Shigeru Kōyama — Actor (63)
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Black Dead Ball (1963) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
黒の死球
director: Shunkai Mizuho actor: Ken Utsui / Yukiko Fuji …
other title: 黒の死球
A talent scout who had his eyes set on a star left-handed pitcher in the high school baseball world falls to his death at his hotel. Was it a homicide or suicide? His junior colleague pursues the mystery of his death.
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Faraway Tomorrow (1979) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
遠い明日
director: Tatsumi Kumashiro actor: Tomokazu Miura / Ayumi Ishida …
other title: 遠い明日
A young man walks through the streets holding a sign that reads, “The trial for the Tobata Incident 19 years ago was a frame-up!” He has taken up the fight alone on behalf of his innocent father, who is serving time for murder.
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Chronicle of the Town Magistrate (1992) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
町奉行日記
director: Eiichi Kudō actor: Ken Watanabe / Kimiko Ikegami …
other title: 町奉行日記
In a maelstrom of evil, can a new magistrate, samurai Mochizuki Koheita, with a reputation like an alley cat, bring order to the town of Horisoto, or is he, too a corrupt villain looking to gain wealth from the oppressed people? From the pen of famed samurai author Yamamoto Shugoro, this exciting tale turns the tables on the standard samurai story with a unique lead character previously portrayed in Ichikawa Kon’s “Dora Heita.”
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The Eccentric Shinza (1987) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
へそ曲がり新左
director: Eiichi Kudō actor: Bunta Sugawara / Shigeru Kōyama …
other title: へそ曲がり新左
Shinza is known for his stubborn personality and continues to hold a low-ranking position as a magistrate, despite his colleague Kato becoming the deputy chief retainer. His daughter has feelings for Hachiro, one of her father's subordinates, but she is afraid to express her emotions because of Shinza's intimidating presence. One day, Shinza gets involved in a violent incident within the castle.
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Shogunate Secret Ninja (1983) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Oniwaban Himon Ansatsusha
director: Masahiro Takase actor: Ayumi Tachieda / Katsuhiko Watabiki …
other title: Oniwaban Himon Ansatsusha
Lord Tokugawa Tsunatoyo, bound for Edo to be sworn in as the next shogun, is the target of merciless ninja assassins hired by corrupt officials hoping to put their own candidate in his place. His only hope is the “Oniwaban,” the shogunate’s secret ninja force, sworn to throw their lives down recklessly to prevent this coup. But will they stand a chance of getting the lord to his ceremony in time? A perilous chase, betrayal after betrayal, and a final bloodbath await them as ninja battle ninja in one last, desperate struggle.
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Undercover Ninja: Secret Assassins (1983) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
お庭番秘聞　暗殺者
director: Masahiro Takase actor: Mikijiro Hira / Shigeru Kōyama …
other title: お庭番秘聞　暗殺者
The federal lord of Kofu, Tunatoyo (Tsutomu Isobe), was elected to be the next General. On his way on a trip to Edo for the ceremony, his scapegoat was shot. Oometsuke ordered an Oniwaban, Shinnosuke Takusyoku (Mikijiro Hira) to take Tsunatoyo to Edo safely. However, the enemy turned out to be his younger brother and the federal lord of Tatebayashi Kiyotake (Yoshihiro Kobayashi). On top of that, the Oniwaban sent by Kiyotake to assassinate Tsunatoyo was Shinsuke's father-in-law, Genshin Uno (Shigeru Kamiyuama).
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Seventeen Ninja (1990) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
十七人の忍者
director: Kiyoshi Miyakoshi actor: Isao Natsuyagi / Sonny Chiba …
other title: 十七人の忍者
This remake of the classic film features the addition of Chiba Shinichi and Natsuyagi Isao as political intrigue reigns supreme. Tadanaga, the younger son of Shogun Hidetada has signed a dangerous pact with the intention of preventing his older brother Iemitsu from taking his rightful place as heir to the shogun's seat. During the early years of the Tokugawa shogunate highly skilled ninja groups carried out secret missions, and it falls upon Iga Jigoza's force of 17 ninja to infiltrate the enemy's stronghold and steal the pact from Negoro leader Saiga Magokuro.
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Good-bye Moscow (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
さらばモスクワ愚連隊
director: Hiromichi Horikawa actor: Yūzō Kayama / Toshiko Morita …
other title: さらばモスクワ愚連隊
Ex-jazz pianist turned promoter finds he is successful, but empty. When an entrepreneur sends him to Moscow with a jazz combo, he falls in with the dissident youth of the city, and again finds life empty.
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Kandagawa (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
神田川
director: Masanobu Deme actor: Keiko Takahashi / Masao Kusakari …
other title: 神田川
Based on a blockbuster song by Kaguyahime, a folk group. Makoto, a college student who belongs to a puppet theatre club, meets Michiko, who works at a printing factory, and they come to learn the bitterness and sadness of love. The two live humbly by the River Kanda, but are viewed coldly by people around them.
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Blood End (1969) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
天狗党
director: Satsuo Yamamoto actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Ayako Wakao …
other title: Tengu-tô / 天狗党
Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time of famine. He is befriended by Kada Gentaro, a leader in the Mito Tengu group, which plans to overthrow the shogunate.