Yoshirō Aoki

AKA: Yoshiro Aoki
2.3077

1929-09-20

Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {62}

(segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)

1965-01-06 7.724

Kwaidan

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is ...
Genre :Horror, Fantasy, Drama

1969-12-31 0

The Cleanup

A real all-star cast turns out for this modern yakuza yarn. ...
Genre :Crime, Action

Tetsutaro Nonaka

1969-03-15 0

Family Crest: Die Like a Man

The story of three brothers who, after loosing their parents in the Great Kanto Earthquake, continued their respective yakuza family business and the revenge of the youngest one when his siblings were ...
Genre :Action, Crime

1998-02-13 0

Chimpira Life

The chimpira 'Katsuichi' got his hands on the only daughter of the largest daughter in the Kanto region. ...
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2000-05-12 0

Otoko Michi

A man falls in love with a man with his spiritual past. ...
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1989-08-17 6

The Shootist

Former policeman Matsushita Hiroshi is a professional marksman shootist. When his keen eye catches his target in the dry urban darkness, the hard, breathless action begins. ...
Genre :Action, Crime

1970-05-16 0

Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!

In 1943 Japan is facing defeat. This makes Shinkichi, a straight, selfless student-patriot, ever more restless. He can no longer stand his soft "behind-the- gun" role of munition factory worker. Schoo ...
Genre :Drama, War

1969-05-14 0

前科・仮釈放

Genre :Action

1966-11-19 7.3

Samurai Wolf

This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba – who arrives at a village to defend a beautiful, blind woman against a sinister plot. Her assailants then send agains ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Drama

1967-05-13 7.3

Samurai Wolf II

Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his dead father. There are crooked gold miners, a beautif ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Drama

1997-05-16 0

Shura ga Yuku 5

The fifth installment of the Gokudo Action Series, which depicts the process of the yakuza organization walking on the path to national domination, centered on the confrontation between the two gangst ...
Genre :Action

Hoshino

1972-10-10 7

Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny

The great Daimyo enlists the aid of the three Shadow Hunters in ensuring the delivery of an illegal cannon in this sequel to Toshio Masuda's bloody adaptation of the manga by Takao Saito. Despite the ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Crime

Yoshito Kurahata

1970-06-10 0

Records of Bloodshed

Post World War II, Minoru lives by selling supplies that had been stolen from the U.S. military. One day, he is arrested due to the plotting of Kurahata, a member of the Yakuza who doesn't like him. ...
Genre :Action, Crime

Terumasa Miyamoto

1984-04-14 6.389

Mermaid Legend

A Japanese abalone divers' couple has to confront the arrival of brutal investors on their coastline. ...
Genre :Thriller, Crime, Drama

Daijiro Kuroki

1974-12-28 6.5

Evening Primrose

The Taisho era was a time of turbulence in Japan. From new marks of modernity to full-blown riots, a sense of revolution filled the air. The Dam Dam Group is a small anarchist organization lead by Dai ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Tsuji

1970-09-11 8

The Militarists

Genre :Drama, War

1970-02-21 0

Gambling Den Desire

In a small town on the Kasumigaura coast in the early Showa period, the Masukawa clan from Tokyo is trying to take away the interests of the local Isetoku family. Setsuko, the adopted daughter of the ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Action

1970-01-24 0

Profile of a Boss' Son

Four years ago, Teppei Hondo killed two people from the Shinwa group for the murder of his brother. After serving a 3-year prison sentence, he considered returning home, but his father, the boss of th ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Action

1967-10-21 0

The Return of the Filthy Seven

A 1967 crime film ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Okajima

1979-11-17 7.2

The Execution Game

The third movie in Tōru Murakawa's Game trilogy about a hitman. Narumi is set up by a mysterious woman. Abducted and tortured, Narumi is forced to take on a difficult job. The target is a veteran kill ...
Genre :Thriller, Action, Drama

1969-03-29 0

Sakura sakazuki: gikyōdai

Second movie in the Sakura Code series. ...
Genre :Action, Crime

1995-10-20 0

The Pachinko Game Drifter II

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Kurita

1978-08-19 6.7

Panic in High School

A high school student rallies his classmates into rebelling violently when the administration refuses to take responsibility for the suicide of one of the students. ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller

1970-08-12 0

Spartan Education

In a match where professional baseball referee Yuzo Tagami was observing a young referee, Hara, a player who got angry at the indecisive judge, knocked the referee down. Tagami lived with his wife and ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1968-09-21 0

Monument to the Girl's Corps

In 1943, critical developments in the Pacific War have placed Japan at a disadvantage, although the fiery breaths of war hadn't yet reached Okinawa Normal School for women. Nothing seemed the least bi ...
Genre :Drama, War

Akira Ota

1985-12-27 6.1

Scent of a Spell

A young man returns home from the bar only to find a woman who was about to kill herself. Taking her home and protecting her, he learns that she’s escaped from a violent husband. but there’s more to h ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

Yamashina Kageyu

1984-01-01 0

Choshichiro's Edo Diaries: The Yagyu Conspiracy

Rumors are circulating that the shogunate is losing control of some feudal domains. Lord Yagyu Munefuyu is assigned to deal with the problem and the rebellious clans will be crushed! Meanwhile, a form ...
Genre :Action

Vassal

1963-04-28 7

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords. ...
Genre :History, Action, Drama

Hidetake Yasumoto

1968-12-28 6.4

Outlaw: Black Dagger

A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the middle of action. Through a knife fight against Sueo, a high profile gangster from Busou-kai, Goro notic ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Thriller

1964-08-13 6.5

The Shogun's Vault

Okawa Hashizo is 'Red Peony' Hanji who is thrown into a prison cell where he gets involved in a plot to steal government gold from the Shogun's vault. A tough fighter, he has to show his ability in or ...
Genre :Action, Crime

Kunimitsu Matsui

1969-10-18 0

Showdown at Nagasaki

When Keiji Takama returns to Nagasaki, he finds many changes. The rights of the entertainment field that had been held by his family have been taken over by the Matsui Group, a new gangster setup. So ...
Genre :Drama

Ouchi Genma

1964-05-13 7.5

Three Outlaw Samurai

Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, ...
Genre :Action, Drama

Sergeant Soga

1959-11-20 8.202

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Ob ...
Genre :War, Drama, History

1972-04-14 0

Sword and Flower

Masuda Toshio film starring Watari Tetsuya and Mori Masayuki, about a lone-wolf type (Watari) seeking love and defending the honor of an elderly widower (Mori). ...
Genre :Crime

1963-03-03 0

Five Ronins

The story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl, Oichi, from an evil vassal. ...
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1973-02-17 6.3

Did the Red Bird Escape?

A young outlaw can’t escape his rebellious past despite connections to a well-to-do family. ...
Genre :Drama

Inspector Kihara

1970-07-22 5

Melody of Rebellion

The disbandment of the Tanno clan left gang member Tetsu to stray from the crime family's fold. He roamed the streets as a one man band, wearing a denim jacket and long hair with sunglasses to cover h ...
Genre :Action, Crime

Noda

1970-10-14 0

Sign of the Jack

Hanamura, widely known in gangland a professional trouble shooter has the sign of the Jack tattooed on his chest. His follower is his sworn partner Kurahara. They attempt to help the Towada-Gumi gang ...
Genre :Action, Crime

Okada

1980-10-04 5.5

The Beast to Die

A policeman is murdered and his gun, stolen, used to commit the next crime. Detective Kashiwagi, who is leading the investigation, learns that the author of the killings "walks like a dead man". ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Thriller

Takazo Komiya (uncredited)

1967-05-27 8.222

Samurai Rebellion

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her b ...
Genre :Drama, History, Action

1982-05-07 0

The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn

After saving a young Lord from an assassination attempt the Lowly Ronin finds that he is now a wanted man! Accused of being a thief by those that tried to kill the young Lord he must now clear himself ...
Genre :Action, Drama, TV Movie

1983-08-05 0

Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass

Accused of being a spy for a rival clan by Nanbu Clan samurai who then attack him, the 'Lowly Ronin' barely escapes with his life after being shot. Nursed back to health by Yamaoka Daijiro, the one N ...
Genre :Action, Drama, TV Movie

1970-03-07 0

Showdown in Gangland

Rivalry between two young gangster groups who seek to extend their influence. ...
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1964-01-15 7.1

Samurai from Nowhere

Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter of the clan's chief counselor who married the low-ra ...
Genre :Action, Adventure

1964-12-07 7

Samurai from Somewhere

Young Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions lead his retainers to think that he has gone mad with blood-lust. Never offering any explanation, he continues his s ...
Genre :Action, Adventure

1967-12-16 7.6

Eleven Samurai

The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. After an investigation, the Oshi clan is blamed for what happened and sente ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Drama

Soichi Saeki

1991-11-23 0

Misty

Genre :Drama, Crime

1971-02-06 0

Kanto Drifter

Young man returns from prison and sets out to destroy the gang that killed his friends and boss of his former gang. ...
Genre :

Shogo Iguchi

1980-08-02 7.3

Port Arthur

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character ...
Genre :War, Drama, History

1968-05-29 0

Song of my Life

Genre :Drama

Policeman

1982-08-07 5

The Imperial Japanese Empire

Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War. ...
Genre :War

Katsuya Nishigaki

1977-04-08 7

Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu

After serving 10 years in prison for murdering a rival boss, Tetsu is appalled to see his yakuza family overgrown and dysfunctional upon his release. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1976-06-19 0

Human Revolution II

Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference. ...
Genre :Drama

1982-10-29 0

Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood

Reprising his role from the popular TV series "Koya no Suronin" (The Lowly Ronin), Mifune Toshiro stars in this full-length, stand-alone made for TV movie. The wandering ronin is reminiscent of his ...
Genre :Drama, Action, TV Movie

1962-09-15 8.4

Harakiri

Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver ...
Genre :Action, Drama, History

1970-09-01 0

Pay Off Your Debt!

Asakura was told he could leave the gang if he killed Takahata, but he failed and was sentenced to two years. When he was released, the Oyane group was crushed, and instead, the emerging gangster Hoku ...
Genre :

1975-10-10 6

The Surf

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo. Yasuo spreads unpleasant gossip about his rival, a ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Yojiro Toda

1965-05-29 7

Sanshiro Sugata

Remake of Kurosawa's films Sanshiro Sugata and Sanshiro Sugata part 2. A young man, Sanshiro Sugata, troubled by personal problems, takes up judo. His teacher, Shogoro Yano, is a devout man who has ar ...
Genre :Action, Drama

1974-10-12 0

My Blood is the Blood of Others

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1969-08-23 0

The Fatal Raid

Kazama and three others defeated Yoshie Sangyo, but the Nishio group was disbanded due to public pressure, and the territory belonged to the Hirata group. ...
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1982-04-17 0

Fossilized Wilderness

Detective Nishina Sosuke, the director of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division 1, is suddenly attacked by a trio of men at his apartment at midnight. When he regains consciousne ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Mystery

1972-01-01 0

Dasshutsu

1972 Japanese movie ...
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