Kōjirō Kusanagi

Kōjirō Kusanagi

September 19, 1929 · 97 years old

Known For

19 titles
1
Madadayo

Madadayo

1993 · 2h 14m · Movie

Following World War II, a retired professor approaching his autumn years finds his quality of life drastically reduced in war-torn Tokyo. Denying despair, he pursues writing and celebrates his birthday with his adoring students.

7.3
2
A Colt Is My Passport

A Colt Is My Passport

1967 · 1h 24m · Movie

A hit man is hired to kill a mob boss. After the deed is done, he and his driver are wanted dead by rival gangs who joined forces.

7.4
3
Zatoichi Challenged

Zatoichi Challenged

1967 · 1h 27m · Movie

After an artist is threatened by the yakuza into creating valuable but highly illegal pornography, the law aims to execute him. Zatoichi, having been honor bound to protect the man and his family, must now run against the law.

7.4
4
The Man Who Stole the Sun

The Man Who Stole the Sun

1979 · 2h 27m · Movie

A high school science teacher builds an atomic bomb and uses it to extort the nation, but cannot decide what he wants. Meanwhile, a determined cop is catching up to him, as is radiation poisoning.

7.5
5
The Warped Ones

The Warped Ones

1960 · 1h 15m · Movie

A juvenile delinquent gets out of the pen and causes reckless mayhem, mostly directed at the girlfriend of the journalist who helped send him up.

6.9
6
I Am Waiting

I Am Waiting

1957 · 1h 31m · Movie

A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.

7.0
7
Intimidation

Intimidation

1960 · 1h 5m · Movie

A bank manager is blackmailed into robbing his own bank.

7.2
8
Alone on the Pacific

Alone on the Pacific

1963 · 1h 44m · Movie

Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his careful planning many unforeseen events will test his determination.

7.0
9
Yomigaeru kinrô

Yomigaeru kinrô

1979 · 2h 11m · Movie

A seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night. In a delicious scheme of payback, he seeks to dominate the corporation that employs him by day.

6.6
10
The Killing Game

The Killing Game

1978 · 1h 32m · Movie

Narumi, after a 5-year hiatus, returns to encounter two previously spared women and faces rival yakuza bosses who hire him to kill another, posing a threat to his chivalry.

6.2
11
The Sleeping Beast Within

The Sleeping Beast Within

1960 · 1h 26m · Movie

A businessman returns from an extended trip, but something seems off. Criminal operations and religious cults come into play, while the man's daughter and her journalist boyfriend race to find the truth.

6.7
12
Farewell to the Land

Farewell to the Land

1982 · 2h 10m · Movie

The film opens with the drowning deaths of farmer Yukio's two sons. Their deaths send him on a course of self-destruction.

6.9
13
Woman in a Box: Virgin Sacrifice

Woman in a Box: Virgin Sacrifice

1985 · 1h 22m · Movie

The young girl is subjected to sexual torture and abuse by abnormal couple.

5.3
14
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Hell Is a Woman

Sleepy Eyes of Death: Hell Is a Woman

1968 · 1h 22m · Movie

Two devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but involving Kyoshiro in the conflict against his will is a bad idea.

6.7
15
Woman's Trail: Wet Path

Woman's Trail: Wet Path

1980 · 1h 11m · Movie

A man travels with his pill-popping girlfriend to the headquarters of her Yakuza boss husband, in order to claim her for himself.

6.4
16
Let Him Rest in Peace

Let Him Rest in Peace

1985 · 1h 43m · Movie

A man returns to his seaside roots to confront a yakuza boss. Along the way, he charms young men, softens a hard woman, and busts a few heads.

6.5
17
Ikidomari no Banka: Break Out

Ikidomari no Banka: Break Out

1988 · 1h 51m · Movie

A grizzled, no-nonsense cop will do whatever it takes to solve his case, even if that means recklessly disobeying orders and circumventing the law.

6.9
18
Lost Love

Lost Love

1978 · 1h 46m · Movie

In a melancholic seaside town, the bodies of two lovers who committed double suicide are found on the shore. A local reporter and the dead woman's pimp begin to investigate and find out that something very suspicious is going on.

6.8
19
Carlos

Carlos

1991 · 1h 32m · Movie

V-cinema classic about a wanted Brazilian Japanese gangster who flees to Tokyo and fights yakuza.

6.0