Rieko Maruyama

Acting

Rieko Maruyama

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Wandering Ginza ButterflyWandering Ginza Butterfly · 1972
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
6.71972
MovieActionThriller
Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon her release three years later, she’s a shamed woman confined to living in the shadowy world of sex clubs and street gangs. She returns to the city to live with her uncle, a billiard-hall owner, and after befriending pimp and ne’er-do-well Ryuji (Tsunehiko Watase), she gets a job working at a hostess club in the chic Ginza neighborhood, where the expensive shops and neon lights conceal a dark world of crime and sexual slavery. But when a rival gang attempts to muscle in on the club, Nami becomes enmeshed in a violent struggle that forces her to wield a skilled pool cue to defend her uncle’s business, and eventually a short sword to wreak bloody vengeance upon her enemies.
The Kingpin of Fair LadiesThe Kingpin of Fair Ladies · 1970
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
5.01970
MovieActionRomance
A man is inspired to build a hospital after his mother falls ill and becomes a host to swindle money out of women.
The Great ChaseThe Great Chase · 1975
The Great Chase
6.71975
MovieAction
Shihomi Etsuko plays a race car driver who also lends out her services to the Japanese Secret Service. Although there really isn't much of a "chase" to be seen, Shihomi does pursue a cartel of drug runners and assorted Japanese yakuza types. While the story is pure 70's exploitation and gritty crime drama, the best reason to see it is for the Martial Arts Action of Etsuko Shihomi. The action is over-the-top and at times hilarious (i.e. Shihomi battling the lead criminal atop a moving gondola or Shihomi battling a whip-wielding Catholic Nun).
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to ConfessDelinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess · 1971
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
6.11971
MovieActionCrime
Reiko Oshida stars as a young wannabe gangster tough girl, just released from reform school. She tracks down one of her classmates fathers, who runs an auto repair shop that the local Yakuza are trying to force out of business and take over, and starts working for him. At the same time a recently released from prison, and now ill Yakuza is trying to make a new life for himself and his girl, a friend of Reiko's, who also just graduated from reform school. A fateful car crash brings the two on a collision course with each other and the brutal Yakuza clan, which can only end bloody vengeance.
Woman His PreyWoman His Prey · 1972
Woman His Prey
1972
MovieActionDrama
The Lucky Status SymbolThe Lucky Status Symbol · 1972
The Lucky Status Symbol
1972
MovieRomanceCrime
Hiroshi (Tatsuo Umemiya) has the biggest penis in all of Japan and everyone who touches (or is touched by) it, is blessed by good fortune. After buying his sister a washing machine for her wedding, he travels to Tokyo, where he must help his friend Masa out of a half-million yen debt. Among other hijinks, he becomes a penis god in the process.
Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo DriftersDelinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters · 1970
Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters
5.31970
MovieCrimeAction
After helping a pregnant girl escape from their reform school and facing the resulting punishment, a clique of delinquent girls eventually reunites a year later in Tokyo to face different challenges in the form of yakuza and… street vendors.
Rogue Of The NightRogue Of The Night · 1972
Rogue Of The Night
1972
MovieActionCrime

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Wandering Ginza ButterflyWandering Ginza Butterfly · 1972
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
6.71972
MovieActionThriller
Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon her release three years later, she’s a shamed woman confined to living in the shadowy world of sex clubs and street gangs. She returns to the city to live with her uncle, a billiard-hall owner, and after befriending pimp and ne’er-do-well Ryuji (Tsunehiko Watase), she gets a job working at a hostess club in the chic Ginza neighborhood, where the expensive shops and neon lights conceal a dark world of crime and sexual slavery. But when a rival gang attempts to muscle in on the club, Nami becomes enmeshed in a violent struggle that forces her to wield a skilled pool cue to defend her uncle’s business, and eventually a short sword to wreak bloody vengeance upon her enemies.