Machiko Yashiro — Actor (24)
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Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
怪猫　呪いの沼
director: Yoshihiro Ishikawa actor: Ryōhei Uchida / Kōtarō Satomi …
other title: Pântano Amaldiçoado / 怪猫　呪いの沼
Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.
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The Mysterious Cape (1963) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
旗本退屈男　謎の竜神岬
director: Yasushi Sasaki actor: Utaemon Ichikawa / Kōtarō Satomi …
other title: 旗本退屈男　謎の竜神岬
Ryujin Misaki, located at the edge of the Genkai Sea, is known as an isolation ward for leprosy patients. When Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogun, hears news of a doctor gone missing, he begins to suspect that things are not what they seem at Ryujin Misaki. Intent on discovering the truth, Saotome launches a private investigation.
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha (1959) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
べらんめえ芸者
director: Eiichi Koishi actor: Hibari Misora / Shinjirō Ehara …
other title: べらんめえ芸者
Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an argument between their two fathers. Can their love survive in spite of the bitterness between their two families?
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Police Precinct: Backing Investigation (1963) [Movie] TMDB
警視庁物語 ウラ付け捜査
director: Hajime Sato actor: Yūji Hori / Tokue Hanazawa …
other title: 警視庁物語 ウラ付け捜査
A man confessed to killing a woman in a labyrinth 2 years ago. The detectives must now conduct a "backing investigation" to determine whether his confession is true, because the law states that a confession alone is not enough to make the case. The 20nd work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.
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Gang vs. Gang (1962) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
ギャング対ギャング
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Koji Tsuruta / Tatsuo Umemiya …
other title: Die Killer von Tokio / ギャング対ギャング
The plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the blame for a fellow gang member’s crime. However, his former gang boss seems to have gone to seed, with people now killing each other and dealing in drugs. The hero then teams up with a lone operator (Tamba) who specialises in shaking down gangsters.
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Brothers Serving Time (1969) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
懲役三兄弟
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Ken Takakura / Bunta Sugawara …
other title: 懲役三兄弟
While imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking order. After initial conflict they become sworn brothers. Tatsu and the sworn brothers he acquires weren’t really gangsters before their prison time, just ruffians. Prison, however, introduces them to plenty of gangland characters and three years later, they’re out of prison and enmeshed in the yakuza world.
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Dice and Swords (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
遊侠三国志　鉄火の花道
director: Akinori Matsuo actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Hideki Takahashi …
other title: 遊侠三国志　鉄火の花道
The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything is being rebuilt from the ground up. Odera crime syndicate saw this as an opportunity to expand its territory. The Odera boss arranges marriage between his daughter Orin (Ruriko Asaoka) and the son of notorious Gyotoku clan, but Orin’s heart belonged to Shinjiro (Yujiro Ishihara), a member of her father’s clan.