Acting

Chin Naitô

Born 1936-09-18 · Tokyo, Japan

Actor, comedian, and book critic.

Acting credits

A Comic Storyteller — Uproarious Laughter poster
NR

The third "Comic Storyteller" feature. A comedy set in historic Edo.

A Comic Storyteller — Uproarious Laughter

1967

All Under the Moon poster
6.9

A Korean taxi-driver interacts both humorously and tragically with his customers and employers in '90s Tokyo.

All Under the Moon

1993

Mahjong Horoki poster
7.0

A mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all challenges and plan for an ultimate revenge match.

Mahjong Horoki

1984

Comic Storyteller — The Great Burglar poster
NR

The fourth and final "Comic Storyteller" feature.

Comic Storyteller — The Great Burglar

1967

The Heartbreak Yakuza poster
5.0

A hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both engulfed in the underground world of intergang warfare.

The Heartbreak Yakuza

1987

Kidnapping Blues poster
7.3

A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man does not intend to be a kidnapper – he asks the girl to phone her mother and tell her she's with him. During their trip they meet various people, but they always must continue on, lest the man be arrested.

Kidnapping Blues

1982

Turning Point poster
7.0

A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.

Turning Point

1994

Legend of the Cat Monster poster
5.0

A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter is tasked with writing her comeback film, which leads the two to live under the same roof.

Legend of the Cat Monster

1983

The Young Blood Typhoon poster
NR

On the way home from a small assault incident at a love hotel in Tokyo, Shuntaro Katagiri playfully entered the love hotel with his friend Iwanaka. When I fell asleep, I screamed and screamed from the room. Katagiri, who was full of blood, jumped out of the room after hearing the noise. A running girl, a bloody man, and a muscle man, a yakuza, a mysterious woman. The corridor of the hotel turned into a shambles for a moment, but Katagiri, a karate master, he slammed the place and he broke it. A strange space-This was his first encounter with the girl

The Young Blood Typhoon

1995

Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie

1979

Hong Kong Paradise poster
7.5

Set in decadent, chaotic Hong Kong and Tokyo, the film tells the story of a young woman caught up in a mysterious turn of events. A young tour guide, 23-year-old Mamiko who's had her heart set on Paris, finds herself swept off to booming Hong Kong where she is thrown into the midst of a high-profile burglary case.

Hong Kong Paradise

1990

Draft poster
NR

Baseball drama for home video.

Draft

1991

Female Neo-Ninjas poster
4.9

Three cute, sexy ninjas, around the age of 20, have been in training, building their powers for some vague future threat. Their destined mission becomes apparent when a handsome ninja from 400 years past drops from the sky into the hot tub of on of the girls. He comes with news of a grave threat: an evil industrialist has apparently joined forces with UFOs to take over Japan. The only solution, it seems, lies in the special talents of the three girls - notable as much for their martial arts as their skimpy costumes.

Female Neo-Ninjas

1991

No artwork available
NR

The work by Nobuhiro Kawanaka, who consistently produces film works from a personal aspect, focuses on Naito Chin (comedian, book reviewer), who had passed away in 2011. With the enormous footage Kawanaka has taken, the time he and Naito had spent together will be revived on screen.

Imprint

2014

Haunted School poster
NR

A male student tries to rape his female teacher in the science room. She uses chemicals to fight him off but they mix and cause her body to disappear. Her disembodied head looks to be reunited with her body.

Haunted School

1997