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Kei Tani

Date of birth: 1932-02-22

Place of birth: Ota, Tokyo, Japan

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Kei Tani, 谷啓

Kei Tani

Biography

Movie Credits

Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
0

Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man

1969-11-01

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

Samurai Fiction
3.4

Samurai Fiction

1998-10-27

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

The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
0

The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords

1964-09-17

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

After Life
3.6

After Life

1999-04-17

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

Irresponsible Rascal of Japan
4

Irresponsible Rascal of Japan

1962-12-23

Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan".

Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
0

Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama

1962-04-15

1962 Japanese movie

Ant Hell War
0

Ant Hell War

1964-04-29

The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima

Shinibana
0

Shinibana

2004-05-08

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

Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
0

Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong

1963-12-22

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

Youth Bakachin Cooking School
0

Youth Bakachin Cooking School

2003-09-13

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

Whisper of the Spirits
0

Whisper of the Spirits

1987-01-01

A Ghost Love Story of Japan
0

A Ghost Love Story of Japan

1982-08-13

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

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
2.9

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You

1988-11-26

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

As the River Flows
0

As the River Flows

2000-04-29

2000 live-action Japanese film.

Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
3.5

Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style

1963-08-14

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

Stereo Future
3.8

Stereo Future

2001-06-05

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

Free and Easy 15
3.8

Free and Easy 15

2004-08-21

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

Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
3.6

Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project

2001-08-18

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

Youth Season
0

Youth Season

1962-10-20

1962 Japanese movie

Tokyo Heaven
3.5

Tokyo Heaven

1990-06-09

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

Smile
0

Smile

2007-12-15

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

Lonely Heart
3

Lonely Heart

1981-10-10

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

Chameleon
2.9

Chameleon

2008-07-05

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

Nani ga nandemo Tamegorō
0

Nani ga nandemo Tamegorō

1970-08-26

Free and Easy 17
2.9

Free and Easy 17

2006-08-05

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

Irresponsible Life in Edo Japan
0

Irresponsible Life in Edo Japan

1964-12-20

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

続・図々しい奴
0

続・図々しい奴

1964-06-03

How to Make a Big Hit
0

How to Make a Big Hit

1968-03-05

Japanese comedy film.

Red Shadow
2.4

Red Shadow

2001-08-11

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

The Sandal Keeper
0

The Sandal Keeper

1964-10-31

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

The Craziest Operation
0

The Craziest Operation

1966-10-29

The Man from Planet Alpha
0

The Man from Planet Alpha

1966-05-28

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

Crazy Violence at  Shimizu Harbor
0

Crazy Violence at Shimizu Harbor

1970-01-15

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

Imaginary Paradise
0

Imaginary Paradise

1968-08-14

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

Irresponsible Age of Japan
4

Irresponsible Age of Japan

1962-07-27

An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.

Kaidan botandōrō
0

Kaidan botandōrō

1982-01-01

Japanese horror movie from 1982.

The Woman Who Touched Legs
3

The Woman Who Touched Legs

1960-08-24

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

Urban Marine Resort Story
0.5

Urban Marine Resort Story

1989-06-10

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

Free and Easy 9
3.6

Free and Easy 9

1997-09-06

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

Free and Easy 2
4

Free and Easy 2

1989-12-27

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

Free and Easy
3.6

Free and Easy

1988-12-24

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

Free and Easy 6
3.8

Free and Easy 6

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

Love and Duty
0

Love and Duty

1997-02-15

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

Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
3.5

Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple

1964-01-01

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

Las Vegas Free-For-All
0

Las Vegas Free-For-All

1967-04-28

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

Free and Easy 3
3.8

Free and Easy 3

1990-12-22

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

Free and Easy 5
3.8

Free and Easy 5

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

Free and Easy 8
3.8

Free and Easy 8

1996-08-10

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

Free and Easy 10
3.4

Free and Easy 10

1998-08-08

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

Free and Easy 4
3.8

Free and Easy 4

1991-12-23

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

Free and Easy 16
3.8

Free and Easy 16

2005-08-27

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

Returning the Favor
3.5

Returning the Favor

2006-03-22

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

Midnight Run Main Store
1.5

Midnight Run Main Store

1992-01-18

The Crazy Adventure
0

The Crazy Adventure

1965-10-31

An Impudent Man
0

An Impudent Man

1964-01-15

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

Japan's No. 1 Playboy
0

Japan's No. 1 Playboy

1963-07-13

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

The Games Teachers Play
0

The Games Teachers Play

1992-04-25

The story of an unconventional teacher facing up to his unruly and apathetic class.

Swing Girls
3.9

Swing Girls

2004-09-11

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

L・O・V・I・N・G
0

L・O・V・I・N・G

1983-12-24

Murder case.

Monsieur Zivaco
0

Monsieur Zivaco

1967-10-28

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

The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay
0

The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay

1966-01-03

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

The Greatest Challenge of All
3.5

The Greatest Challenge of All

1967-08-05

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

Hakuro no Shibijin
0

Hakuro no Shibijin

2004-04-26

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

The Donkey Comes on a Tank
0

The Donkey Comes on a Tank

1964-12-26

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

Free and Easy 18
3.8

Free and Easy 18

2007-09-08

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

Free and Easy 11
3.5

Free and Easy 11

2000-02-05

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

True Osaka Grit
0

True Osaka Grit

1965-10-24

Based on a novel by Kôen Hasegawa

Crazy Big Explosion
0

Crazy Big Explosion

1969-04-27

A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.

Mexican Free-for-All
0

Mexican Free-for-All

1968-04-27

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

The Stupid Teacher
0

The Stupid Teacher

2000-09-30

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

Japan's No. 1 Braggart
0

Japan's No. 1 Braggart

1964-06-11

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

Crazy Operation: First Move
0

Crazy Operation: First Move

1963-03-24

Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility
0

Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility

1963-10-26

Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
3.4

Free and Easy: Samurai Edition

1998-12-23

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

Postman
0

Postman

2008-03-22

Vagabond Schemer
3

Vagabond Schemer

1969-03-15

The return of a man to Japan from Borneo creates chaos in a village.

The detective whose path was crossed by a snake
0

The detective whose path was crossed by a snake

1995-07-01

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

Free and Easy 20: Final
3.9

Free and Easy 20: Final

2009-12-26

どーもくん
0

どーもくん

2018-06-11

Headless Island
0

Headless Island

1978-08-20

アッと驚く為五郎
0

アッと驚く為五郎

1970-02-27

ほんだら捕物帖
0

ほんだら捕物帖

1966-04-09

港町紳士録
0

港町紳士録

1979-08-04

Mutsugorō no kekkon-ki
0

Mutsugorō no kekkon-ki

1974-04-27

1974 Japanese movie

Bayside Shakedown Extra Edition Bayside Policewoman Story Early Summer Traffic Safety Special
0

Bayside Shakedown Extra Edition Bayside Policewoman Story Early Summer Traffic Safety Special

1998-06-19

Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
0

Legend of the Irresponsible Hero

1964-07-11

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

Industrial Spy Free-for-All
0

Industrial Spy Free-for-All

1967-01-14

Saburo Sarutobi, a former member of the Zengakuren, and Maruo Inumaruo, a former member of the polic

Comedy: Love and Justice Among  Cheaters
0

Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters

1974-05-15

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

Japan's No. 1 Mischievous Man
0

Japan's No. 1 Mischievous Man

1970-12-31

The ninth installment of ten in Nippon Ichi film series.

Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man
0

Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man

1971-12-31

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

Ghost Story of Two Travelers at Tenamonya
0

Ghost Story of Two Travelers at Tenamonya

1967-09-02

Japanese horror comedy from 1967.

花も実もある為五郎
0

花も実もある為五郎

1971-04-28

やるぞみておれ為五郎
0

やるぞみておれ為五郎

1971-01-15

腰抜け女兵騒動
0

腰抜け女兵騒動

1961-01-26

1961 Japanese movie

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
0

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

1968-01-14

"Shacho" comedy about the president of a salt manufacturing company.

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
0

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

1968-02-24

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

Free and Easy 7
3.8

Free and Easy 7

1994-12-23

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

Jungle Emperor Leo
3.5

Jungle Emperor Leo

1997-08-01

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

Japan's No. 1 Best Man
0

Japan's No. 1 Best Man

1967-12-31

The fifth installment of ten in Nippon Ichi film series.