Toranosuke Ogawa
Birthday: 1897-12-01
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Biography: Toranosuke Ogawa (December 1, 1897 - December 29, 1967) was a Japanese actor, most well-known for his collaborations with famed director Akira Kurosawa, as well as his role in Godzilla.
Movies
Seven Samurai
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...
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The Hidden Fortress
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a ...
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A Good Man, A Good Day
The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his sur...
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The Chop Professor
Junpei Kihara, a young president of the University's wrestling club, is nicknamed "Mr. Chop". One da...
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Koibito-tachi no iru machi
Mr. Baku, a sandwich man, was familiar to his neighbors because he was a natural friend of Ryotaro Y...
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The Life of Oharu
In 17th century Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page si...
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First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
Natsuko Kayama, an authority in the beauty industry and once known as Miss Tokyo, is a first-class w...
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Travels of Lord Mito
Lord Mito Mitsukuni, the vice-shogun of the whole country, left the family estate and went on a trip...
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The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Whirlwind
The third film in the Taro series, following "The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Eternity" and "The ...
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Birth of Romance
The cabaret «Romance», run by Masami Daisaku's father, is experiencing financial difficulties, and M...
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Vendetta of a Samurai
Mataemon Araki, a renowned swordsman, helps a young man find vengeance....
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Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
Domestic comedy produced by Shin Toho Studios directed by Komori Kiyoshi and starring Todoroki Yukik...
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Godzilla
A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. vers...
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Fighting Yasubei
Yasube Nakayama left the clan and lives in Edo. One day, Yasubei visits his uncle Rokuroemon Kanno t...
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Fountainhead
A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply....
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Godzilla
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the isla...
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Ikiru
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for ...
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I Live in Fear
An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to...
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An Inn at Osaka
An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from...
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Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including ...
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Devotion to Railway
A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasak...
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The Battleship Yamato
The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threa...
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Sister with Sister
Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker....
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Ballad of a Workman
A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work...
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Warm Current
The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose betwee...
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Sasuke and His Comedians
Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan childr...
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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw gen...
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Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught ami...
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Last of the Wild Ones
A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power....
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Burden of Love
The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a prog...
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The Path I Remember
The tragic fate of Minoru Ikeda, a talented blind boy whose only joy was playing the violin....
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All About Marriage
Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, e...
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The Great White Tiger Platoon
The Great White Tiger Platoon was part of the Aizu clan's last ditch efforts to stop the advance of ...
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The Eagle of the Pacific
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grav...
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Sanjuro
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifull...
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Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
1953 jidaigeki directed by Nobuo Nakagawa of Jigoku and Ghost of Yotsuya fame....
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The Lord and the Gambler
Fate begins to smile upon young Chonosuke Tokugawa, son of eleventh Tokugawa Shogun, after some twen...
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Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents
7th film in the President series and the first entry in color....
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The Tokyo Mighty Guy
Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in...
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The Phantom Horse
Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the lo...
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The Swishing Sword
A beautiful girl who seeks revenge, disguises herself by dressing up in men's clothes, geisha, etc. ...
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Street of Shame
The lives of five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passag...
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Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. The film combines elements of the original Toho ver...
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Lightning Karate Blow
Ken Takakura's screen debut, following his admission into Toei ranks via the studio's annual New Fac...
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Crazy Operation: First Move
After being fired from his company, Hitoshi Ueda opens a arbitration company. Experts from various f...
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Marathon Samurai
The TV drama of Ima Harube was adapted by Yagi Ryuichiro ("Komuso Henge"), directed by Mori Issei ("...
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Elegy to Youth
A fresh graduate from a university in Tokyo takes a job as an English teacher at a prestigious high ...
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Mr. Minami is Very Embarrassed
Directed by Edagawa Hiroshi, this film stars Funakoshi Eiji and Kawakami Yasuko....
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So Young, So Bright
Two high school girls, Ruri and Yumi, go to Kyoto on a school trip, here they get acquainted with Hi...
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The Grave Tells All
Yamazaki Ryotaro is an Olympics' athlete and an asset. He accepts two jobs and responsibilities that...
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How the Bell of Liberty Rings
Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who def...
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Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
Set in a rubber company in Tokyo, this comedy depicts the sorrows of salarymen in a humorous way, ce...
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B.G Story: Designs of a 20 Year-Old
Ayako Kurimura, a new B.G. at Nitto Electric, becomes the object of affection for both her brother's...
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日本敗れず
In May 1945, Japan's defeat was imminent after the attacks on Saipan, Iwo Jima, and the Philippines,...
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The Gion Tempest
The story follows Keiko, a dancer in the "Maiko Odori" theater in Kyoto, who tries to climb the soci...
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Structure of Hate
Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over ...
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Life's Simple Pleasures
A masterpiece of life sketches overflowing with heartwarming affection and laughter that portrays th...
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Bride in a Bathing Suit
Katsuko, daughter of a prestigious inn owner, is urged into an arranged marriage with Keisuke, the n...
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