Young Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions Read More »
Tag Archives: Tetsurô Tanba
Goyokin (1969) Hideo Gosha, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurô Tanba, Yôko Tsukasa
Tatsuya Nakadai plays a samurai overcome with guilt over his unwitting part in a massacre of a small village. Read More »
Three Outlaw Samurai / Sanbiki no samurai (1964) Hideo Gosha
When poor peasants kidnap a magistrate’s daughter to coerce Read More »
Greed in Broad Daylight (1961) Kinji Fukasaku, Tetsurô Tanba, Naoko Kubo, Issac Saxson
After a successful robbery the culprits, from very different backgrounds, at once turn on each other. Read More »
Organised Violence Two / Zoku soshiki bôryoku (1967) Jun’ya Satô, Tetsurô Tanba, Fumio Watanabe, Hayato Tani
A superb proto-jitsuroku type yakuza film by Junya Sato. Fumio Watanabe (in probably his best role) Read More »
Abashiri Prison / Abashiri bangaichi (1965) Teruo Ishii, Ken Takakura, Kôji Nanbara, Tetsurô Tanba
Shinichi is a good guy serving three years and approaching the end of his time. Read More »
Gang vs. G-Men / Gyangu tai G-men (1962) Kinji Fukasaku, Kôji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Sakuma, Tetsurô Tanba
Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood. Read More »
Revenge / Adauchi (1964) Tadashi Imai, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Tetsurô Tanba, Yoshiko Mita
After killing a high-ranking officer in an illegal duel, a low-ranking samurai Read More »
Hunter in the Dark / Yami no karyudo (1979) Hideo Gosha, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurô Tanba, Yoshio Harada
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Read More »
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun / Gunki hatameku motoni (1972) Kinji Fukasaku, Tetsurô Tanba, Sachiko Hidari, Shinjirô Ebara
Twenty six years after the execution of her soldier husband on the dying days of World War II Read More »