Search results for "Hiroki Matsukata"

13 Assassins (2010)

13 Assassins (2010)

13 Assassins (2010)
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141

A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan’s feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent…

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Izo (2004)

Izo (2004)

Izo (2004)
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128

Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun’s men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished,…

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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Shogun’s Shadow (1989)

Shogun’s Shadow (1989)

Shogun’s Shadow (1989)
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114

A shogun’s eldest son must do whatever it takes to survive a series of attempts on his life. He receives much-needed aid from seven warriors who are led by a…

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Genre: Action, History
The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)

The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)

The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)
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122

During the Showa era, a young yakuza survives war and injury and rises to become a clan boss with the help and respect of his sworn brothers.

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Genre: Crime, Drama
The Shogun Assassins (1979)

The Shogun Assassins (1979)

The Shogun Assassins (1979)
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148

This is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu.

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Genre: Action, Drama
The Okinawa War of Ten Years (1978)

The Okinawa War of Ten Years (1978)

The Okinawa War of Ten Years (1978)
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102

After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza prospered. But when Okinawa is returned to Japan, the mainland yakuza tries to take…

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Genre: Crime
Japanese Godfather: Ambition (1977)

Japanese Godfather: Ambition (1977)

Japanese Godfather: Ambition (1977)
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141

An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association.

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Doberman Cop (1977)

Doberman Cop (1977)

Doberman Cop (1977)
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90

Joji Kano is a loose cannon cop from backwoods Okinawa, sent to Tokyo to investigate the grizzly murder of an Okinawa woman. As he probes deeper into the sleazy world…

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Genre: Action, Crime
Hokuriku Proxy War (1977)

Hokuriku Proxy War (1977)

Hokuriku Proxy War (1977)
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98

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…

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The Great Okinawa Yakuza War (1976)

The Great Okinawa Yakuza War (1976)

The Great Okinawa Yakuza War (1976)
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96

Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent gangsters battling their way through fight after bloody fight with rival yakuza on the streets of…

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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Operation Plazma in Osaka (1976)

Operation Plazma in Osaka (1976)

Operation Plazma in Osaka (1976)
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95

Amidst Japan’s postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan’s largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.

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Genre: Action, Crime
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974)

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974)

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974)
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98

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 attempts to seize power…

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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
The Rapacious Jailbreaker (1974)

The Rapacious Jailbreaker (1974)

The Rapacious Jailbreaker (1974)
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97

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.

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)
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100

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.

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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
The Tattooed Hitman (1974)

The Tattooed Hitman (1974)

The Tattooed Hitman (1974)
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106

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…

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Genre: Action, Drama
Dangerous Trade in Kobe (1973)

Dangerous Trade in Kobe (1973)

Dangerous Trade in Kobe (1973)
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93

Using a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try to capture the boss. But his survival has a price.

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)

Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)

Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
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99

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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Genre: Crime, Drama
Brutal Tales of Chivalry (1965)

Brutal Tales of Chivalry (1965)

Brutal Tales of Chivalry (1965)
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90

After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items…

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Genre: Action, Crime
Keepers of Order (1962)

Keepers of Order (1962)

Keepers of Order (1962)
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92

Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal Nakayama and boss Sukegoro Iioka. Chuji is then aided by boss Shigezo Sasagawa, Ishimatsu,…

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Genre: Crime, Drama