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.

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The Execution GameThe Execution Game · 1979
The Execution Game
★ 7.61979
MovieThrillerAction
The third movie in Tōru Murakawa's Game trilogy about a hitman. Narumi is set up by a mysterious woman. Abducted and tortured, Narumi is forced to take on a difficult job. The target is a veteran killer as good as him.
Saraba Abunai DekaSaraba Abunai Deka · 2016
Saraba Abunai Deka
★ 7.02016
MovieActionComedy
The Resurrection of the Golden WolfThe Resurrection of the Golden Wolf · 1979
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
★ 6.31979
MovieActionCrime
A seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night. In a delicious scheme of payback, he seeks to dominate the corporation that employs him by day.
Kyotaro Nishimura's Mystery: Railway Inspector 16Kyotaro Nishimura's Mystery: Railway Inspector 16 · 2016
Kyotaro Nishimura's Mystery: Railway Inspector 16
2016
MovieMystery
Six high school tennis clubmates, including railroad investigator Noriko Hanamura, are going on a day trip to Kawaguchi Lake. However, one of them, Ayako Hirayama, does not show up even after the arranged time for the meet-up has passed. Magazine writer Yumi Tachiki, who planned the trip, calls Ayako but gets no answer, so Noriko and the others, believing Ayako will catch up with them, proceed to their destination. Even though Yumi and Noriko call Ayako many times, she does not answer. Yumi receives an urgent work request after arriving at Tenjozan Park by ropeway, so Noriko and the others return to Tokyo leaving Yumi at the mountain. None of them had any contact with Ayako the entire day. That night, Noriko receives a call from the Yamanashi Prefectural Police informing her that Yumi's body has been found stabbed in Tenjozan Park. One of the ropeway employees happened to witness a mysterious woman wearing a hat and a mask following Yumi down the mountain trail that evening...
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.
Playful White FingersPlayful White Fingers · 1972
Playful White Fingers
★ 4.71972
MovieCrimeDrama
A girl falls for a pickpocketer who gets arrested, so she hooks up with his ex-girlfriend and his ex-cellmate.
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?
The Most Dangerous GameThe Most Dangerous Game · 1978
The Most Dangerous Game
★ 6.31978
MovieActionCrime
The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in a vicious power struggle between two large corporations over a sizable government defence contract.

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Kyotaro Nishimura's Mystery: Railway Inspector 16Kyotaro Nishimura's Mystery: Railway Inspector 16 · 2016
Kyotaro Nishimura's Mystery: Railway Inspector 16
2016
MovieMystery
Six high school tennis clubmates, including railroad investigator Noriko Hanamura, are going on a day trip to Kawaguchi Lake. However, one of them, Ayako Hirayama, does not show up even after the arranged time for the meet-up has passed. Magazine writer Yumi Tachiki, who planned the trip, calls Ayako but gets no answer, so Noriko and the others, believing Ayako will catch up with them, proceed to their destination. Even though Yumi and Noriko call Ayako many times, she does not answer. Yumi receives an urgent work request after arriving at Tenjozan Park by ropeway, so Noriko and the others return to Tokyo leaving Yumi at the mountain. None of them had any contact with Ayako the entire day. That night, Noriko receives a call from the Yamanashi Prefectural Police informing her that Yumi's body has been found stabbed in Tenjozan Park. One of the ropeway employees happened to witness a mysterious woman wearing a hat and a mask following Yumi down the mountain trail that evening...

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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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