Takuzō Kawatani

Takuzo Kawatani was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 56 films between 1967 and 1995. He was most famous for playing villains.

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Jō Shishido  •  Nobuo Yana  •  Nobuo Kaneko

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Jō Shishido  •  Nobuo Yana  •  Nobuo Kaneko

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)

As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Akira Kobayashi  •  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Toshio Kurosawa

As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Akira Kobayashi  •  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Toshio Kurosawa

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)

Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful underboss of the Muraoka family, Noboru Uchimoto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Akira Kobayashi  •  Takeshi Katō  •  Shingo Yamashiro

Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful underboss of the Muraoka family, Noboru Uchimoto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Akira Kobayashi  •  Takeshi Katō  •  Shingo Yamashiro

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Bunta Sugawara  •  Meiko Kaji  •  Tatsuo Endō

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Bunta Sugawara  •  Meiko Kaji  •  Tatsuo Endō

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)

The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kō Nishimura  •  Asao Uchida  •  Meiko Kaji

The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kō Nishimura  •  Asao Uchida  •  Meiko Kaji

Yakuza Law (1969)

A story of yakuza lynching during the Edo, Meiji, and Showa periods.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Teruo Yoshida  •  Bunta Sugawara  •  Masumi Tachibana  •  Minoru Ōki

A story of yakuza lynching during the Edo, Meiji, and Showa periods.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Teruo Yoshida  •  Bunta Sugawara  •  Masumi Tachibana  •  Minoru Ōki

Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You (1971)

The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red Peony began her soul-searching journey after her father was killed. In her travels, she meets villagers whose crops and livelihoods are being destroyed by pollution ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tai Katō
CAST:  Sumiko Fuji  •  Koji Tsuruta  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Kanjūrō Arashi

The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red Peony began her soul-searching journey after her father was killed. In her travels, she meets villagers whose crops and livelihoods are being destroyed by pollution ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tai Katō
CAST:  Sumiko Fuji  •  Koji Tsuruta  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Kanjūrō Arashi

Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return (1970)

Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes place in the Tokyo Theater.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tai Katō
CAST:  Tōru Abe  •  Sumiko Fuji  •  Bin Amatsu  •  Kanjūrō Arashi

Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes place in the Tokyo Theater.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tai Katō
CAST:  Tōru Abe  •  Sumiko Fuji  •  Bin Amatsu  •  Kanjūrō Arashi

Truck Rascals VII: Close Encounters of the First Star (1978)

Hoping to romance an alien, Momojiro meets beautiful animal trainer Eriko instead. Then he and Jonathan get drawn into her old friend's fraud.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kin'ya Aikawa  •  Masumi Harukawa  •  Mieko Harada

Hoping to romance an alien, Momojiro meets beautiful animal trainer Eriko instead. Then he and Jonathan get drawn into her old friend's fraud.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kin'ya Aikawa  •  Masumi Harukawa  •  Mieko Harada

The Silk Hat Boss 2 (1970)

The Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Masumi Tachibana  •  Gorō Ibuki  •  Sumiko Fuji

The Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Masumi Tachibana  •  Gorō Ibuki  •  Sumiko Fuji

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang (1972)

The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When their leader dies and the successor disappears, Tsuruji, a beautiful yet tough geisha, becomes the boss. But will she be able to confront a yakuza gang trying to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Makino
CAST:  Sumiko Fuji  •  Koji Tsuruta  •  Ken Takakura  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama

The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When their leader dies and the successor disappears, Tsuruji, a beautiful yet tough geisha, becomes the boss. But will she be able to confront a yakuza gang trying to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Makino
CAST:  Sumiko Fuji  •  Koji Tsuruta  •  Ken Takakura  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers (1974)

With a Kansai syndicate vying for Tokyo, one man reunites with his roguish half-brother in the midst of negotiations, when all hell breaks loose.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Akira Kobayashi  •  Noboru Andō  •  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Fumio Watanabe

With a Kansai syndicate vying for Tokyo, one man reunites with his roguish half-brother in the midst of negotiations, when all hell breaks loose.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Akira Kobayashi  •  Noboru Andō  •  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Fumio Watanabe

Silk Hat Boss (1970)

In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series starring Wakayama Tomisaburo as everybody's favorite character Boss Kumatora from the Red Peony Gambler series. Having ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Yuri Yamashina  •  Sumiko Fuji  •  Masumi Harukawa

In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series starring Wakayama Tomisaburo as everybody's favorite character Boss Kumatora from the Red Peony Gambler series. Having ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Yuri Yamashina  •  Sumiko Fuji  •  Masumi Harukawa

The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers (1973)

Upon his release from prison, Masa (Bunta Sugawara) is disappointed to not be picked up by his brother Katsu (Tamio Kawaji). After hitching a ride on a bus full of old women, Masa finds out that Katsu tried to fake a car accident and get some money for Masa to live ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Katsumasa Uchida  •  Tamio Kawachi  •  Tsunehiko Watase

Upon his release from prison, Masa (Bunta Sugawara) is disappointed to not be picked up by his brother Katsu (Tamio Kawaji). After hitching a ride on a bus full of old women, Masa finds out that Katsu tried to fake a car accident and get some money for Masa to live ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Katsumasa Uchida  •  Tamio Kawachi  •  Tsunehiko Watase

Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty (1972)

The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an ally family and promised her that she would help guide the new Boss. Meanwhile a turf war breaks out. When the family is betrayed from within and the rival family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buichi Saitō
CAST:  Daisuke Awaji  •  Sumiko Fuji  •  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Akira Hirasawa

The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an ally family and promised her that she would help guide the new Boss. Meanwhile a turf war breaks out. When the family is betrayed from within and the rival family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buichi Saitō
CAST:  Daisuke Awaji  •  Sumiko Fuji  •  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Akira Hirasawa

Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room (1969)

Junko Fuji returns as Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey after the death of her father. After collecting her sickly follower from jail, she is taken in by a fishing village. Feeling indebed to their generosity, she stays to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōsaku Yamashita
CAST:  Bin Amatsu  •  Hiroshi Arikawa  •  Daisuke Awaji  •  Kyōsuke Machida

Junko Fuji returns as Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey after the death of her father. After collecting her sickly follower from jail, she is taken in by a fishing village. Feeling indebed to their generosity, she stays to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōsaku Yamashita
CAST:  Bin Amatsu  •  Hiroshi Arikawa  •  Daisuke Awaji  •  Kyōsuke Machida

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation (1968)

A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at his residence. When a rival yakuza gang, who wants to take over the town's businesses, murders him, Oryu is obliged to protect his children and business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bin Amatsu  •  Junpei Arishima  •  Daisuke Awaji  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama

A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at his residence. When a rival yakuza gang, who wants to take over the town's businesses, murders him, Oryu is obliged to protect his children and business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bin Amatsu  •  Junpei Arishima  •  Daisuke Awaji  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama

Truck Rascals III: Homesick Ichibanboshi (1976)

Momojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kin'ya Aikawa  •  Masumi Harukawa  •  Tatsuo Umemiya

Momojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kin'ya Aikawa  •  Masumi Harukawa  •  Tatsuo Umemiya

Operation Plazma in Osaka (1976)

Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Akira Kobayashi

Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Akira Kobayashi

Aesthetics of a Bullet (1973)

A small time crook, who sells rabbits for a living frequently gets him into trouble with loan sharks and the yakuza. He dreams of becoming a successful big-shot and embarks the life of a yakuza hitman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Miki Sugimoto  •  Mitsuru Mori  •  Ichiro Araki  •  Jun Midorikawa

A small time crook, who sells rabbits for a living frequently gets him into trouble with loan sharks and the yakuza. He dreams of becoming a successful big-shot and embarks the life of a yakuza hitman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Miki Sugimoto  •  Mitsuru Mori  •  Ichiro Araki  •  Jun Midorikawa
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