Direction: Umetsugu Inoue
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Umetsugu Inoue. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Shoot Before You Get Shot!
1976 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan
Direction Umetsugu Inoue
Cast Jiro Tamiya · Tadao Nakamaru · Yôko Yamamoto · Kumi Yaguchi
Plot Crazy 1970s action movie from veteran genre filmmaker Inoue Umetsugu.
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Ankoku-gai saigo no hi
1962 · Movie · 104 min. · Japan
Direction Umetsugu Inoue
Cast Koji Tsuruta · Rentarô Mikuni · Tetsurô Tanba · Ken Takakura
Plot Two violent gangster gangs started a war between them. The police open their investigation with the help of an infiltrate.
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Fûfu tabi nikki saraba ronin (TV Series)
1976 · Series · 54 min. · Japan
Direction Shintarô Katsu · Eiichi Kudo · Kazuo Kuroki · Kazuo Mori
Cast Yoshio Harada · Yusaku Matsuda · Makoto Fujita · Masumi Harukawa
Plot TV series (1976).
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Hong Kong Nocturne
1967 · Movie · 128 min. · Hong Kong
Direction Umetsugu Inoue
Cast Cheng Pei-Pei · Lily Ho · Chin Ping · Ling Yun
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Ginzakko monogatari
1961 · Movie · min. · Japan
Direction Umetsugu Inoue
Cast Hiroshi Kawaguchi · Keizo Kawasaki · Kojiro Hongo · Ayako Wakao
Plot The Takarai are three brothers who, far from being interested in the family business, are sports enthusiasts, spurred by the next Tokyo Olympics. One day the three know, each one...
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Black Lizard
1962 · Movie · 101 min. · Japan
Direction Umetsugu Inoue
Cast Machiko Kyô · Minoru Oki · Junko Kano · Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Plot A jeweler hires detective Akechi to find his daughter kidnapped by a famous thief known as the Black Lizard.
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King Drummer
1967 · Movie · 103 min. · Hong Kong
Direction Umetsugu Inoue
Cast Won Ling · Lily Ho · Fan Yang · Chen Hung-Lieh
Plot A talented but reckless young longshoreman Sun Chi-Chiang from the wrong side of the docks gets a chance to achieve showbiz stardom as the Krupka-esque 'Thunder King Drummer' with a...
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Qing chun wan sui
1969 · Movie · 92 min. · Hong Kong
Direction Umetsugu Inoue
Cast Betty Ting Pei · Jimmy Lin Chong · Shirley Wong
Plot A pop band from Hong Kong gets permission from their boss to do a tour in Japan on the condition that they find their daughter, who lives there in anonymity....
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Ankokugai Main Street
1964 · Movie · 103 min. · Japan
Direction Umetsugu Inoue
Cast Ken Takakura · Tatsuo Umemiya · Kyôsuke Machida · Yoshiko Mita
Plot 1960s Japanese crime film starring Takakura Ken.
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Arashi o yobu yûjô
1959 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan
Direction Umetsugu Inoue
Cast Akira Kobayashi · Jûkichi Uno · Tamio Kawaji · Ruriko Asaoka
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Washi to taka
1957 · Movie · 115 min. · Japan
Direction Umetsugu Inoue
Cast Yujiro Ishihara · Rentarô Mikuni · Ruriko Asaoka · Yumeji Tsukioka
Plot In this murder mystery musical, trouble comes in pairs on a cargo ship, when two brawlers come aboard and two female stowaways are subsequently discovered.
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The Black Trump Card
1964 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan
Direction Umetsugu Inoue
Plot 1960s crime thriller directed by Inoue Umetsugu.
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San'nin no kaoyaku
1960 · Movie · 107 min. · Japan
Direction Umetsugu Inoue
Cast Toru Abe · Jun Fujimaki · Kôichi Fujiyama · Gai Harada
Plot A crime boss gets out of prison and sets out to find who from his organization has betrayed him. Directed by Inoue Umetsugu ("The Man Who Raises a Storm").
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Shi no jûjiro
1956 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan
Direction Umetsugu Inoue
Cast Rentarô Mikuni · Michiyo Aratama · Hisano Yamaoka · Izumi Ashikawa
Plot A man accidentally kills his wife after she confronts him about his mistress. Now he and his mistress try to hide the body... Based on a story by Edogawa Ranpo.
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The Thief in Black
1964 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan
Direction Umetsugu Inoue
Cast Shinobu Chihara · Kyôsuke Machida · Hashizo Okawa · Ryutaro Otomo
Plot Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.
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Musume jûroku jazz matsuri
1954 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan
Direction Umetsugu Inoue
Cast Izumi Yukimura · Roppa Furukawa · Akihiko Katayama · Tadao Takashima
Plot A young orphan newly arrived in Tokyo, harassed by police and gangsters, finds protection among members of a jazz group.
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Shôri-sha
1957 · Movie · 97 min. · Japan
Direction Umetsugu Inoue
Cast Yujiro Ishihara · Keiji Itami · Mie Kitahara · Tatsuya Mihashi
Plot Intersecting circles of obligation link a former boxer, the youth he vows to make a champion, and the ex-showgirl whose ballet training he funds, in a story balanced between the...
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Watashi o fukaku umete
1963 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan
Direction Umetsugu Inoue
Cast Ayako Wakao · Jiro Tamiya · Keizo Kawasaki · Kyôko Enami
Plot Attorney Kyôsuke Nakabe returns on vacation and, upon arriving at his apartment, finds a stranger waiting for him drinking ... and in his underwear. Nakabe rejects the innuendo of the...
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The Third Shadow
1963 · Movie · 104 min. · Japan
Direction Umetsugu Inoue
Cast Raizô Ichikawa · Hizuru Takachiho · Masayo Banri · Shigeru Amachi
Plot A warlords' retainer offers a farmer the chance to become a samurai, but he is instead forced to serve as a double of the warlord at expense of his freedom.
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The Actress and the Three Rascals
1962 · Movie · 102 min. · Japan
Direction Umetsugu Inoue
Plot An Inoue Umetsugu ("The Man Who Raised A Storm") film about traveling performers in the Edo era.
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