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Takeo Kimura is a Director, Scriptwriter and Production Design Japonais born on 1 april 1918 at Tokyo (Japon)
Takeo Kimura (木村 威夫, Kimura Takeo, April 1, 1918 – March 21, 2010) was a Japanese art director, writer and film director. Beginning his career in 1945 he art-directed well over 200 films. He was one of Japan's best known art directors, most famously for his collaborations with cult director Seijun Suzuki through the 1960s at the Nikkatsu Company, exemplified by Tokyo Drifter (1966). Other directors with whom he frequently worked include Toshio Masuda, Kazuo Kuroki, Kei Kumai and Kaizo Hayashi. At age 90 he made his feature film directorial debut with Dreaming Awake (2008). He had also worked as a critic, writer, painter, photographer and teacher.
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Matouqin Nocturne (2007)
, 55minutesDirected by Takeo Kimura
Genres Fantasy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Seijun Suzuki
Scriptwriter
Pistol Opera (2001)
, 1h52Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Makiko Esumi, Masatoshi Nagase, Kirin Kiki, Mikijirō Hira, Kenji Sawada, Yoshiyuki Morishita
Rating62%
Une jolie tueuse surnommée Stray Cat, classée numéro 3, va bientôt se retrouver embrigadée dans un massacre en règle auquel tous les assassins du pays vont participer, afin de s’emparer de la place du tueur numéro 1.
Capone Cries a Lot (1985)
, 2h10Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Actors Yūko Tanaka, Kenji Sawada, Akira Emoto, Kirin Kiki, Miki Takakura, Mitsuru Hirata
Rating62%
Umiemon (Kenichi Hagiwara) is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achieving fame and fortune.
Branded to Kill (1967)
, 1h38Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Joe Shishido, Koji Nanbara, Annu Mari, Atsushi Yamatoya
Rating71%
Goro Hanada, the Japanese underworld's third-ranked hitman, and his wife, Mami, fly into Tokyo and are met by Kasuga, a formerly ranked hitman turned taxi driver. Kasuga petitions Hanada to assist him in breaking back into the profession. Hanada agrees and the three go to a club owned by the yakuza boss Michihiko Yabuhara. The two men are hired to escort a client from Sagami Beach to Nagano. After the meeting, Yabuhara covertly seduces Hanada's wife. Hanada and Kasuga pick up a car designated for the job which unexpectedly has a corpse in the back seat. They dispose of the body, then meet the client and proceed towards their destination. En route Hanada spots an ambush. He dispatches a number of gunmen while Kasuga panics and flails about in hysterics. Foaming at the mouth, Kasuga charges an ambusher, Koh, the fourth-ranked hitman, and they kill each other. Hanada leaves the client to secure Koh's car but hears three gunshots and rushes back to find the client is safe and three additional ambushers have been shot cleanly through the forehead. At a second ambush, Hanada kills more gunmen and sets Sakura, the second-ranked hitman, on fire. Sakura madly rushes towards the client but is shot dead by him. On his way home Hanada's car breaks down. Misako, a mysterious woman with a deathwish, stops and gives him a ride. At home, he has rough sex with his wife, fueled by his obsession with sniffing boiling rice.
, 1h31Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Historical, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Sports films, Martial arts films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Akira Kobayashi, Osamu Takizawa, Chieko Matsubara, Kaku Takashina, Hiroyuki Nagato
Roles Writer
Rating65%
A young yakuza in love with the girl who's to marry his clan oyabun, kidnap the girl before fleeing with her. In Tokyo, he hid under the identity of a worker while the young woman become a waitress in a restaurant.
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Tokyo Drifter (1966)
, 1h29Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Tetsuya Watari (渡 哲也), Hideaki Nitani, Chieko Matsubara, Ryūji Kita
Roles Production Design
Rating70%
Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo is a member of a recently deactivated Yakuza gang. His boss, to whom he holds absolute loyalty, Kurata, has given up the life of crime for himself and his syndicate. Otsuka, a rival gang boss, attempts to recruit Tetsu into his organization, but is turned down. After failing, Otsuka sends an assassin to neutralize Tetsu, fearing he will interfere with a real estate scam. Looking to profit from the scheme himself and fearing that his group is threatened by his presence, Kurata asks Tetsu to leave and live the life of a drifter.