Аватар персоны Kenrō Matsuura

Kenrō Matsuura

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29-09-1920

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Libra

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Saitama Prefecture, Japan

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The Bored Samurai

The Bored Samurai

Saotome Mondonosuke is Hatamoto (a high-class warrior who is allowed to see the Shogun in person) who has a crescent-moon-shaped scar on his forehead with flashy clothes and a handsome face, and is proficient in all the military arts and called Bored Hatamoto. Mikijiro Hira acts as such a hero in history. Mondonosuke is secretly ordered to look into the suspicious movement in Nagoya castle by the Ometsuke, and he found out about the misconduct and sole it. This is a period movie about the hero!
0.0

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1983

Informal Dress

Informal Dress

0.0

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1972

Ambition in The Mirror

Ambition in The Mirror

Kaori, the principal of Tanimoto Gakuen, a major player in the beauty industry, is aiming to expand into Shinjuku in order to make further progress. However, she is overtaken by the president of the Beauty Association and others. Then, a mysterious man, Segiyama, appears before her. He tells Kaori that he will take back the rights to the salon in Shinjuku in exchange for campaign expenses.
0.0

Year:

1972

The Rokumeikan

The Rokumeikan

TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.
0.0

Year:

1970

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all are content...The Shinsengumi, a small army of samurai, farmers and peasants, band together to do battle against the tide of history. Their leader, Isami Kondo is a man who rises from farmer to fighter to head the fierce Shinsengumi brigade. Using a stern hand and a heart of gold, he rallies his men in defense of the tottering Shogunate. But bloodshed and treachery lurk around every corner.
6.8

Year:

1969

The Woman Gambler

The Woman Gambler

Second film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
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1967

The Woman Gambler

The Woman Gambler

Second film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
0.0

Year:

1967

Kojiro

Kojiro

Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi (Tatsuya Nakadai). Oscar winning Hiroshi Inagaki directs this epic motion picture based on Genzo Murakami’s fascinating story. Despite his humble birth, the orphan Sasaki Kojiro (Onoe Kikunosuke) is determined to become the foremost swordsman in all Japan, a title that traditionally belongs to a nobleman. At fencing school, young Kojiro receives the contempt of his classmates because of his superior swordsmanship. When rumors of the upcoming civil war between Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans spread, Kojiro leaves the school and sets out, seizing every opportunity to realize his dream.
7.5

Year:

1967

Blood Shed

Blood Shed

Ginjiro was born to a family of nobility, though he yearned for freedom. To earn this freedom, he affiliates himself with the worst of the worst. Swearing his allegiance to the notorious Kuroiwa crime syndicate, the yakuza family known for its thirst for blood, Ginjiro equips for battle. When a rival family raids their gambling parlor, he slashes a masked henchman. Unbeknown to him, his victim was no henchman.
0.0

Year:

1966

Blood Shed

Blood Shed

Ginjiro was born to a family of nobility, though he yearned for freedom. To earn this freedom, he affiliates himself with the worst of the worst. Swearing his allegiance to the notorious Kuroiwa crime syndicate, the yakuza family known for its thirst for blood, Ginjiro equips for battle. When a rival family raids their gambling parlor, he slashes a masked henchman. Unbeknown to him, his victim was no henchman.
0.0

Year:

1966

The Stars and I Decided...

The Stars and I Decided...

The brother of an up-and-coming kendoka is mysteriously murdered while working on a new model of motorboat.
0.0

Year:

1965

The Stars and I Decided...

The Stars and I Decided...

The brother of an up-and-coming kendoka is mysteriously murdered while working on a new model of motorboat.
0.0

Year:

1965

A Charming Devil

A Charming Devil

Movie adaptation of the TV series.
0.0

Year:

1965

A Charming Devil

A Charming Devil

Movie adaptation of the TV series.
0.0

Year:

1965

The Call of Blood

The Call of Blood

Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.
6.0

Year:

1964

Spirit of Youth

Spirit of Youth

Japanese youth film.
0.0

Year:

1964

Black Challenger

Black Challenger

Young lawyer Jiro receives a late night phone call from a distraught woman sending him on a journey to uncover corruption and exploitation stemming from those at the very top of society.
0.0

Year:

1964

Orders from Hell

Orders from Hell

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1964

Orders from Hell

Orders from Hell

0.0

Year:

1964

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era.
5.0

Year:

1963

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era.
5.0

Year:

1963

男の嵐

男の嵐

0.0

Year:

1963

男の嵐

男の嵐

0.0

Year:

1963

浅草の侠客

浅草の侠客

Sonny Chiba is a young gambler on the run. He pretends to be an innocent student, and is taken in by an honorable Yakuza in Tokyo's Asakusa district.
0.0

Year:

1963

浅草の侠客

浅草の侠客

Sonny Chiba is a young gambler on the run. He pretends to be an innocent student, and is taken in by an honorable Yakuza in Tokyo's Asakusa district.
0.0

Year:

1963

Order of Yakuza

Order of Yakuza

Order of Yakuza
0.0

Year:

1962

Uragirimono wa jigoku daze

Uragirimono wa jigoku daze

1962 Japanese movie
0.0

Year:

1962

Fūshinraishin

Fūshinraishin

1962 Japanese movie
0.0

Year:

1962

Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa

Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa

1962 Japanese movie
0.0

Year:

1962

The Sentencer

The Sentencer

A man challenges a territorial fight between gangs.
0.0

Year:

1962

The Sentencer

The Sentencer

A man challenges a territorial fight between gangs.
0.0

Year:

1962

Princess and I

Princess and I

1962 Japanese movie
0.0

Year:

1962

Seinen no isu

Seinen no isu

1962 Japanese movie
0.0

Year:

1962

Yume ga ippai abarenbō

Yume ga ippai abarenbō

1962 Japanese movie
0.0

Year:

1962

Rascals! Go to Hell

Rascals! Go to Hell

A boss of underworld helps the police crush an evil gang.
0.0

Year:

1961

Rascals! Go to Hell

Rascals! Go to Hell

A boss of underworld helps the police crush an evil gang.
0.0

Year:

1961

The Rokumeikan

The Rokumeikan

TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.
0.0

Year:

1961

The Rokumeikan

The Rokumeikan

TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.
0.0

Year:

1961

The Plateau Man

The Plateau Man

Japanese Western set at a mountain ranch in Kyushu.
0.0

Year:

1961

The Plateau Man

The Plateau Man

Japanese Western set at a mountain ranch in Kyushu.
0.0

Year:

1961

Himalayan Wanderer

Himalayan Wanderer

One after another, expedition teams were being attacked in the Himalayas. With the unprecedented boom in snow men, the public began to make a fuss about the fact that the monster that attacked them must be the snow man. Even in Las Vegas, betting began on which country would catch the Snowman. Later, news broke that a Japanese Himalayan expedition had caught the Snowman. The expedition, led by its leader, Dr Kenkichi Domon, lands at the airport, where onlookers and, for some reason, a man named President Otake and his henchmen are waiting to take the Yukio's life, and who appears with the doctor is... a chimpanzee. But this was a trick that Domon used to avoid the panic caused by the boom.
0.0

Year:

1961

The Man with a Shotgun

The Man with a Shotgun

Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a hunter. He quickly becomes embroiled in a web of trouble surrounding the town's mill.
6.6

Year:

1961

北上川悲歌

北上川悲歌

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song by Tsuzuko Sugawara.
0.0

Year:

1961

Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō

Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō

Chiezo's two-guns-at-all-costs film, directed by Ozawa Shigehiro (Kengo Tengu Matsuri) from a screenplay by Matsuura Kenro (The Dice Magistrate). Shot by Nishikawa Shoei (I Am the Magician of Hell).
0.0

Year:

1961

Magistrate of Dice

Magistrate of Dice

Based on the exploits of real-life historical character Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan, this exciting tale brings the “Demon Magistrate” as he is called to the aid of a beautiful young woman who asks to be abducted on the eve of her wedding so that she would not have to marry a country bumpkin. Instead she plans to go to Edo, where life can be cheap and common criminals run rampant. Can Magistrate Toyama, a gambler himself, see through the plot and keep her safe from harm. Don’t miss this spectacular showpiece of samurai era action led by superstar Kataoka Chiezo in one of his signature roles. When he bares his tattooed right shoulder, all hell breaks loose!
0.0

Year:

1961

Living by Karate

Living by Karate

Wada Kōji is a chivalrous young man who leads a group of youths that take on a yakuza boss.
6.0

Year:

1961

A Killer Without a Grave

A Killer Without a Grave

Nakata (Keiichiro Akagi) is a nihilistic young buck who is willing to do anything to get money in his pockets. As he knocks back a couple drinks that he knows he won't be able to afford, a former marksman-turned-bad, Ishioka approaches him. Ishioka is looking for an unaffiliated hit-man who is willing to handle some business. Nakata is just the right man for the job.
6.0

Year:

1961

Bara to ryū

Bara to ryū

1961 Japanese movie
0.0

Year:

1961

Hell's Juggler

Hell's Juggler

0.0

Year:

1961

Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut

Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut

The story of Sasaki Kojiro, a young swordsman, and his quest to train under master Seigen and develop his own style.
5.5

Year:

1961

Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow

Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow

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.
0.0

Year:

1960

Shippû kozô

Shippû kozô

0.0

Year:

1960

The Tokyo Mighty Guy

The Tokyo Mighty Guy

Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in the busy Ginza district. His culinary skills and dashing good looks bring in the women as well as unwanted trouble, while an explosive political scandal builds around his girlfriend’s business...
6.4

Year:

1960

The Gun Like Lightning

The Gun Like Lightning

Sadao, is saved from death at the hands of Goro, a killer belonging to a rival gang by Joji just released from prison who has resolved to turn over a new leaf. He has returned, however, because of Keiko, his sweetheart, who he now finds is engaged to Noboru, a detective and son of Jinsaku, boss of the Otsu gang. That night at the night club, headquarters of the Highlight Group - which Noboru is investigating, Majima meets Joji who knows of his attempt to kill Jinsaku, and resolves to kill him.
0.0

Year:

1960

The Second Bullet is Marked

The Second Bullet is Marked

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.
6.0

Year:

1960

Tatsumaki kozō

Tatsumaki kozō

Tommy, a tornado boy who arrived at Arima Onsen in search of his father, whom he separated from when he was young, meets a girl named Eiko after driving away a group of thugs causing trouble at a variety show venue. Additionally, a drifter named Nanajo, impressed by Tommy's skills, approaches him with a story about a smuggling ship sinking off the coast of Kobe...
0.0

Year:

1960

The Guitarist and the Rancher

The Guitarist and the Rancher

Rambler Shinji arrives in town armed with nothing but a guitar. With assistance from an old gun-for-hire friend, he sets about to stop the mob from turning an honest ranch into a gambling resort.
0.0

Year:

1960

青春蛮歌

青春蛮歌

0.0

Year:

1959

A Storm Zone

A Storm Zone

0.0

Year:

1959

The Rokumeikan

The Rokumeikan

TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.
0.0

Year:

1959

The Rokumeikan

The Rokumeikan

TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.
0.0

Year:

1959

Hell's Companion

Hell's Companion

0.0

Year:

1959

Hell's Companion

Hell's Companion

0.0

Year:

1959

Tokyo no Kodoku

Tokyo no Kodoku

A coming-of-age story about two newcomers to the world of professional baseball who compete for Rookie of the Year honors and love.
0.0

Year:

1959

Kamen no Onna

Kamen no Onna

A touching literary and artistic story about the sadness and pathos of a woman's love, crying in agony over her hidden past.
0.0

Year:

1959

Men in a Rough Town

Men in a Rough Town

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.
0.0

Year:

1959

Men in a Rough Town

Men in a Rough Town

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.
0.0

Year:

1959

Love Letter

Love Letter

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.
9.5

Year:

1959

Showdown in the Storm

Showdown in the Storm

A lively coming-of-age movie about the activities of Mr. Yu-chan, a teacher who helps the weak and discourages the wicked.
0.0

Year:

1958

Showdown in the Storm

Showdown in the Storm

A lively coming-of-age movie about the activities of Mr. Yu-chan, a teacher who helps the weak and discourages the wicked.
0.0

Year:

1958

Drunken Ghost

Drunken Ghost

A man meets the spirit of a murdered gangster after he spills alcohol over his grave.
0.0

Year:

1958

The Judo Champ

The Judo Champ

When Shinsuke returns to Kyushu from the Russo-Japanese War he finds his Judo school hall neglected and in decay. His Judo teacher has died and his brother, Ryota, and the teacher's only daughter, Akiko, are greatly disturbed by Zanba, who intends to use the school for teaching the Ryukyu art of Karate.
0.0

Year:

1958

Kodokan Under a Morning Moon

Kodokan Under a Morning Moon

The picture tells of a tremendous conflict between ju-jitsu, an aggressive art practiced by vicious hoodlums led by Takamatsu, and judo, which is used only for self-defense and championed by Sugawara. All of which, comes to a mighty match between Sugawara and Takamatsu. It's loaded with dynamite, so to speak, and lasts five minutes on the screen, Sugawara, wins. Takamatsu, a poor loser, and his four ju-jitsu hoodlum companions later ambush Sugawara in the woods. This turns out to be a mortal combat. You'd like to learn the outcome, wouldn't you?
0.0

Year:

1957

A Man in the Storm

A Man in the Storm

Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a karate expert.
0.0

Year:

1957

Cantankerous Edo

Cantankerous Edo

It's fighting fires and swordsmen with a touch of music in this free-for-all of action and excitement combining the talents of Japan's most popular couple... Misora Hibari and Okawa Hashizo. Along with the great Otomo Rytaro as Tatsugoro the fire chief, they keep Edo safe as part of the famed Megumi Fire Squad.
6.0

Year:

1957

神変美女桜

神変美女桜

0.0

Year:

1956

甲武信嶽傳奇

甲武信嶽傳奇

1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.
0.0

Year:

1956

Gale Winds! Tengu Karama

Gale Winds! Tengu Karama

The 40th and final "Tengu Kurama" feature starring Kanjuro Arashi.
0.0

Year:

1956

Rainy Night Duel

Rainy Night Duel

Masahiko Koseki, a judo master, gets in several fights as a result of protecting a young woman. Despite his success, Koseki is expelled from his judo school because of his propensity for street fighting. He goes to work for a gangster named Joji, but when he realizes that Joji is mixed up in the slave trade, Koseki helps the police in their attempts to foil Joji.
0.0

Year:

1956

Meigetsu sataro gasa

Meigetsu sataro gasa

Japanese film.
0.0

Year:

1955

Teru hi kumoru hi dainihen Part 01

Teru hi kumoru hi dainihen Part 01

First part - Edo at the end of the Edo period, when the wind and clouds were rising rapidly - The people gathered at Kiba late at night are Shinnojo Hosoki, a loyal loyalist to the king, who has organized a gang of thieves for the king and works behind the scenes.
0.0

Year:

1954

Unique Sword Technique for Revenge

Unique Sword Technique for Revenge

Comedy directed by Torajiro Saito about swordsmen in the era of feudal Japan.
0.0

Year:

1954

Yakuza bayashi

Yakuza bayashi

Makino Masahiro film starring Okada Mariko
0.0

Year:

1954

Madam of the first class and husband of the third class

Madam of the first class and husband of the third class

Domestic comedy produced by Shin Toho Studios directed by Komori Kiyoshi and starring Todoroki Yukiko and Ito Yunosuke.
0.0

Year:

1954

First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband

First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband

Natsuko Kayama, an authority in the beauty industry and once known as Miss Tokyo, is a first-class wife. Her husband, Senkichi, on the contrary, is a good-natured man and slow-witted. They are rarely seen together, and others often criticize them for being too boring and uninteresting.
0.0

Year:

1953

Escape Zone

Escape Zone

Shiro Yabe, a young gangster who boarded the second class on the Tokaido Line after finishing a dangerous smuggling transaction in Kobe, is next to a beautiful woman with a sad face.
0.0

Year:

1953

Koibito-tachi no iru machi

Koibito-tachi no iru machi

Mr. Baku, a sandwich man, was familiar to his neighbors because he was a natural friend of Ryotaro Yanaka. Yoshie, the sign girl of the coffee shop, is the lover of Douta Kuraishi, the manager of Cabaret Orion.
0.0

Year:

1953

Night in Hawaii

Night in Hawaii

5.0

Year:

1953

Jirocho Begins His Roving Life

Jirocho Begins His Roving Life

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.
0.0

Year:

1953

Jirocho Rises in Fame

Jirocho Rises in Fame

The rise of the famed gambler.
0.0

Year:

1952

Fighting Yasubei

Fighting Yasubei

Yasube Nakayama left the clan and lives in Edo. One day, Yasubei visits his uncle Rokuroemon Kanno to borrow money from a moneylender in the amount of 13 ryo in order to save Oteru, the daughter of a merchant. However, the next day, Rokuroemon was killed in a fight by the Murakami brothers. Yasubei rushed to the scene, took revenge and became the husband of Miya, the daughter of Horibe Yahei.
0.0

Year:

1952

Sasaki Kojiro

Sasaki Kojiro

Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as Sasaki Kojiro, who rises from humble beginnings to national fame, and a young Toshiro Mifune appears as the legendary master swordsman Miyamoto Musashi for the first time and essentially sets the standard for future portrayals.This masterpiece is based on the original story as written by noted author Murakami Genzo and is far superior to any other versions. Following Kojiro from his earliest days through his fateful meeting with Musashi, this movie is filled with exciting and dramatic moments culminating in the best version of the final duel ever seen on film.
5.0

Year:

1951

Zoku Sasaki Kojiro

Zoku Sasaki Kojiro

1951 Japanese movie
0.0

Year:

1951

Nightshade Flower

Nightshade Flower

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.
0.0

Year:

1951

Devil's Gold

Devil's Gold

1950 film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
0.0

Year:

1950