Directing
Ryuichi Takamori
Born — Died
1925-10-31 — 2011-12-21
Place of birth
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Known for
Directing
Credits
40 titles
Known for
6.3The widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her husband. After her release, as she is shadowed by a hitman, she returns to thoughts of revenge.
The Boss' Wife
1988
5.0A story about love triangle between mother and daughter relation...
Cherry Blossoms
1989
5.3A young man longs to travel to Hawaii, the birthplace of his deceased father, against the wishes of his family, who are estranged from those relatives in Waikiki.
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
1964
5.1Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to come forward and provide information about the drug lords' activities. He is soon approached by a mysterious woman claiming to have important information and asking for Chiba's protection. She seems to be legitimate, but is she really what she appears to be?
The Bodyguard
1973
6.8A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.
Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder
1972
7.5Movie based on a book by Kakou Senda about the use of women as sexual slaves by the Japanese Army during WW2.
Military Comfort Woman
1974
Behind the camera
6.3The widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her husband. After her release, as she is shadowed by a hitman, she returns to thoughts of revenge.
The Boss' Wife
1988
5.0A story about love triangle between mother and daughter relation...
Cherry Blossoms
1989
5.3A young man longs to travel to Hawaii, the birthplace of his deceased father, against the wishes of his family, who are estranged from those relatives in Waikiki.
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
1964
5.1Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to come forward and provide information about the drug lords' activities. He is soon approached by a mysterious woman claiming to have important information and asking for Chiba's protection. She seems to be legitimate, but is she really what she appears to be?
The Bodyguard
1973
6.8A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.
Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder
1972
7.5Movie based on a book by Kakou Senda about the use of women as sexual slaves by the Japanese Army during WW2.
Military Comfort Woman
1974
5.5An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted teacher, Mr. Yabuki. Faced with the rigors of growing up in modern times, students often look to Mr. Yabuki for advice and guidance. But when Mr. Yabuki’s career is threatened as a result of a false accusation from the school’s PTA, the students band together to stand up for their beloved teacher and help him to save his good reputation and job.
Here Because of You
1964
6.0Bungo is released from prison to find his son Kenichi in the care of strangers. Teruko, the woman originally looking after the boy, was forced to leave town and sell herself into prostitution. Bungo and Kenichi, in their search for Teruko, arrive in a new place and find work running a peddling stall for the upright Tatsumaki family. However, the drifting father and son soon find themselves caught up in a struggle for territory. Boss Negishi, the head of the yakuza family responsible for the death of the former Tatsumaki leader, will stop at nothing to take over the marketplace. Sickened by the injustice, Bungo takes on the rival boss knowing it might cost him his newly acquired freedom..
Game of Chance 2
1967
No synopsis available yet.
ゼロの焦点
1991
6.5Bungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling. Deciding to quit his vices, he works menial jobs, drifting from city to city. However, not completely losing his gambling tastes, he became a hunted man and must escape to Tokyo after he was found cheating at dice. Bungo and his son Kenichi comes upon the Kizaki Family in Asakusa, where more troubles are awaiting them...
Game of Chance
1966
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Woman
1969
NRA beautiful widow named Ruriko Omuta visits the Akechi residence and asks Kogoro Akechi to provide her with personal security. Just then, art dealer Yamano is shot dead right before Ruriko’s eyes. Sensing that there is more to the incident than meets the eye, Akechi sets out to investigate on his own. Meanwhile, back in her hometown of Nagasaki, a man named Shigeyuki Satomi—claiming to be a distant relative of Ruriko’s late husband—appears before her. Though Ruriko finds herself drawn to Satomi, she already has a lover named Yoshio Kawamura. What’s more, Kawamura has been involved in a terrible crime alongside Ruriko. Will Akechi be able to uncover their secret? And who is Satomi really?
The Beauty in Mourning
1994
NRA young girl works as a geisha to earn money for travel.
Three Little Geisha
1973
NRA young girl works as a geisha to earn money for travel.
Three Little Geisha
1973
6.3An ex-Olympic athlete and a student commit cash robbery. Aki Hoshino, a pre-med student, becomes inspired to steal money the school collected as “special fees” from parents wanting to assure their offspring’s’ acceptance into the hallowed institution. He forms an unbeatable alliance with an ex-employee and crime bosses to retrieve the ill-gotten money from the “wrong” hands.
Kamikaze, the Adventurer
1981
6.4Kiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the violent acts he has committed. Once he's out, he begins working as a bodyguard in a club that is crawling with gangsters.
Bodyguard Kiba 2
1973
6.4Kiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the violent acts he has committed. Once he's out, he begins working as a bodyguard in a club that is crawling with gangsters.
Bodyguard Kiba 2
1973
9.0Inosuke, a former gangster, and his friends struggle to make a living as simple fishermen in this tale of chivalry and friendship among yakuza in the northern regions.
North Sea Chivalry
1967
NRExciting fights between the police and a crime syndicate over the secret of poison gas.
Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair
1971
NRExciting fights between the police and a crime syndicate over the secret of poison gas.
Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair
1971
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Fear of Sex
1970
8.0A roughneck named Komakichi of Kawachi, Osaka, comes back from a three-year training course to become a chef, hoping to be with his crush Tamae, a daughter of a Japanese restaurant’s owner. His father is not happy because Komakichi has no intention to become a rickshaw man to follow in his father’s footsteps.
The Rickshaw Man’s Son
1967
Kumazou, a "cleaner" for hire, encounters a woman attempting to commit suicide with her two young siblings one night. Kumazou gives them all the money he has and saves them from jumping off a bridge. The next morning, he wakes up to find that the woman and her sons have invaded his home and settled in…
The Forced Marriage with Children
1987
No synopsis available yet.
Tasogare ni hyōteki o ute
1982
5.0Bungo, fulfilling his duty as a yakuza, kills a man from a rival gang. Since then, he has escaped the clan's vengeance by staying on the road with his son Kenichi. Tired of running, the two settle in a mountain town. Bungo finds work as a lumberjack for the Iwasaki family and Kenichi becomes a student at the local elementary school. Regrettably, their good fortune doesn't last. The yakuza boss, Tomitaka, wants control of the town's lumber and is willing to destroy the Iwasaki to get it. Natsue, Kenichi's estranged no-good mother, returns wanting to take part in the boy's upbringing. And shortly thereafter, a mysterious stranger arrives in town to lay claim on Bungo's life...
Game of Chance 3
1967
NRNo synopsis available yet.
That Cute Girl
1965
10.0Dr. Mikami is an elderly somewhat clumsy, very popular therapist, his patients turn to him with all possible and impossible questions. Because Dr. Mikami's specialty is sexual clarification... The world's best-selling sex literature was filmed here in a manner close to the original. And the openness of the image shows the shocking conflicts of young people in scenes that were never filmed. Shocking documents about sex life from the doctor's office.
Sex and Life
1969
NRDetective Hayata's friend is killed by criminals. In order to find the murder, Hayata infiltrate a gang, with the aim of getting closer to the big bosses responsible for the murder
Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us
1971
NRDetective Hayata's friend is killed by criminals. In order to find the murder, Hayata infiltrate a gang, with the aim of getting closer to the big bosses responsible for the murder
Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us
1971
NRA song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru. It tells the story of a young man who moves to Tokyo with a big dream of becoming a composer, and despite the unfamiliar city life, sticks to his original intentions with the gentle encouragement of his young wife, and takes the music world by storm.
Dash to the Sun
1966
6.0Two boys and two girls become acquainted and fall in love.
The Experience
1970
NRKota Mizutani, a 10-year-old boy whose health worsened after he saw a murder, is brought to Akiko's clinic by his mother Mariko. Kota says that two months ago, he witnessed a man in a park strangling a woman with a cord and was chased by the man afterwards. Hamada, who listens to his story along with Akiko, immediately performs an investigation but cannot find any traces of the crime. However, Kota's testimony gains credence when the body of a woman killed two months before is discovered on a construction site in Kawagoe. Acting on a tip from a citizen who says she had been wearing the same clothes as the victim, the police search the house of Kazuko Shimazaki, a photographer who is often absent. But when Kazuko returns from her trip with her assistant Hirano, it becomes clear the victim is a different person.
監察医 室生亜季子㉚ 震える顔
2001
NRDaigaku, member of the circus, is involved in a certain case and is suspected by Detective Hattori and others that he's the culprit. In order to unravel the truth, he does his own investigation with the cooperation of members of his circus troupe.
The Awesome Circus Bastard
1984
NRA master swordsman is ordered to go undercover on a mission to find and destroy a cannon factory being used by two samurai clans that try to usurp power and gain the position of shogun for one of their own.
Samurai Secret Agent
1983
7.0A story about club hostesses in Osaka.
The Bad Guy Blues
1969
NRJapanese “kayo” film based on the song by Mina Aoe.
Nagasaki Blues
1969
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Even If Life Withers
1968
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Final Gamble
1970
NRAccused of being a spy for a rival clan by Nanbu Clan samurai who then attack him, the 'Lowly Ronin' barely escapes with his life after being shot. Nursed back to health by Yamaoka Daijiro, the one Nanbu Clan retainer that believes him, he must find a way to prove his inno-cence to the others. The two team up together to uncover the mystery and find out who the real spy is that threatens the security of the clan. Against all odds, the two master swordsmen must rely on all their skills to defeat a vast conspiracy and save the clan from being abolished.
Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass
1983
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Port City Blues
1969
