Acting

Akira Kishii

Born 1910-10-13 · Kyobashi, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan

Acting credits

Tokkan ekichô poster
7.0

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

Tokkan ekichô

1945

Merciless Blade Part 2 poster
NR

The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Merciless Blade Part 2

1953

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts poster
6.6

Three sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means mainly playing a banjo type instrument for tips in bars...

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

1935

A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime poster
NR

Soemon, the master of Gidayū-style madcap performances, has gathered the entire tenement block again tonight and is tormenting everyone with his terrible Gidayū singing.

A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime

1954

Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage poster
6.0

A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to rescue them.

Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage

1960

First Love of Okon poster
5.0

A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.

First Love of Okon

1958

Merciless Blade Part 3 poster
NR

The final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Merciless Blade Part 3

1953

No artwork available
9.0

1946 Toho film directed by Kiyoshi Saeki

Yoki na onna

1946

No artwork available
NR

An early Tōhō salaryman musical.

Harikiri Boy

1937

Four Hours of Terror poster
6.3

Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.

Four Hours of Terror

1959

Hikari to kage (Zenpen) poster
NR

Part one of two.

Hikari to kage (Zenpen)

1940

Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja poster
7.7

During the Age Of Wars (Sengoku Era), Tokugawa Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideyoshi are vying for power and each uses their secret weapons in order to try and defeat the other. Momochi Sandayu of the Iga, along with his disciple Ishikawa Goemon are ordered by Ieyasu to assassinate Hideyoshi and get the blueprints for the hidden fortress within Osaka Castle. Meanwhile the Koga group organizes to try and defend the castle for the peace of the nation. Beating off every trick from Sandayu, Torawakamaru protects the drawing, and when Ieyasu figures out a way to hold a match between Koga and Iga the two masters fight the greatest ninja battle ever held. The effects are truly spectacular in this classic ninja film from Toei.

Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja

1957

Souls in the Moonlight III poster
6.6

Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be served for the lost innocent lives? The conclusion of the famed Jidaigeki series is an amazing film, with a completely different perspective on the story from the later versions. While the international audience is more familiar with the “Sword of Doom” and “Satan’s Sword” versions of Daibosatsu Toge (The Great Bodhisattva Pass), the “Souls in the Moonlight” trilogy casts an entirely different light on Ryunosuke and his motives. Can this brutal killer be brought to justice, or is living his life as a blind wanderer a more terrible fate? His sword skills have not diminished, nor has his desire to kill!

Souls in the Moonlight III

1959

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kodakara fūfu

1941

No artwork available
8.0

Hide-chan (Hideko Takamine) and her family are on a trip to Tokyo. While visiting a fairground, a pickpocket (Kamatari Furukawa) steals the father's wallet. While everyone is trying to hunt down the thief, Hide-chan decides to make the most of it and enjoy her stay, while the thief and his main pursuer (Akira Kishii) play hide-and-seek among the funfair's spectacles and freakshows

The Kingdom of Spectacles

1937

Cantankerous Edo poster
6.0

It's fighting fires and swordsmen with a touch of music in this free-for-all of action and excitement combining the talents of Japan's most popular couple... Misora Hibari and Okawa Hashizo. Along with the great Otomo Rytaro as Tatsugoro the fire chief, they keep Edo safe as part of the famed Megumi Fire Squad.

Cantankerous Edo

1957

Diary of a Wandering Lord poster
7.0

Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen.

Diary of a Wandering Lord

1959

東京シンデレラ娘 poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

東京シンデレラ娘

1954

Roughneck From Asama poster
6.6

When Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss Shohei's Okabe Yakuza family with a merciless gang of raiders, Itaro of Asama was missing. With the courage of a lion he had gone off to face the enemy and settle the score all by himself. As a result he had to take the blame in place of Boss Shohei, and went off to adventures on his own.

Roughneck From Asama

1958

Case of a Young Lord 6: Mermaid Murder Case poster
NR

The sixth episode of Hashizo Okawa's "Wakasama Samurai" catch series.

Case of a Young Lord 6: Mermaid Murder Case

1957

Ginza Cancan Girls poster
10.0

Shizuko Kasagi and Hideko Takamine star as young women who try to raise money for a needy old friend by becoming wandering singers who work for tips in Tokyo's Ginza nightlife district.

Ginza Cancan Girls

1949

Souls in the Moonlight poster
7.0

First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesnt hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good. Despite the authors explicit refusal, the series were later made into plays and movies several times.

Souls in the Moonlight

1957

Wrestling-Ring Festival poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Wrestling-Ring Festival

1944

The Monkey King poster
7.0

A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a mission to prevent a demonic resurrection. As Genjo Sanzo, Cho Hakkai, Sha Gojyo, and Son Goku (Kenichi Enomoto) fight their way to their goal, their path is fraught with internal strife.

The Monkey King

1940