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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Shimane Prison Riot (1975)

Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisoners of Shimane Prison to the biggest riot in jail history. A fighter by heart, he sees a way out of any situation, but will he survive this, the gutsiest assault ever ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Kinya Kitaoji  •  Gorō Ibuki  •  Tamio Kawachi

Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisoners of Shimane Prison to the biggest riot in jail history. A fighter by heart, he sees a way out of any situation, but will he survive this, the gutsiest assault ever ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Kinya Kitaoji  •  Gorō Ibuki  •  Tamio Kawachi

Gambling Den Heist (1975)

After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Kinya Kitaoji  •  Hideo Murota  •  Tōru Abe  •  Bin Amatsu

After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Kinya Kitaoji  •  Hideo Murota  •  Tōru Abe  •  Bin Amatsu

Jeans Blues: No Future (1974)

Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn't hers. Meanwhile, Jiro Katagiri is up to no good with his gangster friends and ends up making off with all their ill-gotten gains, much to their disapproval. The two misfits end up meeting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Meiko Kaji  •  Ryôhei Uchida  •  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Takuzō Kawatani

Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn't hers. Meanwhile, Jiro Katagiri is up to no good with his gangster friends and ends up making off with all their ill-gotten gains, much to their disapproval. The two misfits end up meeting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Meiko Kaji  •  Ryôhei Uchida  •  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Takuzō Kawatani

Turtle Geisha (1972)

Natsuko is so good at using that super-strong vagina of hers that she can fuck guys to death. In the end, she’s pitted against a sexual superman and a showdown ensues. There’s also a subplot about a mad scientist type who needs vaginal juices to create a potion ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Miki Sugimoto  •  Emi Jo  •  Miwako Onaya  •  Masumi Jun

Natsuko is so good at using that super-strong vagina of hers that she can fuck guys to death. In the end, she’s pitted against a sexual superman and a showdown ensues. There’s also a subplot about a mad scientist type who needs vaginal juices to create a potion ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Miki Sugimoto  •  Emi Jo  •  Miwako Onaya  •  Masumi Jun

Lustful Shogun and His 21 Mistresses (1972)

Depressing

The Tokugawa new Shogun is not interested in women. A nobleman with the help of a lady thief replaces the Shogun with a double, while he learns about love. But the double finds pleasure not only in women, but in his new status.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Shin'ichirô Hayashi  •  Reiko Ike  •  Miki Sugimoto  •  Yayoi Watanabe

The Tokugawa new Shogun is not interested in women. A nobleman with the help of a lady thief replaces the Shogun with a double, while he learns about love. But the double finds pleasure not only in women, but in his new status.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Shin'ichirô Hayashi  •  Reiko Ike  •  Miki Sugimoto  •  Yayoi Watanabe

Killer's Mission (1969)

Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the hostile Shogun Satsuma. On his mission he meets a cowardly Ronin who becomes his assistant, as well as a female spy and a female warrior...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigehiro Ozawa
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Yumiko Nogawa  •  Bin Amatsu  •  Jūkei Fujioka

Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the hostile Shogun Satsuma. On his mission he meets a cowardly Ronin who becomes his assistant, as well as a female spy and a female warrior...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigehiro Ozawa
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Yumiko Nogawa  •  Bin Amatsu  •  Jūkei Fujioka

Oxen Split Torturing (1976)

Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1 - During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as his personal slave to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Yūsuke Kazato  •  Rena Uchimura  •  Akira Shioji  •  Masataka Iwao

Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1 - During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as his personal slave to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Yūsuke Kazato  •  Rena Uchimura  •  Akira Shioji  •  Masataka Iwao

Eleven Samurai (1967)

The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. After an investigation, the Oshi clan is blamed for what happened and sentenced to be disbanded. Eleven of the best samurai of the clan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiichi Kudo
CAST:  Junko Miyazono  •  Kôji Nanbara  •  Kō Nishimura  •  Keiko Okawa

The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. After an investigation, the Oshi clan is blamed for what happened and sentenced to be disbanded. Eleven of the best samurai of the clan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiichi Kudo
CAST:  Junko Miyazono  •  Kôji Nanbara  •  Kō Nishimura  •  Keiko Okawa

Blood of Revenge (1965)

Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running, tame his late oyabun’s hot-blooded son and suffer the throes of his impossible love for beautiful geisha Hatsue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tai Katō
CAST:  Koji Tsuruta  •  Sumiko Fuji  •  Minoru Ōki  •  Masahiko Tsugawa

Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running, tame his late oyabun’s hot-blooded son and suffer the throes of his impossible love for beautiful geisha Hatsue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tai Katō
CAST:  Koji Tsuruta  •  Sumiko Fuji  •  Minoru Ōki  •  Masahiko Tsugawa

Kidnapping Blues (1982)

A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man does not intend to be a kidnapper – he asks the girl to phone her mother and tell her she's with him. During their trip ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinpei Asai
CAST:  Yumiko Fujita  •  Jūzō Itami  •  Mai Yamato  •  Takuzō Kawatani

A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man does not intend to be a kidnapper – he asks the girl to phone her mother and tell her she's with him. During their trip ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinpei Asai
CAST:  Yumiko Fujita  •  Jūzō Itami  •  Mai Yamato  •  Takuzō Kawatani

Sure Death! 3 (1986)

Third movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. Chasing the killer of a lawman, a group of assassins fall foul of a group of blackmarket financiers who dispatch their own hitmen to dispose of them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiichi Kudo
CAST:  Makoto Fujita  •  Izumi Ayukawa  •  Kin Sugai  •  Hiroaki Murakami

Third movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. Chasing the killer of a lawman, a group of assassins fall foul of a group of blackmarket financiers who dispatch their own hitmen to dispose of them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiichi Kudo
CAST:  Makoto Fujita  •  Izumi Ayukawa  •  Kin Sugai  •  Hiroaki Murakami

Crane (1988)

Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju and says she will become his wife...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kon Ichikawa
CAST:  Sayuri Yoshinaga  •  Hideki Noda  •  Takuzō Kawatani  •  Kirin Kiki

Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju and says she will become his wife...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kon Ichikawa
CAST:  Sayuri Yoshinaga  •  Hideki Noda  •  Takuzō Kawatani  •  Kirin Kiki

Maji! (1991)

Based on the comic book by Ayumi Tachihara.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuyoshi Yoshikawa
CAST:  Noriyuki Higashiyama  •  Hijiri Kojima  •  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Takuzō Kawatani

Based on the comic book by Ayumi Tachihara.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuyoshi Yoshikawa
CAST:  Noriyuki Higashiyama  •  Hijiri Kojima  •  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Takuzō Kawatani

Momotarō Zamurai III (1994)

Momotaro carries this sword into battle against injustice in shogunate Japan. Aided by ninja he must now wage a furious battle against the terrible “Ran” clan, villains in league with Ohara Ukon, a bitter samurai nursing a grudge against the shogunate. Together the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ikuo Sekimoto
CAST:  Hideki Takahashi  •  Yoshie Ichige  •  Koasa Shunpūtei  •  Takuzō Kawatani

Momotaro carries this sword into battle against injustice in shogunate Japan. Aided by ninja he must now wage a furious battle against the terrible “Ran” clan, villains in league with Ohara Ukon, a bitter samurai nursing a grudge against the shogunate. Together the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ikuo Sekimoto
CAST:  Hideki Takahashi  •  Yoshie Ichige  •  Koasa Shunpūtei  •  Takuzō Kawatani

The Third Gangster (1995)

A small yakuza gang is taken to war by a more powerful rival after a violent bar brawl involving members of both gangs. Young boss, Masaki, must decide whether to disband his dwindling gang or fight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Kiyoshi Nakajo  •  Takuzō Kawatani  •  Yoshiyuki Omori  •  Yoshitaka Tanba

A small yakuza gang is taken to war by a more powerful rival after a violent bar brawl involving members of both gangs. Young boss, Masaki, must decide whether to disband his dwindling gang or fight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Kiyoshi Nakajo  •  Takuzō Kawatani  •  Yoshiyuki Omori  •  Yoshitaka Tanba

Heiji, the Detective (1967)

Famous for his coin tossing when capturing criminals, an Edo detective, Heiji, launches an investigation into the mysterious murder of his friend Seigoro.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Yamanouchi
CAST:  Hashizo Okawa  •  Kumi Mizuno  •  Kinuko Obata  •  Shirō Ōtsuji

Famous for his coin tossing when capturing criminals, an Edo detective, Heiji, launches an investigation into the mysterious murder of his friend Seigoro.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Yamanouchi
CAST:  Hashizo Okawa  •  Kumi Mizuno  •  Kinuko Obata  •  Shirō Ōtsuji

Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder (1968)

The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as Shinkai is asked by a man on the run to bring his young son to live with his grandfather, the master of a ju-jitsu dojo during the Taisho period of the early 20th ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Harada
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Bunta Sugawara  •  Asao Koike  •  Eitarō Ozawa

The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as Shinkai is asked by a man on the run to bring his young son to live with his grandfather, the master of a ju-jitsu dojo during the Taisho period of the early 20th ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Harada
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Bunta Sugawara  •  Asao Koike  •  Eitarō Ozawa

Code Between Brothers 5 (1967)

Saburo Kitajima, one of Japan’s most famous Enka singers, returns in the fifth of the Kyodai Jingi series. During the early 20th century, Ryuji from Asakusa, a wandering yakuza, joins the Narumi Family in Yokohama. However, when he confronts Shiotaro, the head of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōsaku Yamashita
CAST:  Saburo Kitajima  •  Kyōsuke Machida  •  Naoko Kubo  •  Yukiko Ninomiya

Saburo Kitajima, one of Japan’s most famous Enka singers, returns in the fifth of the Kyodai Jingi series. During the early 20th century, Ryuji from Asakusa, a wandering yakuza, joins the Narumi Family in Yokohama. However, when he confronts Shiotaro, the head of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōsaku Yamashita
CAST:  Saburo Kitajima  •  Kyōsuke Machida  •  Naoko Kubo  •  Yukiko Ninomiya

Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage (1969)

Shinkai comes to the aid of a coastal village being held hostage by a group of political revolutionaries.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Harada
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Minoru Ōki  •  Hiroko Sakuramachi  •  Miko Mayama

Shinkai comes to the aid of a coastal village being held hostage by a group of political revolutionaries.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Harada
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Minoru Ōki  •  Hiroko Sakuramachi  •  Miko Mayama

Yakuza on Foot (1969)

An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug trafficking. When she goes to China to make a deal, things get botched pretty badly. Shimamura must travel to save her and recoup his employers’ losses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junya Satō
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Bunta Sugawara  •  Nijiko Kiyokawa  •  Keiko Yumi

An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug trafficking. When she goes to China to make a deal, things get botched pretty badly. Shimamura must travel to save her and recoup his employers’ losses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junya Satō
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Bunta Sugawara  •  Nijiko Kiyokawa  •  Keiko Yumi
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