Kō Nishimura — Actor (59)
The Sun Legend of the End of the Tokugawa Era (1957) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
幕末太陽伝
director: 川岛雄三 actor: 弗兰克堺 / 左幸子
other title: 幕末太阳传 / 幕末太陽伝
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commission” for his troubles.
Manhunt (1976) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
君よ憤怒の河を渉れ
director: Junya Satō actor: Ken Takakura / Ryoko Nakano
other title: 君よ憤怒の河を渉れ / Kimi yo fundo no kawa o watare
A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.
Lady Snowblood (1973) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
修羅雪姫
8.3 (11 ratings) director: Toshiya Fujita actor: Meiko Kaji / Toshio Kurosawa
other title: Lady Snowblood: Blizzard from the Netherworld / 修羅雪姫
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.
Red Beard (1965) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
赤ひげ
other title: Barbarossa / Rødskæg
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.
The Pornographers (1966) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb NeoDB
「エロ事師たち」より 人類学入門
director: 今村昌平 actor: 小泽昭一 / 坂本澄子
other title: Introduzione all'antropologia / 「エロ事師たち」より 人類学入門
Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time to time, Haru shares her bed with Subu, though she believes her dead husband, reincarnated as a carp, disapproves. Director Shohei Imamura has always delighted in the kinky exploits of lowlifes, and in this 1966 classic, he finds subversive humor in the bizarre dynamics of Haru, her Oedipal son, and her daughter, the true object of her pornographer-boyfriend’s obsession. Imamura’s comic treatment of such taboos as voyeurism and incest sparked controversy when the film was released, but The Pornographers has outlasted its critics, and now seems frankly ahead of its time.
Yojimbo (1961) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
用心棒
7.4 (8 ratings) director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Tatsuya Nakadai
other title: La sfida del samurai / Livvagten
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
The Bad Sleep Well (1960) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
悪い奴ほどよく眠る
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Masayuki Mori
other title: I cattivi dormono in pace / O Mal Dorme Bem
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.
The Ballad of Narayama (1958) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB NeoDB WikiData
楢山節考
director: Keisuke Kinoshita actor: Kinuyo Tanaka / Teiji Takahashi
other title: La leggenda di Narayama / A Balada de Narayama
In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?
Oh! The Nomugi Pass (1979) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
あゝ野麦峠
director: 山本萨夫 actor: 大竹忍 / 原田美枝子
other title: 啊!野麦岭 / あゝ野麦峠
故事梗概为:在长野县冈谷的缫丝工厂里,有百余名来自歧阜县穷乡僻壤的“少女军团”,峰、华和菊是其中的代表。她们告别家乡的亲人,翻越野麦岭,踏上了异乡的求生之路。而等待她们的却是超负荷的劳动和资本家的压榨剥削。峰终因积劳成疾,不幸染上当时的不治之症——肺结核。资本家怕其他女 工也被传染,便通知峰的家属把她接走。峰的哥哥星夜兼程,赶到工厂,从破旧的草屋中找到奄奄一息的峰。他决心翻越群山密林,把病入膏肓的妹妹背回故乡。时值金秋时节,野麦岭上层林尽染,美不胜收。趴在哥哥的背上,峰的眼睛里闪出激动的光芒:“哥哥,我看到飞驒了。”说完,她永远地合上了双目。野麦岭上的冷箭竹默默地注视着这幕情景,欲哭无泪……
1903年。一百多名年轻姑娘越过野麦岭,来到山安足立厂做女工。三年以后,阿峰已经能够独立操作,和阿雪一同被称作是优秀女工,阿时和阿花等人则技术较差。由于受到不堪的辱骂阿时自杀死去。无家可归的阿雪在新年到来之时倍感孤独,遂对老板的儿子春夫以身相许。厂里的金库被盗,盗窃者实际上是春夫。老板怀疑是会计新吉干的。阿菊喜欢新吉,便向管理员黑木求情,黑木却趁机将她奸污。阿菊与新吉投江自杀。阿花和管理员代理英松相爱,英松很同情女工们。阿雪已怀上春夫的骨肉,春夫却和一个银行老板的女儿订婚。想回家将孩子生下来的阿雪在翻越野麦岭时流产。1908年美国发生经济危机,日本生丝出口受到影响,只好转向国内市场。为谋取利润,工厂强迫女工高强度生产,阿峰因过度劳累得了结核病,被踢出工厂。哥哥来背她回去,翻过高岗时阿峰死去。
Pigs and Battleships (1961) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban WikiData IMDb
豚と軍艦
director: Shōhei Imamura actor: Hiroyuki Nagato / Jitsuko Yoshimura
other title: Porci, geishe e marinai / Porcos e Couraçados
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
Samurai Wolf II (1967) [Movie] TMDB
牙狼之介 地獄斬り
director: Hideo Gosha actor: Isao Natsuyagi / Kō Nishimura
other title: 牙狼之介 地獄斬り / Kiba, l'enfer des sabres
Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his dead father. There are crooked gold miners, a beautiful girl who is unfortunately a complete lunatic and a dojo master who is obsessed with killing Kiba just to prove that his school's sword style is the best.
Ninja, A Band of Assassins (1962) [Movie] Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
忍びの者
director: Satsuo Yamamoto actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Yūnosuke Itō
other title: Le Secret du ninja / 忍びの者
Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to assassinate the warlord before he completes his task.
13 Assassins (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
十三人の刺客
director: Eiichi Kudo actor: Chiezō Kataoka / Kotaro Satomi
other title: 十三人の刺客 / The Thirteen Assassins
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.
Warrior of the Wind (1964) [Movie] TMDB
風の武士
director: Tai Katō actor: Hashizo Okawa / Hiroko Sakuramachi
other title: 風の武士
A suspenseful Ninja fantasy based on Shiba Ryotaro's novel, woven with the mysterious fate and romance of Shinzo and a beautiful Princess who find themselves at the center of an intrigue surrounding the legendary land of Yasurai in the mountains of Kumano. Hidden gold, the love of a beautiful Princess, and the approaching evil sword all contribute in bringing you a Ninja action thriller that only the legendary actor Okawa Hashizo and the genius director Kato Tai could produce!
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
御用牙 かみそり半蔵地獄責め
director: Yasuzō Masumura actor: Shintarō Katsu / Toshio Kurosawa
other title: Razor 2: The Snare / Hanzo The Razor 2 : L'Enfer des Supplices
Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He shows inadequate respect to the treasurer, who wants him dead.
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
眠狂四郎炎情剣
director: Kenji Misumi actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Tamao Nakamura
other title: Kyoshiro Nemuri 5 Le sabreur et les pirates / 眠狂四郎炎情剣
Fifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman being attacked on the road, he quickly finds himself entangled in a conspiracy involving a corrupt chamberlain, a wily merchant, the survivors of a pirate gang, and a missing treasure trove.