Movies: Kojirō Kawanami

  • 1968
    Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation

    Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation (1968)

    Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation

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    A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at his residence. When a rival yakuza gang, who wants to take over the town's businesses, murders him, Oryu is obliged to protect his children...

    Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
  • 1981
    Samurai Reincarnation

    Samurai Reincarnation (1981)

    Samurai Reincarnation

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    After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him in a murderous rampage....

    Samurai Reincarnation
  • 1972
    The Erotomaniac Daimyo

    The Erotomaniac Daimyo (1972)

    The Erotomaniac Daimyo

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    Kiyohime, a daughter of Tokugawa Ienari is married-off to Tadateru Ogura, the lord of a Kyushu clan. However, the lord's sexual inexperience and Kiyohime's strict morals lead to significant crisis in their marriage. To improve his sexual prowess, the...

    The Erotomaniac Daimyo
  • 1966
    Rub Out the Past

    Rub Out the Past (1966)

    Rub Out the Past

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    A lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation....

    Rub Out the Past
  • 1967
    The Gambler's Law

    The Gambler's Law (1967)

    The Gambler's Law

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    The Gambler's Law
  • 1984
    Appassionata

    Appassionata (1984)

    Appassionata

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    This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woma...

    Appassionata
  • 1974
    The Tattooed Hitman

    The Tattooed Hitman (1974)

    The Tattooed Hitman

    61974HD

    The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and now, there's a contract on his life. Though nobody is more skilled in the arts of dealing death, can the tattooed hitman fend off the entire Japanese m...

    The Tattooed Hitman
  • 1975
    The Viper Brothers and the Young General

    The Viper Brothers and the Young General (1975)

    The Viper Brothers and the Young General

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    The last in the series. Sugawara runs into two mahjong cheaters (Ichiro Araki and Mako Midori + sidekick Takuzo Kawatani) whom he takes for friends in need as his naivety prevents him from seeing their true nature....

    The Viper Brothers and the Young General
  • 1972
    Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth

    Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth (1972)

    Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth

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    Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their boss. He also meets a fellow gambler who idolizes Monjiro. The gambler and Monjiro's sister are pulled into a conspiracy to get to Monjiro, but do things...

    Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
  • 1989
    長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 長七郎 大奥まかり通る

    長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 長七郎 大奥まかり通る (1989)

    長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 長七郎 大奥まかり通る

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    長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 長七郎 大奥まかり通る
  • 1986
    Yakuza Ladies

    Yakuza Ladies (1986)

    Yakuza Ladies

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    While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her younger sister, marries a member of a rival band after being raped by him. The two sisters, united by blood...

    Yakuza Ladies
  • 1967
    Showdown of Men 2

    Showdown of Men 2 (1967)

    Showdown of Men 2

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    Part two....

    Showdown of Men 2
  • 1971
    Evil Boss vs. Henchmen

    Evil Boss vs. Henchmen (1971)

    Evil Boss vs. Henchmen

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    A high-ranking yakuza rises to national notoriety....

    Evil Boss vs. Henchmen
  • 1966
    Code Between Brothers 2

    Code Between Brothers 2 (1966)

    Code Between Brothers 2

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    The services of a wandering gambler, Seiji, are called upon to protect the turf of his loyal friend Risaburo....

    Code Between Brothers 2
  • 1967
    Code Between Brothers 5

    Code Between Brothers 5 (1967)

    Code Between Brothers 5

    6.51967HD

    Saburo Kitajima, one of Japan’s most famous Enka singers, returns in the fifth of the Kyodai Jingi series. During the early 20th century, Ryuji from Asakusa, a wandering yakuza, joins the Narumi Family in Yokohama. However, when he confronts Shiotaro...

    Code Between Brothers 5
  • 1965
    Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu

    Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965)

    Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu

    8.21965HD

    In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return....

    Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
  • 1971
    The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor

    The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor (1971)

    The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor

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    The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor (関東兄弟仁義 仁侠) is a 1971 film directed by Buichi Saitō. It is the ninth and last film in the Duty of Brotherhood series....

    The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor
  • 1968
    Industrial Spy

    Industrial Spy (1968)

    Industrial Spy

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    Kogure, an industrial spy, is tasked by Sawada, head of the research department of the Nisshin Corporation, to learn the secrets of the design of a new engine invented by a rival company. Kogure manages to obtain the secrets, but Sawada's goal was no...

    Industrial Spy
  • 1967
    Classmates

    Classmates (1967)

    Classmates

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    A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II....

    Classmates
  • 1964
    The Great Duel

    The Great Duel (1964)

    The Great Duel

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    In this gritty tale of gamblers battling in the samurai era, Okawa Hashizo gives perhaps his greatest performance as a gambler returning to his home town. Swearing allegiance to his fiancée’s father, a decent boss, he had taken to the road after a ga...

    The Great Duel