Kōichi Uenoyama — Actor (18)
Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
東海道お化け道中
director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda / Yoshiyuki Kuroda actor: Kōjirō Hongō / Pepe Hozumi
other title: La Légende des Yokai / 東海道お化け道中
In feudal Japan, gangsters chase a young girl who might testify against their boss. When the gangsters murder the girl's grandfather on sacred ground, the door is opened for the Yokai Monsters to step in.
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
探偵事務所23 くたばれ悪党ども
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Joe Shishido / Reiko Sasamori
other title: Ufficio investigativo 23: Crepate Bastardi! / Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards!
Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.
Youth of the Beast (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
野獣の青春
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Jō Shishido / Misako Watanabe
other title: La giovinezza di una belva umana / 野獣の青春
When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.
The Trial of Blood (1972) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
無宿人御子神の丈吉 牙は引き裂いた
director: Kazuo Ikehiro actor: Yoshio Harada / Katsuo Nakamura
other title: The Trail of Blood / 無宿人御子神の丈吉 牙は引き裂いた
Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three years, the gangs he embarrassed when he saved his wife find the family and leave Jokichi in grief, vowing revenge. To parry his terrible swift sword, rival gangs join forces, hiring a prostitute to pose as a woman needing help and breaking the code of honor to double cross the drifter. He finds unlikely allies: a thief who aids him for fun and a one-eyed swordsman who may be Jokichi's equal in skill and honor.
Haunted Castle (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
秘録怪猫伝
director: Tokuzō Tanaka actor: Kōjirō Hongō / Naomi Kobayashi
other title: 秘録怪猫伝
This period thriller concerns a very famous cat known as the "monster cat of Nabeshima". This cat, a symbol of vengeance in human disguise, takes revenge for the death of its master as well as for the corruption in the feudal system.
Cruel Gun Story (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
拳銃残酷物語
director: Takumi Furukawa actor: Joe Shishido / Chieko Matsubara
other title: 拳銃残酷物語
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their leverage is to promise him money for surgery for Rie. Togawa consents and plans the heist with three others. The plan is solid, but it doesn't go smoothly. Togawa must improvise, there are traitors somewhere, and double-crosses mount. Can Togawa escape with enough money to help his sister and ensure a passage out of Japan?
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
眠狂四郎炎情剣
director: Kenji Misumi actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Tamao Nakamura
other title: Kyoshiro Nemuri 5 Le sabreur et les pirates / 眠狂四郎炎情剣
Fifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman being attacked on the road, he quickly finds himself entangled in a conspiracy involving a corrupt chamberlain, a wily merchant, the survivors of a pirate gang, and a missing treasure trove.
Take Aim at the Police Van (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
13号待避線より その護送車を狙え
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Michitarō Mizushima / Mari Shiraki
other title: Assalto al blindato / 13号待避線より その護送車を狙え
A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.
Voice Without a Shadow (1958) [Movie] TMDB
影なき声
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Yôko Minamida / Hideaki Nitani
other title: 影なき声
Asako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued to haunt her. Years later her husband invites his boss, Hamazaki, over for dinner and she realises his voice is suspiciously like that of the killer. Before she can investigate further, Hamazaki is found dead and her husband becomes the prime suspect.
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
眠狂四郎無頼控 魔性の肌
director: Kazuo Ikehiro actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Haruko Wanibuchi
other title: Nemuri Kyoshiro 9 Une piste de pièges / 眠狂四郎無頼控 魔性の肌
The Son of the Black Mass returns in this ninth installment in Daiei's longstanding Nemuri Kyoshiro series. This time Raizo Ichikawa as Nemuri is called to see that a gold statuette of the Virgin Mary gets safe passage to Kyoto from the prying hands of a sect of murderous Christian ronin that call themselves the Black Finger Group.
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy (1966) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
眠狂四郎無頼剣
director: Kenji Misumi actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Shigeru Amachi
other title: 眠狂四郎無頼剣 / Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Villany
Nemuri Kyoshiro discovers a conspiracy centering around a band of disgruntled samurai wanting to avenge the death of their sensei, a political reformer that pushed for better provisions for the lower classes until he was assassinated by Shogunate agents. Their plot, to set fire to the oil refineries of two rich merchants and unleash a raging inferno that will hopefully burn down the Edo Castle.
Everything Goes Wrong (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
すべてが狂ってる
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Tamio Kawachi / Yoshiko Nezu
other title: On devient tous fous / すべてが狂ってる
Everything goes wrong when Jiro tries to break up his mother's relationship with a business man. The young rebel Jiro has to deal with an environment of crime and prostitution, and the impact of its choices on personal relationships: one with his mother, one with her business man lover and one with the girl in love with him.
Demon Spies (1974) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
鬼輪番
director: Takashi Tsuboshima actor: Masaomi Kondo / Toru Minegishi
other title: Les mercenaires du démon / 鬼輪番
Deep in the mountains of feudal Japan, a group of children endure cruel and unorthodox training in order to become the Shogunate's most secret and deadly weapons - the Demon Spies! Their true identities are hidden - even from each other. Behind their demon masks, they are educated in the deadly arts of infiltration, espionage, assassination - and seduction! If they survive to become strong enough to kill their teachers, they will become - the Demon Spies! Sent on a suicide mission to uncover a deadly conspiracy, five inexperienced Demon Spies must infiltrate a powerful fief, discover the location of its secret arsenal, and destroy it. But Lord Shogen, the Demon Hunter, plans to brutally interrogate, ingeniously torture, and cruelly execute - the Demon Spies!
Quick Draw Joe (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
早射ち野郎
director: Takashi Nomura actor: Joe Shishido / Reiko Sasamori
other title: 早射ち野郎
One day, a lone horseman rides into town with a wounded man strapped behind him. Joe, the Ace, had captured one of the bandits who had held up the armored payroll car headed for the dam construction site, takes the wounded man to the police and claims the reward offered. He is told to wait until the driver of the armored car returns to identify the bandit and goes over to the Blue Star where he is introduced to Mishima, the owner of the cabaret, who is highly respected in the town. Joe then meets Saburo, while fishing, and his lovely sister, who seem to sense the real man beneath the rough appearance and take him into their home. Word reaches Joe that the bandit he'd captured had been shot and he hurries over to the hospital.