Posted on October 24, 2021 |
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Story of Ricky / Riki Ô / Lik wong (1991)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Riki-Oh, a young man who has superhuman strength, is incarcerated at a private prison, where inmates are treated like slaves, and is forced to use his unstoppable form of martial arts to destroy the corrupt officials and their lackeys.
Starring: Siu-Wong Fan, Gloria Yip, Ka-Kui Ho, Yukari Ôshima, Tetsurô Tanba, Frankie Chan
Director: Ngai Choi Lam
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Tags: Frankie Chan, Gloria Yip, Ka-Kui Ho, Ngai Choi Lam, Siu-Wong Fan, Tetsurô Tanba, Yukari Ôshima
Posted on December 8, 2014 |
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The Castle of Sand / Suna no utsuwa (1974)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Two detectives investigate the murder of a 60-year-old policeman. The victim is well-liked, and there does not seem to be any motive for the murder. The investigation finally leads to the discovery of the hidden past of a young rising composer.
Starring: Tetsurô Tanba, Gô Katô, Kensaku Morita, Yôko Shimada, Karin Yamaguchi
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura
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Tags: Gô Katô, Karin Yamaguchi, Kensaku Morita, Tetsurô Tanba, Yôko Shimada, Yoshitaro Nomura
Posted on January 1, 2013 |
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Submersion of Japan / Nippon chinbotsu (1973)
Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Racked by earthquakes and volcanos, Japan is slowly sinking into the sea. A race against time and tide begins as Americans and Japanese work together to salvage some fraction of the disappearing Japan.
Starring: Lorne Greene, Keiju Kobayashi, Rhonda Leigh Hopkins, Hiroshi Fujioka, Tetsurô Tanba, Ayumi Ishida, Shôgo Shimada, John Fujioka, Andrew Hughes, Nobuo Nakamura, Haruo Nakajima, Takeshi Yamamoto, Hideaki Nitani
Director: Shirô Moritani
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Tags: Andrew Hughes, Ayumi Ishida, Haruo Nakajima, Hideaki Nitani, Hiroshi Fujioka, John Fujioka, Keiju Kobayashi, Lorne Greene, Nobuo Nakamura, Rhonda Leigh Hopkins, Shirô Moritani, Shôgo Shimada, Takeshi Yamamoto, Tetsurô Tanba
Posted on May 21, 2012 |
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Harakiri / Seppuku (1962)
Drama
Set in 17th-century Japan, director Makaki Kobayahi's HARAKIRI stars Tatsuya Nakadai (RAN) as masterless samurai Hanshiro Tsugumo. Structured in a series of flashbacks, the film opens in a period of serenity that has brought about a consolidation of power in Japan, resulting in the release of many samurai from their feudal obligations. These men–Hanshiro included–are in desperate straits, struggling to avoid poverty and starvation. According to their code, they must appear at clan estates and offer to commit seppuku, or ritual disembowelment, and often the clan retainer will offer them work or alms. When Hanshiro arrives at such an estate, the chief retainer Kageyu Saito (Rentaro Mikuni) tells him a cautionary tale about the fate of samurai Motome Chijiiwa (Akira Ishihama), who was forced to commit seppuku with a dull bamboo sword as punishment for dishonoring the samurai code.
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita, Tetsurô Tanba, Masao Mishima
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
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Tags: Akira Ishihama, Masaki Kobayashi, Masao Mishima, Shima Iwashita, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurô Tanba
Posted on February 23, 2012 |
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Sanbiki no samurai / Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
Action | Drama
Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.
Starring: Tetsurô Tanba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijiro Hira, Miyuki Kuwano, Yoshiko Kayama
Director: Hideo Gosha
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Tags: Hideo Gosha, Isamu Nagato, Mikijiro Hira, Miyuki Kuwano, Tetsurô Tanba, Yoshiko Kayama
