Acting

Toranosuke Tennoji

Acting credits

Honno-Ji in Flames poster
6.3

The plot is based on the novel "Akechi Samanosuke no Koi," the final work in a trilogy by Hiroshi Kato about the forced suicide of Oda Nobunaga at the temple Honnoji. Historically, the general Akechi Mitsuhide is credited with causing Nobunaga's downfall. Kato's novel focuses on Mitsuhide's nephew Samanosuke, who fought alongside his uncle during the assault on Honnoji.

Honno-Ji in Flames

1960

Dakine no nagawakizashi poster
NR

Tatsuo Osone movie

Dakine no nagawakizashi

1960

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight poster
6.8

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child.

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

1964

Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold poster
6.9

Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed two years ago. When some tax money is stolen while in transit to the governor he is accused and sets out to find the money and clear his name.

Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold

1964

A Country Boss poster
NR

A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.

A Country Boss

1962

Echigo jishi-sai poster
NR

1960 version of Lion Festival of Echigo

Echigo jishi-sai

1960

零戦黒雲一家 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

零戦黒雲一家

1962

Broken Swords poster
8.0

The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the vile Lord Kira.

Broken Swords

1969

Shin nitōhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki poster
NR

Second "Pfc. Story" sequel and the ninth and final sequel to "Story of Second Class Private", the only one in both series not directed by Seiichi Fukuda.

Shin nitōhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki

1961

The Beloved Imposters poster
NR

1958 Mito Kōmon film.

The Beloved Imposters

1958

The Three Magicians poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Three Magicians

1960

Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival poster
NR

A costumed film featuring the famous hero of Japanese history, Isshin Tasuke, arranged in the form of a popular song.

Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival

1967

The Preacher of Love poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

The Preacher of Love

1961

No artwork available
NR

Sixth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki

1959

Bad Reputation: The Notorious Harbor poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bad Reputation: The Notorious Harbor

1963

Yoru no keisha poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Yoru no keisha

1962

Ōtone mujō poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ōtone mujō

1960

Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki poster
NR

Fifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki

1958

Yajikita min'yō dōchū Ōshū kaidō no maki poster
NR

1959 Japanese movie

Yajikita min'yō dōchū Ōshū kaidō no maki

1959

Denshichi Torimonocho: Silver Snake Spell poster
NR

The eleventh episode of the Denshichi Torimonocho series. Around the time of Shogun Ienari, a murderer known as a ghost hikyaku appeared in Edo, raping and killing young girls one after another. One night, a notice was recieved that Oichi, the daughter of Wakasa Kanayu of the small construction group, would be taken away. The mansion was surrounded by ten and twenty layers of people including Denshichi, who was asked to guard the house, and Sesshinsai Ohba, the owner of the dojo. Four seconds later, a violent explosion suddenly occurred.

Denshichi Torimonocho: Silver Snake Spell

1959

Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō

1961

No artwork available
NR

First installment of the "Pfc. Story" series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku, and seventh overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Pfc. Story - The Divine Tempest

1959

The Confusing Journey of Jirocho poster
9.0

An entertaining historical drama featuring popular comedians from the Kansai region of the time, such as Makoto Fujita, Minoru Shiraki, and Gannosuke Ashiya. Raizo Ichikawa as the famous yakuza boss Jirocho.

The Confusing Journey of Jirocho

1963

No artwork available
NR

First "Pfc. Story" sequel and eighth overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Pfc. Story - Behind the Enemy Lines

1960