Masataka Iwao
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.929 |
| Birthday | 1942-12-20 |
| Place of Birth | Wakayama Prefecture, Japan |
| Also Known As |
1976
Oxen Split Torturing
6/26
Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1 - During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young Christi...
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Oxen Split Torturing
1992
A Legend of Turmoil
7.5/2
A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza family....
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A Legend of Turmoil
1977
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
8.75/2
An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association.
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Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1976
Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist
5.7/17
Kiku Nakakawa, the only daughter of an old kimono shop owner in Kyoto, is enthusiastic about karate. To help her friend Michi avenge her brother, she...
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Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist
1982
Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell
0/0
The second in Norio Nanjo’s “Secret” series. The former secret phantom Sanzo (Hiroki Matsukata) and Yume no Gosuke (Ashiya Gannosuke), who escaped aft...
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Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell
2000
Another Battle
6/2
Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with...
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Another Battle
1991
Carlos
6/2
V-cinema classic about a wanted Brazilian Japanese gangster who flees to Tokyo and fights yakuza.
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Carlos
1983
Ryuji
6.7/7
Ryuji tries quitting the yakuza to actively support his wife and daughter; as he's used to easy money, it's a difficult transition.
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Ryuji
1977
Japan's Don
7.5/2
A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.
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Japan's Don
1982
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
6.3/20
Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. H...
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Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1981
Roaring Fire
6.333/12
On his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji’s real parents died tragically in a plane crash. Shortly...
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Roaring Fire
1975
Virgin Breaker Yuki
6/3
Based on a manga by Kosuke Miki and Tadashi Matsumori, this film follows the adventures of Yuki, who works in a Kyoto red-light district house of ill...
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Virgin Breaker Yuki
1973
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
6.2/6
Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more interested in cheating the government out of money than refo...
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Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
1980
映画村殺人事件
10/1
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映画村殺人事件
1974
Yakuza vs. Gang Leader
5/4
Gokudo Shimamura comes to blows with the Delinquent Boss who rolls into town with his motorcycle gang.
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Yakuza vs. Gang Leader
1975
Story of a Nymphomaniac
4.3/3
Natsu, the older of two sisters, has a relationship with Yonosuke, the local kimono trader. Unlike her more conservative sister Oshichi she tries to u...
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Story of a Nymphomaniac
1966
Rub Out the Past
6/1
A lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation.
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Rub Out the Past
1973
The Kyoto Connection
4.5/15
Christina, on arriving in Japan, acquaints a Japanese man at the airport who looks like a sap. He takes her to his apartment where he brutally rapes h...
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The Kyoto Connection
1985
The Second Is a Christian
5/1
The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different men - one the happy-go-lucky yakuza gangster, Haruhi...
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The Second Is a Christian
1965
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
0/0
The continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang.
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1977
Hokuriku Proxy War
6.8/8
In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasak...
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Hokuriku Proxy War
1974
Third Generation Boss
0/0
Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan's largest criminal clan.
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Third Generation Boss
1983
The Duel in the forbidden territory
0/0
The wandering swordsman, Ino Heihachiro, defeats Ichima, the youngest of the famed swordsmanship trio, the Nikis, but sustains an injury. In the mount...
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The Duel in the forbidden territory
1997
A Story of Modern Chivalry
5.5/1
A hard-boiled man who lived in the world of the Yakuza, leaves everything behind in search of revenge for his great friend.
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A Story of Modern Chivalry
1986
Yakuza Ladies
5.6/10
While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her younger...
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Yakuza Ladies
1963
The Coin Thrower Zenigata
0/0
The film tells about a young detective Zenigata Heiji who successfully solves a disgusting and unusual case involving the manufacture of counterfeit m...
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The Coin Thrower Zenigata
1975
Gambling Den Heist
6.7/3
After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor.
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Gambling Den Heist
1963
The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy
6/2
Yagyu Jubei must protect the Yagyu scroll that holds the secret of the infamous assassination plotted by the Tokugawa government 30 years ago.
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The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy
1981
The Blazing Valiant
5/1
Jo has just come back to Japan for the funeral of his parents, who were killed in tribal warfare in Africa where the family had been living throughout...
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The Blazing Valiant
1988
Labyrinth Romanesque
5.3/3
A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel.
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Labyrinth Romanesque
1977
The General and His Empire of Joy
4.5/3
Zenjiro (Masaru Shiga) is a lowlife criminal, roaming the country with his merry band of crooks, gamblers and rapists. When he gets done with his late...
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The General and His Empire of Joy
1982
The Dropout
6/2
Detective Seiji Otaki is determined to find the psychopathic killer of a young woman who was ostensibly a student but in reality a high-priced prostit...
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The Dropout
1974
Father of the Kamikaze
0/0
Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solutio...
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Father of the Kamikaze
1976
A Savage Beast Goes Mad
6.3/6
Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. His company then learns that he has kept secret that he is visually impaired, and he is fi...
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A Savage Beast Goes Mad
1976
Yakuza Graveyard
6.458/24
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own...
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Yakuza Graveyard
1975
Cops vs. Thugs
6.2/23
When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the ac...
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Cops vs. Thugs
1977
Doberman Cop
6.64/25
Joji Kano is a loose cannon cop from backwoods Okinawa, sent to Tokyo to investigate the grizzly murder of an Okinawa woman. As he probes deeper into...
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Doberman Cop
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
7.4/108
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
7.4/61
Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1966
The Magic Serpent
6.2/6
In ancient Japan, a good lord is killed and his throne is taken by the trecherous Yuki Daijo and his wizard friend Oroki-maru. The young prince Ikazuk...
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The Magic Serpent
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
7.2/46
Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new frien...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
6.9/38
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new di...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1987
Sure Death 4
6.6/8
Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by a group of masked thugs who are soon attacked in t...
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Sure Death 4
1975
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
6.9/12
The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The nex...
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1976
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
6.4/8
The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constan...
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1981
Samurai Reincarnation
5.9/31
After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Sata...
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Samurai Reincarnation
1964
The Great Duel
7.4/17
A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th c...
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The Great Duel
1977
Decapitation of an Evil Woman
6.2/4
An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history. During the early Meiji period a number of “Dokufu” (Po...
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Decapitation of an Evil Woman
1978
Winter's Flower
6.2/4
Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself...
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Winter's Flower
1965
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
7.3/11
The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters maki...
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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1976
The Yakuza Code Still Lives
7/1
After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new life as a labor racketeer.
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The Yakuza Code Still Lives
1977
Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds
4.2/30
A Japanese geologist discovers that dinosaurs still exist in caves beneath the surface of a volcanic lake.
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Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds
1963
Duel of Blood and Sand
7/3
Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the clan and sets off on a journey that leads him into...
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Duel of Blood and Sand
1979
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
7/1
Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a gro...
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Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1972
The Pledge
5/5
When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins.
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The Pledge
1967
Eleven Samurai
7.5/23
The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. After an investigation, t...
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Eleven Samurai
1991
Yakuza Ladies Revisited
0/0
The wife of a yakuza lieutenant tries to keep the peace when the clan's heir suddenly dies and a succession conflict threatens to break out.
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Yakuza Ladies Revisited
1974
Return of the Street Fighter
5.927/75
Martial artist Takuma Tsurugi returns to take on a Yakuza family that may be embezzling money from charities to finance their own operations. Both the...
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Return of the Street Fighter
1999
The Accomplice
5.5/2
This hard-boiled action starring Naoto Takenaka is directed by popular manga artist Kazuhiro Kiuchi. 8 years ago Brazilian mafioso Carlos had brought...
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The Accomplice
1981
Gate of Youth
6/2
The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner. Ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-tee...
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Gate of Youth
1976
The Most Perverted Post War Crimes
5.7/3
Reconstruction, in the form of episodes, of the most bizarre crimes that occurred in Japan after World War II.
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The Most Perverted Post War Crimes
1975
Company Buggers
7/1
Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their directors for financial gain.
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Company Buggers
1966
Showdown of Men
0/0
Part one.
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Showdown of Men
1972
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
7.313/168
In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
1974
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
7.1/114
In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out.
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Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
1965
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
8.2/4
In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure y...
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Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
1975
The Decisive Power of Aikido
7.8/4
It is about the life of Ueshiba - the founder of aikido. We can see how he decided to develop aikido and how he did it. We can see why he developed ai...
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The Decisive Power of Aikido
1976
Operation Plazma in Osaka
6.5/2
Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.
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Operation Plazma in Osaka
1976
The Rugby Star
10/1
The success of Truck Yaro (1975-1979) initiated a whole load of movies that put "Yaro" in their title, including this semi-bonkers sports comedy/drama...
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The Rugby Star
1974
The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
5.5/41
Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crosse...
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The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
1974
The Street Fighter
6.918/92
Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress...
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The Street Fighter
1974
The Karate 2
0/0
This is the second film of the ZA KARATE trilogy (AKA BRONSON LEE CHAMPION). Tadashi Yamashita reprises his role as the Karate World Champion and must...
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The Karate 2
1966
Judo vs. Karate
6/1
A story of friendship between a lone wolf judo expert and a youth.
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Judo vs. Karate
1975
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
0/0
The last in the series. Sugawara runs into two mahjong cheaters (Ichiro Araki and Mako Midori + sidekick Takuzo Kawatani) whom he takes for friends in...
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The Viper Brothers and the Young General
1974
The Tattooed Hitman
6/3
The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and now, there's a contract on his life. Though nobody...
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The Tattooed Hitman
1973
Dangerous Trade in Kobe
6.5/2
Using a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try to capture the boss. But his survival has a price.
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Dangerous Trade in Kobe
1965
Chivalrous Nature
0/0
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Chivalrous Nature
1981
Baian the Assassin
9/1
This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the famous Kabuki actor brothers Kinnosuke Manya and Katsuo N...
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Baian the Assassin
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
7.3/37
While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in thei...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1996
Shadow Warrior of Nobunaga Oda
0/0
In Tensho 9, as Oda Nobunaga nears the unification of Japan, he assigns trusted generals to conquer remaining regions. Meanwhile, a peasant farmer nam...
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