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薔薇いくたびか (1955)
Character: N/A
A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
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月よりの使者 (1954)
Character: Doctor Ikeuchi
Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.
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夜の配当 (1963)
Character: Lawyer Kiyohara
Ryokichi Ibuki is a clerk who learns company "top secrets" and becomes an industrial blackmailer. Kaoru Koizumi, a confidential secretary in love with Ibuki, reveals her firm's plans to him. She resigns when Ibuki blackmails her employer but Ibuki gains another spy in Ayuko Ichinoi...
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闇を横切れ (1959)
Character: Ikuta
A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.
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恋にいのちを (1961)
Character: Detective Tamai
Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.
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あゝ特別攻撃隊 (1960)
Character: N/A
Depicts four cheerful, young former college students with promising futures who die tragic deaths as pilots in the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps.
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修羅の群れ (2002)
Character: N/A
Remake of The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)
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雀狼伝2 必殺！！亜空間殺法 (2000)
Character: N/A
The second full-fledged mahjong drama presented with the full cooperation of the Japan Professional Mahjong Federation! The strongest rival appears. The most formidable rival appears. What will Ando Mitsuru do? Will the subspace killing method be defeated?
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修羅の群れ 第1部 怒濤編 (2002)
Character: N/A
Denzaburo Kato, the third generation leader of the Horii family whose territory encompasses the Yokohama area, has a dramatic encounter at a certain judo hall with a young man who would later shake up Japan's yakuza society. The man's name is Ryuji Inahara, the future president of the Inahara-kai!
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武闘派仁義 完結篇 (1994)
Character: N/A
Kojima Takeshi, who has strayed from the yakuza world, launches a gang that draws a line in the sand with today's yakuza society. However, the Sekiyama and Jinno gangs, who find this an eyesore, attempt to crush Takeshi and his gang. The Sekiyama and Jinno gangs send in an assassin, Kishigami, a former brother of Takeshi...
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蓮如とその母 (1981)
Character: N/A
Rennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in particular the Honganji lineage that had a slump in its fortunes during the Middle Ages. According to the legend, his motivation was a pivotal childhood incident at the age of six when his mother summoned him and told him about his destiny to revive the fortunes of the Honganji school to which he was the next in line. She then mysteriously disappeared from the temple. Taking her words to heart, from a background of great poverty and hardship, at the age of 16 he set out to spread the word across the land.
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白鷺 (1958)
Character: N/A
The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps catches up to her.
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夜の蝶 (1957)
Character: N/A
A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
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女妖 (1960)
Character: N/A
Omnibus picture, consisting of three stories.
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禁断 (1962)
Character: N/A
Yukiko Shiba, a doctor, and Akira Sakai, a composer and musician, are lovers. Their love is a forbidden one. He is married, with children. She is a doctor with a bright career ahead of her.
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女ざかり (1994)
Character: Editorial Writer
A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.
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婦系図湯島の白梅 (1955)
Character: N/A
Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after Hayase lost his parents in a war. Hayase has been secretly married to Otsuta, a former geisha, and has been unable to tell Sakai of the marriage, aware as he is that Sakai wants him to marry his daughter, Taeko. Otsuta wants Hayase to tell Sakai about her, but understands the difficulty of his position. At a festival, Otsuta is mistaken for a pickpocket and taken to the police. Because of her background as a geisha, newspaper reporters eagerly delve into her past and report that she has been married to Hayase. Unaware of what has been printed in the papers, Hayase decides to tell Sakai about his marriage. Sakai shows the newspaper to him and orders Hayase to part with Otsuta. Given no chance to explain, Hayase accepts Sakai's order.
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ごろつき稼業 仕事人サブ (2000)
Character: N/A
The truth of a sniper becomes clear in the turmoil of a drug robbery that shakes the underworld.
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ぼくは勉強ができない (1996)
Character: N/A
Hidemi is bored of school, and decides to find another way to succeed in life.
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柔道一直線 (1970)
Character: Shusaku Kuruma
Naoya Ichijo uses special judo techniques to succeed.
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小次郎燕返し (1961)
Character: N/A
The story of Sasaki Kojiro, a young swordsman, and his quest to train under master Seigen and develop his own style.
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修羅がゆく2 戦争勃発 (1996)
Character: N/A
A small group of men stigmatized for killing the gang leader tries to survive the group and take revenge on the man who killed them, while being involved in the conflict between the two major powers of Kanto and Kansai. The second movie of the live action adaptation series.
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嵐の講道館 (1958)
Character: N/A
When Shinsuke returns to Kyushu from the Russo-Japanese War he finds his Judo school hall neglected and in decay. His Judo teacher has died and his brother, Ryota, and the teacher's only daughter, Akiko, are greatly disturbed by Zanba, who intends to use the school for teaching the Ryukyu art of Karate.
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大怪獣東京に現わる (1998)
Character: N/A
A large, dinosaur-like monster has risen from Tokyo Bay and attacked the city. As the government collapses into chaos, the people of a rural town in Fukui Prefecture, from whose perspective we see the entire movie, watch as the events unfold on TV. Some decide to run for their lives, some take it as a sign of the apocalypse, some go completely crazy, but most of the townspeople wait and watch, and wonder where the monster will head next.
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横浜ばっくれ隊 (1994)
Character: N/A
Based on the comic book by Tetsu Kusamoto.
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密告 (1968)
Character: Tetsuji Miki
A gangster named Sagara killed a broker at the request of a friend named Oba, was arrested and spent eight years in prison. Now released, he wants to find out who squealed on him.
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民暴の帝王 (1993)
Character: N/A
The anti-gangster law has been very bad for business, but one yakuza boss is running his syndicate like a ruthless conglomerate -- and thriving.
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望郷 (1993)
Character: N/A
In 1940, Kubota Shoten, which has been in business for generations, goes bankrupt due to the debauched lifestyle of its president, Kunimitsu Kubota. Subsequently, Kunimitsu moves back to his hometown and his children are sent to live with other relatives.
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共犯者 (1958)
Character: N/A
Based on the short story of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
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浅草の夜 (1954)
Character: Komakichi
A young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a pure-hearted downtown girl fall in love in Asakusa in this entertaining tale of love and action.
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巨人 大隈重信 (1963)
Character: N/A
The biopic of Shigenobu Ōkuma, one of the main Japanese leaders at the turn of the 20th century, a supporter of rapprochement with the United Kingdom, and who brought his country into the Triple Entente against the German Empire.
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渡世無頼 (1995)
Character: N/A
Ryoji Minami, an elite trading company man, falls in love with Minako Kano, the daughter of the fifth president of the Kanto Kano family, overcomes obstacles, and has a wedding. A sudden misfortune befell Ryoji. On the day of the wedding, his father and daughter were killed by a bomb planted in a package. In anger and sadness with nowhere to go, Ryoji vows to take revenge on the bomber, and as the sixth head of the Kano family, confronts the Kyoei Alliance.
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密偵 (1983)
Character: N/A
A master swordsman is ordered to go undercover on a mission to find and destroy a cannon factory being used by two samurai clans that try to usurp power and gain the position of shogun for one of their own.
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日露戦争勝利の秘史 敵中横断三百里 (1957)
Character: N/A
In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance troop was organized to penetrate into the supreme headquarter of Russia in Tieling Mountain of China to find out the enemy's situation...
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馬賊芸者 (1954)
Character: Kojuro Ichikawa
Based on the original work of Akutagawa Prize-winning writer Ashihei Hino, the film depicts the love of the proud geisha Nobukichi Hakata in the early Taisho era.
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雲霧仁左衛門 (1978)
Character: Tôbei Yamada
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.
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無頼漢仁義 (1965)
Character: N/A
Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it will forfeit a major dam construction job to the scheming Ojika Group.
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月形半平太 花の巻 嵐の巻 (1956)
Character: Daijiro Akamatsu
During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the Choshu and Satsuma clans. This is the story of Tsukigat Khanpayit, the sword maker of the Choshu clan, who, along with Katsuro Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma, sought to fulfill the dream of a new peaceful era in Japan. Can he realize his ideals or will he die in the chaos of internecine fights...
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巨人と玩具 (1958)
Character: Ryuji Goda
Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.
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226 (1989)
Character: Yasufumi Yamashita
Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of Tokyo was briefly held by the insurgents before the coup was suppressed.
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黒の報告書 (1963)
Character: Kusama
After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.
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刑事 (1984)
Character: N/A
Detective Muramatsu's wife, Fusae, is killed by a drug addict. After the criminal climbs to the roof of the house with a hostage, Muramatsu shoots him dead in order to rescue the hostage, but the public denounces his actions as stemming from the personal grudge of a detective whose wife was just murdered, and he is demoted.
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黄泉がえり (2003)
Character: Haruo Tsuda
When dead people starts returning to the small Japanese town of Aso, government official Kawada is dispatched to uncover the “truth”.
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しとやかな獣 (1962)
Character: Ichiro Katori, Talent agents manager
A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover there are other, equally conniving players involved.
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妻は告白する (1961)
Character: Public Prosecutor Kasai
Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a confession.
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東京犯罪地図 (1956)
Character: N/A
An exciting film about thugs, in which murders and drugs, justice and resentment explode in the dark city of Tokyo with the help of guns and violence.
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黒の商標 (1963)
Character: Akio Kakiuchi
Ide of the Kokusai Rayon Company visits a supermarket and finds cheap shirts being passed off as his company's products. But a closer look reveals that the last letter of "Kokusai" has been changed to "n" and reads "Kokusan." The buyers, however, are all under the impression that they are buying Kokusai shirts. Ide begins an investigation to find out where the shirts are being made, but before he is able to uncover anything, he is killed on a train and his little black book, filled with secret data, is stolen. Sugino then starts a one-man search for both the killer and the factory turning out the cheap shirts.
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社葬 (1989)
Character: N/A
A fierce succession battle ignites at a newspaper company when the president passes away.
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黒の札束 (1963)
Character: N/A
The case of the counterfeit bills that spread all over Japan.
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The Last Emperor (1987)
Character: General Ishikari
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
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風速七十五米 (1963)
Character: N/A
Set around Ginza’s neon billboard boom, the movie is a drama of romance, corporate intrigue and tragic crime. A reporter (Ken Utsui) investigates a homicide in Tokyo’s bustling construction scene, meanwhile a super typhoon is brewing in the Pacific, and Ginza is square in its sights!
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次郎物語 (1987)
Character: 宗太郎
Adaptation of the classic masterpiece about the relationship between parents and their children.
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893 愚連隊 (1966)
Character: Kurokawa
A bunch of young, angry and penniless misfits are full of great vitality. They aren’t quite up to joining the yakuza and execute a variety of petty scams. After being approached by a yakuza and asked to become a spy for them, they are now planning to take 10 million yen from the yakuza.
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偽大学生 (1960)
Character: Prosecutor
A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.
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四谷怪談 (1959)
Character: Naosuke Gombei
In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance.
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残月講道館 (1957)
Character: N/A
The picture tells of a tremendous conflict between ju-jitsu, an aggressive art practiced by vicious hoodlums led by Takamatsu, and judo, which is used only for self-defense and championed by Sugawara. All of which, comes to a mighty match between Sugawara and Takamatsu. It's loaded with dynamite, so to speak, and lasts five minutes on the screen, Sugawara, wins. Takamatsu, a poor loser, and his four ju-jitsu hoodlum companions later ambush Sugawara in the woods. This turns out to be a mortal combat. You'd like to learn the outcome, wouldn't you?
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五稜郭 (1988)
Character: N/A
After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nation that was recognized by more than one European country. Survivors of the Shinsengumi were among the followers of Enomoto Takeaki who took them to the northernmost island of Ezo where they fought their final battle at the star shaped fort, Goryokaku. The Japanese Civil Wars fought in the name of the emperor signaled the complete end of the feudal system and Japan’s entry into the modern world as those brave samurai tried to halt progress and learned that the age of modern warfare and weaponry had passed them by. Swords were no match for rifles and cannons, nor was any man a match for the power of the imperial flag. Japanese loyalty to the emperor has long defined the nation and culture despite the changing times.
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黒の試走車 (1962)
Character: Toru Onoda
Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.
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さよならも言わずに消えた！ (1981)
Character: N/A
This TV drama special depicts the obsession of a sister and two detectives searching for her missing brother who witnessed the crimes of a political fixer.
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