Masaharu Arikawa
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.356 |
| Birthday | 1930-10-13 |
| Place of Birth | Kita-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Also Known As |
1973
The Kyoto Connection
4.688/16
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
1965
Three Yakuza
7.8/4
A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each pa...
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Three Yakuza
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
1970
Silk Hat Boss
0/0
In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series sta...
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Silk Hat Boss
1974
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
6.5/2
Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But for a man like him, breaking out of prison is easy.
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The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1967
Eighteen Years in Prison
9/2
A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cro...
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Eighteen Years in Prison
1962
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
1962
While Traveling
0/0
In this film, Hibari plays a dual role as brother and sister. The story involves a journey to Hanagasa for an incognito Lord (Kotaro Satomi) to overth...
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While Traveling
1973
Sex and Fury
6.2/89
Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and...
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Sex and Fury
1964
The Third Ninja
7/1
Three Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga.
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The Third Ninja
1962
Tekka Wakashū
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Tekka Wakashū
1971
The Viper Brothers Rage Again
0/0
Part 2 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and...
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The Viper Brothers Rage Again
1963
The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
6/1
The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on t...
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
1963
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
7/11
In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission o...
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Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
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
1974
Code of Wolves
7/1
In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake.
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Code of Wolves
1961
Yagyu Chronicles 3: The Valley of Outlaws
6/2
This time, sword-saint Yagyu Jubei battles the evil corruption in Akizuki Village, with the help of his friend, a samurai named Matashichiro. This spa...
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Yagyu Chronicles 3: The Valley of Outlaws
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
1962
The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman
6/2
In the fourth film in this exciting series, and the first since losing his left eye, Yagyu Jubei is charged again with the task of protecting the Yagy...
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The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman
1974
A College Girl's Affairs
0/0
1974 Toei movie.
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A College Girl's Affairs
1967
The Shogun and His Mistresses
2/1
Three tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period.
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The Shogun and His Mistresses
1964
Warrior of the Wind
6.7/8
A suspenseful Ninja fantasy based on Shiba Ryotaro's novel, woven with the mysterious fate and romance of Shinzo and a beautiful Princess who find the...
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Warrior of the Wind
1966
Golden Ninja
0/0
Just after the Battle of Sekigahara, a pair of children Denji and Kichizo witnessed a team of the defeated forces hide the Toyotomi treasure. When th...
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Golden Ninja
1967
Eleven Samurai
7.583/24
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
1962
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
7.4/11
The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle aft...
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Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1984
Appassionata
5/1
This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awa...
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Appassionata
1972
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
7/1
President of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the military and some capitalists Ishikiri. The plan is t...
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A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
1968
The Marked Man
0/0
A man from Osaka comes up to Tokyo to fight gangsterism.
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The Marked Man
1969
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
7/7
The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu’s life as she seals her femininity with a red pe...
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Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
1972
Informal Dress
0/0
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Informal Dress
1971
Bloodiest Flower
5.2/5
A dramatic captivating tale tells of widowed Tei (Junko Fuji), she has become a coalmine operator and is determined to be successful despite mining be...
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Bloodiest Flower
1998
Pride
5/1
Based on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East of 1946–48, depicts Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo as a family man who fought to de...
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Pride
1965
Yakuza G-Men
0/0
34th year of Meiji (1901). Japanese gangster Shuntaro Hibiki is forced to work for the police to find out who robbed a truck full of gold.
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Yakuza G-Men
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
1964
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
7/11
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. A...
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Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
1972
Modern Lady Gambler
7/1
Fujiko wanders aimlessly through the country, seeking vengence on the man she onced loved, who betrayed her, and destroying her family and her life. W...
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Modern Lady Gambler
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
1962
A Revengeful Raid
5/4
In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido is called upon to help a young yakuz...
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A Revengeful Raid
1968
Industrial Spy
6/2
Kogure, an industrial spy, is tasked by Sawada, head of the research department of the Nisshin Corporation, to learn the secrets of the design of a ne...
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Industrial Spy
1971
The Viper Brothers
6/1
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The Viper Brothers
1967
Samurai Wolf II
7.1/15
Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his dea...
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Samurai Wolf II
1984
Fireflies in the North
5.3/6
Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced t...
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Fireflies in the North
1977
Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds
4.339/31
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
1969
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
7/1
This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1989
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
6.3/3
The tale of Ogami Itto and his son Daigoro has come full circle with the greatest sword actor of all time, Wakayama Tomisaburo now playing Lone Wolf's...
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Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
1976
Yakuza Graveyard
6.5/25
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
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
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
7.6/5
Kogarashi Monjiro is a lone samurai who agrees to take responsibility for a murder that his friend committed so that he can stay with his dying mother...
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Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
1975
Cops vs. Thugs
6.3/24
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
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
7/39
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
1984
The Story of a Man Among Men
6/1
During the Showa era, a young yakuza survives war and injury and rises to become a clan boss with the help and respect of his sworn brothers.
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The Story of a Man Among Men
1974
Woman Mobsters
0/0
Bank robbers steal 30 million yen and try to elude the cops and escape with the cash. Of the three, only one manages to avoid capture. Yoko, a female...
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Woman Mobsters
1963
13 Assassins
7.461/38
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring atte...
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13 Assassins
1974
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
0/0
With a Kansai syndicate vying for Tokyo, one man reunites with his roguish half-brother in the midst of negotiations, when all hell breaks loose.
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The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1973
Yakuza of the Present
0/0
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Yakuza of the Present
1971
Trials of an Okinawa Village
6/7
A boss from a trucking company has run-ins with evil yakuza during the American occupation of Okinawa. Her hometown is threatened by usurers, gangster...
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Trials of an Okinawa Village
1971
A Scarred Life
8/1
Set in Osaka, during the devastated time of post-war Japan, this is a tale of the yakuza who set about rebuilding after the death of their Oyabun (big...
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A Scarred Life
1962
Kisaragi Sword
5.5/2
The story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new inexperienced Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune from the evil pl...
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Kisaragi Sword
1981
Samurai Reincarnation
5.9/32
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
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
1961
Fine Man
0/0
A young son of a master of the Kuwana clan gets disowned for his rebellious behavior. After he goes from the mountains to the ocean defeating the evil...
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Fine Man
1967
Three Gamblers
8/3
Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family.
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Three Gamblers
1966
Showdown of Men
0/0
Part one.
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Showdown of Men
1965
The Flower and the Dragon
7.3/3
A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing a family of longshoreman, centering on their love...
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The Flower and the Dragon
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
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
1965
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
3.2/2
Second film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as "The Domain" Each a stand alone film in it's own, none...
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The Domain: The Naniwa Story
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
1982
The Shogun's Vault II
5/1
A mysterious thief called "Yami no Kiba" (Fang of Darkness), who sneaks into the residences of the shogunate one after another and steals the shogun's...
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The Shogun's Vault II
1974
The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
5.512/43
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
1971
Dagger
0/0
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Dagger
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
1972
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
0/0
Part 3 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and...
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The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
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
1963
Blind Wolf
0/0
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Blind Wolf
1965
Chivalrous Nature
0/0
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Chivalrous Nature
1974
The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
0/0
Part 7 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and...
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The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
1963
Tokaido Fullhouse
7/1
When Kanbe Nagakichi has his turf taken over by Ano-Toku, the father-in-law of his sworn brother Kira Nikichi sets in motion one of the most violent g...
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Tokaido Fullhouse
1967
Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival
0/0
A costumed film featuring the famous hero of Japanese history, Isshin Tasuke, arranged in the form of a popular song.
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Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival
1967
The Domain: White Blade
0/0
The Domain: White Blade
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The Domain: White Blade
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
1962
Drunken Sword
6/1
Tetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt authorities.
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Drunken Sword
1965
The Tattooed Lord
8/1
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The Tattooed Lord
1973
Gokudo of Kamagasaki
0/0
Eighth installment in the "Gokudo" series. Depicts the activities of Shimamura Seikichi and his henchmen
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