Shinpachirō Asaka

Acting

Shinpachirō Asaka

Born 1906-12-01 · Hakodate, Hokkaidô, Japan

Acting credits

Osaka Elegy poster
6.7

Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss in order to pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.

Osaka Elegy

1936

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aa mujo: Kohen

1929

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan

1937

Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki poster
NR

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki

1934

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aa mujo: zenpen

1929

Osaka Woman poster
7.0

When wealthy Ochika marries desolute Danpei, she devotes herself completely to him and takes over her business, to the point of sowing dissensions within the Jōruri troupe in which her husband plays.

Osaka Woman

1940

No artwork available
NR

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

Professional Killer

1932

The Siege of Osaka poster
7.0

The Siege of Osaka

The Siege of Osaka

1937

Miss Okichi poster
6.0

Okichi, a woman trapped in a criminal scheme by two con men, finds her life of deception threatened when she unexpectedly falls in love with the son of a wealthy merchant.

Miss Okichi

1935

Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen poster
9.0

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen

1934

Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō poster
10.0

1942 Japanese movie

Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō

1942

The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen poster
8.0

Mitsue is a popular stage actress and the lover of a shamisen player named Seijuro. She jealously murders two other objects of his affection: Okiyo, a young woman from a samurai family, and Kuro, a cat. The spirits of Okiyo and Kuro then merge into a vengeful ghost.

The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen

1938

A Color Print of Edo poster
7.2

The Color Print of Edo is a 1939 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Kazuo Mori. It is a cheerful period drama, sprinkled with comical scenes and tells the story of a loyal and handsome Edo period servant who fights to help his older brother marry the woman he loves. The star of this film, Utaemon Ichikawa, gained enormous popularity for his portrayal of a cheerful and chivalrous man.

A Color Print of Edo

1939

No artwork available
NR

Film about Ghost-Cat.

Saga kaibyōden

1937

In Search of Mother poster
10.0

His mother abandoned him as a child, so he had no choice but to live outside society. Even so, he grows up determined to reunite with her. Worried that she might be living in misery, he saves his money to help, only to find that she has married into wealth and social position and has no intention of seeing her outcast Yakuza son...

In Search of Mother

1931

Hotta Hayato poster
NR

Jidaigeki film, only a fragment remains of the original film.

Hotta Hayato

1933

No artwork available
NR

Film about Ghost-Cat.

Fifty-three Monster Cats

1938

No artwork available
9.0

The adventures of a young patriotic samurai. This is the Nikkatsu version of Shin Hasegawa's original story. Shochiku released their version of the story with the same title on the exact same day in 1931

Beni-kōmori - Dai ippen

1931

The Kasahara School poster
NR

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.

The Kasahara School

1929