Eiji Funakoshi
Birthday: 1923-03-17
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eiji Funakoshi ( 17 March 1923 - 17 March 2007) was a Japanese actor. He received the Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actor and the Mainichi Film Concours for Best Actor for his performance in Fires on the Plain. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eiji Funakoshi , licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Gamera, the Giant Monster
A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep u...
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Fires on the Plain
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his comp...
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Gamera vs. Guiron
Two young boys sneak aboard a spaceship and find themselves whisked away to the mysterious planet Te...
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An Actor's Revenge
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deat...
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Gammera the Invincible
An atomic explosion awakens Gammera, a giant fire breathing turtle monster from his millions of year...
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Victory and Defeat
After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Y...
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Afraid to Die
On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on crimi...
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Their Legacy
Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmar...
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Manji
The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture....
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Tokyo Crime Map
An exciting film about thugs, in which murders and drugs, justice and resentment explode in the dark...
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Black Test Car
Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car ea...
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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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Elegant Beast
A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keep...
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The Broken Commandment
Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplat...
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Brother and Sister
The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a co...
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Being Two Isn't Easy
The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of vi...
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The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
The hairpin murdered a young girl. Detective Zenigata Heiji begin to investigate. Suddenly a murder ...
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Hole in One
A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the ...
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Tree of Youth
Takeshi, bound to be an outlaw youth, boards at the home of his female schoolmate who works at the f...
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The Wandering Princess
Pu Zhe, the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, marries Ryuko the daughter of an aristocrat...
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The Story of Shunkin
Based on the novel by Junichiro Tanizaki. Story of the beautiful blind daughter of a wealthy busines...
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Blind Beast
A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland ...
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Jirocho Fuji
Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' i...
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The Ladder of Success
A biting portrait of the world of classical Japanese dance: an ambitious young woman (Wakao Ayako) s...
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A Rainbow at Every Turn
Momoko and Asako are half sisters, daughters of the famous architect Tsuneo Mizuhara, who also have ...
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The Old Temple Well
Features a haunted well with yet another blind masseur's vengeful ghost....
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The Pit of Death
Kuramoto, who works for a large trading company, is a skilled employee who is well-liked by the comp...
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Bridge of Japan
Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then ...
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A Public Benefactor
The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness....
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While Yet a Wife
A wife is diagnosed with an incurable disease at a young age. Her husband loves her, supports her, a...
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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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Stolen Pleasure
High-end cabaret hostess Masuko discovers her long-term lover is actually married. Determined to sec...
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The Makioka Sisters
Based on the famous novel by Junichiro Tanizaki, this is a story of the four sisters of the ancient ...
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Ōkuma Shigenobu the great
The biopic of Shigenobu Ōkuma, one of the main Japanese leaders at the turn of the 20th century, a s...
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The Great White Tower
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at ...
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The Little Runaway
During a Soviet circus tour in Japan, a small street musician, Ken, meets a clown, Yuri Nikulin. Upo...
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New Women’s Dialogue
A young female president of a company who hates men and a new male employee who hates women: a one-o...
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The Ataka Family
Soichi Ataka is the eldest son of Ataka family. Although mentally challenged, he's a person with a g...
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Onna no Katei
The drama special satirizes the daily life of a wife with a businessman husband who is busy with his...
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Ten Dark Women
Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. Howeve...
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The False Student
A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students....
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When Women Lie
Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Compan...
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The Golden Demon
Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the engagement...
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaul...
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Bonchi
Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed b...
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The Woman Who Touched Legs
Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was no...
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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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Street of Violence
An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chie...
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A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa....
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The Freezing Point
Keizo Tsujiguchi believes his wife Natsue was having an extramarital affair when their child was kid...
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The Money Dance
Machida (Shintaro Katsu) is in constant trouble because of his instincts to do right every time, eve...
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The Sisters and I
Two sisters, Kyoko and Hisako, run a restaurant in Kyoto. But an incident with the latter's fiancé p...
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The Night before Pearl Harbor
The last film in the series brings the tale to the doorstep of Pacific War, with the planning of the...
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Superexpress
A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a l...
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Her Hidden Past
Adaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the imposs...
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A Lustful Man
Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven...
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Green Fruit
Two sisters live with their family. The elder is reserved; the younger lively. Yet, the former is fi...
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Rabble Tactics
The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to ke...
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Marriageable Age
The three Matsunami sisters navigate adulthood and the complex social pressures of finding a husband...
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Dancing Girl
In Asakusa, Tokyo, a couple of a violinist Yamano and a revue dancer Hanae lives in poverty. One day...
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Goodbye, Hello
Kazuko and Umeko have been friends since college. They are modern businesswomen who have many obliga...
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Fool's Love
A young man (Eiji Funakoshi) lavishes his complete attention and resources on a beautiful young girl...
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The Most Valuable Wife
Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daugh...
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Advance Patrol
In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attac...
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A Woman's Testament
The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a so...
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Thousand Cranes
The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher and the women in his fat...
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A Design for Dying
Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are R...
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The Cast-Off
The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executiv...
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Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Tora-san visits Hokkaido and is reunited with Lily. Now divorced, she plans to resume her singing ca...
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Abarenbo Shogun: The Bride of Edo Castle
The Shogun gets engaged to a princess who rebels against the prospect, because she wasn't consulted....
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The Beloved Image
A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son....
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Disobedience
A university student wants to avenge his sister from a businessman who abandoned her after leaving h...
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The Lowest Man
A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release ...
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The Crowded Train
Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing ...
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Tokyo Eyes
A beautiful older sister and her younger brother, both designers who paint the dreams of young hope,...
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The Dead Beauty Incident
A dead beauty is found in the trunk. Kubota (Miaki), Okayama (Kawazu) and Tsuji (Funakoshi) begin in...
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I'll Cry Alone
"Though still young, Natsuko gave up the life of a geisha to become the mistress of the president of...
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Ambassador Ramen
Frankie Sakai plays a Chino-Japanese man who after trudging along in odd jobs discovers his true tal...
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Sugamo's Mothers
Directed by Nobuo Adachi and starring Aiko Mimasu as a mother who lost three of her four sons to war...
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Tama wa kudakezu
A love melodrama about five siblings and the daughter of a businessman....
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