
Acting
Keiko Yumi
Born — Died
1936-10-22 — 2024-08-17
Place of birth
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
58 titles
Known for
7.0Key Hunter is a prime-time Japanese television detective series. It aired on Saturday nights in the 9:00–9:56 p.m. time slot on the Tokyo Broadcasting System network from April 6, 1968 to April 7, 1973. There were a total of 262 episodes, and it was one of the most popular action dramas in Japan at the time. The story involved "Key Hunter", a special clandestine unit of the International Police, which endeavored to solve various crimes. "Key Hunter" was a unique TV show, which started out as a grand scale spy thriller never before seen in Japan. The episodes were individually themed on global crimes and political strife. The initial hardboiled theme later evolved to include intellectual elements involving action, and occasionally with comical elements as well. Tetsuro Tamba starred in the 1967 film You Only Live Twice as Japanese Secret Service agent Tiger Tanaka, an ally of James Bond. This role greatly influenced his image in "Key Hunter".
Key Hunter
1968
8.0A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...
Professional Killers
1972
4.8"The Complex-Prologue" is a spin-off of horror movie "The Complex". A young boy named Minoru becomes involved in a mysterious phenomenon and horror experience.
The Complex: Prologue
2013
NRA coming-of-age musical comedy directed by Hisashi Terashima, in his first year after promotion, with a screenplay by Fumi Takahashi of "New Couple's Reader: The Young Wife is a Popular Girl". Cinematography by Toru Watanabe of "Hit and Run Gang".
Sad at Sixty
1961
7.5An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug trafficking. When she goes to China to make a deal, things get botched pretty badly. Shimamura must travel to save her and recoup his employers’ losses.
Yakuza on Foot
1969
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959
Film credits
1980s · 1 titles
1970s · 5 titles
6.1When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the acting boss of the Ohara gang also has his eyes on the property and recruits crooked detective Tokumatsu Kuno to help him hijack the deal. With relations between the rival gangs at breaking point, it's not long before all-out war breaks out as the gangsters, police and local politicians battle for control of the city.
Cops vs. Thugs
1975
10.0Let's Go, Grandma! plays like an exuberant, goofy update to Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story. Kinuyo Tanaka plays the titular Grandma, who, after selling her Hokkaido property, is apparently flush with cash but newly homeless. Her grown children take turns hosting her, making extravagant performances of filial devotion with an eye to potential profit. Making use of a catalog of wacky visual effects, bracketed by gratuitous ham-fisted fight scenes, and costarring pop singer Hideki Saijo, the film is balanced by Tanaka's nuanced performance, which delivers a denunciation of hypocrisy and greed.
Let's Go, Grandma!
1975
6.2Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes true. When she learns of the trouble Yukichi's business is facing, she stands ready to come to his aid, and thus repay a debt that's long overdue.
A Lively Geisha
1970
NRFifth film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 5 - The Mystery of the Skull Wife
1971
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Vampire Scream
1973
1960s · 42 titles
NRA coming-of-age musical comedy directed by Hisashi Terashima, in his first year after promotion, with a screenplay by Fumi Takahashi of "New Couple's Reader: The Young Wife is a Popular Girl". Cinematography by Toru Watanabe of "Hit and Run Gang".
Sad at Sixty
1961
7.5An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug trafficking. When she goes to China to make a deal, things get botched pretty badly. Shimamura must travel to save her and recoup his employers’ losses.
Yakuza on Foot
1969
5.3A hunchbacked caretaker presides over a forlorn mansion inhabited by the ghosts of his previous masters. An unbelieving trio (a doctor, his assistant and his niece) fail to heed the caretaker's warnings and are slaughtered horribly by the jealous occupants.
House of Terrors
1965
NRPart 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series
Women Doing Time
1966
NRSawakichi carried on his late father’s legacy, devoting himself to training in the art of seduction while searching for the secret scroll, but he fell just short of success. What is this secret scroll?
Just Barely
1960
NR1963 Toei movie.
White Ball
1963
6.6After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.
Black Report
1963
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Bad Reputation: The Notorious Harbor
1963
8.0Second part of the series where sex magic skills of female and Iga ninjas clash over enourmous treasure of the Toyotomi family, discovered in connection with the plot to overthrow the shogunate.
The Spying Sorceress
1964
NRAfter World War II life in Japan was hard. There was lawlessness, rapine, never enough food or money. One girl, raped by three men, called out the name of Kentaro before she died and this was something that people in this small section of downtown Tokyo remembered. Life went on, however, and local boss Hiramatsu Daizo decided to build a market, aided by his daughter Aya. They met opposition until one day a young man named Kentaro appears who it is rumored he was the vengeful lover of the murdered girl. He lives with Sabu and Yukari, the children the girl looked after before she died, and helps with the market, coming to the rescue with a bulldozer when Daizo is threatened by a rival group. When Daizo is finally killed, Kentaro carries on the work. Finally the market is completed, the rival group makes a last stand but is machine-gunned down by Kentaro who, after saying that he was not the one whose name the dying girl called out, leaves town for good.
The Aftermath of War
1967
8.0Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama
The Yakuza Awaits
1969
7.0The three Matsunami sisters navigate adulthood and the complex social pressures of finding a husband while living under their traditional father’s roof. As they balance their personal desires against the family's obsession with status, their search for "marriageable age" stability is complicated by secret affairs and the cold reality of arranged matches. They must ultimately decide whether to conform to the rigid expectations of their upper-class upbringing or break away to pursue their own independence.
Marriageable Age
1961
7.2High-end cabaret hostess Masuko discovers her long-term lover is actually married. Determined to secure her future, she aggressively manipulates him into divorcing his wife, only for their new marriage to be destabilized by the arrival of her young niece.
Stolen Pleasure
1962
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Last-Ditch Glory
1961
9.0A 1967 crime film
The Return of the Filthy Seven
1967
6.3Struggling with his true emotions, dreams, memories of the past and the reality Shizuo is about to marry, but is torn between his wife-to-be and the love to his mother.
A Story Written with Water
1965
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Nice Guy
1960
7.0A salaryman comedy.
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1968
NR1960 Japanese movie
Ashita kara otona da
1960
7.0A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with his fellow members of the Gurentai group during their travel destination! Innocent to cute girls and reckless to bad guys! Exciting entertainment!
Sentimental Mobsters
1963
7.0Japan, 1643, as the Kato clan of Aizu falls from power two brave samurai will settle a dispute in the time-honored tradition of their clan, by drawing their blades in a duel to the death.
Scars of Honor
1960
7.2Tokijiro has the unfortunate duty according to the code of the gamblers to join in the fighting when afforded a night’s stay and meals at the home of a town boss. Though he dislikes killing, the strength of his swordsmanship will be tested time and time again in the bloody tale.
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
1966
NRA unique literary work depicting the crisis in the love and physical relationship of the ordinary Shimura couple.
Otoko no meigara
1961
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Oja sando gosa
1960
NRIn this town, Kagosuke and Ryukichi of the Okamoto family, who are deeply committed to the yakuza way, are straightforward and justice-loving hot-blooded men. However, their slight clumsiness is a flaw, but they are extremely strong in fights, and there's no one who can match them. They are head over heels for Osen-san. They are both desperately unwilling to yield even if the other is a brother.
Shin yūkyōden
1966
9.01962 Japanese movie
Otoko to onna no sei no naka
1962
8.0Ryu (Akira Kobayashi) sets foot on the Yokohama port with a suitcase filled with 300 thousand dollars. He was sent by a jewelry company in Hong Kong to retrieve a certain diamond that was stolen from them. The "Himalayan Star" is worth couple hundred million yen and unbeknown to Ryu, it now lays in the hands of Aizu (Jo Shishido), the infamous ”Pirate of the Tokyo Bay."
The Dragon of Macao
1965
NRAs a foreign gambling ring tries to take over the Japanese underworld, Himuro the ace gambler must face their leader - and his dangerous gadgets…
The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice
1965
8.0A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.
Fools at Work
1964
NR1962 Japanese movie based on the Crazy Cats smash hit single, "Sudara Festival", sung by Hitoshi Ueki.
Sudara Festival: I Understand, but I can't Stop
1962
6.0A major international action film filmed on location in Hong Kong, depicting the activities of Asian Interpol, the Asian branch of a secret police organization that pursues global criminal organizations.
Asiapol Secret Service
1966
NRAkiko lives with her brother Toshio in suburban Tokyo working in different companies. One day, Toshio loses 500,000 yen which he was holding for his section chief, and as he is unable to return the money, tries to kill himself. Akiko determines to obtain the money by selling her chastity and soon becomes the mistress of Hasegawa, for 500,000 yen. Hasegawa gives her the money but does not make advances. Before she became Hasegawa's mistress Akiko was in love with Wake, who works in the same Company. Gradually Akiko begins to develop a liking for Hasegawa and in turn, her love for Wake gradually weakens...
Akiko
1962
NRThe salaryman is the object of admiration in the world. Because there is no more carefree job than this, this cheerful song comedy is set to the hit melody of the Hajime Hana and the Crazy Cats.
The Salaryman's Carefree Life: What a Relaxed Job This Is!
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Wanderer's Story: Checkmate
1960
NR1961 Japanese movie
Bara to ryū
1961
NRA businessman who dreams of a successful career ends up embroiled in a murder case after a love affair.
The Midday Trap
1962
NR1961 Japanese movie
Wakai yatsura no kaidan
1961
NRA gripping action film starring Akira Kobayashi, Joe Shishido, and Koji Wada. A man accused of diamond theft and imprisoned escapes during transport, vowing revenge. He teams up with a skilled safecracker and a wealthy playboy to find the real culprit. Three of Nikkatsu's young male superstars headline in this action-packed contemporary crime opus.
Three Stray Dogs
1965
NRA bride suddenly disappears from the wedding venue, and her boyfriend begins searching for her. Things get hectic around the two of them.
Machi no uwasa mo sanjûgo nichi
1960
NRBastard tablets that hunt down the crooks behind the gambling world of horse racing, bicycle racing, and car racing.
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi
1965
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Mudcat of Ginza
1960
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tōkaidō chakkiri musume
1960
1950s · 6 titles
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959
7.0No synopsis available yet.
A Thousand Flying Cranes
1959
NRA romantic tale depicting the beautiful and tragic love between a young man and woman from aristocratic families who are caught in the crossfire of the February 26 Incident.
The Aristocrat's Stairs
1959
NRA man who seemed to have found happiness with a wife and child loses his wife and his daughter gets married... A man's life, full of joy and sorrow, is vividly depicted to the tune of "Moonlit Desert" in this humanistic drama full of pathos, starring Hisaya Morishige.
Morishige, where are you going?
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Gambler as I Am
1959
9.0In the early Edo period, among the pirate ships that roamed the seas near Ryukyu and Korea, there was a ship called the Sueyoshi, led by a man known as Misaki Shogoro, who was infamous for his devilish cruelty. Shogoro had a rule: he would kill all the men from the ships he raided, while the women would be distributed among the crew for their pleasure. However, he himself never touched any woman. Aboard the ship was a young girl named Kogane, who had been raised on the ship since she was a child and dressed as a boy. Unbeknownst to others, she had grown to secretly adore Shogoro.
The Woman and the Pirate
1959
Series credits
7.0Key Hunter is a prime-time Japanese television detective series. It aired on Saturday nights in the 9:00–9:56 p.m. time slot on the Tokyo Broadcasting System network from April 6, 1968 to April 7, 1973. There were a total of 262 episodes, and it was one of the most popular action dramas in Japan at the time. The story involved "Key Hunter", a special clandestine unit of the International Police, which endeavored to solve various crimes. "Key Hunter" was a unique TV show, which started out as a grand scale spy thriller never before seen in Japan. The episodes were individually themed on global crimes and political strife. The initial hardboiled theme later evolved to include intellectual elements involving action, and occasionally with comical elements as well. Tetsuro Tamba starred in the 1967 film You Only Live Twice as Japanese Secret Service agent Tiger Tanaka, an ally of James Bond. This role greatly influenced his image in "Key Hunter".
Key Hunter
1968
8.0A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...
Professional Killers
1972
4.8"The Complex-Prologue" is a spin-off of horror movie "The Complex". A young boy named Minoru becomes involved in a mysterious phenomenon and horror experience.
The Complex: Prologue
2013
NRYoshiko Konno went on a winter trip in a car driven by her fiance, Yoichi Itokawa, but got lost due to a blizzard and arrived at a mountain cottage in the depths of a grove. They decide to rent a room. After greeting several men and women sitting by the fireplace, they enter the bedroom. In the middle of the night, Yoshiko woke up and, hearing a woman's voice from the next room, left the room to see what was going on...
Murder Case: Lover Swap
1982

