Ryoichi Kusanagi
Known for Acting
Japanese actor.
Born
May 17, 1946
Died
August 2, 2023 (age 77)
Birthplace
Senboku, Akita Prefecture, Japan
Filmography
49 films
Known for Acting
Japanese actor.
Born
May 17, 1946
Died
August 2, 2023 (age 77)
Birthplace
Senboku, Akita Prefecture, Japan
Filmography
49 films

Kagura Me
2015 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
A woman bears a 13 year grudge with her father over the traditional dance he was performing that caused him to be absent from her mother's death, until they reconnect over the very same dance.

Dark
2011 · 1h 15m
country: Japan
Roving Police Chief Kazama Shohei 2 - Lake Tazawa Murder Case
Roving Police Chief Kazama Shohei 2 - Lake Tazawa Murder Case
2004
country: Japan
A couple died in Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, in an apparent double suicide, the circumstances of which were unclear.

Doing Time
2002 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of the cell-mates to abandon their individuality.

Yanmama Gambler
2000 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Japan's greatest ever V-cinema franchise touches on life of a single mother gambler this time.

Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Blade Dos Barks!
1998 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
A lone wolf yakuza vs detective. It was supposed to be an undercover investigation into the Yakuza organization… A drama of friendship and betrayal between men living in different worlds.

Abunai Deka Forever The Movie
1998 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Taka and Yuji are searching for a mercenary for the international terrorist organization "The Network" when the head of its branch arrives in Yokohama to carry out Operation Heat Storm.

Seikimatsu Bakuroden Saga
1997 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Live-action adaptation of the "Seikimatsu Bakuroden Saga" manga by Akira Miyashita.

Leave it to MOKO
1994 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
Laugh, cry, and on top of that, sex!!! A must-see soapland story packed with secret techniques! Starring newcomer Megumi Morisaki, and featuring other popular AV girls! A very erotic comedy depicting the behind-the-scenes of a soapland!

Dioxin from Fish!
1992 · 2h 1m
country: Japan
A black comedy about a former Rock'n'Roll singer, who becomes the mayor of Tokyo.

Janki: Secret Mahjong Battle! The Man Undefeated for 20 Years PART 1
1992 · 47m
country: Japan
Shoichi Sakurai (Kentaro Shimizu) is a college student who hates mahjong, which ruined his father and mother. One day, unable to refuse his friend's invitation, Shoichi steps into a mahjong parlor and vows to take revenge on the mahjong that ruined his family. He vows to take revenge on his family for their misfortune by playing mahjong, a game he never loses. Shoichi develops a genius technique all by himself. He makes a shocking debut in Shinjuku, but this victory marks the beginning of a 20-year struggle to the death...

Megumi no Sekai
1990 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
A unique combination of social problem and entertainment TV movie about a female journalist who is hurt to the core when the truth of an article is questioned.

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989 · 1h 56m
country: Japan
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.

The Discarnates
1988 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
A recently divorced writer is reunited with the ghosts of his parents who died when he was a boy. However, every time he sees them he loses more life energy. Now, he must choose between starting a new life or staying forever in the past.

Last Cabaret
1988 · 1h 18m
country: Japan
A bittersweet coming-of-age story of a high school girl, her father and the end of an erotic night club. An allegorical requiem for Nikkatsu studios.

Apartment Wife: Serial Murders
1986 · 2h
country: Japan
Murders of housewives occur one after another in a suburban apartment complex. All of the victims have had an intimate relationship with a certain man, and behind him lies a woman with a past...

Jun Marumo's Slut Legend
1984 · 1h 7m
country: Japan
A woman frustrated by her fiancé's reluctance for premarital sex sends her on a round of boozing and remembrances of bad sexual encounters. Meanwhile someone is drugging young men late at night and doing unspeakable things to them.

Impure Relationship
1984 · 1h 12m
country: Japan
A shiftless husband who drinks to excess stumbles through relationships with his former lover, his wife and his new young mistress.

Appassionata
1984 · 2h 25m
country: Japan
This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") that Uemura painted at the age of 61. The main character, Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Tsuya, who loves painting more than anything and is hopeless at housework, attends art school and at age 15 receives the name Shōsui (from the characters for "pine" and "green") from her teacher. The crown prince of England purchases one of her works, propelling her to fame overnight. The novel portrays the remainder of her stormy life, during which she is impregnated by her teacher and raises a fatherless child; through it all she devotes herself to her painting, undaunted.

Detective Story
1983 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
A private detective and a college student find themselves in hot water while investigating the murder of a night club owner.

The Lonely Olympics
1983 · 56m
country: Unknown
This is a story about the youth of a university student who, by chance, aims to compete in the Montreal Olympics in a single scull (a single-seater boat). Every night he stays up all night playing mahjong and drinking. Masao lives his life aimlessly, and even the university he got into after failing the entrance exam twice is on the verge of repeating the year. One day, a high school classmate and friend who graduated from Tokyo University and got a job at a top bank is invited to his wedding reception, and Masao is invited as well. However, Masao feels uncomfortable with the glamor of the surroundings, and when Rie, who is also attending, comforts him, he blurts out, half-jokingly, that he might compete in the Olympics.

Koichiro Uno's Dirty Sisters' Barber Shop
1983 · 1h 9m
country: Japan
A younger sister helps out in her older sister’s barber shop where the customers get a little too frisky. As the younger sister fends off advances from her brother-in-law the older sister has a rather strange and kinky encounter with the cooking show host she idolizes.

The Girl and the Wooden Horse Torture
1982 · 1h 8m
country: Japan
A seemly ordinary high school girl tormented by masochistic visions gets involved with a teacher who harbours a secret passion for her.

Anne's Lullaby
1982 · 1h 4m
country: Japan
A single woman has a series of messy relationships while feeling that her maternal clock is running out.

Blue Woman
1982 · 1h 8m
country: Japan
A frustrated wife who is married to a gay husband has an affair with another man. But she is set up by the husband’s parents who hire a dominatrix and a SM specialist to deal with her infidelity in a rather harsh and pervered manner.

Woman in Black Lingerie
1982 · 1h 8m
country: Japan
After embezzling money from the company she worked for an assertive young woman and her weak-willed lover go on the run. But she soon craves more than he can deliver.

Sekushî purin: Kuse ni narisô
1981 · 1h 18m
country: Japan

Female Teacher in Rope Hell
1981 · 1h 10m
country: Japan
A female teacher spots one of her students being molested by a vagrant. But her rescue attempt fails as the vagrant drags the teacher into an empty classroom and sexually assaults her. The student finds a school employee, a piano tuner, to try and help but all they can offer is some comfort. Later the piano tuner invites the teacher to his house. He wants her to be his obedient loving bride and has built a nice caged apartment in his basement all for her. He subjects her to an endless series of sexual humiliations to persuade her to say yes.

Uniform Experience Trio: I Am Ripe
1981 · 1h 3m
country: Japan
Three high school student girls are on their spring break. They are expecting to get some sex of course. One becomes an adult magazine model. The second one nets a boyfriend. The third one is a little shy and needs helps from her friends. This last girl has fallen in love so her friends take her to his window and, by chance, arrive when mother is performing fellatio on son. The shy and pure third girl is in awe of a mother 'eating' genitalia and wants to give a similar performance.

Zoom Up: The Beaver Book Girl
1981 · 1h 3m
country: Japan
A sexually perverse mystery set within the adult magazine industry. A woman is brutally assaulted in an abandoned factory, and her assailant escapes into the darkness after dropping a wad of money. A few years later, a photographer specializing in schoolgirl panty shots meets his match when a mysterious femme fatale volunteers to be his new model. This woman used to be the “queen” of the skin magazines, but she is also hiding a terrible secret and may be a wanted fugitive. Will the photographer escape her sexual grasp?

Wife's Sexual Fantasy: Before Husband's Eyes
1980 · 1h 9m
country: Japan
After a married businessman has his way with a young prostitute he takes good soak in the bath. When he returns to the bedroom he discovers her bloody body. Suddenly two men enter the room with cameras proceed to blackmail him. At first they just want money but when they find out the businessman has a sexy wife she becomes part of the payment.

Sukeban mafia: Chijoku
1980 · 1h 10m
country: Japan
Two tough young street hustlers, Keiko and Kaori, challenge a large organization called the Sukeban Mafia that is involved in drug dealing and prostitution...

Rape Hunter: Target Woman
1980 · 1h 11m
country: Japan
Fuyuko, a married woman filled with grief after a miscarriage, has an affair with a younger man and finds herself involved in a robbery plot. For Fuyuko, who is at an impasse, there is no longer "family", "love" and "freedom".

Tortured Women's Dark History
1980 · 1h 15m
country: Japan
Keiko, a popular actress, lives in hiding in a rural village deep in the mountains with her husband, a former writer, but is given a chance to suddenly become a star again. Her husband begins a relationship with a gangster. The gangsters also take issue with Keiko's beautiful body, and she becomes the target of a violent gang rape. And the incident comes to light...

Bridal Doll
1979 · 1h 10m
country: Japan
At a park a listless young man becomes intrigued by a wandering woman in white as she exits an exhibit of torture at a wax museum. He is slowly drawn into her forbidden world of pain and discipline.

Gendai sei hanzai: Zenin satsugai
1979 · 1h 1m
country: Japan
A girl that lost her life after being gang-raped by gang members revives as a ghost wearing a fox mask in white clothes, and while chanting mysterious words, she kills all of the men that raped her with a Japanese sword.

Angel Guts: Nami
1979 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
While investigating stories of rape for a magazine article, a determined but callous reporter becomes perversely aroused as she meets the women who are suffering through the horror of their experiences. But will she suffer their fate if she goes too far?

Prey
1979 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
A rock singer who has returned to the U.S. approaches his former musician friends with the soulful sound of reggae that he encountered during his stay in the U.S. However, his friends lost their old energy and were busy chasing only the songs that would sell, and did not pay attention to reggae. Eventually, the lonely and violent rock singer turns to mass indiscriminate murder out of repugnance to the blurred times and humanity.

No Grave for Us
1979 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
A plot to steal money from gangsters leads to trouble...

Woman of the Afternoon: Incite!
1979 · 1h 9m
country: Japan
Yuki picks up a gay hitchhiker after leaving her husband's house following an argument. When the hitchhiker discovers his boyfriend having sex with a woman, he decides to keep traveling with Yuki. They reach a diner, which is filled with scummy Deliverance rejects who proceed to rape and torture them.

College Girls on Friday
1979 · 1h 8m
country: Japan

Kurutta seiyoku-sha: Shufu o osou!
1979 · 1h 3m
country: Japan
A man was sentenced to prison for rape. After he was released on parole he had a difficult time finding work. He tried to resist the sexual urges that put him away but his inner beast keeps resurfacing with brutal results. Then one day on his way to another interview he meets a married woman.

Semi-dokyumento: Nise fujinkai
1979 · 1h 4m
country: Japan

Angel Guts: Red Classroom
1979 · 1h 19m
country: Japan
A porn magazine editor stumbles upon an amateur gang rape film and, struck by the girl's acting, decides to find her.

Young Beast: Secret Pleasures
1978 · 1h 15m
country: Japan
Yasuji Hajima runs a butcher shop. When he was younger, he was just as interested in the sex as the next man but lately he has a hard time satisfying his wife who is still oversexed at her age. The Hajimas have one son, Shuichi, who is studying to enter Tokyo University. It is after he sees his parents acting in which he considers an odious manner that he changes entirely and raises the roof in every whichever way.

One Summer Affair
1978 · 1h 15m
country: Japan
The lives of a lively local girl, a female pastor who has a thing for newly married husbands, a pregnant mistress searching for her sugar daddy and a frustrated wandering artist become entwined in the green hills of a mountain resort.

Harry and His Geisha Girls
1978 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
Mr. Harry, who suffers from a "peanut sized" penis complex, comes to Japan to undergo a genital transplant operation, the first of its kind in the world. The operation is a success but Harry soon is involved into a shady plot related to his organ donor.

Hateshinaki zecchô
1978 · 1h 15m
country: Japan

Dead End
1978 · 1h 14m
country: Japan
A man and woman meet when he pulls her out of an icy fountain that she has just jumped into. But their developing romance is marred by bad friends, money troubles and illegal sex work.