Sanae Kitabayashi

Acting

Sanae Kitabayashi

Born

1944-01-07 (82)

Place of birth

Tokyo, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

32 titles

Known for

Kogarashi Monjiro poster
8.0

Monjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned his hometown when he was 10 years old. He has been traveling aimlessly with a long toothpick in his mouth. Monjiro avoided getting involved in anything, but wherever he went, he ended up getting involved in incidents

Kogarashi Monjiro

1972

Stepsisters poster
NR

A moving story of intense love, hate, and reconciliation born out of a fateful encounter between the only daughter of a conglomerate leader and a girl from a poor family.

Stepsisters

1985

Port Arthur poster
7.4

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.

Port Arthur

1980

Devil's Flute poster
6.4

Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent blend of intrigue and betrayal, set against the backdrop of wealth, this film is loaded with twists and turns and surprises at every corner.

Devil's Flute

1979

The Killing Machine poster
5.6

Mr. Soh, a righteous man with a cold stare and fists of steel, returns to a lawless post-war Japan in 1946. He protects the weak, defends the poor and knocks some good sense into friends and enemies alike. Rapists and gangsters get the worst of it, as Mr. Soh builds up his school on the island of Shikoku.

The Killing Machine

1975

The Kii River poster
7.5

Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.

The Kii River

1966

Film credits

1970s · 13 titles

Devil's Flute poster
6.4

Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent blend of intrigue and betrayal, set against the backdrop of wealth, this film is loaded with twists and turns and surprises at every corner.

Devil's Flute

1979

The Killing Machine poster
5.6

Mr. Soh, a righteous man with a cold stare and fists of steel, returns to a lawless post-war Japan in 1946. He protects the weak, defends the poor and knocks some good sense into friends and enemies alike. Rapists and gangsters get the worst of it, as Mr. Soh builds up his school on the island of Shikoku.

The Killing Machine

1975

The Drifting Gambler poster
9.0

8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.

The Drifting Gambler

1970

The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats poster
10.0

Part 4 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. Sugawara tries to overcome a traumatic experience of getting in bed blindfolded with a girl who turned out to be an old granny. Later he and Kawaji try to settle down in a neighbourhood harassed by businessman yakuza Bin Amatsu.

The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats

1972

Wicked Priest 5: Breaking the Commandments poster
5.0

As the Killer Priest Shinkai travels around Japan during the Meiji era, he comes to the aid of a village headman fighting corruption from up above. Before he can do anything for the townspeople, he must first face his nemesis, Whipmaster, the blind Priest, a master killer thirsting for revenge.

Wicked Priest 5: Breaking the Commandments

1971

The Man poster
7.0

Japanese movie.

The Man

1971

Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song poster
NR

The story depicts the sorrows and joys of women in Shinjuku, centering on a daughter who became a hostess burdened with a large compensation payment after her father was imprisoned for causing a traffic accident while driving under the influence.

Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song

1970

The Trail of Blood poster
6.7

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three years, the gangs he embarrassed when he saved his wife find the family and leave Jokichi in grief, vowing revenge. To parry his terrible swift sword, rival gangs join forces, hiring a prostitute to pose as a woman needing help and breaking the code of honor to double cross the drifter. He finds unlikely allies: a thief who aids him for fun and a one-eyed swordsman who may be Jokichi's equal in skill and honor.

The Trail of Blood

1972

The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village poster
7.5

Tarao’s services are called upon to solve the mysterious death of bride-to-be, Mariko, who was found dead with an eerie mask of a devil.

The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village

1978

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

A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell poster
7.0

President of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the military and some capitalists Ishikiri. The plan is to get multiple family of the organized crime groups based in Osaka to war it out and order the Shima to the Onishi group of the branch to expand the territory. Now members of the same yakuza gang are forced to fight each other over territory and honor.

A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell

1972

Vampire Dracula Appears in Kobe – The Devil Makes Women Beautiful poster
7.0

Eriko Miura, who works at a western goods store in Kobe, dreams of marrying Dracula. At the same time, a man and a woman are killed one after another in the middle of the night in the city of Kobe...

Vampire Dracula Appears in Kobe – The Devil Makes Women Beautiful

1979

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 11 - The Ghost Story of Decapitation poster
NR

Eleventh film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 11 - The Ghost Story of Decapitation

1971

1960s · 15 titles

The Kii River poster
7.5

Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.

The Kii River

1966

Outlaw: Gangster VIP poster
6.7

Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself in the forefront of every battle. Violence never bothered him. However, after being sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing a rival gang’s hit man, he becomes disenchanted with the Yakuza life style. Goro is determined to start anew, but karma catches up. His two closest friends are murdered by his ex-boss. He is left with two options: to kill or be killed.

Outlaw: Gangster VIP

1968

Scoundrel poster
7.0

Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any sense of either duty or chivalry. When imprisoned, he is repeatedly transferred from one prison to another, because no one can handle him.

Scoundrel

1968

Three Gamblers poster
8.5

Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family.

Three Gamblers

1967

Outlaw: Black Dagger poster
6.5

A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the middle of action. Through a knife fight against Sueo, a high profile gangster from Busou-kai, Goro notices a familiar face approaching him from amidst the chaos - his girlfriend, Yuri. Goro had sent her to safety, but she had returned, aching to see him. Caught between Goro and his enemy knife, she reunites with her love - the price was her life.

Outlaw: Black Dagger

1968

Secret Information poster
9.0

A gangster named Sagara killed a broker at the request of a friend named Oba, was arrested and spent eight years in prison. Now released, he wants to find out who squealed on him.

Secret Information

1968

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers poster
10.0

An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence.

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers

1969

Gambler Biography poster
6.0

Historical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era.

Gambler Biography

1968

Code Between Brothers 6 poster
6.8

Sixth film in the "Kyodai Jingi" series. Three gangsters challenge an underworld group in northern Japan.

Code Between Brothers 6

1967

The Endless Duel poster
8.0

Following the well-received previous film “Confrontation”, Asahi returns as the wandering drifter Manshū Tsuné, who joins forces with the righteous man Hideki.

The Endless Duel

1967

The SAKURA Code poster
2.0

Cold-blooded obligations and loyalty in the gambler's world.

The SAKURA Code

1969

対決 poster
10.0

Late Taishō period. The Shibatora family, led by Naojirō, held power over the Tomigawara area in Jōshū. After launching an attack on the Takayasu family for encroaching on their territory, they were instead ambushed by Takayasu's forces. Taking full responsibility, Naojirō turned himself in to the police. Six years later, upon his release, he is enraged to find that everything has changed drastically from how it once was.

対決

1967

Killer of Seven poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Killer of Seven

1967

The Song from My Heart poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Song from My Heart

1969

Sakura sakazuki: gikyōdai poster
NR

Second movie in the Sakura Code series.

Sakura sakazuki: gikyōdai

1969

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