The Bad News Bears Go to Japan 1978  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: John Berry
Cast: Tony Curtis, Jackie Earle Haley, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Hatsune Ishihara, George Wyner, Lonny Chapman, Antonio Inoki, Matthew Anton, Erin Blunt, George Gonzales, Brett Marx, David Pollock, David Stambaugh, Jeffrey Louis Starr, Scoody Thornton
Small-time Hollywood agent Marvin Lazar (Tony Curtis) sets up a match between the Bad News Bears Little League team and an all-star team in Japan. And, off they go to Japan for the Little League World Series in Tokyo where adventures await.
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Black Rain 1989  R, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kate Capshaw, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura, Yusaku Matsuda, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Shigeru Koyama, Yuya Uchida, Miyuki Ono, John Spencer, Guts Ishimatsu, Luis Guzman, John Costelloe, Stephen Root, Richard Riehle
American police detective Nick Conklin (Michael Douglas) and his partner Charlie Vincent (Andy Garcia) take a Japanese yakuza gangster, Sato (Yusaku Matsuda), back to Osaka where he is to go on trial for murder. But, they inadvertently hand Sato over to yakuza members who are dressed like police. Now, Conklin is put in the position of trying to recapture Sato, and he gets help from Japanese cop Masahiro "Mas" Masumoto (Ken Takakura) and from bargirl Joyce Kingsley (Kate Capshaw) who has information on the yakuza gang. During the investigation, Vincent is killed, and Conklin and "Mas" blend their cultures to work on the crime together.
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Shogun Assassin 1980 R, 86 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert Houston
Cast: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Kayo Matsuo, Minoru Ohki, Akiji Kobayashi, Shin Kishida, Lamont Johnson, Marshall Efron, Sandra Bernhard, Lennie Weinrib
Samurai warrior Ogami Itto (Tomisaburo Wakayama) travels with his young son, Diagoro (Akihiro Tomikawa), on a quest in the brutal struggle for survival to avenge the murder of his wife.
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Yakuza Papers 1973 N/R, 450 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Tatsuo Umemiya, Tsunehiko Watase, Nobuo Kaneko, Kunie Tanaka, Akira Kobayashi, Tamio Kawaji, Asao Koike, Sonny Chiba, Toshio Kurosawa, Tomisaburo Wakayama
In the aftermath of World War II, Yakuza gangs fought for supremacy of underground activities, such as drugs and gambling. Director Kinji Fukasaku chronicled the Yakuza wars over a period of decades in this five-episode series of films released in 1973 and 1974. Each film had a different subtitle: 1–"Battles Without Honor and Humanity;" 2–"Deadly Fight in Hiroshima;" 3–"Proxy War;" 4–"Police Tactics;" and 5–"Final Episode."
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| 1. The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)
2. Black Rain (1989)
3. Shogun Assassin (1980)
4. Yakuza Papers (1973)
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