Yasuo Tanaka
Also Known As: Yasurō Tanaka, Yasuro Tanaka, Yasurou Tanaka, Yasuroo Tanaka, Yasurô Tanaka, 田中 康郎
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: March 06, 1932
Age: 93 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: December 05, 2003
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Samurai Gold
Overview: This science-fiction anime was inspired somewhat by the life of Kinshiro Toyama (1793-1855), who was first popularized in the 1893 kabuki play "Toyama no Kinsan."
Genres: Animation Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-07-25
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Bats & Terry
Overview: A story of two mates, Pitcher and catcher on a pro-baseball team, devoted to their game, bikes, girls and having a good time. When they meet a girl who is still mourning the death of her boyfriend in a bike accident, they try to help - though her beauty means their motives may not be entirely altruistic!
Genres: Drama Action Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-03-14
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Call of the Wild: Howl, Buck
Overview: Buck is a half German Shepard half Saint Bernard whose life is peaceful and happy living with the Millers in California. However, one day he is tricked and sold off. He ends up in the snowy North where he has become a sled dog during the Gold Rush. His story takes many twists and turns and he has to fight for his own survival.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-01-03
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The Tomb of Dracula
Overview: Boston, United States. Dracula, the immortal vampire, interrupts a satanic ritual and flees with Dolores, the woman whom the members of the evil cult are about to murder. Overwhelmed by his love for her, and unable to drink her blood, they have a son together, whom they name Janus. (Loosely based on Marvel's The Tomb of Dracula comic book series.)
Genres: Animation Drama Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-08-19
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Beaten by Black Rain
Overview: Many years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the survivors (called hibakusha in Japanese) are still physically and emotionally devastated by the event. Kuroi Ame ni Utarete tells the interlocking stories of a group of survivors who frequent Stand Akauma, a bar: Takeshi, who lost his entire family; Tomoko, a prostitute horribly burned in the bombing; her younger brother Junji, who scrabbles on the fringes of society; Eiko, a pregnant young woman whom he loves; and Yuri, another prostitute who is determined to secure a brighter future for her blind son.
Genres: History Animation Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-08-12
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Lensman
Overview: In this animated adaptation of E. E. Doc Smith's groundbreaking science fiction serial "Grey Lensman" from the 1930s-1950s, Kimball Kinnison, a young man from the agricultural planet Mquie and his Valerian companion, Buscirk find a dying man with a legendary crystal lens embedded in his hand. As the man was dying, he mysteriously passed on the Lens to Kim. With more companions to come by, Kim must find out the purpose of the Lens before the Boskone dynasty does.
Genres: Animation Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-06-07
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Sangokushi: The Distant Land
Overview: Third movie of the Sangokushi animated film trilogy. The movie covers the longest time span of the three films, from Liu Bei's expedition to Shu in 211 CE to the death of Kongming in 234 CE.
Genres: Animation War History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-04-09
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Phoenix: Karma Chapter
Overview: The story of two men - sculptor genius Akanemaru, and former bandit Gao. Discover how the lives of the two men cross repeatedly throughout their lives, how they struggle with their own fate, and how they are forced to compete with each other for a great honour, when karma is the only prize.
Genres: Animation Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-12-20
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Drifting Clouds
Overview: Retired samurai Kumosuke lives quietly, not to say idly, in Edo (old Tokyo) with his wife and two children, a young boy named Shinnosuke and an infant girl, Ohana. While he nominally runs a courier business to earn a living, he seems to spend most of his time smoking his pipe, drinking sake, and chasing women. The arrival of a Shinsengumi squad led by a young swordswman, Ichimonji Hyougo, disrupts this peaceful routine, forcing Kumosuke to defend himself.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-04-24
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Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer
Overview: Emu Hino, a 29-year-old virgin, witnesses a mob hit and fears that the killer will now find her and kill her. Indeed, he sets out to do so; he's Yo Hinomura, a talented potter and artist who's been conscripted against his will to be the prime hitman for the 108 Dragons, a gang within the Chinese Mafia, who are determined to push aside Tokyo's local crime lords. He breaks into her house, and she asks that he make love to her before he kills her; she connects to his inner self, and he becomes her protector. Now he must defend her against the local crime gang, who have connections with corrupt Tokyo police. Will Yo and Emu make it out alive, and will the 108 Dragons triumph?
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-09-01
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Twinkle Nora Rock Me!
Overview: Nora Scholar is now an interstellar bounty hunter, pursuing a powerful psychic on the desolate mining planet, Dazzle. There she befriends a would-be dancer named Max. Together, they take on the ESPer, Fuuchino, and his oversized bruiser of a brother, Touchino.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-11-21
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The Scarred Man
Overview: Yuko Kusaka is a Japanese journalist sent to Brazil to do a report on the gold rush phenomenon that seems to be making many people rich from night to day. Rumors say that among the many "garimpeiros" (gold diggers) currently on the Amazon forest, there is a Japanese known as Rio Baraki. Reaching their destination, her crew member is promptly attacked and she is raped as a warning to stop their work and return immediately to their home country. Determined to do her job, she stays and finds out from the attacker that he is none other than Baraki, a white haired muscular man with a large scar on his back. Later she discovers that his real name is Keisuke Ibaraki. Once a promising quarterback, he ended up falsely incriminated by a powerful organization known as GPX.
Genres: Drama Adventure Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-07-05
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Future War 198X
Overview: An American scientist constructs a laser satellite with hopes of preventing any nuclear conflicts from occurring. However, after a fatal error from both the US and the USSR governments, war breaks out and humanity faces a new bloodshed.
Genres: Drama War Action Science Fiction Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-10-30
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Fist of the North Star
Overview: After a nuclear holocaust tears the world apart, mankind is forced to the harshness of not only the oppression of others who are much more powerful, but the dead earth which seems to be getting worse with every passing moment. But a savior has risen from the ashes, a man who will defeat those who would torment the weak and make the world a livable place once more. A man named Kenshiro...
Genres: Animation Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-03-08
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