Takeshi Yamato

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Tokyo Raiders (2000)

When a private eye, a jilted bride and a mysterious stranger join forces to track down an elusive mobster, there's more than trouble in the air.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jingle Ma Choh-Sing
CAST:  Tony Leung Chiu-wai  •  Kelly Chen  •  Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin  •  Cecilia Cheung

When a private eye, a jilted bride and a mysterious stranger join forces to track down an elusive mobster, there's more than trouble in the air.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jingle Ma Choh-Sing
CAST:  Tony Leung Chiu-wai  •  Kelly Chen  •  Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin  •  Cecilia Cheung

Knockout (1989)

A Japanese boxer stages a dramatic and dangerous comeback after suffering brain damage in the ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Hidekazu Akai  •  Haruko Sagara  •  Akaji Maro  •  Yoshio Harada

A Japanese boxer stages a dramatic and dangerous comeback after suffering brain damage in the ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Hidekazu Akai  •  Haruko Sagara  •  Akaji Maro  •  Yoshio Harada

Tokarev (1994)

A school bus driver's life is irrevocably altered when his young son is kidnapped and murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Takeshi Yamato  •  Yumi Nishiyama  •  Koichi Sato  •  Masakazu Serizawa

A school bus driver's life is irrevocably altered when his young son is kidnapped and murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Takeshi Yamato  •  Yumi Nishiyama  •  Koichi Sato  •  Masakazu Serizawa

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

Legend of the Devil (1996)

A gang of evil ninjas has stolen the sacred sword of the Lady Mayu and are demanding that her family exchange her for the family treasure. The world's greatest swordsman, Shuranosuke Sakaki, is called in to get the sword back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaru Tsushima
CAST:  Masaki Kyomoto  •  Takeshi Yamato  •  Kenji Takano  •  Kyôko Togawa

A gang of evil ninjas has stolen the sacred sword of the Lady Mayu and are demanding that her family exchange her for the family treasure. The world's greatest swordsman, Shuranosuke Sakaki, is called in to get the sword back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaru Tsushima
CAST:  Masaki Kyomoto  •  Takeshi Yamato  •  Kenji Takano  •  Kyôko Togawa

XX: Beautiful Beast (1995)

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A hit-woman goes after the Japanese mafia with a mad-on after her sister is killed. Beautiful, seductive Ran (Kaori Shimamura) harbors a secret: By night, she's the deadly assassin known as the Black Orchid. Her newest assignment started as an ordinary hit, but now ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiharu Ikeda
CAST:  Kaori Shimamura  •  Hakuryu  •  Takanori Higuchi  •  Dan Li

A hit-woman goes after the Japanese mafia with a mad-on after her sister is killed. Beautiful, seductive Ran (Kaori Shimamura) harbors a secret: By night, she's the deadly assassin known as the Black Orchid. Her newest assignment started as an ordinary hit, but now ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiharu Ikeda
CAST:  Kaori Shimamura  •  Hakuryu  •  Takanori Higuchi  •  Dan Li

Black Angel 2 (1999)

Mayo, the Black Angel, is ordered to assassinate a powerful syndicate leader. The hit goes awry, however, as the crime boss' bodyguard steps in the way. It's none other than Yamambe, who once rescued Mayo from a rape and has lived in her heart since then.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Ishii
CAST:  Yuki Amami  •  Takeshi Yamato  •  Reiko Kataoka  •  Ito Yozaburo

Mayo, the Black Angel, is ordered to assassinate a powerful syndicate leader. The hit goes awry, however, as the crime boss' bodyguard steps in the way. It's none other than Yamambe, who once rescued Mayo from a rape and has lived in her heart since then.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Ishii
CAST:  Yuki Amami  •  Takeshi Yamato  •  Reiko Kataoka  •  Ito Yozaburo

Bodyguard Kiba: Combat Apocalypse 2 (1995)

When a young karate student attempts to earn some extra cash by serving as bodyguard to a high-profile Hong Kong woman, the initial distraction of her beauty soon gives way to razor sharp focus as a series of attackers descend upon the pair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Masaaki Asato  •  Hisao Maki  •  Megumi Sakita  •  Takeshi Yamato

When a young karate student attempts to earn some extra cash by serving as bodyguard to a high-profile Hong Kong woman, the initial distraction of her beauty soon gives way to razor sharp focus as a series of attackers descend upon the pair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Masaaki Asato  •  Hisao Maki  •  Megumi Sakita  •  Takeshi Yamato

Gun Crazy: Episode 1: A Woman from Nowhere (2002)

A mysterious stranger comes into a lawless town run by a kingpin and starts shooting up the place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Muroga
CAST:  Shingo Tsurumi  •  Takeshi Yamato  •  Shun Sugata  •  Takashi Ukaji

A mysterious stranger comes into a lawless town run by a kingpin and starts shooting up the place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Muroga
CAST:  Shingo Tsurumi  •  Takeshi Yamato  •  Shun Sugata  •  Takashi Ukaji

Bodyguard Kiba (1993)

Naoto Kiba takes on the task of protecting thug Junpei who embezzled 500 million yen from Okinawa's largest gangster gangs, Soryu-kai.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Daisuke Nagakura  •  Ren Osugi  •  Hisao Maki  •  Masaru Matsuda

Naoto Kiba takes on the task of protecting thug Junpei who embezzled 500 million yen from Okinawa's largest gangster gangs, Soryu-kai.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Daisuke Nagakura  •  Ren Osugi  •  Hisao Maki  •  Masaru Matsuda

Jusei: Last Drop of Blood (2003)

After serving a jail sentence, a former leading yakuza (Takaaki Ishibashi) has gone straight. He has married and is now holding a regular job. However, he is continually harrassed by a police inspector who cannot forgive his past. Meanwhile a major gang war erupts. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasushi Akimoto
CAST:  Takaaki Ishibashi  •  Reiko Takashima  •  Tamao Sato  •  Yutaka Matsushige

After serving a jail sentence, a former leading yakuza (Takaaki Ishibashi) has gone straight. He has married and is now holding a regular job. However, he is continually harrassed by a police inspector who cannot forgive his past. Meanwhile a major gang war erupts. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasushi Akimoto
CAST:  Takaaki Ishibashi  •  Reiko Takashima  •  Tamao Sato  •  Yutaka Matsushige

Tekken (1990)

A directionless young man, recently released from prison, tries to make a new start in life as a boxer...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Takeshi Yamato  •  Bunta Sugawara  •  Karen Kirishima  •  Yoshio Harada

A directionless young man, recently released from prison, tries to make a new start in life as a boxer...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Takeshi Yamato  •  Bunta Sugawara  •  Karen Kirishima  •  Yoshio Harada

Bodyguard Kiba: Apocalypse of Carnage (1994)

Kiba is a bodyguard who works to raise money for his master's karate dojo. He gets the assignment to guard a young woman in Taipei...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Noriko Arai  •  Ryo Narushima  •  Takeshi Yamato  •  Takanori Higuchi

Kiba is a bodyguard who works to raise money for his master's karate dojo. He gets the assignment to guard a young woman in Taipei...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Noriko Arai  •  Ryo Narushima  •  Takeshi Yamato  •  Takanori Higuchi

Mary's Game (1996)

An assignment is issued to a lady sniper to destroy the mafia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichirō Yoshida
CAST:  Makiko Kuno  •  Takeshi Yamato  •  Taisaku Akino  •  Sakae Emezu

An assignment is issued to a lady sniper to destroy the mafia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichirō Yoshida
CAST:  Makiko Kuno  •  Takeshi Yamato  •  Taisaku Akino  •  Sakae Emezu

Space Ship Remnant 6 (1996)

In the year 2046, overpopulation and exhaustion of resources has forced humanity to travel into space. A colony is established on Mars. This film is about what happens when one cargo ship traveling between Mars and Earth collides with an asteroid.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kunitoshi Manda
CAST:  Takeshi Yamato  •  Shoko Tamura  •  Shirô Namiki  •  Takamasa Ariyoshi

In the year 2046, overpopulation and exhaustion of resources has forced humanity to travel into space. A colony is established on Mars. This film is about what happens when one cargo ship traveling between Mars and Earth collides with an asteroid.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kunitoshi Manda
CAST:  Takeshi Yamato  •  Shoko Tamura  •  Shirô Namiki  •  Takamasa Ariyoshi

The Wicked Reporter 3: The One That Got Away (1996)

A couple years have passed, Matsuzaki is divorced and has a daughter and is still up to his old compulsive gambling, boozing and womanizing even as he stares middle age in the face. At his daughter's school he meets a teacher who's similarily obsessed with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rokurō Mochizuki
CAST:  Kim Soo-jin  •  Juro Kara  •  Eiji Okuda  •  Noriko Hayami

A couple years have passed, Matsuzaki is divorced and has a daughter and is still up to his old compulsive gambling, boozing and womanizing even as he stares middle age in the face. At his daughter's school he meets a teacher who's similarily obsessed with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rokurō Mochizuki
CAST:  Kim Soo-jin  •  Juro Kara  •  Eiji Okuda  •  Noriko Hayami

Ooinaru kan bonno (1998)

Based on the comic by Hiroshi Motomiya  (more)

DIRECTION:  Banmei Takahashi
CAST:  Koji Matoba  •  Show Aikawa  •  Yoko Minamino  •  Nene Otsuka

Based on the comic by Hiroshi Motomiya  (more)

DIRECTION:  Banmei Takahashi
CAST:  Koji Matoba  •  Show Aikawa  •  Yoko Minamino  •  Nene Otsuka

Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura (2003)

In this gritty Yakuza drama about the struggles between the Kanto Yakuza forces and Tohoku forces, a newcomer of the Kishimori Group takes on the dangerous task of launching a new office in rival territory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigeru Ishihara
CAST:  Susumu Terajima  •  Koujiro Shimizu  •  Tamotsu Ishibashi  •  Kenichi Sakuragi

In this gritty Yakuza drama about the struggles between the Kanto Yakuza forces and Tohoku forces, a newcomer of the Kishimori Group takes on the dangerous task of launching a new office in rival territory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigeru Ishihara
CAST:  Susumu Terajima  •  Koujiro Shimizu  •  Tamotsu Ishibashi  •  Kenichi Sakuragi

Lady Yakuza (2007)

Based on the bestselling memoir - Yakuza Moon - by Shoko Tendo. The author stars as herself in the film adaptation of her tumultuous life as the daughter of a Yakuza boss, chronicling her many battles with drug addiction and domestic abuse. Directed by Hiroyuki Tsuji.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Tsuji
CAST:  Shoko Tendo  •  Maho Miyata  •  Naoya Makoto  •  Masaru Matsuda

Based on the bestselling memoir - Yakuza Moon - by Shoko Tendo. The author stars as herself in the film adaptation of her tumultuous life as the daughter of a Yakuza boss, chronicling her many battles with drug addiction and domestic abuse. Directed by Hiroyuki Tsuji.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Tsuji
CAST:  Shoko Tendo  •  Maho Miyata  •  Naoya Makoto  •  Masaru Matsuda

Danger de mort (1999)

The story of a young man and woman who set out to revenge the death of her mother. The lovers enter a mysterious world where space and time are twisted, where love is more dangerous than death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiho Fukuoka
CAST:  Ken Kaneko  •  Yukiko Okamoto  •  Kumi Nakamura  •  Show Aikawa

The story of a young man and woman who set out to revenge the death of her mother. The lovers enter a mysterious world where space and time are twisted, where love is more dangerous than death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiho Fukuoka
CAST:  Ken Kaneko  •  Yukiko Okamoto  •  Kumi Nakamura  •  Show Aikawa
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