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yakuza
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Takashi Nomura Takashi Nomura (野村孝) (February 18, 1927 – May 5, 2015) was a Japanese film director for studios including Nikkatsu. The Criterion Collection described him as a "prominent, stylistically daring director".
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Hideki Takahashi
is a Japanese actor. Born in Kisarazu, Chiba near Tokyo, he attended Ichikawa Gakuen and later Nihon University.
Career
Takahashi made his debut with Nikkatsu and acted in youth-oriented films. Takahashi made film debut with ''Kōgenji'' directe ...
as Kikukawa Masayoshi
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Masako Izumi as Sawada Kaoru
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Mikio Narita
was a Japanese actor. He was most famous for playing villains.
He often worked with Kinji Fukasaku.
Narita graduated from Haiyuza Theatre Company acting school and joined Daiei Film. His career as a screen actor started in 1963. His film debut ...
as Mine Eikichi
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Tatsuya Fuji
is a Japanese actor. He was born in Beijing and raised in Yokohama. In 1962, Fuji joined Nikkatsu Company and began his acting career with small roles in Nikkatsu film. In 1968, Fuji married actress Izumi Ashikawa. He gained popularity throu ...
as Nakai Seiji
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Eiji Gō
was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1960 to 1982.
Career
Following his older brother, Jo Shishido, Gō joined the Nikkatsu studio in 1960 and made his film debut in '' The Warped Ones''. He often played villains on ...
as Sada
* Miyoko Akaza as Oshin
* Hei Enoki as Otsuka
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Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
is a Japanese actor.
Biography
Tsuyuguchi was born in Tokyo and raised in Ehime.Nihon Eiga Jinmei Jiten 2 190-191 He attended Ehime University, but withdrew before completing his degree and joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1955. His c ...
as Ushio Keizō
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Yoshi Katō
was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 175 films between 1949 and 1988. He won the award for Best Actor at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in '' Hometown''. He married the actress Isuzu Yamada in 1950, but ...
as Ushio Kōnosuke
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Toru Abe
was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1944 to 1985.
Selected filmography
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1993 deaths
Japanese male film actors
20th-century Japanese male ...
as Tokuzawa Hideo
References
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Nikkatsu films
Yakuza films
Japanese crime films
1970s Japanese-language films
1970s Japanese films
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