A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Tohru Murakawa
Tooru Murakawa
Tôru Murakawa
村川透
Birthplace:
Yamagata, Japan
Born:
March 22, 1937
Tōru Murakawa is a Japanese film director. He is most famous for his collaborations with the actor Yūsaku Matsuda in both film and television.
Assistant Director:
1968 Man of a Stormy Era
1968 Monument to the Girl's Corps
1969 The Cleanup
1969 The Fatal Raid
1970 Suparuta Kyouiku Kutabare Oyaji
1972 Silent Tears
Director:
1968 Man of a Stormy Era
1968 Monument to the Girl's Corps
1969 The Cleanup
1969 The Fatal Raid
1970 Suparuta Kyouiku Kutabare Oyaji
1972 Delicate Skillful Fingers
1972 Love and Death at Fuji Speedway
1972 Melancholy Flesh Business: Sensuous Zone
1972 Silent Tears
1978 The Killing Game
1978 The Most Dangerous Game
1979 Dead Angle
1979 The Execution Game
1979 The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
1980 Target
1980 The Beast to Die
1981 The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
1982 The Shootout
1983 Futari no onna
1983 天使と悪魔の美女 江戸川乱歩の「白昼夢」
1984 Beauty in the Flame
1985 No More God, No More Love
1986 Revengence Superlady
1988 Break Out
1989 Mottomo Abunai Deka
1989 The Chaser
1990 BEST GUY
1990 Go!! Karate Club
1991 Savage City: Angel Whisper
1992 Distant Justice
1992 Rule of Revenge ROGUE COP
1993 New York Cop
1995 The Lowly Ronin: Hanayama Daikichi
1996 Abunai Deka Returns
2001 Kyotaro Nishimura's Travel Mystery - Soya Honsen Murder Incident
2015 Munesue keiji no kuroi matsuri
2015 Saturday Wide Theatre: Plastic Surgery and Facial Reconstruction Suspense
2016 Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 66: Kushiro-Obihiro Murder Route
2016 Kyotaro Nishimura's Mystery: Railway Inspector 16
2016 Saraba Abunai Deka
2017 Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 68: Disappearing Woman in Yamagata
2017 Kyotaro Nishimura's Travel Mystery 67: Murder in Hakone - Leaves & Mountains
2020 Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 72
2022 Inspector Totsugawa's Requiem
Screenplay:
1968 Man of a Stormy Era
1968 Monument to the Girl's Corps
1969 The Cleanup
1969 The Fatal Raid
1970 Suparuta Kyouiku Kutabare Oyaji
1972 Delicate Skillful Fingers
1972 Love and Death at Fuji Speedway
1972 Melancholy Flesh Business: Sensuous Zone
1972 Silent Tears
1978 The Killing Game
1978 The Most Dangerous Game
1979 Dead Angle
1979 The Execution Game
1979 The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
1980 Target
1980 The Beast to Die
1981 The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
1982 The Shootout
1983 Futari no onna
1983 天使と悪魔の美女 江戸川乱歩の「白昼夢」
1984 Beauty in the Flame
1985 No More God, No More Love
1986 Revengence Superlady
1988 Break Out
1989 Mottomo Abunai Deka
1989 The Chaser
1990 BEST GUY
1990 Go!! Karate Club
1991 Savage City: Angel Whisper
1992 Distant Justice
1992 Rule of Revenge ROGUE COP
1993 New York Cop
1995 The Lowly Ronin: Hanayama Daikichi
1996 Abunai Deka Returns
2001 Kyotaro Nishimura's Travel Mystery - Soya Honsen Murder Incident
2015 Munesue keiji no kuroi matsuri
2015 Saturday Wide Theatre: Plastic Surgery and Facial Reconstruction Suspense
2016 Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 66: Kushiro-Obihiro Murder Route
2016 Kyotaro Nishimura's Mystery: Railway Inspector 16
2016 Saraba Abunai Deka
2017 Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 68: Disappearing Woman in Yamagata
2017 Kyotaro Nishimura's Travel Mystery 67: Murder in Hakone - Leaves & Mountains
2020 Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 72
2022 Inspector Totsugawa's Requiem
Creator:
1981 Pro Hunter
Director:
1977 Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
1978 大追跡
1979 Detective Story
1981 Pro Hunter
1986 Dangerous Detective
1988 The Naive Rogue Detective
1996 The Secret 18th Group
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