Date of birth: 1938-02-15
Place of birth: Okayama, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Kojiro Hongo, Кодзиро Хонго

Kōjirō Hongō was a Japanese actor best known for his work with Daiei Studios in the 1960s. Hongō won an Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year in 1959.

1966-04-17
Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Gu

1968-03-20
As alien invaders plot to conquer the Earth, two Boy Scouts steal a mini-submarine and discover Game

1977-05-14
The last of the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy. Oyama takes a job as a professional wrestler in Okinawa, bu

1966-08-13
The tyrannical Lord Danjo Mikoshiba covets the rich, fertile lands surrounding Lake Yakumo. During a

1962-03-04
1962 Japanese movie

1960-04-27
After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Y

2003-06-18
A young yakuza experiences various conflicts, tactics, betrayals, rules, etc. in the gangster world,

1965-09-04

1962-11-01
In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his seri

1961-04-26

1968-08-24
Film directed by Kenji Misumi

1962-04-29
1962 Japanese movie

1967-03-15
Unusual volcanic activity in Japan awakens Gyaos, a bloodthirsty flying monster with the power to sl

1999-08-01

1994-01-08
The second 'Gotoshi' film.

1995-03-11
A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Ku

2002-06-22
A boy who suffers from impaired hearing and a young girl pianist try to solve the mysterious connect

1969-03-12
In feudal Japan, gangsters chase a young girl who might testify against their boss. When the gangst

1995-01-25
Based on the Baku Yumemakura martial arts serials

1973-12-20
A young girl is being asked about a man with whom she was keeping company, as her grandmother plays

1994-04-28
Tetsuo (Kosuke Toyohara), who was thinking about the next money plan for the 200 million yen he got

1959-06-03
Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' i

1962-09-01
1962 Japanese movie

1960-02-10
Depicts four cheerful, young former college students with promising futures who die tragic deaths as

1960-12-27
The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunos

1959-10-28

1960-09-28

1962-09-16
1962 Japanese movie

1999-07-30
Young female embalmer Miyako is called in to restore the body of a young man who has committed suici

1960-10-18
The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 book

1962-12-26
Order of Yakuza

1995-07-23
After being excommunicated from the yakuza, Ginya Yabuki returns from the shadows as leader of his o

1962-12-01
1962 Japanese movie

1961-10-31
An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years

2001-11-13
Ricky's Back!

2001-07-16
It's Ricky!

1962-08-12

1961-12-27
1961 Japanese movie
1998-05-30
Taku Shinjo spins this rural drama about ancient taboos and encroaching modernity. Takamine (Gitan O

1963-11-02
The biopic of Shigenobu Ōkuma, one of the main Japanese leaders at the turn of the 20th century, a s

1969-11-01
In the prewar days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Lt. Ka

1969-07-12
A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese
1960-09-20
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Dare yori mo kimi wo aisu" by Kazuko Matsuo.

1991-09-27
A police officer is recruited to a special agency and given a license to kill. He is given a dozen o

1965-05-27

1969-12-20
This period thriller concerns a very famous cat known as the "monster cat of Nabeshima". This cat, a

1969-09-13
Lord Oda Nobunaga gains control of nearly all of Japan and tries to enlist the aid of Magoichi and h

1967-07-14
Second film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where

1959-09-06
The former Japanese Naval Academy was at Etajima, one of the many islands of the beautiful Inland Se

1970-02-07
The Shinobi-no-Mono series was so successful that Daiei Studios dipped into the well one more time,
1963-10-19
A detective investigates a criminal organization's involvement in real estate.

1969-06-14
As a child, Okin the one-armed one-eyed swordswoman was disfigured by Lord Daizen-dayu, who was afte

1960-04-27
A demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider! The y

2001-03-10
When the mobster Iwaida Nishikawi is executed by the hit man Takeshi, his family chases the killer.

1962-07-15
A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

1961-01-03
The story of three sportsman brothers living in the Ginza. One day, the three meet a raving beauty o

2001-09-21
In this continuation of "Family", it is discovered that the one who gave the order to assassinate th

1968-06-15
On the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsu

1996-04-05
Yabuki's old friend returns as a deadly enemy. Blood brothers are driven to bitter hatred as betraya

1969-05-30
The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin,

1963-07-27
A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with h

1961-05-17
Disguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a country d

1961-10-14
One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

1960-01-14
A gorgeous tragic love picture scroll depicting a beautiful woman who weeps over her strange fate an

1960-01-03
During the reign of Shogun Hidetada, both Hirate Musashi and Okamoto Musashi strive to become the fi
1960-06-01
The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the
1991-12-30
A former Formula 2 racing champion is asked to assist in setting up an auction of vintage cars. He b

1959-08-01
Fate begins to smile upon young Chonosuke Tokugawa, son of eleventh Tokugawa Shogun, after some twen

1962-05-12

1971-02-17
The woman gambler Ginko risks her life for her brother-in-law.

1959-12-08

1963-03-01

1993-04-23
#3 in the King of Minami series. Ginjiro Manda sets his sights on a corrupt cop named Tatsuya, who f

1964-11-14

2003-04-25
Ryuji Hoshikawa (played by Ken'ichi Endô), the leader of the Hoshikawa group and an executive of the

1961-02-01
1961 Japanese movie

1963-06-30

1963-04-14
A bright and cheerful story about a young girl who comes to Tokyo from the countryside, relying on h

1967-09-15

1965-12-11

1961-03-01
1961 Japanese movie