
Acting
Chiharu Kuri
Born
1938-07-29 (88)
Place of birth
Tōkyō, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
50 titles
Known for
7.0Moonlight Mask (aka Gekko Kamen), is a black and white tokusatsu TV drama series, produced by the advertising agency Senkosha and was aired on KRTV (now TBS) from February 24, 1958 to July 5, 1959, with a total of 130 (or 131) episodes, divided into 5 segments. Since the original show, Gekko Kamen has gained the popularity of being the first Japanese live action television superhero, appearing in films and TV shows well past the length of the original series.
Moonlight Mask
1958
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Hustle Punch
1965
6.9In 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
NRDepicting the friendship of three boys in New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo.
Good Luck Love
1981
7.7Saotome 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
7.1The cunning detective Kogoro Akechi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief known as Black Lizard.
Black Lizard
1962
Film credits
1990s · 2 titles
9.0Straight-laced, honest Japanese travel agent Misuzu gets a job as a tour guide so that she can the world. On her first assignment in Bangkok, Thailand she does her best for her ungrateful charges, but gets fired when the hotel (through no fault of her own) misplaces all their passports. She also finds herself the victim of a scam by two Japanese con-artists (innocent-looking Tondabayashi and half-Thai Thuy) living in Bangkok. When the hotel finds the passports, she decides to buck the system and sell them on the black market. She teams up with the two con-artists to scam, rip off and rob all the Japanese tourists in Bangkok. They keep trying to pull off bigger and bigger jobs, and end up in trouble with two dumb, sightseeing yakuza, among others. Also, a love triangle forms as Tondabayashi falls for Misuzu, and Misuzu falls for the older Thuy.
The Tropical People
1994
NRThird "The Story of Terror" film by Junji Inagawa.
Junji Inagawa's the Story of Terror III
1998
1980s · 2 titles
NRDepicting the friendship of three boys in New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo.
Good Luck Love
1981
6.5Mitamura Yuka is a normal, shy high school student. Except for the fact that she has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show her skills, creating a force of psychic Nazi student enforcers, Yuka and her friends vow to stop her. But behind it all is a mysterious force that will put Yuka's powers to the ultimate test!
School in the Crosshairs
1981
1970s · 13 titles
8.2Tora-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
9.0Comedy centered on a stripper agency
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
1971
NRHiroshi (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
5.5A 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
NRThe 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
5.3Japanese 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
5.9Dumb 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
6.3This 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
Hoodlum group helps fishermen against firm polluting their fishing ground.
Wolves on Motorcycles
1971
NRComedy about a pair of salarymen.
Sexy Comic: Strange Friends
1970
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kigeki: Hanayome sensô
1971
NRNo synopsis available yet.
アッと驚く為五郎
1970
NRNinth film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 9 - Ghost Story of the Evening Mist Tower
1971
1960s · 30 titles
6.9In 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
7.7Saotome 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
7.1The cunning detective Kogoro Akechi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief known as Black Lizard.
Black Lizard
1962
7.5An 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
7.2Based on the loosely autobiographical novel of the same name by Toko Kon. Ken Yamanouchi stars as Togo Konno, the titular bastard.
The Incorrigible
1963
4.8Jack 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
5.8During 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
6.0A 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
NR1962 Japanese movie
Utau abarenbō
1962
NR1962 Japanese movie
A Rampage Full of Dreams
1962
NRA 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
NRTwo 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
NRA boy who dreams of being a yakuza leader is reformed by a girl's pure love for him.
The Beautiful Teenager
1964
6.3An 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
Japanese comedy film.
Sararīman monogatari - Taiki bansai
1963
7.3Burned 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
NREvery 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
NRA 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
NROne 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Secret Club 000
1965
No synopsis available yet.
The Seas Are Full of Sheep in Love
1961
7.0After years of living a comfortable existence as a housewife, Aki starts to suspect that her husband is hiding something.
Madame Aki
1963
NRNobuko 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
NRWhen 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ginza no jirochō
1963
NR1968 Japanese movie
Mappira shain yūkyōden
1968
NR1962 Japanese movie
Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure
1962
NR1961 Japanese movie
Sarariiman okusama kokoroe jō
1961
NR1966 Japanese movie
Sokkuri dai gyakuten
1966
NR1962 Japanese movie
Hore tatte dame yo
1962
Series credits
7.0Moonlight Mask (aka Gekko Kamen), is a black and white tokusatsu TV drama series, produced by the advertising agency Senkosha and was aired on KRTV (now TBS) from February 24, 1958 to July 5, 1959, with a total of 130 (or 131) episodes, divided into 5 segments. Since the original show, Gekko Kamen has gained the popularity of being the first Japanese live action television superhero, appearing in films and TV shows well past the length of the original series.
Moonlight Mask
1958
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Hustle Punch
1965
NRNo synopsis available yet.
逆転あばれはっちゃく
1971
