Rikiya Yasuoka
Rikiya Yasuoka (安岡力也, Yasuoka Rikiya, 19 July 1947 – 8 April 2012) was a Japanese actor and singer of mixed Italian and Japanese descent.
Featured Characters
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Izo
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.
Shin jingi no hakaba
A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
Jitsuroku Andô Noboru kyôdô-den: Rekka
After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing other Yakuza leaders leading to a final confrontation by the old man's killers..
The Toxic Avenger Part II
The Toxic Avenger is lured to Tokyo, Japan by the evil corporation Apocalypse Inc. So while the Toxic Avenger is fighting crime in Tokyo, Apocalypse Inc. spread evil in Tromaville.
Black Rain
Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan.
Komikku zasshi nanka iranai!
Stuck doing show-biz schlock, an investigative reporter stumbles on a scheme to swindle pensions through an attractive gold futures scam, a potential news-story.
Tampopo
a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside fast food stop selling ramen noodles and help the widowed owner, Tampopo, turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle soup making".
Himatsuri
Tatsuo, a reverent lumberjack, seeks to disrupt plans to build a marine park on his family land, instead promoting his traditions in reactionary ways.
Mizu no nai puuru
After saving a girl from rape, a bored rail worker finds out about a chemical that makes people sleep and gets carried away into a new, violent world of ideas.
Yajû shisubeshi
A policeman is murdered and his gun, stolen, used to commit the next crime. Detective Kashiwagi, who is leading the investigation, learns that the author of the killings "walks like a dead man".
Urufu gai: Moero ôkami-otoko
Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes.
Shôrinji kenpô
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.
Onna hissatsu ken: Kiki ippatsu
Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into the nubile buttocks of Chinese prostitutes. Koryu's older sister, working as a jewelry designer, is secretly, if unhappily, involved with the gangsters.
Chokugeki! Jigoku-ken
Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer in this hard-hitting Toei karate action film.
Chokugeki jigoku-ken: Dai-gyakuten
When both a priceless jewel and the daughter of a rich heiress are stolen by a master criminal, Koga and his gang are hired to retrieve both. But a double-cross leads to a risky high-security bank heist and loads of martial arts mayhem.
Bodigâdo Kiba: Hissatsu sankaku tobi
Kiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the violent acts he has committed. Once he's out, he begins working as a bodyguard in a club that is crawling with gangsters.
Bodigâdo Kiba
Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Kiba returns to his home in Japan, where he aims to wipe out the nation's drug industry.
Ôkami yakuza: Tomurai ha ore ga dasu
Attacking Asao Uchida's lonely, clifftop mansion in no-holds barred massacre.
Bôryoku gai
An retired yakuza is caught in the middle of a growing conflict between two rival clans.
Nora-neko rokku: Sekkusu hanta
Mako and her girl friends enter a dispute with rival street gangsters The Eagles, a band of racist macho pigs led by the evil Baron, who hate half-breeds. When one of the girls start dating a half-breed, they start a terror campaign to take all of them out of town.
Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi
Intelligence director Suritai asks agent Kitami to steal money from anti-government guerrillas.