Takuzō Kawatani

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Yakuza Graveyard
7.1

Yakuza Graveyard

Oct. 30, 1976

Yakuza Graveyard

A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with ...
Kidnapping Blues
5.9

Kidnapping Blues

Oct. 09, 1982

Kidnapping Blues

A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man ...
Heat Wave
6.5

Heat Wave

Feb. 09, 1991

Heat Wave

Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she’s grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.
Tracked
6.6

Tracked

Oct. 26, 1985

Tracked

When a fugitive begins a romance with the woman hiding him from the law, it becomes uncertain whether he will ever escape the shadow of his ...
Death Shadows
6.1

Death Shadows

Sep. 20, 1986

Death Shadows

Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninja working for mysterious high ranking ...
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
6.6

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an ...
The Dream of Russia
7

The Dream of Russia

Jun. 25, 1992

The Dream of Russia

Sumptuous filming of the journey of a shipwrecked Japanese expedition from the Pacific Ocean across Siberia to the court of Catherine the Great ...
For Kayako
7

For Kayako

Nov. 10, 1984

For Kayako

A film about the substantial population of Koreans living in Japan, and the love affair between Kayako, a Japanese girl, and Im, a Korean.
Empire of Passion
7

Empire of Passion

Sep. 06, 1978

Empire of Passion

A young man has an affair with an older woman. He is very jealous of her husband and decides that they should kill him. One night, after the ...
The Street Fighter
6.9

The Street Fighter

Feb. 02, 1974

The Street Fighter

Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young ...
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
6.4

Okoma, the Orphan Gambler

Taking place in Shinshu in the 1920s, Tsumakoi Okoma, while traveling to hone her gambling skills, teams up with the vagabond Tsukuba Tsuneji and ...
A Lively Geisha
5.8

A Lively Geisha

Aug. 01, 1970

A Lively Geisha

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 ...