
Acting
Jiro Sakagami
Born 1934-04-16 · Kagoshima - Japan
Acting credits
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
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
NR1968 Japanese movie
Mappira shain yūkyōden
1968
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
7.3A 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
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
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
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
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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Beauty Wandering Story
1977
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
NRComedy about two employees who work against their boss.
Angel's Lover
1968
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
NRKogoro Akechi solves the mystery of the invisible culprit and the invisible weapon.
The Beauty in the Black Mask
1987
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
7.7The 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
8.0Comedy about a lewd man (Fujita) learning to enjoy life's little pleasures.
It's a Man's Way of Life
1970
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