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Tag Archives: Yumiko Nogawa
Gray Sunset AKA Hana ichimonme (1985) Shunya Itô, Yukiyo Toake, Minoru Chiaki, Teruhiko Saigô, Yumiko Nogawa
Gray Sunset is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Shunya Ito. It was Japan’s submission Read More »
Female Ninja Magic AKA Kunoichi ninpo (1964) Sadao Nakajima, Mari Yoshimura, Yumiko Nogawa, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
In Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position. Read More »
Cat Girl Gambler: Murder Incorporated AKA Toba no mesu neko: sutemi no shôbu (1966) Hiroshi Noguchi, Yumiko Nogawa, Eiji Gô, Jô Shishido
After stopping a pickpocket on his job, Yukiko gets drawn into a high-stakes game of the Yakuza clans in her father’s home town. Read More »
Cat Girls Gamblers AKA Toba no mesu neko (1965) Hiroshi Noguchi, Yumiko Nogawa, Hideaki Nitani, Ichirô Sugai
After seeing her father being murdered over a game of dice, Yukiko decides to take revenge. Read More »
Cat Girls Gamblers: Naked Flesh Paid Into the Pot AKA Toba no mesu neko: Suhada no tsubo furi (1965) Hiroshi Noguchi, Yumiko Nogawa, Hideaki Nitani, Tatsuya Fuji
Yukiko has taken up residence as a masseuse with some thiveing on the side Read More »
Okinawa: The Ten-Year War (1978) Akinori Matsuo, Hiroki Matsukata, Shin’ichi Chiba, Yumiko Nogawa
It’s the tale of Iba Choyu and Iba Choichi and their adopted brother Tomoyuki who grow up to be yakuza on the Okinawa Read More »
A Certain Killer (1967) Kazuo Mori, Raizô Ichikawa, Mikio Narita, Yumiko Nogawa
The main character is a man from the WW2 generation who has lost his dreams in post-war Japan.
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Carmen from Kawachi (1966) Seijun Suzuki, Yumiko Nogawa, Kôji Wada, Tamio Kawaji, Comedy, Drama
Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming a fashion model. Read More »
Hokuriku dairi sensô / Hokuriku Proxy War (1977) Kinji Fukasaku, Hiroki Matsukata, Yumiko Nogawa, Mikio Narita, Action, Crime, Drama
In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history Read More »
Shunpu den / Story of a Prostitute (1965) Seijun Suzuki, Tamio Kawachi, Yumiko Nogawa, Isao Tamagawa, Drama, War
In WW2 Manchuria, a prostitute grows to resent an abusive adjutant and falls in love with his aide.
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