Etsuko Shihomi — Actor (30)
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Atami Murder Case (1986) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
熱海殺人事件
director: Kazuo Takahashi actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Morio Kazama …
other title: 熱海殺人事件
Chief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the Metropolitan Police Department. Transferred to Denbei's Criminal Investigation Division 1, Detective KUMADA Tomekichi arrives from the Toyama Prefectural Police. KUMADA is disconcerted by Denbei's position that murderers nowadays do not need a plausible motive, but gradually adapts to Denbei's unusual methods of investigation.
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Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye (1977) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
ブラックジャック　瞳の中の訪問者
director: Nobuhiko Obayashi actor: Nagisa Katahira / Joe Shishido …
other title: The Visitor in the Eye / ブラックジャック　瞳の中の訪問者
Komori Chiaki is a budding tennis student. However, one day while training, her coach hits a ball into her eye on accident. At the hospital, the news that she will never regain the sight in her eye leaves her heartbroken. As a last resort, she undergoes a costly surgery from the mysterious doctor known as Black Jack, where after a successful operation, a mysterious figure starts to emerge in her vision, and only she can see it.
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Soul of Chiba (1977) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
激殺! 邪道拳
director: Yukio Noda / Chan Tongman actor: Sonny Chiba / Luk Chuen …
other title: L'urlo di Bruce Lee terrorizza ancora / In der Höhle des schwarzen Panthers …
This mid-1970s martial arts classic stars Sonny Chiba as Mu Yun Tek, a young man trained in the Thai fighting style since childhood to one day avenge his parents' death. When a fellow student kills their teacher, Mu Yun's thirst for vengeance grows. The brutal action never stops as Mu Yun teams up with an Interpol agent (Tadashi Yamashita) to find the culprit, who insists that their former master was a drug dealer who had to be destroyed.
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Shanghai Rhapsody (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
上海バンスキング
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Keiko Matsuzaka / Morio Kazama …
other title: Rhapsodie de Shanghai / 上海バンスキング
Set in the 1930s in the international city of Shanghai, the film follows the extravagant life and times of a group of jazz musicians, living from one advance paycheck to the next, as the country teeters over the brink into the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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The Great Chase (1975) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
華麗なる追跡
director: Norifumi Suzuki actor: Etsuko Shihomi / Mach Fumiake …
other title: 華麗なる追跡
Shihomi Etsuko plays a race car driver who also lends out her services to the Japanese Secret Service. Although there really isn't much of a "chase" to be seen, Shihomi does pursue a cartel of drug runners and assorted Japanese yakuza types. While the story is pure 70's exploitation and gritty crime drama, the best reason to see it is for the Martial Arts Action of Etsuko Shihomi. The action is over-the-top and at times hilarious (i.e. Shihomi battling the lead criminal atop a moving gondola or Shihomi battling a whip-wielding Catholic Nun).
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Shogun's Ninja (1980) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
忍者武芸帖 百地三太夫
director: Norifumi Suzuki actor: Hiroyuki Sanada / Sonny Chiba …
other title: Les Tueurs noirs de l'empereur fou / El guerrero ninja …
In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the clan's hidden gold only to find that two daggers are the key to the hiding place of the treasured gold. Spanning decades, the quest for the missing daggers takes Shiranui through war and ancient tradition.
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Sister Street Fighter (1974) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
女必殺拳
director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi actor: Etsuko Shihomi / Emi Hayakawa …
other title: I 2 che spezzarono il racket / Die Karate-Tiger …
Li Mansei is a martial-arts champion turned undercover agent. When he is captured by a drug lord, his sister Li Koryu turns to his former martial-arts school, including the powerful Sonny Kawasaka, for help in the inevitable battle royale.
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Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy (1984) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
コータローまかりとおる!
director: Norifumi Suzuki actor: Hikaru Kurosaki / Kenji Ohba …
other title: コータローまかりとおる!
Lewd, long-haired karate kid Kotaro Shindo spends his days causing amok at the prestigious Tsurugamine Academy, until the Disciplinary Committee decides enough is enough, and puts a bounty on his luscious locks. Meanwhile other sinister forces are working in the shadows to put Kotaro to use for their own ends.
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The Executioner II: Karate Inferno (1974) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
直撃地獄拳　大逆転
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Sonny Chiba / Etsuko Shihomi …
other title: The Executioner 2 / 直撃地獄拳　大逆転 …
When both a priceless jewel and the daughter of a rich heiress are stolen by a master criminal, Koga and his gang are hired to retrieve both. But a double-cross leads to a risky high-security bank heist and loads of martial arts mayhem.
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The Moon Mask Rider (1981) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
月光仮面
director: Yukihiro Sawada actor: Daisuke Kuwabara / Etsuko Shihomi …
other title: El enmascarado de la luna / 月光仮面
The Moon Mask Rider is a tokusatsu movie produced by Purumie International/Herald Enterprises and distributed by Nippon Herald Pictures, was released theatrically on March 14, 1981. Considered Japan's answer to the American box-office fiasco, The Legend of the Lone Ranger (released the same year), this updated version of the Moonlight Mask legend bombed at the Japanese box-office. Daisuke Kuwahara (who, like Klinton Spilsbury , disappeared from doing films) plays George Owara (Moon Mask Rider's new alter-ego), and the rest of the cast made up of veteran action starlets: Sue Shihomi, Daijiro Harada and Takayuki Godai.
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The Second Is a Christian (1985) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
二代目はクリスチャン
director: Kazuyuki Izutsu actor: Etsuko Shihomi / Akira Emoto …
other title: 二代目はクリスチャン
The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different men - one the happy-go-lucky yakuza gangster, Haruhiko who is the next-in-line to takeover the ragtag "Tenryu Gumi" gang and the other bumbling police detective Kumashiro. The Tenryu Gumi is a collection of misfits and other troublemakers but are relatively peaceful due to their Christian beliefs. Their bitter rivals are the more traditional "Kuroiwa Gumi", a much more sadistic and violent group led by godfather Kuroiwa.
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Bodyguard Kiba 2 (1973) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
ボディガード牙　必殺三角飛び
director: Ryuichi Takamori actor: Sonny Chiba / Tsunehiko Watase …
other title: ボディガード牙　必殺三角飛び / Bodigaado Kiba: Hissatsu sankaku tobi
Kiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the violent acts he has committed. Once he's out, he begins working as a bodyguard in a club that is crawling with gangsters.
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Message from Space (1978) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB Skybridge
宇宙からのメッセージ
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Vic Morrow / Sonny Chiba …
other title: Sternenkrieg im Weltall / Les Évadés de l'espace …
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to Gavana Prince Hans to young Terrans Meia, Kido, and Aaron all have different reactions to being chosen.
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Karate Bullfighter (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
けんか空手 極真拳
director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi actor: Sonny Chiba / Jirô Chiba …
other title: けんか空手 極真拳
Sonny Chiba plays Kyokushin Karate founder Masutatsu Oyama, who unexpectedly arrives at a karate tournament in rags, but wins the tournament. After turning down the chance to fight at future tournaments he returns to his simple village life. He reluctantly returns to karate for a final showdown against the students of a rival school.
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The Street Fighter (1974) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
激突! 殺人拳
director: Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Osamu Kaneda / Sonny Chiba …
other title: Den sorte drage / Der Wildeste von allen …
Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.
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Roaring Fire (1981) [Movie] TMDB WikiData NeoDB IMDb Douban
吼えろ鉄拳
director: Norifumi Suzuki actor: Hiroyuki Sanada / Sonny Chiba …
other title: Diamantenauge / Le Feu de la vengeance …
On his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji’s real parents died tragically in a plane crash. Shortly thereafter Joji goes to Japan is search of his sister and his twin brother Toru. Joji’s quickly finds his sister Chihiro who is now blind and lives with their uncle. Joji one evening accidently over hears his uncle who has ties to the criminal underworld discussing his various illegal operations. Joji ‘s eavesdropping is discovered by his uncle who offers him a chance to join the organization. Joji promptly turns his uncle’s offer down which immediately puts his life in danger.
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Dragon Princess (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
必殺女拳士
director: Yutaka Kohira actor: Etsuko Shihomi / Yasuaki Kurata …
other title: 必殺女拳士
A karate master played by Sonny Chiba is attacked and left crippled and blinded in one eye. He trains his daughter (Etsuko Shihomi) with the intention of her avenging not only himself but a murdered friend.
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The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
逆襲！殺人拳
director: Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Sonny Chiba / Reiko Ike …
other title: 逆襲！殺人拳 / The Street Fighters Last Revenge …
Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crossed. So he wants the tape back.