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Also known as: Saburô Hiromatsu


1967-04-22
An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterio

1959-12-01
A hilarious comedy where newly appointed teacher Oyae shows off her unusual plays as she fights alon

1982-01-26

1960-06-15
A young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted upon

1956-01-08
After finishing his sentence, Ryosuke Ogiwara, who left the prison gate, got into a car that was sen

1966-07-09
A deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an executive me

1966-05-11
A Nikkatsu sun tribe / youth film set in a small seaside town.

1962-02-25
1962 Japanese movie

1957-01-22
A narrative depicting the appearance of soldiers scattered in Rabaul during the Pacific War. The ori

1960-11-16
Fourth installment of Nikkatsu's "Drifter" series, with Kobayashi Akira.

1954-06-29
Kunisada Tadaharu, a peasant of Kunisada Village in Joshu Sai County, could not stand the bad govern

1962-04-22
1962 Japanese movie

1962-04-22

1964-02-01
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the

1960-01-27
A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.

1960-09-03
Set in Uwajima, Shikoku, an action film starring Akira Kobayashi who uncovers evils related to pearl

1963-03-03
When Tornado Joe is wrongly accused of distributing counterfeit banknotes, he gets on a mission to c

1962-05-01
A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he

1959-06-23
A man is wrongfully accused of murder.

1962-01-03
In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads wi

1970-06-10
Post World War II, Minoru lives by selling supplies that had been stolen from the U.S. military. One

1962-05-20
1962 Japanese movie

1960-10-12
In this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to Hokk

1965-08-04
A brave warrior fights to restore peace to a town riddled by crime, one sword at a time, in this his

1970-02-07
Kagari (Akira Kobayashi), a scout and overseer of Ginza bar hostesses, receives an urgent phone call

1961-10-14
The story of male friendship unfolding during a boxing match between the navigator, who took respons

1961-01-09
The lives of two brothers, Kunio and Akira Kasahara, are changed forever when their father is murder

1961-09-23
Strife between competing lumber mills.

1960-07-01
The young rambler, Shinji Taki, with his guitar arrives a hot spa town at the foot of Mount Aizu Ban

1961-07-01

1958-04-29
"Tomorrow is Another Day" tells the story of three brothers who struggle to shake free of the father

1962-07-29
1962 Japanese movie

1963-10-04
As the post-war turmoil continued, Take, the boss of the waifs, stole the money of US soldiers and l

1962-06-03
Koji Wada, who is good at shooting, karate, judo and boxing, has a tough fight with the sea gangster

1966-06-15
In the early years of the twentieth-century a young gambler returns to his home town where he finds

1956-06-26
Ippei, a bored private detective hears from his assistant Hideko an interesting story that General S

1963-04-28

1959-04-28
Kensaku Muro and his father manage a farm in Sakudaira at the foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains. One

1965-11-13
Counterfeit Japanese dollars are connected to a large-scale underground drug organization. An action

1962-09-02
1962 Japanese movie

1958-01-15
A young doctor discovers that the city hall of records has a record of his death. He and some friend

1969-12-17
Japanese crime film

1961-11-12
Wearing a symbol of justice and brotherhood on his waist – a crimson pistol belt, Ace Joe engages in

1962-06-10
Based on the original work of Yasunori Kawauchi of "Moonlight Mask", this is the fifth in the "Ginza

1965-04-14
University karate club member Kikuo is actually the son of a yakuza boss. However, he disliked his f

1962-10-21
1962 Japanese movie

1970-12-06
A 1970 crime film.

1959-09-20
The first in the Ginza Whirlwind Child series. A poignant action giant depicting the activities of M

1965-06-20
A young journalist is writing an article on what happens to girls who are raped. He uncovers the sto

1962-12-01
1962 Japanese movie

1960-04-23
The 3rd film of the famous "Wataridori" (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. The young rambler, Shinj

1965-03-07
In the middle of the era, Taisho, a big boss in Asakusa Iizuka, was severely questioned by the polic

1967-01-14
Kosuke Suzuki was presumed dead after boss Toseikai Setouchi lynched him and threw him into the sea

1962-12-16
1962 Japanese movie

1969-06-28
Unlike traditional gangster movies, it is a gangster swashbuckler that mixes romance and humanity wi

1959-04-01
A tense action game that skillfully intertwines the human love between a criminal, his sister and hi

1969-06-09
Follows the struggles of a yakuza wife after his husband gets hurt in a knife fight.

1964-11-11
The bustling Ikebukuro area was under the control of the Hanamura Kogyo yakuza gang, and there was n

1958-08-05
A unique action-packed drama that tells the story of a Yakuza man who craves blood like crazy, unawa

1963-04-07
Shigeru is a young man who works as a window cleaner. His older brother Kenzo has just returned from

1963-11-01
Azusa has just been discharged from the hospital and is frolicking on the beach in Jushi, finally ge
1960-08-16
Japanese comedy film.

1958-08-26
A man meets the spirit of a murdered gangster after he spills alcohol over his grave.

1967-02-04
A young boss proves his right to rule his gang.

1959-05-12
A coming-of-age story about two newcomers to the world of professional baseball who compete for Rook

1963-02-10
Jiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different worlds. H

1962-07-15

1967-09-06
Kuroda is a mob hitman who turns on his employers after being forced to execute his lover. Joining f

1960-11-23
This rarely seen gem from master Suzuki casts teenage heartthrob Koji Wada as a young misfit who sud

1964-01-25

1960-02-28
Plans to build a touristic hot spring on the island of Izu Oshima run afoul of the Kobe yakuza group

1968-10-05
Emerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa discovers that his gang has disintegrate

1965-08-25
When the mysterious “Joe of Spades” (Jo Shishido) executes one of the bosses of a powerful syndicate

1959-10-11
Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local

1964-02-08
A boy who dreams of being a yakuza leader is reformed by a girl's pure love for him.

1956-12-12
A conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken out.

1962-02-03
Satake Shoji had been a trapeze artist in the Ezaki Circus, but when Shingo, his team mate, slipped

1965-07-28
Arikawa runs a transport company. But this is only a front for his gambling house. Yuriko is a reg

1970-04-18
Chie (Sanae Ōhori), newly arrived in Tokyo, saves her friend from school, Mari (Annu Mari), from a s

1959-08-02
Story of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard.

1964-11-11
A dangerous mobster threatens the life of a businessman's mother in this thriller. As Ryuji oversees

1962-09-09
Not too long ago, Soichiro was considered one of the most powerful men in business. But his business

1957-09-29
In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. Af

1962-12-09
An unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Match (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young energeti

1965-10-08

1967-03-11
When Toru Sagara (Yujiro Ishihara) returns home from a foreign cargo route, he proposes to his belov

1964-10-03
Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.

1955-09-21
Private Detective Ippei Shizuno faces off against a serial killer and a wealthy woman's society who

1967-01-14

1959-01-03
Kenichi, who lives like a stray dog among fellow gangsters, finds his love for the first time while

1980-08-02
Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified position

1966-01-27
The fictional land "Pandora" sends three (numbered) graduates of the "National Gambling University"

1961-04-29
Seventh in the nine-film series, "The Wandering Guitarist".

1960-07-29
Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in

1969-07-12
Japanese crime film

1960-01-09
Japanese crime film

1961-09-02
A lighthearted comedy that tells the story of love and the cheerful heroism of a young salesman purs

1959-04-01

1961-08-13
Japanese Western set at a mountain ranch in Kyushu.

1959-12-14

1964-08-01
A war veteran clashes with a mob boss in this crime saga. When Ryuji returns from the war, he finds

1968-04-28
Romantic action film set against the beautiful backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. Jiro Ibuki has decided to

1967-06-28
A man who was released from prison wanders around the Kanto region and gets involved with the local

1966-08-13
A moodo/akushon yakuza picture with heavy emphasis on poignant seishun romance.

1960-02-24
1960 Japanese movie

1963-06-16
This movie depicts the confrontation between a man entangled in a despicable trap and the shadow of

1959-03-10

1961-04-01
One day, a lone horseman rides into town with a wounded man strapped behind him. Joe, the Ace, had c

1961-12-24
A young man travels to Egypt and becomes embroiled in an independence movement by chance. Produced e

1959-08-09

1959-05-19

1961-03-19