Isao Kuraishi

Acting

Isao Kuraishi

Born 1944-04-01 · Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Acting credits

G.I. Samurai poster
5.8

A 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

Love for an Idiot poster
6.0

A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she enslaves him to her whims.

Love for an Idiot

1967

Dog of Fortune poster
5.7

From 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

Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Purple Kengyō Vampire poster
NR

In 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

Tarao Bannai poster
9.5

Baseball 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

High School Juniors (Part II) poster
NR

A 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

The Great Villains poster
5.2

Psychological 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

Black Dead Ball poster
NR

A 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

High School Third Graders poster
NR

In 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

牝犬脱走 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

牝犬脱走

1965

Tokyo Ninja Force poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tokyo Ninja Force

1966

Teinen Taishoku poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Teinen Taishoku

1963

Young Trees poster
NR

A 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

涙でいっぱいになったペットボトル-カンペの手紙- poster
NR

No 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

No artwork available
9.0

Japanese comedy directed by Noriaki Yuasa.

Song of Happiness

1964

奄美殺人珊瑚礁 poster
NR

A woman's fiancé gets murdered shortly before their wedding and she starts investigating

奄美殺人珊瑚礁

1997

The Whole Distance poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Whole Distance

1991