Masayo Banri

Acting

Masayo Banri

Born 1937-03-29 · China

Masayo Banri was born on March 29, 1937 in China. She is an actress, known for The Tale of Zatoichi (1962), Onnakeizu (1962) and Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963).

Acting credits

The Tale of Zatoichi poster
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The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.

The Tale of Zatoichi

1962

This Is a Man's World poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

This Is a Man's World

1960

Ghost of the Pearl Divers poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Ghost of the Pearl Divers

1960

The Tale of Zatoichi Continues poster
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Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.

The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

1962

The Horizon Glitters poster
NR

5 criminals organize a jailbreak in search of a cache of stolen diamonds.

The Horizon Glitters

1961

Haunted Cave poster
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The treasures of the Aoyamas were buried at the bottom of the sea when a large earthquake occurred years before. Yumi Aoyama is the only person who knows the location, but her family dies one after another through curious incidents, as if the family were under a curse. Yumi is surprised by the ghost of a dead sister who looks the same as the grim figure who jumped into the old well alter stabbing herself with a sword. Fearful that a similar fate awaits her, Yumi seeks the help of her friend Kyoko. Later the ghost appears before Kyoko and her fiancé, Detective Nonomiya. In a haunted cave, Kyoko and Yumi are in deadly peril from those who seek treasures of the Aoyamas.

Haunted Cave

1959

Zatoichi the Fugitive poster
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After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face the killer, a hired ronin.

Zatoichi the Fugitive

1963

Bronze Magician poster
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A story loosely based on the affair between Empress Kōken-Shōtoku and the monk Dōkyō, set during the Nara period (710–794 A.D.).

Bronze Magician

1963

Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide poster
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A omnibus movie consisting of the three parts: "Kechinbo", "Yowak" and "Kōshoku".

Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide

1961

Order of Yakuza poster
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Order of Yakuza

Order of Yakuza

1962

Crazy Desire poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Crazy Desire

1959

The Third Shadow Warrior poster
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In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three doubles, of shadows, of Lord Yasutaka. After months of intense and cruel training, he faces his destiny when the Lord and the other two shadows are killed in battle and he must take on the role of Lord Yasutaka....

The Third Shadow Warrior

1963

Destiny's Son poster
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In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her lord’s concubine. Decades later, his adoptive family is massacred for keeping the secret. Armed with an unbeatable swordfighting technique, Shingo embarks on the path of the masterless samurai in search of vengeance and a path beyond his own ignominious origins.

Destiny's Son

1962

Jealousy poster
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Japanese mystery film directed by Michiyoshi Doi.

Jealousy

1962

Ghost in the Regiment poster
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Desiring another officer’s new wife, a military police lieutenant fabricates evidence of treason that consigns the innocent man to torture and a firing squad. The lieutenant rapes the wife, but is haunted by bad dreams which after he is assigned to a battalion with the victim’s brother.

Ghost in the Regiment

1958

Gambler's Farewell poster
8.0

The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.

Gambler's Farewell

1968

The Ghost of Kasane poster
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A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane swamp. However, the ghost of the masseur returns to haunt the samurai, who kills his wife by mistake and then goes to the swamp and drowns himself. 20 years later, the masseur's daughter unknowingly falls in love with the samurai's son who has been brought up to be a servant. After she is horribly disfigured in an accident, he plots to run away with another woman, but the path of their escape lies by the Kasane swamp...

The Ghost of Kasane

1957

Lost Virgin poster
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Story of a nineteen-year-old office girl who loses her virginity.

Lost Virgin

1968

Woman Diver's Terror poster
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Chie, who's chosen as 'Ms. Woman Diver', and her friend Yuki, have been missing for several days after they left for Tokyo to be interviewed by a magazine. Later, Yuki is found dead in the sea. Yoshi, Chie's sister, along with sailor Shunsuke, try to find Chie. Soon they learn about a conspiracy with diamonds in a ship sunk in the sea.

Woman Diver's Terror

1957

The Singing Gunman poster
NR

Fourth film in the Aitsu series. The outlaw-cum-travelling guitarist discovers that his friend has been killed by the gangsters who held up the bullion transport.

The Singing Gunman

1967

Oniisan to oneesan poster
NR

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

Oniisan to oneesan

1961

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

Holiday in Japan

1958

The Story of a Blind Woman poster
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At sixteen, due to illness, Tsuruko goes blind, and has no choice but to become a massage therapist. One day, stumbling on a staircase, she meets a businessman and falls in love with him.

The Story of a Blind Woman

1965

B.G. monogatari: Ekinyūmon poster
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1962 Japanese movie

B.G. monogatari: Ekinyūmon

1962