Movies: Kenji Kusumoto

  • 1969
    Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

    Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room (1969)

    Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

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    Junko Fuji returns as Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey after the death of her father. After collecting her sickly follower from jail, she is taken in by a fishing village. Feeling indebed to their generosity, ...

    Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
  • 1957
    Lord Mito

    Lord Mito (1957)

    Lord Mito

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    This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside rectifying government corruption along with his faithful attendants Suke and Kaku....

    Lord Mito
  • 1964
    The Great Duel

    The Great Duel (1964)

    The Great Duel

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    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 century. A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunash...

    The Great Duel
  • 1970
    A Lively Geisha

    A Lively Geisha (1970)

    A Lively Geisha

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    Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes true. When she learns of the trouble Yukichi's business is facing, she stands ready to come to his aid, and thus repay a debt that's long overdue....

    A Lively Geisha
  • 1967
    Three Gamblers

    Three Gamblers (1967)

    Three Gamblers

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    Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family....

    Three Gamblers
  • 1974
    The Tattooed Hitman

    The Tattooed Hitman (1974)

    The Tattooed Hitman

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    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 is more skilled in the arts of dealing death, can the tattooed hitman fend off the entire Japanese m...

    The Tattooed Hitman
  • 1968
    Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit

    Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit (1968)

    Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit

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    Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman tr...

    Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
  • 1974
    Bohachi Bushido: The Villain

    Bohachi Bushido: The Villain (1974)

    Bohachi Bushido: The Villain

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    The Bohachi Clan, the most vile, corrupt organization with ties deep in the Shogunate, have controlled the flesh trade in Japan for generations. When threatened by a competitor, they employ Saburai, a nihilistic ronin on the verge of self destruction...

    Bohachi Bushido: The Villain
  • 1963
    Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style

    Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963)

    Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style

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    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 of learning; with the introduction of his arch-rival Sasaki Kojiro; and lastly the large cast of char...

    Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
  • 1973
    Japan's Top Gangster

    Japan's Top Gangster (1973)

    Japan's Top Gangster

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    A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on the road to becoming boss of Japan's largest gang....

    Japan's Top Gangster
  • 1955
    Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

    Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (1955)

    Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

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    Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the various people they meet on their journey, including a policeman in pursuit of a thief, a young child and a woman who...

    Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
  • 1958
    Souls in the Moonlight II

    Souls in the Moonlight II (1958)

    Souls in the Moonlight II

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    This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirsty samurai, Tsukue Ryunosuke. Blinded in an explosion and further injured from a fall, the master sw...

    Souls in the Moonlight II
  • 1964
    Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple

    Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple (1964)

    Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple

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    In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. As his great love Otsu has succumbed to madness. Musashi then sets off to beat the functionaries of a...

    Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
  • 1964
    Gamblers and Racketeers

    Gamblers and Racketeers (1964)

    Gamblers and Racketeers

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    Komatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group which supports the town vendors unlike Takioka, who will stop at nothing to undermine the vendors and take over the territory. Masakichi will do all he can t...

    Gamblers and Racketeers
  • 1965
    Hoodlum Match

    Hoodlum Match (1965)

    Hoodlum Match

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    A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances....

    Hoodlum Match
  • 1969
    Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony

    Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony (1969)

    Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony

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    The industrual revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to clashes between boatmen, who livihoods are threatened, and the railroad construction workers. Oryu the Red Peony returns to her home in Kumamoto to acc...

    Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
  • 1960
    Road of Chivalry

    Road of Chivalry (1960)

    Road of Chivalry

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    While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and chased by the law. Meanwhile, one of his henchmen in an attempt to raise money for the Boss gambles away not only all their funds, but their clothing...

    Road of Chivalry
  • 1972
    The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

    The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang (1972)

    The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

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    The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When their leader dies and the successor disappears, Tsuruji, a beautiful yet tough geisha, becomes the boss. But will she be able to confront a yakuza gan...

    The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
  • 1957
    The Lord Takes a Bride

    The Lord Takes a Bride (1957)

    The Lord Takes a Bride

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    Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said than done, evil forces lurk in Edo and Gentaro must use his phenomenal sword skills to overcome the evil and find the love of his life. Another must h...

    The Lord Takes a Bride
  • 1968
    Red Peony Gambler

    Red Peony Gambler (1968)

    Red Peony Gambler

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    Ryuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother died when she was little. When she turned 18 years old, her father was attacked and killed by a stranger in alley. Ryuko then dissolves her yakuza family...

    Red Peony Gambler