Seizō Fukumoto

Seizo Fukumoto was a Japanese actor, specialized in samurai movies. He often played the role of 'kirareyaku', the person who loses the sword fight and dies spectacularly: he is said to have acted out 50,000 on-screen deaths.

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Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)

The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Hiroko Yakushimaru  •  Hiroyuki Sanada  •  Sonny Chiba  •  Mari Natsuki

The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Hiroko Yakushimaru  •  Hiroyuki Sanada  •  Sonny Chiba  •  Mari Natsuki

The Last Samurai (2003)

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Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Zwick
CAST:  Tom Cruise  •  Ken Watanabe  •  William Atherton  •  Chad Lindberg

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Zwick
CAST:  Tom Cruise  •  Ken Watanabe  •  William Atherton  •  Chad Lindberg

The Street Fighter (1974)

Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigehiro Ozawa
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Goichi Yamada  •  Yutaka Nakajima  •  Tony Cetera

Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigehiro Ozawa
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Goichi Yamada  •  Yutaka Nakajima  •  Tony Cetera

Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals (2011)

Leading an expedition in Germany, Kougami unseals the resting place of one of the alchemists that created the Core Medals in an effort to retrieve a set of lost Medals. However, upon the seal being undone, millions of Cell Medals erupt into a tower while creating ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takayuki Shibasaki
CAST:  Shu Watanabe  •  Hiroaki Iwanaga  •  Sota Fukushi  •  Ryosuke Miura

Leading an expedition in Germany, Kougami unseals the resting place of one of the alchemists that created the Core Medals in an effort to retrieve a set of lost Medals. However, upon the seal being undone, millions of Cell Medals erupt into a tower while creating ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takayuki Shibasaki
CAST:  Shu Watanabe  •  Hiroaki Iwanaga  •  Sota Fukushi  •  Ryosuke Miura

The Magic Serpent (1966)

In ancient Japan, a good lord is killed and his throne is taken by the trecherous Yuki Daijo and his wizard friend Oroki-maru. The young prince Ikazuki-maru is rescued from the jaws of death by a magic bird sent by a wizard. Ten years later, Ikazuki-maru embarks on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Yamanouchi
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Tomoko Ogawa  •  Ryutaro Otomo  •  Bin Amatsu

In ancient Japan, a good lord is killed and his throne is taken by the trecherous Yuki Daijo and his wizard friend Oroki-maru. The young prince Ikazuki-maru is rescued from the jaws of death by a magic bird sent by a wizard. Ten years later, Ikazuki-maru embarks on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Yamanouchi
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Tomoko Ogawa  •  Ryutaro Otomo  •  Bin Amatsu

Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Kunie Tanaka  •  Eiko Nakamura

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Kunie Tanaka  •  Eiko Nakamura

OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders (2011)

Eiji and Ankh team up with Kotarou and Momotaros as they travel back in time to 1971 aboard the Den-Liner to stop three Mole Imagin. But Ankh’s desire to obtain Core Medals while in the past sets off a chain of events that alters the 40-year history of the Kamen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Kaneda
CAST:  Shu Watanabe  •  Dori Sakurada  •  Ryosuke Miura  •  Renn Kiriyama

Eiji and Ankh team up with Kotarou and Momotaros as they travel back in time to 1971 aboard the Den-Liner to stop three Mole Imagin. But Ankh’s desire to obtain Core Medals while in the past sets off a chain of events that alters the 40-year history of the Kamen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Kaneda
CAST:  Shu Watanabe  •  Dori Sakurada  •  Ryosuke Miura  •  Renn Kiriyama

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974)

Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honorable way out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Nobuo Kaneko  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama

Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honorable way out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Nobuo Kaneko  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama

Judge! (2014)

A major advertising festival is held each year to determine the best television commercial in the world. A rookie ad man at a big advertising company named Otan is selected as a judge on the festival jury. Meanwhile, a coworker also named Ota (although the Japanese ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Nagai
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Lily Franky  •  Kyoka Suzuki

A major advertising festival is held each year to determine the best television commercial in the world. A rookie ad man at a big advertising company named Otan is selected as a judge on the festival jury. Meanwhile, a coworker also named Ota (although the Japanese ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Nagai
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Lily Franky  •  Kyoka Suzuki

The Fort of Death (1969)

The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of farmers being driven to despair by the vile Lord Ozeki. The villainous lord has driven them to mounting their last stand at a deserted fort against an army of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiichi Kudo
CAST:  Kanjūrō Arashi  •  Minoru Ōki  •  Hideo Fujimoto  •  Seizō Fukumoto

The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of farmers being driven to despair by the vile Lord Ozeki. The villainous lord has driven them to mounting their last stand at a deserted fort against an army of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiichi Kudo
CAST:  Kanjūrō Arashi  •  Minoru Ōki  •  Hideo Fujimoto  •  Seizō Fukumoto

Miroku (2013)

Through philosophical and science themed imagination, Emile questions everything from his teenage years to adult life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaizo Hayashi
CAST:  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Kaho Tsuchimura  •  Masaru Shiga  •  Shirō Sano

Through philosophical and science themed imagination, Emile questions everything from his teenage years to adult life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaizo Hayashi
CAST:  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Kaho Tsuchimura  •  Masaru Shiga  •  Shirō Sano

Decapitation of an Evil Woman (1977)

An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history. During the early Meiji period a number of “Dokufu” (Poison Women) committed a significant number of murders. These crimes were most often committed by wives on their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Terumi Azuma  •  Yoshinobu Hirose  •  Takuzō Kawatani  •  Yukiko Tachibana

An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history. During the early Meiji period a number of “Dokufu” (Poison Women) committed a significant number of murders. These crimes were most often committed by wives on their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Terumi Azuma  •  Yoshinobu Hirose  •  Takuzō Kawatani  •  Yukiko Tachibana

Confessions of Lady Mantis (1975)

Midori Satsuki stars as a vamp who destroys one poor man’s life after another. Finally she seduces a professional killer, which brings a tiny bit of action into the comedy oriented film. Being a Toei production, Mantis Wife’s Confession looks like real movie rather ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Midori Satsuki  •  Shingo Yamashiro  •  Yuki Morisaki  •  Goro Naniwa

Midori Satsuki stars as a vamp who destroys one poor man’s life after another. Finally she seduces a professional killer, which brings a tiny bit of action into the comedy oriented film. Being a Toei production, Mantis Wife’s Confession looks like real movie rather ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Midori Satsuki  •  Shingo Yamashiro  •  Yuki Morisaki  •  Goro Naniwa

Yakuza Ladies (1986)

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While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her younger sister, marries a member of a rival band after being raped by him. The two sisters, united by blood ties but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Gosha
CAST:  Shima Iwashita  •  Rino Katase  •  Akiko Kana  •  Riki Takeuchi

While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her younger sister, marries a member of a rival band after being raped by him. The two sisters, united by blood ties but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Gosha
CAST:  Shima Iwashita  •  Rino Katase  •  Akiko Kana  •  Riki Takeuchi

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979)

Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a group of childhood friends, belonging to different yakuza families, are caught in the middle. Lies, deceit, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiichi Kudo
CAST:  Jinpachi Nezu  •  Mieko Harada  •  Ryudo Uzaki  •  Shigeru Matsuzaki

Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a group of childhood friends, belonging to different yakuza families, are caught in the middle. Lies, deceit, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiichi Kudo
CAST:  Jinpachi Nezu  •  Mieko Harada  •  Ryudo Uzaki  •  Shigeru Matsuzaki

Fireflies in the North (1984)

Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Gosha
CAST:  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Shima Iwashita  •  Koichi Sato  •  Ai Saotome

Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Gosha
CAST:  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Shima Iwashita  •  Koichi Sato  •  Ai Saotome

Another Battle (2000)

Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with a distaste for crime gangs. When a yakuza boss dies, a struggle for his position takes place between Kaneo's boss ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Tomoyasu Hotei  •  Show Aikawa  •  Ittoku Kishibe

Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with a distaste for crime gangs. When a yakuza boss dies, a struggle for his position takes place between Kaneo's boss ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Tomoyasu Hotei  •  Show Aikawa  •  Ittoku Kishibe

The Last Ronin (2010)

16 years after the fateful "revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin," involving samurais from the Ako domain who avenged their leader and then commited seppuku (ritual suicide), the sole survivor of that incident, Kichiemon Terasaka (Koichi Sato) traverses the country on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigemichi Sugita
CAST:  Jun Fubuki  •  Koji Yakusho  •  Nanami Sakuraba  •  Koji Yamamoto

16 years after the fateful "revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin," involving samurais from the Ako domain who avenged their leader and then commited seppuku (ritual suicide), the sole survivor of that incident, Kichiemon Terasaka (Koichi Sato) traverses the country on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigemichi Sugita
CAST:  Jun Fubuki  •  Koji Yakusho  •  Nanami Sakuraba  •  Koji Yamamoto

Memories Corner (2011)

Young French journalist Ada Servier arrives in Kobe to cover the memorial ceremonies of the big earthquake from 1995. Fifteen years after the disaster the city’s wounds have finally disappeared but the former victims continue to suffer. Among them is Kenji whose ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Audrey Fouché
CAST:  Déborah François  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  François Papineau

Young French journalist Ada Servier arrives in Kobe to cover the memorial ceremonies of the big earthquake from 1995. Fifteen years after the disaster the city’s wounds have finally disappeared but the former victims continue to suffer. Among them is Kenji whose ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Audrey Fouché
CAST:  Déborah François  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  François Papineau

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss (1976)

The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constantly bullied by the upper organization and “bleed in vain” in gang wars.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Takeo Chii  •  Takuya Fujioka  •  Seizō Fukumoto

The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constantly bullied by the upper organization and “bleed in vain” in gang wars.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Takeo Chii  •  Takuya Fujioka  •  Seizō Fukumoto
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