Yoshio Tsuchiya
Birthday: 1927-05-18
Place of Birth: Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Biography: Yoshio Tsuchiya (土屋 嘉男 Tsuchiya Yoshio, May 18, 1927 – February 8, 2017) was a Japanese actor known for his frequent appearances in Akira Kurosawa's Samurai films as well as Ishiro Honda's science fiction films.
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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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Funeral Parade of Roses
In 1960s Tokyo, Gonda owns a bar in which the gay, cross-dresser, and trans scenes meet. Gonda is in...
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Godzilla Raids Again
Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside...
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Destroy All Monsters
At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Mons...
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Frankenstein Conquers the World
During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan t...
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Red Beard
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed w...
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Incident at Blood Pass
In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near th...
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Sanjuro
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifull...
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High and Low
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s ...
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Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
The Futurians, time-travelers from the 23rd century, arrive in Japan to warn them of the nation's de...
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The H-Man
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police que...
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The Mysterians
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire v...
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Space Amoeba
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to t...
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Battle in Outer Space
In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on...
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Invasion of Astro-Monster
Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens,...
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Matango
Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island h...
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Zatoichi's Conspiracy
Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. H...
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Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
Director Iwauchi Katsuki adapted this melodrama from Sasazawa Saho's award winning novel about two y...
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The Undercover Ninja Organization
Oniwaban is an organization that is composed of two ninja groups… Iga and Koga. This is a story of a...
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The Secret of the Telegian
Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to l...
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Golden Eyes
A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route f...
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A Whistle in My Heart
The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reac...
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Samurai Banners
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters th...
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The Yoshida School
Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting...
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Battle of the Japan Sea
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japane...
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The Human Vapor
A failed science experiment gives a librarian the ability to turn into a gaseous substance. He goes ...
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Invisible Man
When an invisible man is run down by a car it’s up to an eager young reporter and a strange clown to...
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Young Swordsman
This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. O...
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Son of Godzilla
Reporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in the ...
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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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Varan the Unbelievable
In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military comma...
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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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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 Bad Sleep Well
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within...
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Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction
An independent crowd-funded documentary that celebrates the sixty-year legacy of the world's greates...
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Double Suicide at Nishijin
Yumi, an exceptionally beautiful call girl, has a close call with death when a client forces her to ...
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A Wife's Heart
Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close ...
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Little Peach
Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitor...
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Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplom...
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Stairs of Evil
Iwao, , Kumagai, and Konishi broke into the safe containing the wages of the employees of Ato Indust...
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Mifune: The Last Samurai
An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most promi...
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No Time for Tears
Coach Shimamura of the hapless Sparrows baseball team is pleased to obtain a hot new pitcher named O...
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Moment of Terror
When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother seeks vengeance against the drive...
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Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
A look at the unrecognized work of the talented artists and craftsmen who've maintained the traditio...
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Varan
When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists g...
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Two in the Shadow
A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to ...
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The Seven Chefs
Traveling chef Ryuji is called back to Tokyo to help save his late teacher’s restaurant. With the he...
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Rouge
A photographer for a weekly magazine becomes obsessed with Nami, a woman he first saw getting brutal...
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets wh...
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Death on the Mountain
Three bankers, out on holiday, climb the Japanese Alps. One dies under mysterious circumstances, and...
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Kojiro
Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the ...
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses ...
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses ...
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses ...
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses ...
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Sir Galahad in Campus
The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series....
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Lady Karuizawa
A university student travels to a popular resort in the mountains for a summer job as a waiter and b...
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The Retreat from Kiska
In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When...
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Admiral Yamamoto
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is ...
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The Storm of the Pacific
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanes...
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Legacy of the 500,000
During World War II, Japan sends gold to the Phillipines. After the war, the gold is lost in the bay...
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Gigantis, the Fire Monster
A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus....
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The Killing Bottle
In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group...
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A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
An Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the fi...
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Chûshingura
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the c...
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The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay
Sangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send him t...
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The Rickshaw Man
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband die...
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A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
An Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the sec...
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君死に給うことなかれ
Set at the end of World War II and after Japan's defeat, it is a melodrama about a man and a woman a...
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Tower of Lilies
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the isla...
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The Black Fury
A narcotics investigator for the harbor police, Eiichi Tsuda, is driven by thoughts of vengeance for...
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Dangai kara no koe
A couple of sculptors who caused a traffic accident and changed their lives are led to a crime. The ...
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Kill!
A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved...
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Japan's Longest Day
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and th...
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Tokyo: The Last War
The year is 1945. After the horrific fire-bombings of the Pacific War levels Japan to the ground, th...
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Beast Alley
Desperate to escape her grueling life caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamiko murders him and burns...
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Settlement of Love
Living in a house that has lost its man to the war a year earlier are the widow and her child. Four ...
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Girls Behind Bars
A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths o...
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Vagabond Employee: Outcry Version
When a corrupt executive takes over his struggling company and violates his girlfriend, a young sala...
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The Tenth Game of New Salarymen
A young salesman wins over a rival ink company while falling for the president’s daughter. Drawn int...
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Reign of Terror
Crime melodrama has young Kijima (Takarada) working at a successful cabaret, actually a front for dr...
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New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain
Kurama Tengu uncovers a suspicious gold robbery tied to a political scheme within the shogunate. As ...
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Fright Time
A grieving factory worker storms a Tokyo police station, holding a department chief at gunpoint, con...
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