While testing the advance prototype of a revolutionary gas engine Read More »
Tag Archives: Makoto Satô
Rise Against the Sword AKA Abare Gôemon (1966) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Nobuko Otowa, Makoto Satô
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. Read More »
The Merciless Trap AKA Nasake muyo no wana (1961) Jun Fukuda, Makoto Satô, Ichirô Nakatani, Kumi Mizuno
Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict Read More »
Whirlwind AKA Shikonmado – Dai tatsumaki (1964) Hiroshi Inagaki, Yôsuke Natsuki, Makoto Satô, Yuriko Hoshi
After defeat at the Siege of Osaka several survivors attempt to deliver a young prince to safety. Read More »
Yakuza Wolf – I Perform Murder AKA Ôkami yakuza: Koroshi wa ore ga yaru (1972) Ryuichi Takamori, Shin’ichi Chiba, Kôji Nanbara, Makoto Satô
The son of a murder crime boss exacts his revenge by pitting two rival clans against each other. Read More »
Adventure in Kigan Castle AKA Kiganjô no bôken (1966) Senkichi Taniguchi, Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Mihashi, Makoto Satô
Liberated from a slave auction, Osami joins with priest Ensai on a quest to find and deliver relics of the Buddha to Osami’s brother Read More »
The Falcon Fighters AKA Rikugun hayabusa sentotai (1969) Mitsuo Murayama, Makoto Satô, Shiho Fujimura, Sei Hiraizumi
In the days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Kato Tateo of the Imperial Japanese Army-Air Corps Read More »
Warring Clans (1963) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûzô Kayama, Yuriko Hoshi, Makoto Satô
A lone masterless warrior with some new friends helps ship 300 rifles to a Japanese warlord during the sengoku period. Read More »
Retreat from Kiska (1965) Seiji Maruyama, Toshirô Mifune, Sô Yamamura, Makoto Satô
In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. Read More »
Living on the River Agano (1992) Makoto Satô
In 1964, a chemical factory in Niigata Prefecture dumped mercury into the Agano River Read More »
Blood for Blood (1971) Yasuharu Hasebe, Jô Shishido, Makoto Satô, Meiko Kaji
A uniformly excellent, no-no-nonsense, straightforward yakuza sage. Read More »
Exchange Students (1982) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Satomi Kobayashi, Toshinori Omi, Makoto Satô
9th-graders Kazuo (boy) and Kazumi (girl) take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Read More »
Blind Woman’s Curse (1970) Teruo Ishii, Meiko Kaji, Hoki Tokuda, Makoto Satô
Akemi and the man of her clan confront their opponents; Akemi delivers a sword thrust to kill the opponents’ leader Read More »
Rise and Fall of Yakuza (1970) Yasuo Furuhata, Kôji Tsuruta, Kyôsuke Machida, Makoto Satô
A reformed gangster helps a former yakuza member. Read More »
The Killing Machine (1975) Noribumi Suzuki, Shin’ichi Chiba, Yutaka Nakajima, Makoto Satô, Action, Drama
Sonny Chiba plays the character referred to as “Mr Soh”, who is based on the true life founder of Shorinji Kempo, Doshin So. Mr Soh has been acting as a secret agent in Manchuria during the Japanese occupation. Read More »