Bunta Sugawara — Actor (98)

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The Last Kamikaze (1970)
最後の特攻隊 IMDb TMDB
other title: 最後の特攻隊
With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji Tsuruta stars as a Kamikaze squad leader who has second thoughts about suicide runs. He becomes torn between his own morality and his duty to his country when he must deal with a pilot under his command who refuses to complete his mission.

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The Private Police (1969)
組織暴力 兄弟盃 WikiData IMDb TMDB
other title: 組織暴力 兄弟盃 / 組織暴力兄弟盃 …
After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an Ex-Kamikaze pilot, and the two ruffians gather hooligans to join their group. In Ginza, the Togawa gang have taken over Sakurada's territory. After several fights Kijima and Ôba gain control of the territory by chasing out the notorious Togawa Group in the name of Sakurada. But Kijima is arrested for assaulting an American soldier. A few years pass. Kijima has served his prison term and the sears of war have been erased from Ginza. Ôba is now president of a company specializing in collection of bad debts, cheque frauds and everything that means money. People call their organization the “Private Police,” and Kijima begins to work for Ôba. Now the Takegami gang waits a chance to seize the Ginza territory.

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Yakuza on Foot (1969)
旅に出た極道 WikiData IMDb TMDB
other title: 旅に出た極道
An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug trafficking. When she goes to China to make a deal, things get botched pretty badly. Shimamura must travel to save her and recoup his employers’ losses.

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Wicked Priest (1968)
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other title: 極悪坊主 / Le moine sacrilège …
Shinkai, a Buddhist monk with a penchant for drinking and gambling, sets sinners straight with judo throws rather than sermons. After fighting off a gang of street thugs, Shinkai is placed on probation but manages to escape his superiors’ watchful eyes to covertly indulge in life’s pleasures. But when he hears of rogue priests in his order consorting with yakuza, Shinkai must make them see the error of their ways and reach enlightenment, one punch at a time.

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Scoundrel (1968)
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other title: 極道
Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any sense of either duty or chivalry. When imprisoned, he is repeatedly transferred from one prison to another, because no one can handle him.

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Distant Justice (1992)
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other title: 復讐は俺がやる DISTANT JUSTICE
After his daughter is kidnapped and his wife murdered by drug dealers, a man finds that the gang is protected by corrupt politicians, and sets out to wipe out the gang and expose the politicians.

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Hoodlum Student (1974)
学生やくざ IMDb Douban
Akira Shimizu actor: 渡濑恒彦 / 菅原文太 …
other title: 学生やくざ / Student Gangster …
A youth action movie in which a student lone wolf who burns with unstoppable strength, courage, and a sense of justice rampages against a gangster.

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Mamushi no Kyodai - Choeki 13 Kai (1972)
まむしの兄弟:懲役十三回 IMDb Douban
other title: まむしの兄弟 懲役十三回 / 毒蛇兄弟:惩役十三回 …
Part 3 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.

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Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty (1972)
緋牡丹博徒 仁義通します WikiData IMDb TMDB
other title: 緋牡丹博徒 仁義通します / Lady Yakuza 8 - Le code Yakuza …
The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an ally family and promised her that she would help guide the new Boss. Meanwhile a turf war breaks out. When the family is betrayed from within and the rival family becomes violent, Oryu takes things into her own hands…

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Kogarashi Monjirô: kakawari gozansen (1972)
木枯し紋次郎 関わりござんせん IMDb Douban
other title: 木枯し紋次郎 関わりござんせん / 木枯し紋次郎 関わりござんせん …
Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their boss. He also meets a fellow gambler who idolizes Monjiro. The gambler and Monjiro's sister are pulled into a conspiracy to get to Monjiro, but do things go as planned?

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Run Truck Rascal, Run! (1979)
トラック野郎 故郷特急便 IMDb Douban
other title: 卡车野郎:故乡特急便 / トラック野郎 故郷特急便 …
Momojiro and Jonathan go to Kochi on a ferry. On the ferry a singer called Yuka dropped her sheet music into the ocean. Momojiro helps her by diving in to collect the sheets for her and ends up falling in love.

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Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return (1970)
緋牡丹博徒 お竜参上 WikiData IMDb TMDB
加藤泰 actor: 富士澄子 / 安部彻 …
other title: 緋牡丹博徒 お竜参上 / Lady Yakuza 6 - Le retour d'Oryu …
Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes place in the Tokyo Theater.

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極悪坊主 念仏三段斬り (1970)
Douban
原田隆司 actor: 若山富三郎 / 菅原文太 …
other title: Yakuza Priest Pt.4 / Gokuaku bozu nenbutsu sandangiri
九州の直方は、真海の生まれ故郷。真海は母の供養を兼ねて、直方に帰る旅の途中で若松に立ち寄ると福岡の黒田一家の賭場に顔を出した。真海は幼なじみの会津竹五郎のいかさまが制裁されようとしているところに出くわす。真海のおかげで許された竹五郎だが、自ら手を潰し真海の好意に逆らった。親分の仇を討とうと真海を追ってきた四国宇和島・鯉沼一家の伊之助たちは、この賭場の様子を見て竹五郎を誘い出すと金で仲間に引き込み、直方の権田原一家に草鞋を脱ぐことに。一方真海は、直方で竜王一家と権田原一家の二つのヤクザ組織が争うために苦しんでいた川人足たちを救おうと起ち上がる。一度は川人足の待遇改善を双方に納得させたものの今度は手を組んだ権田原と竜王が約束を反故にし、真海を消そうとする。ある日、ダイナマイトで目をやられた真海は、意外にも宿敵である了達に救われる…。

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極悪坊主 飲む打つ買う (1971)
Douban
斋藤武市 actor: 若山富三郎 / 菅原文太 …
other title: Yakuza Priest Pt.5 / Gokuaku bozu - Nomu utsu kau
明治9年、東京に戻った真海は、一夜を吉原で遊んだ。そしてそこで、女郎の千代鶴とその情夫でチンピラの秀次を千代鶴に横恋慕する武総組代貸・黒川から救う。それが縁で真海は、秀次のヤサの元越前丸岡藩主の屋敷に転がり込むことになった。そこは、当主の有馬義春をはじめ貧乏人たちが住みついてはきだめ屋敷と呼ばれ、秀次のような得体の知れない遊び人も多数紛れ込んでいた。女胴師のお銀もその中の一人である。真海は、さしの勝負でお銀に勝ち金と体を手に入れ楽しんだが、一夜明けるとお銀に有金を残らず持ち逃げされていた。その頃、両国界隈を縄張りとする武総組は、力づくではきだめ屋敷を乗っ取ろうとするが、真海の出現によってコテンパンに撃退される。だが、武総組は卑劣な手段で屋敷の連中を次々と襲った。そんな時、宿敵・了達が現れ、真海に決闘を迫ってきたのだった。

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Withered Tree (1972)
木枯し紋次郎 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
other title: 寒风纹次郎 / 木枯し紋次郎 …
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 confess and get him pardoned once she dies. Monjiro is sentenced to an island for prisoners. When he discovers that his friend's mother has died over a year ago, Monjiro seeks to escape with a group of prisoners in order to get his revenge.