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Tag Archives: Yûjirô Ishihara
The Champion AKA Shôri-sha (1957) Umetsugu Inoue, Yûjirô Ishihara, Keiji Itami, Mie Kitahara
Intersecting circles of obligation link a former boxer, the youth he vows to make a champion Read More »
The Ambush: Incident at Blood Pass AKA Machibuse (1970) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Yûjirô Ishihara, Ruriko Asaoka
In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Read More »
I Am Waiting AKA Ore wa matteru ze (1957) Koreyoshi Kurahara, Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Isamu Kosugi
Jôji is a boxer barred from the ring; Saeko is a singer whose voice is gone. Read More »
The Eagle and the Hawk AKA Washi to taka (1957) Umetsugu Inoue, Yûjirô Ishihara, Rentarô Mikuni, Ruriko Asaoka
In this murder mystery musical, trouble comes in pairs on a cargo ship Read More »
Crazed Fruit (1956) Kô Nakahira, Yûjirô Ishihara, Masahiko Tsugawa, Mie Kitahara
Bored rich kids. Natsuhisa, 20, constantly teases his brother Haruji, 16, about girls. Read More »
Red Handkerchief (1964) Toshio Masuda, Yûjirô Ishihara, Ruriko Asaoka, Hideaki Nitani
A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. Read More »
Kurobe no taiyo / The Sands of Kurobe (1968) Kei Kumai, Toshirô Mifune, Yûjirô Ishihara, Osamu Takizawa, Drama
Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. Read More »
Sabita naifu / Rusty Knife (1958) Toshio Masuda, Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Shôji Yasui, Action, Crime, Film-Noir
Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughing, self-confident thug. Read More »
Taiheiyô hitoribocchi / Alone Across the Pacific (1963) Kon Ichikawa, Yûjirô Ishihara, Masayuki Mori, Kinuyo Tanaka, Adventure
Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his careful planning many unforeseen events will test his determination.
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