Kōhan Kawauchi

Writing

Kōhan Kawauchi

Born — Died

1920-02-26 — 2008-04-06

Place of birth

Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan

Known for

Writing

Credits

33 titles

Known for

Tokyo Drifter poster
7.1

After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.

Tokyo Drifter

1966

Moonlight Mask poster
8.0

First Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Moonlight Mask

1958

Moonlight Mask: Duel to the Death in Dangerous Waters poster
NR

The masked hero 'Moon Light Mask' battles the villainous 'Skull Mask' and his numerous masked henchmen who are trying to steal the secrets of the deadly HO evaporation bomb. This movie is part one of a two-part story arc that continues in the second movie.

Moonlight Mask: Duel to the Death in Dangerous Waters

1958

Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies! poster
9.0

In 1943 Japan is facing defeat. This makes Shinkichi, a straight, selfless student-patriot, ever more restless. He can no longer stand his soft "behind-the- gun" role of munition factory worker. School-mates one after another are going to the front, where he feels he should be. The last straw is an official report of his father's death in the Battle of Attu in the Aleutian Islands. He rushes to the naval air corps training camp at Tsuchiura along with his close school-mates Naito, Yamada, Saito and Tagawa as Volunteer pilot trainees leaving his mother and sweetheart weeping and helpless.

Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!

1970

Love and Life poster
9.0

Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.

Love and Life

1961

The Ghost of Kasane poster
7.3

A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane swamp. However, the ghost of the masseur returns to haunt the samurai, who kills his wife by mistake and then goes to the swamp and drowns himself. 20 years later, the masseur's daughter unknowingly falls in love with the samurai's son who has been brought up to be a servant. After she is horribly disfigured in an accident, he plots to run away with another woman, but the path of their escape lies by the Kasane swamp...

The Ghost of Kasane

1957

Behind the camera

Tokyo Drifter poster
7.1

After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.

Tokyo Drifter

1966

Moonlight Mask poster
8.0

First Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Moonlight Mask

1958

Moonlight Mask: Duel to the Death in Dangerous Waters poster
NR

The masked hero 'Moon Light Mask' battles the villainous 'Skull Mask' and his numerous masked henchmen who are trying to steal the secrets of the deadly HO evaporation bomb. This movie is part one of a two-part story arc that continues in the second movie.

Moonlight Mask: Duel to the Death in Dangerous Waters

1958

Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies! poster
9.0

In 1943 Japan is facing defeat. This makes Shinkichi, a straight, selfless student-patriot, ever more restless. He can no longer stand his soft "behind-the- gun" role of munition factory worker. School-mates one after another are going to the front, where he feels he should be. The last straw is an official report of his father's death in the Battle of Attu in the Aleutian Islands. He rushes to the naval air corps training camp at Tsuchiura along with his close school-mates Naito, Yamada, Saito and Tagawa as Volunteer pilot trainees leaving his mother and sweetheart weeping and helpless.

Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!

1970

Love and Life poster
9.0

Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.

Love and Life

1961

The Ghost of Kasane poster
7.3

A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane swamp. However, the ghost of the masseur returns to haunt the samurai, who kills his wife by mistake and then goes to the swamp and drowns himself. 20 years later, the masseur's daughter unknowingly falls in love with the samurai's son who has been brought up to be a servant. After she is horribly disfigured in an accident, he plots to run away with another woman, but the path of their escape lies by the Kasane swamp...

The Ghost of Kasane

1957

The Human Cyclone poster
NR

The "Ginza Whirlwind" (Akira Kobayashi) uncovers a diamond smuggling operation led by a Chinese man behind the opening of the new nightclub "Monaco", and teams up with the daughter (Ruriko Asaoka) of a man the smuggler killed during the war. First in the "Ginza Whirlwind" series.

The Human Cyclone

1959

Talkative Company President poster
9.0

A former company man turned drifter is pulled back to lead a struggling toy company, enforcing bold reforms that shake up its corporate culture. Just as success arrives, he quietly walks away, leaving a changed company behind.

Talkative Company President

1957

Nonki saiban poster
NR

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of beauty, the crime of a terrifying wife, the crime of taking the wrong course, the crime of seducing, and the crime of killing with laughter.

Nonki saiban

1955

Love Eternal poster
NR

A deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an executive member of a drug trafficking syndicate, Kano is pretty high up in the food chain, but "status" bears no value to him. All he cares for is Ayako, the boss' mistress. After one last job, they intend to run off together to Hong Kong, but their plans are hindered when an uninvited yakuza stirs up a vicious shootout. In the midst of it all, Ayako is kidnapped.

Love Eternal

1966

Nikoyon monogatari poster
9.0

Japanese drama film.

Nikoyon monogatari

1956

Broken Blossoms poster
6.0

War drama about army nurses.

Broken Blossoms

1959

Who is in the Background? poster
NR

The "Ginza Whirlwind" (Akira Kobayahsi) smashes a counterfeiting ring. Second in the "Ginza Whirlwind" series.

Who is in the Background?

1959

Red Flowers of Hell poster
7.0

1961 gangster film.

Red Flowers of Hell

1961

Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed poster
NR

In the first year of Chōroku, Satomi Yoshimi, lord of Takita Castle in Awa, faces defeat by neighboring lord Anzai Kagesuren. As the castle nears collapse, Anzai demands a seed from Yoshimi’s lineage, specifically from his wife, Fushihime. Outraged but facing annihilation, Yoshimi gives Fushihime a string of eight ancestral beads and urges her to escape to loyal retainer Inuda Kobungo. Instead, she goes alone to Anzai, followed by her dog, Hachibo. In a twist, Hachibo attacks and kills Anzai, allowing Fushihime to escape. She later reveals that the beads protected her and predicts that eight warriors bearing these beads will someday defend the Satomi family before passing away. Yoshimi finds one of the beads in Inuzuka Nobuno’s armor and convinces her to serve him. Meanwhile, Baka Daiki, plotting to overthrow Satomi, imprisons Inukawa Shosuke, who tries to intervene, under the watch of vassal Aminen Saomojiro.

Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed

1957

Moonlight Mask: Claws of Satan poster
7.0

Gekko Kamen faces off against Satan's Claw, who is after the treasure of the Kingdom of Baradai.

Moonlight Mask: Claws of Satan

1958

The Moon Mask Rider poster
6.5

The Moon Mask Rider is a tokusatsu movie produced by Purumie International/Herald Enterprises and distributed by Nippon Herald Pictures, was released theatrically on March 14, 1981. Considered Japan's answer to the American box-office fiasco, The Legend of the Lone Ranger (released the same year), this updated version of the Moonlight Mask legend bombed at the Japanese box-office. Daisuke Kuwahara (who, like Klinton Spilsbury , disappeared from doing films) plays George Owara (Moon Mask Rider's new alter-ego), and the rest of the cast made up of veteran action starlets: Sue Shihomi, Daijiro Harada and Takayuki Godai.

The Moon Mask Rider

1981

No artwork available
NR

A humorous salaryman comedy about the president of a beer company who is said to be President Rai. The third work after the Kingoro's Soldier and the "Kingoro's Officer". The original work is Kuni Sasaki, the adaptation is Yasunori Kawauchi of "The Officer of the Golden Tower".

President Rai of Kingoro

1956

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

Holiday in Japan

1958

No artwork available
NR

Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.

The Fencing Collegian

1956

Farewell to Southern Tosa poster
NR

Story of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard.

Farewell to Southern Tosa

1959

Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo poster
5.9

Daiei Film Company's three biggest stars shine in this exciting story about Vice-Shogun Mito Komon's journey to the land of the Ainu. As the shogun's uncle, Lord Mito traveled about the nation seeking to make sure that corruption and injustice did not go unpunished. Traveling together with his two faithful bodyguards Kaku and Suke, they board ship for a voyage to the far northern island of Ezo (modern day Hokkaido) where the indigenous people called "Ainu" live. Somewhat like American Indians, the Ainu had their own culture which had not been subjugated by the Matsumae clan, rulers of the vast island. A revolt is brewing within the leadership of the Ainu, which threatens to destroy their peaceful lives. The elder lord and his retinue are the only ones who can stop this reign of terror!

Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo

1961

高校四年 poster
NR

1957 Japanese movie

高校四年

1957

Seven-Color Mask: Terrifying Revenge poster
NR

The second installment of Seven-Color Mask.

Seven-Color Mask: Terrifying Revenge

1959

Seven-Color Mask: Chase of Death poster
NR

The third installment of Seven-Color Mask.

Seven-Color Mask: Chase of Death

1959

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film.

Kingoro's Soldier

1956

Ramayana poster
7.0

Ravana, while dancing with animals, kidnaps Sita from Rama, and returns to Lanka to hide as Lankapura burns.

Ramayana

1942

Daigaku no kengō: Keiraku no abarenbō poster
NR

Japanese youth film about kendo.

Daigaku no kengō: Keiraku no abarenbō

1956

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film.

坊ちゃんの逆襲

1956

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Ox of Edo poster
NR

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Ox of Edo

1957

Seven-Color Mask poster
NR

The first installment of Seven-Color Mask.

Seven-Color Mask

1959

Seven-Color Mask: Triumph of the South Sea poster
NR

The fourth and final installment of Seven-Color Mask.

Seven-Color Mask: Triumph of the South Sea

1959

No artwork available
NR

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.

Kingorō no omawari-san

1956