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Tag Archives: Tai Katô
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu’s Return AKA Hibotan bakuto: Oryû sanjô (1970) Tai Katô, Sumiko Fuji, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kanjûrô Arashi
Oryu searches for a blind girl she left behind but gets involved in a Yakuza turf war. Read More »
Cruel Story of the Shogunate’s Downfall AKA Bakumatsu zankoku monogatari (1964) Tai Katô, Sumiko Fuji, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Isao Kimura
A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but as his determination impresses Read More »
Sword of Fury AKA Miyamoto Musashi (1973) Tai Katô, Jirô Tamiya, Keiko Matsuzaka, Mitsuko Baishô
In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war Read More »
Tokijiro of Kutsukake AKA Kutsukake Tokijiro – yukyo ippiki (1966) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Junko Ikeuchi
Tokijiro has the unfortunate duty according to the code of the gamblers to join in the fighting when afforded a night’s stay and meals at the home of a town boss. Read More »
The Wind, Woman and Road (1958) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Rentarô Mikuni, Satomi Oka
A chance meeting between two traveling gamblers leads to a case of mistaken identity Read More »
Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man (1964) Tai Katô, Ryôhei Uchida, Jûshirô Konoe, Hiroko Sakuramachi
Richshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha, and throws her into the river. Read More »
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You (1971) Tai Katô, Junko Fuji, Kôji Tsuruta, Katsutoshi Akiyama
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. Read More »
Blood of Revenge (1965) Tai Katô, Kôji Tsuruta, Junko Fuji, Tetsurô Tanba
Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running Read More »
Otokonokao wa rirekisho / By a Man’s Face Shall You Know Him (1966) Tai Katô, Noboru Andô, Kanjûrô Arashi, Torahiko Hamada, Action, Crime
Mabuta no haha / The Mother He Never Knew (1962) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Hiroki Matsukata, Michiyo Kogure, Drama, Action
Flame Of Blood / Hono-o no Gotoku (1981) Tai Katô, Bunta Sugawara, Mitsuko Baishô, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Drama, Action
The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course 🙂 but instead of a modern yakuza/gangster, he’s a gambler/bakuto). After he kills someone and gets wound, is saved by a blind woman (Mitsuko Baishô), who took care of him.
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Sanada fûunroku / Sasuke and His Comedians (1963) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Misako Watanabe, Wataru Ômae, Comedy, Fantasy, History
Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan children are wandering through the battlefield scavenging for armour when they encounter a young boy named Sasuke with magical powers he says came from a meteor that crashed onto the Earth…Outrageous but emotionally affective, the film represents the youth culture whose causes it proclaims, taking the historical facts of the Osaka siege and the long-standing legend of the Sanada clan…
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Minagoroshi no reika / I, the Executioner (1968) Tai Katô, Chieko Baishô, Yuki Kawamura, Sanae Nakahara, Drama
Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer’s machinations and a young man who committed suicide after five women raped him.
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