Director: Kōsaku Yamashita

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Birthday: 1930-01-10
Born in: Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Biography: Japanese film director.

Known for

Red Peony Gambler

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, and, carrying the wallet left by the killer, she sets out on a journey to avenge her father's death. Five years later, she wanders the nation, known only as! Red Peony Oryu who has a red peony tattooed on her shoulder and has the defiance and courage of a man. She meets Katagiri - a loner gambler, Kumatora - boss of a family in Shikoku, and Otaka - female boss of the Doman Family in Osaka. With their help, she finally catches up with the man who murdered her father.
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Red Peony Gambler

1968

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Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle

A Yakuza boss's wife and the widow of a rival crime syndicate's murdered leader bond over a common purpose: to seek vengeance.
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Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle

1990

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Big Time Gambling Boss

Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer.
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Big Time Gambling Boss

1968

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The Last True Yakuza

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

1985

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Tears of Banishment

Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling’s name.
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Tears of Banishment

1967

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Japan's Top Gangster

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.
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Japan's Top Gangster

1973

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The Tattooed Hitman

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 mafia as he searches for the man who wants him dead?
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The Tattooed Hitman

1974

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