Kanbi Fujiyama

Acting

Kanbi Fujiyama

Born 1929-06-15 · Nishi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Acting credits

Pachinko poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pachinko

1962

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies poster
6.6

Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player. After the studio's top leading lady is embroiled in a scandal, Koharu is suddenly thrust into the limelight when she replaces her in a film and gains instant fame and fortune. But the going is not always easy, and she soon seeks help from unexpected quarters.

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

1986

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game poster
7.3

The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu’s life as she seals her femininity with a red peony tattoo and lives in world of chivalry and honor of the yakuza. This story takes place in the middle of the Meiji era in Nagoya. Oryu is wandering the country, training herself to reinstate her family name. With a written recommendation from Kumatora, she appears at the door of the Nishinomaru family. At the same time, the family is preparing for the gambling competition at the Netsuda Shrine Festival, which they have been hosting for generations. Meanwhile, the crooked Kinbara family is plotting to take over the competition. And now Oryu is forced to get involved in the struggle…

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game

1969

Debt of Honor poster
NR

A hobo exposes the misdeeds of a new yakuza.

Debt of Honor

1966

Human Torpedoes poster
7.0

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.

Human Torpedoes

1968

A Lively Geisha poster
6.3

Young 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

Flames of Blood poster
8.0

​The story follows the chance meeting between Senkichi, a wandering gambler on the run, and Orin, a blind musician who offers him kindness and shelter. As their lives become intertwined, they attempt to find a sense of peace and domesticity while caught in the crossfire of the violent Bakumatsu revolution.

Flames of Blood

1981

The Gambler poster
NR

A crime film released in 1965

The Gambler

1965

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang poster
6.8

The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When their leader dies and the successor disappears, Tsuruji, a beautiful yet tough geisha, becomes the boss. But will she be able to confront a yakuza gang trying to take over the area?

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

1972

The Honest Fool poster
8.0

Yasugoro, goes to live in a quiet town where he falls in love with the priest's daughter-in-law. His does not declare his love because she is married, but he goes on a mission to please her, and is blinded. Then her husband dies and she remarries before Yasugoro can confess his love.

The Honest Fool

1964

京化粧 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

京化粧

1961

Kanbi no ware koso wa ittō shain poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Kanbi no ware koso wa ittō shain

1962

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown poster
9.0

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

1966

Zatoichi and the Doomed Man poster
6.8

Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his innocence of a crime for which he is sentenced to death. Zatoichi is reluctant to get involved, because he knows how often such involvement has led to trouble in the past. But events conspire to thrust him repeatedly into involvement, and gradually he comes to believe in the man's innocence and determines to free him.

Zatoichi and the Doomed Man

1965

The Domain: The Naniwa Story poster
4.8

Second film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as "The Domain" Each a stand alone film in it's own, none are connected other than starring the famous Ken Takakura as the main Character. This story begins with Ken Takakura's character coming to Osaka after his brother's death. Another exciting yakuza story with superb yakuza action!!

The Domain: The Naniwa Story

1965

Judo vs. Karate poster
6.5

A story of friendship between a lone wolf judo expert and a youth.

Judo vs. Karate

1966

Black Thief poster
7.5

Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.

Black Thief

1964

Blood of Revenge poster
6.7

Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running, tame his late oyabun’s hot-blooded son and suffer the throes of his impossible love for beautiful geisha Hatsue.

Blood of Revenge

1965

Yakuza of the Present poster
7.0

In the roaring 1970s, a man who has left the world of the yakuza to become the owner of a sushi restaurant decides to rise up again when he sees his former family being overrun by a modern yakuza group from the Kansai region.

Yakuza of the Present

1973

Naite waratta hanayome poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Naite waratta hanayome

1962

Murder Unincorporated poster
6.5

When the mysterious “Joe of Spades” (Jo Shishido) executes one of the bosses of a powerful syndicate, his colleagues, fearing for their own lives, call on the services of assassin agency Murder Unincorporated to take care of the problem. This unique entry showcases some of the most peculiar killing tactics to ever hit Japanese cinema!

Murder Unincorporated

1965

The Bride from Japan poster
9.0

A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.

The Bride from Japan

1959

Samurai Geisha poster
7.5

Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business from struggling miners during the turbulent Meiji Era. A stellar all-star cast, a thrilling story, and Takakura Ken's violent swordplay, make this a classic Yakuza movie!

Samurai Geisha

1969

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 poster
NR

Based on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military dog soldier. He joins the army and winds up sent overseas to China as a part of the military dog unit. He's ridiculed by others due to his inability to advance.

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2

1964