Acting

Akira Shimizu

Born — Died

1916-11-20 — 2012-08-17

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Known for

Ugetsu poster
8.0

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.

Ugetsu

1953

Sansho the Bailiff poster
8.1

In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separated by slave traders; the children, Zushio and Anju, are sold into brutal servitude under the cruel bailiff Sansho.

Sansho the Bailiff

1954

Samaritan Zatoichi poster
6.8

Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has caused.

Samaritan Zatoichi

1968

Tenchu! poster
7.0

A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.

Tenchu!

1969

Hashū Hankachō poster
NR

Kanto Torishimari Shutsuyaku Sakon Oyamada and Shinbei Asano, called "Hashū-sama" by the people. Sakon, a family man, and Shinbei, a serious man, travel around the crime-ridden Kanto region and solve crimes...

Hashū Hankachō

1974

Sora tobu wakamusha poster
NR

Kotaro Tenma, the young warrior of justice, infiltrates enemy territory and uses his ninjutsu skills with to defeat the villains.

Sora tobu wakamusha

1957

Film credits

1960s · 14 titles

Samaritan Zatoichi poster
6.8

Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has caused.

Samaritan Zatoichi

1968

Tenchu! poster
7.0

A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.

Tenchu!

1969

Satan's Sword poster
6.6

The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Ryunosuke Tsukue, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesn't hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good.

Satan's Sword

1960

A Lustful Man poster
5.6

Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. From that day on, he recklessly and forwardly pursues women, feeding his fascination and experience. As Yonosuke's salacious behavior brings much cause for shame to the family, his father eventually breaks relations with him. Expelled from the family, 19-year-old Yonosuke embarks on a pilgrimage of lust, traveling far and wide to acquaint himself with women of all walks.

A Lustful Man

1961

Kanto Woman Fortitude poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kanto Woman Fortitude

1969

Blood End poster
6.3

Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time of famine. He is befriended by Kada Gentaro, a leader in the Mito Tengu group, which plans to overthrow the shogunate.

Blood End

1969

Koga's Messenger poster
5.0

The mysterious Koga Ninja crushes the villains who are trying to take over the inheritance of the Omi castle owner using various means! A sword and witchcraft, a mystery and revenge swirl around the mystery of the hood, in the demon tower, in the underground castle, and at the bottom of the lake!

Koga's Messenger

1960

Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God poster
6.5

The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunosuke Tsukue after he is blinded.

Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God

1960

12 Ounces to Glory poster
NR

Former bantamweight champion Takeshi Kuwata retired, opened a gym, and is now devoting himself to training the next generation.

12 Ounces to Glory

1960

I'll Cry Alone poster
10.0

"Though still young, Natsuko gave up the life of a geisha to become the mistress of the president of a shipbuilding company. When he is about to re-marry she insists he either wed or stop seeing her. Returning home, she again meets the man she first loved and for a time thinks of married happiness."

I'll Cry Alone

1965

木曽ぶし三度笠 poster
9.0

1961 Japanese movie

木曽ぶし三度笠

1961

No artwork available
NR

A television drama based on "Shirano Benjuro", a translation of the play "Cyrano de Bergerac" by Edmond Rostand .

Cyrano de Bergerac

1965

Oniisan to oneesan poster
NR

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

Oniisan to oneesan

1961

手錠無用 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

手錠無用

1969

1950s · 39 titles

Ugetsu poster
8.0

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.

Ugetsu

1953

Sansho the Bailiff poster
8.1

In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separated by slave traders; the children, Zushio and Anju, are sold into brutal servitude under the cruel bailiff Sansho.

Sansho the Bailiff

1954

Sora tobu wakamusha poster
NR

Kotaro Tenma, the young warrior of justice, infiltrates enemy territory and uses his ninjutsu skills with to defeat the villains.

Sora tobu wakamusha

1957

Fūraibō ichiban shōbu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fūraibō ichiban shōbu

1958

Essay on Conflict poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Essay on Conflict

1959

Gate of Hell poster
7.1

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married.

Gate of Hell

1953

Yōkina nakama poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yōkina nakama

1958

Edokko sakura poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Edokko sakura

1959

Chi mojisen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Chi mojisen

1958

Kijo keizu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kijo keizu

1959

Akōgishi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Akōgishi

1954

Tōkaidō no yarōdomo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tōkaidō no yarōdomo

1958

Kunisada Chūji poster
9.0

Kunisada Tadaharu, a peasant of Kunisada Village in Joshu Sai County, could not stand the bad government and poor harvest of Takebe Genhan, the governor of the time. entered the world of As he played more and more games at the gambling hall, he became feared as "Chuji the gambling robber", and became a boss who had a share of Inui such as Nikko's Enzo and Shimizu's Kentetsu. However, due to a disagreement, he killed his benefactor Isaburo Boss, and was abandoned by Yasugoro and was chased. However, Chuji cleverly took advantage of the peasant uprising, shut himself up on Mt. Akagi, opened a gambling hall, and was touted as the greatest boss in the Kanto region. The magistrate, who learned of the close relationship between the peasants and Chuji, finally arranged for Chuji to go on a trip. Chuji, who doesn't know that he was weighed, gleefully descends the mountain, but...

Kunisada Chūji

1954

Itarō jishi poster
NR

Itarō abandons his life as a hatamoto to become a yakuza.

Itarō jishi

1955

Hana no sando gasa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hana no sando gasa

1954

Akutarō uridasu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Akutarō uridasu

1955

Mangorō Tengu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mangorō Tengu

1957

Coward at Ganryu Island poster
NR

A comedic retelling of the legendary encounter between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamato Musashi.

Coward at Ganryu Island

1952

Zoku suna-e jubaku: Yukijorō poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zoku suna-e jubaku: Yukijorō

1953

Kisoji no Komori-uta poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kisoji no Komori-uta

1953

Date sōdō: Haha goten poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Date sōdō: Haha goten

1954

Vanished Enlisted Man poster
7.0

In June 1941, Captain Kagawa (Ryutaro Tatsumi), who had just graduated from the military academy, was assigned as the captain of a sentry patrol in Beiman, which was located on the opposite side of the Heilongjiang River from the Semidomka region of the Soviet Union. His predecessor, Lieutenant Kishi (Kawamura Kenichiro), a mild-mannered middle-aged man, had earned the trust of his men and the villagers by relaxing his military duties. However, newly appointed Lieutenant Kagawa thinks that Kishi's way of doing things is sloppy and begins to train the soldiers furiously in order to teach them a lesson.

Vanished Enlisted Man

1955

Mange jigoku poster
NR

Historical drama.

Mange jigoku

1951

Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae

1956

Tsubakuro kasa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tsubakuro kasa

1955

Jōen no hatoba poster
NR

A seafaring man who hates women and a barmaid who hates men… drawn together and torn apart by a strange twist of fate… a melodrama of passion and intensity.

Jōen no hatoba

1951

City of Violence poster
NR

Set against the backdrop of Hiroshima, a city plagued by gun violence, a passionate newspaper reporter and the citizens band together to courageously confront the tyranny of two major organized crime syndicates.

City of Violence

1953

Thief and Magistrate poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Thief and Magistrate

1955

The Woman and the Pirate poster
9.0

In the early Edo period, among the pirate ships that roamed the seas near Ryukyu and Korea, there was a ship called the Sueyoshi, led by a man known as Misaki Shogoro, who was infamous for his devilish cruelty. Shogoro had a rule: he would kill all the men from the ships he raided, while the women would be distributed among the crew for their pleasure. However, he himself never touched any woman. Aboard the ship was a young girl named Kogane, who had been raised on the ship since she was a child and dressed as a boy. Unbeknownst to others, she had grown to secretly adore Shogoro.

The Woman and the Pirate

1959

Blooms of Hell poster
9.0

Period drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.

Blooms of Hell

1957

Naruto no hanayome poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Naruto no hanayome

1959

No artwork available
NR

His best friend is a gangster of the seas, and his beloved girlfriend is his sister… The deadly battle between a vicious smuggling ring and the Coast Guard rages on in the strait.

Kaikyo no same

1950

Orizuru kasa poster
NR

A historical drama about a foul-mouthed but good-natured traveller.

Orizuru kasa

1951

Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi poster
NR

Fukagawa's chef Ushimatsu of the restaurant Kawatake fell in love with a maid named Omame and changed dramatically. He stopped gambling and womanizing much to the surprise of his friends. As their wedding day approached, Minosuke who had long been infatuated with Omame threatened her mother Okuma by using a promissory note for three ryō that he lent to her.

Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi

1954

Jakō yashiki poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jakō yashiki

1955

Gambler and the Princess poster
7.0

Film directed by Kenji Misumi.

Gambler and the Princess

1959

Flowery Hood poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Flowery Hood

1956

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kettō gofun mae

1953

Kai nusumadara kumo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kai nusumadara kumo

1954

Series credits