Movies: Hiroki Matsukata

  • 2010
    13 Assassins

    13 Assassins (2010)

    13 Assassins

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    A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future....

    13 Assassins
  • 1973
    Battles Without Honor and Humanity

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity

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    In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza....

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity
  • 2008
    ICHI

    ICHI (2008)

    ICHI

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    Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She’s in search for the kind man that brought her up as a child, but because of her beauty she encounters problems every step of the way....

    ICHI
  • 2004
    Izo

    Izo (2004)

    Izo

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    Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Toky...

    Izo
  • 2001
    Agitator

    Agitator (2001)

    Agitator

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    When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death for a prominent crime boss. Devastated by this turn of events...

    Agitator
  • 1978
    Shogun's Samurai

    Shogun's Samurai (1978)

    Shogun's Samurai

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    Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadana...

    Shogun's Samurai
  • 1989
    Four Days of Snow and Blood

    Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)

    Four Days of Snow and Blood

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    Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of Tokyo was briefly held by the insurgents before the coup was ...

    Four Days of Snow and Blood
  • 2000
    Gedo

    Gedo (2000)

    Gedo

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    East meets West as the Japanese Yakuza battle drug lords and the LAPD in the streets of Los Angeles......

    Gedo
  • 1974
    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

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    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 dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima....

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
  • 1983
    Kanei Command Performance

    Kanei Command Performance (1983)

    Kanei Command Performance

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    During the reign of Shogun Iemitsu, a great martial arts tournament was held to determine whether or not Iemitsu was to remain in power or cede it to his uncle, Yornobu, the 10th son of Ieyasu. Among the contestants were many expert swordsmen who hav...

    Kanei Command Performance
  • 2011
    Ninja Kids!!!

    Ninja Kids!!! (2011)

    Ninja Kids!!!

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    The film stars Seishiro Kato as Rantaro who is sent to a ninja training school by his parents. During the summer, their teacher is invaded by a group of rival ninjas culminating in a race to ring a bell on top of a mountain....

    Ninja Kids!!!
  • 1974
    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

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    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 their thirst for power....

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
  • 1978
    The Fall of Ako Castle

    The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)

    The Fall of Ako Castle

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    This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, ...

    The Fall of Ako Castle
  • 1983
    Theater Of Life

    Theater Of Life (1983)

    Theater Of Life

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    Adaptation of Shiro Ozaki's novel....

    Theater Of Life
  • 1989
    Shogun's Shadow

    Shogun's Shadow (1989)

    Shogun's Shadow

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    A shogun's eldest son must do whatever it takes to survive a series of attempts on his life. He receives much-needed aid from seven warriors who are led by a strong leader....

    Shogun's Shadow
  • 1985
    The Last True Yakuza

    The Last True Yakuza (1985)

    The Last True Yakuza

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    A made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence and betrayal inside the criminal underworld....

    The Last True Yakuza
  • 1974
    New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

    New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974)

    New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

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    Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no ho...

    New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
  • 1975
    Cops vs. Thugs

    Cops vs. Thugs (1975)

    Cops vs. Thugs

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    When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the acting boss of the Ohara gang also has his eyes on the property and recruits crooked detective Tokumat...

    Cops vs. Thugs
  • 1963
    Tokaido Fullhouse

    Tokaido Fullhouse (1963)

    Tokaido Fullhouse

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    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 gang battles in Japanese history. Forced by the situation to choose between family and yakuza honor, ...

    Tokaido Fullhouse
  • 1966
    Code Between Brothers

    Code Between Brothers (1966)

    Code Between Brothers

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    Famous enka singer Saburo Kitajima stars as Katsuji, a traveling craps artist who finds great camaraderie on the road....

    Code Between Brothers