Biography: Japanese actor.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 15, 1941
Deathday: N/A
Popularity:
2019-07-25
Overview: Seven years have passed - Takeru Kanzaki (Kazumi Matsuda), the Wakamiya clan's Wakamiya head of the Gijinkai, is released from prison. He is reunited with Shinji Wakamiya (Kazuyoshi Ozawa), his parent in the world, for the first time in a long time. Kawaji was also present, and the Gijinkai was re-launched as the Sakata clan, with the aim of spreading Sakata's territory throughout Japan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-07-25
Popularity:
2010-07-10
Overview: A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed to return to his clan after only one year of imprisonment. Following his return, Kanemi is faced with the death of his wife, Mutsue. Thereafter, Kanemi lives with and cares for his wife's niece, Satoo, who has secret affections for Kanemi and expresses them by helping change his bleak outlook on life. Meanwhile, Kanemi's develops his unique "bird-catching" sword technique which he will soon put to test in battle for the first time against the fearsome swordsman, Hayatonosho Obiya.
Genres: Action Thriller Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-07-10
Popularity:
2000-02-18
Overview: The 9th series of Violence Action that depicts the battle between this issue and Ino aiming at the top of the gangster society as a unit.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-02-18
Popularity:
1979-10-06
Overview: A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-10-06
Popularity:
1978-11-18
Overview: A woman on her way to Tokyo is repeatedly raped by various men she encounters on the highway.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-11-18
Popularity:
2015-03-27
Overview: The third 'Daimon Graveyard' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-03-27
Popularity:
2016-10-20
Overview: The seventh 'Daimon Graveyard' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-20
Popularity:
2015-08-20
Overview: The fourth 'Daimon Graveyard' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-08-20
Popularity:
2016-12-16
Overview: The eighth 'Daimon Graveyard' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-16
Popularity:
2015-09-03
Overview: The fourth 'Kanto Gangster Federation' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-03
Popularity:
2015-04-03
Overview: The third 'Kanto Gangster Federation' film.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-03
Popularity:
2015-10-02
Overview: The fifth 'Kanto Gangster Federation' film.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-10-02
Popularity:
1975-11-08
Overview: Tateo, young and neurotic, wishes to leave the village his mother has raised him in.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-11-08
Popularity:
2007-12-25
Overview: 2007 Original Video.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-12-25
Popularity:
1978-02-24
Overview: At a seaside city somewhere in the Tohoku area, the corpses of Nozomi, daughter of an affluent family, and Yamazaki, son of an engineer at the local nuclear power-plant, are found tied-to on a beach, as if they intended to commit double suicide. Nogami, a reporter, begins to investigate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-02-24
Popularity:
2002-06-22
Overview: A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-06-22
Popularity:
1983-01-21
Overview: The film depicts the daughter of a concubine of a political and business mastermind who is involved in a corruption scandal, and a woman who controls a prostitution ring.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-01-21
Popularity:
1977-03-26
Overview: First live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-03-26
Popularity:
1996-01-27
Overview: A bored Japanese accountant sees a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves ballroom dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-01-27
Popularity:
2013-10-07
Overview: Yakudo Gokuki Returns
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-10-07
Popularity:
2001-10-28
Overview: When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death for a prominent crime boss. Devastated by this turn of events, the temperamental Kenzaki vows to avenge his boss's death and, as bloody violence ensues, the body count reaches excessive proportions.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-28
Popularity:
2014-10-03
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-03
Popularity:
2020-08-25
Overview: Magazine journalist Renji Himura is suspicious of the corrupt nature of Japanese politics and has uncovered a number of parliamentary scandals in his quest to clean up the political scene. His feud with his father, Tetsuya Himura, a member of the House of Representatives of the ruling Republican Party of Japan, reinforces Renji's aversion to political power struggles. Tetsuya is a member of the party's largest faction, the Teikankai, along with his ally Yuichi Tanigawa, who was elected in the same year, but becomes increasingly dissatisfied with the methods of faction chairman and former Prime Minister Shiro Oda. In order to regain the prime minister's office, Oda has brought in Kojiro Suzuki, the current prime minister, and is building a puppet government. Then, Renji receives a tip-off from a mysterious person.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-08-25
Popularity:
2020-09-25
Overview: Renji goes to see his father to question Tetsuya's allegations of black-market donations that arose when he launched the Shinseikai. However, Tetsuya's heart condition worsens and he collapses on the spot. Renji's father's death brings an end to the feud between father and son, and Tanigawa persuades him to keep the truth of the allegations to himself, and he decides to follow his father's wishes and become a politician. At the same time, Prime Minister Suzuki dissolved the House of Representatives and called a general election, as ordered by political fixer Oda. With Tanigawa's support, Renji launches his own political activities, but is outnumbered by his opponent, prefectural assemblyman Horiuchi. Renji is again contacted by a mysterious person.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-09-25
Popularity:
2020-10-25
Overview: Renji, who publicly revealed his father's allegations of illegal contributions during the election. Prepared for a firestorm on social media, Renji makes a speech to capture the floating vote and wins the ticket to the Diet in a stunning comeback, renewing his determination to become a "respectable" politician following his father's wishes. In addition, Prime Minister Suzuki resigns after allegations of bribery. The Republican Party's presidential election is about to begin. Only five new members of the party can influence the outcome of the presidential election. Then, Renji receives a phone call from that person again.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-10-25
Popularity:
2011-09-21
Overview: Due to successive conflicts, Ryuji Kazama, an executive of the Daido-gumi, has made a name for himself as a fierce fighter in the yakuza world. Saeki, who lives cunningly, schemes to oust the increasingly disliked Ryuji. However, his plot reaches the ears of the Daido-gumi boss, leading to his expulsion, and Fujinami, Ryuji's former junior, also leaves the organization. In Saeki's place, Nagatomo becomes the new Wakagashira, and Ryuji inherits Saeki’s territory. But soon, mysterious meth begins circulating in the area. Ryuji and Tatsuya send three gang members who had joined the territory as Tatsuya’s juniors to investigate the source of the drugs. The shadow of Saeki looms large... Could Fujinami be involved too? A new conflict erupts! The struggle between a yakuza forced into a corner and one who defends his honor intensifies. Will the brutal, chaotic killing spree that shakes the yakuza world ever end? Ryuji, to settle his own score, fires a sorrowful bullet.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-21
Popularity:
2011-08-05
Overview: Two years ago, Ryuji Kazama, an executive from the Daido-gumi, fought to rescue his brother-in-arms, Fujinami, who had been kidnapped by the Hanamura-kai. After completing his sentence, Ryuji returns to society, only to find that the organization has changed. His former junior members are now under other executives, with Wakagashira Saeki expanding his power. Ryuji's only remaining junior is Tatsuya. As the next leader of the group is being discussed, attention turns to the power struggle between the cunning Wakagashira Saeki and the old-school fighter Ryuji. Saeki's schemes begin to surface. Is he colluding with Okabe, an executive from the rival Hanamura-kai? The conflict between Ryuji and Saeki intensifies, and Ryuji, a yakuza who values honor, must decide his path.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-08-05
Popularity:
1987-12-12
Overview: When a doctor is found dead and the company's exclusive data on a cancer drug is missing, detective Takayama and Oshita are called to the Nakamitsu pharmaceutical laboratory. However, a bungled attempt to catch the murderer leave Takayama and Oshita reassigned to the lackluster task of patrolling public bathrooms to keep them out of trouble.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-12-12
Popularity:
2016-06-25
Overview: In the yakuza society, which has been trying hard but is no longer able to communicate, the Igarashi group, which is famous as a militant yakuza group, is also about to undergo an organizational change. All eyes are on Samejima (Riki Takeuchi), the leader of the group's martial arts group, and Segawa (Hiroshi Fuse), the young head of the group. Meanwhile, contrary to the boss's wishes to lie down on his sickbed, Segawa, the top candidate for successor, begins to do suspicious things behind the scenes. The insatiable greed that the warriors have in their travels begins to stir, and a bloody feud breaks out.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-06-25
Popularity:
2016-08-25
Overview: Samejima (Riki Takeuchi), a member of the Igarashi group, thwarts a plan by Yano (Takashi Matsuyama), a member of the Hanamori group, to crush the group. Yano asks for an apology, but Samejima is reluctant. Meanwhile, Dojima (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi), an executive of the Hanamori-kai, plans to expel Yano after his plan fails, and falsely tells Kurata, a group member who admires Samejima, that Yano is plotting to assassinate Samejima. Kurata (Go Ibusuki) is seduced by this plan and carries out the assassination of Yano without Samejima's knowledge...
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-08-25
Popularity:
2008-07-25
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-07-25
Popularity:
2003-03-29
Overview: After his father figure - a yakuza boss, is murdered, Azusa Moribe goes on a killing spree to exact revenge.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-03-29
Popularity:
1976-09-04
Overview: Hiroshi Kakurai is an assassin who was thinking of retiring. He travels to an island in the Seto Inland Sea and begins to live peacefully with Shinobu, a woman he has fallen in love with, but the intensity of his love for her begins to drive him towards destruction...
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-09-04
Popularity:
1977-01-22
Overview: A serial rapist takes on a young protégé to his craft as he is pursued by a homosexual gang seeking vengeance for an attack on their leader.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-01-22
Popularity:
1979-12-22
Overview: Kenzo, Azusa's husband, has a heart condition but his passion for sex has not diminished one iota from the time he was a virile young man. Azusa does not refuse her husband for he is very wealthy and if he should happen to die of excess sex she would inherit a vast fortune. If only Azusa could kill him without staining her own hands. Unable to do it alone, she asks the aid of Naoya who is only too glad to help.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-12-22
Popularity:
1978-08-19
Overview: A parable about the inefficiency and anachronism of the Japanese educational system, which places an unusually large amount of importance on cramming for university entrance examinations, Panic High School is about the suicide of a high school student and its ensuing fallout at his school. When one of his classmates becomes frustrated with the math teacher's lack of sensitivity to the suicide, the student steals a rifle, returns to school, aerates the teacher's chest and then holds members of his class captive. This leads to an aggressive standoff with the police and lots of shots of his parents crying and bowing in shame, totally mortified.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-08-19
Popularity:
1979-04-14
Overview: Yuki picks up a gay hitchhiker after leaving her husband's house following an argument. When the hitchhiker discovers his boyfriend having sex with a woman, he decides to keep traveling with Yuki. They reach a diner, which is filled with scummy Deliverance rejects who proceed to rape and torture them.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-04-14
Popularity:
1984-09-22
Overview: 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.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-09-22
Popularity:
1982-04-09
Overview: Yukio is an ex-farmer working as a dump-truck driver in Kashima. Haunted by the drowning of his two young sons, whose names he has had tattooed on his back in penance, and locked in a sibling rivalry with his traditional but urbane younger brother who lives in Tokyo, Yukio has become an amphetamine-addicted loner at odds with his family, friends and colleagues.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-04-09
Popularity:
2004-09-07
Overview: Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.
Genres: Action Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-09-07
Popularity:
1982-08-28
Overview: Frustrated by claims that he raped a fellow student, Daisuke drops out of high school before a verdict is reached, lashing out at Shimako, a sympathetic teacher who believes he should stay and prove his innocence. Though Daisuke flees to a remote seaside town, their paths seem destined to cross again, threatening to reopen fresh wounds before they can heal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-08-28
Popularity:
2003-04-21
Overview: A rowdy, young yakuza takes revenge against a gang of thousands for the death of his boss.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-04-21
Popularity:
1983-09-16
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-09-16
Popularity:
1975-09-27
Overview: A woman and her bridegroom are found murdered in their bed the day after their wedding. It had snowed overnight and the killer left no tracks. It is up to an amateur detective to figure out what happened. Carefully and systematically, he pieces together the clues in this locked room mystery.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-09-27
Popularity:
1999-11-13
Overview: Kintaro is a reformed delinquent, the former leader of a biker gang who has gone straight. Working at a construction company, his unorthodox tactics cause trouble with his colleagues. He is transferred to a tiny countryside branch, where he butts heads with his lazy superior until the two men discover a plot by the competition to put the construction company out of bussiness. With the help of his old biker friends, Kintaro prepares to confront the masterminds behind the scheme.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-11-13
Popularity:
1981-10-23
Overview: A young man living on growing tomatoes in a greenhouse in a residential area. Tomato cultivation is as doomed as his personal life where he tries to keep alive his romance with the eccentric Kaede and parents selected fiancee Ayako.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-10-23
Popularity:
1981-01-23
Overview: Two assistants to an S&M photographer decide to practise their master's art on their own. They convince a young woman to pose for them and subject her to bondage and torture during the photography session. After their work is finished, the three go to the home of the young woman's ex-boyfriend and attack him and his wife.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-01-23
Popularity:
1983-11-12
Overview: Eiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for and serving the lively residents of his small hometown.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-11-12
Popularity:
1992-08-28
Overview: A Japanese direct-to-video horror film based in an original story by Go Nagai. It is the sequel to Nagai Go no Horror Gekijo: Mannequin, also produced by Taki Corporation and released in 1992.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-08-28
Popularity:
1981-11-07
Overview: A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-11-07
Popularity:
1990-04-21
Overview: Lone wolves join forces and plunge into a reckless fight with the organization.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-04-21
Popularity:
1994-10-29
Overview: In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees are segregated into a special assignment division and given an ultimatum: meet a sales goal of 1.5 billion yen within three months or be fired. Spiteful of their unjust treatment, two men, Shinoda and Takigawa, take up the battle against the ruthless Yokoyama.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-10-29
Popularity:
1979-10-06
Overview: A young Japanese-American man arrives at his grandmother's old hometown in Yamaguchi, begins to stay at her family's elite but dysfunctional household, and gets entangled in a sinister plot of murder.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-10-06
Popularity:
2003-08-17
Overview: After a convenience store robbery, three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital. Inspector Ishida and Captain Tohno handle the negotiations while one of their colleagues, Lt. Ando, tries to find out why the men decided to take the hospital hostage. Through flashbacks, relevant information is revealed to the audience. When the negotiations are finished, most things seem to be fine until they lose track of the criminals. Then, the story unveils from a different perspective, its roots in feelings of love and vengeance.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-08-17
Popularity:
1998-01-22
Overview: Kasaki the hitman needs to set scores with his target Ri after the syndicate hunts him and blackmails his childhood friend to kill him.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-22
Popularity:
2003-06-25
Overview: Seiji and Yoshifumi are the only members of the Muto branch of the Date Family. The two respect and love their leader, Mr. Muto, like a father and the three share a firm bond. But their fate is sealed when the Family is involved in a conflict. Muto is unable to pay his share of funds for the oncoming battle but tells executives of the Family that he would fight at the front line instead. In the wish to protect Muto, Seiji has him arrested by the police. Ignoring the Family executives' mocks of "Muto escaped to prison", Seiji prepares for the battle and attacks like a demon on behalf of his boss...
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-06-25
Popularity:
1994-01-02
Overview: 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...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-01-02
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