵

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin. ...

Genre :Comedy

1959-07-01 6

The Ghost of Yotsuya

In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance. ...

Genre :Drama, Horror

1969-05-30 7.7

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 vile Lord Kira. ...

Genre :Drama, Action

Farmer

1966-08-12 7

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss. ...

Genre :Drama, Action, Adventure

1959-06-03 6.8

Jirocho Fuji

Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa. ...

Genre :Drama

Boss Hikozo of Doyama

1963-11-30 6.9

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. ...

Genre :Adventure, Action, Drama, History

Tengu Ronin that gets a massage

1963-03-15 6.9

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 followed him home. ...

Genre :Action, Drama, Adventure

1931-06-12 0

And Yet They Go On

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931. Considered a lost film. ...

Genre :

1956-01-22 0

The Maiden Courtesan

Period romantic drama. ...

Genre :Romance, Drama

1956-02-26 0

The Underworld

Yakuza boss Furuya leans more and more on his protege Takao Shoji, though Shoji has become romantically involved with Furuya's mistress, Natsue. Furuya himself has fallen in love, with a nurse after h ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

1968-04-19 6.8

Lone Wolf Isazo

Isazo is a traveling gambler and living legend in the world of yakuza, known for his swordsmanship and bravery, his impeccable manners, and his brilliant talent in gambling. One late fall at an inn in ...

Genre :Action, Drama

1966-12-10 6.4

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 overthrow him. It was the beginning of the Sengoku ...

Genre :Action

1969-02-22 8.3

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 low, only to be caught in another war orchestrated by his origin ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

1964-10-17 5.5

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 ruthless smugglers also want him dead is the least of hi ...

Genre :Action

1956-03-28 0

Asataro the Crow

Early film directed by Kenji Misumi. ...

Genre :

1959-01-28 0

Gambler and the Princess

Film directed by Kenji Misumi. ...

Genre :

1969-08-30 7

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 it was all a plot to take over his father’s turf and he s ...

Genre :Action, Crime

1966-04-17 6.5

Daimajin

A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord. ...

Genre :Horror, Fantasy, Drama

1958-10-01 0

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders by creating a new form of Buddhism. He runs afoul of ...

Genre :

Камбэ

1963-10-05 6.9

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 of Hell (Jigokumon, 1952) & the milestone silent s ...

Genre :Drama, Fantasy

1954-12-08 0

Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot

A Japanese drama featuring the one-eyed, one-armed swordsman ...

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1954-03-13 0

Tanuki Battle of Awaodori Festival

A tanuki-themed musical. ...

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1969-06-14 5

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 famed Drenched Swallow sword. As an adult, she has bec ...

Genre :Action

Naruyama

1967-12-30 6.7

Zatoichi Challenged

Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has b ...

Genre :Adventure, Action, Drama

1950-09-02 0

Senka o koete

Genre :

1960-06-26 4

Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane

Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daughter will also fall victim to his curse, so that she can become empowered as an agent of her father's ...

Genre :Horror

1969-12-20 6.1

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 revenge for the death of its master as well as for the ...

Genre :Horror

Kinsuke

1968-12-28 6.6

Samaritan Zatoichi

Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true moti ...

Genre :Adventure, Action, Drama

1953-09-03 7.5

Ghost of Saga Mansion

A woman loses her son through an evil conspiracy and commits suicide. Shortly afterwards a ghost cat begins haunting the conspirators. This is Takako Irie's first bakeneko (ghost cat) movie; it start ...

Genre :Horror

1962-12-08 8

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, only that he must find his lost sister, and the ronin who s ...

Genre :Adventure, Crime, Drama

1968-01-13 0

Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty

Genre :

1967-11-15 7

The Hoodlum Priest

The first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in addition to breaking all the commandments against sex and gambling, opens his own gambling den in direct defian ...

Genre :Action, Crime, History

1954-08-25 6

The Great White Tiger Platoon

The Great White Tiger Platoon was part of the Aizu clan's last ditch efforts to stop the advance of Imperial troops after the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Meant to be a reserve unit as it was made ...

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1954-10-20 5

The Princess Sen

During the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with other members of her family in Osaka Castle, by a rival force led by her grandfather. ...

Genre :History

1955-09-21 7.1

Taira Clan Saga

Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the monks of Mount Hiei. ...

Genre :Drama, History

Okuhira Daizen dayu

1963-05-29 10

A Samurai Never Tells a Lie

The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status. Soon, an offer of marriage is brought to Harima. Tryi ...

Genre :Drama

1957-06-04 0

Fighting Letter for 29 People

Genre :Drama

1965-11-27 5

New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel

At the end of the Edo period in Kyoto, the ronin Kurayoshi Norizen rents the second floor of a hardware store and lives a carefree life, running a temple school. However, his true identity is Kurama T ...

Genre :Action, History

1955-03-25 0

The Magistrate

Genre :Drama

1956-07-25 0

Flowery Hood

Genre :Drama

1958-04-16 0

Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase

Genre :Comedy

1971-02-17 0

The Woman Gambler's Iron Rule

The woman gambler Ginko risks her life for her brother-in-law. ...

Genre :Action

1956-11-07 0

Flowery Hood 2

Genre :Drama

1957-09-29 6.9

Secret of Naruto

From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima the mad lord dreams of conquest and forges a bloody r ...

Genre :Drama, Action

1957-08-13 0

Akado Suzunosuke Destroys the Devil Mask Gang

The heroic warrior uses his magical powers and great sword skills to battle a criminal gang who all wear devil outfits. ...

Genre :Fantasy, Action

1964-08-08 0

On the Road Forever

A wandering gambler strolls into a village searching for his father's killer, unaware that the village is run by criminals who sell the poorest peasants into slavery. ...

Genre :Action

1955-07-12 0

Shippu no Seitarou

A historical drama directed by Yukiya Sato, and co-written by Rokuhei Susukita and Jiro Okuzawa. Seitarou, who travels from trip to trip, was asked by Fujisuke, who was killed in a mess at the Shinsh ...

Genre :History, Drama

1958-11-15 5

Ambush at Iga Pass

Genre :

1934-05-17 0

Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen

Directed by Daisuke Itō. ...

Genre :

1964-11-14 0

The Gambling Samurai

Genre :Drama

1955-09-06 0

The Magical Warrior

Rikitaro and Osayo are popular entertainers who throw knives. They are sweethearts. At one day They help Ocho, who is a beautiful pickpocket when she is attacked by Ronin. in Asakusa, However, they co ...

Genre :Drama

1958-07-22 0

Tabi sugata nezumi kozō

1958 Japanese movie ...

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1952-01-25 0

三万両五十三次

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1953-10-27 0

Even The Mighty Shed Tears

After Ryusaku Nishikawa and his girlfriend Katsuko are attacked by a gang, he trains in karate to seek revenge. Years later, Ryusaku is a skilled martial artist preparing for an inter-school match, bu ...

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1954-07-28 0

Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko

Second in the Nage Utasamon series ...