Isao Tamagawa

Isao Tamagawa

January 11, 1922 · 104 years old

Known For

8 titles
1
Branded to Kill

Branded to Kill

1967 · 1h 31m · Movie

After a botched assignment, a rice-fetishizing hitman finds himself in conflict with his organization, and one mysterious, dangerous fellow-hitman in particular.

7.2
2
Tokyo Drifter

Tokyo Drifter

1966 · 1h 22m · Movie

After his gang disbands, a yakuza enforcer looks forward to life outside of organized crime but soon must become a drifter after his old rivals attempt to assassinate him.

7.1
3
Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

1975 · 1h 34m · Movie

A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his self control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.

7.1
4
Story of a Prostitute

Story of a Prostitute

1965 · 1h 36m · Movie

In WW2 Manchuria, a prostitute grows to resent an abusive adjutant and falls in love with his aide.

7.3
5
Zigeunerweisen

Zigeunerweisen

1980 · 2h 24m · Movie

A surreal period film following a university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in peculiar ways.

6.9
6
Kagero-za

Kagero-za

1981 · 2h 19m · Movie

A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.

6.9
7
The Battle of Port Arthur

The Battle of Port Arthur

1980 · 3h 5m · Movie

The lives and battles of soldiers leading up to the 1904 siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.

6.6
8
Hazardous Graduation

Hazardous Graduation

1970 · 1h 23m · Movie

Sex games by students at a junior high school are exposed by the principal and teachers, but the tables are turned in favor of the students.

5.4