Nenji Kobayashi — Actor (77)

Movie

Railroad Man (1999)
鉄道員
Yasuo Furuhata actor: Ken Takakura / Ryoko Hirosue …
other title: Poppoya / 鉄道員 …
A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his career as a railroader. His life takes a turn when he meets a young woman with an interest in trains who resembles his daughter.

TV

The Black Leather Notebook (2004)
黒革の手帖 part of TV Series: The Black Leather Notebook Douban NeoDB
松田秀知 / 藤田明二 actor: 米仓凉子 / 仲村亨 …
金光闪耀的银座最近来了一个迷人的妈妈桑元子(米仓凉子 饰),她的店面有着阔气的装修,前来消费的不是高官就是大款。而她每一次陪伴客人,都会从谈话间搜集与金钱有关的情报,并把一切记录在她的黑色皮革笔记本里。 元子以前是银行职员,凭着工作便利搜集了多年来银行内部所有空帐假账的人物名单。在盗用银行一亿两千万日元被行长发现后,便拿出记录了名单的黑色皮革笔记本。 元子的目标是要在银座开一家最大最阔气的店,为此不惜牺牲了道义、爱情等人生一切代表美好的字眼。她毫不犹豫地往目标走去。

Movie

他的摩托,她的岛 (1986)
彼のオートバイ、彼女の島 Douban
大林宣彦 actor: 原田贵和子 / 渡边典子 …
other title: 彼のオートバイ、彼女の島 / 那一年的夏日午后 …
音乐大学学生,同时兼职原稿运送员的桥本巧(竹内力 饰)是个热爱机车的追风青年。偶然机会,他结识了前辈泽田秀政(三浦友和 饰)的妹妹冬美(渡边典子 饰),两人共度了浪漫的夜晚。对桥本来说,这只是机车男子必不可少的露水姻缘;而在纯洁的冬美看来,这便是一段美好爱情的开始。 在秀政的责问下,烦恼的桥本独自驾车前往信州旅行,打算好好思考和冬美的关系。但是他在这里却邂逅了开朗外向且喜爱机车的女孩白石美代子(原田貴和子 饰)。回到东京后,桥本结束了与冬美的恋情,与此同时,他与美代子的联系逐渐多了起来。似乎,这预示着另一段恋情的开始…… 本片改编自片冈义男的同名小说。

Movie

It's A Flickering Life (2021)
キネマの神様 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Yoji Yamada actor: 泽田研二 / 菅田将晖 …
other title: 向影神祈祷 / キネマの神様 …
The story centers on a man who loves movies, having once worked at movie studio in pursuit of his dreams, surrounded by great directors and famous actors. In this tale of love and friendship spanning a lifetime, the "god of cinema" that Go has worshipped since he was young will transcend time, and work a miracle in the lives of one family.

Movie

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss (1976)
新仁義なき戦い 組長最後の日
Kinji Fukasaku actor: Bunta Sugawara / Chieko Matsubara …
other title: 新仁義なき戦い 組長最後の日 / Nouveau combat sans code d'honneur 3 : les Derniers Jours du boss …
The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constantly bullied by the upper organization and “bleed in vain” in gang wars.

Movie

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)
新仁義なき戦い 組長の首 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
other title: 新仁義なき戦い 組長の首 / Nouveau combat sans code d'honneur 2 : La Tête du boss …
The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for territorial rights and drug smuggling. The Owada sends their man, Tetsu, and his friend Shuji to kill the Kyoei boss. With the promise of fame and riches, Shuji takes the fall and goes to jail for 7 years. But when he's released, he discovers that he and Tetsu have been all but forgotten by the Owada. Feeling betrayed, Shuji takes matters into his own hands and becomes an unsuspecting pawn in an internal conflict and an assassination attempt on the Owada boss. And now angered, Shuji seeks revenge...

Movie

Curse of the Dog God (1977)
犬神の悪霊
Shunya Ito actor: Shin'ya Ohwada / Emiko Yamauchi …
other title: 犬神の悪霊 / 犬神之恶灵 …
A trio of young scientists investigate a source of uranium at the base of a sacred mountain, and after running over a dog, find themselves cursed by the locals.

Movie

Shogun's Samurai (1978)
柳生一族の陰謀
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.

Movie

Uzumasa Limelight (2014)
太秦ライムライト TMDB
Ken Ochiai actor: Seizō Fukumoto / Shogen …
other title: 太秦ライムライト
Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki. A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.

Movie

Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers (1972)
人斬り与太 狂犬三兄弟 IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
other title: 人斬り与太 狂犬三兄弟 / Okita le pourfendeur : les Trois Frères chiens fous …
The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s released he finds everything completely changed and his gang has swept him aside for being too violent. He tries to start a new life with his two ”brothers” but can’t seem to escape old affiliations

Movie

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)
仁義なき戦い 頂上作戦 IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
Kinji Fukasaku actor: Bunta Sugawara / Tatsuo Umemiya …
other title: The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 4: Police Tactics / Combat sans code d'honneur 4 : Opération au sommet …
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.

Movie

A Kamikaze Cop (1970)
やくざ刑事 IMDb TMDB
Yukio Noda actor: Sonny Chiba / Ryōji Hayama …
other title: やくざ刑事 / Kamikaze X-27
An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two rival Yakuza gangs. He pits the two rival gangs against each other in hopes that they will cross each other out.

Movie

The Hidden Blade (2004)
隠し剣 鬼の爪
Yoji Yamada actor: Masatoshi Nagase / Takako Matsu …
other title: La Servante et le Samouraï / La espada oculta …
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.

Movie

Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
やくざの墓場 くちなしの花 WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Kinji Fukasaku actor: Tetsuya Watari / Meiko Kaji …
other title: やくざの墓場 くちなしの花 / Tombe de yakuza et fleur de gardénia …
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.

Movie

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
女囚さそり 第41雑居房
Shunya Ito actor: Meiko Kaji / Fumio Watanabe …
other title: Sasori – Jailhouse 41 / Elle s'appelait Scorpion …
After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.

Movie

Suspicion (1982)
疑惑
other title: 疑惑
A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who perishes. Riding alongside him and surviving unhurt is his second wife, Kumako. It soon comes to light that Kumako’s husband was insured for 300 million yen and she is arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband for the insurance money. The newspapers denounce her as an evil woman, while the public is in no doubt about Kumako’s crime. Ritsuko Sahara is chosen as her defence attorney but the pair clash over almost everything...

Movie

Doberman Cop (1977)
ドーベルマン刑事 IMDb TMDB
Kinji Fukasaku actor: Sonny Chiba / Janet Hatta …
other title: Detective Doberman / ドーベルマン刑事
Joji Kano is a loose cannon cop from backwoods Okinawa, sent to Tokyo to investigate the grizzly murder of an Okinawa woman. As he probes deeper into the sleazy world of flesh-peddling, talent agency corruption and mob influence, Kano uncovers the shocking truth.

Movie

The Bullet Train (1975)
新幹線大爆破
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.