
Acting
Ken Yoshizawa
Born
1946-05-10 (80)
Place of birth
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
61 titles
Japanese actor.
Known for
7.8There is an ancient prophecy shared amongst the kingdoms of Chikyu- 2,000 years after their fall, the Territorial Empire Bugnarok will once again rise up to kill all humans. However, five kings and their guardian deity, King-Ohger, will stand up to face them. This is the story of kings who will defend Chikyu, as well as a coming-of-age story for one young man who will achieve kingship henceforth.
Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger
2023
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983
5.1On the eve of her wedding and while cheating with another man, a woman gets involved into a dangerous new world of experiences.
Sex Rider: Wet Highway
1971
7.2A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and yakuza activities.
Violent Cop
1989
5.0A nurse starts to investigate why a woman who came to her office committed suicide. She discovers that a Yakuza gang is using an unusual drug to sexually enslave women. But she gets caught and when she is injected with the drug rather gruesome side effects appear, much to the surprise of the gang.
Entrails of a Beautiful Woman
1986
6.7In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and nights, but a decision cannot be made. The U.S. drops atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. General Korechika Anami is torn over making the proper decision and the Emperor of Japan worries about his people. Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki leads the cabinet meeting, while Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu can't do anything, but watch the meeting. At this time, Major Kenji Hatanaka and other young commissioned officers, who are against Japan surrendering, move to occupy the palace and a radio broadcasting station. The radio station is set to broadcast Emperor Hirohito reading out the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War.
The Emperor in August
2015
Film credits
2020s · 8 titles
NRAn elite real estate agent who lost the ability to lie due to a curse must navigate the cutthroat industry using only the honest truth.
The Honest Realtor
2026
7.3Masaya is a university student, but he attends a school that's not his ideal school. His days are generally gloomy. One day, he receives a letter from serial killer Haimura. He was convicted for nine murders and received the death penalty. Back when Haimura was committing his murders, he ran a bakery store. At that time, Masaya was a middle-school student and a customer at his bakery store. According to the letter, Haimura confesses to having committed eight murders, but he insists that he did not commit the last murder. Masaya begins to investigate the last murder case involving Haimura.
Lesson in Murder
2022
6.0A road movie about Yoko, a frustrated part-time worker who hitchhikes to her hometown of Hirosaki, Aomori, where she has not returned for 24 years, after hearing the news of her father's death.
Yoko
2023
7.7Yuji and Yuriko's peaceful life shatters when an old diary belonging to Yuji's great-uncle Sadaichi, who died in the war, is discovered. The pages are full of an obsession with life... and one strange phrase: "I want to devour the bird—Hikuidori." From that day on, eerie phenomena start to haunt those connected to the diary. As the nightmare deepens, a strong will to live—once buried with Sadaichi—begins to twist the past and bleed into reality.
The Bird Is Calling
2025
7.4A frustrated young woman returns from Tokyo to her hometown in Toyama where she meets an old woman who lives alone. There she slowly finds purpose in life by taking "photographs" that spin memories instead of ghosts.
Photograph of Memories
2021
NRNo synopsis available yet.
One Left Hand Shot
2020
2.5A young man wanders and makes calls to elders who live alone. Saying “Granny, it’s me,” he lies to them that he is their grandson. An old lady, who runs a music shop in the declining shopping area in Amakusa, answers his call and warmly accepts him. Pretending as her grandson, he settles down in the town. He gets used to his friendship with young villagers, the sound and landscape of Amakusa, and the old lady’s everyday life.
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
2020
NRA lonely researcher doubting his own existence builds an android which looks exactly like himself.
My Brother, The Android And Me
2022
2010s · 12 titles
6.7In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and nights, but a decision cannot be made. The U.S. drops atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. General Korechika Anami is torn over making the proper decision and the Emperor of Japan worries about his people. Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki leads the cabinet meeting, while Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu can't do anything, but watch the meeting. At this time, Major Kenji Hatanaka and other young commissioned officers, who are against Japan surrendering, move to occupy the palace and a radio broadcasting station. The radio station is set to broadcast Emperor Hirohito reading out the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War.
The Emperor in August
2015
6.8A novelist receives a letter from a female university student named Kubo about strange sounds that emanate from a room in her apartment. They begin to investigate incidents involving former residents, and eventually discover the shocking truths lurking inside the building.
The Inerasable
2016
6.2Ryuzo and his 7 former henchmen are all retired yakuza, but they now live as regular old men. One day, Ryuzo becomes the victim of a phishing fraud. He calls his 7 men together to reform their society.
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
2015
6.3The story of a village woman given the grueling task of looking after (and fulfilling the sexual needs of) her quadruple amputee husband, a Japanese soldier in the Second Sino-Japanese War who has been decreed a "War God" by the Emperor.
Caterpillar
2010
6.1A story of three escort girls living in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. They work at the same escort service while feeling lonely in their urban lives.
Dawn of the Felines
2017
7.7After a man gets fired from his work at a printing plant, he moves with his couple to her hometown in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. There, the woman opens up a beauty salon. They enjoy peaceful days, but small problems occur which leads to an irrevocable situation.
Sea of Revival
2019
7.0In Spring 1969, 21-year-old Megumi Yoshizumi goes to Wakamatsu Production. The company makes films popular with young people. Pink film director Koji Wakamatsu gathers there with young talented people who are all fascinated with movie making. When they are not making movies, they spend their time smoking, drinking alcohol, scouting for actresses and looking for material for their next film. When filming begins, everybody immerses themselves into the production and will do everything on the filming set from running, shouting to acting.
Dare to Stop Us
2018
4.0Thirty years after aboy's disappearance, a journalist revives interest in the case, which in turn compels the victim's brother to look for this woman's daughter in the snowy hinterlands of northern Japan. This sets off a series of events that causes the brother and the woman's daughter to glimpse the truth that has been concealed by their vague and painful memories.
Red Snow
2019
7.0Shinko (Karin Aiba) is a high school student from Hamamatsu. Due to university admission pressures, she struggles with her mother. She hasn't really made conversation with her mom in a year. Shinko's friend Misato (Mayuu Kusakari) then recommends to her to join the school's calligraphy club. Shinko is impressed by Teacher Yatsushiro's (Kazuki Namioka) words. Teacher Yatsushiro is the one who takes care of the calligraphy club. Shinko decides to join the calligraphy club.
Shodo Girls: Blue Blue Sky
2011
5.8A suburban town is faced with a series of bizarre incidents in which children disappear and three days later an adult in their life dies. A mysterious "child whisperer" phantom appears before journalist Shunya, who is investigating the incidents, and his girlfriend Naomi.
Innocent Curse
2017
6.0“Hana-Dama”—a flower in the wasteland. This flower is a symbol of earthly desires and every human is overwhelmed by desire and their rationality collapses wherever the flower is in bloom. And even today, the “Hana-Dama” continues to blossom profusely somewhere in the world. The story is set in a film theater, the facility keeps on closing one after another during recent years. The last day has come to a film theater which has been maintained by a film-loving owner, the staff, and their unique audiences. The symbol of human desire, “Hana-Dama,” blossoms at the theater and instigates people’s erratic behavior. Upon facing its closure, tremendous chaos that will be noted in the history of Japanese film takes place within this film theater.
Hana-Dama: Phantom
2016
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Hajimari mo owari mo nai
2013
1990s · 7 titles
NRJiro's only target is a mysterious assassin. Faced with an enemy whose true identity is unknown, Yuki decides to become a decoy herself. The assassin relentlessly pursues Yuki, and Jiro also pursues the assassin. Killing after killing, they end up at the destination, where an unexpected person is waiting for them.
Tuff Part IV - Harvest of Blood
1991
3.7A middle-aged man discovers an injured refugee woman trembling in the corner of his bar in Kabukicho. He quickly becomes aware that her life is in his hands when he learns she is hiding from the yakuza.
Ready to Shoot
1990
4.0Shinji, who has been writing a screenplay that is not going to be made into a movie, has a girlfriend who is a model. One day Shinji receives a call from the husband of his old lover Yoko, and goes to see her. When he meets Yoko again after five years, he cannot resist embracing her. A sensual film of love and jealousy, directed by and starring Kazuhiro Sano.
Young Wife: Modest Indecency
1990
5.0A business man visits his hometown to search for a missing employee
Target
1996
NRDaddy Daddy Do
ZAP! Part II: Maybe We Are Indeed Angels?
1991
NRKenji Takeda is back after five years in prison. In the meantime, the yakuza society has disappeared and has been transformed into a world of betrayal!
Completed Like a Beast
1992
6.8In the sparsely populated rural areas of Japan, the female population is far smaller than the male. An attempt is made to counter this imbalance by arranging marriages with Filipino women. Fey, a young Filipina, came as a mail-order bride. Although she tries hard, she cannot get on with her husband, either verbally or emotionally. After a year, she flees her snow-country husband with only the clothes on her back and sets out in search of work in Toyko. She wanders through Toyko asking for help in churches and at the Philippine Embassy. She needs to find work to earn enough money for a flight home. She finally finds a job and a place to stay with a Chinese man who is sympathetic to her situation. He introduces her to two of his Japanese neighbors who, when they hear Fey's life story, immediately decide to help her find her Japanese father whom she has never met.
Swimming with Tears
1992
1980s · 9 titles
7.2A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and yakuza activities.
Violent Cop
1989
5.0A nurse starts to investigate why a woman who came to her office committed suicide. She discovers that a Yakuza gang is using an unusual drug to sexually enslave women. But she gets caught and when she is injected with the drug rather gruesome side effects appear, much to the surprise of the gang.
Entrails of a Beautiful Woman
1986
6.4Set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo of highways and wastelands, a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest slow, boring, Japanese living.
Burst City
1982
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Business Trip
1989
NRYamashita is a taxi driver. Every morning in the city, Shizue, the owner of a bar, waits for his car in the same spot. That day, he drives her to her apartment, but ends up having sex with her inside. One morning, she gets into Yamashita's car with a man who looks like a yakuza. That man is Kamiya, someone Yamashita had helped out in the past. Junko, a friend of Yasushi who lives with Yamashita, has a yakuza boyfriend named Shota. Unaware of this, Uke visits Junko's house, confesses his love, and tries to force himself on her...
Taxi driver: Hakuchû no tôsui
1983
2.8Pink film by Kazuo 'Gaira' Komizu.
Hitozuma ryôjoku
1984
2.0A young woman who came to Tokyo from a remote village is tricked by the Yakuza and goes through a series of jobs, from hostess to soapland girl to hot spring geisha to stripper, and finally makes a living as a stripper, but gradually loses popularity to a young dancer. For the performance of her life, she visits a gynecologist...
The ishoku document: Uma to onna
1986
5.5Sho is a loner who works at a small factory. He has no friends, hardly associates with his work-mates and is regarded as a weirdo because of his love for gun models. One day he buys a real gun from a local yakuza. This boosts his self-confidence and he overcomes his insecurities and presents a bouquet of flowers to Eiko, who lives in a classy apartment and with whom he had fallen in love.
Capturing: Dirty Foreplay
1989
2.0No synopsis available yet.
Misshitsu dokyumento: Yubi to shita
1981
1970s · 10 titles
5.1On the eve of her wedding and while cheating with another man, a woman gets involved into a dangerous new world of experiences.
Sex Rider: Wet Highway
1971
5.5A mercurial look into the underbelly of Tokyo's nightlife that follows a trio of sex workers at a secretive Soapland brothel.
Night of the Felines
1972
NRHow did two sisters from Tsugaru survive in the big city of Tokyo? The older sister passed the nursing exam and works at a major hospital in Tokyo. Meanwhile, the younger sister works as a menial laborer for a grimy obstetrician in a working-class neighborhood. The older sister, with a saintly face, works as a nurse, but in secret, she is consumed by carnal desires for men, while the younger sister, a naive and innocent country bumpkin, is trampled upon in the hell of adult lust... For some reason, these two contrasting sisters end up fighting over the same man... What will be the outcome of their fate?
The Desire of Angels
1979
5.2A militant revolutionary group is torn apart by betrayal as its members descend into paranoia and sexual decadence.
Ecstasy of the Angels
1972
5.3Shimako Yano once caused an accident in the car she was driving and left her husband, Kazuhiko, who was a passenger in the car, impotent, and she lives a life of frustration every day.
Burning Skin
1972
5.4After 15-year-old Yasuko has her first orgasm with a teacher, she and her disillusioned group of friends decide to turn to prostitution to gain a better understanding of what emotions truly are.
Gushing Prayer
1971
5.0A woman who has just missed her suicide and a couple which has just left its political movement meet on a beach...
Secret Flower
1971
NRBeginning in the 1960s, a story is told of the sex and romances of eight young people wandering into adult life.
SORA, MI TA KA?
1972
4.0Pinku from 1972.
Backside of 17
1972
A unique coming-of-age film that chronicles the life of a man who spent his adolescence from the 1960s through the early 1970s, focusing exclusively on “sex.” It tells the story of a man who, during an era of intense student activism, drifts aimlessly through life without ever developing any firm convictions.
空、見たか?
1972
1960s · 12 titles
4.0Based on the Chinese classic "Jin Ping Mei". Original Japanese cut directed by Koji Wakamatsu and produced by Shochiku. Set in Song-dynasty China, Wu Song rises to fame and becomes a guard captain. He is captivated by his brother’s wife, Pan Jinlian, whose beauty also ensnares the wealthy libertine Ximen Qing. To possess her, Ximen Qing has Wu Song’s brother murdered. When the corrupt authorities refuse justice, Wu Song is imprisoned, escapes with the help of the Liangshan bandits, and joins their ranks. Ximen Qing descends further into decadence, but Wu Song eventually returns, leading an attack on the town.
The Notorious Concubines
1968
6.1During clashes between demonstrators and police that rage on the streets of Tokyo, a young man hides in the house of his brother - a police officer. The latter is accidentally shot by his wife, which forces the young man to flee with her.
Running in Madness, Dying in Love
1969
5.4A brother and sister live as outcasts from their hamlet due to a belief that mental illness runs in their family. A group of villagers plot to steal their property by beating and hanging the brother and gang-raping the sister. Believing the brother to be dead, scheming to kill the sister, and making both deaths look like accidents... unbeknownst to them, the brother survives and proceeds on a mission to slaughter those responsible in the hamlet.
New Underground History of Japanese Violence: Vengeance Demon
1969
5.0A masterpiece of militant cinema of 1968, filmed on the actual barricades of Adachi's very own Nihon University during the period of social struggles. The film begins in a lengthy free-love session taking the form of a 'play' rape being enacted by a group of aimless, listless and political apathetic students. The subtext intended by Adachi informs the rest of the film – that there is a world of difference between direct action politics, and merely talking the talk.
Sexual Play
1969
8.0Young slacker couple accidentially kills a friend. They burn his body and hang out on a beach.
Sex Crimes
1968
5.6A girl becomes a pawn in the game between two rival gangs gangster.
Naked Bullet
1969
6.7Nobuko Otowa plays a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with the discovery of her corpse, which leads to an investigation that uncovers the narcotics, prostitution, and murder in which many poor farmers had found themselves trapped after World War II.
Heat Wave Island
1969
3.7A hitman focuses on his job hoping to retire quickly and richly. But the betrayal of his clan and those he loves endangers his plan.
The Orgy
1967
7.0Shirō raids the office of the organization that attacked his lover, wreaking havoc and escaping with a stolen handgun. In retaliation, the organization hires two killers to get rid of Shirō. The duo begin to develop a strange kinship with their target...
The Pistol That Sprouted Hair
1968
5.0A wife with a fertility problem wants to use her sister's womb to have children, but her sister is enjoying her boyfriend and sexual freedom. The husband is a commanding chauvinist and this soon turns out to be an investigation into authority, patriarchy and conservatism vs. free love and youth culture.
A Womb to Let
1968
7.0Pinku from 1968
Desire of the Flesh
1968
5.2From an apartment belonging to a single woman, two detectives spy on sex-obsessed radical.
Season of Terror
1969
Series credits
7.8There is an ancient prophecy shared amongst the kingdoms of Chikyu- 2,000 years after their fall, the Territorial Empire Bugnarok will once again rise up to kill all humans. However, five kings and their guardian deity, King-Ohger, will stand up to face them. This is the story of kings who will defend Chikyu, as well as a coming-of-age story for one young man who will achieve kingship henceforth.
Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger
2023
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983

