Etsushi Toyokawa — Actor (42)
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The Goofball (1998)
愚か者 傷だらけの天使 IMDb TMDB
Junji Sakamoto actor: Claude Maki / Kazuma Suzuki …
other title: 愚か者 傷だらけの天使
Hisashi gets fired from his temp job due to his impulsiveness. One day he meets Chikako, a housewife who constantly shoplifts at the supermarket he regularly goes. He somehow agrees to help her to look for her run-away son, Masaru. Unfortunate to Hisashi, Masaru starts following his around instead of returning home, after he was found by Hisashi. Then they end up stealing a gun from a police officer! In their course of running away, the similar two who cannot adapt to society very well start to develop a mutual friendship…
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An Angel with Many Scars (1997)
傷だらけの天使 IMDb TMDB
Junji Sakamoto actor: Etsushi Toyokawa / Claude Maki …
other title: 傷だらけの天使
An odd journey starts as Mitsuru, a private detective, and a boy, whom a dying mobster entrusts to him, decide to go to northern Japan in search of the boy’s mother, and the detective’s buddy Hisashi joins them later.
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Postcard (2010)
一枚のハガキ WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kaneto Shindō actor: Etsushi Toyokawa / Naomasa Musaka …
other title: 一枚のハガキ / Ichimai no hagaki
Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the war ends, Keita visits his comrade's wife Yuko and bears witness to the tragic life she has led.
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I Never Shot Anyone (2020)
一度も撃ってません WikiData IMDb TMDB
Junji Sakamoto actor: Renji Ishibashi / Michiyo Yasuda …
other title: 一度も撃ってません
Renji Ishibashi, starring in the movie for the first time in 18 years, plays a hero with two faces, a dull novelist and a legendary killer. Susumu Ichikawa, an obsolete writer with no manuscript at all, had another face - a legendary hitman. But the truth of the matter is... he had never shot a person. One day, he receives a murder request from a friend. Seeing this as an opportunity to achieve the ideal hard-boiled novel, he decides to hire a real hitman and demands that he report to him the assassination situation as it was.
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Night Head (1994)
NIGHT HEAD 劇場版 IMDb TMDB
George Iida actor: Shinji Takeda / Megumi Okina …
other title: NIGHT HEAD 劇場版
The movie version of the TV series that gained cult popularity. One day, the Kirihara brothers who have supernatural powers meet a supernatural power girl named Sakie Tengen, and fight against an organization that has noticed her ability.
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Tuff Part I - Origin (1990)
タフ PART I 誕生編 IMDb TMDB
Masato Harada actor: Kazuya Kimura / Junko Mihara …
other title: タフ PART I 誕生編
Jiro, a freelancer working at a delivery pizza shop, witnesses the brilliant killing techniques of professional assassin Nejime at a gangster's office where he makes deliveries. Jiro rescues the wounded Nejime and volunteers to become his apprentice. From that day on, Jiro learns the art of killing in a dog eats dog world.
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The Lakeside Murder Case (2005)
レイクサイド マーダーケース WikiData IMDb TMDB
Shinji Aoyama actor: Koji Yakusho / Hiroko Yakushimaru …
other title: レイクサイド マーダーケース / Lakeside Murder Case
Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school's entrance exam with the help of a private tutor. One night, one of the wives confesses to her husband that she has killed his mistress.
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Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 (2023)
仕掛人・藤枝梅安2 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Shunsaku Kawake actor: Etsushi Toyokawa / Ainosuke Kataoka …
other title: 仕掛人・藤枝梅安2 / Shikake-nin Fujieda Baian 2
The main character, Baian Fujieda, is a dark hero who has two faces: one as a skilled acupuncturist who saves lives, and the other as a criminal who buries evil that cannot be kept alive for the sake of others. Popular writer Shotaro Ikenami's historical novel series of the same title, on which the film "BAIAN The Assassin, M.D." is based, is a blockbuster bestseller with a total of over 6 million copies in print and has been made into a timeless entertainment film many times in Japan. Many famous actors have played the role of Baian, including Ken Watanabe. The year 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of Shotaro Ikenami's birth. In the anniversary year of 2023, a new "BAIAN The Assassin, M.D." is born.
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Dialogue (1992)
「堕落」～ある人妻の追跡調査～ IMDb TMDB
Akio Jissoji actor: Keiko Kaga / Katsumi Muramatsu …
other title: 「堕落」～ある人妻の追跡調査～
A man hires a Private Investigator in order to find proof that his wife has been cheating on him. Soon, we learn that the man’s plan is to set the wife up, divorce her and remarry again in America with the daughter of his boss.
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It's Only Talk (2006)
やわらかい生活 IMDb TMDB
Ryuichi Hiroki actor: Shinobu Terajima / Etsushi Toyokawa …
other title: やわらかい生活
Based on an award winning novel, It's Only Talk is about the life of Yuko, a 35-year old woman. She is single and unemployed, and suffers from manic depression. The movie begins with Yuko moving to Kamata Town.
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Another Battle (2000)
新・仁義なき戦い。 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Junji Sakamoto actor: Etsushi Toyokawa / Tomoyasu Hotei …
other title: Shin Jinginaki Tatakai / 新・仁義なき戦い。 …
Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with a distaste for crime gangs. When a yakuza boss dies, a struggle for his position takes place between Kaneo's boss Awano and the young Nakahira. Nakahira's men try to extort money from Masatatsu, bringing him in between a yakuza battle.
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Tange Sazen : The Jar Worth One Million Ryo (2004)
丹下左膳 百万両の壺 IMDb TMDB
Toshio Tsuda actor: Shigeru Araki / Kumiko Aso …
other title: Tange Sazen : Le Pot d'un million de ryō / 丹下左膳 百万両の壺
Tange Sazen: Hyakuman Ryo no Tsubo is a remake of a classic 1935 film of the same name by Yamanaka Sadao. Tange Sazen, the one-armd, one-eyed ex-samurai swordsman is the creation of Hayashi Fubo and was one of the most popular characters of the era. This remake is helmed by freshman director Tsuda Toshio, starring Toyokawa Etsushi as Sazen and Wakui Emi as Ofuji, his quick-witted wife. This marks the 34th film in the series of Tange Sazen, and involves an Urn that is worth a million Ryo!.
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Samurai Marathon (2019)
サムライマラソン IMDb TMDB
Bernard Rose actor: Takeru Satoh / Nana Komatsu …
other title: Samurai Marathon - I sicari dello Shogun / Samurai Marathon 1855 …
When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independent-minded daughter Yuki secretly joins the race.
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Sword of Desperation (2010)
必死剣 鳥刺し WikiData IMDb TMDB
Hideyuki Hirayama actor: Etsushi Toyokawa / Chizuru Ikewaki …
other title: 必死剣 鳥刺し
A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed to return to his clan after only one year of imprisonment. Following his return, Kanemi is faced with the death of his wife, Mutsue. Thereafter, Kanemi lives with and cares for his wife's niece, Satoo, who has secret affections for Kanemi and expresses them by helping change his bleak outlook on life. Meanwhile, Kanemi's develops his unique "bird-catching" sword technique which he will soon put to test in battle for the first time against the fearsome swordsman, Hayatonosho Obiya.