Yoshihiko Tabata

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Fighting Elegy (1966)

Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seijun Suzuki
CAST:  Hideki Takahashi  •  Yūsuke Kawazu  •  Takeshi Katō  •  Isao Tamagawa

Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seijun Suzuki
CAST:  Hideki Takahashi  •  Yūsuke Kawazu  •  Takeshi Katō  •  Isao Tamagawa

Story of a Prostitute (1965)

Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate. Seijun Suzuki's Story of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seijun Suzuki
CAST:  Yumiko Nogawa  •  Tamio Kawachi  •  Hiroshi Chō  •  Isao Tamagawa

Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate. Seijun Suzuki's Story of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seijun Suzuki
CAST:  Yumiko Nogawa  •  Tamio Kawachi  •  Hiroshi Chō  •  Isao Tamagawa

Attacked!! (1978)

A policewoman is attacked, handcuffed and raped while on night patrol. Rather than report the incident, she determines to find and punish the rapist herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuharu Hasebe
CAST:  Asami Ogawa  •  Yōko Azusa  •  Shigeru Ichiki  •  Kai Ato

A policewoman is attacked, handcuffed and raped while on night patrol. Rather than report the incident, she determines to find and punish the rapist herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuharu Hasebe
CAST:  Asami Ogawa  •  Yōko Azusa  •  Shigeru Ichiki  •  Kai Ato

Nomugi Pass (1979)

The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya which lies just beyond the Nomugi Pass. The women and girls worked in a hot, humid atmosphere without rest, and endured ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satsuo Yamamoto
CAST:  Shinobu Otake  •  Mieko Harada  •  Chikako Yuri  •  Yuko Kotegawa

The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya which lies just beyond the Nomugi Pass. The women and girls worked in a hot, humid atmosphere without rest, and endured ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satsuo Yamamoto
CAST:  Shinobu Otake  •  Mieko Harada  •  Chikako Yuri  •  Yuko Kotegawa

Burning Desire (1972)

Oshichi (Setsuko Ogawa), the daughter of a green grocer, is only seventeen years old but is known as one of the most beautiful girls in Edo. She is betrothed to Sakubei (Tatsuya Hamaguchi) but does not love him. One day, the whole city is flooded by one of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōyū Ohara
CAST:  Setsuko Ogawa  •  Ryuji Mori  •  Keiko Maki  •  Hiroshi Chō

Oshichi (Setsuko Ogawa), the daughter of a green grocer, is only seventeen years old but is known as one of the most beautiful girls in Edo. She is betrothed to Sakubei (Tatsuya Hamaguchi) but does not love him. One day, the whole city is flooded by one of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōyū Ohara
CAST:  Setsuko Ogawa  •  Ryuji Mori  •  Keiko Maki  •  Hiroshi Chō

Skin of Roses (1978)

Ritsuko is a popular madame of a nightclub but, ever since her gangster husband got caught and imprisoned, her life has taken a turn for the worst. Now, in order to pay off his debts to a yakuza loan shark, Lady Ritsuko is forced to engage in private sex shows for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhiko Fujii
CAST:  Naomi Tani  •  Akira Takahashi  •  Ako  •  Minoru Ôkôchi

Ritsuko is a popular madame of a nightclub but, ever since her gangster husband got caught and imprisoned, her life has taken a turn for the worst. Now, in order to pay off his debts to a yakuza loan shark, Lady Ritsuko is forced to engage in private sex shows for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhiko Fujii
CAST:  Naomi Tani  •  Akira Takahashi  •  Ako  •  Minoru Ôkôchi

Cruel Gun Story (1964)

Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takumi Furukawa
CAST:  Jō Shishido  •  Chieko Matsubara  •  Tamio Kawachi  •  Yuji Odaka

Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takumi Furukawa
CAST:  Jō Shishido  •  Chieko Matsubara  •  Tamio Kawachi  •  Yuji Odaka

Rape! 13th Hour (1977)

A serial rapist takes on a young protégé to his craft as he is pursued by a homosexual gang seeking vengeance for an attack on their leader.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuharu Hasebe
CAST:  Yuri Yamashina  •  Yudai Ishiyama  •  Sueto Tsukada  •  Akira Takahashi

A serial rapist takes on a young protégé to his craft as he is pursued by a homosexual gang seeking vengeance for an attack on their leader.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuharu Hasebe
CAST:  Yuri Yamashina  •  Yudai Ishiyama  •  Sueto Tsukada  •  Akira Takahashi

The Naked Seven (1972)

Scantily clad female warriors battle thieves to save a small village. Director Yasuharu Hasebe crossed the Seven Samurai legends of Shichinin No Samurai with his own popular Naraneko Rokku series and dressed it up with some of the most popular softcore pinup queens ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuharu Hasebe
CAST:  Genshū Hanayagi  •  Mari Tanaka  •  Keiko Tsuzuki  •  Yuri Yamashina

Scantily clad female warriors battle thieves to save a small village. Director Yasuharu Hasebe crossed the Seven Samurai legends of Shichinin No Samurai with his own popular Naraneko Rokku series and dressed it up with some of the most popular softcore pinup queens ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuharu Hasebe
CAST:  Genshū Hanayagi  •  Mari Tanaka  •  Keiko Tsuzuki  •  Yuri Yamashina

Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland (1973)

A group of burglars in black tights breaks into a church to commit robbery and commits outrages upon the pastor's young daughter. After some time, Detective Harada and his squad rush/came back to the church they robbed earlier. In the duty station, the police chief ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiro Sawada
CAST:  Takeo Chii  •  Yuri Yamashina  •  Maki Kawamura  •  Akira Takahashi

A group of burglars in black tights breaks into a church to commit robbery and commits outrages upon the pastor's young daughter. After some time, Detective Harada and his squad rush/came back to the church they robbed earlier. In the duty station, the police chief ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiro Sawada
CAST:  Takeo Chii  •  Yuri Yamashina  •  Maki Kawamura  •  Akira Takahashi

Assault! Jack the Ripper (1976)

Two restaurant employees begin a sexual killing spree after they accidentally kill a hitch hiker and find that murder and mutilation is their mutual aphrodisiac.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuharu Hasebe
CAST:  Tamaki Katsura  •  Yutaka Hayashi  •  Yuri Yamashina  •  Natsuko Yashiro

Two restaurant employees begin a sexual killing spree after they accidentally kill a hitch hiker and find that murder and mutilation is their mutual aphrodisiac.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuharu Hasebe
CAST:  Tamaki Katsura  •  Yutaka Hayashi  •  Yuri Yamashina  •  Natsuko Yashiro

Blind Woman's Curse (1970)

Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat along with the eye-victim go on to pursue Akemi’s gang in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Meiko Kaji  •  Hoki Tokuda  •  Makoto Satō  •  Hideo Sunazuka

Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat along with the eye-victim go on to pursue Akemi’s gang in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Meiko Kaji  •  Hoki Tokuda  •  Makoto Satō  •  Hideo Sunazuka

A Colt Is My Passport (1967)

A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Nomura
CAST:  Jō Shishido  •  Chitose Kobayashi  •  Jerry Fujio  •  Zenji Yamada

A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Nomura
CAST:  Jō Shishido  •  Chitose Kobayashi  •  Jerry Fujio  •  Zenji Yamada

The Rambler in the Sunset (1960)

The young rambler, Shinji Taki, with his guitar arrives a hot spa town at the foot of Mount Aizu Bandai. Of course he solves the problems in the town while encountering the sinister rival, Masa "the pistol guy".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buichi Saitō
CAST:  Akira Kobayashi  •  Ruriko Asaoka  •  Jō Shishido  •  Hiroshi Kondō

The young rambler, Shinji Taki, with his guitar arrives a hot spa town at the foot of Mount Aizu Bandai. Of course he solves the problems in the town while encountering the sinister rival, Masa "the pistol guy".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buichi Saitō
CAST:  Akira Kobayashi  •  Ruriko Asaoka  •  Jō Shishido  •  Hiroshi Kondō

Love Eternal (1966)

A deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an executive member of a drug trafficking syndicate, Kano is pretty high up in the food chain, but "status" bears no value to him. All he cares for is Ayako, the boss' mistress. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buichi Saitō
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Ruriko Asaoka  •  Chieko Matsubara  •  Nobuo Kaneko

A deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an executive member of a drug trafficking syndicate, Kano is pretty high up in the food chain, but "status" bears no value to him. All he cares for is Ayako, the boss' mistress. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buichi Saitō
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Ruriko Asaoka  •  Chieko Matsubara  •  Nobuo Kaneko

Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 (1968)

Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his condolences to Yumeko and to reunite with Yukiko (Chieko Matsubara), but finds that Yumeko is fatally ill. Although Yukiko was taking care of her, she is pressed for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Ozawa
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Chieko Matsubara  •  Izumi Ashikawa  •  Eimei Esumi

Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his condolences to Yumeko and to reunite with Yukiko (Chieko Matsubara), but finds that Yumeko is fatally ill. Although Yukiko was taking care of her, she is pressed for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Ozawa
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Chieko Matsubara  •  Izumi Ashikawa  •  Eimei Esumi

Outlaw: Goro the Assassin (1968)

On a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of Meishin-Kai. The deed costs them time in prison, but Goro had no shred of regret. When Goro is released 2 years later, Masahiko is dying in prison hospital and entrusts his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Ozawa
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Chieko Matsubara  •  Chitose Kobayashi  •  Shōki Fukae

On a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of Meishin-Kai. The deed costs them time in prison, but Goro had no shred of regret. When Goro is released 2 years later, Masahiko is dying in prison hospital and entrusts his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Ozawa
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Chieko Matsubara  •  Chitose Kobayashi  •  Shōki Fukae

Outlaw: Black Dagger (1968)

A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the middle of action. Through a knife fight against Sueo, a high profile gangster from Busou-kai, Goro notices a familiar face approaching him from amidst the chaos - his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Ozawa
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Chieko Matsubara  •  Tamio Kawachi  •  Sanae Kitabayashi

A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the middle of action. Through a knife fight against Sueo, a high profile gangster from Busou-kai, Goro notices a familiar face approaching him from amidst the chaos - his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Ozawa
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Chieko Matsubara  •  Tamio Kawachi  •  Sanae Kitabayashi

Outlaw: Kill! (1969)

Goro has always been a lone wolf. When he arrives at an industrial city in Keihin, there is certain restlessness in the air. The Iriezaki family and the Kanto Touyu-kai were in the midst of a territorial dispute. Goro was quick to notice, but had no intent to take ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Ozawa
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Chieko Matsubara  •  Eiji Gō  •  Kenji Imai

Goro has always been a lone wolf. When he arrives at an industrial city in Keihin, there is certain restlessness in the air. The Iriezaki family and the Kanto Touyu-kai were in the midst of a territorial dispute. Goro was quick to notice, but had no intent to take ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Ozawa
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Chieko Matsubara  •  Eiji Gō  •  Kenji Imai

Step on the Gas! (1970)

Yūji, fresh out of prison on parole, meets a stranger named Nao that asks for his assistance...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiya Fujita
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Yoshio Harada  •  Meiko Kaji  •  Mikio Narita

Yūji, fresh out of prison on parole, meets a stranger named Nao that asks for his assistance...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiya Fujita
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Yoshio Harada  •  Meiko Kaji  •  Mikio Narita
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