Hiroko Isayama

AKA: 伊佐山博子
1.6716

1952-08-18

Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {77}

2006-10-27 0

Kanashiki Tenshi

The body of a 59-year-old male is found on the banks of a river. The stepson, Kazuo, confesses to his involvement but also implicates his estranged sister Nami. Two detectives, Okishima Keisuke and Ko ...
Genre :Mystery

2000-12-02 6.9

Dead or Alive 2: Birds

Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After r ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Comedy

1994-06-18 6

Turning Point

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. ...
Genre :Drama

Asako Noda

1972-12-30 7.1

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners. ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Drama

Sachiko

1973-05-23 5.4

Woods Are Wet

Sachiko has just committed a crime. She is helped by a couple to whom she grants her confidence. Quickly this couple blackmails her and threatens to deliver her to the police. Sachiko has no other cho ...
Genre :Drama, Horror

1998-11-28 7

Kazoku Cinema

A savage look at food and sex, helms this black comedy about Japan's sizable and often beleaguered Korean-Japanese community. Motomi Hayashi (Eri Yu), a producer who is thoroughly dedicated to her car ...
Genre :

1979-02-24 0

The Fighting Rascal

Genre :Comedy

Kunoichi

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

2007-12-21 0

The Yakuza Principal 2

After successfully saving his newly acquired daycare center, “Little Chicks Family”, Junji is met with yet another issue. A member of the rival yakuza family, the Yashiki, begins to work in the shadow ...
Genre :Comedy

Harumi

1972-10-07 5.8

Ichijo's Wet Lust

Ichijo Sayuri, once the legendary queen of Osaka strippers, has retired to run a sushi shop. She is awaiting her day in court after having been arrested for indecency at her farewell performance. Whil ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Maid

1975-05-31 7.1

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest. ...
Genre :Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Romance

Oyo

1990-08-18 5.9

Ronin-gai

Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district attempt to regain their honor by defending a brothel from a hostile militia bent on wiping out local pros ...
Genre :History, Drama, Action

Hibari Sasaki

2022-06-10 6.3

Yes, I Can't Swim

Yuji Takanashi is a university philosophy professor who can't swim. Making awkward justifications to himself about the relationship between water and people, still he decides on the spur of the moment ...
Genre :Drama

2001-03-30 0

Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend EPISODE I

Genre :Crime

1973-04-28 0

Hell Riders in Kyoto

The rich punk Junya has only one thing in mind: to race with the police on his motorcycle. That makes him unpopular, not only with the police, even with his Bosozoku buddies, who slowly but surely dis ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1972-11-29 4

Sex Hunter: Wet Target

While rotting away in jail, Okamoto learns of the death of his beloved sister, Natsuko. Violently assaulted by a group of U.S. military men during a drunken joyride, she was found dead by local author ...
Genre :Drama

1988-06-11 3.8

That's Roman Porno: Smile of Goddesses

A documentary compilation that shows various clips from the Roman Porno series of movies from 1971 to 1988. ...
Genre :Documentary

Kaoru Sasaki

2013-04-13 7.25

The Great Passage

Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, The Great Passage. In the eclectic team, he becomes immersed in the ...
Genre :Drama

1975-03-14 6

Battle Cry

During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to fight Imperial troops. But Sentaro's friendship with a pickpocket, ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, War

Pub Mother

1981-12-19 6.3

At This Late Date, the Charleston

A young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of sexual assault; he soon meets several impostors in the same situation. ...
Genre :Comedy

Kyoko Maki

1973-05-24 6.2

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School

Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more interested in cheating the government out of money than reformation. Each having their own reasons for escapin ...
Genre :Action, Crime

Yuki

1972-06-07 4.7

Delicate Skillful Fingers

A girl falls for a pickpocketer who gets arrested, so she hooks up with his ex-girlfriend and his ex-cellmate. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Chinese Restaurant Employee

2017-02-13 6.8

The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue

Mika works as a nurse by day; by night she entertains covetous men at a girls' bar. Shinji is blind in one eye and ekes out a living as a construction worker. Young and grown-up at the same time, they ...
Genre :Drama

mother

2014-03-16 6.6

The Light Shines Only There

A man has thrown away love and a woman has given up on love. The two souls meet in a brief summer in the northern city of Hakodate. ...
Genre :Drama

2005-08-13 5

Sayonara Color

Shohei works as a doctor in a seaside hospital. One day, a new patient is admitted to the hospital with ovarian cancer. Shohei is surprised to recognize Michiko, his first love from high school. Shohe ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Kinko

1978-10-07 7

Dynamite Don-Don

Yakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyūshū Area in the summer of 1950, particularly between the Okagen Group and the rising Hashiden Gang. Now with the mediation/interference of the Americans, t ...
Genre :Action, Comedy

1974-04-24 5

Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

About small-time gangster Asakichi's chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he must not continue working in the family business. Instead he supports himself by arranging cockfigh ...
Genre :

1st Violin

1996-10-19 0

Mogura

Mogura, a shut-in former musician, falls in love with a young cellist after seeing her photo in a magazine. ...
Genre :Drama

2003-09-27 5.8

Rockers

Guitarist Ko-chan is a mess of sexual repression after a childhood at the mercy of two elder sisters eager to use him as a guinea pig for their make-up skills. Bassist Gaku-chan keeps a bucket in the ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Comedy, Music

2000-11-03 6.3

Pickpocket

Kaido is a professional pickpocket who works the Tokyo subway with his young foster-daughter, Rei: She lets herself be groped while Kaido relieves the groper of his wallet. More often than not they're ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Succumbing Woman

2014-10-18 6.5

Disconcerto

Set within the fictional city of Mahoro, Keisuke Tada runs a "benriya" - a general problem solver for hire. His assistant is his former high school classmate Haruhiko Gyoten. A big crisis then occurs ...
Genre :Comedy

2005-08-15 6.2

Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment

Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not as they seem. ...
Genre :Horror

2008-07-19 6

GACHI-BAN

Genre :Action, Drama

Noriko Izumo

2005-03-14 0

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Yon Ya

Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not normal here. The landlord warns Aimi and her father of the curfew. First, all residents must cross the ro ...
Genre :Horror

Hideko - Teacher

1978-03-18 4.5

Teacher Deer

Mejika, reputed for her iron discipline, is hired as a biology teacher at a renowned high school. But her provocative attitude starts to worry the school's administration as she reveals vice and corru ...
Genre :Drama

2003-08-23 0

北の国から 記憶 前編

Genre :Drama

Yukie

1973-03-24 3.4

Sweet Scent of Eros

Yukie, Koichi and Akira are rogues looking for a place to crash. They move into a house which Etsuko (Kaori Momoi) inherited from her parents. Soon after getting settled, the hippies slip into a commu ...
Genre :Drama

Kazuyo

1977-10-01 6.8

Boxer

In the midst of a match, a successful boxer - Hayato, has had enough of the sport. He lets himself get knocked, quits boxing, leaving his wife and start living alone with his mangy dog. One day a youn ...
Genre :Drama

1998-08-25 0

Junji Inagawa's the Story of Terror II

Second "The Story of Terror" film by Junji Inagawa. ...
Genre :Horror

2003-08-23 0

Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend Banchou Soccer

Genre :Comedy

Oren

1982-10-16 0

The Longest Tunnel

After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this project Akutsu becomes involved with Tae Makimura ...
Genre :Drama

1983-08-28 0

Women’s Secrets Behind Bars

After being falsely charged with murdering her husband, Nao is sent to a prison for women where her fellow inmates try to help her escape. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1993-10-11 0

The Girl from the Darkness

A popular author becomes concerned when she learns of the unusual behavior of a man's eight-year-old daughter before her marriage to a used bookstore owner. ...
Genre :Horror, TV Movie

Woman in Red

2024-11-08 7

Route29

Haru, a teenage girl who is different, who travels on Route 29, which connects Hyogo-Himeji City to Tottori City, and through their encounters with marvelous people, they gain a richness of feelings, ...
Genre :Drama

Tomogi Village Woman (Hiro)

2016-12-23 7.13

Silence

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism. ...
Genre :Drama, History

Eiko

1981-09-26 0

Manon

A story about a woman who is a research student of a theater company and the three men who are at the mercy of her. ...
Genre :Drama

Chigusa Nagumo

1977-03-14 0

Case of the Disjointed Murder

In the summer of 1947, various men and women gather at a mansion in the countryside at the invitation of Kazuma Utagawa. They are artists, novelists, poets, painters, playwrights, actresses, etc. Th ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama

Older Woman at Toru's Company

1988-11-12 6.9

Kaito Ruby

Toru Hayashi is an unremarkable bachelor who lives with his mother, until one day a young woman named Rumi moves in in the apartment upstairs. Rumi is a self-proclaimed master thief, but she needs soc ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

1978-09-02 4

New - No Longer Human

Based on the novel by Osamu Dazai and distributed by ATG. The story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of West ...
Genre :Drama

1975-06-07 6

The Perennial Weed

A detective wonders that his sister is a murder suspect. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1983-11-12 7.25

Choji Snack Bar

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. ...
Genre :Drama

Yokomichi Kayo

1976-02-11 6.5

Manhunt

A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man. ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Drama

Tomiko

1977-03-17 8.3

The Life of Chikuzan

After over 50 years of wandering up and down Japan, finally in the 1970s, the rough-hewn blind shamisen player and folk-song collector named Takahashi Chikuzan became a musical sensation. This biograp ...
Genre :Drama, History

1976-12-25 0

Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On

Genre :Crime

Waitress

1996-07-27 5.9

Helpless

Yasuo is a gangster just released from jail. Believing his boss double-crossed him, enraged Yasuo is on his way to find the boss. But before setting out for the dangerous trip, Yasuo asks Kenji to tak ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1976-08-21 1

Ah! That Pep Squad

Life in the pep squad is all about harsh discipline. Seniors are "Gods", juniors are "Humans", sophomores are "Slaves" and freshmen are treated like "Trash". One sunny day, two freshmen are entrusted ...
Genre :Comedy

1996-05-11 0

The Man with Two Hearts

Genre :Drama

2008-12-26 0

GACHI-BAN II

Takumi, the former boss of the Black Black Black Skull Gang, is about to graduate and he chooses Taiga as his successor. During the handover, a transfer student named Monji tries to usurp the throne o ...
Genre :

1990-09-08 10

Inamura Jane

Genre :Drama

1995-10-11 0

Mitabi no kaikyô

Genre :Drama

(segment "カラダだけの男")

1991-09-14 0

Bakayarō! 4 You!

Genre :Comedy

1997-09-27 0

Happy People

Japanese anthology follows the depressing lives of several people just trying to keep going in a nihilistic world. Movie version of Kosuke Suzuki‘s previous SOV movie by the same title. ...
Genre :Drama, Horror

2007-01-27 7.5

FM89.3MHz

Okawa Family’s yakuza, Junji, is released from prison, and is told to take over a local radio station by his boss. Junji tries to explain that it is not a yakuza’s job to talk on the radio, but no one ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

2007-11-24 0

Dots and Lines

Jutaro Torikai is a senior detective set to uncover the truth behind an apparent double suicide. ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery, Drama

2007-10-01 8

The Yakuza Principal

Junji, the protagonist of FM89.3MHz, must become the principal of a nursery school in Kabukicho after the death of Okawa Clan's boss. ...
Genre :Comedy

Hanako Yamada

2020-10-03 6

All the Things We Never Said

Atsuhisa Yamada is an ordinary man, with a wife and a 5-year-old daughter. He is close to his childhood friend Takeda. One day, Atsuhisa Yamada leaves his office during work hours and goes back home e ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1999-09-01 0

Birdcage of Horrors

A murder mystery told in one-minute clips — one for each day of the year — filmed specifically for the SEGA Dreamcast console. It tells the story of Nao Tsunoda, a 16-year-old schoolgirl who moves to ...
Genre :Horror, Mystery

1991-05-05 0

Virgin Story

Kotaru's Life is turned upside down when his favorite AV actress moves in next door. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1986-02-28 0

Apartment Wife: Serial Murders

Murders of housewives occur one after another in a suburban apartment complex. All of the victims have had an intimate relationship with a certain man, and behind him lies a woman with a past... ...
Genre :

Revenger

2002-02-16 6.4

Vengeance for Sale

In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sukeroku the Helper, a ‘cool and rambling yakuza’ that ...
Genre :Comedy, Action, Drama

Shizuko

1998-02-22 6.7

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman

Three millennia after the first invasion of the Space Pirates Barban, a new set of Gingamen — Hyuuga, Gouki, Hayate, Hikaru, Saya — have been selected to protect the Earth. That is, unless the Barban ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Kids

Kimie Kobayashi

2005-07-07 0

Matrilineal Family

A generations old family business is sent into turmoil when the sudden death of the head of the family opens the door to a fierce struggle between his three powerful and privileged daughters and the y ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

白鳥美麗

2012-01-04 8.8

Solitary Gourmet

Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments and experiences the various delicacies of Japanese c ...
Genre :Drama

1980-03-09 0

A-Un

Senkichi Mizuta, a pharmaceutical company employee, and Shuzo Kadokura, a war profiteer, are diametrically opposed in appearance and personality, but are best friends. Kadokura secretly loves Mizuta's ...
Genre :Drama

1981-02-15 0

Yumechiyo Nikki

Yumechiyo is the madam of a geisha house in a remote hot spring in the San'in region. When Yumechiyo learns that she is dying of leukemia caused by the atomic bomb, she writes about her life in the fo ...
Genre :Drama

Chikage Hanazono

2004-06-19 0

Sasori

On her 18th birthday, Nami witnesses the brutal murder of her parents by a man with a burn on his hand. She is then falsely accused of the crime and sent to jail. Sworn to vengeance, Nami battles corr ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure

Mikami Kiwako

2005-10-07 5.3

Jyouou

Fujisaki Aya is a young college student whose family is 150 million yen in debt after her father's corporation went bankrupt. To earn the money, she enters the Hostess Grand Prix. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy