Known for Acting
Born
January 2, 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Kumaishi-cho, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Filmography
59 films, 16 shows


Journey of the Sky Goddess
2019 · 1h 56m
country: Japan
Takako Kojima works as an announcer in Tokyo, Japan. She is tired of living in Tokyo and she doesn't see a bright future for herself. One day, she is assigned to cover a festival in Minamiosumi, Kagoshima Prefecture. Takako spent her childhood in the town of Minamiosumi and this will be her first time going there in many years. Takako reluctantly covers the festival, but she is changed by the people there.


The Blood of Wolves
2018 · 2h 6m
country: Japan
Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exists that Detective Shogo Ogami has ties with the yakuza. He is partnered with Detective Shuichi Hioka and they investigate a missing person case involving a financial company employee. Conflicts between opposing yakuza groups become more serious.


Sorrowful Conflict Chapter 2
2017 · 1h 15m
country: Unknown
Sorrowful Conflict sequel


Sorrowful Conflict
2017 · 1h 10m
country: Unknown
Yakuza original video


Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs Shinkenger: Epic on the Silver Screen
2011 · 1h
country: Japan
The film features the remnant Ayakashi who seek to revive Dokoku Chimatsuri, but instead revive the Goseigers' nemesis Buredoran of the Comet as the Gedoushu Buredoran Chimatsuri. To make matters worse, Takeru Shiba has been brainwashed into serving Buredoran as Gedou Shinken Red.


Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Episode 1 and 2 Special Edition
2010 · 59m
country: Unknown
The director's cut version of Samurai Sentai Shinkenger's first two episodes, which was first released on DVD on August 6, 2010. It was re-released on Blu-ray Volume 1 on February 7th 2014.


Come Back! Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: Special Act
2010 · 50m
country: Japan
The film begins with the Shinkengers defeating the Ayakashi Demebakuto. As he assumes his second life, he captures the Shinkengers in mirrors as he sends them into a series of different dimensions (all different film genres) in order make them suffer for his amusement before actually killing them. First, the Shinkengers appear in the jidaigeki Lord's log of Notable Events, fighting a group of samurai, shortly followed by a Western showdown between Genta and Ginshirō, the owner of the rival sushi stand Silver Zushi, over whose food is better in Wild Grip. Then the scene changes again to the cop drama Passionate Version with the vassals as cops while Takeru is being held hostage as the Shinkengers starts to realize that something is wrong.


Samurai Sentai Shinkenger vs. Go-Onger: GinmakuBang!!
2010 · 1h 4m
country: Japan
A year after defeating Yogoshimacritein, the Go-Ongers head to the wild western realm of Gunman World to defeat Gaiark's Pollution President Batcheed in a final confrontation. However, after defeating Engine-Oh G9, Batcheed opens up a dimensional rift that sucks the Go-Ongers and Engines to other Braneworlds. Soon after, while finding themselves fighting Ugatz, the Shinkengers encounter Go-On Red as he helps take out the Ugatz on his own, much to the Shinkengers' shock.


Samurai Sentai Shinkenger the Movie: The Fateful War
2009 · 20m
country: Japan
Taking place in between Shinkenger Acts 22 and 23, the Shinkengers battle the newly revived Kusare Gedoushu Aburame Manpuku and his army for three days. The wounded and tired Shinkengers nearly lose, had the Kusare Gedoushu not needed to regain energy by soaking in the Sanzu River. As their wounds are treated, Jii reveals they he has found the Secret Disk used by the first Shinken Red to seal Manpuku at the Genryu Temple, which lies in the middle of Kusare Gedoushu territory.


Vengance Of A Man
2008 · 1h 38m
country: Unknown
An executive of the yakuza osako clan leaves the underworld to raise his only son, but a war between the "Kaiyama" clan brings him back.


The Magic Hour
2008 · 2h 16m
country: Japan
A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.


Yakuza Don
2006 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Kazuki moves to Tokyo, aspiring to rise to the top in his Yakuza group. Working directly under his group's kumicho (the Yakuza don) and surviving the group in-fightings, he learns what it really takes to be Yakuza.


Kurama Tengu no Otoshiyori no Kotsu Anzen
2002 · 31m
country: Japan
Jun Hashizume and Goro Ibuki appear in this traffic historical drama that will allow the elderly to reconfirm traffic safety. From an accident that occurs in the town of Kyo at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate while talking with the Shinsengumi and the party, knowledge and traffic rules necessary for the elderly to avoid traffic accidents can be learned.


The Ninja Vixens II: Veil of Illusions
1990 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
Kagero, the leader of the female ninja serving Kasuga no Tsubone in the Ōoku, rescues a young woman who is being attacked by samurai. This incident leads to the discovery of a smuggling scandal in the Echizen Maruoka Domain. Without hesitation, Kagero and the female ninjas set out for Maruoka to investigate and take action.


The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
1981 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
A star tennis player takes revenge on the blackmailers out to ruin his athletic career.


Flames of Blood
1981 · 2h 27m
country: Japan
The story follows the chance meeting between Senkichi, a wandering gambler on the run, and Orin, a blind musician who offers him kindness and shelter. As their lives become intertwined, they attempt to find a sense of peace and domesticity while caught in the crossfire of the violent Bakumatsu revolution.
Dangai kara no koe
Dangai kara no koe
1980 · 45m
country: Japan
A couple of sculptors who caused a traffic accident and changed their lives are led to a crime. The lives of the up-and-coming sculptor Sugio Nishikawa and Maiko have changed completely since the traffic accident. Sugio was forced to live in a wheelchair, and the quality of his work deteriorated. One day, Sugio insured Maiko for 50 million life insurance and forced her to cooperate with insurance fraud.


The Night of Martial Law
1980 · 2h 15m
country: Japan


Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
1980 · 2h 19m
country: Japan


Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms
1980
country: Japan


Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police
1979 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
A group of warriors decide to unite to help the oppressed masses. Disguised as ordinary people, they are dedicated to fighting evil till the end.


Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Yotsuya
1979 · 45m
country: Japan
Iemon Fukasawa, a masterless samurai, marries Oiwa but is repulsed by a dark mark on her face. He descends into alcoholism and starts an affair with O-hana, a maid carrying another man’s child. Together, they conspire to poison Oiwa, killing her and disposing of her body in a moat. But Oiwa’s vengeful spirit rises from the depths, seeking revenge.


Dead Angle
1979 · 2h 34m
country: Japan
Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.


Fairy Beauty
1978
country: Japan


Beauty on Death Row
1978
country: Japan


Hokuriku Proxy War
1977 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
A Yakuza group from Osaka with dreams of national dominance moves into the snowy Hokuriku region, sparking a bloody turf war with local gangs.


Decapitation of an Evil Woman
1977 · 1h 2m
country: Japan
An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history. During the early Meiji period a number of “Dokufu” (Poison Women) committed a significant number of murders. These crimes were most often committed by wives on their husbands in order to be together with their lovers. At that time women were executed in the same manner as men, to wit: by being decapitated. This is the story of the most notorious of all, Takahashi Oden who, in 1879, was the last woman executed by decapitation in Japan.


Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den
1976 · 1h 50m
country: Japan


Operation Plazma in Osaka
1976 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.


Confessions of Lady Mantis
1975 · 1h 6m
country: Japan
Midori Satsuki stars as a serial seducer who destroys one man’s life after another. Finally she seduces a professional killer, with disastrous consequences.


Company Buggers
1975 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their directors for financial gain.


Shimane Prison Riot
1975 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisoners of Shimane Prison to the biggest riot in jail history. A fighter by heart, he sees a way out of any situation, but will he survive this, the gutsiest assault ever attempted?


Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps
1975 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
A violent upstart forms an alliance with the powerful Tensei-kai syndicate to fight on the front lines of an underworld war and take over all of Japan.


Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer
1975 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike and Satomi Kôe.


The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But for a man like him, breaking out of prison is easy.


Father of the Kamikaze
1974 · 3h 19m
country: Japan
Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solution was to convince the Americans that invading Japan would cause massive casualties on both sides. The cold logic of suicide attacks, where one man and one plane could kill hundreds, seemed the only solution. In one of the cruel ironies of fate, Ohnishi actually succeeded; he convinced the Americans that invading Japan would be too costly in lives. But what he could not foresee was that America had another way of ending the war.


Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.


The Tattooed Hitman
1974 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and now, there's a contract on his life. Though nobody is more skilled in the arts of dealing death, can the tattooed hitman fend off the entire Japanese mafia as he searches for the man who wants him dead?


Bohachi Bushido: The Villain
1974 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
The Bohachi Clan, the most vile, corrupt organization with ties deep in the Shogunate, have controlled the flesh trade in Japan for generations. When threatened by a competitor, they employ Saburai, a nihilistic ronin on the verge of self destruction. Blood gushes and limbs fly for anyone who stands against Saburai as he instills the Way of the Bohachi.


The Hard Core Criminal
1973 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
In the 20th century, the Japanese government exploits prisoners as expendable slave laborers in a coal mine, which results in conflict between the prisoners and the warden to escalate.


Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
1973 · 1h 21m
country: Japan
A Ronin with a death wish reluctantly joins the Clan of the Forgotten Eight, a nasty crew of ronin who are wrapped up in a clan war over local prostitution.


Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.


The Pledge
1972 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins.


Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
1972 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
Kogarashi Monjiro is a lone samurai who agrees to take responsibility for a murder that his friend committed so that he can stay with his dying mother, with the expectation that his friend will confess and get him pardoned once she dies. Monjiro is sentenced to an island for prisoners. When he discovers that his friend's mother has died over a year ago, Monjiro seeks to escape with a group of prisoners in order to get his revenge.


Lullaby for a Tough Guy
1972 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
A ruffian joins the ranks of the emperor’s guards.


The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When their leader dies and the successor disappears, Tsuruji, a beautiful yet tough geisha, becomes the boss. But will she be able to confront a yakuza gang trying to take over the area?


The Man
1971 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
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A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers
1971 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
When a large crime syndicate seeks to invade Gifu's underworld, three brothers and their yakuza family are the only ones that stand in their way.
The Gambling Nun
The Gambling Nun
1971 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
A young woman, an experienced gambler, enters a nunnery to atone for some of her father's crimes. When the nunnery runs into debt, she resorts to gambling and challenges the racketeer threatening to sell the place to a game.


The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor
1971 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor (関東兄弟仁義 仁侠) is a 1971 film directed by Buichi Saitō. It is the ninth and last film in the Duty of Brotherhood series.


A Modern Yakuza: Broken Code
1971 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
A young yakuza soldier is torn between staying in his current life or leaving his family when his boss refuses to follow their ancient code of ethics.


The Silk Hat Boss 2
1970 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
The Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami.


The Last Kamikaze
1970 · 2h 2m
country: Japan
With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji Tsuruta stars as a Kamikaze squad leader who has second thoughts about suicide runs. He becomes torn between his own morality and his duty to his country when he must deal with a pilot under his command who refuses to complete his mission.


Gambler's Code - Loyalty Offering
1970 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
A fairly entertaining yarn told in somewhat broad strokes with Wakayama playing against type as a reformed-gambler-turned- Christian minister. Of course, before the tale is finished he is forced by the utterly nefarious, heinous villains to once again pick up a sword and join fellow anti-hero Sugawara in wiping out Evil.


Silk Hat Boss
1970 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series starring Wakayama Tomisaburo as everybody's favorite character Boss Kumatora from the Red Peony Gambler series. Having made a fortune in the Russo-Japanese War, the Kumatora Family migrates to Kyushu to take on a military-related job. There they encounter the evil and malicious interference of the Chindai family of Kumamoto, and Boss Kumatora boldly fights back with the help of O'Ryu the Red Peony. A super entertaining film with non-stop comedy and action directed by Suzuki Norifumi.


Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel
1970 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
The third film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. Sugawara still plays the same Kanto street peddler, who this time ventures to Osaka where he defends a blind girl at a street market. The area is targeted by rotten yakuza (Asao Koike and Tatsuo Endo), who have lured local senior female boss (Nijiko Kiyokawa’s) rebellious but not entirely indecent son Goro Ibuki to their side.


Prison Tales
1970 · 1h 36m
country: Japan


The Fort of Death
1969 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of farmers being driven to despair by the vile Lord Ozeki. The villainous lord has driven them to mounting their last stand at a deserted fort against an army of attackers. Wakayama Tomisaburo is superb as an expert in killing and military tactics, who leaves his medical practice at a clinic for the poor in order to counter the vicious tactics of that vile lord.


Watch Out, Crimson Bat!
1969 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
A young female samurai comes upon a dying messenger and agrees to deliver the scroll he was carrying to its destination. However, unbeknownst to her, the scroll is actually a formula for a new kind of gunpowder. An evil clan that is planning to overthrow the Emperor is also after the scroll, and they try to take it from her.