Shinjirō Ehara — Actor (51)
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Case of a Young Lord 3 (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
若さま侍捕物帖　魔の死美人屋敷
director: Kinnosuke Fukada actor: Hashizo Ōkawa / Shinobu Chihara …
other title: 若さま侍捕物帖　魔の死美人屋敷
Okawa Hashizo as 'Young Lord', the unlikely sleuth sets out to untangle the riddle of what went on at the Inner Palace, where a young woman who had served the Shogun came home in fear for her life. Will the Young Lord uncover the truth of what went on at the Palace, and does it relate to a series of murders that have been occurring just before the festival?
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Tale of Army Brutality (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
陸軍残虐物語
director: Junya Satō actor: Rentaro Mikuni / Katsuo Nakamura …
other title: 陸軍残虐物語
Director Jun'ya Satô's debut film focuses on the inhuman training of recruits, the brutal drill system that reigned in the Japanese army during World War II, where in the first two years of training, ordinary people were turned into inhuman killers. For his first film, the director was awarded the Blue Ribbon Awards in the Debutant of the Year nomination.
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Lakeside Figure (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
湖畔の人
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Koji Tsuruta / Yoshiko Sakuma …
other title: 湖畔の人
A story of Minako who struggles finding love and peace in life. When Minako’s hope for ultimate happiness, marriage to her beloved fiancé, comes to a sudden halt, Minako finds herself in search of new love which in turn leads her into a complicated love triangle.
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Detective (1964) [Movie] TMDB
刑事
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Tetsuro Tamba / Kōtarō Satomi …
other title: 刑事
The first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a criminal, which takes place in Yokohama. Tamba enthusiastically plays a police inspector who pursues a criminal who kidnapped his sister.
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Romance Freestyle (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
恋愛自由型
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Hibari Misora / Ken Takakura …
other title: 恋愛自由型
The love between young college students Toki and the handsome Takaga is tested when Takaya's parents, who despise Toki's family's geisha house business, intervenes in their relationship.
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Rebellion from Below (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
逆襲獄門砦
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Chiezo Kataoka / Harue Akagi …
other title: 逆襲獄門砦
A master hunter is driven to defiance after a tyrannical magistrate's cruelty pushes his community to its breaking point. His expert skill with a bow becomes the rallying point for a group of oppressed peasants and prisoners seeking justice. Together, they stage a fierce, collective uprising to storm the local stronghold and overthrow their corrupt rulers.
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Father of the Kamikaze (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
あゝ決戦航空隊
director: Kōsaku Yamashita actor: Koji Tsuruta / Noboru Andō …
other title: Â kessen kôkûtai / あゝ決戦航空隊
Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solution was to convince the Americans that invading Japan would cause massive casualties on both sides. The cold logic of suicide attacks, where one man and one plane could kill hundreds, seemed the only solution. In one of the cruel ironies of fate, Ohnishi actually succeeded; he convinced the Americans that invading Japan would be too costly in lives. But what he could not foresee was that America had another way of ending the war.
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Tale of Japanese Burglars (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
にっぽん泥棒物語
director: Satsuo Yamamoto actor: Rentaro Mikuni / Yūnosuke Itō …
other title: Les Contes du voleur japonais / にっぽん泥棒物語
Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some communists are found guilty of causing the incident, but he knows it wasn't them. He can save innocent people but for that he must confess his own crime.
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Mid-August Commotion (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
八月十五日の動乱
director: Tsuneo Kobayashi actor: Koji Tsuruta / Shinjirō Ehara …
other title: 八月十五日の動乱
A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General Staff of the Konoe Division on the eve of the end of the Pacific War.
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All Rascals (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
恋と太陽とギャング
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Ken Takakura / Shinjirō Ehara …
other title: 恋と太陽とギャング
Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named Tsuneda who is planning the same robbery and agree to work together.
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Wolves, Pigs & Men (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
狼と豚と人間
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Ken Takakura / Rentaro Mikuni …
other title: Hommes, porcs et loups / 狼と豚と人間
Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is not invited. Jiro meanwhile is planning a big job - steal 40 million in cash and drugs, and he invites Sabu and gang to act as decoys, for 50,000 each. The sting is a success, but the double-crossing starts almost immediately. Sabu discovers how little of the take they were promised and hides the stash. Jiro and his slimy partner pressure the kids to fess up. Meanwhile, their respectable elder brother Ichiro is being leaned on by the town's big boss, whose money it was.