Kenzo Asada

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熱風
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熱風

Oct 07, 1943

熱風
1943 108 min 1 vues
Set in wartime at the Yawata Steel Works in Tobata, Yawata, and Kokura cities in Fukuoka Prefecture, the film depicts people taking on the evil blast furnaces that prevent increased production. The film was shot on location at the actual Yawata Steel Works for an extended period of time, and special effects were created using a miniature blast furnace that closely reproduces the actual one.
Drama
La Montagne d'argent
7.1

La Montagne d'argent

Aug 05, 1947

La Montagne d'argent
1947 89 min 19 vues
Trois escrocs volent une banque et s'enfuient à travers les Alpes japonaises. La police les a suivi dans les montagnes avec la conviction que les criminels sont dans une impasse. Les trois criminels tentent de s'échapper à travers les montagnes, dont la complexité nécessite les compétences d'un alpiniste expérimenté.
Drama
暴力の街
6.5

暴力の街

Feb 26, 1950

暴力の街
1950 111 min 2 vues
An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.
Drama
Ceux qui bâtissent l'avenir
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Ceux qui bâtissent l'avenir

May 02, 1946

Ceux qui bâtissent l'avenir
1946 82 min 1 vues
Deux sœurs, l'une danseuse, l'autre superviseur de scripts, s'engagent par soutien dans un mouvement syndical. Le père des deux jeunes filles n'approuve pas leur engagement, jusqu'au jour où il perd lui-même son emploi…
Drama
望楼の決死隊
5.7

望楼の決死隊

Apr 15, 1943

望楼の決死隊
1943 95 min 3 vues
Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a military outpost threatened by "bandits."
Action
北の三人
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北の三人

Aug 05, 1945

北の三人
1945 72 min 1 vues
The story of an airport and its air traffic control crew in a remote and northern Japanese town. Three of the air traffic controllers are female with one of them working with her dead fiancé's sister. The engaged man had gone to war and never returned.
War
拳銃無頼帖 明日なき男
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拳銃無頼帖 明日なき男

Dec 03, 1960

拳銃無頼帖 明日なき男
1960 84 min 1 vues
The fourth film in the Tales of a Gunman series. When Ryuji throws his pistol into the sea, he is attacked by a man who calls himself Sabu and says that he is the younger brother of Colt Jo's killer. When Ryuji escaped difficulties with one blow knocking out the enemy's weapon, Sabu reveals that Colt Jo is in the hospital in Gifu. Ryuji decides to visit his old enemy. However, he does not know that this is a trap.
Action
謎の金塊
1

謎の金塊

Jun 26, 1956

謎の金塊
1956 83 min 1 vues
Ippei, a bored private detective hears from his assistant Hideko an interesting story that General Semyonov who has been exiled to Japan buried his gold bullion somewhere.
暗黒の旅券
7

暗黒の旅券

May 19, 1959

暗黒の旅券
1959 89 min 1 vues
A jazz bandleader, falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend, tries to stay one step ahead of the police as he dives into Tokyo's sin-city in search of the real killer in this dark and beautiful noir from master Seijun Suzuki.
Mystery
らぶれたあ
9.5

らぶれたあ

Jan 15, 1959

らぶれたあ
1959 40 min 2 vues
A nightclub manager is in love with his pianist. However, she has a ranger boyfriend who's been permanently stationed in the mountain wilderness. Their only communication is by letter. As time passes the correspondence slows to a trickle. Then nothing. The manager persuades the girl to visit the boy. She does, but she's totally unprepared for her bizarre discovery.
Romance
関東無宿
6.3

関東無宿

Nov 23, 1963

関東無宿
1963 93 min 10 vues
Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu is less ethical, and allows the idiotic Tetsu to trick a schoolgirl he fancies, Hanako, into a type of bonded prostitution. Because of gang conflict, the Izu family (to whom Katsuta belongs) has their last gambling den taken over, and he seeks revenge. This brings him back into contact with a former lover who is also a card trickster - she is also Diamond Fuyu's sister, and is now married to Okaru-Hachi, who has mastered a clever card cheating trick called Okaru, which involves the deft use of mirrors.
Crime
Woman Gambler
6.3

Woman Gambler

Oct 22, 1965

Woman Gambler
1965 87 min 5 vues
Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu is less ethical, and allows the idiotic Tetsu to trick a schoolgirl he fancies, Hanako, into a type of bonded prostitution. Because of gang conflict, the Izu family (to whom Katsuta belongs) has their last gambling den taken over, and he seeks revenge. This brings him back into contact with a former lover who is also a card trickster - she is also Diamond Fuyu's sister, and is now married to Okaru-Hachi, who has mastered a clever card cheating trick called Okaru, which involves the deft use of mirrors.
Crime
関東無宿
6.3

関東無宿

Nov 23, 1963

関東無宿
1963 93 min 10 vues
Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu is less ethical, and allows the idiotic Tetsu to trick a schoolgirl he fancies, Hanako, into a type of bonded prostitution. Because of gang conflict, the Izu family (to whom Katsuta belongs) has their last gambling den taken over, and he seeks revenge. This brings him back into contact with a former lover who is also a card trickster - she is also Diamond Fuyu's sister, and is now married to Okaru-Hachi, who has mastered a clever card cheating trick called Okaru, which involves the deft use of mirrors.
Crime
Chitei no uta
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Chitei no uta

Dec 12, 1956

Chitei no uta
1956 89 min 1 vues
A conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken out. When an Izu underling starts a fight with a Yoshida man, Fuyu, the Izu family sends Tsuruta, a senior member of the clan, to make a personal apology to Fuyu. Tsuruta discovers that the woman he is in love with is Fuyu's sister, Tatsuko. Tsuruta ends up gambling with a swindler, who is in fact Tatsuko's husband. (The general plot of the film was re-used for Seijun Suzuki's Kanto Wanderer).
Revenge of the Woman Gambler
6.2

Revenge of the Woman Gambler

Mar 12, 1966

Revenge of the Woman Gambler
1966 80 min 6 vues
A conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken out. When an Izu underling starts a fight with a Yoshida man, Fuyu, the Izu family sends Tsuruta, a senior member of the clan, to make a personal apology to Fuyu. Tsuruta discovers that the woman he is in love with is Fuyu's sister, Tatsuko. Tsuruta ends up gambling with a swindler, who is in fact Tatsuko's husband. (The general plot of the film was re-used for Seijun Suzuki's Kanto Wanderer).
Crime
The Cat Gambler
6.7

The Cat Gambler

Jul 28, 1965

The Cat Gambler
1965 88 min 5 vues
A conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken out. When an Izu underling starts a fight with a Yoshida man, Fuyu, the Izu family sends Tsuruta, a senior member of the clan, to make a personal apology to Fuyu. Tsuruta discovers that the woman he is in love with is Fuyu's sister, Tatsuko. Tsuruta ends up gambling with a swindler, who is in fact Tatsuko's husband. (The general plot of the film was re-used for Seijun Suzuki's Kanto Wanderer).
Crime