Known for Acting
Born
March 23, 1951
Died
March 30, 1975 (age 24)
Birthplace
Ibaraki, Japan
Filmography
7 films, 1 show


The Ando Gang Documentary Film
1973 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
This biopic of notorious yakuza-turned-actor Noboru Ando focuses on the days leading to his arrest after the shooting of businessman Hideki Yokoi.


Yakuza of the Present
1973 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
In the roaring 1970s, a man who has left the world of the yakuza to become the owner of a sushi restaurant decides to rise up again when he sees his former family being overrun by a modern yakuza group from the Kansai region.


A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
1973 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Japan, 1946, just after the end of World War II. As the US occupation army patrols the dilapidated streets of Tokyo, a desperate and ambitious group of war veterans and gamblers struggle to take control of the Ginza district's underworld with the help of a deranged soldier.


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 Red Silk Gambler
1972 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
With her first love that unfolded in the battlefield in her heart, and with a short sword and a pillbox as her weapons, female gambler Okatsu the Tiger Lily travels from gambling site to gambling site. Surrounding her are Omon, an outlaw star blind lone gambler; Onaka, a thief who’s after Okatsu to avenge her father’s death; Ohide, a tattoo artist whose back is covered by a dragon tattoo; and Oryu, a young girl sold as a prostitute to a gambling family.


Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
1972 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their boss. He also meets a fellow gambler who idolizes Monjiro. The gambler and Monjiro's sister are pulled into a conspiracy to get to Monjiro, but do things go as planned?
Zōho kaitei Chūshingura
Zōho kaitei Chūshingura
1927 · 54m
country: Japan
The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai and their mission to avenge the death of their master.