
Acting
Michihiro Yamanishi
Born
1948-03-07 (78)
Place of birth
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
65 titles
Known for
6.4Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.
Kamen Rider
1971
8.3Hanzawa Naoki works as a loan manager at the Osaka Nishi branch of Tokyo Central Bank. One day, Hanzawa makes a loan contract for 500 million yen with Nishi Osaka Steel Company. Hanzawa didn't want to approve the loan, but he had to due to the branch manager's order. Nishi Osaka Steel Company seems financially stable, but the company actually hides massive amounts of debt through fraudulent accounts. The company is caught. Three months later, Nishi Osaka Steel Company goes bankrupt. The bank's branch manager is Asano. He is an ambitious man and tries to shift the blame to Hanzawa. Hanzawa then attends an inquiry about the loan failure at the bank's headquarters in Tokyo. Hanzawa denies fault and promises to retrieve the 500 million yen loan. He did this because it's the only way for Hanzawa to survive as a banker.
Hanzawa Naoki
2013
8.4Abunai Deka, often shortened to AbuDeka, is Japanese television drama aired by Nippon Television between 1986 and 1987. Starring Hiroshi Tachi and Kyohei Shibata, the series became very popular and spawned films, spin-offs series, and books. The series follows a pair of detectives, Takayama and Oshita, from the Naka-ku branch of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police.
Dangerous Detective
1986
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Pro Hunter
1981
9.0No synopsis available yet.
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
2004
7.0After five years of service as a cop in San Francisco, Shunsaku Kudo becomes a private detective in Tokyo.
Detective Story
1979
Film credits
2010s · 1 titles
2000s · 8 titles
3.2Tamaki's (Iwashita) husband is the head of the Idei clan, based in southern Osaka. As the film opens, punch-permed lieutenant Ginji (Riki Takeuchi) is killed while pumping iron. Following the hit, rumors and recriminations abound, slowly corroding the clan's cohesion. Ginji, it turns out, was mired in debt. After Ginji borrowed a small fortune to build a luxury resort, his bank went belly up and stopped financing the loan. Frantic for funds, he decided as a last resort to rat out his boss who had skimmed five-billion yen from the gang. Soon everyone assumes that Idei did the hit. Convinced that Idei is being framed, Tamaki sets out to find the real killer.
Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire
2005
6.0An idealistic young lawyer whose faith in the law is rocked when she is unable to prevent a rapist from walking free. Her disillusionment of the judicial system is complete when her next case goes disastrously wrong, her corrupt boss is killed by her disappointed gangster clients, and she only narrowly escapes the same fate when a gun-toting stranger bursts into the office and shoots the men dead.
Gun Crazy: Episode 2 — Beyond the Law
2002
7.0The head of a psychological research institute and a lieutenant in the Japanese Air Force are both investigating a mysterious cult known only as ‘Midori no Saru’ (The Green Monkey). Members of this group have committed a string of violent suicide-attacks on military bases and public areas. Part of the mystery seems to involve a young child and an enormous Buddha statue outside Tokyo, but how could all these pieces possibly fit together?
Senrigan
2000
NR#35 in the series, following "Toichi Ransom." Manda uncovers an extortion operation run by a golf-obsessed businessman (Kenichi Endo), who forces bankrupt business owners to buy back their repossessed items at double the auction price.
The King of Minami: License for Cruelty
2000
NRYakuza film directed by Hiroki Matsukata.
Okite
2003
5.0The Kansai Real Estate Association in Osaka. To prevent bidding prices from skyrocketing in auctions for properties contested by rival firms, the member companies had adopted a rather unusual bidding system. And that was… mahjong! The company that won the game would be awarded the contract. Sales Section 3 at Midosuji Real Estate boasted a formidable mahjong player, Ken Ryuji (Kenjiro Nashimoto), who was head and shoulders above the rest. Meanwhile, rival firm Tozaki Buildings enlisted the help of the Oniyama-kai yakuza organisation to send in their strongest mahjong player, Wakai (Shun Suda). With Wakai resorting to every dirty trick in the book to win, Midosuji Real Estate finds itself in a desperate situation!
Naniwa’s Mahjong Showdown
2000
NRIt depicts the fierce battle between the Shanghai Mafia, who is trying to expand its power with sneaky hands, and Kuroiwa, the young head of the former Ryuo group.
New Gokudo: Legend Three Dragons 2
2000
NRAnyone who touches the doll will be cursed by the "corpse spirit". Will you be slaughtered? Or will you be released from the haunting? The game of survival for life begins!
The Spirit of the Dead
2000
1990s · 25 titles
6.0A manga artist stumbles into the sleazy world of perverts who stalk trains looking for women to molest. He discovers quickly that he is very much one of them and even finds love along the way. The first in the alarmingly long-running Molester Diary series.
Molester Diary: A Man Who Kept Stroking Ass
1995
4.9When beautiful forensic scientist Kyoko and her colleagues fail to uncover clues to the identity of a man who brutally attacks and kills women, she agrees to become the bait to lure the killer into a police snare. But as the murderer remains frustratingly aloof, Kyoko discovers that she will have to risk everything in order to apprehend him. Naosuke Kurosawa directs this steamy thriller.
XX: Beautiful Target
1995
NRIn a maelstrom of evil, can a new magistrate, samurai Mochizuki Koheita, with a reputation like an alley cat, bring order to the town of Horisoto, or is he, too a corrupt villain looking to gain wealth from the oppressed people? From the pen of famed samurai author Yamamoto Shugoro, this exciting tale turns the tables on the standard samurai story with a unique lead character previously portrayed in Ichikawa Kon’s “Dora Heita.”
Chronicle of the Town Magistrate
1992
6.0This hard-boiled action starring Naoto Takenaka is directed by popular manga artist Kazuhiro Kiuchi. 8 years ago Brazilian mafioso Carlos had brought the Japanese yakuza organization to its knees. He breaks out of prison while being transported back to Brazil and then begins to seek to get even with the organization.
The Accomplice
1999
NRA hard-boiled film that follows a detective who will be killed the next morning should he fail his mission, the yakuza assigned to watch over him, and the friendship that develops as they work together.
Steel & Lead
1997
NRA man who was trapped by a gangster who was taken over by a sneaky means of life, such as a gangster and a gangster who disappeared from the screen with the era of his work. With the trampled step-in-law and streaks as shields, the last princes of Heisei who sought a place to die at the end show a fierce way of life!
Heisei Zankeiden: Battered Slash!
1996
8.8Taka and Yuji are searching for a mercenary for the international terrorist organization "The Network" when the head of its branch arrives in Yokohama to carry out Operation Heat Storm.
Abunai Deka Forever The Movie
1998
NRFighting is strong but female is weak, Toru & Hiroshi rampage over a female college student!
Be-Bop High School 2
1996
NRUltimate Gun Action!
Gun Breath A Perfect Night to Die
1998
5.7The ASH (Abnormal Species Humanoid) first appeared in the beginning of the 1980s. They looked like humans, but they weren't. The ASH can be identified by a pulsating appendage on their back; it resembles an embossed root clutching the spine. These humanoid creatures have the power to destroy telepathically via a deadly impulse which hemorrhages brain cells. Their goal is to populate the planet via random sexual contact and then take control. There are special police units who fight the ASH. This top secret organization is called The Society For Environment Protection and its agents are called psychosists
Skyscraper Hunting
1991
NRSakurai Shoichi meets Nishi, a man who lost all his money in gambling. Attracted by Nishi's personality, Shoichi invites him along on a gambling trip to the Tokaido. Nishi wants to raise money for his son's college entrance fee, so he wants him to play mahjong and win. However, at an inn in Hakone where Nishi is friendly, Shoichi is tricked by the yakuza
Mahjong Ghost Side Story: Tokaido Mahjong Unhomed
1996
NRAfter a job turns bloody, a group of criminals hide out and wait for their boss. Betrayals and double crosses unfold continuously around them.
The Wild Beat: Requiem of Betrayal
1994
NRSatomi breaks her lover Takao out of jail, who was falsely accused of killing her parents.
GO CRAZY 銃弾を駆け抜けろ!
1996
NRThe second popular explosion! The man who aims at the top of the organization with indomitable fighting spirit has transformed into a ferocious beast! A powerful hero that shines like a comet!
Like a Beast
1990
NRHeisei Zankeiden is finally complete! Seven years ago, the man who fought to take over the organization is back. He seeks out the truth of the conflict from prison and heads for revenge.
Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Fight
1999
NRThis action mystery follows the exploits of QAZ (Kazu), a private detective specializing in IT crimes, and his assistant, Lisa. The main character, QAZ, calls himself a detective specializing in IT crimes, and he stops the trading of pirated software and the theft of game software.
The Hyper Detective: Rumored Detective QAZ
1996
NRA man and a woman get mixed up with yakuza.
Joker
1996
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Be-Bop High School
1994
NRYuji and Kaoru, members of the Hanatate-gumi, are a pair who fail at everything they attempt. One day, whilst collecting a debt, they are saddled with a forged cheque and ordered to visit the Takamatsu-gumi in Tennoji. However, they are stunned to see the boss working alone in the okonomiyaki restaurant that serves as the gang’s front. By now, everything outside the restaurant had become the territory of Yoda Kogyo. Furthermore, Yoda resented the Takamatsu-gumi for clinging to outdated codes of honour whilst he sought to establish a cocaine supply route. Unaware of this, Yuji rejoices at the prospect of inheriting the Takamatsu-gumi’s leadership, declaring, ‘Tennoji will be my turf!’ Just then, Kaoru ends up sleeping with one of Yoda’s women. Enraged, Yoda sets out to crush the Takamatsu-gumi in one fell swoop...
The Tales of a couple of Minami Rascals: What’s the Big Deal? Vol. 2
1995
NRA man who has no choice but to act as an agent for anything and will play a role in the conflict between the gangsters.
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN
1993
NRIn addition to the familiar Aitoku bad members, Taro Yamamoto dresses as Toshimitsu Yamada and the super battle explodes!
Be-Bop High School 11
1997
Kansuke Kandaiji, an expert witness who takes see's the heart's of people and determines the true value of things.
Yakuza Lone Wolf
1998
NRA masterpiece that makes a mans heart cry
Be-Bop High School 12
1997
NRThe private detective, known as ‘Cat’, is a lazy, good-for-nothing father to his son, Taku. One day, Washio, a gangster who has come to ransack the shop where Taku works, recruits him. Taku begins working under Washio but, having doubts about his methods, returns to his former life. Washio and his gang then plot revenge against Taku, the traitor, and Cat, with whom they have a long-standing feud.
Son of a Cat
1997
NRKiriko a professional assassin with a dark past finds the boss of the criminal organization she belongs to is the man who killed her father years ago in Manila.
Kill
1997
1980s · 16 titles
3.6Fuyuko, a married woman filled with grief after a miscarriage, has an affair with a younger man and finds herself involved in a robbery plot. For Fuyuko, who is at an impasse, there is no longer "family", "love" and "freedom".
Rape Hunter: Target Woman
1980
5.8A Nietzschean journalist who covered the Vietnam War, Lebanese Civil War and other conflicts becomes mentally unstable and goes on a spree of robbery and murder.
The Beast to Die
1980
9.0When a doctor is found dead and the company's exclusive data on a cancer drug is missing, detective Takayama and Oshita are called to the Nakamitsu pharmaceutical laboratory. However, a bungled attempt to catch the murderer leave Takayama and Oshita reassigned to the lackluster task of patrolling public bathrooms to keep them out of trouble.
Dangerous Cops
1987
6.7A private detective and a college student find themselves in hot water while investigating the murder of a night club owner.
Detective Story
1983
8.5Detectives Takayama and Oshita participate in a major drug bust which arouses suspicion that the government may be secretly involved.
Dangerous Cops Again
1988
7.8BJ is a relatively unknown blues singer who scraps some bars in Yokohama. He does not earn much with it and to make ends meet he also acts as a private detective.
Yokohama BJ Blues
1981
5.7Tatsuo, a reverent lumberjack, seeks to disrupt plans to build a marine park on his family land, instead promoting his traditions in reactionary ways.
Fire Festival
1985
10.0Two killers revenge a wirepuller of the underworld in Yokohama.
Target
1980
5.5While trying to search for her missing father, Atsuko Moriya meets a group of outcasts that help her. Having only an encrypted disk in her possession and while being chased by unknown people, Atsuko tries to solve the mystery of her family origins.
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
1984
8.0Detective Nishina Sosuke, the director of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division 1, is suddenly attacked by a trio of men at his apartment at midnight. When he regains consciousness, the corpse of a foreigner shot with his pistol lies in front of him. Nishina, with the help of his friend and newspaper reporter Mineshima, who believes in his innocence and vows to cooperate, pursues the incident and reveals a conspiracy related with 5,000 kilograms of gold that disappeared at the end of the WW2.
Fossilized Wilderness
1982
1.0Based on crime fiction novel written by Seicho Matsumoto.
Dansen
1983
NRDaigaku, member of the circus, is involved in a certain case and is suspected by Detective Hattori and others that he's the culprit. In order to unravel the truth, he does his own investigation with the cooperation of members of his circus troupe.
The Awesome Circus Bastard
1984
6.4Detective Seiji Otaki is determined to find the psychopathic killer of a young woman who was ostensibly a student but in reality a high-priced prostitute. Even though he has been taken off the case for beating up a suspect, he refuses to let it go and recruits his mistress to act as a decoy for the killer. Her involvement turns out to be a fatal mistake, and when her husband gets out of prison, Detective Otaki is in worse trouble than ever.
The Dropout
1982
No synopsis available yet.
Hamuretto wa yukue fumei
1981
NRBased on the novel of the same name by Shoji Yuki
不良少年
1980
8.0No synopsis available yet.
The Chaser
1989
1970s · 8 titles
6.6Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with Russia.
Mount Hakkoda
1977
7.6The third movie in Tōru Murakawa's Game trilogy about a hitman. Narumi is set up by a mysterious woman. Abducted and tortured, Narumi is forced to take on a difficult job. The target is a veteran killer as good as him.
The Execution Game
1979
6.3The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in a vicious power struggle between two large corporations over a sizable government defence contract.
The Most Dangerous Game
1978
7.3Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.
Dead Angle
1979
4.8Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss.
The Japanese Belly Button
1977
NRBased on the manga of the same name. Originally published in the Japanese magazine Weekly Playboy. It follows Ippei Yasuda, son of a prominent family, who is immensely gifted in nearly everything he does.
Ore no sora
1977
7.7Yūsaku Matsuda plays the part of a private detective in this modern day "who dunnit" mystery, full of suspense, thrills and chills.
Murder in the Doll House
1979
5.0Gimme gimme gimme! Yusaku Matsuda and his gang are on the hunt for women, money and more money! Takeo Natsuki (Yusaku Matsuda) was just released from prison. He was the leader of three rascals; all they did was cause trouble. When they meet a girl whose father is resisting a forced eviction to make way for a construction site, they come up with their own plans to solve the problem.
The Four Roughnecks
1974
Series credits
6.4Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.
Kamen Rider
1971
8.3Hanzawa Naoki works as a loan manager at the Osaka Nishi branch of Tokyo Central Bank. One day, Hanzawa makes a loan contract for 500 million yen with Nishi Osaka Steel Company. Hanzawa didn't want to approve the loan, but he had to due to the branch manager's order. Nishi Osaka Steel Company seems financially stable, but the company actually hides massive amounts of debt through fraudulent accounts. The company is caught. Three months later, Nishi Osaka Steel Company goes bankrupt. The bank's branch manager is Asano. He is an ambitious man and tries to shift the blame to Hanzawa. Hanzawa then attends an inquiry about the loan failure at the bank's headquarters in Tokyo. Hanzawa denies fault and promises to retrieve the 500 million yen loan. He did this because it's the only way for Hanzawa to survive as a banker.
Hanzawa Naoki
2013
8.4Abunai Deka, often shortened to AbuDeka, is Japanese television drama aired by Nippon Television between 1986 and 1987. Starring Hiroshi Tachi and Kyohei Shibata, the series became very popular and spawned films, spin-offs series, and books. The series follows a pair of detectives, Takayama and Oshita, from the Naka-ku branch of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police.
Dangerous Detective
1986
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Pro Hunter
1981
9.0No synopsis available yet.
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
2004
7.0After five years of service as a cop in San Francisco, Shunsaku Kudo becomes a private detective in Tokyo.
Detective Story
1979
NRAction detective show
Dazzling Cops
1977

