
Acting
Kentarō Shimizu
Born
1952-10-11 (74)
Place of birth
Kokura, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
63 titles
Known for
8.2The series depicts the employees of a security company from different generations and backgrounds facing many difficult questions. It features a guard who survived a suicide mission during the war and his conflicts, rebellion, empathy and reconciliation with the younger generation born after the war.
The Roads Men Travel
1976
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Gメン'82
1982
5.8A detective living a happy married life learns that a man he once arrested has escaped from prison. The fugitive commits a string of robberies and rapes, and ultimately takes his former lover as hostage - the same woman who is now the detective's wife. The criminal continues his exploits while evading capture, all while weilding the detective's gun and repeatedly assaulting the detective's wife.
Confinement Escape
1992
5.3East meets West as the Japanese Yakuza battle drug lords and the LAPD in the streets of Los Angeles...
Fatal Blade
2000
6.4A married couple of abalone divers must confront ruthless investors taking over their coastline.
Mermaid Legend
1984
7.2In the midst of a match, Hayato, a successful boxer, has had enough of the sport. He lets himself get knocked out, and quits boxing, leaving his wife and living alone with his mangy dog. One day a young mediocre boxer knocks at the door and wants to be Hayato's apprentice.
The Boxer
1977
Film credits
2000s · 22 titles
5.3East meets West as the Japanese Yakuza battle drug lords and the LAPD in the streets of Los Angeles...
Fatal Blade
2000
NRA young yakuza experiences various conflicts, tactics, betrayals, rules, etc. in the gangster world, stands out in the organization, and climbs to the top of the organization. The theatrical version of the popular video series adapted from the original work by Murakami Kazuhiko.
Road to the Don Theatrical Version
2003
5.0The Dragon Tiger brothers who live as yakuza in the Han Chinese district of Japan. The arm of his brother, Noboru, is engraved with a dragon rising to the sky, and the arm of his brother, Takeshi, is engraved with a tattoo symbolizing himself. After the war, they draw the blood of Sangokujin Wang Haidong, who was killed in a mutiny in abandoned Japan, but has been gratefully serving the leader of the Takeda group who murdered his father. One day the group leader tells them to take over the group. Honda, a young leader who is not convinced by this, partnered with the head of black society, Wang Rei, and began taking over the Han Chinese district and the Takeda group. As a result, brothers Ryu-Tora and Wang Retsu will play a deadly battle without meeting the real brothers who draw Wang Haidong's blood.
Blood Brothers
2002
NRThe conflict that broke out due to the expansion of the power of the Ninryukai was further intensified of both political and police powers.
Otoko Michi 5
2001
NRRyuji Hoshikawa (played by Ken'ichi Endô), the leader of the Hoshikawa group and an executive of the Saito group, a branch of the Asahikawa Sekine Association, grew increasingly distrustful of the group's leader, Shigezo Saito (played by Johnny Okura), after being removed from his role as acting head of the Saito group. As a result, he abandoned his parent organization and his family, ultimately accepting the ceremonial sake cup from Tetsuya Kishimori (played by Kentaro Shimizu), the leader of the Kishimori group, which belongs to the massive Kinjokai organization based in the Kanto region.
Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North Sea
2003
NRIn this gritty Yakuza drama about the struggles between the Kanto Yakuza forces and Tohoku forces, a newcomer of the Kishimori Group takes on the dangerous task of launching a new office in rival territory.
Kanto Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura
2003
5.9A werewolf samurai walks the countryside, finding himself in the middle of a village of monsters who feed on human flesh.
Kibakichi
2004
NRThe first installment of the Showa Gamblers series. In 1964, as Tokyo buzzes with excitement over the upcoming Olympics, Ginzaki of the Kansai Senba Union approaches Hanamura, the leader of the “Asakusa Union Eight,” who controls the gambling dens in the Asakusa area. He proposes a joint operation for a grand gambling event.
Showa Gamblers
2003
10.0When a lowly thug gets brought into a powerful Yakuza gang by his successful younger brother, he is tasked to take the hit on a rival gang leader.
Bullet Explosion
2004
NRThe sixteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
Road to the Don 16
2001
NRThe twenty-first 'Road to the Don' film.
Road to the Don 21
2002
NRThe twenty-fourth 'Road to the Don' film.
Road to the Don 24
2005
NRThe thirteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
Road to the Don 13
2000
NRThe fourteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
Road to the Don 14
2000
NRThe nineteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
Road to the Don 19
2001
NRThe eighteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
Road to the Don 18
2001
NR1990. Takizawa, the head of the Hayama group's Takizawa group, ordered the members to shoot and kill Sasamoto, who betrayed the group and tried to join the fifth Sannokai-affiliated Minamiyama group. This triggered the interruption of the "Yamaha War" by Sannokai and Hayama-gumi.
Gunball
2001
9.0In 1974. Shogo was suddenly called back by his father, Haruo Yuge who was the leader of Hakusan-gumi in Wakayama. What awaited him was the crisis of survival of the Hakusan-gumi. The decision Shogo made to get out of this mess was to get out of the yakuza business and get back on his feet.
Toppamono Taiyouden
2000
NRThe second installment of the Showa Gamblers series. In the mid-1950s, Orin, the daughter of Takashima Tomezō, the 8th-generation leader of the Takashima clan in Jōshū Nitta, seeks out Seijirō Hanamura, an old friend of her father. She hopes to stop the Narita-gumi, who are plotting to take over the main family.
Showa Gamblers Gaiden
2008
NRThe twelfth 'Road to the Don' film.
Road to the Don 12
2000
NRThe twenty-third 'Road to the Don' film.
Road to the Don 23
2004
Sequel of Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution
Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution 2
2002
1990s · 22 titles
5.8A detective living a happy married life learns that a man he once arrested has escaped from prison. The fugitive commits a string of robberies and rapes, and ultimately takes his former lover as hostage - the same woman who is now the detective's wife. The criminal continues his exploits while evading capture, all while weilding the detective's gun and repeatedly assaulting the detective's wife.
Confinement Escape
1992
6.7After serving time for bank fraud, Kiriko now lives a quiet life as a taxi driver working night shifts... but her peace is shattered by a relentless stalker in a Land Cruiser.
Stranger
1991
7.5A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza family. When his boss gets shot, he decides to go after the plotters.
A Legend of Turmoil
1992
6.0Joe reunites with his ex-lover Serika, unbeknownst that she is the mistress and pawn of Mexican-Japanese crime lord Nicol. Joe’s superiors see Serika as a suspect and a member of Nicol’s gang, so when she disappears, Joe must recruit outside help to get her back. Here a sympathetic female colleague named Sunny and a tearaway member of Nicol’s gang aid him in his search.
Crime Hunter 3: Killing Bullet
1990
NRJin, who has killed is worried about his younger brother Jiro and has returned to the world as a ghost!
Can you collect it? 2
1993
8.2After the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years.
1750 Days of Turbulence
1990
NRSequel to 'Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf'
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2
1998
NRThe 7th gangster action of men who continue to fight bloody battles in Tosa, Shikoku.
Shura ga Yuku 7
1998
6.0An action in which a female lone wolf bravely confronts a blood struggle in the underworld of Hong Kong. Kay Himuro, trained as a special intelligence officer, is asked to work in drug trafficking and flies to Hong Kong.
Codename K Ready Connection
1991
NRThe strongest professional mahjong syndicate in Kansai, backed by Western Japan's largest illegal organization, sets out to conquer Tokyo! Assigned this special mission, the “Dragon of Minami” uses his speed honed in buu mahjong and his teamwork with his wife, Ritsuko, to defeat one Kanto-based professional after another. Meanwhile, Shoichi Sakurai, visiting the grave of a mahjong player he killed in retaliation for an underground match, encounters former opponent Hiromitsu Nishimura. The Tokyo faction, now in total disarray, had even approached the retired Nishimura to act as their rep player. But, having sworn off mahjong as a promise to Sakurai, Nishimura agonizes. Win the match, die. Lose the match, die. Sensing Nishimura's predicament, Sakurai enters the high-stakes arena alone. The curtain rises on the East-West Mahjong Showdown, the greatest match in Japan!
Shin Mahjong Demon 3: East-West Mahjong Showdown
1999
NRTakahashi Hideki stars as Muyonosuke, the one-eyed ronin who makes his living as a bounty hunter who is on a never-ending quest to find the man who murdered his father. The usually aloof Muyonosuke, who never would pause to help the common man winds up befriending an orphan boy and a mysterious woman, and getting involved in a feud between two families, but finds out there is a high power behind the curtain who pulls their strings.
Bounty Hunter Muyonosuke
1990
NRThe first 'Road to the Don' film.
Road to the Don
1998
NRKabukicho, Shinjuku. Shoichi Sakurai meets a man who goes to a mahjong parlor from 9am to 5pm and realizes that there is something missing in his mahjong. Next, a soba restaurant owner from Karuizawa who lost his land because of mahjong appears before Sakurai. Sakurai teaches him mahjong when he asks for his help, but...
Mahjong Demon 4: Mahjong Proxy War
1994
6.5“Gunro no keifu” is known as “Tale of a Scarface.” It follows the life of Kumoro, a yakuza member, who recently is released from prison after serving 14 years for his Family. Upon his return he finds the various yakuza syndicates on the brink of war. Kumoro is, at first, removed from the dealings of the families by his Boss, but slowly he is drawn back into his old ways.
Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface
1997
5.2No synopsis available yet.
Wangan Midnight Final: GTR Densetsu ACT 1
1994
NRNo synopsis available yet.
History of Japan's Yakuza — Cry of Honor 2
1999
NRKnown as the ‘Woman Tamer’, Ryuji Akishima maintains several mistresses across various circles, skilfully manipulating them with extraordinary erotic techniques to uncover the truth behind incidents using the information he gathers… A member of the Minseito Party was being blackmailed by an unknown party. A colleague investigating the matter met a suspicious death. Sensing the stench of a sinister conspiracy lurking behind it all, Ryuji took over the case for a fee of ten million yen. Armed with information gleaned from all-encompassing sexual encounters with women, Ryuji’s ferocious physical battle began…!!
The Woman Tamer
1995
NRThe Kuronuma Group, a huge mahjong organization that controls the political and financial circles of Japan from behind the scenes, has been growing rapidly by taking in underground professionals one after another with the overwhelming strength of the second generation leader, Nishimura Hiromitsu. In the midst of all this, a young pinch-player, Matsuoka, who respects Sakurai Shoichi, faces off against a low-level member, which leads to a confrontation between Sakurai and Nishimura...
Shin Mahjong Demon 2: Mahjong Lawless Zone
1999
NRThe second 'Road to the Don' film
Road to the Don 2
1998
NRTwo scammers who cross the world without being caught by Satsu and killed
Can You Collect It?
1992
NRThird part in the yakuza series.
Ambition Without Honor 3
1998
NRShoichi Sakurai, who started his own trading company and is obsessed with business, is approached with a mineral resource deal. However, it is a trap set by a politician who wants Sakurai to play as a substitute. Falling right into the trap, Sakurai is forced to participate in an underground mahjong match held at a certain country's embassy...
Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong
1994
1980s · 10 titles
6.4A married couple of abalone divers must confront ruthless investors taking over their coastline.
Mermaid Legend
1984
6.0During the Showa era, a young yakuza survives war and injury and rises to become a clan boss with the help and respect of his sworn brothers.
The Story of a Man Among Men
1984
5.7A made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence and betrayal inside the criminal underworld.
The Last True Yakuza
1985
4.8A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist starts playing at a particular nightspot, a thug from the Yakuza adopts him as a special friend for no greater reason than he plays one of his favorite songs well. As the dangerous life of the gangster intertwines with that of the musician, it brings harm to the musician's girlfriend, who is raped. This changes the young saxophonist's attitude about his patron, but his Yakuza "friend" is still too embroiled in his own problems to worry about anything else.
Cabaret
1986
4.8A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist starts playing at a particular nightspot, a thug from the Yakuza adopts him as a special friend for no greater reason than he plays one of his favorite songs well. As the dangerous life of the gangster intertwines with that of the musician, it brings harm to the musician's girlfriend, who is raped. This changes the young saxophonist's attitude about his patron, but his Yakuza "friend" is still too embroiled in his own problems to worry about anything else.
Cabaret
1986
6.8A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a moderate academic success; but the younger son is a rebellious goof-off for whom a tutor must be hired. The tutor proceeds to blow the entire family apart.
The Family Game
1983
6.7In Okinawa, a Japanese-Filipino gangster named Joe kills an Okinawan mobster. Joe temporarily escapes the pursuing mob by fleeing to the Philippines, hoping to find there safety and perhaps to link up with his father. He meets Yoko, a saloon girl, who looks after him, but soon Joe's enemies show up, determined to make Joe pay.
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
1984
8.0Based on the novel of the same name by Yoshio Kataoka.
The Wangan Highway
1984
6.7Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble.
Like a Savage
1985
3.0An antique sword exposes tension between three siblings.
Katana
1986
1970s · 6 titles
7.2In the midst of a match, Hayato, a successful boxer, has had enough of the sport. He lets himself get knocked out, and quits boxing, leaving his wife and living alone with his mangy dog. One day a young mediocre boxer knocks at the door and wants to be Hayato's apprentice.
The Boxer
1977
8.0In pre-war Japan, two members of a large yakuza syndicate instigate a turf war that embroils the highest echelons of Tokyo's underworld.
Down with The Big Boss
1979
9.0The sixth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. Two long-distance truckers, Momojiro and Kinzo, travel around Japan in highly decorated trucks. In Kyushu, Momojiro falls in love again... this time with a beautiful college student Masako.
I Am A Man of Honor
1977
8.0The third movie in the "Boso" series.
The Runaway Season
1976
5.3The fourth installment in the Bosozoku film series starring Koichi Iwaki.
Hell Riders
1976
7.0Yasuaki Kurata plays a masked ring brawler who is out for revenge against an evil, megalomaniac entrepreneur played by Japan's most reliable bad guy of the '70's, Masashi Ishibashi.
Which Is Stronger, Karate or the Tiger?
1976
Series credits
8.2The series depicts the employees of a security company from different generations and backgrounds facing many difficult questions. It features a guard who survived a suicide mission during the war and his conflicts, rebellion, empathy and reconciliation with the younger generation born after the war.
The Roads Men Travel
1976
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Gメン'82
1982
Cops solve cases as they travel the country.
Aitsu to Ore
1980
