Acting

Ichitarō Kuni

Acting credits

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics poster
7.0

As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic Games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

1974

Sword of Destiny poster
6.0

When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing sensei has been murdered in the dead of night, he must find the culprit and exact revenge. His return sets off a series of violent incidents and incites a high ranked female skilled in sword to test his mettle after he unwittingly offends her. The ever delightful Misora Hibari co-stars with the great Tsuruta Koji in this exciting tale set in the earliest days of the Tokugawa shogunate. Lots of exciting swordfights highlight this entertaining motion picture!

Sword of Destiny

1960

Gambling Den's Master Clan poster
7.0

Sixth entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.

Gambling Den's Master Clan

1968

The Domain poster
6.5

The feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of Kibamasa falls ill.

The Domain

1964

Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit poster
9.0

Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.

Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit

1968

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights poster
7.5

The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle after three years of intense contemplation and philosophical study and starting on his epic quest to complete his skill in the Way.

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

1962

Black Thief poster
7.5

Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.

Black Thief

1964

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 poster
5.8

Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honorable way out.

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

1974

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode poster
7.2

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

1974

Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty poster
7.9

The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an ally family and promised her that she would help guide the new Boss. Meanwhile a turf war breaks out. When the family is betrayed from within and the rival family becomes violent, Oryu takes things into her own hands…

Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty

1972

Wicked Priest poster
6.2

Shinkai, a Buddhist monk with a penchant for drinking and gambling, sets sinners straight with judo throws rather than sermons. After fighting off a gang of street thugs, Shinkai is placed on probation but manages to escape his superiors’ watchful eyes to covertly indulge in life’s pleasures. But when he hears of rogue priests in his order consorting with yakuza, Shinkai must make them see the error of their ways and reach enlightenment, one punch at a time.

Wicked Priest

1968

Kanto Street Peddlers:  Clan Violent Loyalty poster
NR

The second film in the Kanto Street Peddlers Clan series starring Bunta Sugawara.

Kanto Street Peddlers: Clan Violent Loyalty

1970

Trials of an Okinawa Village poster
6.4

A boss from a trucking company has run-ins with evil yakuza during the American occupation of Okinawa. Her hometown is threatened by usurers, gangsters and indirectly by American GI influences. She must battle a yakuza organization with her employees to help settle things.

Trials of an Okinawa Village

1971

The Mansion of Intrigue poster
NR

A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.

The Mansion of Intrigue

1957

The Kingdom of Jirocho 2 poster
8.0

Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.

The Kingdom of Jirocho 2

1963

Yagyu Chronicles 1: Secret Scrolls poster
6.0

Two groups are after the legendary Yagyu Secret Scrolls. A princess of a disgraced clan and her loyal servant want it to clear their family's name. And a rival clan wants it to destroy the Yagyu family. Only master swordsman, Yagyu Jubei stands in their way. What is the secret that is hidden away in the scrolls?

Yagyu Chronicles 1: Secret Scrolls

1961

Yagyu Chronicles 2: The Secret Sword poster
6.0

This is the second film in the popular black and white series about the master swordsman, Yagyu Jubei. When the Yagyu clan falls victim to rival Kasumi spies, Yagyu Jubei is called to action to protect them. But in performing his duty, he becomes the target of those who wish to destroy his clan.

Yagyu Chronicles 2: The Secret Sword

1961

Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo poster
NR

The second part of the Gamblers series.

Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo

1967

Lord Mito Komon: World commotion poster
NR

Counselor Mito and his companions departed from Mito to see Kikutaro, a young lord of the shogun family, who became the new lord of Shirataka castle with an income of three hundred thousand koku. As they approach Shirataka's domain, a disturbing adventure begins. Soon, the advisor Mito and his companions reveal a conspiracy whose purpose was to capture the Shirataka castle and engage in a battle with the villains.

Lord Mito Komon: World commotion

1960