Birthday: 1938-02-15
Place of Birth: Okayama, Japan
Biography: Kōjirō Hongō was a Japanese actor best known for his work with Daiei Studios in the 1960s. Hongō won an Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year in 1959.
Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Gu...
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As alien invaders plot to conquer the Earth, two Boy Scouts steal a mini-submarine and discover Game...
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The last of the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy. Oyama takes a job as a professional wrestler in Okinawa, bu...
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The tyrannical Lord Danjo Mikoshiba covets the rich, fertile lands surrounding Lake Yakumo. During a...
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After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Y...
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A young yakuza experiences various conflicts, tactics, betrayals, rules, etc. in the gangster world,...
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In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his seri...
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Unusual volcanic activity in Japan awakens Gyaos, a bloodthirsty flying monster with the power to sl...
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A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Ku...
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A boy who suffers from impaired hearing and a young girl pianist try to solve the mysterious connect...
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In feudal Japan, gangsters chase a young girl who might testify against their boss. When the gangst...
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A young girl is being asked about a man with whom she was keeping company, as her grandmother plays ...
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Tetsuo (Kosuke Toyohara), who was thinking about the next money plan for the 200 million yen he got ...
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Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' i...
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Depicts four cheerful, young former college students with promising futures who die tragic deaths as...
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The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunos...
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Young female embalmer Miyako is called in to restore the body of a young man who has committed suici...
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The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 book...
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After being excommunicated from the yakuza, Ginya Yabuki returns from the shadows as leader of his o...
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An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years ...
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Ricky's Back!...
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Taku Shinjo spins this rural drama about ancient taboos and encroaching modernity. Takamine (Gitan O...
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The biopic of Shigenobu Ōkuma, one of the main Japanese leaders at the turn of the 20th century, a s...
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In the prewar days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Lt. Ka...
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A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese...
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Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Dare yori mo kimi wo aisu" by Kazuko Matsuo....
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A police officer is recruited to a special agency and given a license to kill. He is given a dozen o...
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This period thriller concerns a very famous cat known as the "monster cat of Nabeshima". This cat, a...
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Lord Oda Nobunaga gains control of nearly all of Japan and tries to enlist the aid of Magoichi and h...
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Second film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where ...
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The former Japanese Naval Academy was at Etajima, one of the many islands of the beautiful Inland Se...
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The Shinobi-no-Mono series was so successful that Daiei Studios dipped into the well one more time, ...
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A detective investigates a criminal organization's involvement in real estate....
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As a child, Okin the one-armed one-eyed swordswoman was disfigured by Lord Daizen-dayu, who was afte...
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Disguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a country d...
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The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the...
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On the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsu...
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When the mobster Iwaida Nishikawi is executed by the hit man Takeshi, his family chases the killer. ...
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The story of three sportsman brothers living in the Ginza. One day, the three meet a raving beauty o...
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The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin,...
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A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it....
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A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with h...
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A demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider! The y...
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In this continuation of "Family", it is discovered that the one who gave the order to assassinate th...
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Yabuki's old friend returns as a deadly enemy. Blood brothers are driven to bitter hatred as betraya...
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One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō....
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A gorgeous tragic love picture scroll depicting a beautiful woman who weeps over her strange fate an...
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During the reign of Shogun Hidetada, both Hirate Musashi and Okamoto Musashi strive to become the fi...
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A former Formula 2 racing champion is asked to assist in setting up an auction of vintage cars. He b...
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Fate begins to smile upon young Chonosuke Tokugawa, son of eleventh Tokugawa Shogun, after some twen...
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The woman gambler Ginko risks her life for her brother-in-law....
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#3 in the King of Minami series. Ginjiro Manda sets his sights on a corrupt cop named Tatsuya, who f...
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Ryuji Hoshikawa (played by Ken'ichi Endô), the leader of the Hoshikawa group and an executive of the...
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A bright and cheerful story about a young girl who comes to Tokyo from the countryside, relying on h...
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