Ētarō Ishibashi

Acting

Ētarō Ishibashi

Born 1927-09-30

Acting credits

Irresponsible Life in Edo Japan poster
7.0

A comedy directed by Kajiro Yamamoto, based on an original idea by Koji Toita, co-written by Yasuo Tanami, who worked on "Hibari Chiemi Izumi Sannin Yoba" and Kajiro Yamamoto, who worked on "The Story of a Genius Swindler: Tanuki no Hanamichi." Photographed by Seiichi Endo of "Things That Live at the End of the Earth."

Irresponsible Life in Edo Japan

1964

The Crazy Adventure poster
7.0

After being mistaken for counterfeiters by the police, an inventor and reporter try to track down the real counterfeiters.

The Crazy Adventure

1965

Scorpion poster
NR

Japanese drama film.

Scorpion

1967

Yes! Yes! 3 Young Girls poster
NR

Musical comedy starring Watanabe Productions recording stars Nakao, Sono, and Ito as Toho's new "Sannin musume," three young women intended for 1960s audiences what Hibari Misora, Izumi Yukimura, and Chiemi Eri had been in the 50s.

Yes! Yes! 3 Young Girls

1963

Irresponsible Rascal of Japan poster
8.5

Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan".

Irresponsible Rascal of Japan

1962

Me and Me poster
8.0

Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong vs. Godzilla.

Me and Me

1962

ほんだら捕物帖 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

ほんだら捕物帖

1966

Where Spring Comes Late poster
7.7

The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the mine he worked in was shut down. He decides to resettle with his whole family to Hokkaido in northern Japan and start a new life as a farmer.

Where Spring Comes Late

1970

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You poster
6.0

A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful passion for the music, giving him a chance to set things right in his life.

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You

1988

Crazy Big Explosion poster
7.0

Chaos ensues when a secret agent gathers a group of criminals (The Crazy Cats) to steal gold from a bank.

Crazy Big Explosion

1969

Crazy Operation: First Move poster
10.0

After being fired from his company, Hitoshi Ueda opens a arbitration company. Experts from various fields gather around him and with their natural vitality, they solve one dispute after another. But as it turns out, their next dispute will be at a global scale.

Crazy Operation: First Move

1963

Crazy Violence at  Shimizu Harbor poster
10.0

The 14th and final "Crazy" feature. The Crazy Cats reunited (minus Ishibashi, who had by then retired from the team) for one last feature, Jun Ichikawa's odd Memories of You (Kaisha mono-gatari, 1988) released by Shochiku. Most of the cast of Crazy lrresponsibles at Shimizu Harbor (1966) return in this sequel.

Crazy Violence at Shimizu Harbor

1970

No artwork available
NR

A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.

Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi

1968

Irresponsible Age of Japan poster
9.0

An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.

Irresponsible Age of Japan

1962

Tenamonya Tôkaidô poster
8.0

Two travelers (Makoto Fujita and Minoru Shiraki) travel the Tokaido road and meet the famous Jiro Shimizu and have many comedic adventures.

Tenamonya Tôkaidô

1966

Crazy Big Discovery poster
8.0

When the yakuza murder a bar hostess who, through a computer error, had amassed a huge fortune , the Crazy Cats make a robot duplicate of her.

Crazy Big Discovery

1969

Japan's No. 1 Playboy poster
9.0

The music teacher, who danced the twist at the graduation ceremony of the solemn female school, was fired but decided to try his luck in the cosmetics business, and became the best salesman anyone had ever seen. First film in popular "Number 1" Series.

Japan's No. 1 Playboy

1963

Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends poster
8.0

Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends

1964

Youth Season poster
10.0

1962 Japanese movie

Youth Season

1962

The Craziest Operation poster
10.0

The Crazy Cats try to steal 1,000,000,000 yen in laundered Yakuza money.

The Craziest Operation

1966

The Shy Deceiver poster
7.0

A young thug wanna-be yakuza falls in love with a country girl.

The Shy Deceiver

1968

Let's Have A Dream poster
7.0

A Japanese stage actor in Yokohama is terminally ill, and is determined to end his life, but doesn’t know to have inherited a large sum of money from Switzerland.

Let's Have A Dream

1967

The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay poster
7.0

Sangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send him to prison. In prison Sangoro will have a new life

The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay

1966

Las Vegas Free-For-All poster
10.0

The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of their most popular movies, featured scenes filmed on location in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Hawaii. Appearing with the seven Cats were the lovely Mie Hama and such Japanese musical artists as The Peanuts, The Johnnys, The Drifters, and Jackie Yoshikawa & the Blue Comets.

Las Vegas Free-For-All

1967