Eiji Okada — Actor (50)
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Pretty Devil Yoko (1966)
非行少女ヨーコ IMDb TMDB
Yasuo Furuhata actor: Mako Midori / Hayato Tani …
other title: 非行少女ヨーコ / Yôko, a delinquente …
Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza-to-be is an acquaintance who tries to rape her, and the typically bland but very-good-here the first boyfriend.
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Traffic Jam (1991)
渋滞 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Mitsuo Kurotsuchi actor: Kenichi Hagiwara / Hitomi Kuroki …
other title: 渋滞
A hard working salaryman takes off five days from his busy job and sets off with his wife and two children to visit his parents in his hometown for the 1991 new year holidays. He decides that they will go by car to save on expenses. Unfortunately, the long drive from Tokyo to his hometown becomes a much longer journey than expected due to traffic, sickness and other misfortunes and by the time they arrive three days later, they only have time for a short but happy visit.
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An Edo Magistrate (1961)
江戸っ子奉行 天下を斬る男 IMDb TMDB
Yasushi Sasaki actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Sumiko Hidaka …
other title: 江戸っ子奉行 天下を斬る男
When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster boss in a crooked gambling casino it sets in motion the story of Ooka Echizen, the famed magistrate of Edo during the reign of Shogun Tsuneyoshi. In a world where humans bow down to dogs and are beheaded for harming them, it's a wonder people can survive at all. Nakamura Kinnosuke is a former samurai who has left the fold to live freely and must put his life on the line to save the girl he loves, and rescue her from the yakuza who duped her brother. When the truth comes out about his background, he is forced to take on the role of Edo Magistrate, a decision that brings him unimaginable heartache and danger!
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The Pirates (1960)
海賊八幡船 IMDb TMDB
Tadashi Sawashima actor: Hashizo Ōkawa / Denjirō Ōkōchi …
other title: 海賊八幡船
Finding more freedom on the high seas than in war-torn Japan, the 'Bahansen' (Pirate ships) based on the Seto Inland Sea during the Warring Period (Sengoku-jidai)sailed to China, Korea, Luzon, and Siam under the Hachiman banner. A battle for supremacy of the seas begins when a strange old shipwreck survivor is brought to Sakai where he divulges a secret that can change the course of history.One of the most literate and well-written films from Toei, this is an exciting tale of swashbuckling samurai on the high seas!
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Kamikaze, the Adventurer (1981)
冒険者カミカゼ WikiData IMDb TMDB
Ryuichi Takamori actor: Sonny Chiba / Hiroyuki Sanada …
other title: 冒険者カミカゼ / Bôkensha kamikaze …
An ex-Olympic athlete and a student commit cash robbery. Aki Hoshino, a pre-med student, becomes inspired to steal money the school collected as “special fees” from parents wanting to assure their offspring’s’ acceptance into the hallowed institution. He forms an unbeatable alliance with an ex-employee and crime bosses to retrieve the ill-gotten money from the “wrong” hands.
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Evil Spirits in the Darkness (1971)
闇の中の魑魅魍魎 WikiData IMDb TMDB
中平康 actor: 磨赤儿 / 扇ひろこ …
other title: 闇の中の魑魅魍魎 / Chimimoryo une âme au diable …
The film depicts the youth of Kinzo, a heretic painter who worked in Tosa during the late Edo period, and the hurricane-like inner side of his life.
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Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973)
新座頭市物語・笠間の血祭り WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
安田公义 actor: 胜新太郎 / 十朱幸代 …
other title: 新座头市物语：笠间的血祭 / 新座頭市物語・笠間の血祭り …
Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who now is wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested in repaying the villagers' debts, but is in reality manipulating the ownership of a now-valuable rock quarry. Zatoichi learns of the subterfuge and confronts his old friend, who has a score of yakuza swordsmen backing his play.
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The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995)
遥かな時代の階段を Douban
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林海象 actor: 永濑正敏 / 南原清隆 …
other title: 通往遥远过去的阶梯 / 遥かな時代の階段を
横浜・黄金町のとある映画館の二階に探偵・濱マイクの事務所はある。最近彼のところに来る依頼は、ペット探しなどの冴えないものばかりだった。そんな折、幼いマイクと茜の兄妹を捨てて姿をくらました母親・リリーが、ストリップ公演でこの町に戻って来たという噂をキャッチしたマイクは、茜に内緒で母親に会いに行く。母としての名乗りを茜にしたいと言うリリーにマイクは憤慨した。一方、町では“川”の利権を巡る抗争が勃発していた。川は警察もヤクザも手を出すことの出来ない“白い男”によって仕切られており、それを侵そうとする者はその一味によって消されてしまうのだった。そして、また犠牲者が出た。政治家を目指す神野の部下・松田の死体が川に浮かんだのである。犯人が分かっていながら証拠が掴めない伊勢佐木署の中山は、マイクを威して白い男とつながりのあると見られるスナックのママ・幸子を見張らせる。しかし、マイクによって白い男とのつながりが露見してしまった彼女は、溺死に見せかけられて殺されてしまった。マイクも命を狙われるが、マイクの本当の父親は白い男だとリリーから聞いた彼は、危険を顧みず、伝説の娼婦メリーに案内されて、白い男の潜むアジトへと乗り込んで行くのだった。真相を詰問するマイクに、白い男は言葉を濁す。二人の対決はロシアンルーレットで決着がつけられた。白い男は倒れ、アジトにはその部下・杉本の悲痛な叫び声がこだまするのであった。無事に帰還したマイクは、条件つきで茜とリリーのデートを許した。...
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Sanshiro Sugata (1965)
姿三四郎 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
内川清一郎 actor: Yūzō Kayama / Tsutomu Yamazaki …
other title: 姿三四郎 / Sugata Sanshiro …
Remake of Akira Kurosawa's films "Sanshiro Sugata and "Sanshiro Sugata Part II". A young man, Sanshiro Sugata, troubled by personal problems, takes up judo. His teacher, Shogoro Yano, is a devout man who has aroused the enmity of the local practitioners of jujitsu, the older and more accepted of the two sports. Sugata uses his newly learned prowess to gain a measure of respect from others; however, Shogoro insists that the sport has a spiritual side, a lesson Sugata has yet to learn. Eventually, in hand-to-hand combat with the father of a young woman he loves, he comes to understand the true meaning of judo.
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Vacuum Zone (1952)
真空地帯 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
山本萨夫 actor: 神田隆 / 加藤嘉 …
other title: 真空地带 / 真空地帯 …
Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his term for theft. Told in flashback, viewers learn about Kitani's past and reasons behind his prison sentence.
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The End of a Day (1954)
日の果て WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
山本萨夫 actor: 鹤田浩二 / 冈田英次 …
other title: 天边 / 日の果て …
Military doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts during the war in the Philippines with a local girl. The officer in command orders Lieutenant Uji to shoot Hanada. Uji takes a sharpshooter called Takagi and tracks him. At first Uji cannot forgive Hanada but as Uji is isolated from the main force he too starts to think of desertion.