Acting
Kazuko Matsuo
Born 1935-05-17 · Tokyo, Japan
Acting credits
5.5When her crime boss husband is sent to prison, a woman assumes control of one of the most powerful gangs in Japan.
Yakuza Ladies
1986
NRThe 12th "Ekimae" feature.
Finances in Front of the Train Station
1965
6.0Based on the comic by Housei Hasegawa
Hakatakko Pure Heart
1978
NRA small restaurant tucked away in the back of Ginza is run by Keiko, the owner’s daughter. Writers, club owners, corporate executives, and others are drawn to her charm.
Yoru wa usotsuki
1960
6.5Once upon a time, Okuro (Ayako Wakao), a young female racoon, lived poorly with her drunken father. One day after they disguised themselves as parasols, they were wrongly brought to the Racoon Palace, where the young racoon princess (also Ayako Wakao) made a mess of her arranged marriage with the beautiful racoon prince (Raizô Ichikawa). Pretty princess ran away. In order not to spoil the promising marriage, people tried to make use of resemblances between Okuro and the princess. Before long, Okuro and the Prince fell in love with each other...
Enchanted Princess
1959
7.3The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute.
The Body
1962
7.3The plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the blame for a fellow gang member’s crime. However, his former gang boss seems to have gone to seed, with people now killing each other and dealing in drugs. The hero then teams up with a lone operator (Tamba) who specialises in shaking down gangsters.
Gang vs. Gang
1962
7.5In the basement of a pornographic shop in the port town, there was a secret handgun manufacturing factory. Three guns were stolen from there. His younger brother Tomo (Tsunoda) and Saki (Hayami), who lives together, dream of working at a jazz club and singing at this restaurant one day like his mother, who passed away. In her house, Tomo's friend Ryuichi (Sato) was in and out. Ryuichi takes on the task of finding three guns from a man in the world behind the scenes.
Kids
1985
8.0No synopsis available yet.
If You're Man Enough
1960
8.0When a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin decides to help her and a drunken calligrapher. In doing so, he uncovers a wider scheme.
Street of Wandering Men
1963
NR1962 Japanese movie
Whirlpool of Love
1962
9.0When a large crime syndicate seeks to invade Gifu's underworld, three brothers and their yakuza family are the only ones that stand in their way.
A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers
1971
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Big Chase
1971
NRPart 3 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series
The Pretty Jade
1966
NRKazuko Matsuo sings the theme song to this drama film.
東京の夜は泣いている
1961
NR1961 Japanese movie
Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon
1961
NRThe president of the Hong Kong Almond Cola company, Liu's grandfather, signed a purchase and sale agreement with Showa Nakajima from Japan, and shortly before leaving for Japan, someone attacked him. Before he died, before he lost consciousness, he transferred all the rights to the company to his close confidant Murota and told him to transfer them to his daughter, whom he left in Japan 20 years ago. Murota, who inherited Liu's will, went to Japan. However, the gang of James Howe, the head of the Hong Kong trading world, was waiting for him, seeking to obtain the rights to Almond Cola…
Brutal Battle
1959
Crime film distributed by Taiho.
Black and Red Flower Petals
1962