Acting

Hiroshi Ayukawa

Born

1924-01-09 (102)

Place of birth

Tokyo, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

62 titles

Known for

Yokomizo Seishi Series poster
7.0

TV series starring Ikko Furuya, based on the Kosuke Kindaichi mystery novel series by Seishi Yokomizo.

Yokomizo Seishi Series

1977

Operation: Mystery poster
7.7

Advancements in science and the unchanging human psyche have given rise to new forms of terrifying crimes as the Science Research Institute (SRI) investigates various strange phenomena in Japan.

Operation: Mystery

1968

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War poster
8.0

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

1957

Demon Spies poster
6.2

Deep in the mountains of feudal Japan, a group of children endure cruel and unorthodox training in order to become the Shogunate's most secret and deadly weapons - the Demon Spies! Their true identities are hidden - even from each other. Behind their demon masks, they are educated in the deadly arts of infiltration, espionage, assassination - and seduction! If they survive to become strong enough to kill their teachers, they will become - the Demon Spies! Sent on a suicide mission to uncover a deadly conspiracy, five inexperienced Demon Spies must infiltrate a powerful fief, discover the location of its secret arsenal, and destroy it. But Lord Shogen, the Demon Hunter, plans to brutally interrogate, ingeniously torture, and cruelly execute - the Demon Spies!

Demon Spies

1974

Duel in the Sun poster
NR

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

Duel in the Sun

1950

Mutiny in the North Sea poster
NR

A maritime action drama set aboard a whaling ship rocked by a labor-management conflict. Shintoho's second color feature.

Mutiny in the North Sea

1956

Film credits

1970s · 2 titles

1960s · 8 titles

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film.

凸凹珍道中

1960

Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide poster
NR

A omnibus movie consisting of the three parts: "Kechinbo", "Yowak" and "Kōshoku".

Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide

1961

Maboroshi Tantei: Yûreitô no Daima Jutsudan poster
NR

Third and last "Maboroshi tantei" film, based on the manga by Jiro Kuwata.

Maboroshi Tantei: Yûreitô no Daima Jutsudan

1960

Black Line poster
5.0

Freelance reporter “Scoop” Machida is hot on the trail of a prostitution ring called the Black Line, when he is framed for the murder of a young woman. Forced to clear his own name, the handsome journalist sinks deeper into the Black Line’s rotten swamp of drugs, prostitution, and murder and finds unexpected help in Maya, a steamy female gambler familiar with the neon-lit streets, shadowy alleyways, and seedy nightclubs he must navigate. The closest film in the Line series to classic American film noir, Ishii’s Black Line is a pulpy assortment of crime film conventions including the starkly expressionistic black and white cinematography by Jûgyô Yoshida, a jazzy music score by Michiaki Watanabe, and a sleazy screenplay by Ishii and Ichirô Miyagawa.

Black Line

1960

Kenjū to bakusō poster
NR

Koji, a driver for the Tokyo-Nagoya express bus service, picked up a woman one day on the Hakone Driveway. While Koji and his assistant Saburo were checking the engine, the woman disappeared, leaving a thick envelope on the seat.

Kenjū to bakusō

1960

No artwork available
NR

Second "Maboroshi tantei" film, based on the manga by Jiro Kuwata.

Maboroshi Tantei: Kyōfu No Uchūjin

1960

次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々 poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々

1962

No artwork available
9.0

Japanese comedy film.

誰よりも金を愛す

1961

1950s · 48 titles

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War poster
8.0

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

1957

Duel in the Sun poster
NR

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

Duel in the Sun

1950

Mutiny in the North Sea poster
NR

A maritime action drama set aboard a whaling ship rocked by a labor-management conflict. Shintoho's second color feature.

Mutiny in the North Sea

1956

First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband poster
NR

Natsuko Kayama, an authority in the beauty industry and once known as Miss Tokyo, is a first-class wife. Her husband, Senkichi, on the contrary, is a good-natured man and slow-witted. They are rarely seen together, and others often criticize them for being too boring and uninteresting.

First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband

1953

The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal poster
8.0

In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and her forces push forward to the borders of India. But gradually the tide turns in favour of the Allies and after the atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is compelled to accept the Potsdam Declaration and by the order of the Emperor agrees to unconditional surrender. Under the supervision of the occupation forces the International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo to try the Japanese war leaders. Established in the cause of justice, and to prevent future aggressive wars the trials drag on for two and a half years. And on December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six other war leaders mount the thirteen steps to the gallows at Tokyo's Sugamo prison.

The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal

1959

Broken Blossoms poster
6.0

War drama about army nurses.

Broken Blossoms

1959

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets poster
5.0

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

1956

When We Came Back poster
NR

Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki

When We Came Back

1950

The Lady Vampire poster
5.4

Tamio takes Itsuko to an art gallery and the two find one painting is a nude portrait of Itsuko's mother, who disappeared twenty years ago when she was just a baby. No one knows the first thing about the artist who painted it, but he goes by the name Shiro Sofue, and he's always wearing shades in the daytime...

The Lady Vampire

1959

Dimple of Tokyo poster
10.0

Buntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life. The new secretary, Nobuko, suggested her "shacho-san" (the president) run away from the job. Nobuko took Buntaro to her home and introduced him to her own family as friend, "Sachio-san"...

Dimple of Tokyo

1952

Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced poster
NR

Japanese war film.

Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced

1954

The Battleship Yamato poster
NR

The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".

The Battleship Yamato

1953

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

1958

Five Sisters poster
8.0

The story of five sisters.

Five Sisters

1954

Field Nurse poster
1.0

In 1942 South China, hardened field hospital nurse Yukiko secretly loves Sergeant Nemoto. The arrival of a fragile new nurse, Keiko, reawakens Yukiko's warmth but also sparks intense jealousy when Nemoto shows Keiko kindness. As the two bond over a shared hometown, Yukiko's resentment grows. The situation is compounded by the escalating chaos of a losing war, including air raids, medicine shortages, and a deadly malaria outbreak that weakens Keiko. Set against the backdrop of Japan’s impending defeat, Yukiko is forced to confront the high cost of her envy and decide where her loyalties lie in a final test of courage and compassion.

Field Nurse

1953

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

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

The Ceiling at Utsunomiya poster
6.2

Ryutaro is a spy employed by the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who is the target of assassination attempts that aim to hand power over to his younger brother Tadanaga.

The Ceiling at Utsunomiya

1956

Tōjinbō no oni poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tōjinbō no oni

1954

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

No artwork available
NR

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

Holiday in Japan

1958

東京シンデレラ娘 poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

東京シンデレラ娘

1954

Hibari's Triple Role: The Dazzling Transformation of Yukinojo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hibari's Triple Role: The Dazzling Transformation of Yukinojo

1957

The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty poster
8.0

The year is 1937, and it has been six months since the Sendai Infantry left for Manchuria. The rotted corpse of a young woman is found at the bottom of a well, but her face and limbs are gone. The military police begin an investigation and search fervently for the person responsible, but they can't even determine the victim's identity, much less find any clues. However, the incident is made public when newspapers give wide coverage to the story, so Staff Sergeant Kosaka is dispatched from Tokyo to solve the case. Eventually, General Tsunekichi is taken into custody by local infantrymen because of the testimony of another unit, but the spirit of the dead woman appears before Staff Sergeant Kosaka, who continues to investigate on his own...

The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty

1957

Lil's Return from Shanghai poster
7.5

In pre-war Shanghai, a man falls in love with a mysterious woman, but she eventually disappears. Back in Japan, he is obsessed by her memory and tries to recreate the world he knew then.

Lil's Return from Shanghai

1952

Mysterious Dwarf poster
10.0

The daughter of a wealthy family goes missing at the same time a mysterious dwarf is running around town scattering body parts in public areas.

Mysterious Dwarf

1955

No artwork available
NR

1952 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.

Geisha Waltz

1952

Kuronekokan ni Kieta Otoko poster
NR

Comedy-horror film by Masaki Môri.

Kuronekokan ni Kieta Otoko

1956

Akatsuki no Kyūshū poster
NR

Japanese drama film.

Akatsuki no Kyūshū

1951

Soldiers' Girls poster
NR

Women endure hardship and struggle to keep away from prostitution in the immediate aftermath of WWII. The "Special Comfort Women Association" (RAA) creates a shelter for women to avoid falling into prostitution. Young Fumiko and Yuko will try their luck there.

Soldiers' Girls

1958

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film.

Tōkaidō yajikita chin dōchū

1959

新遊侠伝 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

新遊侠伝

1951

No artwork available
NR

Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan.

Appeal on the Cross

1956

Kingorō no kaigun taishô poster
NR

Japanese comedy film.

Kingorō no kaigun taishô

1959

Judo Queen poster
NR

1959 Japanese film directed by Morihei Magatani for Shintoho.

Judo Queen

1959

Super Giant Continues poster
6.5

The 2nd Super Giant film. Super Giant continues his battle against the foreign terrorists. In return, they frame him for murder. (Part 2 of 2)

Super Giant Continues

1957

I Was a Prisoner in Siberia poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

I Was a Prisoner in Siberia

1952

Holiday in Japan -Chapter 2- poster
NR

Part 2 of Holiday in Japan

Holiday in Japan -Chapter 2-

1958

No artwork available
NR

Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.

The Fencing Collegian

1956

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Ox of Edo poster
NR

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Ox of Edo

1957

Daigaku no kengō: Keiraku no abarenbō poster
NR

Japanese youth film about kendo.

Daigaku no kengō: Keiraku no abarenbō

1956

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Chests Covered In Fresh Blood poster
NR

Sashichi investigates the mysterious murders of four beauties, all of whom were stabbed in the chest.

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Chests Covered In Fresh Blood

1959

Morishige is a Fake Gentleman poster
NR

Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control.

Morishige is a Fake Gentleman

1955

Enomoto's Heaven and Hell poster
NR

Keita, after his death, was taken to the court of heaven as Defendant No. 1361, where his past was projected. He was formerly a favorite of the Meriken Circus troupe, yet he sinned by exposing a certain woman. During the screening, he realizes what he has done, and fate gives him a chance to redeem his sins.

Enomoto's Heaven and Hell

1954

Madam of the first class and husband of the third class poster
NR

Domestic comedy produced by Shin Toho Studios directed by Komori Kiyoshi and starring Todoroki Yukiko and Ito Yunosuke.

Madam of the first class and husband of the third class

1954

No artwork available
NR

On a Sunday morning, young dentist Toshio Ezaki wakes up with a hangover, on a bench in his office. He finds a poisoned woman in a green-striped Western-style outfit lying in his exam room. He must retrace his blurry steps of the night before, and navigate a web of embezzlement, murder, framings, and false identities in Tokyo's Ginza district, to discover the identity of the dead woman and why she is there—and hopefully prove his innocence, before his wedding in three days...

Golden Beast

1950

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Naked Princess and Mysterious Bear Man poster
NR

This time around, Sashichi is investigating a case of serial murders believed to be perpetrated by a giant bear.

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Naked Princess and Mysterious Bear Man

1959

Hibari's Triple Role: The Transformation of Yukinojo — Part II poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hibari's Triple Role: The Transformation of Yukinojo — Part II

1957

Series credits