Takeo Chii
10 titles
Filmography
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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
(2013)Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her – but ultimately she must confront her fate.

Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71
(1971)The Stray Cat Rock series stars Meiko Kaji (Lady Snowblood, Blind Woman’s Curse) who with these five films began her reign as the badass action queen of the era. In these five tales of rebellious youth she stars alongside the gorgeous Bunjaku Han (Love Letter) and Tatsuya Fuji (In the Realm of the Senses).

Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo
(1970)The Stray Cat Rock series stars Meiko Kaji (Lady Snowblood, Blind Woman’s Curse) who with these five films began her reign as the badass action queen of the era. In these five tales of rebellious youth she stars alongside the gorgeous Bunjaku Han (Love Letter) and Tatsuya Fuji (In the Realm of the Senses). In Wild Jumbo, Kaji and the gang get involved in a kidnapping and the robbery of a religious organisation. Directed by genre veterans Yasuharu Hasebe (Female Prisoner Scorpion 701’s Grudge Song) and Toshiya Fujita (Lady Snowblood) the films feature a psychedelic mix of girl gangs, bikers, sex, drugs and rock and roll with plenty of ass-kicking to boot, all captured in a delirious mash up of pop aesthetics including split screens, freeze frames, injections of colour, frenetic editing and dizzying angles, making these films a riotous joy from beginning to end.

Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
(1982)When six exiles return to Edo, four are mysteriously killed. The two survivors and a samurai try to uncover the hidden motive behind the murders.

Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
(1982)An Edo samurai’s daily routine of getting drunk is disrupted when he is tasked with investigating a string of murders targeting nobles in Kyoto.

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
(1976)Nozaki, a labourer who swears allegiance to a sympathetic crime boss, only to find himself elected his successor after the boss is murdered. Restrained by a gang alliance that forbids retributions against high-level members, Nozaki forms a plot to exact revenge on his rivals, but a suspicious relationship with his own sister taints his relationship with his fellow gang members

Hanzo, the Razor
(1993)Five years after his opposition to his oppressive Tenpō-era government and his father’s suicide, Hanzo returns for vengeance and enforces new laws.

Private Detective DOBU 1
(1981)An ex-soldier turned detective investigates the murder of three vagrants with the help of his friends, discovering a link to a timber seller’s grudge.

Lady Snowblood
(1973)A young girl is raised to kill the criminals who destroyed her family.