Tatsuo Matsumura
Tatsuo Matsumura (松村 達雄 Matsumura Tatsuo, 18 December 1914 – 18 June 2005) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1960 to 2004 and performed in several editions of the film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo.
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Dr. MakinoThe advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their...
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Harakiri
as uncreditedDown-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi....
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Samurai Rebellion
as Lord Masakata MatsudairaThe mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The...
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Madadayo
as Prof. Hyakken UchidaBased on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida...
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Dodes'ka-den
as Kyota WatanakaThis film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the...
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Zatoichi Challenged
as TaheIchi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his...
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After the Rain
as Jii Sekkyo-BushiA group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy...
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Between Calmness and Passion
as Seiji AgataAn appassionato art student and a dispassionate college girl make a vow, saying they would meet...
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Suspicion
as Masao HarayamaA car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the...
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The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as uncreditedA salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into...
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The Human Vapor
as Editor IkedaA librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into 'The...
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47 Ronin
as Yahê HoribeKon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is...
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Assignment Dragon No. 3
as uncreditedIn late 1940 the Japanese were anxious to conclude peace in China and to that end sent Colonel...
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Island of Hell
as Chinese herbal doctor KoanA scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.
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Hiroshima
as Prime Minister Kantaro SuzukiHiroshima is a 1995 Japanese / Canadian film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger...
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I, the Executioner
as uncreditedPolice investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage...
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Tora-san's Forget Me Not
as Ryuzo KurumaOn the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.
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Tora-san's Shattered Romance
as Doctor YamashitaTorajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his...
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A Story from Echigo
as uncreditedA sake factory worker on holiday returns to his home town, where he rapes the wife of one of his...
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The Secret of the Telegian
as uncreditedMen are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device...
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Police Precinct Part 13
as DoctorOn a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after...
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Karate Cop 2
as uncreditedKarate expert Katayama (Takeda) investigates the robbery of a bank in Hokkaido, where an apple...
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Cross-Currents
as uncreditedA ryokan maid is on trial for pushing a familiar guest off a cliff to his death. An eager...
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Tora-san Goes Religious?
as the Rendaiji PriestTora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late...
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Tora-san's Dear Old Home
as UncleWhile Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young...
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The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
as uncreditedSet in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three...
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Tora-san, the Go-Between
as the ProfessorIn Nagasaki, Tora-san and an acquaintance help an old woman who has fallen and injured herself....
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Jusei: Last Drop of Blood
as uncreditedAfter serving a jail sentence, a former leading yakuza (Takaaki Ishibashi) has gone straight. He...
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The Irresponsible Fool
as uncreditedPicked up and raised on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Yasukichi's only trait is his innate...
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Tora-san Loves an Artist
as uncreditedTora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Later, he...
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The Seven Chefs
as Kaito UrabéTraveling chef Ryuji is called back to Tokyo to help save his late teacher’s restaurant. With...
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Organized Violence
as uncreditedA war breaks out on the streets between rivalry Yakuza clans.
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Friendship
as uncreditedFourteen-year old student Ayumi has leukemia and starts losing hair. She becomes depressed but...
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Lie Lie Lie
as Seiichiro HirasawaHatano is living as an insomniac freelance typesetter alone in his bayside apartment. One day,...
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Tora-san, the Matchmaker
as ReikichiTora-san helps out a runaway bride.
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Tora-san's Lovesick
as KurumaAfter Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs...
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The Naked Executive
as Hikonosuke IsonoThe executive director of the «Chuo Shoji» company, Hidaka Shiro, is called a "demon of work",...
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Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
as TatsuzōWhen Tora-san returns to visit his family, he is surprised to find an arrogant professor...
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Blood on the Sea
as uncreditedFour fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.
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Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
as uncreditedDirector Iwauchi Katsumi adapted this melodrama from Sasazawa Saho's award winning novel about...
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Broken Swords
as uncreditedThe tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47...
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Tora-san Plays Daddy
as KikutaA playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy...
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Kokkai e ikô!
as uncreditedA close look at the inner workings of Japan's political underbelly.
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Milk White
as uncreditedTakayuki (Takao Osawa) is an elementary school teacher in Tokyo. He is seized with Behçet's...
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The Maid Story
as uncreditedNine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like...
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My Voiceless Friends
as uncreditedA man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country...
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Lips of Ruin
as uncreditedIndustrial espionage in the pharmaceutical industry. Also know in English as “Black Parking Lot”.
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Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
as Tsuyama MataemonNabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his...
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Foster Daddy, Tora!
as HayashiAfter a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her...
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Muchana Yakko
as uncreditedA comedy directed by Koji Shima about a men's game. Reckless and exciting, definitely worth...
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The Big Boss
as uncreditedA shooting incident occurs at the Asahina family gambling hall in Tokyo's Joto district. It is...
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High School Juniors (Part II)
as uncreditedA story full of youthful vigor and spirit as high school students try to work out their...
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The Donkey Comes on a Tank
as uncreditedSabu was once a boy soldier but people in his village disliked him. He finally broke loose when...
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Fugitive Scoundrel
as uncreditedGokudo goes politics. Gray-haired Bin Amatsu has Wakayama assist a politician, meaning trashing...
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Children on the Island
as PrincipalThe story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that...
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The Political Game
as uncreditedThis is James Miki's first directorial work, and he is also the original writer and...
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The Twilight Story
as uncreditedIn this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing...
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Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi
as Miyamoto MuninosukeIn the 16th Year of Keityo (1611), the lord of Ogura Castle in Kyushu admitted Sasaki Kojiro's...
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Happy Go-Lucky
as uncreditedAn irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.
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Messengers to Satsuma
as uncreditedBy all indications, an anti-government conspiracy is brewing in the Satsuma Domen. Already seven...
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Twice on a Certain Night
as uncreditedPoor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband,...
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Shichinin no keiji
as uncreditedMiyoko Sekiguchi, who works at a second-rate trading company, and car mechanic Koji Fukumoto are...
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The Lovable Tramp
as uncreditedSaotome is a white-collar worker on the brink of a burnout who one day strikes up a friendship...
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Toilet Manager
as uncreditedThe life of a toilet-seller during the Japanese Economic Miracle.
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It Is a Long Walk
as uncreditedScreen icon Sayuri Yoshinaga stars in this historical melodrama about geishas in the southern...
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War and Youth
as Jinsaku KiyoharaAn auto repairman's daughter questions him about what happened to her aunt during the war, but...
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Kigeki ekimae bentô
as uncreditedThird film in the "Ekimae" series set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run...
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Furuhata Ninzaburo
as uncreditedFuruhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from...
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Ari yo Saraba
as uncreditedRock 'n' roll superstar Eikichi Yazawa plays a substitute high school biology teacher whose...
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