Seizaburō Kawazu
Acting
Biography
Seizaburō Kawazu (河津 清三郎 Kawazu Seizaburō) was born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Yojimbo (1961), Tōmei ningen (1954) and Rōnin-gai (1957). He died on February 20, 1983.
Born: August 31, 1908
Place of Birth: Nihonbashikakigaracho, Tokyo, Japan
Known For
Yakuza bayashi
Makino Masahiro film starring Okada Mariko
The Family
Set in the post-World War II climate of the 1960s in Kobe, the movie explores the struggle for power within the powerful Manpyo family.
Yojimbo
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
Snow-Flake
Professional Killers
A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...
Japan Organized Crime Boss
Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor.
A Geisha
Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve their professional integrity, must face the selfishness and ambition of several petty people.
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken in by a company of quarry workers, whose boss has a strict code of non-violence. When the rival family tries to take over the company and kills their boss, Hidejirō must choose between his promise of non-violence and his yakuza code of revenge...
Akō Rōshi
"Ako Roshi" is a group of 47 former retainers of Lord Asano. Lord Asano was forced to commit suicide after attempting to kill Lord Kira. Once the retainers hear about their Lord's death, they sacrifice their lives to regain the honor of their former master.
Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an ally family and promised her that she would help guide the new Boss. Meanwhile a turf war breaks out. When the family is betrayed from within and the rival family becomes violent, Oryu takes things into her own hands…
Filmography
as Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Tabuchi
as President Ri
as Yoshikazu Kurokawa
as Nikaido
as Jinpachi Tomita
as President Ato
as Tomisaburo Zenimura
as Inosuke Yato
as Cyôbei Ônuma , Landlord
as Kanai
as Shōgo Ejiri
as Masayohi Iwasaki
as Kikukawa
as Somegorô Kurogane
as Takeo Yamazaki
as Okakura
as Jugoro Akamatsu
as Gangster Boss
as Ooishi Mujin
as Karasawa
as Ashiya Haitani
as Mizutani (President of Fukusukeya)
as Mizutani (President of Fukusukeya)
as Banno
as Gondō (Tōzai Paint Executive)
as Kosaku Aruga
as Asano Official
as Tada - Minister of Finance
as Director of the Mizutani Defense Agency
as General
as Seibê - brothel operator
as Harunaga Ono
as Yûsaku Ôshima
as Asao
as Ōmura
as Boss Onishi
as Kyuzaburo Oka
as Mizuno
as Hyoe Yamana
as Ônuma
as Nagashima
as 川島源次郎
as Shinsuke Tachibana
as Shogo Obayashi
as Kanji Kitani
as Hankuro Iga
as Kanji Kitani
as Hayato Takagi
as Kitani
as Mr. Ochiai
as Hayasaki
as Ippei Shizuno
as Ippei Shizuno
as Katsumi Kyôgoku
as Takamitsu Nanjô / Invisible Man Nanjô
as Kousuke Kindaichi
as Zenbei Okoushi
as Kusuda
as Yajirobei
as Kunio
as Watanabe
as Shimajiro, public servant
as Teinosuke
as Dr. Noma
as Bureau Chief Ida
as Himself (uncredited)
as Kusakabe, pilot
as Lord Etchumori Hosokawa
as Kenzô Asano
as Yoshitaro Suzuki