Known for Acting
Japanese actor and singer. He began his career in film and later branched out to television drama. He collaborated with a number of directors and forged a long-lasting working relationship with Teruo Ishii.
Born
March 23, 1936 (age 90)
Birthplace
Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Filmography
62 films
Shogun's Ninja
2025 · 1h 16m
country: Japan
The descendants of the legendary Fuma ninja clan face off against the Tokugawa shogun's family of Yagyu samurai as they kidnap women in the hopes of finding a concubine for the shogun
Burai-Heiya
1995 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit Boat
1971 · 1h
country: Japan
Sixth film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.
Fear of Sex
1970
country: Japan
Killer's Hit List
1970 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
A 1970 entertainment action masterpiece directed by Teruo Ishii. A companion piece to another Ishii-directed film from 1970, also starring Watase, Yoshida and Sato called PRISONERS' BACK LIST.
Horrors of Malformed Men
1969 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appears to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969 · 2h 22m
country: Japan
This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
Kanto Woman Fortitude
1969 · 1h 18m
country: Japan
Love and Crime
1969 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
A series of short stories about bizarre crimes committed by females in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras. Discover 4 famous Japanese murderers: Takahashi Oden, the last woman beheaded in Japan, Sada Abe, a crazy lover, Kunihiko Kodaira, a rapist-killer and finally, the Toyokaku case, a woman who did everything to own a hotel.
Yakuza Law
1969 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
A story of yakuza lynching during the Edo, Meiji, and Showa periods.
Inferno of Torture
1969 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Japan nineteenth century. High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their "production". Europeans pay more for tattooed beauties. Against this background, and considering the gorgeous tattooed women develop the history of confrontation between two highly skilled masters of tattoo.
Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love
1969 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
A Japanese woman is raped by her boyfriend day in day out.
Sex and Life
1969 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Dr. Mikami is an elderly somewhat clumsy, very popular therapist, his patients turn to him with all possible and impossible questions. Because Dr. Mikami's specialty is sexual clarification... The world's best-selling sex literature was filmed here in a manner close to the original. And the openness of the image shows the shocking conflicts of young people in scenes that were never filmed. Shocking documents about sex life from the doctor's office.
Orgies of Edo
1969 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Three stories of moral sickness set during Japan’s prosperous Genroku era are told in this bloody follow-up to the sexploitation classic Shogun’s Joy of Torture, the politically incorrect moral lessons paint a trio of tales of tragic heroines caught up in violence, sadomasochism, incest and torture.
Blue in Isezaki
1968 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Shogun's Joy of Torture
1968 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
A young magistrate recalls three tales of heinous crimes committed by women, and the brutal punishments that ensued.
Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell
1968 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
The survivors of a plane crash in a remote area are attacked by blob-like alien creatures that turn their victims into blood-thirsty vampires.
Hot Springs Geisha
1968 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
A look at the lives of a troupe of geishas working in a small seaside resort town. For the most part, their lives consist of greeting boatloads of oversexed businessmen and providing bawdy entertainment through the evening followed by private companionship at night, interspersed with occasional catfights with the rival geisha house. Their routine is suddenly thrown off by the appearance of an abandoned baby in the geishas' dormitory, followed by its disappearance only a short time later. Who could be responsible for such a thing?
Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy
1968 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
A tragic love story involving the 5th Shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty and a woman who became one of his concubines.
Once and For All Pt.２
1968 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
Continuation of the film Once and For All about two yakuza brothers Joji and Goro.
Army Intelligence
1968 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Kazuo, a Japanese army intelligence agent, reveals a foreign intelligence network in Japan and then sent to Borneo Island with a special mission.
Ishimatsu the Yakuza: Something's Fishy
1967 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Matsukichi, a worker at a fish market, tries to settle the business between the two competitors on his turf.
Lover's Duet
1967 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
A melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut. A remake of the 1939 film of the same name.
Once and For All
1967 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Film concerning warring yakuza families.
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
1967 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
1966 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Based on Ito Hajime's original story, this is the seventh installment in the "Bangaichi" series, adapted jointly by Kamba Fumio and Matsuda Hiroo, and directed by Ishii Teruo of "Kamba 101: Killing Bouncer" fame. The film was shot by Kiichi Inada, who also directed "Abashiri Bangaichi: Confrontation in the South" in the same series.
Secret Agent 101
Secret Agent 101
1966 · 1h 30m
country: Hong Kong
Japan-Hong Kong co-production.
Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love
1966 · 1h 13m
country: Japan
Sequel to Tokyo Drifter
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
1966 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
This is the sixth film in the "Abashiri Series," based on an original idea by Hajime Ito, and written and directed by Teruo Ishii of "Operation Big Bad" fame. The film was shot by Kiichi Inada, who also worked with Ito.
Melody of Crime
1964 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Pro boxer Aoshima Toru is diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor and given three months to live. He uses his prize money to pay the medical expenses for a young boy with polio. But when Toru learns from his fiancee Itsuko that his own mother has died, things take a turn for the worse.
Dislikes
1964 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
An old man who has spent his life being respectful, honest and married for 35 years suddenly has thoughts of cheating with a young girl. He goes on a trip with the girl, but they are followed by a yakuza and all hell breaks loose.
Destroyer Yukikaze
1964 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
Yutaro Kida, a worker at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, volunteers for the navy but finds himself a cook's mate in the galley of a gunboat. But his dream is eventually realized when he is transferred to the new and powerful destroyer Yukikaze which he helped to build. When the Pacific War breaks out Yukikaze performs valiantly in the South Pacific, and while on shore leave, Kida meets and falls in love with Yukiko, younger sister of his commander.
The Night We Danced
1963 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
Follows the lives of three sisters who have a dance act together.
A Million Girls
1963 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Tale of Scarlet Love
1963 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
Assistant Police Inspector Saburo Tatsuno, a former jazz pianist, is assigned to uncover a narcotics ring. But he falls victim to the seductive wiles of Maki, the beautiful night club singer and one of the leaders of the ring. One by one, Maki's discarded lovers vanish and Tatsuno faces a similar fate. Tatsuno confesses to his identity under torture and this leads to the murder of his undercover colleague. He realizes that his career is ruined and this, plus Maki's charm, induces him to join the smugglers. Before submitting his resignation, however, he leads the police on a wild-goose chase while a big narcotics transaction is taking place in another part of town, and this puts him among the leaders of the underworld. When Maki turns her attention to a youthful singer, Tatsuno realizes that he has gambled his whole life and lost. So he stabs the tantalizing beauty, and is in turn shot down in a gangland revenge killing.
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
1963 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
1963 Japanese movie
Dokuritsu bijin-tai
1963 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
恋と出世に強くなれ！
1963
country: Unknown
Rush to Our Sweetheart
Rush to Our Sweetheart
1963 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Japanese comedy film.
Sakiko-san chotto
1963
country: Japan
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan it was thought that twins bring bad luck, so the sister was abandoned at birth. Later her parents tell her that her sister was kidnapped. The woman doesn't believe this and when she eventually meets her twin, both women are involved in love affairs. The merchant's daughter is seeing an educated fellow. Trouble ensues when she begins suspecting that he may be more interested in her sister.
Naite waratta hanayome
1962 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie
Daigaku kazoe uta senpai kōhai
1962 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie
An Autumn Afternoon
1962 · 1h 53m
country: Japan
Widower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he comes to realize that Michiko should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
Zoku aizen katsura
1962 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie
Tōkyō sanosa musume
1962 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie
Kyūjin ryokō
1962 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962 · 1h 53m
country: Japan
Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.
Kiriko no unmei
1962 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie
Flower in a Storm
1962 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie
Otoko no Uta
1962 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie
This Year's Love
1962 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
Hikaru and Ichiro are close friends in high school. Hikaru's elder brother Tadashi fell in love with Ichiro's elder sister, Mikako at first sight. Although she gave the cold shoulder to Tadashi, she gradually became fond of Tadashi.
Fire Line
1961 · 1h 19m
country: Japan
Two young crooks who scam betters in the race track are employed by a yakuza gang called the Shigemori Syndicate to steal a shipment of handguns from a rival gang. Somewhere in the process they find themselves on the run from their own gang and one of them becomes himself romantically entangled with the boss's girlfriend. An ambitious underboss of the gang offers them a way out if they murder the previous boss but things don't turn out as planned (for everyone).
I'm a Mountain Man in the City
1961 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
1961 Japanese movie
Sexy Line
1961 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
It tells the story of a couple who fall into a trap set up by a sinister organization. One of them is a guy who is framed for the murder of his lover. The other is a woman pick-pocket who is entrapped by the organization's schemes involving their crimes. Fate places them together, and they start to investigate the prostitution ring run by the organization...
This Is a Man's World
1960 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
Cave Queens
1960 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
Rumi (Yoko Mihara) and Emi (Masayo Banri) are sisters who dance nightly at the Blue Moon cabaret, which happens be the headquarters of a drug ring. Offstage, Rumi captivates the gang boss, Iwahara (Shuntaro Emi); while Emi attracts the portly club manager, Yajima (Saburo Sawai). Meanwhile their older brother Shinichi (Ryo Kuromaru), a seaman, is unwittingly assisting Iwahara with his drug running. When Shinichi’s ship is sea-jacked by another drug gang, an outraged Iwahara suspects him of treachery and has him beaten and confined in a dungeon-like basement. Rumi and Emi try to free him, but a gang hitman discovers them - and their attempt ends in failure. Now under suspicion themselves, the girls try to escape, but luck goes against them and they are taken to an island where Iwahara and his crew plan to ambush the rival gang.
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
1960 · 1h 21m
country: Japan
Japanese action film.
Yellow Line
1960 · 1h 19m
country: Japan
The murder of the chief official of Kobe city's Customs triggers an investigation of a prostitution ring called the 'Yellow Line' that sells Japanese women. A hired assassin is betrayed by his organization, and kidnaps a woman who happens to be the girlfriend of a newspaper reporter.
Women of Whirlpool Island
Women of Whirlpool Island
1960 · 1h 16m
country: Japan
Female Thief and the Bomb
1960 · 1h 17m
country: Japan
Kingorō no kaigun taishô
1959 · 1h 13m
country: Japan
Japanese comedy film.