Jun Ōtomo
Originally a music teacher, Jun joined the Toho Mobile Culture Corps during WWII. He ultimately became active as a character actor in Toho and Shintoho productions in the '50s and '60s. Noted for his menacing onscreen countenance, he was remembered for his mild-mannered and affable nature in private life.
Yojimbo
as Seibei FollowerA nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two...
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Throne of Blood
as CommanderReturning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who...
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as (uncredited)After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post...
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Jigoku
as Ensai TaniguchiA group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all...
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Black River
as (uncredited)A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The...
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The Ghost of Yotsuya
as TakuetsuThis horror tale relates the consequences of a Japanese legend which tells of a man who has to...
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Stakeout
as Construction camp masterTwo detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they...
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Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl
as TabuchoFirst film of a trilogy following the dramatic life of Rika, a half-Japanese/half-American woman...
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怒号する巨弾
as uncreditedAt the end of the Greater East Asia War, young Amada Koichi and his father were wrongfully...
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Yellow Line
as AgawaThe murder of the chief official of Kobe city's Customs triggers an investigation of a...
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Female Slave Ship
as FoxThe year is 1945, months prior to Japan's ultimate defeat in WW2, and military lieutenant Sugawa...
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The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
as uncreditedIn 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the...
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Fight to the Death in a Blizzard
as uncredited1959 film directed by Teruo Ishii for Shintoho.
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Secret White Line Zone
as uncreditedFirst film in Teruo Ishii's Line series.
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Nightingale
as Police OfficerAn episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves.
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Black Line
as Yukichi TachibanaFreelance reporter “Scoop” Machida is hot on the trail of a prostitution ring called the Black...
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Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
as Bad boy at RokkuThree sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means...
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Fire Line
as NaganumaTwo young crooks who scam betters in the race track are employed by a yakuza gang called the...
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Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Devil's Rose
as Fake NogemuraThe first installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose.
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Jigoku no hatoba
as uncreditedA battle for a large sum of money unfolds on the docks near a steel mill in a foggy atmosphere....
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