Shōhei Hino — Actor (16)
The Goblin of Mt. Kurama (2001) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
鞍馬天狗
other title: 鞍馬天狗
The year 1864: The Shinsengumi, the shogun’s armed force in Kyoto ripped the city apart, with blades in hand, searching for pockets of resistance, slaughtering the samurai who sought to bring down the shogunate and restore Japan’s emperor to power. By chance, Murao Mayumi and his sister Shiho, meet samurai Kurata. Murao, seeking his fortune with his sword-arm, will join Shinsengumi, never suspecting his friend Kurata is secretly Kurama Tengu, who hides his face in a black hood, and who will tear a bloody swath through Shinsengumi’s massed blades, to aid the samurai who had taken up the emperor’s cause. Will friend kill friend in a time of war?
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.
Time Limit (2003) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
タイムリミット
other title: タイムリミット
Mizusawa (Takenouchi Yutaka), an explosives expert, is arrested and charged with a string of bank robberies. Because he is a flight risk, Detective Kayama (Ogata Ken) is assigned to transport Mizusawa to Shizuoka for questioning. On the way, Kayama receives word that the hotel where his wife and daughter are attending a party has been rigged with a time bomb. Being a "by-the-book" kind of cop, Kayama refuses to abandon his job and return to help his family. Meanwhile, the hotel is swarming with police and the bomb squad who are searching for the bomb and the culprit. Time is almost up. Mizusawa claims that he is the only who who can deactivate the bomb.
A Yakuza in Love (1997) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
恋極道
director: Rokurō Mochizuki actor: Eiji Okuda / Yūna Natsuo
other title: 恋極道
When an innocent young country girl falls for a low level yakuza, she enters a completely different world in which the line between good and evil are quickly blurred. Through great ups and downs their love will be tested, but the ultimate test lies in whether or not they will survive the downward pull of the lifestyle they have chosen.
Mobsters' Confessions (1998) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
極道懺悔録
other title: 極道懺悔録
Small-time con man Jiro makes his living tricking small businesses out of large sums of money. In the process he acquires a helpmate Kumiko, a refugee from her stepfather's sexual abuse. But things start to get out of control when yakuza boss Kamewada muscles in on the action.
Onihei Crime Files: Sutegoro Takahagi (2010) [Movie] TMDB
鬼平犯科帳スペシャル 高萩の捨五郎
other title: 鬼平犯科帳スペシャル 高萩の捨五郎
Takahagi Sutegoro is highly skilled at casing locations for thieves so that he can sell detailed floor plans to them. He suffers an injury to his leg while trying to help a parent and a child being threatened by samurai. Heizo jumps in and chases the samurai away. Feeling indebted to Heizo, Sutegoro decides to become his spy. Now, together they will try to stop scheming Myogi Danemon’s gang of merciless thieves...
Crest of Betrayal (1994) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
忠臣蔵外伝 四谷怪談
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Koichi Sato / Saki Takaoka
other title: Histoire de fantômes à Yotsuya / 忠臣蔵外伝 四谷怪談
Weaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and loyalty, and the second is a ghost story about a beautiful woman who falls victim to passion and evil.
Eijanaika (1981) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
ええじゃないか
other title: Pourquoi pas ? / Eijanaika (Qué más da)
The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji Restoration. It examines the effects of the political and social upheaval of the time, and culminates in a revelrous march on the Tokyo Imperial Palace, which turns into a massacre. Characteristically, Imamura focuses not on the leaders of the country, but on characters in the lower classes and on the fringes of society.