Kenji Mori
Acting
Known For
A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.
Last of the Wild Ones
Makino Masahiro film starring Okada Mariko
Yakuza bayashi
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Hyoroku's Dream Tale
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Jirocho in Disgrace
Jirocho the gambler hits the road.
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
Based on the famous novel by Yamagami Itaro, this is the story of a group of ronin living in abject poverty in the latter days of the Edo period. Starring the great Konoe Jushiro, Ronin Gai is populated by an ensemble of colorful characters, social outcasts who patronize a restaurant and bar on the outskirts of Edo. Among them are masterless samurai reduced to drunkenness and debauchery. One disgraced and disillusioned former warrior gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to retrieve a famous knife from a corrupt lord. This is the third version directed by Makino Masahiro and is considered a true classic.
Street of Ronin
In 1930s Tokyo, the energetic Enoken and his ragtag group of friends navigate a series of chaotic misadventures involving romance and poverty.
Romantic and Crazy
A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among other things, teaches them about the evils of the government. A member of the yakuza thugs has fallen in love with the samurai's daughter and conspires to report the father to the authorities in order to snatch the girl. The samurai's daughter has a boyfriend who hides the father and daughter from the thug.
Daikichi Konomura
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Jirocho's Home-Coming
A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.
Jirocho, the Hunted
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Jirocho's New Year
Japanese drama film.
Such is Life
Based on the comic by Shosuke Kurakane. Shown in two parts.
Tenten Musume
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Her Captive Gamblers
1953 jidaigeki directed by Nobuo Nakagawa of Jigoku and Ghost of Yotsuya fame.
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
Set in the Sengoku period, Tokugawa vassal Yakurota (Kenichi Enomoto) helps the older sister and twin sister of the Matsudaira family who are in love with his best friend Iori while also resolving the conflict between the Tokugawa and Oda Nobunaga.
Enoken the Hero
Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province.
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1950 Japanese movie
Enoken ohako rakuda no Ma-san
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The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
The rise of the famed gambler.