Kurotokage (1962, aka Black Lizard) has its origins in a 1934 detective novel Read More »
Tag Archives: Minoru Ôki
Stakeout AKA Harikomi (1958) Yoshitarô Nomura, Minoru Ôki, Takahiro Tamura, Seiji Miyaguchi
Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching Read More »
I Will Buy You AKA Anata kaimasu (1956) Masaki Kobayashi, Keiji Sada, Keiko Kishi, Minoru Ôki
Kobayashi’s pitiless take on Japan’s professional baseball industry is unlike any other sports film ever made. Read More »
The Japanese Yakuza AKA Nihon kyôkaku-den (1964) Masahiro Makino, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ken Takakura, Minoru Ôki
A timber merchant and haulage firm in late 19th century Tokyo is in trouble. Read More »
The Chivalrous Life AKA Kyokotsu ichidai (1967) Masahiro Makino, Ken Takakura, Sumiko Fuji, Minoru Ôki
This is yet another ninkyô yakuza film that seems to be (unconsciously?) trying to deal Read More »
Gokuaku bôzu: nenbutsu hitokiri tabi AKA Wicked Priest 3 (1969) Takashi Harada, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Minoru Ôki, Bunta Sugawara
Shinkai comes to the aid of a coastal village being held hostage by a group of political revolutionaries. 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 »