Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. Read More »
Tag Archives: Nobuo Kaneko
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass (1961) Seijun Suzuki, Kôji Wada, Mayumi Shimizu, Nobuo Kaneko
A carnivalesque tale of a young student who hooks up with a down-at-heels traveling circus troupe. Read More »
Big Time Gambling Boss (1968) Kôsaku Yamashita, Sumiko Fuji, Nobuo Kaneko, Shin’ichirô Mikami
The oyabun (yakuza capo) of the clan controlling gambling in the Tokyo district dies suddenly Read More »
The Pledge AKA Bakuchi-uchi Gaiden (1972) Kôsaku Yamashita, Gorô Ibuki, Nobuo Kaneko, Takuzô Kawatani
When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke’s successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins. Read More »
Voice Without a Shadow AKA Kagenaki koe (1958) Seijun Suzuki, Yôko Minamida, Hideaki Nitani, Nobuo Kaneko
Ishikawa, a newspaper journalist, unexpectedly meets Asako, a woman who used to work for his company some time ago as a phone operator. Read More »
Intimidation AKA Aru kyôhaku (1960) Koreyoshi Kurahara, Kô Nishimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Mari Shiraki
A bank manager is blackmailed into robbing his own bank. Read More »
Cruel Ghost Legend (1968) Kazuo Hase, Masumi Harukawa, Nobuo Kaneko, Saeda Kawaguchi
A Samurai kills a Blind Man who tells him to “Repay his debts.” Read More »
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps (1967) Kazuo Ikehiro, Raizô Ichikawa, Nobuo Kaneko, Toshio Kimura, Action, Drama
The Son of the Black Mass returns in this ninth installment in Daiei’s longstanding Nemuri Kyoshiro series. Read More »