
Acting
Isao Kuraishi
Born 1944-04-01 · Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Acting credits
5.8A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.
G.I. Samurai
1979
6.0A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she enslaves him to her whims.
Love for an Idiot
1967
5.7From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of his master who held a secret to a weapons smuggling case and the corruptions of those who are involved, Goro's adventure unfolds.
Dog of Fortune
1979
NRIn Settsu Province, young women related to castle steward Tanaka Shūzen are being killed, each with fang-like bite marks on their chests. The priest Chinen suspects a vengeful plot. The next targets could be Shūzen’s daughter Myō or her fiancé Iori’s sister, Matsue. Despite Iori’s vigilance, Matsue is attacked by her koto teacher, Yamamura Kengyō, and his daughter Kaede—who are revealed to be vengeful vampires.
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Purple Kengyō Vampire
1979
9.5Baseball player Takatsuka is murdered mid-game in front of a large crowd. The autopsy reveals that he has been killed by a needle coated with a poison used by the Ainu tribe for hunting. The next morning, sports photographer Kawase is killed in the same manner. Kawase’s sister, Yuko, hires Taro Banai, the detective with seven faces, to uncover the truth.
Tarao Bannai
1978
NRA story full of youthful vigor and spirit as high school students try to work out their problems, realize the awakening of love and growing maturity and find fun and happiness in helping others.
High School Juniors (Part II)
1964
5.2Psychological noir drama involving the tangled web of a disgraced yakuza, an innocent school girl, a blackmailed singer, and a corrupt lawyer.
The Great Villains
1968
NRA talent scout who had his eyes set on a star left-handed pitcher in the high school baseball world falls to his death at his hotel. Was it a homicide or suicide? His junior colleague pursues the mystery of his death.
Black Dead Ball
1963
NRIn 1963, Funaki Kazuo's debut song of the same name was released and then it was adapted to a movie based on Kenji Tomishima 's novel “Shake to Tomorrow” with the same title, produced by Daiei with this song as a motif. Singer and actor Funaki Kazuo also appears in the movie, which depicts the fun, love and heartbreak in a Japanese school.
High School Third Graders
1963
NRNo synopsis available yet.
牝犬脱走
1965
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tokyo Ninja Force
1966
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Teinen Taishoku
1963
NRA bright and cheerful story about a young girl who comes to Tokyo from the countryside, relying on her aunt to become a maid, and willingly aspires to become a maid and lives a healthy life despite the hardships she encounters with people from all walks of life. Ririko Tachibana moved to Tokyo in reliance on her aunt Motoko, who lives in Tokyo. When Ririko leaves her classmate Chizuko Misawa, who says she is going to rely on jazz singer Michi Nozoe, and arrives at her aunt's house, she is disappointed to find that a job has been arranged for her as a nanny. Her dream of attending night high school was dashed, but Ririko made up her mind to do her best to do as much as she could. The Honbashi family, where she was employed, lived alone with the widow Shinae, and Mrs Shinae was asked to go to her daughters' house to help out...
Young Trees
1963
NRNo synopsis available yet.
涙でいっぱいになったペットボトル-カンペの手紙-
2007
Japanese comedy directed by Noriaki Yuasa.
Song of Happiness
1964
NRA woman's fiancé gets murdered shortly before their wedding and she starts investigating
奄美殺人珊瑚礁
1997
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Whole Distance
1991