Acting

Jutarō Hōjō

Born

1929-12-28 (96)

Place of birth

Tōkyō, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 38 titles

Zatoichi the Fugitive poster
6.9

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face the killer, a hired ronin.

Zatoichi the Fugitive

1963

Gamera, the Giant Monster poster
5.9

A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera wreaks havoc over the entire world, and it's up to the scientists, assisted by a young boy with a strange sympathic link to the monster, to put a stop to Gamera's rampage.

Gamera, the Giant Monster

1965

Gamera vs. Barugon poster
6.4

Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is discovered to have been an egg that births a new monster called Barugon. The creature attacks the city of Osaka by emitting a destructive rainbow ray from his back, along with a freezing spray capable of incapacitating Gamera.

Gamera vs. Barugon

1966

The Snow Woman poster
7.1

Two sculptors spend the night in a mountain lodge after being caught in a snowstorm. A female spirit appears and takes the life of one of the men. She spares the other man's life on the condition that he never tell anyone what happened that night.

The Snow Woman

1968

Wrath of Daimajin poster
6.3

In a mountainous region of Japan, Lord Arakawa kidnaps the men of nearby villages to use as slave labor, producing gunpowder from his sulfur pits. A band of young boys decide to rescue their enslaved fathers on their own.

Wrath of Daimajin

1966

Return of Giant Majin poster
6.2

The tyrannical Lord Danjo Mikoshiba covets the rich, fertile lands surrounding Lake Yakumo. During a memorial ceremony for the late Chigusa lord, Mikoshiba launches an attack, overthrowing the honorable Lord Juro. Just when all seems lost, Daimajin rises from Lake Yakumo to settle a score of his own.

Return of Giant Majin

1966

The Man Disappears Yesterday poster
NR

Tired of everyday life, the 8th Shogun Yoshimune flees Edo Castle and asks Ooka Echizen to become his personal assistant. In a rice shop, Yoshimune meets a simple ronin Ohashi Kenshiro, and receives permission to stay at his house, but a mysterious corpse awaits him in the house... And then the second, third and fourth murders occur...

The Man Disappears Yesterday

1964

Black Lizard poster
7.1

The cunning detective Kogoro Akechi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief known as Black Lizard.

Black Lizard

1962

The Woman Gambler's Supplication poster
10.0

Eleventh film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

The Woman Gambler's Supplication

1968

The Whale God poster
7.0

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

The Whale God

1962

Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman poster
6.8

Two devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but involving Kyoshiro in the conflict against his will is the textbook example of a bad idea - especially when the collateral damage starts to tick him off.

Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman

1968

The Falcon Fighters poster
10.0

In the prewar days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Lt. Katō Tateo of the Imperial Japanese Army-Air Corps trains new volunteers from the Army's Infantry to become Japan's next generation of fighter pilots at the Tokorozawa Flying School. Flying Kawasaki Ko-4 biplanes, Lt. Katō will train both friend and future foe alike. But as war in China breaks out, Katō now in command of the 5th Rentai will take his untested men flying antiquated planes into aerial combat against the Chinese Air Force who is now headed by Lt. Cho who Katō both earlier befriended and personally trained himself. While Katō's squadron ultimately achieves air superiority over the skies of Manchuria, it comes at a high price in men to which each loss carries a heavy burden that he alone must carry. As the war widens into the Second World War, Captain Katō must battle an ever advancing array of deadlier new enemies flying ever more modern fighter planes.

The Falcon Fighters

1969

Black Trump Card poster
6.0

Chairman of the Shin Nihon Kaihatsu company Fukazawa, using clever ways to circumvent the law, rose to the top of the economic backstage. Three people are sacrificed to his greed. The president of a small company who committed suicide, a Yakuza who died during the destruction of his territory, and a former viscount whose wife and property were stolen by Fukazawa. Their sons vowed to hunt down Fukazawa and take revenge.

Black Trump Card

1964

Teinen Taishoku poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Teinen Taishoku

1963

Quick-Draw Dog poster
7.5

Quick Drawer Dog (早射ち犬 Hayauchi inu) is a 1967 film directed by Tetsutarō Murano. It is the eighth film in the Inu series.

Quick-Draw Dog

1967

Broken Swords poster
8.0

The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the vile Lord Kira.

Broken Swords

1969

Sentimental Mobsters poster
7.0

A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with his fellow members of the Gurentai group during their travel destination! Innocent to cute girls and reckless to bad guys! Exciting entertainment!

Sentimental Mobsters

1963

Hoodlum Soldier poster
7.2

A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an effort to desert by stealing a train.

Hoodlum Soldier

1965

The Gambling Samurai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Gambling Samurai

1964

Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting

1969

The Woman Dicer poster
7.0

Seventh film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

The Woman Dicer

1968

The Woman Gambler's Tenth Game poster
8.0

13th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

The Woman Gambler's Tenth Game

1969

Woman Gambling Expert: Odd/Even Gambling Trip poster
7.0

14th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

Woman Gambling Expert: Odd/Even Gambling Trip

1969

新・与太郎戦記 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

新・与太郎戦記

1969

A Man Worth the Money poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Man Worth the Money

1966

Woman Gambler and the Nun poster
7.0

Eighth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

Woman Gambler and the Nun

1968

Ōkuma Shigenobu the great poster
NR

The biopic of Shigenobu Ōkuma, one of the main Japanese leaders at the turn of the 20th century, a supporter of rapprochement with the United Kingdom, and who brought his country into the Triple Entente against the German Empire.

Ōkuma Shigenobu the great

1963

The Red Water poster
8.0

Comedy drama film

The Red Water

1963

The Woman Gambler's Revenge poster
8.0

Tenth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

The Woman Gambler's Revenge

1968

手錠無用 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

手錠無用

1969

Sleepy Eyes of Death 13: The Full Moon Swordsman poster
5.4

Inspector General Kanjuro Sano conspires with the future shogun twin brother. They replace Ieyoshi Tokugawa with his twin, but it becomes a problem when suspicion arises and Nemuri Kyoshiro gets involved.

Sleepy Eyes of Death 13: The Full Moon Swordsman

1969

The Sister Gamblers poster
NR

Third film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

The Sister Gamblers

1967

High School Juniors (Part II) poster
NR

A story full of youthful vigor and spirit as high school students try to work out their problems, realize the awakening of love and growing maturity and find fun and happiness in helping others.

High School Juniors (Part II)

1964

Muchana Yakko poster
NR

A comedy directed by Koji Shima about a men's game. Reckless and exciting, definitely worth watching! Miyoshi Oki was born in Hokkaido and grew up in a dirty carriage that his father owned. His dream was to have a horse with a good coat that costs 10 million yen and he set a goal for it. At the invitation of Otaki-gumi executive Iwasa, he joined Otaki-gumi while the leader Sozaburo was sick. Miyoshi's method is not to deal with the yakuza's morale and slashing, but to handle things mentally....

Muchana Yakko

1964

Two Enemy Women Gamblers poster
10.0

Twelfth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

Two Enemy Women Gamblers

1969

Ocean Floor Crime #1 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ocean Floor Crime #1

1964

Hoodlum Soldier's Flight to Freedom poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hoodlum Soldier's Flight to Freedom

1966

The Beggar General poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Beggar General

1964

1950s · 18 titles

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Gunkoku sakaba

1958

The Birth of Judo poster
NR

Centered on a young college student who puts his youthful passion into developing true judo and the fiery mentor he admires and studies under.

The Birth of Judo

1955

Tsuki no kōdōkan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tsuki no kōdōkan

1956

8:13 PM poster
NR

Melodrama about a young woman who saves a young man from the world of evil after he has saved her from blindness.

8:13 PM

1956

The Big Four of the Kodokan poster
NR

A passionate young man who risks his life for love and judo and the innocent young woman who adores him face off against an evil judoka at Chidorigafuchi.

The Big Four of the Kodokan

1955

No artwork available
NR

Even the beautiful international port of Yokohama has a seedy underbelly. An action thriller in which a newspaper reporter plunges into a den of vice to expose the smuggling and the prostitution.

Dai san hijōsen

1956

Haha chigusa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Haha chigusa

1954

Bara no kōdōkan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bara no kōdōkan

1956

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Konna abekku mita koto nai

1954

Midori no nakama poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Midori no nakama

1954

The Aristocrat's Stairs poster
NR

A romantic tale depicting the beautiful and tragic love between a young man and woman from aristocratic families who are caught in the crossfire of the February 26 Incident.

The Aristocrat's Stairs

1959

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Four Mothers

1954

Yearning poster
NR

A young judo athlete ends up working as a cabaret bouncer.

Yearning

1954

The Invisible 108th Unit poster
NR

A poignant and deeply moving story of the officers and men of the Saipan “Total Annihilation” Unit, who, longing for their loved ones back home, return to their homeland unseen.

The Invisible 108th Unit

1956

City of Violence poster
NR

Set against the backdrop of Hiroshima, a city plagued by gun violence, a passionate newspaper reporter and the citizens band together to courageously confront the tyranny of two major organized crime syndicates.

City of Violence

1953

Warning from Space poster
5.3

Large star-shaped aliens travel to earth in hopes of warning them about an oncoming catastrophe. To prevent panic about their appearance, one alien takes the form of a popular singer.

Warning from Space

1956

Advance Patrol poster
6.0

In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance troop was organized to penetrate into the supreme headquarter of Russia in Tieling Mountain of China to find out the enemy's situation...

Advance Patrol

1957

Sorrow Is Only for Women poster
8.0

The beauty of the Japanese family system is portrayed through the women who greet a woman who went to America thirty years ago to visit her grave.

Sorrow Is Only for Women

1958