Date of birth: 1951-08-27
Place of birth: Saitama, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Yukijirou Hotaru, Yukijirô Hotaru, 螢雪次朗, 渡辺 潔, Yukiciro Hotaru, Yukizirô Hotaru, 蛍雪次郎, 萤雪次朗, Yukijiro Hotaru, 螢雪次郎

Born 1951 in Saitama, Japan, Yukijiro Hotaru (螢雪次朗) is a Japanese actor. He is best known for the role of Gonza Kurahashi in the Garo television franchise.

2019-09-27
Following the comic series and the subsequent television serial of the same name, and featuring the

2011-11-26
The city is infested with mysterious parasites that bore into their human hosts to increase their ho

2021-07-22
Hanai Sota is 22-years-old and a university student in the veterinary department. Since he was littl

1991-12-21
Teppei and Kamiya, two average joes working in the electronic services industry, stumble upon the in

1997-12-27
A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar b

2001-08-18
Girls surrounding 17 years old are affected by an illness that make her to be 'Stacies': they feel a

2019-07-25
As the Heisei era nears its end, the Shimazu Clan's second-generation boss, Yumizo Tokuma (Ryuji Kat

2020-01-09
The Shimazu Clan's internal conflict over succession spirals into a full-blown war, pitting the trad

2000-06-09
The truth of a sniper becomes clear in the turmoil of a drug robbery that shakes the underworld.

1994-12-17
Intergalactic bounty hunters Iria and Bob return to track down an ancient mystical relic. When a sec

2019-03-25
The first film in the 'Japan Gokudo War' series.

2019-02-02
The second film in the 'Japan Gangster War' series.

2019-07-25
The third 'Japan Gangster War' film.

2019-05-01
The fourth 'Japan Gangster War' film.

2020-01-01
The fifth 'Japan Gangster War' film.

2020-02-20
The sixth 'Japan Gangster War' film.

2010-12-04
War photojournalist Yasuyuki Tsukahara married popular manga artist Yuki Sonoda and had children. Be

1996-07-12
As a new Be-Bop, the degree of tightness is raised.

2020-11-19
The eighth 'Japan Gangster War' film.

2021-01-01
The ninth 'Japan Gangster War' film.

2021-02-19
The tenth 'Japan Gangster War' film.

2021-08-19
The eleventh 'Japan Gangster War' film.

2021-11-18
The twelfth 'Japan Gangster War' film.

2000-06-10
Junko was born with a type of ESP called pyrokinesis which she can use to incinerate anyone and anyt

1984-01-04
The world's largest black pearl has vanished without a trace, and it's up to Detective Ippei to trac

1999-07-03
Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grad

1995-01-12
A manga artist stumbles into the sleazy world of perverts who stalk trains looking for women to mole

2003-10-14
Sachiko Hanai is a call girl. One day she is caught up in a gunfight and is shot in the forehead. In

1996-03-01
1996 / Japan / Drama / 75 minutes

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

1996-01-01
This is a criminal act. But somehow tears don't stop !! Chapter 4 Ah! A man and a woman ── rubbing e

1995-12-01
The familiar Chikan group members who bite into the buttocks of women in the crowd of crowded trains

1995-04-15
In a desolate future ruled by a totalitarian city-state known as Jesus Town, a leather-clad motorcyc

1986-03-24
Stuck doing show-biz schlock, an investigative reporter stumbles on a scheme to swindle pensions thr

2006-12-16
Inugami Sahei, who built up the wealth of the Inugami Clan, passes away, leaving a will with Furudat

1996-07-12
A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on col

1986-01-01
Mirai, a high school girl, is transferred to an upscale private girls school. She soon finds out the

1997-03-28
Ginji (Kiyoshi Nakajo), a man who made a huge fortune by taking advantage of the fierce competition

1997-01-01
Women who suffer from loneliness. Gentle?! Molesters. The 5th installment of the excitement that sme

1984-05-01
The world’s greatest detective, Ippei Kuroda, is back and this time hired by a politician to find hi

2009-06-20
In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.

1987-04-15
During the Edo period, an incident occurred in a certain castle town where young samurai were weaken

2009-05-09
For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective

1984-08-01
1615. Ninja Sarutobi Sasuke is assigned the task of finding a hidden treasure that will restore his

2008-06-12
Set in World War II, the film depicts the story of the real-life Japanese battleship, the Yamato, wh

2014-01-01
Shonosuke Furukehashi (Hiroshi Tamaki) is a young samurai and the second son of Sozaemon (Bunchin Ka

1986-12-20
A young woman who is prone to romantic dreams involving her supervisor time-travels from 1986 to 200

1986-03-08
A timid man with a domineering wife takes S&M lessons to get revenge.

2016-10-09
Inomatsu, a carpenter with a reputation as a skilled craftsman, has a wife named Oritsu. Oritsu is d

2011-12-04
Set within a city where parasites rage, the parasites settled into their human hosts and increases t

1997-07-18
#20 in the series, after "Insurance Embezzler."

1985-04-06

2013-02-23
Garo: Soukoku no Maryu (lit. Blue Cries of the Demon Dragon) is the second film to the Garo series.

1985-02-23
In a hospital with a near sighted doctor, horny nurses, cosplaying patients and stiffs in the baseme

2019-03-10

2002-08-21
Extensive behind the scenes documentary chronicling the making of Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah

1997-11-29
A retired warrior comes to see his former lord and learns that someone is making indestructible swor

1994-01-01
Behind the scenes of Zeiram 2

2017-11-03
A famous chef who is tasked with tracking down a 70-year-old missing recipe.

1984-10-20
A gynecologist, his son and a friend have erotic adventures with a device that can see through cloth

2000-03-11
The story takes place in an unnamed Japanese city, and follows five students at Shinyo Academy as th

2001-05-04
Natsuo, a new gay detective, has his first experience with Koide, but he secretly has feelings for K

2011-06-18
Miyata lost his wife early on and single-handedly raised their two children. One day he notices a ch

1985-09-28
An animator with a butt fixation receives a surprise visit from a woman he had an affair with while

1996-03-01
After being sexually harassed by the Boss' daughter, Kousuke is demoted for an innocent crime. Kousu

1993-01-01
Ando Chigusa is the editor of 'Weekly Topaz'. She rented a room once a week to her female writer, As

1985-06-19
A woman who works for a bus company that gives erotic service to their passengers is given a mysteri

2023-02-10
In order to turn their lives around, three taxi drivers living at the bottom rung of society hatch a

2012-12-22
All seniors at a high school stay together at a camp, including student Chinatsu. On their first day

2014-01-25
Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discover

2006-12-15
In the aftermath events of GARO: Chapter of the Black Wolf, Saejima Kouga sets out to the northern d

1998-06-17
A Japanese bondage photographer rescues a woman from the Japanese mafia and sets out to find the wom

1988-02-27
A quirky doctor and his frisky nurse operate the Ogenki clinic, helping patients solve their peculia

2010-10-30
At an event hall in Roppongi Hills, there is a charity event for landmine eradication. Kaoru does se

2001-09-22
This is another masterpiece by Takao Nakano. A sort of mix of Ed Wood and Russ Meyer. The story ? We
2003-05-31
A Silent independent film by Taro Araki, the "eternal 8mm film youth" of the pink film world. It is

2005-04-16
Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war between de

1993-03-13
Businessmen competing for international building contracts in this globe-trotting comedy-adventure.

1995-01-27
The legendary Nogaike, where couples who have vowed to love each other are sure to be united forever
2001-12-28
Red alert! A pervert is hanging out in the Tokyo subway and using a hi-tech brain manipulation devic

1995-01-28
The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hom

2002-05-11
When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in

1999-03-06
With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broke

2011-01-12

2011-02-02

1998-03-27
Red alert! A crime wave of women groping perverts has flooded the Tokyo train system and only a spec

2001-09-28
Director Daisuke Goto, the master of the cinematic Pink Eiga, is back with this retelling of the cla

1997-10-10
Toranaga is a good-for-nothing loser. However, he also happens to be the last remaining direct desce

2015-12-05
Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this

1999-05-14
The sexy female pickpocket and the army of perverts are in a gorgeous finger fight! A tranquil downt

1990-04-07
When a hard-driving copywriter (Hiroyuki Sanada) discovers his comely wife (Keiko Saito) is involved

1988-05-14
Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the da

2014-10-25
21-year-old Misora Honzawa went to Tokyo from Aomori. Misora Honzawa happens to see Kumi on TV who i

2014-09-29
In pre-WWII Vancouver, second-generation Japanese immigrants had it tough. Daily, they faced discrim

1988-05-07
A woman is raped on a crowded subway but no one reports it to the police. A TV studio exploits the i

2016-06-04
Private Detective Kiyoshi Mitarai and Miyuki Ogawa arrive in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. They ar

2013-10-05
In January 1946 a British military transport plane departs from Shanghai on its to Tokyo, Japan. Dur

2016-09-24
Kanami is an apprentice pierrot and dreams of making people laugh. She falls in love with Yosuke who

2013-08-17
Middle-aged salaryman Ichiro Sasaki (Mitsuru Hirata) hears of the death of his childhood friend Okab

1997-07-19
Third installment of the "Gakko No Kaidan" series follows the trek of several elementary school stud

2007-12-08
The touching and dramatic tale of the relationship between a Japanese family, their dog and her thre

2009-11-14
A cop chasing after a female cop killer, but then gets caught in a dark web of departmental corrupti

2012-09-15
A group of elderly women come together to sell vegetable leaves.

2018-01-27
A quiet woman receives a social media request from a middle-school friend, who she doesn’t remember

2003-12-26
There has been a surge in the number of people killing themselves; a mysterious DVD is found on the

2008-12-10
A young woman escapes from a city in the near future, where people's anger is medically controlled,

2013-11-09
Harumi Hagiwara lands in the hospital after being involved in an accident. She hits it off with her

2015-11-23
Part of the Shûhei Fujisawa New Drama Series.
2016-01-09
The body of Kazuyoshi Kawagishi, a construction company worker, is discovered stabbed to death in Sh

2009-03-28
Based on Minoru Nagao's 1969 experimental book Illustrator: Basara ningen.
2015-11-14

2010-04-03
Two 17 year old teens are hospitalized for different reasons. Ezaki suffers from Hepatitis A, while

2011-10-06
A drab middle-aged man with thoughts of committing suicide and an extraordinary child prodigy plan a

1986-05-31
A woman gets a Buddhist statue from her dying grandfather. She doesn’t know it but it is one of thre

1985-12-14
Four monastic nuns must enter the materialistic and lusty outside world to save their church from a

2018-03-10
The film follows the relationship between a mother and her son. In 1945, the mother played by Sayuri

1984-09-29
A high school girl searches for a treasure found by her lost father in a school full of peepers and

1985-08-01
Rinko and Shinpei are reporters for a rival weekly magazine. Rinko was investigating the love affair

2018-06-08
When salary man Jun gets home, he finds his wife bleeding from her mouth and lying on the floor. He

2009-11-20
After losing her parents in a tragic traffic accident, Koto develops the ability to communicate with

2018-12-15
An all-star reboot of the lost classic 1934 film, The Giant Buddha Statue's Travel Through The Count

1986-07-12
A high school girl has a dream of entering a water ballet competition and having a hot romance. Both

2018-09-23
Suspicions fall on politician Tagane Seizo over the sale of nationally owned land to a social welfar

2008-06-21
With stalker crimes on the rise in Tokyo, the Meiji Jingu Gaien police department decides to form an
2006-09-30
A blind woman acquires a guide dog, and faces prejudice in 1980s Japan.

2010-02-05
In the sequel of this naughty fantasy, Koto recovers from her attack with the help of a doctor. But

2012-01-28
A woman is found dead and three other women, incarcerated at a psychiatric hospital. The body belon

2019-10-04
Lurking among us are the Horrors, ancient enemies of our kind. Holding the line against them, down t

2006-07-16
Ken is a mild-mannered man in his mid-twenties who like many his age has interests that stopped deve

2007-01-05

1984-01-01
Two young men from the countryside come to their dream city of Tokyo with the dream of becoming a wo

2020-12-19
A biopic based on the production of Daiei's Giant Horde Beast Nezura, the scrapped precursor to Game

2020-09-04
Mitsuomi Kozuka quits his job due to his boss. He decides to return to his hometown for the first ti

2015-03-13
An erotic drama depicting the pure love story of a virgin man. Izumo Tsurugi, a camera geek with an

2009-08-15
When the Earth's ecosystem is disrupted due to global warming, a plethora of prehistoric sea monster

2009-03-21
The upper torso of a female, claws her way around Japan searching for her lower half. The person's l

2005-03-19
The Man Behind the Scissors centers around two serial killers: mastermind Yasunaga and helper Chinat

1995-03-03

1988-01-03
Yoko, Shoko, and Kyoko are three female college students. Yoko has a boyfriend named Hiroshi, but wh
1984-06-01

2009-03-21
The story of Teke Teke, the ghost woman with no legs, continues. Conflict arises between a group of

1985-06-01

1989-04-29

1985-02-02

1984-10-01

2018-11-16
Hanpeita Takeichi, a samurai, finds that he has travelled through time to modern-day Japan. He's tak

2020-08-25
The 7th popular series starring Hitoshi Ozawa. Hitoshi Soma, the leader of the Soma group, went to

1997-11-01
Forbidden! Hentai! Historical! Sensual erotic V-cinema work that you can't miss! Once you taste it,

1998-12-20
An unstoppable "ass stroke" experience once you remember it. The crowded train is a fingertip parad

2008-07-05
On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest sin

2017-05-10

2020-01-31
In 2030, AI is everywhere including the medical field, finance and security. Artificial intelligence

1990-05-01
A grieving young mother employed at a video game company is recruited to test and train a new virtua

2016-09-10
A married woman obsesses over a hairstylist she becomes involved with.

2011-11-05
Mitsuko is 24, heavily pregnant and estranged from the American father of her child. Her parents bel

2010-01-01

2010-08-06

2014-11-14
The second in a series of Japanese TV movies about a police detective who has adopted the dress and

2016-11-14
The third in a series of Japanese TV movies about a police detective who has adopted the dress and m

2017-04-24
The fourth in a series of Japanese TV movies about a police detective who has adopted the dress and

2017-11-20
The fifth in a series of Japanese TV movies about a police detective who has adopted the dress and m

In this independently-produced sequel to "Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)", the monstrous Gyaos hor

2005-06-04

1986-01-01
Japan's first space shuttle crashes into the mountains, and it is reported that all crew members are

1986-05-01
A girl who is always a maiden at heart is a big fan of a romantic poet from the Taisho era, and want
1983-01-01
"Groper Train" pink film distributed by Shintoho.
1985-11-01
"Groper Train" distributed by Shintoho.
1983-04-01
Perverted detective Ippei seizes an opportunity to win after repeatedly losing at Sudo's gambling de
1983-08-01
The famous duo of perverted detective Ippei Kuroda and his beautiful assistant Hamako tackle a myste

1983-08-01
"Groper Train" pink film that parodies the live variety show "Morita Kazuyoshi Hour Waratte Iitomo!"

1986-09-01
The pub Muhomatsu is located next to a prison. Love and hate unfolds at the pub...

1987-01-01
The hugely popular "Groper Train" series, starring Ai Kobayashi, Kyoko Hashimoto, and Chiemi Akimoto


1988-01-30
Matsutaro runs a small movie theater, but due to the recession, it is not very popular. His wife Jun

1999-09-01
A murder mystery told in one-minute clips — one for each day of the year — filmed specifically for t
1984-05-26
Pink film distributed by Toei Central Film.

2018-09-01
Tachibana Shuji (Kazuki Namioka), leader of the Tachibana-gumi under the Anzai-gumi, is a unique fig

2018-10-01
A drug deal within Anzai-gumi's territory sparks conflict with the Otsuru Family, leading to the dea
1983-05-01
Pink film distributed by Shintoho.

1984-11-14
A videotape left by a mysterious woman to a taxi driver. There is a pattern of a secret bondage show

1990-05-16
A Salaryman in Hokkaido heads to Tokyo for his daughters wedding, but the fun is just beginning,,,
1984-02-25
After being hit by a shooting star, a high school teacher has become extremely buoyant. Using his se

1985-01-01
In 2000, DEVIL knows that The Gods will make new Messiah. So DEVIL dispatches SATAN to obstruct this

2023-10-21
Aki lived her young life with a baby monster, but got separated from it for some reason. Thirty-five

1986-02-01
A night in the city is like a jewel box. An office building is deserted. A girl suddenly appears in
2017-11-06

1985-01-01
Who is it that sends a threatening letter demanding 100 million yen in exchange for distributing "po

1988-09-10
As soon as he bought a small house on a loan, his wife died in an accident. His work wasn't going we
1985-05-01
The boss of the Yamauchi gang was assassinated by the Takeda-kai, so they asked a secret organizatio

1989-05-09

2014-01-01

2019-10-25
A man with family troubles suddenly loses his job and finds a light of hope through a magnificent 1,

2011-08-27
A patrolman who loves puppies receives an abandoned puppy from a boy. He adopts the puppy instead of
1983-05-01
Pink film directed by Akira Fukamachi (under the name Minoru Inao).

1990-11-22
One day, Rino saves an injured thug Koji from a beautiful woman who happened to visit Office Zebra.
1984-12-22
Pink film by Toei.

2002-02-16
Pink film directed by Tarô Araki.

2025-12-06
In the year 2036, an artificial black hole research institute becomes embroiled in a terrorist "time

2012-10-20
A film by Shûsuke Kaneko

1995-12-09
New film adaptation of the manga "Police Branch 82".

2000-01-01
Jouji gets a job as a tutor. His student is a beautiful girl Naomi, but she works Jouji very hard. A

2022-09-09
Anzai, Mutoh, Hamada, Hagiwara, and Miru are in a car headed to a love hotel used by the Sugiyama Cl

2025-11-08
35th-anniversary Fuji TV special featuring three new “Tales of the Unusual” shorts: Anata Hakubutsuk