
Acting
Jiro Sakagami
Born — Died
1934-04-16 — 2011-03-10
Place of birth
Kagoshima - Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
61 titles
Known for
NRThe 29th NHK Asadora. Starring Satomi Tezuka as a woman who starts a hotel in the Meiji era.
Haikara-san
1982
6.6Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering on a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
Taboo
1999
10.0Continuing the tradition of the Yojimbo movies, Mifune Toshiro stars as Toge Kujuro, a wandering ronin searching for his own fame and happiness. With a sense of justice, he travels the countryside, with his motley collection of outcasts - a pistol-carrying ronin, a two-bit con artist and woman seeking revenge, following close behind, unwittingly righting wrongs and protecting the common man.
Ronin of the Wastelands
1972
NRSet mainly in and around the Aizumi Police Station, this detective drama depicts a detective with a past as a former delinquent who fights against the rapidly increasing number of juvenile crimes.
Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji
1980
7.0A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.
Tenchu!
1969
6.5Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-girl) when he traveled through Amagi Pass. A mysterious murder took place afterwards, an Ozuka was held responsible. 40 years later, the boy, who became a printing shop owner, was visited by a retired policeman who came from Amagi Pass. The truth then started to reveal itself.
Amagi Pass
1983
Film credits
2000s · 3 titles
6.2Kunio Shibano was bankrupted. He visits a snowland spa area to commit suicide. But he meets Geisha Moeko, and she gives him power to face life one more time...
Snowland Revisited
2002
10.029-year-old Satonaka Takashi (Kudo Kankuro) is a freelancer. He falls in love at first sight with Satoru Nobunaga (Shiho Takano), who was a nurse at his previous hospitalization. He half stalks her and ends up working at the "Time Machine" restaurant in Tokyo Patio, an apartment complex for the elderly in Asakusa. On his first day of work, Takashi is approached at the entrance by a strange old man (Kunie Tanaka). However, he is told that the old man, Fujiwara Fujiro, is already dead. Fujiro, unable to give up his feelings for Chidori Kanzaki (Yoko Tsukasa), whom he loved before her death, possesses Takashi and uses his body to fulfill his feelings for her. Possessed by Fujirou, Takashi tries somehow to get rid of the spirit, but without success. However, when Fujirou discovers his feelings for Saiya, Takashi is helped by Fujirou, who has a wealth of knowledge and experience due to his age, and finally decides to allow Saiya to live with him in his body...
Fukumimi
2003
NRAmateur band guitarist Minoru Katagiri becomes unconscious when someone hits his head at her sister's house. When he regains consciousness a month later, he learns that her sister was killed as a victim of a series of bizarre murders that day. In addition, his sense of smell developed abnormally due to the after-effects of being beaten, and he acquired a special ability to visualize odors. Minoru pursues the criminal by making full use of this special ability.
Olfactogram
2002
1990s · 9 titles
6.6Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering on a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
Taboo
1999
NRMade-for-TV movie based on the novel “The Puppeteer in the Shadows” by master storyteller Fujisawa Shuhei, this tale of swordsmanship, heroism, and romance in the highest chambers of power in the Tokugawa shogunate. Caught up in deadly intrigue at Edo Castle after fulfilling a dying man wish. Now forced to rely on his mastery of swordsmanship. Tsurumi, who walked away from his samurai status to practice calligraphy is caught between opposing forces leading to fierce battles among samurai and ninja!
Fujisawa Shuhei's Sparkling Sword: Puppeteer in the Shadows
1997
7.4A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood for adult students on the fringes of Japanese society.
A Class to Remember
1993
6.6During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Anne Frank's Diary
1995
7.0On 17 May 1936–during a period of war, economic depression, public unease and growing militarism, a time of unrest and confusion when public opinion was, at best, unpredictable–Sada Abe killed and emasculated her lover. Condemned by the law, Sada finds herself lionised by the press and hailed as a 'saint' of love. Because hers was a crime of passion, the purity of her motivation elevates her from criminal to heroine.
Sada
1998
NRA series of mysterious numbers began arriving at the Tamamura family, a family of jewelers. They were terrifying death threats. Kogoro Akechi sets out to investigate, but the culprits strike first and kidnap him, holding him captive. With Akechi in a life-or-death situation, is there any way he can escape the man who calls himself “The Magician”? And why is this magician, possessing the cunning of a devil, targeting the Tamamura family?
The Mysterious Lightning Beauty
1990
NRBaseball drama for home video.
Draft
1991
NRShoichi Sakurai meets his girlfriend's father, the legendary drug dealer Mo. This leads to the two of them repeatedly competing against each other, but Mo eventually passes away. Sakurai, who regrets having taken his life, receives news of the Japan Championship and decides to retire after this match. Thus, he faces his final match, but...
Mahjong Demon 5 Final Edition: One-man Retirement Match
1995
NRDirty Hero Takuro Kanzaki appears in a life and death murder game!
48 Hours of Prisoner Op Tracking
1991
1980s · 13 titles
6.5Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-girl) when he traveled through Amagi Pass. A mysterious murder took place afterwards, an Ozuka was held responsible. 40 years later, the boy, who became a printing shop owner, was visited by a retired policeman who came from Amagi Pass. The truth then started to reveal itself.
Amagi Pass
1983
6.2Also known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them, for revenge. All intertwined with the investigation of journalists into local murders, the manipulations of a palmist known as the “blue moth”, and political corruption.
Lullaby of Death
1982
NRKogoro Akechi solves the mystery of the invisible culprit and the invisible weapon.
The Beauty in the Black Mask
1987
6.6After a highly successful raid on Singapore Harbour, soldiers of Z Special Unit lead a new expedition in Singapore, with disastrous results.
The Highest Honour
1982
NRWhile out for a stroll, the famous detective Kogoro Akechi enters a museum and encounters a woman staring at a poster of someone who looks exactly like him. The woman is the renowned art photographer Fujiko Maiya...
The Phantom Beauty of Kobe Rokko
1989
NRA shadowy figure roams the attic of an old Western-style mansion every night. A famous detective takes on the mystery surrounding a woman who was once the lover of a former member of the nobility.
The Beauty of the Sundial Mansion
1988
NRA elusive thief nicknamed 'King of Terror' can disguise himself as anyone, and targets only first-class artworks. His next target is the 'Tears of Anastasia', a treasure belonging to Ryoko, a beautiful violinist's prestigious Kobayakawa family. The great detective Kogoro Akechi is asked by Inspector Namikoshi to provide security.
The Beauty with the Enchanting Melody
1986
NRThis fairy tale depicts the heartwarming connection between a young man who has lost his memory and the gypsies.
Star Ranch
1987
9.0No synopsis available yet.
The Sound of the Waves
1985
NRKogoro Akechi attends a party hosted by his old friend, the Japanese-style painter Gozo Yuki. He is introduced to Yuki’s daughter, Shimako, who is soon attacked by an unknown assailant...
The Beauty in the Red Riding Outfit
1987
No synopsis available yet.
変装探偵 殺人鬼はバラが好き
1981
8.0The film tells the story of a man who was washed ashore on an uninhabited island after a ship wrecked by a storm, and after twelve years, he returned to human society.
Abandoned
1981
NRNo synopsis available yet.
南十字星
1982
1970s · 16 titles
6.4Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known being The Inugami Family. Kosuke Kindaichi is the most famous detective in Japan. Kindaichi gets a new case to figure out who has beheaded a valuable statue and made off with its head.
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979
5.3Hiroki Matsukata is a fish market worker and a fanatical Japanese festival rascal. He also falls in love with a stripper while delivering his colleague's love letter to her but forgetting to mention it's from another man.
Festival Champ
1976
10.0Kingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the Tamai-gumi, a stevedore group, to vie for work with two other powerful groups. Gingo is Tamai's chief rival who falls in love with the latter's wife and tries to kill Tamai.
Flower and Dragon
1973
7.6The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.
The Last Samurai
1974
6.6Based off of the novel, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" and the ballet "The Nutcracker" Sanrio shows their take on the classic story in a stop-motion animated film.
Nutcracker Fantasy
1979
7.5Shiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year-old daughter, with the aid of an Ainu dog summoned by a whistle she gave him.
Shag
1978
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Beauty Wandering Story
1977
NRThe story of a timid samurai attempting to rid his name of the stigma attached to it.
The Witty Samurai
1972
10.0Ex-conman Junpei plots revenge on a corrupt corporation by leading a team of swindlers posing as politicians. A slick crime comedy of cons and payback.
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
1974
9.0Comedy of two brothers working at a local governmental office.
The Instant Services Bureau
1971
NRNo synopsis available yet.
I Want to Sleep
1970
NRTwo born rivals plot a new start after a string of ups and downs.
Life is a Battle
1970
NRYouth movie.
Hadashi no seishun
1975
NRA coming-of-age film in which Junko Sakurada, who was immensely popular as a girl star, plays the leading role in a movie for the first time. Based on Keiko Ochiai's book of the same title, the film tells the story of a 17-year-old girl's first love and growth who yearns for an older teacher.
Spoonful of Happiness
1975
8.0Comedy about a lewd man (Fujita) learning to enjoy life's little pleasures.
It's a Man's Way of Life
1970
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Japan Beauty Story
1974
1960s · 11 titles
7.0A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.
Tenchu!
1969
10.0A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.
Konto 55: The Weaknesses of the Century
1968
NRA Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.
Konto 55: Grandson of a Ninja
1969
7.0In the 9th year of Genroku, Mitsukuni Mito Komon of Hitachi Province set out on a pilgrimage to various countries with his reluctant vassals, Sukesaburo and Kakunosuke, under the name of Koemon, a retired peasant.
Travels of Lord Mito
1969
7.0Eighth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
Woman Gambler and the Nun
1968
8.0A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.
Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure
1969
NRComedy around a motorman and a conductor of a streetcar.
The Street Car Game
1969
NRTwo men succeed in opening a joint restaurant after hilarious troubles.
One Two Punch
1969
NR1968 Japanese movie
Mappira shain yūkyōden
1968
NRA Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.
Konto 55: Mankind's Weaknesses
1969
NRComedy about two employees who work against their boss.
Angel's Lover
1968
Series credits
NRThe 29th NHK Asadora. Starring Satomi Tezuka as a woman who starts a hotel in the Meiji era.
Haikara-san
1982
10.0Continuing the tradition of the Yojimbo movies, Mifune Toshiro stars as Toge Kujuro, a wandering ronin searching for his own fame and happiness. With a sense of justice, he travels the countryside, with his motley collection of outcasts - a pistol-carrying ronin, a two-bit con artist and woman seeking revenge, following close behind, unwittingly righting wrongs and protecting the common man.
Ronin of the Wastelands
1972
NRSet mainly in and around the Aizumi Police Station, this detective drama depicts a detective with a past as a former delinquent who fights against the rapidly increasing number of juvenile crimes.
Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji
1980
To infiltrate a violent school campus an elite police officer puts his career on hold to go undercover as a teacher. With the help of his team on the inside, they fight to prevent crime and delinquency in this school-plus-detective drama. Of course, there is love and action to keep you entertained.
The School Cop
1988
NRAdapted from the novel 'Tenshi no Uppercut' by Kitajima Takashi. A delinquent girl series telling the struggles of a girl newly arrived in Midorigaoka High School after moving to Kunitachi City against a women's gang known as The Red Rose as well as the teachers and the system they created in the school.
Tenshi no Uppercut
1986
NRFrom 1974's Akai Meiro (『赤い迷路』) to 1980's Akai Shisen (『赤い死線』), the Akai ("Red") series had 10 parts. Shown as the Akai Series 2005 last year, the remakes Akai Giwaku in June starring Ishihara Satomi and Akai Unmei in the fall season starring Ayase Haruka have received much acclaim. Hence this spring, Akai Kiseki will be broadcast as the 11th part in the series. Akai Kiseki revolves around the basic plot of a star in the female figure-skating world who falls in love with a youth who had killed someone in the past and portrays various trials and tribulations these star-crossed lovers have to go through to pursue their forbidden love. With the theme that "it is possible to illuminate one's life based on one's efforts," we launch this fresh modern installment of the Akai series. Fukada Kyoko is trying out figure-skating for the first time in this show, and be sure not to miss scenes where she appears in the skating costumes and gorgeous clothes.
Red Miracle
2006
Totsugawa Keibu Series produced by Daiei TV-Film, aired on TBS from 1982 to 1984.
Totsugawa Keibu Series (The Suspence)
1982
No synopsis available yet.
いのち燃ゆ
1981
No synopsis available yet.
江戸の牙
1979
