Ichirō Nakatani
Ichirō Nakatani (Japanese: 中谷 一郎, Hepburn: Nakatani Ichirō) was a Japanese actor. He attended Waseda University but withdrew before completing his degree and joining the Haiyuza Theatre Company. In 1959, Nakatani won Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year. Nakatani was well known for his role as Ninja Kazaguruma no Yahichi in the jidaigeki drama Mito Kōmon.
Yojimbo
as First SamuraiA nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two...
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Harakiri
as Hayato YazakiDown-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi....
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The Sword of Doom
as Bunnojo UtsukiRyunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate...
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Kwaidan
as (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
as Yagyu SamuraiIn the third film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by...
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Rodan
as SenkichiMining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when...
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Inn of Evil
as Officer Okajima (uncredited)The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly...
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Sandakan No. 8
as YamamotoA young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at...
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Tenchu!
as uncreditedA ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the...
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Japan's Longest Day
as First Lieutnenant KurodaFollowing the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military...
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Admiral Yamamoto
as (uncredited)As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto...
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Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
as Daisaku KomotoThe upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the...
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The Battle of Okinawa
as Chief of Staff UenoThe Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The...
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The Human Bullet
as uncreditedA soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his...
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Shogun's Samurai
as Gyobu AmanoFollowing the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by...
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Samurai Wolf II
as IkkakuKiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their...
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The Imperial Navy
as uncreditedA lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of...
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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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Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Moribe TaniNear the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards...
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Desperado Outpost
as Squad LeaderWhen Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the...
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New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
as Dietman MiuraOnce again we focus on Nami Matsushima. This time she has a sister who goes missing and after...
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Solar Eclipse
as uncreditedWhen bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion,...
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The Saga of Tanegashima
as SakujiWell before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese...
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Young Swordsman
as Shimamura KazumaThis Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were...
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Long Journey into Love
as uncreditedA beautifully told story of a woman hardened by marriage to a man she doesn't love, after giving...
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Rainbow Kids
as Wakayama TV 'Shacho'A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they...
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Blood Type: Blue
as uncreditedUFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned...
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Hokuriku Proxy War
as uncreditedIn the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in...
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Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
as Mari's poor husbandReiko Oshida stars as a young wannabe gangster tough girl, just released from reform school. She...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
as uncreditedA fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have...
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Warring Clans
as HarunezuniA brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful...
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The Fossil
as Taisuke, Tajihei's brotherAn industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a...
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The Fossil
as Taisuke (Itskuki's brother)An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a...
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Dynamite Don-Don
as YuichiYakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyūshū Area in the summer of 1950, particularly...
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Big Shots Die at Dawn
as uncreditedAn early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last...
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Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
as TakeshiUpon returning to his hometown of Nagasaki, recently released prisoner Tachibana Shinichi must...
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Willful Murder
as ToyamaThe president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train...
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The Story of Jiro
as 東医師Adaptation of the classic masterpiece about the relationship between parents and their children.
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The Last Gunfight
as Deputy MochizukiJapanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the...
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Blueprint of Murder
as Shizuo KomatsuYuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother...
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Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
as Yakuro TeranishiA wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into...
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Lord Mito
as Kazaguruma no YashichiOne of Japan’s most popular historical characters, former Vice-Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni, whose...
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Shingo's Final Duel
as uncreditedAfter Aoi Shingo, the illegitimate son of Shogun Yoshimune has gained prominence as the finest...
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Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
as uncreditedA re-make of the classic story made for television in 1982.
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Operation Enemy Fort
as uncreditedSoldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
as uncreditedThe masked daughter of the Shogun wants to kill a samurai who has seen her scarred face. She...
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The Betrayal
as Jurota MakabeA naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai...
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
as NanbaBunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a...
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The Dangerous Kiss
as uncreditedStarring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.
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Human Revolution II
as uncreditedDramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.
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Battle Cry
as NarratorDuring the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal...
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The Merciless Trap
as uncreditedTaut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy...
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The Weed of Crime
as uncreditedToho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.
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Black Strait
as Tetsuji OnukiNewly out of prison after killing his boss' rival, Akio Maki is eager to move on and start a new...
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Life of a Country Doctor
as uncreditedA skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and...
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Fight of the Gamblers
as uncreditedRyuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men,...
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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 Homeless
as TappeiTwo inmates are simultaneously released from jail, but go their separate ways, only to cross...
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Shimane Prison Riot
as uncreditedJapan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites...
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The Blue Beast
as uncreditedTatsuya Nakadai plays a scheming low-level executive who plays labor against management and uses...
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Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
as YoshiyamaTwo convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to...
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The Last Game
as uncreditedAfter the war-time government orders the disbanding of the Big-Six baseball league, the teams of...
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Blood End
as ChôgorôSentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a...
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The Fort of Death
as Mondo ShibaikeThe second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group...
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Outlaw: Black Dagger
as Kensuke MiuraA street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the...
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Sleepy Eyes Of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
as uncreditedGetting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself...
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Dojo Breaker
as uncreditedTomisaburo Wakayama is back with a new take on the classic Yamamoto Shugoro masterpiece “Ame...
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A Killer's Key
as IshinoRaizô Ichikawa reprises his role as the restaurant-cook-turned-contract-killer in this sequel to...
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A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
as NankaiConvict son revenges innocent father's death.
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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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Fearless Comrades
as uncreditedThe first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but...
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Banner of the Young
as uncreditedThe final part of the trilogy. It is about a younger brother, Suekichi. He learned well the...
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Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
as uncreditedIwabuchi of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division cooperates with Kubo of...
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The Daring Nun
as Goro IsaokaOne of the nuns at Senjuan is Sister Shunko (Michiyo Yasuda). Unlike the usual nun, however, she...
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Rub Out the Past
as Kosuke TatsumiA lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation.
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Oh, Bomb!
as Yasaburo YatouDuring the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying...
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The Forest Is Alive
as uncreditedFilm adaptation of the stage version of Samuil Marshak's "Twelve Months"
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By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
as uncreditedAlso known as "History of a Man’s Face" and "By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him" . Immigrant...
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The War Without Weapons
as uncreditedIt's a story of the life of a man who advocated the necessity of sex education to children,...
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The Fixer
as uncreditedPolitical fixer Homei Yamaoka's misdeeds come to light, throwing Japanese politics into deadly...
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The Dragon Crest
as uncreditedA violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.
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The Witness Killed
as KamiyaJapanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda
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Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back
as uncreditedIn Meiji Period Japan, the carrying of swords had been outlawed, so Shikai, the Killer Priest...
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Obon, The Moll Dipper
as uncreditedModern comedy, based on the popular manga.
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Operation Sewer Rats
as Sgt. MiyoshiTowards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from...
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Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 1 - Ghost Story at the Kagamigaike
as uncreditedFirst film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.
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The Spy
as uncreditedBased on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped...
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Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator
as uncreditedTakeo (Kiniya Kitaoji), son of a wealthy car industry executive, is unhappy with his job and...
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Family of Three
as uncreditedThe drama features two families, the all-male Shibata family and the all-female Inaba family,...
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Kinagashi Bugyō
as uncreditedKoheita, a newly appointed magistrate, never shows his face in the magistrate's office, instead...
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