Cast: Jiro Tamiya | LiberFilm

Synopsis Early Masumura is contemporary with late Douglas Sirk -- both harnessed garish fifties modernism for a scathing, full-color portrait of ambition in the new middle class. In Blue Sky Maiden, Ayako Wakao plays good-natured Yuko, the illegitimate daughter of a...

6.7

81 votes

6.7

81 votes

The Black Test Car

1962 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Film noir Spy Film Satire

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Jiro Tamiya · Junko Kano · Eiji Funakoshi · Hideo Takamatsu

Synopsis This film noir from Japan is quite an interesting little genre movie. Shot beautifully in black and white, the film is concerned with the moral decrepitude that results from corporate warfare. There is a sordid edge to this film that...

6.7

64 votes

6.7

64 votes

Nyokei kazoku

1963 · Movie · 111 min. · Japan

Drama

Direction Kenji Misumi

Cast Ayako Wakao · Machiko Kyô · Jiro Tamiya · Miwa Takada

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Sword of Fury

1973 · Movie · 148 min. · Japan

Drama Action Samurai Feudal Japan Biography

Direction Tai Kato

Cast Jiro Tamiya · Mitsuko Baisho · Keiko Matsuzaka · Hideki Takahashi

Synopsis In 1973, Shochiku Studios released Tai Kato's updated two-part version of Miyamoto Musashi, this time with Hideki Takahashi in the title role. In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing...

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The Great Villains

1968 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan

Action Crime Yakuza · Triad Prostitution

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Jiro Tamiya · Mako Midori · Kei Sato · Isao Kuraishi

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Shoot Before You Get Shot!

1976 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Thriller Crime Yakuza · Triad

Direction Umetsugu Inoue

Cast Jiro Tamiya · Tadao Nakamaru · Yôko Yamamoto · Kumi Yaguchi

Synopsis Crazy 1970s action movie from veteran genre filmmaker Inoue Umetsugu.

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Another New Bad Reputation Story

1962 · Movie · 99 min. · Japan

Action Yakuza · Triad Crime Sequel

Direction Tokuzo Tanaka

Cast Shintarô Katsu · Jiro Tamiya · Reiko Fujiwara · Yaeko Mizutani

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Professional Killers

1973 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan

Action Drama Crime

Direction Yûsuke Watanabe

Cast Jiro Tamiya · Koji Takahashi · Taisaku Akino · Tamio Kawaji

Synopsis The story of three Edo assassins, devil-tattooed Dr. Baian Fujieda is the preeminant among them, the other two include a ronin who works largely in the open & will kill his commission in a fair fight, and Otowaya, boss of...

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The Ivory Tower

1966 · Movie · 150 min. · Japan

Drama Medical

Direction Satsuo Yamamoto

Cast Jiro Tamiya · Eijirô Tono · Takahiro Tamura · Eitarô Ozawa

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Akumyô ichiban

1963 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan

Action Yakuza · Triad Sequel

Direction Tokuzo Tanaka

Cast Shintarô Katsu · Jiro Tamiya · Reiko Fujiwara · Kyôko Enami

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Black Weapon

1964 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan

Drama Crime

Direction Akira Inoue

Cast Jiro Tamiya · Yuko Hamada · Nobuo Kaneko · Jun Negami

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A Complicated Man

1966 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

Drama

Direction Koji Shima

Cast Jiro Tamiya · Mariko Kô · Shûji Sano · Edith Hanson

Synopsis Saeko, the daughter of a wealthy business man, meets Jôji on the plane, a flight attendant, and quickly falls in love with him. When Saeko starts gathering information about Jôji from his acquaintances, he will gradually discover that he is...

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