Acting

Setsuko Amamiya

Acting credits

The Man with a Sinister Laugh poster
8.0

After getting out of prison, a young yakuza tries to find out who killed his girlfriend, attempts not to get drawn back into crime, and to find his missing sister.

The Man with a Sinister Laugh

1960

Fangs of Night poster
5.0

A young doctor discovers that the city hall of records has a record of his death. He and some friends try to seek out the person who reported it, and uncover a shady group of criminals with a sinister plot.

Fangs of Night

1958

The Seasons of Love poster
3.8

A family is slowly falling apart: the father is absent from the start, the mother a kept woman thanks to her children, the son is being cheated on by his wife, one daughter is forced to marry an older man against her will, while the other has retreated into smug moral superiority.

The Seasons of Love

1958

Underworld Beauty poster
5.9

The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds he had stashed before getting pinched. When he returns to his haunt to make good by friend who took a bullet for him, he is diverted by the greedy boss Oyane and his insatiable taste for Miyamoto's precious stones.

Underworld Beauty

1958

The Dragon Crest poster
NR

A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.

The Dragon Crest

1963

Teenage Yakuza poster
6.9

A high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighbouring city.

Teenage Yakuza

1962

The Human Cyclone poster
NR

The first in the Ginza Whirlwind Child series. A poignant action giant depicting the activities of Mait Guy Akira, who calls people to Ginza Boring Man, popular and longing everywhere, and who is on the side of justice of the divine ghost.

The Human Cyclone

1959

Whirlpool of Flesh poster
10.0

During the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is apparent that their needs are not matched. He would much rather be translating Shakespeare than attending to her, and she has a secret in her past - one that results in her sleeping with a great number of men.

Whirlpool of Flesh

1964

Mighty Rules poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mighty Rules

1959

Bet on a Seaside Romance poster
9.0

1960 action film.

Bet on a Seaside Romance

1960

Ore wa Ginza no kiheitai poster
NR

A youth film starring Kōji Wada and Mayumi Shimizu

Ore wa Ginza no kiheitai

1960

O-Yae no moguri isha poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

O-Yae no moguri isha

1959

Flora on the Sand poster
6.3

One evening, at the Marine Tower observatory, cosmetics salesman Ichiro Iki is drawn into conversation with an unfamiliar young lady Akiko. She invites Ichiro back to a hotel where they make love but part without even exchanging names. A week later, they have a second chance encounter at the observatory. This time, Ichiro is the one who pursues her. Back at the hotel, Akiko begs Ichiro to give her sister – Kyoko, a bar hostess – absolute hell. Akiko resents her sister for lecturing on chastity, while wantonly indulging in promiscuous activity. Ichiro takes an interest in Kyoko and sets out towards her bar…

Flora on the Sand

1964

Merciless Bullet poster
NR

Killer Kenji Sasagawa (Odaka) enters the room of a luxurious apartment in the silence of the night and, finding himself in front of the boss of the Sawamura clan (Kaneko), who is with his mistress, impassively pulls the trigger of a pistol with a silencer. Kenji was hired by Sawamura's advisor, Matsumoto (Ashida). It was a cunning plan: eliminate Sawamura, sell the smuggling rights to the Hamasaki clan and make a profit. And for Kenji, the motive did not matter, as long as he was paid, his job was to kill opponents without a miss.…

Merciless Bullet

1959

The Night is Mine poster
NR

Four criminals break into the home of a jewelry merchant, Sanpodo, rob the diamonds, and escape. However, one of them receives a bullet during a skirmish between bandits, and the second is wounded by the police. To help their wounded comrades, criminals lock themselves in a city clinic...

The Night is Mine

1958

He's the Witness poster
NR

Takuya witnesses the homicide of the detective leading an investigation into the murder of the chairman of the People’s Economic Association, and he disguises himself.

He's the Witness

1960

I'll Kill the Women poster
NR

A unique action-packed drama that tells the story of a Yakuza man who craves blood like crazy, unaware that he has fallen into a trap set by his younger brother.

I'll Kill the Women

1958

Karatachi no hana poster
10.0

This work depicts the poet Hakushu Kitahara's life, full of poetic sentiment, from his childhood to his youth. In his pursuit of literature, he was oppressed by feudal society, lost his best friend, and broke up with his girlfriend, before leaving for Tokyo in loneliness. Set in the scenic city of Yanagawa, this work depicts Hakushu's wanderings in search of beauty and devotion to poetry.

Karatachi no hana

1954

美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋

1955

Ningen Gari poster
NR

A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.

Ningen Gari

1962

Devil Flesh poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Devil Flesh

1957

Saigo no sentō-ki poster
NR

The first postwar war movie depicting the tragedy of a special force that shook the world at the end of the Pacific War, with thrill and speed

Saigo no sentō-ki

1956

Flowering Maidens poster
NR

The young yakuza who have arrived in the city are being taught the beauty of work and the pleasure of learning by hard-working young people of the same generation. Youth masterpiece created based on the hit Kazuo Funaki.

Flowering Maidens

1965

Mehyō to Narazu Mono poster
NR

A poignant entertainment epic about a righteous mountain man, a young company director with new ideals, and a beautiful woman with wild charm, whose love and action unfold against the backdrop of a rice field in the middle of a vast forest.

Mehyō to Narazu Mono

1957