Gajirō Satō — Actor (22)
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Dinosaur Corps Koseidon (1978) [TV] IMDb TMDB WikiData
恐竜戦隊コセイドン
actor: Yoshihiro Onishi / Nanami Murano …
other title: Koseidon / 恐竜戦隊コセイドン
The series follows the adventures of Go, a superhero leading a patrol who travel in time to defeat the Godmess Empire, an alien armada who, after landing on Earth 70 million years ago, has altered the course of time. Go's enemies include dinosaurs which are telepathically controlled by the aliens. He has the ability to stop time for 30 seconds.
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The Killing Game (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
殺人遊戯
director: Tōru Murakawa actor: Yūsaku Matsuda / Yutaka Nakajima …
other title: 殺人遊戯
The second movie of Tôru Murakawa's "Game" trilogy. After making a sensational hit, a hitman has gone into hiding for five years. When he comes back he bumps into two women that he has spared five years ago. Two rival yakuza bosses hire Narumi to kill the other. Will Narumi's sense of chivalry entrap him again?
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The Classroom of Terror (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
暴力教室
director: Akihisa Okamoto actor: Yūsaku Matsuda / Hiroshi Tachi …
other title: The classroom of terror / 暴力教室
Yusaku Matsuda plays an ex-boxer who killed an opponent during a fight. He is brought into a school to deal with a gang of disruptive students led by Hiroshi Tachi.
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G.I. Samurai (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
戦国自衛隊
director: Kōsei Saitō actor: Sonny Chiba / Isao Natsuyagi …
other title: Time Slip - Der Tag der Apokalypse / Les Guerriers de l'Apocalypse …
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.
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Pink Lady's Motion Picture (1978) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
ピンクレディーの活動大写真
director: Tsugunobu Kotani actor: Keiko Masuda / Mie …
other title: ピンクレディーの活動大写真 / Pink Lady no Katsudō Daishashin
The Japanese pop music duo Pink Lady are circus performers who show kindness toward a captured "monster," a sad, furry being (played by a man in a bulky, over-sized pink acrylic costume) who suffers acts of unusual cruelty by the keeper and ringmaster before the girls escape with the creature in a circus trailer.
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Nuns That Bite (1977) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB
女獄門帖　引き裂かれた尼僧
director: 牧口雄二 actor: Haruka Tajima / ひろみ摩耶 …
other title: 여옥문첩 - 찢겨진 여승 / 女獄門帖　引き裂かれた尼僧 …
A woman on the run is raped, rescued, then raped again. Escaping, she heads for the hills and finds safe haven at a convent. After becoming a postulant (trainee nun), she catches her fellow sisters engaging in lesbianism, fighting over nothing, hurling snakes at each other, and engaging in mild flesh eating.
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Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
キネマの天地
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiichi Nakai / Narimi Arimori …
other title: Prise finale / キネマの天地 …
Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player. After the studio's top leading lady is embroiled in a scandal, Koharu is suddenly thrust into the limelight when she replaces her in a film and gains instant fame and fortune. But the going is not always easy, and she soon seeks help from unexpected quarters.
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About Her Brother (2010) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
おとうと
director: 山田洋次 actor: 苍井优 / 加濑亮 …
other title: 年轻的弟弟 / 给弟弟的安眠曲(港) …
东京一隅，温柔善良的高野吟子（吉永小百合 饰）独自打理着去世丈夫留下来的药店。过去的20年里，她和婆婆、女儿小春（蒼井優 饰）住在一起，虽颇多艰辛，但日子平淡幸福。如今，女儿将要嫁作人妻，吟子喜悦之余仍不免有所忧虑。原来在丈夫13周年忌辰上，她的弟弟铁郎（笑福亭鹤瓶 饰）醉酒胡闹，惹得亲朋不快。吟子和哥哥庄平（小林稔侍 饰）有意瞒着弟弟，然而得到消息的铁郎依旧欢喜前来，而且照例醉酒闹事。铁郎的举动不仅让家人颜面尽失，也影响了小春的婚姻。此后的日子里，这个年过半百却总也长不大的弟弟成为了姐姐久久无法割舍的牵绊……
本片为日本国宝级导演山田洋次向市川昆致敬之作，受邀参加第60届柏林影展，并荣获电影节特别奖。
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Proof of the Man (1977) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
人間の証明
director: Junya Satō actor: Mariko Okada / George Kennedy …
other title: 人間の証明 / Sombras de una guerra …
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
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Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
男はつらいよ　夜霧にむせぶ寅次郎
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: Marions-les / 男はつらいよ　夜霧にむせぶ寅次郎
In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate Province. Tora-san refuses to drink with him, afraid that the acquaintance, now settled and married, will again become attracted to Tora-san's wandering existence. Tora-san becomes attracted to a female barber, but must break off their relationship so that she too can live a secure life. She instead gets into an abusive relationship with a motorcyclist.
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It's Tough Being a Man (1969) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban WikiData IMDb
男はつらいよ
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: C'est dur d'être un homme / Tora-san. It's Tough Being a Man …
Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting and ruining Sakura's chance to marry someone, as well as just being a real pain to those around him. There is a sentimental side to him also, and the best way to describe him is that he grows on you.
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Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san (1982) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
男はつらいよ 寅次郎あじさいの恋
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: L'indécis / 男はつらいよ 寅次郎あじさいの恋 …
During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist. At his home, Tora-san makes a good impression on the old man's maid, who apparently falls in love with Tora-san.
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Stage-Struck Tora-san (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
男はつらいよ 寅次郎わが道をゆく
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: Tora san entre en scène / 男はつらいよ 寅次郎わが道をゆく …
Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who looks up to Tora-san.
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Foster Daddy, Tora! (1980) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
男はつらいよ 寅次郎かもめ歌
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: Un drôle de père / 男はつらいよ 寅次郎かもめ歌 …
After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she can study for a night school exam.
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Talk of the Town Tora-san (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho …
other title: Elle court, elle court la rumeur / 男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎 …
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed when a beautiful lady starts working at Toraya.
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Ninja Wars (1982) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
伊賀忍法帖
director: Kōsei Saitō actor: Hiroyuki Sanada / Jun Miho …
other title: Die unheimliche Macht der Ninjas / 伊賀忍法帖 …
A fortuneteller prophesizes that whoever marries the beautiful Ukio will become the ruler of the world. Naturally, this makes her very popular with those vying for power, particularly the insatiably greedy Lord Donjo. Only the ninja Jotaro can stop Donjo's plan, but to do so, he must first battle the deadly team of "Devil Monks" serving the lord. Will Jotaro succeed in his mission? And if so, will Ukio marry him, thus making him the ruler of the world?
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A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen (2000) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb
十五才 学校IV
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Yuta Kanai / Hideakazu Akai …
other title: 十五才 学校IV
Bored with school, 15-year-old Daisuke Kawashima embarks on a pilgrimage to visit the 7,000-year-old cedar tree on distant Yakushima Island. Through his journey, Daisuke meets a number of interesting people, including friendly truck driver Sumire and a mysterious mountaineer girl.
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Supermarket Woman (1996) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
スーパーの女
director: 伊丹十三 actor: 宫本信子 / 加藤昌彦 …
other title: 超市之女 / スーパーの女 …
A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty of ideas for revitalizing his business.