Yōko Yamamoto — Actor (8)
Murder Unincorporated (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
大日本殺し屋伝
director: Haruyasu Noguchi actor: Jō Shishido / Yōko Yamamoto
other title: 大日本殺し屋伝
When the mysterious “Joe of Spades” (Jo Shishido) executes one of the bosses of a powerful syndicate, his colleagues, fearing for their own lives, call on the services of assassin agency Murder Unincorporated to take care of the problem. This unique entry showcases some of the most peculiar killing tactics to ever hit Japanese cinema!
Massacre Gun (1967) [Movie] TMDB
みな殺しの拳銃
director: Yasuharu Hasebe actor: Jō Shishido / Hideaki Nitani
other title: みな殺しの拳銃
Kuroda is a mob hitman who turns on his employers after being forced to execute his lover. Joining forces with his similarly wronged brothers, hot-headed Eiji and aspiring boxer Saburo, the trio escalate their mob retaliation to all-out turf war where no one will stop until one faction emerges victorious.
Village of Eight Gravestones (1977) [Movie] TMDB Douban
八つ墓村
director: Yoshitaro Nomura actor: Kenichi Hagiwara / Mayumi Ogawa
other title: 八つ墓村 / Village of the Eight Tombs
The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo
Blade of the Immortal (2017) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB WikiData IMDb
無限の住人
director: Takashi Miike actor: Takuya Kimura / Hana Sugisaki
other title: L'immortale / La espada del inmortal
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.
Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
ゆけゆけ二度目の処女
director: Kōji Wakamatsu actor: Mimi Kozakura / Michio Akiyama
other title: Su su per la seconda volta vergine / Vai, Vai, Virgem Pela Segunda Vez
Go, Go, Second Time Virgin is the story of two damned and abused teenagers who meet and fall in mutant love on a Tokyo rooftop. Their only hope is to cement their love with an escape into oblivion.
Gappa, the Triphibian Monster (1967) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban WikiData IMDb
大巨獣ガッパ
director: Haruyasu Noguchi actor: Tamio Kawachi / Yōko Yamamoto
other title: Gappa - Il mostro che minaccia il mondo / Gappa - Invasion der fliegenden Bestien
An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.
The Hunter's Diary (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
猟人日記
director: Kō Nakahira actor: Noboru Nakaya / Masako Togawa
other title: 猟人日記
Leaving his wife in Osaka, Honda leads a double life in Tokyo – after spending the day as an elite businessman, he flirts around in the evenings. He even rents a secret apartment where he keeps record of his girl hunts in his diary, the ‘Hunter’s Diary’. One day, he finds an article in the newspaper – a murder of a young woman in his diary. A few days later, another woman from his diary is murdered. He soon finds himself in a labyrinth of fear, as women named in his diary are killed one after another...
Blue Lake Girl (1986) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
青い沼の女
director: Akio Jissoji actor: Yōko Yamamoto / Jin Nakayama
other title: 青い沼の女
Nagare, a painter who wanted to commit a lover’s suicide with Mizue, the wife of his friend and patron Takigawa. Growing afraid at the last moment, he doesn’t go through with it – but Mizue sinks to the bottom of Blue Lake. Some time later, Nagare follows an invitation by Takigawa, who claims to have forgiven everything. To Nagare’s shock, Takigawa’s new wife, Ameko, looks exactly like Mizue. While staying as Takigawa’s guest, Nagare becomes haunted by Mizue’s ghost, who wants to be reunited with him at the bottom of Blue Lake.