Date of birth: 1930-12-08
Place of birth: Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: なごや あきら, آکیرا ناگویا

Akira Nagoya was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who specialized in playing comical roles. He's well know for playing Yūtarō Asahina in the Tokusatsu superhero series Ultraman Taro. After graduating from junior high school in 1949, he entered the Tokyo Broadcasting Company (NHK) training school as a third-year student. His classmates included Hisashi Katsuta and Kazue Takahashi, who later became active as voice actors. In 1959, he joined the Bungakuza theatre company; in 1963, he participated in the founding of the theatre company Kumo. When Kumo disbanded in 1975, he moved on to work as a freelance theatre artist, appearing on stages such as Jijinkai and Komatsuza.

1997-07-12
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must jou

1970-06-11
Japanese crime film

1963-03-01
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s

1966-10-22
This is a magnificent drama about love and chivalry, telling about the stormy fate of Seiji, nicknam

1956-11-10
Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest

1969-11-20

1971-01-09

1984-10-10
A mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all challenges a

1981-11-07
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering po

1982-06-12
A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mis

1969-06-14
Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through

1987-12-26

1967-06-28
A man who was released from prison wanders around the Kanto region and gets involved with the local

1980-12-20
Two men and a woman plan to steal 1.5 Billion yen.

1969-03-29
Layabout teen Shoken is dissatisfied with his nagging single mother and bullies at school. He and hi

1971-07-24
Episodes 5 and 6 of Return of Ultraman show, screened at Toho Champion Festival.

1982-10-09
Also known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya seek

1971-12-12
A theatrical release of The Return of Ultraman episodes 13-14. It was released on December 12, 1971

1992-04-11
Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū

1986-07-26
In the winter of 1945, Sakura the elephant gave birth to a baby elephant at Tokyo Fujimi Zoo under t

1999-11-06
While on a cigarette break in between sets, Koji, a jazz musician, witnesses a murder and runs into

1993-10-09
In 1940, Kubota Shoten, which has been in business for generations, goes bankrupt due to the debauch

1965-09-18
Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the las

1998-05-23
A romantic film about the spiritual exchange between a gangster and a Chinese woman who got married

1962-09-29
Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook featu

1976-12-25
Okoto is blind since childhood. Her young servant Sasuke is in love of her. One day Koto is badly sc
1994-01-03
The one who hurriedly ascended the castle upon hearing news of Shogun Tsunayoshi's illness was Saoto
1984-07-07
Young lovers Makiko and Hidekazu break up because of misunderstanding. Makiko flies to New Zealand a

1955-06-07
A little girl who falls into a lake and is saved by a god who then takes her up to the clouds and sh

1960-08-28
In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a sex worker to support her ailing

1973-08-07

1973-01-01
A successful lyricist, Sakumaki (Yukio Ninagawa), lives with his partner Kazue (Keiko Fujita) and th

1967-02-04
A young boss proves his right to rule his gang.

1969-07-20
Hayato's home city is under attack from a gigantic robot. His parents are lying dead in the rubble a

1964-09-19
This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 3

1974-04-06
Based on a blockbuster song by Kaguyahime, a folk group. Makoto, a college student who belongs to a

1998-01-17
Kasuga’s husband gets arrested for a murder of his beloved protégé. She and her family investigate a

1982-09-11
A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local

1972-06-09
Hiroshi (Tatsuo Umemiya) has the biggest penis in all of Japan and everyone who touches (or is touch

1988-11-12
Toru Hayashi is an unremarkable bachelor who lives with his mother, until one day a young woman name

1974-09-21
Based on the novel of the same name by Hisashi Inoue.

1971-05-19
Comedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers.

1975-04-05
Hirobe is a lonely man. After witnessing her girlfriend die with a terminal illness, he wanders thro

1987-04-11
Based on the comic by Mako Takami.

1989-04-22
The tale of Ogami Itto and his son Daigoro has come full circle with the greatest sword actor of all

1997-09-27
Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the b

1987-02-07
A 30-year-old man's life gets up-ended when his girlfriend accepts an arranged marriage meeting with
1978-04-15
A junior high school teacher is raped by several students inside the school.

1963-07-14
A Japanese intelligence officer faces personal crises in the years preceding the Manchurian conflict

1963-11-10
A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.

1968-10-12
A story depicting the challenges faced by today's youth in working to build a better tomorrow, based
2001-01-13
911 receives a call from a young woman reporting the death of an acquaintance at a hotel, and Detect

1973-06-23
Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike

1973-04-07
Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike

1967-10-28
International thief Zivaco, who can assume any identity, eludes the authorities and battles rival th

1967-01-14

1999-03-06
11th installment of the 16-film franchise.

1962-06-15
Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal s

1988-12-24
Densuke Hamazaki is an office worker at Suzuki Construction and gets transferred to the main Tokyo o

1976-06-19
Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.

1964-08-30
Could I But Live

1982-06-25
Matoba Kokingo, who once served as a retainer for a hatamoto, becomes disillusioned with his master

1992-08-21

1983-03-18
An antique shop "Jidaiya" sells time not antiques. One day a lady run into this shop with a cat.

1965-09-18

1964-04-29
A yakuza falls in love with his brother's mistress while he is serving his sentence, and hides out i

1974-05-15
Ex-conman Junpei plots revenge on a corrupt corporation by leading a team of swindlers posing as pol

1971-10-30
After a highway accident forces a motel stay, a company president devises a plan to create spring-ba

1988-05-11

1989-04-18
A murder occurs at the hotel where the detective father's arranged marriage meeting was held. The am