Tetsuro Tamba
Tetsuro Tamba (July 17, 1922 – September 24, 2006) was a distinguished Japanese actor known for his versatile talent across five decades. Recognized globally for his portrayal of Tiger Tanaka in the iconic 1967 James Bond film "You Only Live Twice," Tamba's cinematic journey was a remarkable blend of cultural bridges. Before embarking on his acting career, Tamba worked as an interpreter for the Allied Powers' Supreme Commander. Graduating from Chuo University in 1948, he later joined Shintoho company, making his debut in the film Satsujin Yougishain in 1951. Tamba's impact on Western audiences extended beyond Bond, with standout performances in films like Bridge to the Sun and The 7th Dawn. He earned acclaim in Japan as well, most notably as the lead in police dramas like Key Hunter and G-Men '75. His talents weren't confined to the screen alone. Tamba lent his voice to characters like the Cat King in Studio Ghibli's The Cat Returns and graced historical roles in television dramas, leaving an indelible mark on period pieces. In 2005, Tamba faced health challenges but continued to contribute until the end. Sadly, he passed away in Tokyo at 84 due to pneumonia on September 24, 2006. His legacy lives on through his son, actor Yoshitaka Tamba, while his last appearances in the 2005 Taiga drama Yoshitsune and the 2006 film Sinking of Japan remain a testament to his enduring impact on Japanese cinema and beyond.
The Cat Returns
as Cat King (voice)Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it...
Movie page
You Only Live Twice
as Tiger TanakaA mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two...
Movie page
Harakiri
as Hikokuro OmodakaDown-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi....
Movie page
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
as Master ZhangIn 2001, where all correctional facilities have been privatized, martial artist Ricky finds...
Movie page
Kwaidan
as Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four...
Movie page
Suspicion
as Kanetaka OkamuraA car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the...
Movie page
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as uncreditedIn the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a...
Movie page
Crayon Shin-chan: Explosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battle
as Tamba (voice)There's only one way to stop a filthy evil scientist from destroying the world, and it's with a...
Movie page
The Twilight Samurai
as Tozaemon IguchiSeibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth...
Movie page
Gozu
as uncreditedMinami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder...
Movie page
The Happiness of the Katakuris
as Granpa Jinpei KatakuriThe Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their...
Movie page
Tokyo Pop
as Mr. DotaA young rock singer is not appreciated by her band, and gets a postcard from Japan saying "wish...
Movie page
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
as ShinoA Ronin with a death wish reluctantly joins the Clan of the Forgotten Eight, a nasty crew of...
Movie page
Fireflies in the North
as IshikuraSet in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal...
Movie page
Samurai Reincarnation
as MuramasaAfter surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for...
Movie page
Three Outlaw Samurai
as Sakon ShibaShiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their...
Movie page
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
as Tatsuo AkashiShozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family,...
Movie page
Bond Girls Are Forever
as Tiger Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredited)Through vintage film clips of past Bond movie epics, and with the participation of several...
Movie page
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
as NagumoAgent Zero is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully...
Movie page
13 Assassins
as Doi Ōkō ToshiA sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even...
Movie page
The 5-Man Army
as SamuraiAt the behest of local revolutionaries, a mercenary enlists four specialists in various combat...
Movie page
Shogun's Shadow
as Hotta MasamoriA shogun's eldest son must do whatever it takes to survive a series of attempts on his life. He...
Movie page
Pigs and Battleships
as Slasher TetsujiIn the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the...
Movie page
The Bullet Train
as SunagaA Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train...
Movie page
Submersion of Japan
as Prime Minister YamamotoA team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands...
Movie page
The Geisha
as Kochi NotableYokiro was the most successful Geisha house in Western Japan during the first half of the 20th...
Movie page
Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons
as Old MasterThe eruption of Mt. Fuji in 1707 released hordes of demons from deep inside the earth. Sakuya,...
Movie page
Port Arthur
as Gentaro KodamaDepicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified...
Movie page
Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Dr. NishiyamaProfessor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes...
Movie page
The 7th Dawn
as NgPolitical and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of...
Movie page
The Fall of Ako Castle
as YanagisawaThis is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie...
Movie page
The Incident
as Lawyer KikuchiThe body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a...
Movie page
Heat Wave
as Denkichi TsuzakiRin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi...
Movie page
The Castle of Sand
as Detective Eitaro ImanishiTwo detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in...
Movie page
Shogun's Samurai
as Ogasawara GensinsaiFollowing the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by...
Movie page
Night Train
as Isaburo TamuraA woman faces betrayal, which tests her love.
Movie page
Graveyard of Honor
as Tetsuji TokuraA barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However,...
Movie page
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
as SanadaAfter Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go...
Movie page
Never Give Up
as General WadaSpecial forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted...
Movie page
The Imperial Navy
as Jisaburo OzawaA lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of...
Movie page
Goyokin
as Rokugo TatewakiA guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
Movie page
Shogun's Ninja
as Tozawa HakuunsaiIn the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the...
Movie page
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Jinzaburi ShinzakiBased on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical...
Movie page
A Taxing Woman's Return
as SadoharaRyōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure...
Movie page
The Battle of Okinawa
as Lieutenant General Isamu ChoThe Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The...
Movie page
All Men Are Brothers
as Lu Chun IBased on one of China's enduring epic novels, written in the 14th century, "All Men Are...
Movie page
Seven Nights in Japan
as Terrorist Leader (uncredited)Handsome Prince George arrives on board his ship in Japan. Youthful, immaculate in naval uniform...
Movie page
Love: Starting on a Journey
as uncreditedA girl suffering from an incurable disease get in a coma, while her boyfriend visit her to the...
Movie page
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
as Uichi Suda, The Big BossOnimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties...
Movie page
Message from Space
as Ernest NoguchiThe peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes...
Movie page
The Water Margin
as Jade Unicorn, Lu Chun IThe corruption in the Sung Dynasty of 11th century China is so rampant that it inspires a band...
Movie page
Silence
as Cristóvão FerreiraTwo Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread...
Movie page
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
as uncreditedThe upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the...
Movie page
Samurai Spy
as Sakon TakataniYears of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke...
Movie page
Jubaku: Spellbound
as Tajiro KawakamiWhen a major bank is caught paying off a corporate extortionist, the media and prosecutors begin...
Movie page
Black Lizard
as KurokiA detective tries to outwit a jewel thief who has kidnapped the daughter of a jeweler to get to...
Movie page
Yakuza Warfare
as uncreditedTwo childhood friends find themselves caught in the midst of an all-out turf war between rival...
Movie page
Dead Angle
as uncreditedElite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the...
Movie page
Violent Streets
as Shimamura KansaiWith a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back...
Movie page
August without Emperor
as Army General MikamiTaking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese...
Movie page
Monument to Holy Service
as uncreditedA rural high school takes part in a mountain-climbing exercise and are caught in a sudden typhoon.
Movie page
Cabaret
as Yakuza bossA young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this...
Movie page
Zero
as Admiral Isoroku YamamotoTwo young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test...
Movie page
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
as Sergeant Katsuo TogashiA war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for...
Movie page
The Political Game
as uncreditedThis is James Miki's first directorial work, and he is also the original writer and...
Movie page
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
as uncreditedJunko Fuji returns as Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey...
Movie page
The Gambling Samurai
as Fumizo MitsukiChuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate,...
Movie page
The Wolves
as Genryu AsakuraAfter going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai)...
Movie page
Company Buggers
as uncreditedHiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and...
Movie page
Hunter in the Dark
as Okitsugu TanumaYataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill....
Movie page
The International Gang of Kobe
as RinseiIn 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun...
Movie page
Samurai from Nowhere
as Gunjuro OhbaMisawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of...
Movie page
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
as KichibeiKumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a...
Movie page
High Seas Hijack
as Captain MunekataTerrorists hijack an oil tanker and threaten to blow it up unless Japan meets their demands.
Movie page
Call from Darkness
as SugibayashiKeiko Inagawa (Asami Kobayashi) pays a visit to neurologist Aizawa about her fiancé Tatsuo...
Movie page
Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny
as KagemetsukeThe great Daimyo enlists the aid of the three Shadow Hunters in ensuring the delivery of an...
Movie page
Bridge to the Sun
as JiroTells the true story of Gwen Terasaki, who falls in love with, then marries a Japanese diplomat....
Movie page
Murderer!
as Nīto KoukenA cowardly samurai is sent as an official executioner targeting the clan's former sword...
Movie page
The Shogun Assassins
as Kato KiyomasaThis is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Movie page
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...
Movie page
The Ghost of Kasane
as Jinjûrô ÔmuraA blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in...
Movie page
Snake Woman's Curse
as CommanderAn old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man...
Movie page
Organized Violence
as uncreditedA war breaks out on the streets between rivaling Yakuza clans.
Movie page
Abashiri Prison
as TsumakiAbashiri Prison is located in the coldest place in Japan. Two men, handcuffed together have...
Movie page
Blackmail Is My Life
as uncreditedThough he has come from a rough background on the streets, Muraki quickly rises through the...
Movie page
Aurora Borealis
as Tsuneiro KamisakaThe story of a man and a wolf-dog in East Siberia during the early 1900s.
Movie page
Screwed
as LandlordIt has been two years since unsuccessful cartoonist Tsube started to live with Kuniko casually...
Movie page
Blood of Revenge
as Yutaro NomuraOsaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean...
Movie page
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
as Soshun KochiyamaAn outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of...
Movie page
Samurai from Somewhere
as uncreditedYoung Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions lead his...
Movie page
Revenge
as Shume OkunoAn innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai...
Movie page
A Flame at the Pier
as uncreditedA young dockworker who owes his life to his boss becomes embroiled in union activity on the...
Movie page
To Trap a Kidnapper
as uncreditedHideyuki Mitamura, a student at a private school near Osaka, is kidnapped on his way home from...
Movie page
Ankoku gai jingi
as uncreditedA big American boss landed in Japan in search of funding sources. A lone wolf trying to stop it...
Movie page
Yakuza Demon
as Michitane TendouSeiji and Yoshifumi are the only members of the Muto branch of the Date Family. The two respect...
Movie page
Shura Group
as uncreditedRemake of The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)
Movie page
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
as ShugiWhen a priceless jewel owned by rich heiress Sabine is stolen, along with her daughter,...
Movie page
The Story of a Man Among Men
as uncreditedDuring the Showa era, a young yakuza survives war and injury and rises to become a clan boss...
Movie page
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
as uncreditedThird part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's...
Movie page
Homicide
as Lieutenant AikawaThis film tells about the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Aikawa, the head of the Bureau of...
Movie page
The Shogun's Vault
as uncreditedOkawa Hashizo is 'Red Peony' Hanji who is thrown into a prison cell where he gets involved in a...
Movie page
13 Assassins
as uncreditedIn between the original 1963 13 ASSASSINS film and the 2010 remake by Miike Takashi, Fuji TV...
Movie page
The Kii River
as Shintani KosakuEpic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and...
Movie page
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
as Rear Admiral ShimamuraMeiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political...
Movie page
Kukai
as uncreditedThe life and times of Kûkai, a Japanese monk who studies Esoteric Buddhism in the far reaches of...
Movie page
Portrait of Chieko
as Kotaro TakamuraTakamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an...
Movie page
Daredevil in the Castle
as Sadamasa IshikawaDuring the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family...
Movie page
Tokyo: The Last War
as uncreditedThe year is 1945. After the horrific fire-bombings of the Pacific War levels Japan to the...
Movie page
Female Neo-Ninjas
as Time Patrol leaderThree cute, sexy ninjas, around the age of 20, have been in training, building their powers for...
Movie page
A Wicked Woman
as Ihei ÔsawaIn 1870's Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive...
Movie page
The Duel in the forbidden territory
as uncreditedThe wandering swordsman, Ino Heihachiro, defeats Ichima, the youngest of the famed swordsmanship...
Movie page
Battle Anthem
as YamamotoThe story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.
Movie page
Get 'em All
as TanabeGang of robbers quarrel about the loot, but when one of them gets killed, his younger brother...
Movie page
The Sand Boat
as uncreditedA Young couple find a boad buried under a beach,and are taken to another world where they must...
Movie page
Assassination
as Hachiro KiyokawaAssassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay,...
Movie page
The Imperial Japanese Empire
as Hideki TojoStory of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during...
Movie page
Tale of Ninja Duty
as Mumyo TsunataroMumyo Tsunataro killed his betrayed fiance Orie and He flees to Utsunomiya. On his way he...
Movie page
The Classroom of Terror
as uncreditedYusaku Matsuda plays an ex-boxer who killed an opponent during a fight. He is brought into a...
Movie page
Tokyo Blackout
as NakataBased on a science-fiction novel by Sakyo Komatsu. Tokyo is suddenly covered by a dome shaped...
Movie page
Gambler's Farewell
as Tetsuji KasaiThe story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading...
Movie page
The Ceiling at Utsunomiya
as Kurozumi TenzenRyutaro is a spy employed by the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who is the target of assassination...
Movie page
Flames of Blood
as uncreditedThe story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of...
Movie page
The White Tiger Battalion
as uncreditedThe Byakkotai was part of Aizu’s four-unit military, set up in the domain’s drive to finalize...
Movie page
An Outlaw
as uncreditedAssassin Nanjo goes on a solitary mission to take revenge on the man who trapped him into a...
Movie page
The Last True Yakuza
as Kazumasa TashiroA made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence...
Movie page
Blind Beast vs Dwarf Killer
as uncreditedA blind masseur kidnaps young women and kills them and then make sculptures of them, while a...
Movie page
Mount Hakkoda
as Colonel KojimaTwo infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the...
Movie page
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
as uncreditedAdmiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the...
Movie page
Sky Scraper!
as uncreditedA film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.
Movie page
The Bushido Blade
as Lord YamatoA steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is...
Movie page
Female Slave Ship
as uncreditedThe year is 1945, months prior to Japan's ultimate defeat in WW2, and military lieutenant Sugawa...
Movie page
Destroyer Yukikaze
as uncreditedYutaro Kida, a worker at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, volunteers for the navy but finds himself a...
Movie page
The Peking Man
as OsoneIn 1929 the fossil of a 500,000 year old man is discovered in China. In 1941 the Japanese army...
Movie page
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
as 吉野博士Visualization based on Tetsuro Tamba's best-selling "Great Reikai". A story about a physicist...
Movie page
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
as Gu ShimizuA modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin...
Movie page
Twilight of the Cockroaches
as Grandpa (voice)The cockroaches of Saito's apartment live in peace with their human host, who gives them lots of...
Movie page
The Hitman Blood Smells Like Roses
as uncreditedA woman is being attacked by the yakuza of the Mitsuyoshi group ... A man with a pistol appears...
Movie page
Troops of Darkness
as uncreditedA disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years...
Movie page
The Making Of The Katakuris
as uncreditedIn this contemporary documentary, the cast and the crew share their experiences of making the film.
Movie page
Shura Group Part 2
as uncreditedRyuji Inahara, the heir to the Atami Yamazakiya family, subsequently placed the group under the...
Movie page
Twilight Saloon
as MorimotoTakes place in one place, a beer hall, over the course of one evening. Uchida employs this...
Movie page
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
as Lord Tsushima YagyuLoyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission...
Movie page
Demon Pond
as uncreditedThe modern-day story of a man searching for a friend who has mysteriously disappeared, with a...
Movie page
Karafuto 1945 Summer
as uncreditedThe film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the...
Movie page
The Wild Daisy
as Gozaburo SaitoSaito Masao reminisces on the days of his youth more than 50 years ago and his forbidden love of...
Movie page
All Rascals
as uncreditedIshihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named...
Movie page
1750 Days of Turbulence
as uncreditedAfter the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years.
Movie page
The Armed Organization
as uncreditedViolent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji...
Movie page
The Yellow Climate
as uncreditedBased on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
Movie page
The Great Shogunate Battle
as uncreditedThe early days of the Tokugawa shogunate are brought to light in this exciting historical tale...
Movie page
Kuronekokan ni Kieta Otoko
as uncreditedComedy-horror film by Masaki Môri.
Movie page
Gamblers and Racketeers
as uncreditedKomatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group...
Movie page
Dissolution Rites
as SakaiSawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in...
Movie page
Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive
as HyoeOichi the Blind helps a woman escape the clutches of a high government official to go off with...
Movie page
Nichiren
as uncreditedAn epic drama about Nichiren's life. Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived for 60 years during...
Movie page
Detective
as uncreditedThe first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a...
Movie page
Thirst for Love
as Kosuke AsoNatsuko, a Tokyo bar proprietress, and Yuki, a Kyoto Ryokan owner, vie for the affections of an...
Movie page
Operation Plazma in Osaka
as uncreditedAmidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's...
Movie page
Kim's War
as uncreditedAfter shooting a gangster in self-defense, Kim Hui Ro takes refuge at a hotel and takes the...
Movie page
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...
Movie page
Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo
as uncreditedThe second part of the Gamblers series.
Movie page
The Bad Boss
as uncreditedThe first in what would become Toei's most successful, longest-running bosozoku film series. It...
Movie page
Once and For All
as uncreditedFilm concerning warring yakuza families.
Movie page
The Way to The Gold Medals
as President SakakibaraAbout Soviet and Japanese volley-ball players who are both rivals and friends. The events cover...
Movie page
Japanese Hell
as Asu ShinoFrom the king of the Japanese cult movie, Teruo Ishii! A controversial film in which actual...
Movie page
T.R.Y.
as uncreditedAt the turn of the 20th Century amongst tension between China and Japan, a Japanese swindler in...
Movie page
The Great Duel
as uncreditedIn this gritty tale of gamblers battling in the samurai era, Okawa Hashizo gives perhaps his...
Movie page
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
as uncreditedFrom his early days as Matsudaira Motoyasu through his rise to the most powerful man in Japan as...
Movie page
Postwar Secrets
as KurokiEverybody's chasing a diamond in Sadao Nakajima's crime/action/drama. It was a based on a novel...
Movie page
Mist and Shadows
as Yusuke KomiyaThe film adaptation of the bestseller of the same name by Tsutomu Mizukami. A large-scale...
Movie page
The Challenge
as TakayamaJournalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that...
Movie page
Yakuza Ladies 3
as Takeo SakanishiUpon the passing of the Sakanishi Clan’s boss, a fierce battle between his wife Hazuki and his...
Movie page
A Madcap Corporation
as uncreditedA comedy of a yakuza family that goes into show business.
Movie page
The Alaska Story
as ArashukA Japanese sailor finds a colony of Eskimos in the Arctic and decides to stay with them. He...
Movie page
Organized Crime: Killer's Glory
as uncreditedA professional lone-wolf hitman comes to his blood brother's aid when his boss is brutally...
Movie page
There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
as uncreditedBenio, a peppy tomboy, is surprised to learn that she has been secretly betrothed by her...
Movie page
Teruo Ishii Fan Club
as uncreditedA documentary on Teruo Ishii, the Japanese "King of Cult".
Movie page
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
as Tatsuo AkashiThe 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four...
Movie page
The Ando Gang Documentary Film
as uncreditedThis biopic of notorious yakuza-turned-actor Noboru Ando focuses on the days leading to his...
Movie page
You're My Destiny
as uncreditedNaomi, a corporate heiress from Japan, vacations to Hong Kong with her two colleagues. Bored,...
Movie page
Four Sisters
as Masao IgarashiA story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms...
Movie page
Tange Sazen
as uncreditedIn 1730, the Tokugawa Shogunate orders the Yagyu Clan to repair a huge shrine. Since it cannot...
Movie page
The Tale of Saikaido
as uncreditedSet in the Kyushu area of the Edo period. This is a large-length bizarre story that incorporates...
Movie page
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
as Tetsuo HatakeBored with school, 15-year-old Daisuke Kawashima embarks on a pilgrimage to visit the...
Movie page
Lone Rebel
as uncreditedNomi-gumi, who plans to control Tama City, has begun to hurt Takase-gumi. Muraki, an executive,...
Movie page
Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!
as uncreditedIn 1943 Japan is facing defeat. This makes Shinkichi, a straight, selfless student-patriot, ever...
Movie page
Gang vs. Gang
as uncreditedThe plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the...
Movie page
Jakoman and Tetsu
as JakomanIn a village subsisting on its herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the...
Movie page
The Villain from Edo Kochiyama Soshun
as uncreditedKotiyama is a swindler and extortionist, the head of a whole gang of crooks, usually posing as a...
Movie page
Rise and Fall of Chivalry
as uncreditedA reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.
Movie page
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
as uncreditedAn honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of...
Movie page
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...
Movie page
Vendetta of Obligation
as uncreditedThis is the story of the 47 ronin of the Ako clan who rose up to avenge the brutal death of...
Movie page
Tetsuro Tamba’s Great Spiritual World 3: Amazing Reincarnation Story That Ran Around the Whole
as uncreditedAt the end of the Edo period, nine-year-old Katsugoro told his older sister that he was the...
Movie page
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World 2: I was surprised when I died!!
as Ryo OkamotoThe second installment of the spirit world guide movie based on the original idea of Tetsuro...
Movie page
The Thousand Year Fire
as uncreditedHaving lost both his mother and father, an 11-year-old city boy is sent to live with his...
Movie page
The Gambler's Counterattack
as Chief InspectorAiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang...
Movie page
The Stupid Teacher
as Utaemon BabaFilm director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from...
Movie page
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
as uncredited
Shadow Hunters
as uncreditedSet during the declining years of the Tokugawa shogunate, Shadow Hunters details the...
Movie page
King of the Gang
as uncreditedThe 11th and final film in the Gang series. Most of the films had different directors and cast,...
Movie page
Penitentiary Brothers
as uncreditedAuthentic action drama of modern gangsters.
Movie page
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
as uncreditedHikaru, an ordinary man, discovers a way to unleash the supernatural powers hidden inside his...
Movie page
April Fish
as Panapora Chief HandaA Francophile filmmaker in a creative rut tries to pass off a free-spirited young actress as his...
Movie page
The Private Police
as uncreditedAfter the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an...
Movie page
Japan's Top Gangster
as Noboru YamaguchiA boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him...
Movie page
Conflagration
as Captain MunekataGlobal South guerrillas hijack the Japanese oil tanker Arabian Light, threatening to blow it up...
Movie page
Spycatcher J3: SOS Close Shave
as J1 (TULIP Japan Branch Chief)TULIP (The Undercover Line of International Police) is a New York-based international police...
Movie page
Game of Chance 3
as uncreditedBungo, fulfilling his duty as a yakuza, kills a man from a rival gang. Since then, he has...
Movie page
Greed in Broad Daylight
as MiyaharaAfter a successful robbery the culprits, from very different backgrounds, at once turn on each...
Movie page
Shinran: Path to Purity
as uncreditedIn the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one...
Movie page
Quarreling with Yakuza
as uncreditedSet loose in a postwar world with no rules, an ex-juvenile delinquent begins building the most...
Movie page
The Tale of Genji
as uncreditedTV movie based on the novel "The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu, which tells about the life...
Movie page
Gang and G-Men Part 2
as 手塚徹A gang plans to steal twenty billion yen by safecracking tactics; however, they discover that...
Movie page
School Be-In Bully
as Ryotaro SakurazawaThe prestigious private Sakuraryo Gakuen, which has a 90-year tradition, has now lost its glory...
Movie page
Gang vs. G-Men
as Toru TezukaTwo rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.
Movie page
Flickering Flames
as uncreditedIn the early hours of April 13th, a five year old hemophiliac child was kidnapped by someone...
Movie page
Yakuza Skirmishes
as uncreditedIn the gaudy world of 1930s Shinjuku, a violent youth known as Bakudan Match tangles explosively...
Movie page
Tabaruzaka
as uncreditedKnown as the ”Last Samurai” Saigo Takamori was a stout giant of a man with a huge head and a...
Movie page
G-Men in the Pacific
as MizuharaG-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to...
Movie page
Taira no Kiyomori
as uncreditedThe tale of Taira Kiyomori who started as a young inexperienced warrior who led the Heike into...
Movie page
Human Revolution II
as uncreditedDramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.
Movie page
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
as uncreditedIn the third, and final chapter of this epic tale, handsome swordsman Genji helps a vulnerable...
Movie page
Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed
as Aboshi SamajirôIn the first year of Chōroku, Satomi Yoshimi, lord of Takita Castle in Awa, faces defeat by...
Movie page
Queen of Asia
as uncreditedJapanese war film based on the true story of Yoshiko Kawashima, played by actress Miyuki...
Movie page
Ino Tadataka: Meridian dreams
as uncreditedBiographical story, based on life of Ino Tadataka, a Japanese measurer and cartographer. Ino...
Movie page
Blood and Law
as uncreditedBased on the autobiography of Noboru Andô .
Movie page
The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
as uncreditedThe third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.
Movie page
Hawk of the Harbour
as uncreditedA Nikkatsu Action film with Yujiro Ishihara as the head of a small shipping company who gets...
Movie page
Dai shinrin ni mukatte tatsu
as uncreditedStrife between competing lumber mills.
Movie page
Choshichiro's Edo Diaries: The Yagyu Conspiracy
as Yagyu MunefuyuRumors are circulating that the shogunate is losing control of some feudal domains. Lord Yagyu...
Movie page
鬼姫競艶録
as uncreditedAn exciting historical drama in which a beautiful woman secretly solves the family problems of...
Movie page
The Sound of the Waves
as uncreditedLonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love....
Movie page
The Code of Man
as uncreditedTetsuya Watari, a modern youth idol, co-stars with Tetsuro Tamba for the first time, and a young...
Movie page
Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio
as uncreditedWith the help of the real-life pachislot gambling group "Capone," the film depicts the...
Movie page
Hashiran ka!
as 前田米吉Set in Hakata, the series is about a young man who wants to play rock music even though his...
TV Show page
Inochi
as Takahara MasamichiThe drama begins in August 1945, three days after the end of the Pacific war. A freight train...
TV Show page
Yoshitsune
as Minamoto no Yorimasa (Gen-ji)Yoshitsune is a Japanese television drama series originally broadcast between 9 January and 11...
TV Show page
Toshiie and Matsu
as Tarozaemon IguchiThe 41st NHK Taiga Drama is Toshiie to Matsu. During the turbulent Warring States Era, one man's...
TV Show page
Ōgon no Hibi
as Imai SōkyūLuzon Sukezaemon is a merchant who imports vases from the Philippines. The vases are highly...
TV Show page
Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
as uncreditedIn this gripping period drama, Matsudaira Ukon, the younger brother of the 11th Tokugawa Shogun...
TV Show page
Sanada Taiheiki
as Sanada MasayukiThe drama tells the story of the Sanada family. Originally serving the Takeda Clan they ruled...
TV Show page
Gokenin Zankuro
as uncreditedZankuro Matsudaira (Ken Watanabe) is a low-grade vassal of the Tokugawa Shogun, forced to...
TV Show page
Marco Polo
as VasaioThe life and experiences of the 13th-century explorer, who sought to connect the civilizations...
TV Show page
Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches
as Naruse HayatonoshoThe story of the battles between the 3 related families Kishu, Mito, and Owari, as each vies for...
TV Show page
Byakkotai
as Jinbo KuranosukeByakkotai was part of Aizu's four-unit military, set up in the domain's drive to finalize its...
TV Show page
The Veteran Trio
as Inui SanshiroAfter spending 20 years searching for the object of his vengeance, Sekiya Kanbei discovers he is...
TV Show page
