Date of birth: 1932-02-22
Place of birth: Ota, Tokyo, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Kei Tani, 谷啓


1969-11-01
Maruyama, a day laborer, is living on an abandoned ship at the port of Osaka when he meets an elusiv

1998-10-27
A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.

1964-09-17
The second film in the "Suruga yukyoden" series, in which Shintaro Katsu plays Jirocho Shimizu. The

1999-04-17
On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office.

1962-12-23
Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan".

1962-04-15
1962 Japanese movie

1964-04-29
The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima

2004-05-08
After the death of a man in their nursing home, a group of residents find his notebook titled "Shini

1963-12-22
Comedy has the proprietors of a tonkatsu (deep-fried pork) restaurant match wits with a Chinese deve

2003-09-13
Hitomi Kogure, has decided to drop out of high school. Deciding to tell her e-mail penpal "Ayumi-cha

1987-01-01

1982-08-13
A daughter of Hatamoto (high-ranked soldier) Otsuyu (Akiko Kana) and a Ronin living in Choya (cheap

1988-11-26
A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, j

2000-04-29
2000 live-action Japanese film.

1963-08-14
In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end

2001-06-05
Keisuke, an aspiring samurai-movie actor lands a major role in a new film, but must contend with a d

2004-08-21
Hama-chan takes a vacation to go fishing in Akita despite warnings from Su-san as his company faces

2001-08-18
Mr. Takano, a company employee, announces plans to take an early retirement so he can return to his

1962-10-20
1962 Japanese movie

1990-06-09
A pampered young model is killed in a traffic accident. Given the chance to return to earth, she bec

2007-12-15
Heartwarming human drama about a former tap dancer who trades in his tap shoes to woo a figure skati

1981-10-10
A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to so

2008-07-05
Keiko who leads a lonely life as a fortune teller on the streets meets Goro, a leader of the con-art

1970-08-26

2006-08-05
Yumiko returns to work in Hama-chan's department. She had once left the company after getting marri

1964-12-20
A comedy directed by Kajiro Yamamoto, based on an original idea by Koji Toita, co-written by Yasuo T

1964-06-03
1968-03-05
Japanese comedy film.

2001-08-11
The secret warriors of feudal Japan were the ninja. Sent on impossible missions, the ninja were trai

1964-10-31
Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Hitoshi Ueki) starts out as Nobunaga's "Sandal Keeper" but climbs the ranks to e

1966-10-29

1966-05-28
A film produced by Toho and Watanabe Productions as part of the Crazy Movie project featuring The Cr

1970-01-15
The 14th and final "Crazy" feature. The Crazy Cats reunited (minus Ishibashi, who had by then retire

1968-08-14
Comedy-fantasy about a salaryman (Tani) and his imaginary friends. A kind of Walter Mitty, Japanese-

1962-07-27
An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.
1982-01-01
Japanese horror movie from 1982.

1960-08-24
Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was no

1989-06-10
A story of love and adventure between a woman who likes water sports and a man who likes boats. Mari

1997-09-06
Hama-chan’s sales department gets a new supervisor, a hard-working taskmaster that’s the very opposi

1989-12-27
Hama-chan gets Su-san hooked on fishing, but Su-san has some problems to deal with; a beautiful woma

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

1993-12-25
Hama-chan and Su-san go fishing during a business trip, but Hama-chan has to give a lecture on Su-sa

1997-02-15
Two married couples struggle to cope with their sex lives. Kenji and Misaki, a seemingly happy marri

1964-01-01
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the st

1967-04-28
The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures through

1990-12-22
Su-San invites Hama-chan to go fishing at a place close to his heart after learning about Hama-chan

1992-12-26
Hama-chan shows up to work with his son on his back when his wife goes to her class reunion and his

1996-08-10
When Su-san invites his late friend's daughter to come along on a fishing trip, she falls in love wi

1998-08-08
Su-san resigns after getting fed up with corporate life, but he finds himself back in familiar surro

1991-12-23
Hama-chan and his wife are ecstatic about their long-awaited pregnancy. Meanwhile, Su-san's nephew

2005-08-27
Hama-chan meets a friendly US soldier on a trip to Nagasaki with Su-san. Su-san returns to Tokyo an

2006-03-22
Kitahara Kazunori was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma in the fall of his second year in high school,

1992-01-18

1965-10-31

1964-01-15
Naomasa, the former lord of Okayama Castle and the head of the Iseda family, takes a strange boy, Ki

1963-07-13
The music teacher, who danced the twist at the graduation ceremony of the solemn female school, was

1992-04-25
The story of an unconventional teacher facing up to his unruly and apathetic class.

2004-09-11
A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they

1983-12-24
Murder case.

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

1966-01-03
Sangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send him t

1967-08-05
After an argument with his father a son leaves his home and comes back only, as an adult, many years

2004-04-26
The wife of a famous resident of Kamakura awakens to carnal passion . . . And when her blood cools d

1964-12-26
Sabu was once a boy soldier but people in his village disliked him. He finally broke loose when his

2007-09-08
Hama-chan goes to Okayama to look for Su-san when he goes missing a few days after freezing up durin

2000-02-05
Hama-chan accompanies Su-san on a business trip to Okinawa in the middle of the recession, but Su-sa

1965-10-24
Based on a novel by Kôen Hasegawa

1969-04-27
A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.

1968-04-27
The eleventh film in the comedy series starring Japan's leading comedy group, the Crazy Cats. Susumu

2000-09-30
Film director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from his b

1964-06-11
When hopeful Olympic triple-jump competitor injures both his Achilles tendons, he discovers an old m

1963-03-24

1963-10-26

1998-12-23
A traveling ronin perceived as a fool impresses a samurai leader with his fishing skills and gains e

2008-03-22

1969-03-15
The return of a man to Japan from Borneo creates chaos in a village.

1995-07-01
Starring Ken Takakura, this TV special depicts a detective (Akira Hayasaka) who lives in a harsh lif

2009-12-26

2018-06-11

1978-08-20

1970-02-27

1966-04-09

1979-08-04

1974-04-27
1974 Japanese movie

1998-06-19

1964-07-11
The members of Crazy Cats play employees of a trading company. Ueda Hitoshi of Awa Shoji, a lucky ma

1967-01-14
Saburo Sarutobi, a former member of the Zengakuren, and Maruo Inumaruo, a former member of the polic

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

1970-12-31
The ninth installment of ten in Nippon Ichi film series.

1971-12-31
The last (10th) Toho "Crazy film" in the Nippon Ichi series.

1967-09-02
Japanese horror comedy from 1967.

1971-04-28

1971-01-15

1961-01-26
1961 Japanese movie

1968-01-14
"Shacho" comedy about the president of a salt manufacturing company.

1968-02-24
An aging company president pushes a youth-focused corporate fitness campaign but struggles to keep u

1994-12-23
Hama-chan and Su-san meet a charming woman on a fishing trip, but forget to ask her name. Days later

1997-08-01
Tezuka Osamu's most famous work "Jungle Emperor Leo" has been made into an animated version a number

1967-12-31
The fifth installment of ten in Nippon Ichi film series.