Etsuko Shihomi — Actor (20)
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The Bullet Train (1975) [Movie] TMDB KevGa-NeoDB WikiData NeoDB IMDb Douban
新幹線大爆破
director: Junya Satō actor: Ken Takakura / Sonny Chiba …
other title: Super Expresso 109 / Panik im Tokio-Express …
A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb.
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The Killing Machine (1976) [Movie] TMDB
少林寺拳法
director: Norifumi Suzuki actor: Sonny Chiba / Yutaka Nakajima …
other title: 少林寺拳法 / Shaolin Karaté …
Mr. Soh, a righteous man with a cold stare and fists of steel, returns to a lawless post-war Japan in 1946. He protects the weak, defends the poor and knocks some good sense into friends and enemies alike. Rapists and gangsters get the worst of it, as Mr. Soh builds up his school on the island of Shikoku.
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Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
女必殺拳　危機一発
director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi actor: Etsuko Shihomi / Tamayo Mitsukawa …
other title: 女必殺拳　危機一発 / Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a thread …
Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into the nubile buttocks of Chinese prostitutes. Koryu's older sister, working as a jewelry designer, is secretly, if unhappily, involved with the gangsters.
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Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist (1976) [Movie] TMDB
女必殺五段拳
director: Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Etsuko Shihomi / Mitchi Love …
other title: 女必殺五段拳
Kiku Nakakawa, the only daughter of an old kimono shop owner in Kyoto, is enthusiastic about karate. To help her friend Michi avenge her brother, she sneaks into a movie studio in Kyoto where a drug dealing syndicate is based.
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The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi (1979) [Movie] TMDB
金田一耕助の冒険
director: Nobuhiko Obayashi actor: Ikko Furuya / Kunie Tanaka …
other title: 金田一耕助の冒険
Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known being The Inugami Family. Kosuke Kindaichi is the most famous detective in Japan. Kindaichi gets a new case to figure out who has beheaded a valuable statue and made off with its head.
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Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon (1977) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
ゴルゴ13：九竜の首
director: Yukio Noda actor: Sonny Chiba / Lun Chia …
other title: Golgo 13: Kowloon Assignment / Golgo 13: Kûron no kubi …
Duke Togo (codename: Golgo 13) is a ruthless assassin who's accepted a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate. His mission is to "rub out" Hong Kong's underworld kingpin. His main obstacle is the relentless Detective 'Smitty' Smith, determined to stop Togo no matter the cost. The result is an explosive adventure through the seamy, violent streets of Hong Kong.
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Shogun's Samurai (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
柳生一族の陰謀
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Sonny Chiba …
other title: Im Schatten des Shogun / Le Samourai et le Shogun …
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadanaga become bitter rivals for the shogunate, and the land is split into factions, eventually erupting into warfare. Iemitsu's mentor, his fencing instructor Yagyu, is fixated upon securing Iemitsu the shogunate and ends up betraying everyone, even his own family, in pursuit of the goal.
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Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB WikiData IMDb Douban
里見八犬伝
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Hiroko Yakushimaru / Hiroyuki Sanada …
other title: Die Legende von den acht Samurai / La Légende des huit samouraïs …
The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their clutches. She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of powerful magic crystal, led by Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba!) to help rescue the remaining members of her court and revenge her family. Along the way, they must fight undead warriors, evil spirits, poisonous beauties and a giant centipede.
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The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974) [Movie] TMDB WikiData Douban IMDb
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.
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Dragon Princess (1976) [Movie] TMDB
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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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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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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Fall Guy (1982) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
蒲田行進曲
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Keiko Matsuzaka / Morio Kazama …
other title: La Marche de Kamata / 蒲田行進曲 …
Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes a stuntman to make ends meet.
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Message from Space (1978) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
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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Bodyguard Kiba 2 (1973) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
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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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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The Moon Mask Rider (1981) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
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.