In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Read More »
Tag Archives: Ruriko Asaoka
Tora-san’s Forget Me Not AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro wasurenagusa (1973) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Ruriko Asaoka
Tora visits his family after a year. After a misunderstanding he gets upset and leaves to end up in the countryside. Read More »
The Eagle and the Hawk AKA Washi to taka (1957) Umetsugu Inoue, Yûjirô Ishihara, Rentarô Mikuni, Ruriko Asaoka
In this murder mystery musical, trouble comes in pairs on a cargo ship Read More »
Velvet Hustler (1967) Toshio Masuda, Tetsuya Watari, Ruriko Asaoka, Jô Shishido
A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. Read More »
Red Handkerchief (1964) Toshio Masuda, Yûjirô Ishihara, Ruriko Asaoka, Hideaki Nitani
A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. Read More »
Asiapol Secret Service (1966) Akinori Matsuo, Hideaki Nitani, Jô Shishido, Ruriko Asaoka
Jimmy Wang Yu stars in his first major modern-day role, in the same year he revolutionized martial arts cinema in One-Armed Swordsman. Read More »
A Story Written with Water (1965) Yoshishige Yoshida, Mariko Okada, Ruriko Asaoka, Isao Yamagata
Shizuo discovers a mysterious letter about his fiancé Yumiko, which prompts him to explore his sexual psychology and memories. Read More »
The Boy Who Came Back (1958) Seijun Suzuki, Sachiko Hidari, Akira Kobayashi, Ruriko Asaoka, Drama
Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past. Read More »