The rogue Ryuzen priest is now not only gambling, fornicating, fighting, drinking Read More »
Tag Archives: Kayo Matsuo
My Second Brother / Nianchan (1960) Shôhei Imamura, Hiroyuki Nagato, Kayo Matsuo, Takeshi Okimura
Being a faithful ‘company man’, Yoshikawa moves steadily ahead within the Toho corporation. Read More »
Internal Sleuth / Sakura no Daimon (1973) Kenji Misumi, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Michi Higashi
When 150 guns are lost from the Iwakuni base and two police officers Read More »
Trail of Blood / Mushukunin Mikogami no Jôkichi: Kiba wa hikisaita (1972) Kazuo Ikehiro, Yoshio Harada, Atsuo Nakamura, Kayo Matsuo
Can a sinful man change and find peace? It’s unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Read More »
Shogun Assassin (1980) Robert Houston, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Minoru Ôki, Action, Adventure
Long ago there was a great samurai warrior who served his Shogun honorably. The Shogun however grew paranoid as he became more and more senile. Read More »
Yûrei yashiki no kyôfu: Chi wo sû ningyô / Fear of the Ghost House: Bloodsucking Doll (1970) Michio Yamamoto, Kayo Matsuo, Akira Nakao, Atsuo Nakamura
Keiko (Kayo Matsuo) and her friend try to find her missing brother after he disappeared on a trip to visit his girlfriend Yuko (Yukiko Kobayashi). They don’t get very far as Yuko’s mother claims the brother ran away after finding out Yuko had been killed in a car wreck the week before his visit. But Keiko finds signs that she might be being lied to.
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