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Kenji Misumi is a Director, Scriptwriter and Assistant Director Japonais born on 2 march 1921 at Kyoto (Japon)
Kenji Misumi (三隅 研次, Misumi Kenji) (2 March 1921 – 24 September 1975) was a Japanese film director. He created films such as Lone Wolf and Cub and the initial film in the long-running Zatoichi series.
Misumi directed Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice, starring Shintaro Katsu.
He died at age 53.
His 1973 film Sakura no Daimon was voted by Makoto Shinozaki at the BFI The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time in 2012.
Il a tourné 67 films entre 1954 et 1974.
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Misumi directed Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice, starring Shintaro Katsu.
He died at age 53.
His 1973 film Sakura no Daimon was voted by Makoto Shinozaki at the BFI The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time in 2012.
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Kenji Misumi a tourné entre autres plusieurs films de genre chanbara à l'instar de la série Baby Cart. Les Derniers Samouraïs (1974) est le dernier film du réalisateur.Il a tourné 67 films entre 1954 et 1974.
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Flowery Brothers (2009)
, 1h14Directed by Kenji Misumi
Actors Ichikawa Raizō VIII, Michiyo Kogure, Tamao Nakamura, Eijirō Tōno
Shogun Assassin (1980)
, 1h25Directed by Kenji Misumi, Robert Houston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tomisaburō Wakayama, Robert Houston, Kayo Matsuo, Akiji Kobayashi, Taketoshi Naito
Rating72%
As the opening credits roll, an abbreviated version of Ogami Ittō's (Tomisaburô Wakayama) past as Shogunate Decapitator and his wife's murder by ninja are seen, with Daigorō (Akihiro Tomikawa) providing the narration.
The Last Samurai (1974)
, 2h39Directed by Kenji Misumi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Ken Ogata, Hideki Takahashi, Keiko Matsuzaka, Kiwako Taichi, Takahiro Tamura, Tōru Minegishi
Rating73%
Japon, 1860. Sugi, un jeune samouraï a trouvé un nouveau père en la personne d'Ikemoto auprès duquel il a appris l'art du sabre. Ikemoto, espion à la solde du shogun Tokugawa et sentant la fin proche du monde des samouraïs, conjure Sugi de se tenir à l'écart des luttes politiques et des conflits violents qui déchirent le pays entre partisans du shogun, partisans de l'empereur et influence des occidentaux. Mais le tourbillon des événements semble vouloir tout emporter avec lui...
, 1h29Directed by Kenji Misumi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tomisaburō Wakayama, Shingo Yamashiro, Michiyo Okusu, Eiji Okada, Taketoshi Naito, Hideji Ōtaki
Rating74%
Ogami is tested by five messengers, each who try to kill him. After defeating all the messengers, Ogami learns he must kill a young girl who was raised as a boy and is intended to be the heir of a local daimyo, while the real heir, a little boy, is kept locked away. In addition to murdering the senile, old lord, his concubine and the girl, Ogami must stop a document revealing the deception from reaching the hands of his mortal enemy, Yagyū Retsudō. Meanwhile, Ogami Daigoro is again separated from his father and proves his courage and sense of honor as he refuses to admit the guilt of a woman pickpocket he became mixed up with.
, 1h21Directed by Kenji Misumi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tomisaburō Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Akiji Kobayashi
Rating78%
The disgraced former executioner, or Kogi Kaishakunin to the shogun, Ogami Ittō is now living rough on the land with his three-year-old son Daigoro, travelling the countryside as a hired killer. Pushing his son in a baby cart, he stops at a bathhouse looking for a room and a bath, and is eagerly welcomed in by a young woman. However, the manager of the house sees Ittō as a dirty vagabond and scolds the young woman for letting him in the house. Overhearing this, Ittō goes to the baby cart and retrieves a bundle and hands it to the manager for safe keeping – it is 500 gold pieces, earned from a recent job. The manager's tone quickly changes, but when he tries to wash Daigoro's feet, the boy kicks water at the old man and tromps across the floor, leaving wet footprints.
, 1h23Directed by Kenji Misumi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tomisaburō Wakayama, Taketoshi Naito, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Yoshi Katō, Yūnosuke Itō, Akiji Kobayashi
Rating76%
Set in Japan during an unspecific year of the Edo period, Ogami Ittō, disgraced former executioner, or Kogi Kaishakunin, to the shogun, wanders the countryside, pushing a baby cart with his 3-year-old son Daigoro inside. A banner hangs off his back. "Ogami: Suiouryo technique" (Child and expertise for rent)(子を[son] 貸し[for hire] 腕 [arm|skill] 貸し[for hire] つかまつる [to serve] 水
, 1h48Directed by Kenji Misumi
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films
Actors Shintarō Katsu, Takahiro Tamura, Kō Nishimura, Yukiji Asaoka, Kamatari Fujiwara, Akiji Kobayashi
Rating65%
L'épée de la justice est le premier opus de la la trilogie Hanzo The Razor. Hanzo The Razor est à cheval entre le Pinku eiga (érotique) et le film de sabre traditionnel. Le héros, Hanzo Itami de l’époque l'ère Edo charger de faire régner l'ordre. Pour cela il n'hésite pas à magner le sabre et jouer des atours que la nature lui à donner.
, 1h29Directed by Kenji Misumi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tomisaburō Wakayama, Gō Katō, Jun Hamamura, Isao Yamagata, Shintarō Katsu, Saburo Date
Rating74%
Ogami Ittō, the disgraced former shogun's executioner, or Kogi Kaishakunin, is traveling by river on a boat with his young son Daigoro floating behind in the baby cart. A young woman at the front of the boat, clearly distraught for some reason, accidentally drops a bundle into the water, which Daigoro retrieves. Ittō, draws his sword partway and notices in the reflection on the blade that some bamboo reeds are trailing the boat. Ittō is being followed by operatives of his mortal enemy, the Yagyū Clan – a constant threat that he can never ignore. Later, as Daigorou is relieving himself in a bamboo glade, Ittō slices some bamboo stalks, causing some ninja to fall from their perch.
Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
, 1h27Directed by Kenji Misumi
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Yakuza films, Films about disabilities, Gangster films
Actors Shintarō Katsu, Miwa Takada, Yukiji Asaoka, Asao Koike, Eitarō Ozawa, Tatsuo Matsumura
Rating74%
Zatoichi (Katsu) checks into an inn where he shares a room with an ill woman and her young son named Ryota. Before the woman dies, she requests that Zatoichi take her son to his father, an artist living in the nearby town of Maebara.
Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
, 1h19Directed by Kenji Misumi, Kazuo Mori
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Toru Abe, Tanie Kitabayashi, Shiho Fujimura
Rating63%
Après avoir pris le contrôle d'un village et de ses habitants, un diabolique seigneur de la guerre décide d'en conquérir un second. Il kidnappe leur chef, Katsushige Nakoshi et impose un ultimatum aux villageois, leur livrer leur champion, Lord Juro en échange de Katsuhige. Mais les villageois et son champion décident de se battre. Après avoir perdu leur combat et leurs espérances, ils ne leur restent plus qu'à prier un sauveur. Majin leur apparaît.
Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
, 1h19Directed by Kenji Misumi, Kazuo Mori
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Themes Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Toru Abe, Tanie Kitabayashi, Shiho Fujimura
Rating62%
Majin est de retour pour aider les enfants d'un village dont les pères sont retenus prisonniers comme esclaves du Seigneur Arakawa. Ces derniers fabriquent de la poudre à canon près d'une montagne volcanique d'où s'échappe des vapeurs de soufre.
, 1h27Directed by Kenji Misumi
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Films about chess, Yakuza films, Films about disabilities, Gangster films
Actors Shintarō Katsu, Mikio Narita, Saburo Date, Ryō Horikawa
Rating72%
On a boat trip to Honshu island, Zatoichi (Katsu) makes the acquaintance of Jumonji (Narita), an expert shogi (Japanese chess) player and swordsman. Once on Honshu, a group of men that had tried to cheat Zatoichi at dice try to take revenge upon him- only for Ichi to turn the tables on them in the tussle. However, Miki, the niece of a woman named Otane, is injured in the confusion, compelling Ichi to go to great lengths to procure the medicine needed to cure her injury. When she recovers, the child sincerely thanks him, leaving him overwrought with emotion.
Sword Devil (1965)
, 1h23Directed by Kenji Misumi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Ichikawa Raizō VIII, Kei Satō, Michiko Sugata, Saburo Date, Ryosuke Kagawa
Rating70%
Un mystère plane sur la naissance de Hanpei. Sa mère Kin, première suivante de Dame Maki, meurt peu après avoir accouché sans qu'on sache qui est le père, et certains n'hésitent pas à prétendre que Hanpei est le fils d'un chien. L'enfant est confié à un petit vassal. Il grandit dans l'adversité, solitaire et moqué sur son origine, avec pour seule amie Osaki, la fille d'un ami de son père adoptif.
Ken (1964)
, 1h34Directed by Kenji Misumi
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Ichikawa Raizō VIII, Hisaya Morishige, Noriko Sengoku, Akitake Kōno, Keiju Kobayashi, Yoshio Inaba
Rating74%
The story is centered on Kokubu Jiro (Raizo Ichikawa), a prominent member of his university's Kendo dojo.
Ken (1964)
, 1h34Directed by Kenji Misumi
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Ichikawa Raizō VIII, Hisaya Morishige, Noriko Sengoku, Akitake Kōno, Keiju Kobayashi, Yoshio Inaba
Rating74%
The story is centered on Kokubu Jiro (Raizo Ichikawa), a prominent member of his university's Kendo dojo.