Ryoichi Tamagawa

Acting

Ryoichi Tamagawa

Born 1924-10-15 · Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Acting credits

Western King, Eastern Leader poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Western King, Eastern Leader

1964

It's a Psychic, Everybody Gather!! poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

It's a Psychic, Everybody Gather!!

1974

No artwork available
8.0

Hoodlum group helps fishermen against firm polluting their fishing ground.

Wolves on Motorcycles

1971

Samaritan Zatoichi poster
6.8

Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has caused.

Samaritan Zatoichi

1968

Comic Storyteller — The Great Burglar poster
NR

The fourth and final "Comic Storyteller" feature.

Comic Storyteller — The Great Burglar

1967

A Lively Geisha poster
6.3

Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes true. When she learns of the trouble Yukichi's business is facing, she stands ready to come to his aid, and thus repay a debt that's long overdue.

A Lively Geisha

1970

The Biggest Gamble poster
7.0

When Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do everything possible to have Honjo step down, which puts Itsuki between a rock and a hard place.

The Biggest Gamble

1969

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love poster
7.5

The story of a lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty.

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love

1971

Hooligans on Buggies poster
9.0

Rivalry between a hoodlum group and a gangster organization.

Hooligans on Buggies

1970

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation poster
7.2

A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at his residence. When a rival yakuza gang, who wants to take over the town’s businesses, murders him, Oryu is obliged to protect his children and business.

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation

1968

Zatoichi the Outlaw poster
6.7

When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival gambling house pays their debts and sets them free.

Zatoichi the Outlaw

1967

Game of Chance 3 poster
5.0

Bungo, 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

Fear of Sex poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Fear of Sex

1970

Girl in College poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Girl in College

1969

Game of Chance 2 poster
6.0

Bungo 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

Birth of a Fighter poster
7.0

A young boss proves his right to rule his gang.

Birth of a Fighter

1967

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape poster
5.8

Former inmate Katsuji gets involved in the horse gambling business while lending a helping hand to a ranch operator.

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape

1971

The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding poster
NR

A man who was released from prison wanders around the Kanto region and gets involved with the local yakuza.

The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding

1967

The Lucky Status Symbol poster
NR

Hiroshi (Tatsuo Umemiya) has the biggest penis in all of Japan and everyone who touches (or is touched by) it, is blessed by good fortune. After buying his sister a washing machine for her wedding, he travels to Tokyo, where he must help his friend Masa out of a half-million yen debt. Among other hijinks, he becomes a penis god in the process.

The Lucky Status Symbol

1972

The Hot Little Girl poster
4.7

A model gets involved with some gangsters trying to pull a big deal.

The Hot Little Girl

1970

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri poster
8.0

Prisoner Katsuji must fend for himself and his prison mates in the fierce battle involving a family feud.

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri

1970

Evil Boss vs. Henchmen poster
6.0

A high-ranking yakuza rises to national notoriety.

Evil Boss vs. Henchmen

1971

The World of Hans Christian Andersen poster
5.8

During his boyhood, young Hans Christian Andersen is exposed to the musical fairy-tale dream world by his Uncle Ole.

The World of Hans Christian Andersen

1968

Abare chōhan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Abare chōhan

1970