Tokue Hanazawa — Actor (42)
Police Precinct (1956) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
警視庁物語 逃亡五分前
other title: 警視庁物語 逃亡五分前
A taxi robbery and murder occurred in Fukagawa late at night. Detectives Nagata and Miyagawa of the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division, who suspect the perpetrator as a habitual offender, flew to Yanagibashi using the remains as clues, and suspect a forester, but before this case was closed, a new incident using the same method occurred in Shinbashi, and this time the driver's corpse was not found.
Kandagawa (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
神田川
other title: 神田川
Based on a blockbuster song by Kaguyahime, a folk group. Makoto, a college student who belongs to a puppet theatre club, meets Michiko, who works at a printing factory, and they come to learn the bitterness and sadness of love. The two live humbly by the River Kanda, but are viewed coldly by people around them.
Manchurian Sunset (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
夕日と拳銃
other title: 夕日と拳銃
A film adaptation of the original novel by Kazuo Dan. This exciting film, set in Asia on the eve of violent changes, tells the story of a young man Rinnosuke Date, who, following his dream, love and passion, breaks through the blood- and dust-drenched land of Manchuria with a pistol in a piercing wind.
A Descendant of Urashima Taro (1946) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
浦島太郎の後裔
director: Mikio Naruse actor: Susumu Fujita / Hideko Takamine
other title: Les Descendants de Taro Urashima / 浦島太郎の後裔
Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who becomes populist politician in the Japanese Happiness Party.
Rainbow Over the Pacific (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
夜明けの二人
director: Yoshitarō Nomura actor: Yukio Hashi / Jun Mayuzumi
other title: 夜明けの二人
Rainbow Over the Pacific is a tale of romance that moves from the streets of Tokyo to the islands of Hawaii as it weaves the story of two star-crossed lovers--Hideo (Yukio Hashi), an aspiring photographer from Japan, and Reiko (Jun Mayuzumi), a beautiful Sansei Cherry Blossom contestant from Hawaii--who are drawn together by destiny, yet appear to be fated to be apart. Will the sun set on their young love, or will it be the dawn of a new relationship?
In Tears (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
泣かせるぜ
other title: 泣かせるぜ
Hiroshi is the second officer on board the Hakuromaru. Lead by his captain, he heads out to town to recruit new crew members for their next voyage. Hiroshi is baffled when his captain approaches the Daigo-Kuroshiomaru crew, a notorious group nicknamed "the hoodlums of the sea". Their offer is greeted with scoffs and quickly turned down.
Game of Chance 2 (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
続浪曲子守唄
director: Ryuichi Takamori actor: Sonny Chiba / Akiko Koyama
other title: 続浪曲子守唄
Bungo is released from prison to find his son Kenichi in the care of strangers. Teruko, the woman originally looking after the boy, was forced to leave town and sell herself into prostitution. Bungo and Kenichi, in their search for Teruko, arrive in a new place and find work running a peddling stall for the upright Tatsumaki family. However, the drifting father and son soon find themselves caught up in a struggle for territory. Boss Negishi, the head of the yakuza family responsible for the death of the former Tatsumaki leader, will stop at nothing to take over the marketplace. Sickened by the injustice, Bungo takes on the rival boss knowing it might cost him his newly acquired freedom..
Police Department Part 15: Alibi (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
警視庁物語 不在証明
other title: 警視庁物語 不在証明
The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government agency, with particular attention to finding an alibi for the suspects. A security guard was killed in the building, the safe was broken into, but nothing was stolen. The three suspects have alibis, but who then killed the guard and broke into the safe? The 15th work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department. Sonny Chiba's first film role as one of the seven detectives.
Judo Life (1963) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
柔道一代
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Sonny Chiba / Naoki Sugiura
other title: 柔道一代
Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judoka Shiro Saigo (Chiba), the second student of judo founder Jigoro Kano (Naoki Sugiura). Akira Kurosawa’s Sanshiro Sugata is based on the same character and shares some scenes, but Judo for Life focuses more on the martial arts philosophy and training, including scenes depicting how the protagonist learned his famous cat-like landing, coined the term judo, and trained with Tsunejiro Tomita (Hideo Murata). There’s also a slight yakuza film influence. The port street ambush scene is found in both films, but in Judo for Life it’s not Kano but a travelling yakuza that jumps out of the rickshaw. Entertaining and beautifully old fashioned, one does however with there were more shades of gray between good and evil, and a stronger ninkyo-like moral / honour conflict.
Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
警視庁物語 十五才の女
director: Shoichi Shimazu actor: Yūji Hori / Sonny Chiba
other title: 警視庁物語 十五才の女
Detectives of the First Investigation Division are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old girl, whose strangled corpse was found in the bay of the Tama River. The ugly behavior of adults hidden in the name of social welfare is exposed by the investigation. 16th work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari".
Lowly Ronin (1981) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
素浪人罷り通る
other title: 素浪人罷り通る
Reprising his role from the popular TV series "Koya no Suronin" (The Lowly Ronin), Mifune Toshiro stars in this full-length, stand-alone made for TV movie. The wandering ronin is reminiscent of his most famous role as the samurai without a name in Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" and "Sanjuro". He travels about Japan, and while he may seek happiness, violence and tragedy always cross his path. This time, he reluctantly agrees when a girl hires him to kill a local offical who has unfairly taxed her villagers. But he soon discoves that not all is at it appears when he finds a direct link to his past.
Man with the Funky Hat (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
ファンキーハットの快男児
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Sonny Chiba / Hitomi Nakahara
other title: Le Type au drôle de chapeau / ファンキーハットの快男児
Ichiro (Chiba) is a scrappy little sport in a big car and funny hat always looking for some fun and some extra cash on the side. He and his friends get themselves involved in some shady business dealings involving a kidnapping.