Akira Kubo
Akira Kubo (久保明, born 1 December 1936) is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in 75 films since 1952. He starred in the film Arashi, which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Akira Kubo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Sanjuro
as SamuraiToshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced,...
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Son of Godzilla
as Goro MakiReporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in...
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Throne of Blood
as Yoshiteru MikiReturning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who...
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Invasion of Astro-Monster
as Tetsuo TeriAstronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the...
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Destroy All Monsters
as Katsuo YamabeAt the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on...
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Matango
as Kenji Murai - ProfessorFive vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The...
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Getting Any?
as Bank ManagerWhile pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves...
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Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
as Captain of the KairyumaruA ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance...
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47 Ronin
as Lord DateAfter their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await...
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Japan's Longest Day
as Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards DivisionFollowing the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military...
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The Storm
as uncreditedA widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.
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The Castle of Sand
as Patrolman at SetagayaTwo detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in...
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47 Ronin
as uncreditedKon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is...
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Gorath
as Tatsuma KanaiIn 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth....
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The Code
as uncreditedFor 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for...
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Space Amoeba
as Taro KudoWhen a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide...
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Samurai Banners
as uncreditedKansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He...
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Battle of the Japan Sea
as MatsuiJapan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the...
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Kill!
as Monnosuke TakeiA pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become...
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The Three Treasures
as Prince IogiThe legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to...
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Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
as uncreditedOlder, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful...
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Admiral Yamamoto
as 1st Lt. TakanoAs Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto...
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Snow Country
as SaichiroIt's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He...
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The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
as Self - ActorJapan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic...
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Love Never Fails
as NobuoTwo youths - the serious son of a Buddhist abbot and his rakish pal - quarrel over a restaurant...
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Rikyu
as GeniLate in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through...
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Farewell Rabaul
as ShimadaA squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they...
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Westward Desperado
as uncreditedIn this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do...
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The Retreat from Kiska
as TawaraIn 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers....
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The Great Buddha Arrival
as Prime Minister Shinzo AbeAn all-star reboot of the lost classic 1934 film, The Giant Buddha Statue's Travel Through The...
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A Whistle in My Heart
as uncreditedThe story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the...
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Challenge to Live
as uncreditedAn employee at an oil cartel (Mihashi) is haunted by an act years before when he euthanized a...
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Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction
as HimselfAn independent crowd-funded documentary that celebrates the sixty-year legacy of the world's...
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Whirlwind
as uncreditedSet at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the...
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Trap of Suicide Kilometer
as uncreditedKlima, Deputy Minister of Industry of the Republic of Alabanda, has come to Japan to purchase...
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Rakugo musume
as uncreditedWhen a gal named Kasumi decides to become a traditional Japanese 'Rakugo' storyteller due to her...
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The Surf
as ShinjiLonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love....
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The Whisper of Spring
as uncreditedAfter graduating from a high school in the Seto Inland Sea, Koji, a childhood friend of Yaeko,...
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Adolescence
as uncreditedParent apathy to sexual education leads to various troubles for the young cast.
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A Man in Red
as uncreditedTakashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a...
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Adolescence Part II
as (uncredited)A story of unhappy youths and the perils of lack of sex education.
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Girls Behind Bars
as uncreditedA youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the...
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The Bridge Club
as uncreditedTatsuo was leading a peaceful suburban life with his wife and daughter. But an ex-girlfriend...
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Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
as uncreditedIn World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western...
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Toilet Manager
as uncreditedThe life of a toilet-seller during the Japanese Economic Miracle.
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The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
as uncreditedMagistrate Toyama no Kin-san is ordered to catch the phantom thief Nezumi Kozo, who is robbing...
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Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive
as Ittetsu BandaGrandiene has been waiting for the day of resurrection, the day when the planets are in the...
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Mysterious Nile Girl Thutmose
as Takuboku NileThe twelfth entry in the Toei Fushigi Comedy Series.
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