Tatsuo Umemiya
6 titles
Filmography
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Prince of Space
(1959)Heading to Earth to steal the formula for a powerful new rocket fuel, Planet Krankor’s dictator will first have to contend with a masked superhero.
Graveyard of Honor
(1975)Set during the turbulent post-war years, Fukasaku's original 1975 film charts the rise and fall of real-life gangster Rikio Ishikawa (Tetsuya Watari, Outlaw Gangster VIP). Shot through with the same stark realism and quasi-documentarian approach as Fukasaku's earlier 'Battles Without Honor and Humanity', Fukasaku nonetheless breaks new ground through his portrayal of a gangster utterly without honor or ethics, surviving by any means necessary in a world of brutal criminality.

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
(1974)Conflicts between Hirono's family and Yamamori's family (and their allies) are made more tense by the ambitious underlings and the police's efforts to impose a crackdown on the gangs.

Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
(1981)Tells the story of a police officer who, through a mysterious encounter, meets a condemned smuggler’s daughter with a kappa tattoo.
The Tattooed Hitman
(1974)Through a simple act of revenge, Tokyos deadliest assassin sets off the biggest gang war in crime history. There is nowhere to hide when the most vicious criminal imaginable try to hunt him down, determined to annihilate this definitive master of death. Starring Bunta Sugawara ("Spirited Away," "The Man Who Stole the Sun") and Tsunehiko Watese ("Antarctica," "Amagi goe"). Japanese Language Film with English Subtitles.

The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
(1976)A man tries to adapt to life outside of prison, but it proves difficult when an all-out war between the Yakuza and the mainland system breaks out.