Known for Acting
Born
October 10, 1944 (age 81)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Filmography
40 films, 1 show


The Rape
1982 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Yahagi Michiko is accosted and raped walking home one evening. From there she maneuvers the logistics of the police, hospital, and criminal justice system while balancing her home life including romantic relationships.


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?


Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic Games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.


The Black Battlefront Kidnappers
1973 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
A taut, economical policier-cum-gang-hostage thriller.


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.


Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s released he finds everything completely changed and his gang has swept him aside for being too violent. He tries to start a new life with his two ”brothers” but can’t seem to escape old affiliations


Street Mobster
1972 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
After serving time, a defiant street thug is incensed to find his town overrun by two yakuza factions. He gathers his crew and takes them on.


Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
1971 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
Laughter is brought about by a teacher-husband and student-wife couple.


It's a Man's Way of Life
1970 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Comedy about a lewd man (Fujita) learning to enjoy life's little pleasures.


Journey of Love
1970 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
Sayuri Yoshinaga played the first appearance of the Shochiku film. Yufuko who was married from a lover who had been married for a year. However, she believes in true love without feeling the heart of her heart, she decides to visit her sister and go to Australia.


The Walking Major
1970 · 2h 16m
country: Japan
U.S. Army Captain Clark Allen gains attention by walking back and forth, the length of Japan, gambling with U.S. servicemen in order to raise funds to rebuild an orphanage. Suspicious of Allen's motives, a Japanese newsman, Hiroshi Kitabayashi, traces the American's background until he discovers the motive behind Allen's long walk.


Fossil of Love
1970 · 1h 29m
country: Japan


手錠無用
1969 · 1h 29m
country: Japan


Crimes of Sex
1969 · 1h 19m
country: Japan
An omnibus comedy in which an unique lawyer teaches about laws regarding sex crimes.


One Day at Summer's End
1968 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
A Yasuzō Masumura film about a love affair starring Ayako Wakao. The literal title is The Two Who Got Wet.


Kanto Woman Yakuza
1968 · 1h 14m
country: Japan


The Pit of Death
1968 · 1h 18m
country: Japan
Kuramoto, who works for a large trading company, is a skilled employee who is well-liked by the company president. He is engaged to an employee named Nishino Etsuko, but he used her for his own career advancement and kills her so that he can marry the company president's daughter. When Kuramoto returns from his honeymoon with his new wife, Etsuko's brother shows up in search of the whereabouts of his missing sister.


Women's Prison
1968 · 1h 15m
country: Japan
A prostitute and her stepfather are falsely accused of murder, imprisoned, sexually abused and tortured. The real murderer will be discovered - and the girl will take revenge.


Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
1968 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
Two devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but involving Kyoshiro in the conflict against his will is the textbook example of a bad idea - especially when the collateral damage starts to tick him off.


Escape Man
1967 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
1967 Daiei movie.


Invitation to Jail
1967 · 1h 28m
country: Japan


Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
1967 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
The Son of the Black Mass returns in this ninth installment in Daiei's longstanding Nemuri Kyoshiro series. This time Raizo Ichikawa as Nemuri is called to see that a gold statuette of the Virgin Mary gets safe passage to Kyoto from the prying hands of a sect of murderous Christian ronin that call themselves the Black Finger Group.


Let's Dance Tonight
1967 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
A drama about the sex industry.


A Certain Killer
1967 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.


Five Star Private
1967 · 1h 29m
country: Japan


Ambassador Ramen
1967 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
Frankie Sakai plays a Chino-Japanese man who after trudging along in odd jobs discovers his true talent in making excellent, tasty and somewhat spicy ramen. As well as friendship and love, too...


That Complicated Guy
1966 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
Melodrama based on a novel by Yukio Mishima.


Return of Gun Dog
1966 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
Zoku teppō inu (続鉄砲犬) is a 1966 film directed by Mitsuo Murayama. It is the sixth film in the Inu series.


Strange Triangle
1965 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
A young man is determined to have as many affairs as possible but not to get married. One of his conquests is of a different mind however. For she is pregnant and so he agrees to live with her. But he misses very much the other younger girl whom he saw a lot of, and with the older woman's consent, sees the younger one and on her request, asks her to move in with them. This is the beginning of a very strange triangle which they all live through to a not unhappy ending.


The Story of a Blind Woman
1965 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
At sixteen, due to illness, Tsuruko goes blind, and has no choice but to become a massage therapist. One day, stumbling on a staircase, she meets a businessman and falls in love with him.


Sweet Seventeen
1964 · 1h 30m
country: Japan


High School Juniors (Part II)
1964 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
A story full of youthful vigor and spirit as high school students try to work out their problems, realize the awakening of love and growing maturity and find fun and happiness in helping others.


Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
1964 · 1h 22m
country: Japan
Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himself to use his amazing sword skills to help the young woman's father, whose river-crossing service is under attack by the same gang responsible for Zatoichi's wounds.


High School Third Graders
1963 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
In 1963, Funaki Kazuo's debut song of the same name was released and then it was adapted to a movie based on Kenji Tomishima 's novel “Shake to Tomorrow” with the same title, produced by Daiei with this song as a motif. Singer and actor Funaki Kazuo also appears in the movie, which depicts the fun, love and heartbreak in a Japanese school.


Young Trees
1963
country: Japan
A bright and cheerful story about a young girl who comes to Tokyo from the countryside, relying on her aunt to become a maid, and willingly aspires to become a maid and lives a healthy life despite the hardships she encounters with people from all walks of life. Ririko Tachibana moved to Tokyo in reliance on her aunt Motoko, who lives in Tokyo. When Ririko leaves her classmate Chizuko Misawa, who says she is going to rely on jazz singer Michi Nozoe, and arrives at her aunt's house, she is disappointed to find that a job has been arranged for her as a nanny. Her dream of attending night high school was dashed, but Ririko made up her mind to do her best to do as much as she could. The Honbashi family, where she was employed, lived alone with the widow Shinae, and Mrs Shinae was asked to go to her daughters' house to help out...


Destiny's Son
1962 · 1h 11m
country: Japan
In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her lord’s concubine. Decades later, his adoptive family is massacred for keeping the secret. Armed with an unbeatable swordfighting technique, Shingo embarks on the path of the masterless samurai in search of vengeance and a path beyond his own ignominious origins.


雪の降る街に
1962 · 2h
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie
Eriko
Eriko
1962 · 1h 21m
country: Japan
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Eriko" by Yukio Hashi.


情熱の詩人啄木
1962 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
1962 Japanese movie


夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ
1961
country: Japan