Known for Acting
Born
September 10, 1939
Died
December 1, 2001 (age 62)
Birthplace
Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Filmography
19 films, 1 show


Laundry
2002 · 2h 6m
country: Japan
A young man named Teru, mentally altered by a childhood injury, runs a laundry and falls for Mizue, a lonely young woman with internal scars.
Kyotaro Nishimura's Travel Mystery - Soya Honsen Murder Incident
Kyotaro Nishimura's Travel Mystery - Soya Honsen Murder Incident
2001 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
While returning from a business trip to Hokkaido, Detective Kamei of the MPD greets a middle-aged traveler in the waiting room of Minami-Wakkanai Station but is ignored by him. On the limited express to Asahikawa, the same man happens to entrust Kamei with a floppy disk before dying. The floppy contains his investigative notes on a murder that happened two years ago...


Ring 2
1999 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which kills anyone who watches it exactly one week later. When her boyfriend’s son, Yoichi, starts to develop the same psychic abilities as Sadako, Takano must find a way to keep the boy and herself from becoming the next victims.


Ring
1998 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.


Dialogue
1992 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
A man hires a Private Investigator in order to find proof that his wife has been cheating on him. Soon, we learn that the man’s plan is to set the wife up, divorce her and remarry again in America with the daughter of his boss.


The Gentle 12
1991 · 1h 58m
country: Japan
The film opens as a jury is about to acquit a defendant -- a bar hostess who pushed her ex-husband path of an oncoming truck, supposedly in self-defense. Just as everyone seems to be in agreement over the woman's innocence, one juror voices second thoughts.


Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
1991 · 50m
country: Japan
Horror film released in 1991.


Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Sen no Maki
1991 · 50m
country: Japan
Horror film released in 1991.


When Tat Fu Was Young
1988 · 1h 36m
country: Hong Kong
In 1913, 17-year-old Dafu travels from China to Japan to study. Japan is on the rise, a nation of proud people. China, on the other hand, is in turmoil. Dafu takes his demanding courses and racial discrimination in stride, but he finds his nascent manhood difficult to handle. In a hot-springs spa, he meets Lung Erh, his dream girl, but she soon disappears.


Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
1987 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
In this second film compiled from episodes of a Japanese TV serial, Captain Joe, reformed interstellar marauder Ken and the rest of the crew of the Bacchus-III set off to destroy an alien race's super-weapon.


Fugitive Alien
1987 · 1h 42m
country: United States
An alien is pursued as a traitor by his own race because he refuses to kill humans.


真夏の夜はNO,TIME
1985
country: Japan
8mm SFX movie


No More God, No More Love
1985 · 2h 2m
country: Japan
Released after seven years in prison, an inveterate thug goes from strength to ruthless strength as he makes his way through a succession of dubious jobs, illegal schemes, and brutal romances.


The Execution Game
1979 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
The third movie in Tōru Murakawa's Game trilogy about a hitman. Narumi is set up by a mysterious woman. Abducted and tortured, Narumi is forced to take on a difficult job. The target is a veteran killer as good as him.


Blood Type: Blue
1978 · 2h 13m
country: Japan
UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest of mankind, and eventually certain all-too-familiar measures begin to be taken against them.


Sugata Sanshiro
1977 · 2h 23m
country: Japan
The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of physical skill, but an art which reveals the artist to himself.


Utamaro's World
1977 · 2h 20m
country: Japan
Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared in Utamaro's paintings.


Battle Cry
1975 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to fight Imperial troops. But Sentaro's friendship with a pickpocket, who switches sides whenever it suits his needs, leads to complications that could cost Sentaro his life as they infiltrate enemy lines.


The Deserted Archipelago
1969 · 56m
country: Japan
A young man reaches adolescence and escapes the nunnery where he survived a tortured upbringing; the world outside suddenly seems even more frightening than before.