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Lone Wolf and Cub (series) |
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Lone Wolf and Cub is a series of six movies based on the manga created by Kazuo Koike. It is about an Edo period ronin (masterless samurai) who wanders the countryside of Japan with his small child, having various adventures. The films in the series:
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973)
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974) |
| 2 |
Hanzo the Razor (trilogy)
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The Hanzo the Razor movies were based on the Goyokiba manga by Kazuo Koike. The films are set during Japan's Edo period. The main character is Hanzo Itami, a constable who goes about foiling plots by corrupt officials. The films:
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972)
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973)
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? (1974)
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| 3 |
Female Convict 701 (series)
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Female Convict 701 (also known as Female Prisoner #701, or Joshuu 701-go) is a series of seven 'women in prison' movies, mostly from the 1970s.
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| 4 |
Shadow Hunters (1972)
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Shadow Hunters (a.k.a. Kage gari) follows the adventures of three ronin, who have dedicated their lives to hunt down 'shadows', the ninja spies of the Tokugawa shogunate.
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| 5 |
Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny (1972)
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Also known as Kage gari: Hoero taiho.
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| 6 |
Lady Snowblood (1973)
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Lady Snowblood is based on the manga Shurayukihime. It is about a young woman who was raised to be an instrument of vengeance against the criminals who murdered most of her family.
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| 7 |
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
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Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for the crimes she committed in the first Lady Snowblood film. She is rescued from the gallows, by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.
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| 8 |
Golgo 13 (1973)
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Golgo 13 is about an international assassin, and is based on the manga of the same name.
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| 9 |
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon (1977) |
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In the second live-action Golgo 13 movie, Golgo 13 is assigned the mission of assassinating Hong Kong's underworld kingpin. |
| 10 |
The Legend of Love & Sincerity (trilogy)
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The Legend of Love & Sincerity (a.k.a. Love and Truth, or Ai to makoto) is a trilogy of romance movies with a cross-class love story.
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| 11 |
Horror of the Wolf (1973)
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Horror of the Wolf (Okami no monsho) is a movie based on the Wolf Guy (Urufu Gai) manga. It is about a teenage werewolf.
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| 12 |
Wolfguy: Enrage, Wolfman (1975)
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Wolfguy: Enrage, Wolfman (Urufu gai: Moero okami-otoko) is the sequel to Horror of the Wolf (1973).
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| 13 |
Detective Doberman (1977)
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Detective Doberman (Doberman Cop, or Doberuman deka) is about a detective employed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's special crimes division, who is investigating the murder of a woman whose burnt remains were found in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
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| 14 |
Dokaben (1977)
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Dokaben is a live-action adaptation of the manga of the same name, about a high school baseball team. Dokaben was also made as an anime series.
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| 15 |
Lady Oscar (1979)
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Lady Oscar is an English-language French-Japanese romantic drama movie, based on the manga The Rose of Versailles by Riyoko Ikeda. It is about a young woman whose father, a career military man, wanted a son. While growing up, her father raised her as a son and dressed her in male clothing. She continued this way, and eventually got an honoured position as a guard of Marie Antoinette. When the French Revolution begins, she finds herself on the opposite side of her love interest.
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| 16 |
Star of David: Beauty Hunting (1979) |
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Star of David: Beauty Hunting (Dabide no hoshi: Bishojo-gari) is an adult horror film. |
