Known for Writing
Born
January 10, 1942 (age 84)
Filmography
21 films, 1 show


Wicked City
1987 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
A peace treaty between the Earth and the Black World, a parallel universe of demons, is coming to an end. Two cops, Taki, a human male, and Maki, a female demon, are assigned to protect a diplomat who will help secure another treaty. A radical group of demons from the Black World are out to assassinate the diplomat and prevent the treaty; only the bond that forms between the two cops can save the Earth from destruction.


Night Train
1987 · 2h 17m
country: Japan
A woman faces betrayal, which tests her love.


0計画を阻止せよ-総理大臣誘拐!!-
1979 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Samonji, a reporter, receives a message on his answering machine from his friend Takada that says "stop it... zero plan! February." Learning that Takada is dead, Samonji begins an investigation. He and his younger sister Fumiko investigate major events happening in February but cannot find anything relevant. Meanwhile, Kanzaki, a doctor who works at a clinic on a remote island, is working on a plan to extort two billion yen.


The Inugami Family
1976 · 2h 26m
country: Japan
When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pitting blood against blood.


Hangyaku no Tabi
1976 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
Hiroshi Kakurai is an assassin who was thinking of retiring. He travels to an island in the Seto Inland Sea and begins to live peacefully with Shinobu, a woman he has fallen in love with, but the intensity of his love for her begins to drive him towards destruction...


Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
1974 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.


Lady Snowblood
1973 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.


Rebellion Reward
1973 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
The film tells about drug trafficking from Vietnam to Tokyo and Okinawa. Tetsuya Watari plays a photographer who uses his camera as a blackmail weapon. He is on the trail of a narcotics smuggler (Mikio Narita) and his beautiful contact (Haruko Wanibuchi). Watari meets a former gangster (Yujiro Ishihara) who is seeking revenge against Narita, his former partner. Watari and Ishihara become allies and hijack the dope shipment. But Narita threatens the life of Haruko, who turns out to be Ishihara's sister, and demands the dope in return for the girl.


Rise and Fall of Chivalry
1970 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.


Brutal Tales of Chivalry 6
1969 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
This is the sixth film in the Brutal Tales of Chivalry series


Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms
1969 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
Beginning of the Showa era, Takasaki City in Joshu (Gunma Province). Gambler Inufushi Yoichi continues to lose at Takamasa's gambling house. The authoritative female gambler Ai gives him money and advises him to think seriously about his life. She has to leave Takamasa because of him. She travels to Tomioka for advice from Matsumiya Seiji, who previously helped her. However, the latter is killed due to a conflict with the Kaizu-gumi yakuza family, making his wife Tane a widow...


Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
1969 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Yakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino


Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor.


The Elder Sister
1969 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Follows the struggles of a yakuza wife after his husband gets hurt in a knife fight.


A Modern Yakuza: Humanity and Justice of the Outlaw
1969 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
Back after four years, Goro learns his younger brother's been thrown out of the gang and his girlfriend's married another man. It's payback time.


Blackmail Is My Life
1968 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Though he has come from a rough background on the streets, Muraki quickly rises through the ranks by means of his well-honed blackmailing instincts. Desperate to keep rolling with his freewheeling lifestyle, Muraki sees his luck begin to crumble when he sets his sights on the business partners of a powerful gang boss.


Captain Ultra: The Movie
1967 · 50m
country: Japan
In the latter half of the 21st century, Captain Ultra and the crew of his ship the Mighty Spiegel oppose the Vandel aliens. Re-edited from episodes 2 and 5 of the TV series and released theatrically as part of the Toei Manga Matsuri.


Glorious Fights
1966 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor. He fiercely battles violent elements in southern Japan like there is no tomorrow.