Junkichi Orimoto — Actor (25)
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No More Easy Life (1979) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
もう頬づえはつかない
director: Yōichi Higashi actor: Kaori Momoi / Eiji Okuda …
other title: もう頬づえはつかない / Mo hozue wa tsukanai …
Mariko is living the life of a typical Japanese college student in the 70's, spending far more of her time balancing boyfriends and part-time jobs than on her schoolwork. She finds herself torn between a former boyfriend who's the tough, insensitive-but-sexy, type, and a new acquaintance who's more sensitive to her feelings, but who still acts childishly selfish at times. Will she choose one of them, or decide to go her own way?
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MOROCCO: The Story of the Yokohama Follies (1996) [Movie] TMDB
ＭＯＲＯＣＣＯ(モロッコ)　横浜愚連隊物語
director: Seiji Izumi actor: Toshiro Yanagiba / Kayoko Kishimoto …
other title: ＭＯＲＯＣＣＯ(モロッコ)　横浜愚連隊物語
A group of cool guys strolling through the streets of Yokohama. They are Tatsu of Morocco and the gang led by Tatsu. They are not the slightest bit miserable about being a defeated country, and they are on equal footing with the white soldiers, taking supplies from the Occupation Forces, taking money from people, and even embracing the police to raise their spirits. Tatsu was one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Yokohama Regiment, and his free and unrestrained way of life attracted a steady stream of young men who took advantage of the postwar turmoil to join him.
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Dupe (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
かも
director: Hideo Sekigawa actor: Tatsuo Umemiya / Mako Midori …
other title: かも
A man who hunts for women and sells them to bars and cabarets. This film depicts the lives of men and women who breathe the dark side of the city and live with a mysterious strength amidst vice. The fourth film in the Night Youth series by the duo Umemiya Tatsuo and Midori Mako.
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Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer (1957) [Movie] TMDB
警視庁物語　夜の野獣
director: Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Kappei Matsumoto / Takashi Kanda …
other title: 警視庁物語　夜の野獣
After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department began canvassing the area around the crime scene. As a result, they found a wallet with bloodstains that seemed to belong to the victim, a woman's wallet that did not fit the field, earrings, and other valuable materials, which led them on a foot search. The woman's purse had been picked up by a male prostitute on the subway, and from the prostitute's testimony, they were able to identify the pickpocket's face, but the next day, the man was found dead in a road accident, apparently murdered.
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The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo (1982) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
江戸っ子祭 - 太助・家光・彦左
director: Kazuo Mori actor: Yoshie Ichige / Junkichi Orimoto …
other title: 江戸っ子祭 - 太助・家光・彦左
The fish market is to be moved to Shinagawa, and Tasuke Isshin (Jun Inoue) got in trouble. Hikosaemon Ookubo (Eijiro Tono) heard of it from Tasuke, and ask about it to Iemitsu (Ken Tanaka). However, on the contrary, Hikosaemon received penitence for a bribe that he doesn't know.
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The King and His Vassal (1981) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
江戸の大騒動
director: Kazuo Mori actor: Takanobu Hozumi / Yoshie Ichige …
other title: 江戸の大騒動
This is a story of "Takechiyo," the previous name of Iemitsu Tokunaga, the third Shogun (General). Takechiyo got sick of daily run-of-the-mill tasks, and it put him off being the Shogun, saying "there is no truth". Then, Hikozaemon Ookubo took him to Tasuke Isshin to bring him up into a full-fledged and admirable man.
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Hanzo, the Razor (1993) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
御用牙
director: Akira Inoue actor: Ken Watanabe / Masahiko Tsugawa …
other title: 御用牙
During Tenpo period, Bakuhu announced a law regulating expenditures in order to improve the financial situation. However, Doshin of a government office Itami Hanzo, called Kamisori Hanzo, challenged Bakuhu's oppressive way. Because of this, his father Magobei was told to kill himself by the Bakuhu and Hanzo himself was demoted. Five years later, Hanzo came back to the government office and implement a law regulating expenditures. He stands up for revenge Torii Kainokami who desires power as he likes.
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Song of Vengeance (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
復讐の歌が聞える
director: Masahisa Sadanaga / Shigeyuki Yamane actor: Yoshio Harada / Ryōhei Uchida …
other title: 復讐の歌が聞える
Executive management of a major Tokyo construction company are getting bumped off one after another. It seems obvious that it is a former partner of the company with a long-standing grudge who is responsible, but he died in the first ten minutes of the movie. Or did he? This may aptly be described as a giallo-noir for the unrelenting string of murders by a mystery man and the black-and-white gritty urban setting.
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Mist and Shadows (1961) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
霧と影
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Tetsuro Tamba / Tatsuo Umemiya …
other title: 霧と影
A veteran reporter and a young journalist doggedly pursue clues through sheer persistence and intuition to unravel the mystery behind the sudden death of a teacher in the remote Hokuriku region. In pursuit of the truth, they are led to a web of corporate fraud, an inbred village, bundles of toilet paper, and flatfoots with something to hide as the bodies pile up.
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Goodbye Japan (1995) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
さよならニッポン！
director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi actor: Mariko Fuji / Tonpei Hidari …
other title: さよならニッポン！
A political satire comedy depicting the turmoil caused when the residents of a small island in Okinawa, feeling neglected by the Japanese government's response, declare independence.
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Detective (1964) [Movie] TMDB
刑事
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Tetsuro Tamba / Kōtarō Satomi …
other title: 刑事
The first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a criminal, which takes place in Yokohama. Tamba enthusiastically plays a police inspector who pursues a criminal who kidnapped his sister.
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Nemuri Kyōshirō (1989) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
眠狂四郎
director: Tokuzō Tanaka actor: Eiichiro Funakoshi / Kei Saitô …
other title: 眠狂四郎
Kyoshiro rescues Shizu who was being abused by her husband, even since she had been violated by the man posing as Ieyoshi. He then learned that Ieyoshi had been acting oddly ever since returning from Kyoto six months ago. Sir Fumiya's investigation of the O'oku (Shogun's harem in Edo Castle) uncovered the plot and reported that Sir Higo-no-Kami had been controlling the fraud. That's when Kyoshiro heads to Kyoto to find clues...