Haruhiko Oyabu

Writing

Haruhiko Oyabu

Born February 22, 1935 · Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]

Died February 26, 1996 · aged 61

Japanese novelist.

Known For

Youth of the BeastYouth of the Beast · 1963
Youth of the Beast
★ 6.91963
MovieThrillerCrime
When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.
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.
Cruel Gun StoryCruel Gun Story · 1964
Cruel Gun Story
★ 6.71964
MovieActionCrime
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their leverage is to promise him money for surgery for Rie. Togawa consents and plans the heist with three others. The plan is solid, but it doesn't go smoothly. Togawa must improvise, there are traitors somewhere, and double-crosses mount. Can Togawa escape with enough money to help his sister and ensure a passage out of Japan?
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.
The Beast Shall DieThe Beast Shall Die · 1959
The Beast Shall Die
★ 6.21959
MovieCrimeDrama
A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mother with a younger man.
The Beast Shall DieThe Beast Shall Die · 1974
The Beast Shall Die
★ 7.01974
MovieThrillerCrime
Kunihiko Date, a young criminal genius, puts a perfect crime plan into action to take revenge on the men who once drove his father to ruin.
The Last GunfightThe Last Gunfight · 1960
The Last Gunfight
★ 6.21960
MovieThrillerCrime
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investigate the death of the wife of gangster Tetsuo Maruyama of the Kozuka gang, probably at the hands of one of the Oka gang. During a gang gunfight, Maruyama is rescued by Detective Fujioka and the two become friends. But Maruyama insists on avenging his wife's murder, even if it means conflict with his new friend.
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! · 1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
★ 6.51963
MovieCrimeAction
Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.

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