Sumiko Fuji
Sumiko Fuji (富司 純子 Fuji Sumiko, born 1 December 1945) is a Japanese actress. The daughter of a producer at the Tōei studios, she originally began acting under the name Junko Fuji (藤 純子), becoming famous as the female lead in yakuza films against such stars as Ken Takakura and Kōji Tsuruta. She even starred in her own series as the knife-wielding gambler Red Peony (the "Hibotan Bakuto" or "Red Peony Gambler" series). Initially retiring in 1972 after getting married, she began appearing on TV in 1974 using the name "Sumiko Fuji." She later returned to films and expanded her acting repertoire. She won a Blue Ribbon Award for best supporting actress in 1999 and 2006. She is married to the kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorō VII and is the mother of the actress Shinobu Terajima and the kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke V.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 9.244 |
| Birthday | 1945-12-01 |
| Place of Birth | Gobo, Wakayama, Japan |
| Also Known As | Junko Fuji, Junko Shundô, Junko Terashima, 富司純子, 藤純子, |
2008
Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death
7.08/25
Chiba appears seven days before a person dies an unexpected death. His job is to observe the person for seven days then decide either to ‘execute’ or...
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Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death
1968
Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
6/2
With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936’s Theatre of Life, an adaptation of Shiro Ozaki’s eponymous novel....
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Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
2006
Hula Girls
6.735/51
Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.
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Hula Girls
1968
Red Peony Gambler
7.2/12
Ryuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother died when she was little. When she turned 18 years ol...
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Red Peony Gambler
1963
13 Assassins
7.4/37
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring atte...
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13 Assassins
1969
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
7/7
The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu’s life as she seals her femininity with a red pe...
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Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
1969
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
5.9/8
Junko Fuji returns as Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey after the death of her father. After collecting her si...
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Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
1969
Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
6.2/6
The industrual revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to clashes between boatmen, who livihoods are threaten...
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Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
2006
Murder of the Inugami Clan
6.667/12
Inugami Sahei, who built up the wealth of the Inugami Clan, passes away, leaving a will with Furudate, his legal adviser, for his daughters Matsuko, T...
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Murder of the Inugami Clan
1970
Brave Red Flower of the North
6/3
An exciting tale of action on the distant northern island of Hokkaido around the beginning of the 20th Century starring two of the biggest names in Ya...
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Brave Red Flower of the North
1989
Buddies
6.8/10
Based on a celebrated book by Kuniko Mukoda, this film directed by Yasuo Furuhata tells of a close friendship undone by love.
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Buddies
1968
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
6.8/9
A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at his residence. When a rival yakuza gang...
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Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
1971
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
7.3/5
The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red Peony began her soul-searching journey after her...
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Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
1967
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
6.2/2
Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro’s rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction business.
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
1969
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
7.5/6
Hidejuro is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken...
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
1970
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny
6/1
Young yakuza Shujiro Hanada goes to prison after losing his cool in a rigged gambling game and slashing a few other players. When he's released in 192...
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny
1964
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
6.8/5
A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but while his determination impresses his superiors, questions begin to arise as to his true ide...
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Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
1970
A Lively Geisha
5.3/3
Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes true. When she learns of the trouble Yukichi's busi...
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A Lively Geisha
1968
Nunnery Confidential
5/3
Erotic Pinku film showcasing he life of Buddhist nuns during the Edo Period.
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Nunnery Confidential
1999
The Geisha House
7.6/5
Set in the late 1950s, when geisha culture was threatened by moral crusades, it tells the story of Omocha (Miyamoto Maki), a young girl who sees the g...
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The Geisha House
1965
Blood of Revenge
6.6/5
Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running, tame his late oyabun’s hot-blooded son and...
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Blood of Revenge
1972
Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
7.4/4
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Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
2014
Lady Maiko
7.15/10
Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a maiko, an apprentice geisha. Initially rebuffed for lack of references, Haruko's strong accent int...
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Lady Maiko
2014
Twilight: Saya in Sasara
4.2/6
A drama about a struggling young widow with a baby whose dead husband returns to the world of the living to help her.
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Twilight: Saya in Sasara
1972
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
6/1
The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When their leader dies and the successor disappears, Tsu...
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The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1964
Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man
7/3
Richshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha, and throws her into the river. But later, he falls in l...
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Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man
1990
Tasmania Story
9/1
Eiji Kawano (Kunie Tanaka) has recently broken from the Japanese company he used to work for. As an immigrant to Tasmania, he has been won over by the...
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Tasmania Story
2004
Milk White
7/1
Takayuki (Takao Osawa) is an elementary school teacher in Tokyo. He is seized with Behçet's syndrome, and will gradually lose his sight. He resigns fr...
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Milk White
2008
The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming
6/2
Remake of a hit film from 1990, "The Cherry Orchard" which Nakahara himself directed, based on a popular comic book from Akimi Yoshida. The story take...
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The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming
2015
April Fools
5.7/19
Ayumi Nitta is a member of a hospital cleaning staff and suffers from extreme social anxiety. After having a one-night stand with genius surgeon and s...
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April Fools
1965
Three Yakuza
7.8/4
A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each pa...
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Three Yakuza
1970
Silk Hat Boss
0/0
In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series sta...
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Silk Hat Boss
1998
Wait and See
6/4
A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his troubles, a man claiming to be his long-estranged fa...
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Wait and See
1967
Classmates
6.5/4
A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.
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Classmates
1968
Human Torpedoes
0/0
Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.
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Human Torpedoes
1968
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
6/2
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schoo...
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The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1970
The Last Kamikaze
6/1
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 T...
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The Last Kamikaze
1966
Code Between Brothers 3
0/0
A man finds great camaraderie while traveling.
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Code Between Brothers 3
1970
House of Gamblers
7/1
Ken Takakura stars as Ryoji one of the Aramasa family's loyal lieutenants whao takes the burden of his family being insulted by the Tanuma's family go...
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House of Gamblers
1999
Dream Maker
0/0
Masato is a bad boy, but very in love with music. He meets a girl, Miki, who has serious diseases but is optimistic toward life. They start to work to...
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Dream Maker
2018
Falling Camellia
7.85/10
During the Edo period, a gifted swordsman was exiled from his clan when he questioned the misconduct of his leader. Years after, his dying wife wish w...
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Falling Camellia
1965
Hoodlum Match
0/0
A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.
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Hoodlum Match
1967
The Chivalrous Life
7/1
Ryoma is a former military man who gets to know the leader of a yakuza group and begins to work with them, helping them defend themselves against othe...
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The Chivalrous Life
2016
A Loving Husband
7/11
Schoolteacher Yohei is married to Miyoko. For the first time in 25 years they begin to live by themselves when their son marries and moves out. Then Y...
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A Loving Husband
2009
Air Doll
6.989/237
A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Jun...
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Air Doll
1969
Samurai Geisha
6/1
Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business from struggling miners during the turbulent Meiji Era...
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Samurai Geisha
1971
Trials of an Okinawa Village
6/7
A boss from a trucking company has run-ins with evil yakuza during the American occupation of Okinawa. Her hometown is threatened by usurers, gangster...
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Trials of an Okinawa Village
1970
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
6.5/11
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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Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
1966
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf
6/1
The karashi Botan returns in the third chapter of the incredible Showa Zankoden series. This time legendary actor Ken Takakura plays Takei Shigejiro o...
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf
2008
Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills
7.5/1
Based on a short story written by Shuhei Fujisawa (who also wrote Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor), the film depicts the uneasy lif...
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Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills
2012
It's a Beautiful Life - Irodori
0/0
A group of elderly women come together to sell vegetable leaves.
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It's a Beautiful Life - Irodori
1969
The Domain: Flower and Dragon
0/0
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The Domain: Flower and Dragon
1969
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
7/1
This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1971
Bloodiest Flower
5.2/5
A dramatic captivating tale tells of widowed Tei (Junko Fuji), she has become a coalmine operator and is determined to be successful despite mining be...
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Bloodiest Flower
1963
The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy
6/2
Yagyu Jubei must protect the Yagyu scroll that holds the secret of the infamous assassination plotted by the Tokugawa government 30 years ago.
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The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy
1963
The Yagyu Military Art: The One-Eyed Ninja
6/1
The famed ninja Yagyu Jubei fights to suppress a coup d’etat plotted against Tokugawa Shogunate.
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The Yagyu Military Art: The One-Eyed Ninja
1964
The Detective Fencer
0/0
Young swordsman Shintaro must fight against evil officials who plot to overthrow the youthful Shogun.
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The Detective Fencer
1964
The Domain
5.8/4
The feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of Kibamasa falls ill.
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The Domain
1968
Prison Boss
7/2
Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.
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Prison Boss
1969
Gambler's Legacy
6.5/2
A yakuza member embarks on a trail of revenge for his murdered boss. Senzo, the successor of the Mita Family, searches for the man bearing a tattoo of...
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Gambler's Legacy
2015
Murder on the Orient Express
6.6/8
The Japanese adaption of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express".
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Murder on the Orient Express
1968
Big Time Gambling Boss
7.154/13
Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the off...
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Big Time Gambling Boss
1971
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
6/1
Taking place in Shinshu in the 1920s, Tsumakoi Okoma, while traveling to hone her gambling skills, teams up with the vagabond Tsukuba Tsuneji and come...
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Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
1970
The Japan Derby Race
0/0
A story about a man who stakes his life on horse racing.
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The Japan Derby Race
1969
Team of Ruffians
0/0
Prisoners with special skills from all over Japan are sent to the battlefront on a mission.
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Team of Ruffians
1966
Seven Fugitives
0/0
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Seven Fugitives
1964
Shingo's Final Duel
0/0
After Aoi Shingo, the illegitimate son of Shogun Yoshimune has gained prominence as the finest swordsman in the land, he tries to lead a peaceful life...
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Shingo's Final Duel
1971
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
10/1
Bunta Sugawara replaces Koji Tsuruta as the leading man for this sequel of Okoma, the Orphan Gambler.
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Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
1967
The Shogun and His Mistresses
2/1
Three tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period.
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The Shogun and His Mistresses
1970
The Silk Hat Boss 2
0/0
The Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami.
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The Silk Hat Boss 2
1963
The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
6/1
The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on t...
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
1965
True Osaka Grit
0/0
Based on a novel by Kôen Hasegawa
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True Osaka Grit
1965
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
6/1
Third part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's mate befriending fish shop owners harassed by yakuza.
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The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965
The Boss
0/0
Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous way. Nakagami, the head of the Kanto Joseikai, is o...
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The Boss
2019
Children of the Sea
7.1/300
Ruka is a young girl whose parents are separated and whose father works in an aquarium. When two boys, Umi and Sora, who were raised in the sea by dug...
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Children of the Sea
2012
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
6.4/10
In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a city decimated during a WWII air raid and by the 2004 C...
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Casting Blossoms to the Sky
1968
Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger
7/1
Tetsu, is a honourable and noble yakuza caught in a conflict between rival clans, and obligations each has toward their yakuza boss and brothers. A ra...
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Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger
1964
Gamblers and Racketeers
0/0
Komatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group which supports the town vendors unlike Takioka, who will...
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Gamblers and Racketeers
1966
Showdown of Men
0/0
Part one.
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Showdown of Men
1967
Showdown of Men 2
0/0
Part two.
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Showdown of Men 2
2007
Best Wishes for Tomorrow
0/0
A Japanese Class B war criminal sets out to take full responsibility for the execution of American Airmen.
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Best Wishes for Tomorrow
1965
Code of Ruffians
5/1
Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it will forfeit a major dam construction job to the sc...
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Code of Ruffians
1970
The Drifting Gambler
0/0
8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.
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The Drifting Gambler
1964
Gambler
10/1
The main character Tachibana Isaburo is released from prison and discovers that his boss is dead. He is offered to become the leader of the group, but...
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Gambler
2021
Garden of Camellias
7/2
Kinuko was married to her husband for many years, but her husband passed away. Since then, Kinuko has lived in the same home with her granddaughter Na...
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Garden of Camellias
2009
Summer Wars
7.472/897
A student tries to fix a problem he accidentally caused in OZ, a digital world, while pretending to be the fiancé of his friend at her grandmother's 9...
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Summer Wars
1965
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
0/0
The continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang.
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1991
Chizuko's Younger Sister
7.3/13
The Kitao family is coping with the loss of the eldest daughter, Chizuko, who was killed in a freak accident the year prior. When the other daughter M...
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Chizuko's Younger Sister
1965
The Tattooed Lord
8/1
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The Tattooed Lord
1966
Japan's Most Chivalrous
0/0
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Japan's Most Chivalrous
1964
A Laughable Journey
0/0
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A Laughable Journey
1963
Blind Wolf
0/0
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Blind Wolf
1967
Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival
0/0
A costumed film featuring the famous hero of Japanese history, Isshin Tasuke, arranged in the form of a popular song.
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Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival
1970
Yukyo-retsuden
5/1
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Yukyo-retsuden
1968
Gambler Biography
5/1
Historical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era.
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Gambler Biography
1966
Yakuza Vassal
0/0
A young samurai defends townsfolk from evil forces.
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Yakuza Vassal
1967
The Domain: White Blade
0/0
The Domain: White Blade
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The Domain: White Blade
1966
The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
0/0
The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
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The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
1966
The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate
0/0
The life of entertainers in Asakusa’s pleasure quarters. An exciting yakuza story with superb action.
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The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate
1967
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
0/0
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
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The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
2021
DIVOC-12
7.333/3
"DIVOC-12" is a project by Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. to produce an omnibus consisting of 12 short films, aiming to enable creators, production...
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DIVOC-12
1964
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
0/0
An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an ambu...
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Two Lives, Two Yakuza
1964
The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
0/0
The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
1969
A Modern Yakuza: The Code of The Lawless
0/0
Just released on parole, one young man hurtles towards a face-off with the gangsters controlling Shinjuku and its lucrative prostitutes.
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A Modern Yakuza: The Code of The Lawless
1963
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
0/0
This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other words,...
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Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
1965
The Gambler
0/0
A crime film released in 1965
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The Gambler
1963
The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
0/0
Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
1966
Tokyo Drifters
0/0
Japanese crime film.
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Tokyo Drifters
1968
Histories of the Chivalrous
0/0
A Kansai gang is up to conquer the whole country under the mask of a patriotic group. However after an assassination their henchmen will struggle to a...
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Histories of the Chivalrous
1971
The Man
0/0
Japanese movie.
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The Man
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