Acting

Kogan Ashiya

Born 1933-12-04 · Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Acting credits

Heat Wave poster
5.9

Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.

Heat Wave

1991

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife poster
NR

Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. Masuo's colleague is invited to thank him for the newlyweds, but Masuo has been told by Managing Director Hanamura to go on a business trip to Kansai. Before long, Masuo contacted Sazae to come to Osaka.

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife

1959

Shangri-La poster
7.4

Shangri-La follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his financial troubles. Using their various ingenious resources they embark on a complex scheme to blackmail a crooked businessman, whose bankruptcy claim has put people out of work. It’s a fun romp as these seemingly homeless people manage to outsmart the very people who cast them from society.

Shangri-La

2002

No artwork available
8.0

Hoodlum group helps fishermen against firm polluting their fishing ground.

Wolves on Motorcycles

1971

Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell poster
NR

The second in Norio Nanjo’s “Secret” series. The former secret phantom Sanzo (Hiroki Matsukata) and Yume no Gosuke (Ashiya Gannosuke), who escaped after clashing with their superiors, travel to the castle town of Kurume in Kyushu.

Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell

1982

We Make Antiques! poster
7.5

Sakai is a city near Osaka by the bay famous for its swords in the old days and kitchen knives today. Norio is an antique dealer in the city. Sasuke is a potter in the city. Seventeenth century tea master Sen No Rikyu appears before them one day.

We Make Antiques!

2018

Yakuza Taxi poster
6.1

Yakuza clan Inoshika decides to help a small family business, Taxi Tanaka, lured by the clan Jinryûkaï and deeply in debt.

Yakuza Taxi

1994

A Country Boss poster
NR

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

A Country Boss

1962

The Swindlers poster
9.0

Interesting fights between the "Capone Group" and "Jumbo Group".

The Swindlers

1970

Naked Ambition poster
8.0

Wicked woman Ogin is a concubine of a powerful feudal lord Tayu. At first Ogin gains power by poisoning lawful wife of Tayu. To gain more power Ogin let her lover Isogai Iori, kill whoever interrupts her. Film it is based on Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's novel "Kyofu Jidai".

Naked Ambition

1970

We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams poster
7.7

A treasure appears in front of antique dealer Norio Koike (Kiichi Nakai) and potter Sasuke (Kuranosuke Sasaki). The treasure is Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s chawan (procelain tea bowl) called Houou, that has been missing.

We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams

2023

Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty

1968

Kitaro poster
5.5

Kitaro is a half human, half creature who keeps an eye on the human society to save them from the evil attacks from another world. He finds that a magical ball that controls all powers had been brought into the human world, and stops it from falling into the wrong hands.

Kitaro

2007

The Kingdom of Jirocho 1 poster
6.5

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on the path to fame and fortune. One of the smartest and strongest of all the gang bosses, he went on to survive the end of the samurai era and become a successful businessman. But first, he must survive against all odds in order to build his reputation and develop his strength. Powerful portrayals of the group are led by the great Tsuruta Koji with help from the likes of Matsukata Hiroki.

The Kingdom of Jirocho 1

1963

Knockout poster
7.2

A Japanese boxer stages a dramatic and dangerous comeback after suffering brain damage in the ring.

Knockout

1989

The Oil-Hell Murder poster
7.0

A privileged son betrays his family for the favors of a geisha in 18th century Osaka.

The Oil-Hell Murder

1957

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 Third Contest poster
7.0

Mondonosuke, a young sword student, has a bad dream about his sensei being killed in a duel.Consequently, he quickly returns to his sensei's dojo in Edo, where he has not set foot in three years.

The Third Contest

1965

Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O. poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O.

1965

Nothing But Bones poster
10.0

The harrowing journey of Kinu Wada, a young woman who is sold into prostitution to pay her family's debts.

Nothing But Bones

1966

Road to the Don 23 poster
NR

The twenty-third 'Road to the Don' film.

Road to the Don 23

2004

Kyoto Yokai Map 2: A 400-Year-Old Ice Woman Living on Kirara Slope poster
NR

The frozen corpse of a young apprentice monk is found near Kirara Hill in Rakuhoku. Detective Hayakawa from the Kyoto Prefectural Police grows suspicious of the fact that someone froze to death in the middle of summer and visits his nephew Saburo, who works at a cryogenics research institute. Shortly after, the frozen body of Saburo’s father, Takayoshi, is also discovered. Recently, Takayoshi had been closely involved with a designer named Saori.

Kyoto Yokai Map 2: A 400-Year-Old Ice Woman Living on Kirara Slope

1981

Records of loyal vassals poster
NR

In the 15th year of the Genroku era (1688), the world praised the 47 ronin who avenged the death of their master Asano Takumi-no-kami. Shogun Tsunayoshi, who ruled at that time, experienced difficulties in what punishment to impose on the soldiers. As a result, it was decided to sentence them to seppuku (ritual suicide).

Records of loyal vassals

1962

The Viper Brothers Rage Again poster
10.0

Part 2 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves.

The Viper Brothers Rage Again

1971