Rin'ichi Yamamoto

Film deaths[edit | edit source]

The Mad Fox (Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow) (Koiya koi nasuna koi) (1962) [Akuemon] Sliced with a sword by one of the fox villagers.
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (Miyamoto Musashi: Hannyazaka no kettô) (1962) [Priset Agon]: Hit so hard in the head with a wooden sword by Kinnosuke Nakamura that he dies.

The Great Killing (Dai satsujin) (1964) [Lusty Samurai]: Stabbed to death in the film's climatic battle.
Revenge (Adauchi) (1964) [Samurai]: Stabbed to death by Kinnosuke Nakamura.
Brutal Tales of Chivlary (Showa zankyo-den) (1965) [Yakuza] Stabbed to death in the film's climatic battle by Ryô Ikebe whom Rin'ichi had just stabbed in the back.
Gamblers Farewell (Bakuto Kaisan-shiki) (1968) [Yakuza]: Stabbed to death by Nobuo Yana
A Lively Geisha (Iron Geisha) (Nihon jokyo-den: Tekka geisha) (1968) [Mob Boss] Stabbed to death by Bunta Sugawara.
Red Peony Gambler (Hibotan bakuto) (1968) [Gangster]: Stabbed to death by rival gangsters.
The Biggest Gamble (Sengo Saidai no Toba) (1969) [Yakuza] Stabs himself in the stomach rather than be captured by rival gangsters after he fails to kill their boss.
Prison Break (Musho Yaburi) (1969) [Gangster Boss] Shot to death by Hiroki Matsukata
Gangster Cop (Yakuza Deka) (1970) [Okura] Stabbed to death during a meeting gone wrong.
The Rise and Fall of the Yakuza (Ninkyo Koubushi Kumicho to Daigashi) (1970) [Yakuza Don]: Stabbed to death by Kôji Tsuruta.

Sympathy for the Underdog (Gamblers in Okinawa; Bakuto gaijin butai) (1971) [Haderuma] Stabbed to death by Kôji Tsuruta.
Lady Gambler (Showa onna bakuto) (1972) [Boss] Stabbed to death by Kyôko Enami
Withered Tree (Kogarashi Monjiro) (Cold Country Wind Monjiro) (1972) [Attacker]: Sliced with a sword by Bunta Sugawara .
Withered Tree 2 (Kogarashi Monjiro: Kakawari gozansen) (1972) [Attacker]: Sliced with a sword by Bunta Sugawara .

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (Shura-yuki-hime: Urami Renga) (1974) [Inspector Maruyama]: Stabbed to death.
The Return of the Sister Street Fighter (Kaette kita onna hissatsu ken) (1975) [Wang Long-Ming]: Beaten to death by Yasuaki Kurata.

The Bodyguard (Karate Kiba) (1976) [Gangster]: Beaten to death by Sonny Chiba.
New Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701 (Shin joshu Sasori: 701-go) (1976) [Prison warden Takamura]: Stabbed to death by Yumi Takigawa.

Machine Gun Dragon (Yokohama ankokugai mashingan no ryu) (1978) [Yakuza]: Shot to death by Bunta Sugawara.
Samurai VS Bandit Squadron (Kumokiri Nizaemon) (1978) [Shôzaemon]: Cut down with a sword by Kôshirô Matsumoto.
The Execution Game (Shokei yugi) (1979) [Yakuza] Shot in the back by Yûsaku Matsuda.

Shogun (TV mini-series) (1980) [Yoshinaka]: Stabbed to death by Ninja when they invade the castle.