Chiharu Kuri

Acting

Chiharu Kuri

Born

1938-07-29 (88)

Place of birth

Tōkyō, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

50 titles

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 2 titles

1970s · 13 titles

Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again poster
8.2

Tora-san visits Hokkaido and is reunited with Lily. Now divorced, she plans to resume her singing career and renews her unusual relationship with Tora-san.

Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again

1975

Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu poster
9.0

Comedy centered on a stripper agency

Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu

1971

The Lucky Status Symbol poster
NR

Hiroshi (Tatsuo Umemiya) has the biggest penis in all of Japan and everyone who touches (or is touched by) it, is blessed by good fortune. After buying his sister a washing machine for her wedding, he travels to Tokyo, where he must help his friend Masa out of a half-million yen debt. Among other hijinks, he becomes a penis god in the process.

The Lucky Status Symbol

1972

The Kingpin of Fair Ladies poster
5.5

A man is inspired to build a hospital after his mother falls ill and becomes a host to swindle money out of women.

The Kingpin of Fair Ladies

1970

King of the Widow-Killers poster
NR

The third installment of the Emperor series, starring Tatsuo Umemiya as the man who rules the night world. Hiroshi rose through the ranks in Tokyo by fighting with women. However, when he returned to his hometown in Kyushu for his father's memorial service, his gambling partner Masa not only confiscated Hiroshi's store and bankbook, but was also saddled with debts in Hiroshi's name. Although Hiroshi was angry, he made a decision and decided to start over using his body. Starting with a female designer, he battles an antique art dealer, Master Nagauta, a female doctor, and many others, and finally battles a rich man's widow.

King of the Widow-Killers

1971

Little Remi and Famous Dog Capi poster
5.3

Japanese animation adaptation of a 19th century French novel: A boy is given up by his foster parents to a traveling performer.

Little Remi and Famous Dog Capi

1970

King of Pornography poster
5.9

Dumb Tatsuo Umemiya / Shingo Yamashiro comedy about a young bloke whose dick grows to inhuman dimensions (obviously a role tailor made for star Umemiya's ego). He visits a doctor, impresses ladies and opens a porn shop before running afoul with yakuza...

King of Pornography

1971

The Kindly Lion poster
6.3

This is an animated version of Yanase Takashi's picture book featuring the friendship between a mother dog, Muku-muku, who lost her puppy, and the baby lion Buru-buru, who lost her mother.

The Kindly Lion

1970

No artwork available
8.0

Hoodlum group helps fishermen against firm polluting their fishing ground.

Wolves on Motorcycles

1971

Sexy Comic: Strange Friends poster
NR

Comedy about a pair of salarymen.

Sexy Comic: Strange Friends

1970

Kigeki: Hanayome sensô poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kigeki: Hanayome sensô

1971

アッと驚く為五郎 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

アッと驚く為五郎

1970

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 9 - Ghost Story of the Evening Mist Tower poster
NR

Ninth film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 9 - Ghost Story of the Evening Mist Tower

1971

1960s · 30 titles

The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon poster
6.9

In this influential cult-classic animated film based on Japanese folklore, Susano is the youngest son of Izanagi and Izanami, the heavenly couple who created the Earth. Still a young boy, Susano is devastated by the passing away of his mother. Determined to find her despite the reprimands of his father, he embarks on a journey to find his brother and his sister for spiritual guidance.

The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon

1963

The Lovable Tramp poster
7.7

Saotome is a white-collar worker on the brink of a burnout who one day strikes up a friendship with Gen, a boorish drifter who approaches life one day at a time.

The Lovable Tramp

1966

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

Women Can't Be Beaten poster
7.5

An uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving his boorish older brother.

Women Can't Be Beaten

1969

The Incorrigible poster
7.2

Based on the loosely autobiographical novel of the same name by Toko Kon. Ken Yamanouchi stars as Togo Konno, the titular bastard.

The Incorrigible

1963

Jack and the Witch poster
4.8

Jack is a boy who lives with his animal friends Barnaby Bear, Dinah Dog, Squeeker Mouse and Phineas Fox. He's challenged to a race with Allegra, who turns out to be a witch. She takes Jack to the queen witch, Auriana. She plans on turning all her slaves into evil harpies.

Jack and the Witch

1967

The World of Hans Christian Andersen poster
5.8

During his boyhood, young Hans Christian Andersen is exposed to the musical fairy-tale dream world by his Uncle Ole.

The World of Hans Christian Andersen

1968

Nerves for Victory poster
6.0

A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading to a fight to the death with his own brother.

Nerves for Victory

1966

Utau abarenbō poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Utau abarenbō

1962

A Rampage Full of Dreams poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

A Rampage Full of Dreams

1962

The School Cap poster
NR

A Tokyo student transfers to a rural school and finds it difficult to adjust himself to its customs and traditions. One of the customs is the wearing of an old school cap by a senior. It is a symbol of courage and bravery and is handed down to a new senior each year.

The School Cap

1963

Welcome, My Baby poster
NR

Two friends, both members of a Japanese cargo boat, return to Japan after a three-month voyage and have just 24 hours shore leave. In those hectic hours, they vie for the affections of a hotel owner's daughter but wind up with separate girl friends and attempt to bring together the parents of a baby who have separated.

Welcome, My Baby

1964

The Beautiful Teenager poster
NR

A boy who dreams of being a yakuza leader is reformed by a girl's pure love for him.

The Beautiful Teenager

1964

Blood Is Dry poster
6.3

An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own advantage by turning the incident into an advertising campaign. With the success of the campaign, however, he is no longer a desperate man pointing a gun to his head, but a potential leader who wishes to take advantage of his failed suicide.

Blood Is Dry

1960

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film.

Sararīman monogatari - Taiki bansai

1963

The Million Dollar Pursuit poster
7.3

Burned out butcher Hazama meets a woman at a restaurant and is asked to help her deliver a bag of diamonds.

The Million Dollar Pursuit

1968

Jidanya poster
NR

Every day a car accident happens in the city. The involved parties are prey to the settlement agents (jidanya), mediators between the parts and the insurance companies to avoid time-consuming legal actions that could come when no settlement is reached (while cheating both parties out of some piece of the settlement pay). Genkichi is a well versed old-timer, that sees how his freshly out of collage son struggles to fit into the business, while at the same time facing one of his lowest rivals in a car crash incident.

Jidanya

1963

Cat Changed Into Tiger poster
NR

A life insurance agent has a drinking problem causing him to lose his company a fortune. He heads to another town to sell insurance, but to his surprise, the elderly are all healthy thanks to a special local sake. Along the way, he meets an eye-patch-wearing killer, which only confounds his misadventures.

Cat Changed Into Tiger

1962

The Free Island poster
NR

One day, after the ceasefire in the Vietnam War, Maroku Ohno rushed into an American military position. He had been wandering inland, unaware that the war had ended. He finally returned to Japan, only to find his hometown, Awaji Island, completely changed, and his former lover now married. So he began making a fortune in Tokyo with the intention of buying Awaji Island.

The Free Island

1967

Secret Club 000 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Secret Club 000

1965

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Seas Are Full of Sheep in Love

1961

Madame Aki poster
7.0

After years of living a comfortable existence as a housewife, Aki starts to suspect that her husband is hiding something.

Madame Aki

1963

Fallen Leaves and Sweet Memories poster
NR

Nobuko and five male friends graduate from a high school, promising to remain friends forever. One year later, Nobuko is working as a mediocre actress for TV commercials, and the five men are wearing beards and have formed a psychedelic rock band. One day, Nobuko meets Jun, who draws cartoons based on his experiences.

Fallen Leaves and Sweet Memories

1969

Notorious Bastard poster
NR

When Tornado Joe is wrongly accused of distributing counterfeit banknotes, he gets on a mission to clear his name and challenge the mastermind behind this scheme.

Notorious Bastard

1963

Ginza no jirochō poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ginza no jirochō

1963

Mappira shain yūkyōden poster
NR

1968 Japanese movie

Mappira shain yūkyōden

1968

Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure

1962

Sarariiman okusama kokoroe jō poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Sarariiman okusama kokoroe jō

1961

Sokkuri dai gyakuten poster
NR

1966 Japanese movie

Sokkuri dai gyakuten

1966

Hore tatte dame yo poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Hore tatte dame yo

1962

Series credits