Masataka Iwao

Masataka Iwao

  • Title: Masataka Iwao
  • Popularity: 2.392
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1942-12-20
  • Place of Birth: Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
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Masataka Iwao Movies

  • 1976
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    Oxen Split Torturing

    Oxen Split Torturing

    6 1976 HD

    Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1 - During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young...

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  • 1992
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    A Legend of Turmoil

    A Legend of Turmoil

    7.5 1992 HD

    A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza...

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  • 1977
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    Japanese Godfather: Ambition

    Japanese Godfather: Ambition

    8.75 1977 HD

    An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association.

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  • 1976
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    Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist

    Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist

    5.632 1976 HD

    Kiku Nakakawa, the only daughter of an old kimono shop owner in Kyoto, is enthusiastic about karate. To help her friend Michi avenge her brother, she...

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  • 1982
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    Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell

    Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell

    1 1982 HD

    The second in Norio Nanjo’s “Secret” series. The former secret phantom Sanzo (Hiroki Matsukata) and Yume no Gosuke (Ashiya...

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  • 2000
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    Another Battle

    Another Battle

    6 2000 HD

    Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner...

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  • 1991
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    Carlos

    Carlos

    6 1991 HD

    V-cinema classic about a wanted Brazilian Japanese gangster who flees to Tokyo and fights yakuza.

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  • 1983
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    Ryuji

    Ryuji

    6.7 1983 HD

    Ryuji tries quitting the yakuza to actively support his wife and daughter; as he's used to easy money, it's a difficult transition.

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  • 1977
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    Japan's Don

    Japan's Don

    7.5 1977 HD

    A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.

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  • 1982
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    Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather

    Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather

    6.3 1982 HD

    Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai....

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  • 1981
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    Roaring Fire

    Roaring Fire

    6.333 1981 HD

    On his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji’s real parents died tragically in a plane crash....

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  • 1975
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    Virgin Breaker Yuki

    Virgin Breaker Yuki

    6 1975 HD

    Based on a manga by Kosuke Miki and Tadashi Matsumori, this film follows the adventures of Yuki, who works in a Kyoto red-light district house of ill...

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  • 1973
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    Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School

    Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School

    6.2 1973 HD

    Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more interested in cheating the government out of money than...

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  • 1980
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    映画村殺人事件

    映画村殺人事件

    10 1980 HD

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  • 1974
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    Yakuza vs. Gang Leader

    Yakuza vs. Gang Leader

    5 1974 HD

    Gokudo Shimamura comes to blows with the Delinquent Boss who rolls into town with his motorcycle gang.

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  • 1975
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    Story of a Nymphomaniac

    Story of a Nymphomaniac

    4.3 1975 HD

    Natsu, the older of two sisters, has a relationship with Yonosuke, the local kimono trader. Unlike her more conservative sister Oshichi she tries to...

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  • 1966
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    Rub Out the Past

    Rub Out the Past

    6 1966 HD

    A lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation.

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  • 1973
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    The Kyoto Connection

    The Kyoto Connection

    4.5 1973 HD

    Christina, on arriving in Japan, acquaints a Japanese man at the airport who looks like a sap. He takes her to his apartment where he brutally rapes...

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  • 1985
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    The Second Is a Christian

    The Second Is a Christian

    5 1985 HD

    The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different men - one the happy-go-lucky yakuza gangster,...

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  • 1965
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    The Kingdom of Jirocho 4

    The Kingdom of Jirocho 4

    1 1965 HD

    The continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang.

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  • 1977
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    Hokuriku Proxy War

    Hokuriku Proxy War

    6.8 1977 HD

    In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji...

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  • 1974
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    Third Generation Boss

    Third Generation Boss

    1 1974 HD

    Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan's largest criminal clan.

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  • 1983
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    The Duel in the forbidden territory

    The Duel in the forbidden territory

    1 1983 HD

    The wandering swordsman, Ino Heihachiro, defeats Ichima, the youngest of the famed swordsmanship trio, the Nikis, but sustains an injury. In the...

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  • 1997
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    A Story of Modern Chivalry

    A Story of Modern Chivalry

    5.5 1997 HD

    A hard-boiled man who lived in the world of the Yakuza, leaves everything behind in search of revenge for his great friend.

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  • 1986
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    Yakuza Ladies

    Yakuza Ladies

    5.6 1986 HD

    While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her...

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  • 1963
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    The Coin Thrower Zenigata

    The Coin Thrower Zenigata

    1 1963 HD

    The film tells about a young detective Zenigata Heiji who successfully solves a disgusting and unusual case involving the manufacture of counterfeit...

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  • 1975
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    Gambling Den Heist

    Gambling Den Heist

    6.7 1975 HD

    After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor.

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  • 1963
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    The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy

    The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy

    6 1963 HD

    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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  • 1981
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    The Blazing Valiant

    The Blazing Valiant

    5 1981 HD

    Jo has just come back to Japan for the funeral of his parents, who were killed in tribal warfare in Africa where the family had been living...

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  • 1988
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    Labyrinth Romanesque

    Labyrinth Romanesque

    5.3 1988 HD

    A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel.

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  • 1977
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    The General and His Empire of Joy

    The General and His Empire of Joy

    4.5 1977 HD

    Zenjiro (Masaru Shiga) is a lowlife criminal, roaming the country with his merry band of crooks, gamblers and rapists. When he gets done with his...

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  • 1982
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    The Dropout

    The Dropout

    6 1982 HD

    Detective Seiji Otaki is determined to find the psychopathic killer of a young woman who was ostensibly a student but in reality a high-priced...

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  • 1974
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    Father of the Kamikaze

    Father of the Kamikaze

    1 1974 HD

    Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated...

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  • 1976
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    A Savage Beast Goes Mad

    A Savage Beast Goes Mad

    6.3 1976 HD

    Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. His company then learns that he has kept secret that he is visually impaired, and he is...

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  • 1976
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    Yakuza Graveyard

    Yakuza Graveyard

    6.46 1976 HD

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

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  • 1975
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    Cops vs. Thugs

    Cops vs. Thugs

    6.292 1975 HD

    When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the...

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  • 1977
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    Doberman Cop

    Doberman Cop

    6.654 1977 HD

    Joji Kano is a loose cannon cop from backwoods Okinawa, sent to Tokyo to investigate the grizzly murder of an Okinawa woman. As he probes deeper into...

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  • 1973
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    Battles Without Honor and Humanity

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity

    7.385 1973 HD

    In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.

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  • 1973
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    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

    7.4 1973 HD

    Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in...

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  • 1966
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    The Magic Serpent

    The Magic Serpent

    6.2 1966 HD

    In ancient Japan, a good lord is killed and his throne is taken by the trecherous Yuki Daijo and his wizard friend Oroki-maru. The young prince...

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  • 1973
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    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

    7.2 1973 HD

    Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new...

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  • 1974
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    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

    7 1974 HD

    As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new...

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  • 1987
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    Sure Death 4

    Sure Death 4

    6.6 1987 HD

    Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by a group of masked thugs who are soon attacked in...

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  • 1975
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    New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

    New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

    6.9 1975 HD

    The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The...

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  • 1976
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    New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss

    New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss

    6.4 1976 HD

    The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization...

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  • 1981
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    Samurai Reincarnation

    Samurai Reincarnation

    5.9 1981 HD

    After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to...

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  • 1964
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    The Great Duel

    The Great Duel

    7.395 1964 HD

    A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th...

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  • 1977
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    Decapitation of an Evil Woman

    Decapitation of an Evil Woman

    6.2 1977 HD

    An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history. During the early Meiji period a number of...

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  • 1978
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    Winter's Flower

    Winter's Flower

    6.2 1978 HD

    Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself...

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  • 1965
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    Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

    Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

    7.3 1965 HD

    The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters...

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  • 1976
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    The Yakuza Code Still Lives

    The Yakuza Code Still Lives

    7 1976 HD

    After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new life as a labor racketeer.

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  • 1977
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    Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds

    Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds

    4.2 1977 HD

    A Japanese geologist discovers that dinosaurs still exist in caves beneath the surface of a volcanic lake.

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  • 1963
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    Duel of Blood and Sand

    Duel of Blood and Sand

    7 1963 HD

    Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the clan and sets off on a journey that leads him...

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  • 1979
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    Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity

    Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity

    7 1979 HD

    Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a...

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  • 1972
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    The Pledge

    The Pledge

    5 1972 HD

    When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins.

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  • 1967
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    Eleven Samurai

    Eleven Samurai

    7.5 1967 HD

    The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. After an investigation,...

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  • 1991
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    Yakuza Ladies Revisited

    Yakuza Ladies Revisited

    1 1991 HD

    The wife of a yakuza lieutenant tries to keep the peace when the clan's heir suddenly dies and a succession conflict threatens to break out.

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  • 1974
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    Return of the Street Fighter

    Return of the Street Fighter

    5.942 1974 HD

    Martial artist Takuma Tsurugi returns to take on a Yakuza family that may be embezzling money from charities to finance their own operations. Both...

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  • 1999
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    The Accomplice

    The Accomplice

    5.5 1999 HD

    This hard-boiled action starring Naoto Takenaka is directed by popular manga artist Kazuhiro Kiuchi. 8 years ago Brazilian mafioso Carlos had brought...

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  • 1981
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    Gate of Youth

    Gate of Youth

    6 1981 HD

    The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner. Ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his...

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  • 1976
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    The Most Perverted Post War Crimes

    The Most Perverted Post War Crimes

    5.7 1976 HD

    Reconstruction, in the form of episodes, of the most bizarre crimes that occurred in Japan after World War II.

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  • 1975
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    Company Buggers

    Company Buggers

    7 1975 HD

    Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their directors for financial gain.

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  • 1966
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    Showdown of Men

    Showdown of Men

    1 1966 HD

    Part one.

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  • 1972
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    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

    7.3 1972 HD

    In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a...

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  • 1974
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    Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

    Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

    7.1 1974 HD

    In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out.

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  • 1965
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    Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu

    Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu

    8.2 1965 HD

    In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure...

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  • 1975
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    The Decisive Power of Aikido

    The Decisive Power of Aikido

    7.8 1975 HD

    It is about the life of Ueshiba - the founder of aikido. We can see how he decided to develop aikido and how he did it. We can see why he developed...

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  • 1976
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    Operation Plazma in Osaka

    Operation Plazma in Osaka

    6.5 1976 HD

    Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.

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  • 1976
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    The Rugby Star

    The Rugby Star

    10 1976 HD

    The success of Truck Yaro (1975-1979) initiated a whole load of movies that put "Yaro" in their title, including this semi-bonkers sports...

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  • 1974
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    The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

    The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

    5.5 1974 HD

    Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double...

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  • 1974
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    The Street Fighter

    The Street Fighter

    6.942 1974 HD

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

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  • 1974
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    The Karate 2

    The Karate 2

    1 1974 HD

    This is the second film of the ZA KARATE trilogy (AKA BRONSON LEE CHAMPION). Tadashi Yamashita reprises his role as the Karate World Champion and...

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  • 1966
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    Judo vs. Karate

    Judo vs. Karate

    6 1966 HD

    A story of friendship between a lone wolf judo expert and a youth.

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  • 1975
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    The Viper Brothers and the Young General

    The Viper Brothers and the Young General

    1 1975 HD

    The last in the series. Sugawara runs into two mahjong cheaters (Ichiro Araki and Mako Midori + sidekick Takuzo Kawatani) whom he takes for friends...

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  • 1974
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    The Tattooed Hitman

    The Tattooed Hitman

    6 1974 HD

    The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and now, there's a contract on his life. Though nobody...

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  • 1973
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    Dangerous Trade in Kobe

    Dangerous Trade in Kobe

    6.5 1973 HD

    Using a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try to capture the boss. But his survival has a price.

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  • 1965
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    Chivalrous Nature

    Chivalrous Nature

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1981
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    Baian the Assassin

    Baian the Assassin

    9 1981 HD

    This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the famous Kabuki actor brothers Kinnosuke Manya and Katsuo...

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  • 1974
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    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

    7.3 1974 HD

    While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in...

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  • 1996
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    Shadow Warrior of Nobunaga Oda

    Shadow Warrior of Nobunaga Oda

    1 1996 HD

    In Tensho 9, as Oda Nobunaga nears the unification of Japan, he assigns trusted generals to conquer remaining regions. Meanwhile, a peasant farmer...

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  • 1972
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    Professional Killers

    Professional Killers

    7 1972 HD

    A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one...

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