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Acting
Shōhachi Uchikoshi
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Known For
The Bullet Train · 1975The Bullet Train
★ 6.91975
MovieActionCrime
A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb.
A Fugitive from the Past · 1965A Fugitive from the Past
★ 7.31965
MovieCrimeDrama
Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest.
Stepbrothers · 1957Stepbrothers
★ 7.41957
MovieDrama
In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic household where dissent is forbidden is used to reveal the whole imperialist system that afflicted Japan between 1921 and 1946.
Night of the Suspicions · 1959Night of the Suspicions
1959
MovieThriller
Tatsuo Torigoe, the president of Torigoe Industries, attempts suicide but survives and reveals his motives for suicide to his only daughter, Akiko.
Brutal Tales of Chivalry · 1965Brutal Tales of Chivalry
★ 7.41965
MovieActionCrime
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking advantage of the mess, Iwasa and his gang take hold of goods from the US military, black-market and controlled items in order to become the most powerful group in Enko area.
Dash to the Sun · 1966Dash to the Sun
1966
MovieMusic
A song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru. It tells the story of a young man who moves to Tokyo with a big dream of becoming a composer, and despite the unfamiliar city life, sticks to his original intentions with the gentle encouragement of his young wife, and takes the music world by storm.
The Great Road · 1960The Great Road
★ 8.01960
MovieDrama
The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .
The Armed Organization · 1971The Armed Organization
★ 8.01971
MovieDramaCrime
Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsuruta as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union. He finds himself between a rock and a hard place, at odds with both the dockworkers' leader (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and sadistic, unprincipled bosses (Fumio Watanabe and Tetsuro Tamba).
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