Date of birth: 1929-06-15
Place of birth: Nishi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as:


1962-01-29
1962 Japanese movie

1967-07-08
Tsunetaro Asakura AKA "Dynamite Tsune" is a talented gambler, but not infallable. After losing his B

1967-05-03
The second part of the Gamblers series.

1965-09-18
Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his

1961-05-09
The film takes place in a dark area of the giant city of Osaka and tells about a group of people who

1959-11-22
A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three

1966-03-12
Yukiko is on her way to meet Boss Gunji. Judging by her appearance, no one would suspect that this b

1970-07-04
A street vendor who eloped with his girlfriend and injured her brother loses her to illness, and now

1968-08-14
During the Taisho Period (early 1920's) a monastery of warrior monks was split apart between two fac

1973-10-27
In the roaring 1970s, a man who has left the world of the yakuza to become the owner of a sushi rest

1967-01-28
Tsuruta is a respected tattoo artist working with comrades Machida and Yamashiro. His former boss, w

1962-12-19
1962 Japanese movie

1968-01-03
Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of th

1964-12-24
Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.

1961-09-09
Japanese comedy film.

1972-03-04
The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When t

1981-05-09
The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course

1966-12-13
Just after the Battle of Sekigahara, a pair of children Denji and Kichizo witnessed a team of the de

1969-02-01
The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Ory

1971-07-17
Set in Osaka, during the devastated time of post-war Japan, this is a tale of the yakuza who set abo

1965-09-18
Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and ru

1967-07-30

1965-08-25
When the mysterious “Joe of Spades” (Jo Shishido) executes one of the bosses of a powerful syndicate

1966-07-09
Hanjiro, a one eyed vagrant arrives in Okinoshima to save the town from a violent Yakuza group with

1966-11-19

1966-10-30
A story of friendship between a lone wolf judo expert and a youth.

1969-07-31
Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business fro

1970-08-01
Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes t

1968-05-21
Kogure, an industrial spy, is tasked by Sawada, head of the research department of the Nisshin Corpo

1964-12-24
Komatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group which s

1964-01-15
Yasugoro, goes to live in a quiet town where he falls in love with the priest's daughter-in-law. His

1965-01-30
Second film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as "The

1986-08-02
Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio the

1959-10-18
Comedy historical film about a wandering warrior, based on the novel by Shin Hasegawa.

1965-02-25

1964-03-29

1960-12-27

1963-11-17

1964-01-01
Based on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military dog s

1975-01-15
Toei studios last ninkyo eiga of the 70's.

1963-04-28
A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his ser

1962-12-30

1966-12-24
A hobo exposes the misdeeds of a new yakuza.

1968-02-22
The Domain: Severed Relations

1966-02-03
The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

1966-09-17
The life of entertainers in Asakusa’s pleasure quarters. An exciting yakuza story with superb action

1967-01-28
The Domain: White Blade

1971-12-03
Japanese movie.

1965-07-10
A crime film released in 1965

1961-11-22