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Tōru Murakawa
Director 89 years old

Tōru Murakawa

Yamagata, Japan

Tōru Murakawa is a Japanese film director. He is most famous for his collaborations with the actor Yūsaku Matsuda in both film and television.

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

5 titles
Distant Justice

Distant Justice

Tōru Murakawa 1992 1h 28m

After his daughter is kidnapped and his wife murdered by drug dealers, a man finds that the gang is protected by corrupt politicians, and sets out to wipe out the gang and expose the politicians.

Yajû shisubeshi

Yajû shisubeshi

Tōru Murakawa 1980 1h 58m

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".

Shokei yugi

Shokei yugi

Tōru Murakawa 1979 1h 40m

The third movie in Tôru Murakawa's Game trilogy about a hitman. Narumi is set up by a mysterious woman. Abducted and tortured, Narumi is forced to take on a difficult job. The target is a veteran killer as good as him.

Satsujin yûgi

Satsujin yûgi

Tōru Murakawa 1978 1h 32m

The second movie of Tôru Murakawa's "Game" trilogy. After making a sensational hit, a hitman has gone into hiding for five years. When he comes back he bumps into two women that he has spared five years ago. Two rival yakuza bosses hire Narumi to kill the other. Will Narumi's sense of chivalry entrap him again?

Mottomo kiken na yuugi

Mottomo kiken na yuugi

Tōru Murakawa 1978 1h 29m

The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in a vicious power struggle between two large corporations over a sizable government defence contract.

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