Masakazu Tamura

Nemuri Kyōshirō: The Final (2018)

The Woman Who Took the Local Paper (2016)

A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the local newspaper of Kanazawa, saying she wants to read the novel serialized in it by Ryuji Sugimoto. How did t ...

Revenge Court (2015)

300 Million Yen Robbery (2014)

Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion (2013)

In the Edo period of Japan, a samurai's life belonged to his lord. On the battlefield or in the home, a loyal samurai must always obey his lord's commands. This is the tragic story of one such loyal samurai, whose love for his family forced him to make the ...

One in a hundred thousand (2012)

Tamura Masakazu plays Shohei Yamauchi, a freelance reporter obsessed with finding out the truth about a traffic accident in which his beloved daughter died. Judging by the photo of the accident, which appeared in the news described by photojournalists as " ...

Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke (2010)

In the spring of Genroku 14 (1701), Oishi Kuranosuke (Tamura Masakazu), the chief retainer of the Asano family in Ako domain is shocked to learn that his feudal lord, Asano Takumi-no-kami Naganori (Tamayama Tetsuji), had stabbed Kira Kozukenosuke Yoshinaka ...

Giwaku (2009)

Ah, It's True, You Are Already Gone (2009)

The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor (2008)

Keinosuke (Masakazu Tamura) is a ronin (wandering samurai) who lives on the streets although he is a nobleman. There's just one woman in this world that he loves, Shiho (Emi Wakui) but when he meets her again, she is already someone else's wife. Her husban ...

Furuhata Chugakusei (2008)

Young Furuhata, a 3rd-year junior high student from Tokyo, transferred to a school in the countryside due to family circumstances. He doesn't fit in at first, but he eventually gains a reputation as a detective and opens his own detective agency. One day, ...

Rokumeikan (2008)

Last Love (2007)

Akira was a sax player in New York, but retired from it because of his wife's sudden death. One day, Akira Agawa met Yui Uehara, a young woman who works for the cleaning station, and eventually reunited in New York. Since then, they have opened up their he ...

Furuhata Ninzaburo Final: Last Dance (2006)

Kyoko Kagami is a pen name for a pair of twin writers. After one sister kills the other, their technical advisor Furuhata investigates. His investigation is complicated by his feelings for the surviving sister. ...

Furuhata Ninzaburo Final: A Fair Murderer (2006)

Ichiro Suzuki, a baseball player obsessed with fair play, murders a man who was blackmailing his brother who is none other than Furuhata's faithful friend Mukojima. ...

Furuhata Ninzaburo The Resurrection Of Death (2006)

Furuhata investigates a series of bizarre, seemingly random accidental deaths. He zeroes in on the suspected murderer, but loses faith in his instincts when the suspect is himself killed. However, in the end, he ends up solving three murders and catching t ...

All By His Excellency's Work (2004)

An employee at a Japanese embassy in a South American country is kidnapped but Furuhata, who is there on holiday, begins suspecting that the man was killed by none other than the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary himself. ...

Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso (2002)

At the end of World War II, a secret human experiment was being conducted in Manchuria, which was in the sphere of influence of the Japanese military. One man's face was to be transformed into that of a completely different person through plastic surgery. ...

The Terror of Dr. Kuroiwa (1999)

Furuhata comes out of retirement to investigate a series of bizarre serial killings which would look like deaths by natural causes except for the notes found inside the victims' anuses. ...

Furuhata Ninzaburo vs SMAP (1999)

Furuhata is called in to investigate a murder committed by the well-known Japanese boy band SMAP. ...

Nemuri Kyōshirō 4: The Woman Who Loved Kyoshiro (1998)

Tamura Masakazu returns as Nemuri Kyoshiro for the fourth and final time. Gensai, an eccentric Ukiyoe artist, urgently requests Kyoshiro to kill his wife. He believes that the moment she is killed will represent the ultimate state of beauty, and wishes t ...

Nemuri Kyōshirō 3: The Man with No Tomorrow (1996)

In the continuing adventures of Nemuri Kyoshiro, noted film actor Tamura Masakazu stars again as the red-haired ronin with foreign blood in his veins. The son of a foreign missionary and a samurai's daughter. His mother died when he was a child, and he was ...

The Disappearance of Furuhata Ninzaburo (1996)

Famous detective Furuhata Ninzaburo has disappeared, so a TV crew decide to make a documentary about his career interviewing his associates and the killers he caught. ...

A Brief Parting (1996)

The head of a flower arrangement clan murders her overbearing teacher and rival during a flamenco recital. The one thing Furuhata, who was in the audience, can't quite figure out is how the killer found her victim in the dark auditorium. ...

The Laughing Kangaroo (1995)

A love triangle turns deadly during an awards ceremony in Australia. Unfortunately for the killers, however, Furuhata and Shintaro are on a well-deserved holiday in the same hotel. ...

Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle (1993)

Sakai Nobunari an Elder in 'Honmaru' (or the main enclosure) and Mizuno Tadakuni an Elder in 'Nishinomaru' (or the south-east enclosure) have been at odds behind the scenes over the marriage of Tokugawa Ieyoshi, heir to the Shogunate. Kyoshiro, who has co ...

A Samurai's Sorrow (1993)

A rare grouping of the three Tamura brothers, Masakazu, Takahiro, and Ryu highlight this exciting tale of a series of attempts on the life of Shogun Yoshimune. The Owari have longed for the post of shogun, and are willing to do anything, including murder, ...

A Samurai's Sorrow (1993)

One day poison is discovered in the shogun's food. The brilliant swordsman Mondo sets out to save Japan's leader from certain death. ...

Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict (1993)

A noble samurai serving the Shogun as 'Kogi Kaishaku-nin' (Official Executioner) is the target of a plot by the evil Yagyu Clan to take away his position and replace him with a member of their own family. When his wife is murdered and evidence is produced ...

Roman Holiday (1993)

A newscaster meets and falls in love with a woman in Rome who is the spitting image of the Crown Prince's bride-to-be. ...

Nemuri Kyōshirō (1989)

Kyoshiro rescues Shizu who was being abused by her husband, even since she had been violated by the man posing as Ieyoshi. He then learned that Ieyoshi had been acting oddly ever since returning from Kyoto six months ago. Sir Fumiya's investigation of the ...

A Samurai's Sorrow: The Deadly Sword (1984)

The second installment of the special drama "Kawaiteshimau" features Masakazu Tamura playing the role of "Udege Shujo," the official taster for the shogunate. Tamura's unmatched charm in portraying cynical characters is fully showcased in this exhilarating ...

Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold (1983)

The secret map of the treasure of Kenzan was stolen out of the house of a former soldier in Awa. A fight over the treasure that the map shows happens among the Rozyu, a Ronin, a thief, and the Hyodo family. Is the treasure there? Who will get it? Masakazu ...

Odokumiyaku Shushou Kawaite sōrō (1983)

The Cursed Plate: Dish Mansion at Hell's Banchō (1981)

Strange events plague the Aoyama family's residence, led by samurai Aoyama Harima. Three months earlier, Harima was asked to show a family heirloom, a red Goryeo dish, to his uncle and a senior official. The dish was found broken, and Harima's attendant, O ...

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. ...

Love in the North (1976)

Japanese film based on the song by Harumi Miyako. ...

Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song (1973)

Nami is once again on the run from the law but is saved by an old classmate who works at a strip club. Through a subsequent conversation they discover they both have a score to settle with a particular crooked cop. However, Nami has doubts about ever trust ...

Tabiji: ofukuro-san yori (1971)

Based on Shinichi Mori song ...

Island of Horrors (1970)

Two women are ferried to a small prison colony on the remote and barren prison island, where they and their fellow inmates are forced to perform perilous slave labor along the island's treacherous cliffs, overseen by both an unforgiving sun and a crew of a ...

An Ode to Yakuza (1970)

Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending her to college and turning her into a perfect young lady. He's extremely fond of Akane. His fondness for her go ...

The Rokumeikan (1970)

TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima. ...

Naked Ambition (1970)

Wicked woman Ogin is a concubine of a powerful feudal lord Tayu. At first Ogin gains power by poisoning lawful wife of Tayu. To gain more power Ogin let her lover Isogai Iori, kill whoever interrupts her. Film it is based on Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's novel "K ...

Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay (1969)

Getting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself involved in a series of dangerous encounters. ...

The Wild Sea (1969)

Yoji Kitami, a fisherman's son, is a student in Tokyo. His father had died at sea and Taichiro, his brother, is sending him to the university. But the outbreak of violence by radical students and blockade of classrooms make studying impossible and Yoji goe ...

Village of Eight Tombs (1969)

Japanese horror thriller from 1969. ...

Black Rose Mansion (1969)

When wealthy Kyohei hires singer "Black Rose" to perform in his exclusive club, he gets more than he bargains for when she attracts scores of homicidal past lovers. The film takes a bizarre twist when Kyohei's son falls victim to the femme fatale's unique ...

A Modern Yakuza: Humanity and Justice of the Outlaw (1969)

Back after four years, Goro learns his younger brother's been thrown out of the gang and his girlfriend's married another man. It's payback time. ...

Sky Scraper! (1969)

A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan. ...

Samurai Banners (1969)

Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces th ...

East China Sea (1968)

Rokurō starts a part-time job on a fishing boat, but the ship has an engine failure in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. ...

Secret Report From A House Of Women (1968)

Japanese crime film ...

Women and Miso Soup (1968)

Temari, a geisha, dreams of opening a small restaurant with her little brother. ...

Curse of the Blood (1968)

A samurai kills a blind man who tells him to repay his debts. Because of the samurai's actions his entire family is to bear a terrible curse. ...

Onna no issho (1967)

Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967)

A sex-obsessed woman, a suicidal man she meets on the street, and a gun-crazy wannabe gangster become trapped in an underground hideaway. ...

Love for an Idiot (1967)

A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she enslaves him to her whims. ...

A Sky Full of Tears (1966)

Popular guitarist Shunsuke Sugi had a busy schedule and lived a puppet life with manager Yoko Ohara. On the way home from the Tohoku tour, he rescued Akiko, a girl who had passed out in a car accident. Ahead of him was the bustle of Tokyo. He suddenly met ...

Sword: Flower-Strewn Path of Courage (1966)

After serving his sentence, Yakuza family member Toshin-gumi Umebayashi is released from prison. Toshin-gumi was already headed by the boss in the second generation of Shotaro, but Shotaro fell into a trap, he is manipulated by his sworn enemy Kanzaki-gumi ...

The Soundless Cry (1965)

Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one happiness is his friendship with a girl who works in a bar nearby. Then, one day, his mother dies after drinking the medicine that Shinichi himself gave her. ...

Kojiki taishō (1964)

Kono sora no aru kagiri (1964)

The Scent of Incense (1964)

After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life deeply gets in trouble. ...

Love Under the Crucifix (1962)

A tea master and his daughter Ogin are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a married feudal prince who shares her faith. When the Shogun bans Christianity, the situation worsens. ...

This Year's Love (1962)

Hikaru and Ichiro are close friends in high school. Hikaru's elder brother Tadashi fell in love with Ichiro's elder sister, Mikako at first sight. Although she gave the cold shoulder to Tadashi, she gradually became fond of Tadashi. ...

Immortal Love (1961)

A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through three decades of bitter conflict which engulfs their children and those around them. ...

Samurai Desperadoes (1960)

The film is about a hatamoto gang during the reign of shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. Screenwriter Daisuke Ito adapted Genzo Murakami's novel Okubo Hikozaemon. In this film, Masakazu Tamura first appeared on the screen. ...