Kosaku Okano
Birthday: 1933-02-09
Place of Birth: Ryogoku, Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
Biography: No biography available.
Movies
Fateful Birthplace
A sad love story between young Umihiko Kojima and a beautiful girl named Yukiko Shino....
View Movie
Dissolution Rites
Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order ...
View Movie
The Kamikaze Guy
An elaborate criminal tango based around treasure hidden during WWII....
View Movie
The King
The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneduc...
View Movie
Mid-August Commotion
A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers workin...
View Movie
Japan Organized Crime Boss
Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang aft...
View Movie
The Threat
Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an adv...
View Movie
Police Precinct: Car 108
Patrol car 108 is on the prowl in Tokyo when it comes across a suspicious small truck. When the poli...
View Movie
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
A group of four chorus singers leave their hometown in Kyushu and go to Tokyo to become stars. It’s ...
View Movie
A Woman Called En
Set at the end of the feudal period. A woman spends most of her early life in prison, incarcerated b...
View Movie
Here Because of You
An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted teac...
View Movie
Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936’s Theatre of Life...
View Movie
G-men of Japan 5: Skyscraper Wolves
G-men of Japan fifth installment. A young detective, questioning a double suicide involving his pol...
View Movie
Devotion to Railway
A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasak...
View Movie
Deep River Melody
A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's ...
View Movie
The Private Police
After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an Ex-Kami...
View Movie
The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Rush
An upstanding young man’s racy adventure filled with conspiracies and love....
View Movie
A Fugitive from the Past
Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash ...
View Movie
Brutal Tales of Chivalry
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Ka...
View Movie
Gambler's World 2
Thriller about a gangster and an outlaw who become friends despite their different outlooks....
View Movie
The Golden Bat
A teenage boy discovers that the planet Icarus is on a collision course with Earth by gazing through...
View Movie
A Kamikaze Cop
An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two riv...
View Movie
Game of Chance
Bungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling. Decidin...
View Movie
G-Men in the Pacific
G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokoha...
View Movie
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba returns as the reckless son of a private detective takes on the case of a min...
View Movie
The Story of Pure Love
Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling again...
View Movie
Terror Beneath the Sea
While covering a test of guided torpedoes, two reporters believe they see what appears to be a stran...
View Movie
Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor. Sado Ma...
View Movie
Blackmail Is My Life
Though he has come from a rough background on the streets, Muraki quickly rises through the ranks by...
View Movie
Invasion of the Neptune Men
Astronomer Shinichi Tachibana has a secret identity as the superhero "Iron Sharp" and is well belove...
View Movie
Red Diamond
After losing all his money, Kizuka Keita, a seller on the black market, is trying to commit suicide....
View Movie
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangste...
View Movie
Tale of Japanese Burglars
Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a bur...
View Movie
The Man of Seven Faces
Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping...
View Movie
The Rickshaw Man’s Son
A roughneck named Komakichi of Kawachi, Osaka, comes back from a three-year training course to becom...
View Movie
Thugs of Shinjuku
Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting i...
View Movie
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
A reporter is framed for murder while investigating organized crime. Upon being released from prison...
View Movie
Police Precinct Part 8
Four taxi drivers are found dead in four days. Suddenly, a taxi, trying to avoid hitting a patrol ca...
View Movie
Police Precinct Part 13
On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his d...
View Movie
Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman
Detectives of the First Investigation Division are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old girl, w...
View Movie
Police Precinct Part 21
A burnt corpse of a man was found in Okutama. As a result of the investigation, it turns out that th...
View Movie
Police Precinct: Confession
The corpse of a debt collector, Sakai, is found in the Dobu River in Tokyo. Kinoshita, a shoe shiner...
View Movie