Akira Jo

Blackmail Is My Life (1968)

Though he has come from a rough background on the streets, Muraki quickly rises through the ranks by means of his well-honed blackmailing instincts. Desperate to keep rolling with his freewheeling lifestyle, Muraki sees his luck begin to crumble when he sets his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Tomomi Satô  •  Akira Jo  •  Hideo Murota

Though he has come from a rough background on the streets, Muraki quickly rises through the ranks by means of his well-honed blackmailing instincts. Desperate to keep rolling with his freewheeling lifestyle, Muraki sees his luck begin to crumble when he sets his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Tomomi Satô  •  Akira Jo  •  Hideo Murota

Black Rose Mansion (1969)

A feverishly perverse 1969 film noir oddity starring female impersonator Akihiro Maruyama. When wealthy Kyohei hires singer "Black Rose" to perform in his exclusive men's club, he gets more than he bargains for when she attracts scores of homicidal past lovers. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Kikko Matsuoka  •  Kō Nishimura  •  Akihiro Miwa  •  Eitarō Ozawa

A feverishly perverse 1969 film noir oddity starring female impersonator Akihiro Maruyama. When wealthy Kyohei hires singer "Black Rose" to perform in his exclusive men's club, he gets more than he bargains for when she attracts scores of homicidal past lovers. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Kikko Matsuoka  •  Kō Nishimura  •  Akihiro Miwa  •  Eitarō Ozawa

Savage Wolf Pack (1969)

A professional hunter, Tetsuya, returns from Alaska to find that his hometown had become a lawless slum. He is shocked to learn that his younger sister had committed suicide after being raped by unknown men. One day, he rescues a girl from being attacked by some ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuharu Hasebe
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Tatsuya Fuji  •  Tamio Kawachi  •  Isao Bitō

A professional hunter, Tetsuya, returns from Alaska to find that his hometown had become a lawless slum. He is shocked to learn that his younger sister had committed suicide after being raped by unknown men. One day, he rescues a girl from being attacked by some ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuharu Hasebe
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Tatsuya Fuji  •  Tamio Kawachi  •  Isao Bitō