Akiko Kudō

Acting

Akiko Kudō

Born 1944-01-01 · Tokyo, Japan

Japanese actress.

Acting credits

Rise and Fall of Chivalry poster
6.5

A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.

Rise and Fall of Chivalry

1970

Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder poster
7.7

Ryotatsu, the wayward Priest blinded by Shinkai, the Wicked Priest, has his own story in this ultra-violent tale from the era of the Meiji Reconstruction. When a woman leaves her blind son at the Monastery, Ryotatsu is forced to teach the boy how to cope as a blind person in old Japan. When he takes the child with him on the road to find the boy's mother, they run afoul of not only yakuza gangsters, but some corrupt army officers have been trying to sway public opinion against the Satsuma rebels by posing as members of Saigo Takamori's group. It's a bloody mistake for them to underestimate the strength of the Blind Priest, and he'll make them pay with their lives!

Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder

1970

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang poster
6.8

The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When their leader dies and the successor disappears, Tsuruji, a beautiful yet tough geisha, becomes the boss. But will she be able to confront a yakuza gang trying to take over the area?

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

1972

Japan's Violent Gangs: Degenerate Boss poster
7.0

Terajima, an ex-yakuza and current nightclub owner, is brought back into the world of crime when his former brother attempts a hostile take over.

Japan's Violent Gangs: Degenerate Boss

1970

The Man Without a Map poster
6.7

A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, the detective's own life begins to resemble the man for whom he is searching.

The Man Without a Map

1968

Sympathy for the Underdog poster
7.1

A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.

Sympathy for the Underdog

1971

Organized Crime: Killer's Glory poster
9.0

A professional lone-wolf hitman comes to his blood brother's aid when his boss is brutally murdered by an unknown yakuza faction.

Organized Crime: Killer's Glory

1972

Iku iku maito gai - Seishun no mon Mon poster
10.0

Pink film directed by Kazuyuki Izutsu.

Iku iku maito gai - Seishun no mon Mon

1975

The Viper Brothers Rage Again poster
10.0

Part 2 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves.

The Viper Brothers Rage Again

1971

New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm

1972

Code Between Brothers: All New poster
6.5

When the boss of the Nakano Family decides to retire and makes a loyal follower the new boss instead of his own son, it causes strife in the family. Sides are taken and lines are drawn. Meanwhile, a rival family with a land dispute with the Nakano starts pulling strings behind the scenes...

Code Between Brothers: All New

1970

Branded Female Convicts poster
NR

In an Edo-era women's prison, Ochiyo manages to escape execution during a fire and becomes determined to seek revenge against her harsh jailers.

Branded Female Convicts

1984

A Modern Yakuza: Broken Code poster
6.5

A young yakuza soldier is torn between staying in his current life or leaving his family when his boss refuses to follow their ancient code of ethics.

A Modern Yakuza: Broken Code

1971

Gambler's Code - Loyalty Offering poster
NR

A fairly entertaining yarn told in somewhat broad strokes with Wakayama playing against type as a reformed-gambler-turned- Christian minister. Of course, before the tale is finished he is forced by the utterly nefarious, heinous villains to once again pick up a sword and join fellow anti-hero Sugawara in wiping out Evil.

Gambler's Code - Loyalty Offering

1970

Woman His Prey poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Woman His Prey

1972

The Gambler's Counterattack poster
8.5

Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still respect him. So he becomes a consultant to another gang who are about to be clobbered by a much larger gang moving in from out of town. Aiba proves a crafty tactician, and does very well at playing gangs off against each other in order to save the smaller gang. His advice is not always taken by those he tries to help, but he is generally proved right.

The Gambler's Counterattack

1971

A Wad of Notes poster
7.2

A lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After away from his hometown for 13 years, Ryuji comes back and saves the town that is becoming run-down from yakuza’s ill deeds.

A Wad of Notes

1970

A Scarred Life poster
8.0

Set in Osaka, during the devastated time of post-war Japan, this is a tale of the yakuza who set about rebuilding after the death of their Oyabun (big boss). Battles erupt as tempers explode as someone seeks to fill the seat of power.

A Scarred Life

1971