Hideo Gosha

Hideo Gosha

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Hideo Gosha (February 26, 1929—August 30, 1992) was a Japanese film director. Among his most famous films are Goyokin and Hitokiri, released in 1969, and The Wolves, released in 1971. His most famous film in the West is Sword of the Beast, released by Criterion. Gosha's films are some of the darkest films from the samurai genre. He won the 1984 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year for The Geisha. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hideo Gosha, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Hideo Gosha
  • Popularity: 6.713
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1929-02-26
  • Place of Birth: Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Also Known As: 五社 英雄, Хидэо Гося
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Hideo Gosha Movies

  • 1971
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    The Wolves

    The Wolves

    7.3 1971 HD

    After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets released early -- only to find that his former...

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  • 1969
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    Tenchu!

    Tenchu!

    7 1969 HD

    A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.

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  • 1979
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    Hunter in the Dark

    Hunter in the Dark

    6.5 1979 HD

    Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo,...

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  • 1974
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    Violent Streets

    Violent Streets

    6.5 1974 HD

    With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence.

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  • 1965
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    Sword of the Beast

    Sword of the Beast

    7.508 1965 HD

    Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his...

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  • 1965
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    Sword of the Beast

    Sword of the Beast

    7.508 1965 HD

    Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his...

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  • 1969
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    Goyokin

    Goyokin

    7.473 1969 HD

    A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.

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  • 1969
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    Goyokin

    Goyokin

    7.473 1969 HD

    A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.

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  • 1983
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    The Geisha

    The Geisha

    6.4 1983 HD

    Yokiro was the most successful Geisha house in Western Japan during the first half of the 20th century and remains open to this day. At its peak, it...

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  • 1967
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    Samurai Wolf II

    Samurai Wolf II

    7 1967 HD

    Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his...

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  • 1966
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    Samurai Wolf

    Samurai Wolf

    7.2 1966 HD

    This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba – who arrives at a village to defend a beautiful, blind...

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  • 1986
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    Death Shadows

    Death Shadows

    6.1 1986 HD

    Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninja working for mysterious high...

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  • 1966
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    Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn

    Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn

    6.6 1966 HD

    Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for his clan. He recovers but has lost an eye and an...

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  • 1966
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    Cash Calls Hell

    Cash Calls Hell

    7.6 1966 HD

    Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in exchange for a half-share of 30,000,000 yen, he is to...

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  • 1964
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    Three Outlaw Samurai

    Three Outlaw Samurai

    7.435 1964 HD

    Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from...

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  • 1964
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    Three Outlaw Samurai

    Three Outlaw Samurai

    7.435 1964 HD

    Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from...

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  • 1978
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    Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

    Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

    6.2 1978 HD

    Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to...

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  • 1982
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    Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather

    Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather

    6.3 1982 HD

    Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai....

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  • 1986
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    Yakuza Ladies

    Yakuza Ladies

    5.6 1986 HD

    While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her...

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  • 1985
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    Oar

    Oar

    5.7 1985 HD

    Drama about the difficult relationship between a former wrestler, his wife and their adopted children.

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  • 1991
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    Heat Wave

    Heat Wave

    5.8 1991 HD

    Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.

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  • 1985
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    Tracked

    Tracked

    5.6 1985 HD

    When a fugitive begins a romance with the woman hiding him from the law, it becomes uncertain whether he will ever escape the shadow of his heinous...

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  • 1992
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    The Oil-Hell Murder

    The Oil-Hell Murder

    5.8 1992 HD

    The indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute, racks up a mountain of debt, and is disowned by his parents.

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  • 1989
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    Four Days of Snow and Blood

    Four Days of Snow and Blood

    7 1989 HD

    Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several...

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  • 1987
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    Tokyo Bordello

    Tokyo Bordello

    5.3 1987 HD

    A ruined businessman was forced to sell his daughter, Hisano, to a brothel in Yoshiwara, the largest red-light district in Tokyo. The owner of the...

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  • 1984
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    Fireflies in the North

    Fireflies in the North

    5.3 1984 HD

    Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced...

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  • 1988
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    Carmen 1945

    Carmen 1945

    5.857 1988 HD

    Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of their money for a proposed dancehall to be named...

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  • 1982
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    Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo

    Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo

    1 1982 HD

    A re-make of the classic story made for television in 1982.

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  • 1974
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    Violent Streets

    Violent Streets

    6.5 1974 HD

    With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence.

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  • 1966
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    Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn

    Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn

    6.6 1966 HD

    Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for his clan. He recovers but has lost an eye and an...

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  • 1966
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    Cash Calls Hell

    Cash Calls Hell

    7.6 1966 HD

    Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in exchange for a half-share of 30,000,000 yen, he is to...

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  • 1982
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    Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo

    Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo

    1 1982 HD

    A re-make of the classic story made for television in 1982.

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  • 1971
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    The Wolves

    The Wolves

    7.3 1971 HD

    After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets released early -- only to find that his former...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    Thirteen years after his mother took her own life as a ritual sacrifice for the Black Mass, samurai Kyoshiro (Masakazu Tamura), who lives his life...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    A master swordsman, Kiichi Hogan, wanders Japan in search of the Spanish swordsman who murdered his parents and slashed his throat 18 years before....

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