Sure Death 5

Sure Death 5

1991 · 104 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama , Crime , Action

Fifth movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. At the behest of a corrupt bureaucrat, a mysterious band of murderers wage a bloody battle against three deadly assassins.

Directed by Toshio Masuda · Written by Takeshi Yoshida

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When the Shogunates greatest secret is stolen, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. The Shogunate sends an incompetent cop, Tanaka, to Kyoto to act as a stalking horse. Hoping the thieves will kill Tanaka and the Ninja Spies will kill the thieves. But what the Shogunate doesn't realise is that Tanaka's even more incompetent assistant Mondo is in fact the leader of a gang of revengers for hire, there motto is "Sure Death" (or your money cheerfully refunded). Mondo doesn't know that everyone knows about the secret, but they all think he does. Poor Mondo, he not only has to deal with crazed Shogunate extremists, oddball ninjas, crooks who work for the Emperor and bicycle riding foreign death squads. He also have to deal with a wife and a crazy mother-in-law!
Sure Death! 3Sure Death! 3 · 1986
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Third movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. Chasing the killer of a lawman, a group of assassins fall foul of a group of blackmarket financiers who dispatch their own hitmen to dispose of them.
Sure Death 4Sure Death 4 · 1987
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MovieDrama
Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by a group of masked thugs who are soon attacked in turn by an unseen force. He begins to suspect the work of assassins, but whose side are they on?
Sure Death 6Sure Death 6 · 1996
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1996
MovieActionDrama
When an artist dies, the official cause of death is judged to be a stroke, but his daughter suspects foul play. She recruits the services of an assassin, who by chance encounters an old friend...

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Lone Wolf and CubLone Wolf and Cub · 1973
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8.11973
Series
Ogami Itto is a master swordsman who holds a position of high power in the Tokugawa Shogunate. Highly trusted by the Shogun, he serves as the official decapitator, assisting lords and samurai who have been ordered by the Shogun to commit seppuku. One day, Itto’s wife and members of his household are brutally murdered by a clan seeking to avenge their lord’s execution, which had been carried out by Itto. In the wake of the attack, two items are left in Itto’s home: his unhurt infant son, Daigoro, and a symbol meant to signify Itto’s betrayal of the Shogun. Disgraced by the false symbol, Itto is labeled a traitor and forced to forfeit his position. He becomes a ronin, wandering the country with his son, searching for the men who killed his wife, seeking to clear his name and avenge her death.
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Human Revolution IIHuman Revolution II · 1976
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MovieDrama
Youth is energy and beauty. Racing gang Sho, Sammy and Shige have their own dream--car-racer, rock and roll and love. Sho falls in love with Momoko but disagreed by his father; Sammy loves rock and roll; Shige dreams of becoming a car-racer though his right fist is injured. As they are giving out their sparks of life, they are also learning the value of life.
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8.01977
MovieActionAnimation
When vile aliens known as the Gamilons wreak nuclear havoc on Earth, a group of survivors refit the Japanese battleship Yamato for intergalactic travel and set off on a mission to retrieve a neutralizer that will eradicate the radiation from Earth's atmosphere.
The Burmese HarpThe Burmese Harp · 1956
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MovieDramaWar
In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW.
Battle AnthemBattle Anthem · 1983
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MovieWarHistory
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Port ArthurPort Arthur · 1980
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MovieWarDrama
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MovieWarHistory
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
Blood ShedBlood Shed · 1966
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7.01966
MovieActionCrime
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6.71983
MovieAnimationScience Fiction
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The Champion
6.41957
MovieActionRomance
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Future War 198XFuture War 198X · 1982
Future War 198X
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An American scientist constructs a laser satellite with hopes of preventing any nuclear conflicts from occurring. However, after a fatal error from both the US and the USSR governments, war breaks out and humanity faces a new bloodshed.

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