Acting
Kazuya Oguri
Born — Died
1923-04-02 — 2001-12-13
Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
39 titles
Known for
8.0Monjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned his hometown when he was 10 years old. He has been traveling aimlessly with a long toothpick in his mouth. Monjiro avoided getting involved in anything, but wherever he went, he ended up getting involved in incidents
Kogarashi Monjiro
1972
7.0Moonlight Mask (aka Gekko Kamen), is a black and white tokusatsu TV drama series, produced by the advertising agency Senkosha and was aired on KRTV (now TBS) from February 24, 1958 to July 5, 1959, with a total of 130 (or 131) episodes, divided into 5 segments. Since the original show, Gekko Kamen has gained the popularity of being the first Japanese live action television superhero, appearing in films and TV shows well past the length of the original series.
Moonlight Mask
1958
NRFirst Japanese TV drama about flight attendants.
Attention Please
1970
7.8A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.
Two in the Shadow
1967
7.1A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.
A Woman's Life
1963
6.8Professor Shiraki arrives at an isolated girls' boarding school to take a new position. Upon arrival, he learns the principal's wife died in a car accident and is being kept in the cellar, according to local tradition. The principal startles Shiraki by asking him to become his successor, but Shiraki soon discovers that the principal has much darker motives.
Evil of Dracula
1974
Film credits
1970s · 6 titles
6.8Professor Shiraki arrives at an isolated girls' boarding school to take a new position. Upon arrival, he learns the principal's wife died in a car accident and is being kept in the cellar, according to local tradition. The principal startles Shiraki by asking him to become his successor, but Shiraki soon discovers that the principal has much darker motives.
Evil of Dracula
1974
NRRemake of 1949 film
Aoi sanmyaku
1975
NRFilm distributed by ATG.
Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light
1978
NRJapanese drama film.
Ame no meguri ai
1977
NREleventh film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 11 - The Ghost Story of Decapitation
1971
NRSakata Sankichi, an amateur shogi player living in the slums of Osaka, is so obsessed with the board game that he spends all of his family's money to keep playing in the hope of defeating star player Sekine.
The King
1973
1960s · 27 titles
7.8A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.
Two in the Shadow
1967
7.1A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.
A Woman's Life
1963
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Apple Blossom Town
1963
5.9When the only son of a working class woman is fatally struck by a car driven by the adulterous wife of a company president in a hit-and-run, the victim's mother changes her identity and infiltrates the couple's home to work as their maid, plotting to murder their similarly-aged son.
Moment of Terror
1966
5.0Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when, returning from a clandestine meeting with his lover, he runs into a neighbor who is later accused of murder. Questioned by police about the neighbor, and blackmailed by his lover's neighbor, the salaryman's lies lead him on a path to destruction.
The Lost Alibi
1960
6.9Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all are content...The Shinsengumi, a small army of samurai, farmers and peasants, band together to do battle against the tide of history. Their leader, Isami Kondo is a man who rises from farmer to fighter to head the fierce Shinsengumi brigade. Using a stern hand and a heart of gold, he rallies his men in defense of the tottering Shogunate. But bloodshed and treachery lurk around every corner.
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969
7.0Director Iwauchi Katsuki adapted this melodrama from Sasazawa Saho's award winning novel about two young lovers from different sides of the tracks set against the backdrop of the Roppongi district in Tokyo. Masaaki (Minegishi Toru) is the son of a prominent judge and a Law student at university. Chikage (Nakagawa Yuki) is a teenager from an underprivileged home. Both are desperately looking for an escape from their lives when they meet in Roppongi one night and fall in love. But coming from such different backgrounds, their happiness isn't assured.
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
1963
8.0The ruthless and ambitious Yasuhiko uses his charm to manipulate and exploit those around him to climb the corporate social ladder. His cold-blooded ascent eventually leads to moral decay as his past actions begin to catch up with him.
The Blue Beast
1960
NRComedy starring the Crazy Cats' Kei Tani as a salaryman suffering from amnesia.
Monstrous! Who Am I?!
1969
No synopsis available yet.
Ganpā kachō
1961
7.0As her husband Eiichi becomes more entangled in his life as businessman, Naoko looks for ways to expand her own life even as her husband's life shrinks in scope and intimacy. She finds new interests, new love, and a greater sense of her place in the world.
She and He
1963
NRDrama about a young woman, abused as a child, who carries on sexual relations with four men, but is unable to get close to any of them.
La Fée Diabolique
1963
Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.
Once a Rainy Day
1966
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Women Called 'Wives'
1963
NRJaguar-Man (豹(ジャガー)マン, Jagā Man) is an unaired tokusatsu TV pilot produced by P-Productions in 1967. It is an alternative pitch to Hyouman.
Jaguarman
1967
NRSalaryman comedy.
I'm a Single Salaryman
1960
A young woman (Dan) who worked as a prostitute in the days following World War II finds herself sexually dissatisfied with her husband and contemplates returning to an old lover who comes back into her life.
The Call of Flesh
1964
No synopsis available yet.
I Am a Medical Examiner
1964
9.0Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but tires of their authority over his life. A chance encounter with Yukiko Hirai one rainy night brings a new romance into Ryohei's life, and he and Yukiko fall deeply in love. Yukiko, however, reveals that she has a violent husband in prison - with only a week left until his release. Ryohei, desperate to maintain his social standing, brings Yukiko to the mountains in Nagano and sets in motion an unthinkable, tragic chain of events.
Bonds of Love
1969
7.0Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over their inequitable positions and love lives.
Structure of Hate
1961
8.0Set in a juvenile detention center and depicted with a documentary touch.
Hidden Fangs
1961
NR1961 Japanese movie
Zoku sararīman yajikita dōchū
1961
7.0A young couple, composed of a cheating wife and a retired car racer, arrive at a drive-in. A man with a gun arrives at the restaurant and takes hostages. Chaos ensues.
Too Young to Die
1969
NRDrama about an adolescent girl. Remake of Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935)
When Love Awakens
1969
7.0Teacher Miyako Hanai, disillusioned by her sisters’ unhappy marriages, rejects love until family conflicts and her mother’s unexpected remarriage lead her to rethink happiness and relationships.
Start Here
1965
9.01962 Japanese movie
Kōkōsei to jokyōshi hijō no seishun
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
わが愛を星に祈りて
1966
1950s · 2 titles
8.5Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his term for theft. Told in flashback, viewers learn about Kitani's past and reasons behind his prison sentence.
Vacuum Zone
1952
7.0Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers at a large printing house and the strikers' steadfastness, which neither hunger nor violence could break. The heroine of this story actively participates in her colleagues' struggle against layoffs, oppression, and police brutality.
The Street Without Sun
1954
Series credits
8.0Monjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned his hometown when he was 10 years old. He has been traveling aimlessly with a long toothpick in his mouth. Monjiro avoided getting involved in anything, but wherever he went, he ended up getting involved in incidents
Kogarashi Monjiro
1972
7.0Moonlight Mask (aka Gekko Kamen), is a black and white tokusatsu TV drama series, produced by the advertising agency Senkosha and was aired on KRTV (now TBS) from February 24, 1958 to July 5, 1959, with a total of 130 (or 131) episodes, divided into 5 segments. Since the original show, Gekko Kamen has gained the popularity of being the first Japanese live action television superhero, appearing in films and TV shows well past the length of the original series.
Moonlight Mask
1958
NRFirst Japanese TV drama about flight attendants.
Attention Please
1970

