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Tatsuo Endō

Tatsuo Endō (遠藤達雄) was a Japanese playwright and novelist. Born in 1927 in Tokyo, he studied philosophy at the University of Tokyo before focusing on writing. Endō's works often explored themes of religion and spirituality, and he is considered one of Japan's most prominent Christian authors. He passed away in 1996.

Titles credited to Tatsuo Endō

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

子連れ狼 親の心子の心

Film Age rating: 18 Year: 1972 IMDB Rating: 7.5

In the fourth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, and his son Gunbei.

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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

座頭市地獄旅

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1965 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Zatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, while fending off angry yakuza and bloodthirsty relatives out for revenge, and trying to save a sick child. Meanwhile, his luck with dice is turni...

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New Tale of Zatoichi

新・座頭市物語

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1963 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.

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Zatoichi's Flashing Sword

座頭市あばれ凧

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1964 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himsel...

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Samurai Wolf

牙狼之介

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1966 IMDB Rating: 7

This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba – who arrives at a village to defend a beautiful, blind woman against a sinister plot. Her assailants then send agains...

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Doberman Cop

ドーベルマン刑事

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1977 IMDB Rating: 6.7

The burned remains of a young woman discovered in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The police comes to the conclusion that its the work of a pyromaniacal serial murderer. The murder victim is identified as Mayumi Tam...

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