Tōru Murakawa

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Tōru Murakawa

Born March 22, 1937 · Yamagata, Japan (age 89)

Tōru Murakawa is a Japanese film director. He is most famous for his collaborations with the actor Yūsaku Matsuda in both film and television.

Known For

The ShootoutThe Shootout · 1982
The Shootout
7.01982
MovieDramaCrime
A run-in with the police once again puts three former reformatory inmates on the wrong side of the law. Their situation becomes increasingly desperate as events spin out of control, culminating in an audacious hijack at sea...
Abunai Deka ReturnsAbunai Deka Returns · 1996
Abunai Deka Returns
8.81996
MovieActionComedy
The Beast to DieThe Beast to Die · 1980
The Beast to Die
5.81980
MovieActionCrime
A Nietzschean journalist who covered the Vietnam War, Lebanese Civil War and other conflicts becomes mentally unstable and goes on a spree of robbery and murder.
Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 72Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 72 · 2020
Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 72
6.02020
Movie
University professor Kenzo Oshima (Hisamatsu Nobumi) is stabbed to death by someone in an alleyway in Tokyo, and Inspector Totsukawa (Takahashi Hideki) and Detective Kamei (Takada Junji) of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Department's Investigative Division 1 arrive on the scene. According to the first finder, the victim died after saying "Totsukawa...". Oshima was famous as the leading authority on mitochondria, but he had never met Totsukawa... Totsukawa is puzzled, but begins to investigate, and discovers that a suspicious man has been caught on a security camera near the crime scene. Seeking a clue, Totsukawa and his colleagues interview associate professor Hayase Yumi (Kurotani Yuka) and the president of a biotechnology company, Koji Nakazono (Nakamura Shunsuke), who was assisting them in their research, to find out what happened. They find out that the man caught on the security camera is none other than their childhood friend, Akaike Shogoro (Matsuo Satoshi).
The Beauty of the Sundial MansionThe Beauty of the Sundial Mansion · 1988
The Beauty of the Sundial Mansion
1988
MovieTV MovieMystery
A shadowy figure roams the attic of an old Western-style mansion every night. A famous detective takes on the mystery surrounding a woman who was once the lover of a former member of the nobility.
Saraba Abunai DekaSaraba Abunai Deka · 2016
Saraba Abunai Deka
7.02016
MovieActionComedy
New York Undercover CopNew York Undercover Cop · 1993
New York Undercover Cop
3.81993
MovieActionThriller
Allegedly based on a true story, this film follows the life of Toshi, a Japanese man living in America and working with the New York City police. After being recommended for undercover work, Toshi decides to go after a gang lead by Hawk. Hawk and Toshi soon become friends, although Hawk's second-in-command, Tito, is suspicious of the newcomer. Will Toshi be able to bring the gang down, or will his cover be blown before he can finish the assignment?
Dead AngleDead Angle · 1979
Dead Angle
8.01979
MovieCrimeThriller
Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.

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Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 72Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 72 · 2020
Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 72
6.02020
Movie
University professor Kenzo Oshima (Hisamatsu Nobumi) is stabbed to death by someone in an alleyway in Tokyo, and Inspector Totsukawa (Takahashi Hideki) and Detective Kamei (Takada Junji) of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Department's Investigative Division 1 arrive on the scene. According to the first finder, the victim died after saying "Totsukawa...". Oshima was famous as the leading authority on mitochondria, but he had never met Totsukawa... Totsukawa is puzzled, but begins to investigate, and discovers that a suspicious man has been caught on a security camera near the crime scene. Seeking a clue, Totsukawa and his colleagues interview associate professor Hayase Yumi (Kurotani Yuka) and the president of a biotechnology company, Koji Nakazono (Nakamura Shunsuke), who was assisting them in their research, to find out what happened. They find out that the man caught on the security camera is none other than their childhood friend, Akaike Shogoro (Matsuo Satoshi).

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Kyotaro Nishimura's Travel Mystery 67: Murder in Hakone - Leaves & MountainsKyotaro Nishimura's Travel Mystery 67: Murder in Hakone - Leaves & Mountains · 2017
Kyotaro Nishimura's Travel Mystery 67: Murder in Hakone - Leaves & Mountains
2017
MovieMystery
Detective Kamei of the First Investigation Division receives a request from lawyer Shinichi Nakamura, the son of his deceased close friend, to re-investigate a car accident. Akiko, the wife of Yasuo Furuki, a painter from Hakone, died in the accident 5 months earlier by crashing into a guardrail. Nakamura's client, Akiko's younger sister Yuki Izeki, suspects that she was actually murdered by Furuki for insurance money. Overwhelmed by these thoughts, Yuki had sent an email reading "I'll never forgive that man. I'm going to kill him and avenge my big sister," announcing a murder to Nakamura. In the middle of their conversation, Nakamura receives a call from Hakone PD confirming that Yuki had turned herself in that morning...

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Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 66: Kushiro-Obihiro Murder RouteKyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 66: Kushiro-Obihiro Murder Route · 2016
Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 66: Kushiro-Obihiro Murder Route
2016
MovieMystery
The strangled dead body of Hiroshi Hatano, accounting section chief at the longstanding apparel company Edaka International, is discovered in his apartment in Tokyo. At the scene, Inspector Totsugawa and Detective Kamei find out that a mysterious email stating "I'll be riding the Super Ozora 5 tomorrow" was sent to the victim's cell phone the night before. The sender, Manami Furuya, an employee of Edaka International's Planning Section, has strangely terminated her cell phone service and hasn't shown up to work that very morning. Immediately afterwards, Totsugawa is astonished to receive a report from the Hokkaido police stating that the body of a man, stabbed to death, has been found on the Super Ozora 5 limited express. The man is Yuuki Nakamura, a bar employee from Tokyo, who seems to have flown from Haneda Airport to Sapporo and then boarded the Super Ozora 5, which connects Sapporo and Kushiro. Totsugawa has the feeling that this can't be a coincidence...

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