Saburo Date Movies

1961 Japanese movie

Ichikawa Raizo’s last film. He plays a Yakuza enforcer who kills a man on his boss's orders. He’s then sent to a provincial town to lie...

Set against the backdrop of Hiroshima, a city plagued by gun violence, a passionate newspaper reporter and the citizens band together to courageously...

The woman gambler Ginko risks her life for her brother-in-law.

Story about a gambler who gets involved in a struggle between companies.

Depicting the lives and spirit of geisha during and after the war.

In the book of the world's greatest rogues, the number one man can only be one person.

The hairpin murdered a young girl. Detective Zenigata Heiji begin to investigate. Suddenly a murder case turns into a case of smuggling.

When a corrupt magistrate rapes Oshima, Masa (Raizō Ichikawa) avenges her by killing the officer, becoming thereby a fugitive, haunted and...

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

In the fourth film of series, Secret Assignment, Raizo again plays the Jiro Shiina. This time he's out to discover who is spying for the British in...

Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.

1962 Japanese movie

The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa. The film also won 1959 Kinema Junpo...

A yakuza bodyguard is persuaded by Ōhara Yūgaku to take the farmers’ side.