Jun Ōtomo
Birthday: 1899-11-21
Place of Birth: Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Biography: 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.
Movies
Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl
First film of a trilogy following the dramatic life of Rika, a half-Japanese/half-American woman who...
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The Ghost of Yotsuya
This horror tale adapts the Japanese legend which tells of a man who faces the consequences of betra...
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Female Slave Ship
The year is 1945, months prior to Japan's ultimate defeat in WW2, and military lieutenant Sugawa is ...
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Jigoku no hatoba
A battle for a large sum of money unfolds on the docks near a steel mill in a foggy atmosphere. Manz...
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Yojimbo
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival ...
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Nightingale
An episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves....
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Throne of Blood
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who pred...
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of la...
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Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
Three sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means mainly...
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Yellow Line
The murder of the chief official of Kobe city's Customs triggers an investigation of a prostitution ...
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Ghost Story: Cruel Phantom
Horror film directed by Satoru Kobayashi. Kin'ya Ogawa served as Kobayashi's assistant on this film....
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The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the sout...
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Black Line
Freelance reporter “Scoop” Machida is hot on the trail of a prostitution ring called the Black Line,...
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Cave Queens
Rumi (Yoko Mihara) and Emi (Masayo Banri) are sisters who dance nightly at the Blue Moon cabaret, wh...
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Black River
A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The land...
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Stakeout
Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect wi...
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Jigoku
A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet...
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Fire Line
Two young crooks who scam betters in the race track are employed by a yakuza gang called the Shigemo...
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Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Devil's Rose
The first installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose....
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The Street Without Sun
Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers...
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怒号する巨弾
At the end of the Greater East Asia War, young Amada Koichi and his father were wrongfully accused a...
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Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Disappearing Gentleman
The second installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose....
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Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Challenge from the Dead
The third and final installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose....
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