Kayo Matsuo

Saturday Wide Theatre: Plastic Surgery and Facial Reconstruction Suspense (2015)

4 shocking tales revolving around plastic surgery. ...

Free and Easy Special (1994)

Approached by a friend about a matchmaking arrangement, Su-san goes to Hama-chan's home seeking help. Hama-chan is away on a business trip, but Michiko entertains Su-san late into the night. When he gets drunk and ends up spending the night, Hama-chan, beg ...

Free and Easy 4 (1991)

Hama-chan and his wife are ecstatic about their long-awaited pregnancy. Meanwhile, Su-san's nephew joins Hama-chan's department at the company. ...

Business Trip (1989)

Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger (1989)

Yagyu Jubei, the finest swordsman in the land, is called upon to bare his blade to help Iemitsu keep his post. Meanwhile a fishmonger named Isshin Tasuke who bears an amazing resemblance to Shogun Iemitsu may be called upon to put his life on the line by a ...

The Island Closest to Heaven (1984)

A Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia in search of the fabled "island closest to heaven" that her late father had told her about. ...

Dangerous Encounter (1984)

A woman's life is irrevocably altered when a young murderer stumbles into her home. ...

The Unmarked Path (1984)

To solve the mystery of her deceased husband, his wife departs to Shinshu. ...

Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot (1982)

Seeking revenge after a brutal attack that left him disfigured, a former assassin gets drawn into a high-stakes conflict over a valuable treasure. ...

To Trap a Kidnapper (1982)

Hideyuki Mitamura, a student at a private school near Osaka, is kidnapped on his way home from school. ...

Summer Secrets (1982)

Two high school girls get mixed up in murder while investigating the disappearance of a classmate. ...

Good Luck Love (1981)

Depicting the friendship of three boys in New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo. ...

The Imperial Navy (1981)

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War. ...

Tetsugen (1981)

Japanese film based on the life of Zen Master Tetsugen Doko. ...

Shogun Assassin (1980)

A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai's wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search of vengeance. ...

Magnitude 7.9 (1980)

A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored. ...

Port Arthur (1980)

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserv ...

The Fixer (1979)

Political fixer Homei Yamaoka's misdeeds come to light, throwing Japanese politics into deadly confusion. But he's not going down without a fight. ...

Hunter in the Dark (1979)

Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds his b ...

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979)

Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a group of childhood friends, belonging to different yakuza families, are caught in the middle. Lies, deceit, a ...

Third Generation Boss (1974)

Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan's largest criminal clan. ...

Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry (1973)

An assassin is mistaken for a doctor and threatened by a band of masterless warriors, but they realize their mistake and retreat into the darkness. Days later, he is asked to kill the doctor's brother. What secrets are these men hiding? ...

Japan's Top Gangster (1973)

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. This epic film is the first part of greatest true-life series based on autobiography of the Yamaguchi-gumi ...

Internal Sleuth (1973)

When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective criminal tries to find out the truth. ...

Hikage-Mono (1972)

A Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita ...

The Trail of Blood (1972)

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three y ...

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)

Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate. ...

The Vampire Doll (1970)

A young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend's isolated country home. His sister and her boyfriend trace him to the creepy mansion, but their search becomes perilous when they uncover a gruesome family history. ...

Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie (1969)

Just when you think Kyoshiro's life can't get any stranger, someone starts running around raping and murdering, and leaving notes proudly proclaiming that he did it. Tracking down the real culprit will take him along a twisted trail that involves the Shogu ...

New Prison Walls of Abashiri (1968)

Former soldier, Suehiro Katsuji, fights violent gangs and powerful Chinese merchants during the post-war period in Japan. ...

Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint (1968)

It's cross and double-cross in these further adventures of Ryuzen, the wayward priest played by Katsu Shintaro as he tries to help a woman who may be the heir to a fortune get what is rightfully hers. Matsuo Kayo, who first rose to international stardom as ...

The House of Wooden Blocks (1968)

On his return from school, young Ichiro finds his father in bed with his adopted sister, Namie. Enraged, he decides to outdo his father in terms of immoral behaviour. ...

Three Rogues (1968)

Two lone wolf yakuza (Hideki Takahashi and Kunie Tanaka) rob a gambling den, then split up when pursued by the angry gang. They eventually meet again at Tanaka's mother's rural farmhouse. By then, one-eyed Kobayashi has wrangled his way into the scenario, ...

Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 (1968)

Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his condolences to Yumeko and to reunite with Yukiko (Chieko Matsubara), but finds that Yumeko is fatally ill. Although Yukiko was taking care of her, she is presse ...

Neon taiheiki (1968)

Gamblers: The Raid (1968)

5th entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series. ...

The Domain: Severed Relations (1968)

The Domain: Severed Relations ...

Outlaw: Gangster VIP (1968)

Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself in the forefront of every battle. Violence never bothered him. However, after being sentenced to three yea ...

Parole (1967)

Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold. ...

Velvet Hustler (1967)

A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He hangs out with loose women and hard men and always manages to stay one step ahead of the law. In his exile, he comes under suspicion for a murder and meets the ...

Killer of Seven (1967)

From the original draft of Hisakichi Ishimoto, Norifumi Suzuki and Motohiro Torii of the duo of "Showa Zankeiden Blood-dyed Karashishi" co-wrote the script, and Shigehiro Ozawa of "Bakuchi Uchidori" supervised it. The photo was taken by Shigehei Suzuki. ...

Libido (1967)

After an elderly man is discharged from a hospital following a misunderstood, life-affirming impulse toward a fellow patient, he finds himself caught between his wife's empathy and his children's judgmental scorn. As his health wavers, he and his wife atte ...

Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo (1967)

The second part of the Gamblers series. ...

The Domain: White Blade (1967)

The Domain: White Blade ...

Assignment Dragon No. 3 (1967)

In late 1940 the Japanese were anxious to conclude peace in China and to that end sent Colonel Hidaka to inaugurate negotiations. He was mysteriously assassinated, however, when his car was blown up. The General Staff Headquarters in Japan, sends Lieutenan ...

Fighting Elegy (1966)

Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group. ...

Judo vs. Karate (1966)

A story of friendship between a lone wolf judo expert and a youth. ...

Seven Gamblers (1966)

Hanjiro, a one eyed vagrant arrives in Okinoshima to save the town from a violent Yakuza group with the help of six handicapped guys. ...

Showdown of Men (1966)

Part one. ...

The Protector (1966)

Mine, the only daughter of Kiyagen, is faced with running the family's timber business when her father falls ill. Under a great deal of pressure to continue the five generation long run of the business, Mine is put to the ultimate test when a former gangst ...

Carmen from Kawachi (1966)

Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming a fashion model. Yoko tells her that she can move in to Yoko's house to take lessons, while making a living ...

Tattooed Life (1965)

After his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with his younger brother. ...

Chivalrous Life (1965)

In the middle of the era, Taisho, a big boss in Asakusa Iizuka, was severely questioned by the police about the source of funds for the Daido Federation, to which he belonged. The creditor, Izo, visited the local police station daily, worried about the saf ...

Story of a Prostitute (1965)

Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate. Seijun Suzuki's Story ...

The Flame of Devotion (1964)

The tragic tale of Kiyono, a young woman from the mountain who fell in love with Takuji, a fisherman's son, and her devotion to him during a time of war. ...

The Call of Blood (1964)

Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father. ...

Gate of Flesh (1964)

In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining tenuous friendships and a semblance of order in a world of chaos. But when a renegade ex-soldier stumble ...

The Sound of Waves (1964)

On a small island, inhabited by only fourteen hundred people, a young fisherman's son, Shinji falls in love with Hatsue, the daughter of the richest and most difficult man on the island. Despite their differences in class, they begin to meet and rumors spr ...

Friends (1964)

Today is a new day with hopes. A youth hymn that depicts a young truck driver growing up in love with a dream while being supported by his friends who are always close to him. A movie adaptation of a hit song by Kazuo Funaki. ...

The Beautiful Teenager (1964)

A boy who dreams of being a yakuza leader is reformed by a girl's pure love for him. ...

Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary (1963)

A kidnapping occurred over a seven-million-dollar diamond that was sewn into his stomach. Takuya Nikaido, the hero of Kamideki, challenges the underground organization of fear. The final work of Asahi Kobayashi's "Ginza Whirlpool Child (Mitsugai)" series. ...

A Modern Samurai Village (1963)

Tajima Yumi, in grade school, is overjoyed when her father says they are moving to an apartment in a big city. But the beautiful home she had imagined is in a slum area called Samurai Village, a little settlement, where people live from hand to mouth. To m ...

Sararīman monogatari - Taiki bansai (1963)

Japanese comedy film. ...

Beyond the Green Hills (1963)

Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was against school regulations, Shinko was the first to take a bite out of the forbidden fruit. Expelled from her former school, she finds herself in an all-girls ...

Ai to shi no katami (1962)

Wakai futari (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Bōkyō no umi (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Sararīman monogatari: Teki wa ikuman aritotemo (1962)

Japanese comedy film. ...

Sararīman monogatari shin'nyū shain dai ikka (1962)

Japanese comedy film. ...

The Rambler Returns Home (1962)

Final installment of THE WANDERING GUITARIST series. ...

Teenage Yakuza (1962)

A high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighbouring city. ...

Wakai tsume ato (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

The Frozen Plains (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Season of Farewell (1962)

A touching story of a girl who sails away from her love to keep her family together. ...

Wind and waves of the South (1961)

Little dark-eyed boy Kazuo. Yes, he dreamed of the sea. However, like everyone here in the village. Kazuo only wanted to study first, to finish school... But he failed. Mother died. The woman who replaced her brought with her affection, comfort, and warmth ...

Pursuit (1961)

Tsuiseki is a 1961 crime film. ...

Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm (1961)

The Ginza Whirlwind (Akira Kobayashi) attempts to solve a murder. ...

My Second Brother (1959)

The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town. An adaptation of a best-selling book based on the diary of a ten-year-old zainichi (ethnic Korean Japanese) girl, it was one of the first films to deal with the subject of zain ...

Yutaro's Secret Story (1959)

Yutaro Kodan, born under a cloud because his aristocrat father died opposing the shogunate, stumbles onto a treasure map. Lusting after the treasure, Lord Sumi Tadamasa convinces trusting Princess Tsu that the gold will help to avenge her lost clan. ...

Endless Desire (1958)

Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during the war. A grimly humorous tale of twisted relationships as one by one each of the group is eliminated. ...