Direction: Yasuzô Masumura
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Yasuzô Masumura. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Mazakon-keiji no jikenbo (TV)
1983 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuzô Masumura
Cast Morio Kazama · Kayoko Kishimoto · Haruko Katô · Kyôko Kishida
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The Black Report
1963 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuzô Masumura
Cast Ken Utsui · Junko Kano · Hideo Takamatsu · Shigeru Kôyama
Plot Yasuzo Masumura based his story on prize winning Edogawa Ranpo's book [Hanayaka na shitai]. It's a thriller about a Food Company's boss being killed and the search for his murderer....
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Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
1974 · Movie · 107 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuzô Masumura
Cast Shintarô Katsu · Joji Ai · Hiroko Isayama · Kirin Kiki
Plot Set in 1937, this is the story of Asakichi, who is played by Shiuntaro Katsu, best known as being Zatoichi in 26 films. Asakichi has been disowned by his father...
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Black Express
1964 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuzô Masumura
Cast Jiro Tamiya · Eiji Funakoshi · Yukiko Fuji · Daisuke Kato
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Archipelago of Arteries
1975 · Movie · 121 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuzô Masumura
Cast Jiro Tamiya · Masaomi Kondo · Keiko Takahashi · Meiko Kaji
Plot A hospital intern threatens to blow up a bullet train because he believes that their noise and pollution is contributing to his patients deaths.
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For My Daughter's 7th Birthday
1982 · Movie · 111 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuzô Masumura
Cast Shima Iwashita · Jinpachi Nezu · Kyôko Kishida · Shinsuke Ashida
Plot The palmist "blue-moth (Seiga)" is rumored to manipulate the Japanese political and business from behind. Journalist Omoda had inquired into the "blue-moth" but is killed. Sudo who is Omoda's juniors...
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Hoodlum Soldier: Rebel in the Army
1972 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuzô Masumura
Cast Shintarô Katsu · Takahiro Tamura · Koichi Ose · Michiyo Oguso
Plot The last in the Heitai Yakuza series, and the only other entry directed by Masumura, as well as the only one in color. On the Chinese front, Kisaburo, a young...
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Stolen Pleasure
1962 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuzô Masumura
Cast Ayako Wakao · Jiro Tamiya · Yaeko Mizutani · Eiji Funakoshi
Plot Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adaptation by Kaneto Shindo, Masumura Yasuzo directs. A battle of woman competing for the same man. Masuko (Ayako Wakao) is the number...
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The Troublesome Sisters
1961 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuzô Masumura
Cast Hiroshi Kawaguchi · Kaneko Iwasaki · Kyôko Enami · Tomoo Nagai
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Undutiful Street
1958 · Movie · 80 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuzô Masumura
Cast Hiroshi Kawaguchi · Yôko Katsuragi · Hitomi Nozoe · Katsuhiko Kobayashi
Plot A young delinquent wants to avenge his sister from a college student who abandoned her after leaving her pregnant. To do this, he decides to seduce the student's sister to...
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Yakuza zesshô
1970 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuzô Masumura
Cast Shintarô Katsu · Naoko Otani · Masakazu Tamura · Yusuke Kawazu
Plot A yakuza member's half-sister means much more to him in a film that repeatedly depicts realities other than what normal societal rules allow. The overly protective and loving brother; however,...
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One Day at Summer's End
1968 · Movie · 82 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuzô Masumura
Cast Ayako Wakao · Kinya Kitaoji · Etsushi Takahashi · Mayumi Nagisa
Plot A Masumura Yasuzō film about a love affair starring Wakao Ayako. The literal title is The Two Who Got Wet.
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A Daring Man
1958 · Movie · 85 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuzô Masumura
Cast Hiroshi Kawaguchi · Hitomi Nozoe · Kyôko Kishida · Eiji Funakoshi
Plot A young offender who is already guilty of many offenses is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to kill him.
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A Woman's Testament
1960 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa · Yasuzô Masumura · Kôzaburô Yoshimura
Cast Ayako Wakao · Hiroshi Kawaguchi · Jiro Tamiya · Sachiko Hidari
Plot A Film in Three Parts. The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy....
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Play
1971 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuzô Masumura
Cast Keiko Takahashi · Masaaki Daimon · Keizo Kanie · Keiko Matsuzaka
Plot A young factory worker is picked up and courted by a clumsy youth with yakuza dreams, over one long day and a night. But in the fourteen years since Kisses,...
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Vixen
1969 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuzô Masumura
Cast Ruriko Asaoka · Eiji Okada · Kyôko Kishida · Eiko Azusa
Plot A young woman blackmails a corrupted college dean for two million yen after being raped by his son. Dealing through the son in law, then she tries to lure him...
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A False Student
1960 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuzô Masumura
Cast Ayako Wakao · Jerry Fujio · Jun Fujimaki · Eiji Funakoshi
Plot Having botched his entrance exams to a prestigious university, the dim-witted but earnest Hikoichi Otsu (Fujio) refuses to swallow his pride by doing the decent thing and admitting his failure...
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The Hot Little Girl
1970 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuzô Masumura
Cast Mari Atsumi · Ryo Tamura · Yusuke Kawazu · Ryoichi Tamagawa
Plot A model gets involved with some gangsters trying to pull a big deal.
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