Yoshihiko Aoyama
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: December 07, 1943
Age: 81 years old
Gender: Male
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Daimajin
Overview: A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-04-17
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Zero-Fighters
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-09-04
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Muchana Yakko
Overview: A comedy directed by Koji Shima about a men's game. Reckless and exciting, definitely worth watching! Miyoshi Oki was born in Hokkaido and grew up in a dirty carriage that his father owned. His dream was to have a horse with a good coat that costs 10 million yen and he set a goal for it. At the invitation of Otaki-gumi executive Iwasa, he joined Otaki-gumi while the leader Sozaburo was sick. Miyoshi's method is not to deal with the yakuza's morale and slashing, but to handle things mentally....
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-07-04
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Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Overview: Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged gambling game. Of course, the local gangsters attempt to kill him, and the adventure begins. It turns out a blacksmith named Senzo examines Zatoichi's cane sword, and discovers it to be forged by his old mentor. Senzo discovers the sword is at the end of its usefulness and will break when it is used next.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-01-03
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The Dream Girl
Overview: Yumi worked at a small snack bar called Bacchus, tucked away in a corner of the city. Before long, she had gathered her own entourage—three men named Takeshi, Ken, and Toru. Convinced that the true essence of youth lay in taking risks, Yumi’s boyfriend, Takeshi, dreamed of taking the helm of a yacht and sailing off to unknown lands. Ken, a factory worker from a small-town workshop, fantasized about creating a guerrilla radio station that played nothing but the new rock sounds—the shared language of youth. Meanwhile, Toru, a college student who proudly styled himself as a revolutionary. The trio began saving money as if to make their dreams tangible. They entered an endurance contest but they were eliminated. With a goal of raising 3 million yen by the following summer, their prospects looked bleak. In the days that followed, each arrived at the same conclusion: they could exploit Yumi’s exceptional beauty and striking sexy physique by launching an alluring honey-trap scheme.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-11-22
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Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-03-06
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An Ode to Yakuza
Overview: Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending her to college and turning her into a perfect young lady. He's extremely fond of Akane. His fondness for her goes beyond how he feels about his mistress, Kanae. And yet, Akane feels alone. Now, a new tutor comes into her life that seems to have taken a liking to her...
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-07-11
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Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare
Overview: When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him.
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-12-01
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Your Favourite
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-29
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The Diary of a Sex Counsellor 2
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-11-30
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The Curse of the Ghost
Overview: About 1786 the doings of a demented lord results in many masterless samurai, including Iyemon (Kei Sato) who is used to luxury and cannot adjust to the hand-to-mouth conditions & piecework of umbrella making. Having hired ruffians to make him look like a superior swordsman, he arranges for himself the opportunity of a profitable marriage. He hires the half-blind masseur Takuetsu (Sawamura Sounosuke) to seduce or rape his wife (Kyoko Mikage), so that she can be divorced or killed for adultery. But the masseur takes pity & informs Oiwa of her husband's horrid plot. Assisted by the merchant's daughter he intends to marry, Iyemon disfigures his wife attempting to poison her so he can marry higher. There's a lovingly gruesome sequence as she combs blad patches into her hair, kneeling deformed at her mirror, weeping with bitterness. She eventually cuts her own throat, swearing revenge.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-06-28
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Secrets of a Woman's Temple
Overview: A woman joins a convent to investigate the suspicious death of her brother but nothing could prepare her for the horror and depravity that takes place behind the convent walls.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-01-25
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The Sister Gamblers
Overview: Third film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
Genres: Drama Crime History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-11-15
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Two Enemy Women Gamblers
Overview: Twelfth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
Genres: Crime Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-02-08
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Play It Cool
Overview: This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure that she has a bright future. But the hard-working young woman's dreams of becoming a dressmaker are shattered.... She then becomes a nightclub hostess who plays cards with male patrons using her body as the prize.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-05-01
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Broken Swords
Overview: The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the vile Lord Kira.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-05-30
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Sex Revolution
Overview: Story exposes free-sex among highschool students.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-07-01
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Live and Learn
Overview: Tetsuko (Eiko Yanami), a high school student, one day, forces Tsuneo, (Kei Wakakura), the brightest boy in her school, to make love to her after school is out and they are caught by the old school janitor. Tsuneo's mother, orders Tetsuko to pay for what she did to her son but Tetsuko blackmails her instead, saying that she is ready to inform a news company of what has happened to Tsuneo and receives one million yen hush money. Expelled from school, she comes to Tokyo, intending to take a round-the-world trip. But Sankichi (Yoshihiko Aoyama), a jack-of-all-trades, cheats her. So, she makes up her mind to catch him and get back her money.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-01-27
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Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
Overview: 911 receives a call from a young woman reporting the death of an acquaintance at a hotel, and Detectives Ushio and Ogami of Shinjuku West Police Station rush to the scene!! The caller is eventually identified as Megumi, a woman whom Detective Ushio's wife Sumie had met by chance, but Megumi too has been killed...
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-01-13
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Sweet Seventeen
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-12-19
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Zatoichi in Desperation
Overview: After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel - but this causes more problems than solves them.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-09-02
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Vixen
Overview: Michi's first encounter with Nobuyuki Ishida, secretary to the chairman of a private school, takes place in the drawing room, when she attempts to swindle him out of two million yen for alleged rape by his son. Akie (Kyoko Kishida), Ishida's wife and the chairman's daughter, offers her a million, but he gives her what she demands. Now Michi is not only satisfied, but she has a mad desire for Ishida and calls him every day asking for a date. His sympathy for her gradually evolves into love, and he soon allows her insatiable passion to strip him of his decency.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-18
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The Young Boss and the Navy Spirit
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-09-03
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The Thieves' Who's Who
Overview: In the book of the world's greatest rogues, the number one man can only be one person.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-02-26
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School for Thieves
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Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-04-06
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Black Trump Card
Overview: Chairman of the Shin Nihon Kaihatsu company Fukazawa, using clever ways to circumvent the law, rose to the top of the economic backstage. Three people are sacrificed to his greed. The president of a small company who committed suicide, a Yakuza who died during the destruction of his territory, and a former viscount whose wife and property were stolen by Fukazawa. Their sons vowed to hunt down Fukazawa and take revenge.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-07-25
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School of Crime
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Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-06-20
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