Tatsuo Umemiya
Tatsuo Umemiya (梅宮 辰夫, Umemiya Tatsuo, 11 March 1938 – 12 December 2019) was a Japanese actor, talent, and businessman. He was represented by the agency Pickles. His daughter is model and talent Anna Umemiya. The son of a doctor, Umemiya gave up a medical career to debut as a Toei New Face at the Toei Studios. As an actor, he appeared in films and television dramas and also in restaurant variety shows. Umemiya died of kidney failure on 12 December 2019. He was 81 years old.
Ryakudatsu ai
as uncreditedThe fear of the fiercely obsessive woman who deprives her best friend of her husband. An...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
as Shinichi IwaiShozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family,...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
as Shinichi IwaiAs Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under...
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Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
as Jûdayû ArakiKumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a...
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The Imperial Japanese Empire
as uncreditedStory of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during...
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Father of the Kamikaze
as uncreditedVice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as Hiroshi WakasugiIn the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a...
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The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
as KaizuChiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent...
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Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
as uncreditedA series of murders at Fukagawa lumberyard is tied to a grudge letter from the deceased Kansuke...
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Japan's Don
as FukushimaA yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo...
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Metamorphosis
as uncreditedA sensuous movie based on a literary work. Hitomi Kuroki stars as the film’s heroine.
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Graveyard of Honor
as Kozaburo ImaiA self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his...
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Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
as uncreditedSakane, a police officer nicknamed "Kasajiro," remains single. He meets Shinko, the daughter of...
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Cops vs. Thugs
as Lt. KaidaWhen a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their...
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Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
as uncreditedOnimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties...
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Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Owner of Hotel SannoBased on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical...
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Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
as uncreditedA modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin...
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The Last Kamikaze
as uncreditedWith World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step...
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Hunter in the Dark
as KawazuYataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill....
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Gambling Den Heist
as NoshiroAfter eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor.
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A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
as uncreditedAfter a desperate gang of ex-soldiers and gamblers meet in a fistfight in occupied Ginza they...
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Yakuza Graveyard
as uncreditedA police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in...
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The Last True Yakuza
as OtomoA made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence...
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Down with The Big Boss
as uncreditedIn pre-war Japan, two members of a large yakuza syndicate instigate a turf war that embroils the...
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The Tattooed Hitman
as Ichiro IshinoThe most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war,...
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Operation Plazma in Osaka
as uncreditedAmidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's...
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Life of Hishakaku
as uncreditedAfter eloping with a prostitute named Otoyo, Hishakaku takes refuge in the Kogane family’s turf....
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Dangerous Trade in Kobe
as Ryusuke AkutsuUsing a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try...
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The Murder Corps
as uncreditedA violent upstart forms an alliance with the powerful Tensei-kai syndicate to fight on the front...
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Violent Fraternity
as uncreditedSet in Shibuya in 1949, this is another film based on real life former yakuza boss Noboru Ando's...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
as Shinichi IwaiThe 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four...
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Devil's Flute
as Shunroku KazamaFamous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An...
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Shura Group
as uncreditedRemake of The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)
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Okatsu the Fugitive
as uncreditedOkatsu the Fugitive is the third film in the "Ohyaku/Okatsu" series. Okatsu; a "tomboy" who is...
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Wolves of the City: Checkmate
as uncreditedThis is the sixth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968...
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Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams
as Shinjiro AsahiRika is released from girls detention school and then winds up at a lounge bar where she finds...
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A Lonely Gamble
as Toshihiko TakagiIn post-war Japan, it is difficult for private business to stay afloat. The small atelier has a...
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Four Hours of Terror
as FujioAirline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.
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Capone Cries a Lot
as Kyubei HoriUmiemon is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of...
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Dream Maker
as uncreditedMasato is a bad boy, but very in love with music. He meets a girl, Miki, who has serious...
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Delinquent Boss: Smooth Talking, Good Fighting
as uncreditedThis is the Twelfth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between...
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The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup
as uncreditedThis is the thirteenth film in the series.
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The Challenge
as uncreditedJournalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that...
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Moonlight Mask: The Last Death of the Devil
as uncreditedThe sixth and last Moonlight Mask film in the original series produced by Toei in the 1950s.
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The Shogun Assassins
as Sanada NobuyukiThis is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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Karate Warriors
as GangsterSakata protects a little boy while coping with rival gangs.
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Unification Of Japan 2
as Tadao KawabataHimuro (Yasukaze Motomiya), who joined Kyowakai, steadily rose through the ranks with his calm...
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Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage
as uncreditedThe third film in the Zenka-mono series.At the beginning of the Showa period, Matsukichi Iwaki...
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Human Torpedoes
as uncreditedStory of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end...
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Unification Of Japan 3
as Tadao KawabataThe relationship between the Mikami-gumi and the Shintokai led by Ueda (Jiro Okazaki) has...
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The Seven Chefs
as Seizo MatsukiTraveling chef Ryuji is called back to Tokyo to help save his late teacher’s restaurant. With...
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Greatest Boss of the Showa Era
as uncreditedSomewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a...
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The Rapacious Jailbreaker
as uncreditedConvicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But...
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Unification of Japan
as Tadao Kawabata"For us, gangs and yakuza don't matter!" A man who used to be a delinquent in Yokohama...
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The Japan Derby Race
as uncreditedA story about a man who stakes his life on horse racing.
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Succession
as Toshimitsu HanamuraA former stockbroker-turned-yakuza must make sure his alcoholic boss is up to the task of...
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry
as GoroAfter World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of...
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Truck Rascals III: Homesick Ichibanboshi
as uncreditedMomojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own.
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Prince of Space
as Yûsei ôji / Waku-sanAttracted by the report of the development of a new type of rocket fuel, the vicious dictator of...
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Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution
as uncreditedAn incident occurred where a member of the Sannokai who sparked a dispute at the gambling house...
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Downtown Blues
as uncreditedThe desires and pretensions of woman of the Ginza are depicted.
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Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City
as Hiroshi KosakaKosaka Hiroshi is a small time swindler and the boss of a motorcycle gang in Shinjuku. Living...
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Planet Prince
as Yûsei ôji / Waku-sanA mysterious hero must intervene when a nefarious presence from outer space arrives to steal a...
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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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Gang vs. G-Men
as KurokiTwo rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.
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Gang and G-Men Part 2
as uncreditedA gang plans to steal twenty billion yen by safecracking tactics; however, they discover that...
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Mr. Tadano's Secret Mission: From Japan With Love
as Juzo KurokawaTadano is assigned by the chairman Kurokawa to protect and check the personal affairs of a young...
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Wolves of the City, Operation "Rat"
as uncreditedTokyo hoodlums travel to Osaka and enter into rivalry with the local gangsters.
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A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
as MasaConvict son revenges innocent father's death.
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Love on a Daily Basis
as uncreditedThe lives of a young yakuza and his girlfriend.
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Industrial Spy
as Takeshi KogureA spy learns the top secrets of a company.
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Unification Of Japan
as uncreditedFirst part of a long series of films (V-Cinema) in which we follow the rise of a Yakuza clan.
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Raised in a Palace
as Shigemi NittaSet in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young...
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The Bad Guy Blues
as uncreditedA story about club hostesses in Osaka.
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The Ando Gang Documentary Film
as uncreditedThis biopic of notorious yakuza-turned-actor Noboru Ando focuses on the days leading to his...
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Wandering Ginza Butterfly
as uncreditedGang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to...
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Rampaging Dragon of the North
as uncreditedThe son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza...
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Life of Hishakaku 2
as uncreditedUpon his release from the prison, Hishakaku joins the Kikkyo family who is struggling to regain...
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Nuclear Gypsies
as uncreditedBarbara, a dancer, is coming home to Nagoya after a long absence. She lives above a bar in an...
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Wolves of the City, Take Your Chance
as uncreditedThe hoodlum group goes to a hot-spring resort town to earn money.
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Wolf Escort
as uncreditedRivalry between a hoodlum group and gangster organization.
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Nerves for Victory
as uncreditedA young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars...
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The Revenge and the Death
as Hideo MatsunagaA gritty, noirish gangster saga.
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Troops of Darkness
as uncreditedA disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years...
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Company Buggers
as uncreditedHiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and...
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Bloodstained Clan Of Honor
as HayamiIt takes place in the sunset days of the yakuza in the 1970s. The postwar turmoil that created...
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Lone Wolf Cop: The Sex Doll Case
as uncreditedA police officer is recruited to a special agency and given a license to kill. He is given a...
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Legends of Honor
as uncreditedFirst ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii
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Domineering
as MuraokaWhen the patriarch of Japan's most powerful yakuza family is shot, his wife is left to pick up...
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不良少年
as uncreditedBased on the novel of the same name by Shoji Yuki
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Yakuza vs. Gang Leader
as uncreditedGokudo Shimamura comes to blows with the Delinquent Boss who rolls into town with his motorcycle...
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Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
as uncreditedHamakichi was a former detective respected by everyone but he was arrested after he helped a...
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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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Flower Cards Chivalry
as Ryuichi KitagawaAn absolutely astonishing art house ninkyo yakuza film. Wandering gambler runs into a young...
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Henchmen
as Kazusaburo FunakoshiThe three henchmen join forces to challenge the brutal gang that is trying to control the city...
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The Man Who Shot the Don
as uncreditedHorai serves an 18 year sentence for killing a rival boss, but right before his release he is...
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Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)
as uncreditedJunko Mihara is full of mysterious charm and is involved in ambitious work.
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The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
as uncreditedThe film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys...
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The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
as Hiroshi MatsunagaA man is inspired to build a hospital after his mother falls ill and becomes a host to swindle...
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Won't Stand for Dying
as Kenji MamiyaThe son of the murdered Yakuza, Kenji, at the request of his mother, worked in a stable company....
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Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio
as uncreditedWith the help of the real-life pachislot gambling group "Capone," the film depicts the...
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Killing Melody Lady Smith
as uncreditedA painfully splendid adventure has begun!
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The Great Road
as uncreditedThe story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National...
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G-men of Japan 5: Skyscraper Wolves
as uncreditedG-men of Japan fifth installment. A young detective, questioning a double suicide involving his...
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Gambler's World 2
as OtojirôThriller about a gangster and an outlaw who become friends despite their different outlooks.
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The Bad Boss 3
as uncreditedA story of rivalry between two gambling clans.
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Night Bitch
as uncreditedA playboy bartender pretends to be gay in order to approach women. He is in cahoots with another...
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G-Men in the Pacific
as MunekataG-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to...
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The Experience
as uncreditedTwo boys and two girls become acquainted and fall in love.
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Shura ga Yuku 4
as uncreditedThe fourth of the extreme actions that depicts the men who are confronting the war set by the...
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Otoko Michi
as uncreditedA man falls in love with a man with his spiritual past.
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Gang vs. Gang
as uncreditedThe plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the...
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Three Generations of Yakuza
as uncreditedThe film depicts the fate of a young yakuza boss and his father, who confront each other, not...
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Nagasaki Blues
as uncreditedJapanese “kayo” film based on the song by Mina Aoe.
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Hiroshima Yakuza War
as uncreditedAfter World War II, in Hiroshima, the Yakuza clans start a war for control of the city.
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Gokudo Otoko Juku
as uncreditedA rough man who has been hit by the times hits an established organization!
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Once and For All Pt.２
as GoroContinuation of the film Once and For All about two yakuza brothers Joji and Goro.
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World War III Breaks Out
as ShigeoThe lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war,...
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Yanagase Blues
as Jiro FukumotoJiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase.
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Man of the World
as uncreditedAn upstanding young man who is popular with the ladies takes on a corrupt group of men in his...
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Delinquent Boss: Alley Dog Commando
as uncreditedThis is the Fifteenth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between...
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The Swindlers
as uncreditedInteresting fights between the "Capone Group" and "Jumbo Group".
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Sex Peddlers
as uncreditedA young bartender acts as a pimp on the side: he pretends to have VD to get a girl an abortion....
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Daughter of Time
as SotaroA member of the jieitai ("Self-Defense Force"; i.e. Japanese military) is on leave and finds a...
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Wolves of the City, Money Hunters
as uncreditedThe hoodlum group tries to help a little printing factory against gangsters.
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The Bad Boss
as uncreditedThe first in what would become Toei's most successful, longest-running bosozoku film series. It...
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The Lucky Status Symbol
as uncreditedHiroshi (Tatsuo Umemiya) has the biggest penis in all of Japan and everyone who touches (or is...
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Headphone Lullaby
as uncreditedThe story of friendship, love and sportsmanship among high-school students.
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Hooligans on Buggies
as uncreditedRivalry between a hoodlum group and a gangster organization.
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The Dump Truck Rascal
as Masao MachidaDepicting the turbulent life of truck driver Takashi, his fellow drivers, and the women he meets.
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Chained Bitch
as uncreditedJapanese prison exploitation movie. Part 1 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series
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Delinquent Boss: Devour to the Bone
as uncreditedThis is the Sixteenth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between...
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A Woman’s Road
as uncreditedPoor Yoko knows she is getting played and used by a playboy, but she loves him with all her...
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Planet Prince - The Terrifying Spaceship
as Yûsei ôji / Waku-sanSequel to 1959's Planet Prince
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A Blood Stained Love Affair
as uncreditedEmika has been raised by her aunt Ineko, who runs a high-class club in Akasaka. Ineko is backed...
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Wild Spirit
as Eijiro KikukawaIt has been 5 years since Eijiro Kikukawa of the Asakusa Kaminarimon family killed the head of...
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Yokohama Bakkuretai
as uncreditedBased on the comic book by Tetsu Kusamoto.
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Once and For All
as uncreditedFilm concerning warring yakuza families.
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Some Like It Hot
as uncreditedDetective investigates a murder connected to cocaine in a coin locker
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SMAP×SMAP
as Skit GuestSMAP×SMAP was an ongoing weekly Japanese variety show on Kansai TV and Fuji TV starring the...
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Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
as GuestAfter participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of...
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Hitoshi Tadano, the Extraordinary Undercover Detective
as 总裁Hitoshi Tadano is an assistant manager of an advertisement company who seems to be nothing but a...
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The Naive Rogue Detective
as Yokomizo ShigetadaDetective Kichinosuke Yasuura, also known as "Yasu-san", A detective with a sense of humanity...
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Iron Chef
as uncreditedIron Chef is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which...
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Dear Father
as Komiya RyuujiSet in an old prestigious ryotei (Japanese-style restaurant) in a small town in the center of...
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Against The Grain
as Jun'ichiEmployees of a security company from different generations and backgrounds confront many...
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Dragonfly
as Takejiri KenzoEiji Ogawa, a young leader of the Hattagumi yakuza, left the prison after two years sentence....
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Wave in Mind
as uncreditedThe wife of a lawyer and her twice-divorced sister-in-law scheme to break up her brother's...
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