Acting

Kenichi Tani

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 1 titles

1970s · 4 titles

1960s · 28 titles

Red Angel poster
7.6

In 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during the Sino-Japanese war. She has to assist the surgeon Dr. Okabe with an incredible number of amputations. In the crowded wards, she gives sympathy to some of the soldiers, including sexually servicing one who has lost both arms and has no hope of returning home. She falls in love with Dr. Okabe, and follows him to the front, even though he is impotent from his morphine addiction.

Red Angel

1966

The Great White Tower poster
7.3

The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.

The Great White Tower

1966

Gamera, the Giant Monster poster
5.9

A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera wreaks havoc over the entire world, and it's up to the scientists, assisted by a young boy with a strange sympathic link to the monster, to put a stop to Gamera's rampage.

Gamera, the Giant Monster

1965

A Wife Confesses poster
6.7

Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a confession.

A Wife Confesses

1961

Gamera vs. Barugon poster
6.4

Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is discovered to have been an egg that births a new monster called Barugon. The creature attacks the city of Osaka by emitting a destructive rainbow ray from his back, along with a freezing spray capable of incapacitating Gamera.

Gamera vs. Barugon

1966

Two Wives poster
7.3

After a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a love-and-hate drama that threatens to engulf them. The sexual anxiety between the interwoven couples tautens right up to the nearly unbearable tension of the climax...

Two Wives

1967

Black Lizard poster
7.1

The cunning detective Kogoro Akechi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief known as Black Lizard.

Black Lizard

1962

Hoodlum Soldier poster
7.2

A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an effort to desert by stealing a train.

Hoodlum Soldier

1965

Woman Gambler and the Nun poster
7.0

Eighth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

Woman Gambler and the Nun

1968

Les Mesdemoiselles poster
6.5

A romantic comedy depicting the variant and whimsical daily lives of the Japanese mademoiselles in the Metropolis of Tokyo. How they react against the bold spirited love makers and begin to take a liking to them is the theme of the picture.

Les Mesdemoiselles

1961

Thoroughbred Women Gamblers poster
NR

Fourth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

Thoroughbred Women Gamblers

1967

The Time of Reckoning poster
7.5

"The Time of Reckoning" transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful businessman with serious relationship problems involving three women: his wife of ten years who announces she is pregnant by another man; a mistress who wants to have a baby with him; and an ex-lover who claims he fathered her son.

The Time of Reckoning

1968

The Woman Gambler's Supplication poster
10.0

Eleventh film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

The Woman Gambler's Supplication

1968

The Whale God poster
7.0

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

The Whale God

1962

Black Trump Card poster
6.0

Chairman of the Shin Nihon Kaihatsu company Fukazawa, using clever ways to circumvent the law, rose to the top of the economic backstage. Three people are sacrificed to his greed. The president of a small company who committed suicide, a Yakuza who died during the destruction of his territory, and a former viscount whose wife and property were stolen by Fukazawa. Their sons vowed to hunt down Fukazawa and take revenge.

Black Trump Card

1964

Closing Time poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Closing Time

1962

Onsen Geisha poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Onsen Geisha

1963

While Yet a Wife poster
7.0

A wife is diagnosed with an incurable disease at a young age. Her husband loves her, supports her, and tries to stay with her. However, the wife is tormented by the fact that she is ruining her husband's future, and decides to divorce him as the only thing she can do for him.

While Yet a Wife

1965

The Pit of Death poster
9.0

Kuramoto, who works for a large trading company, is a skilled employee who is well-liked by the company president. He is engaged to an employee named Nishino Etsuko, but he used her for his own career advancement and kills her so that he can marry the company president's daughter. When Kuramoto returns from his honeymoon with his new wife, Etsuko's brother shows up in search of the whereabouts of his missing sister.

The Pit of Death

1968

Black Test Car poster
7.1

Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.

Black Test Car

1962

The Great Villains poster
5.5

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

Fools at Work poster
8.0

A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.

Fools at Work

1964

School for Thieves poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

School for Thieves

1968

Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting

1969

Nocturne of a Woman poster
7.0

A woman has to give up her dream of becoming an actress when her family goes into debt, but she catches the eye of a businessman while working at a nightclub. He sets her up with her own nightclub, but with expectations attached.

Nocturne of a Woman

1961

Muchana Yakko poster
NR

A comedy directed by Koji Shima about a men's game. Reckless and exciting, definitely worth watching! Miyoshi Oki was born in Hokkaido and grew up in a dirty carriage that his father owned. His dream was to have a horse with a good coat that costs 10 million yen and he set a goal for it. At the invitation of Otaki-gumi executive Iwasa, he joined Otaki-gumi while the leader Sozaburo was sick. Miyoshi's method is not to deal with the yakuza's morale and slashing, but to handle things mentally....

Muchana Yakko

1964

The Ginza Three Boys poster
NR

The story of three sportsman brothers living in the Ginza. One day, the three meet a raving beauty on separate occasions and are unaware they have met the same girl.

The Ginza Three Boys

1961

Red Love, Green Love poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Red Love, Green Love

1962

1950s · 27 titles

Musuko poster
NR

A series of mysterious robberies at gas stations across Tokyo and a seasoned detective with no leads—until his runaway son suddenly emerges as a suspect.

Musuko

1959

White Jeep Patrol poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

White Jeep Patrol

1958

Shōbushi to sono musume poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shōbushi to sono musume

1959

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kōkō sotsugyō zengo

1956

Handcuffs poster
NR

An elderly detective and a young detective fall into a trap set by a gang of vicious robbers while escorting a suspect to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Handcuffs

1958

Kenta to kurotai sensei poster
NR

A heartwarming story about Kenta, an unfortunate boy searching for his father, and Sensei, the town’s hero and black belt.

Kenta to kurotai sensei

1957

No artwork available
NR

Four trucks speeding down the Tokaido Highway in the dead of night while the muzzle of a murderer’s gun glows menacingly against the driver’s side.

Shinya no teikibin

1957

Kidnapper poster
NR

A series of kidnappings is occurring right under the authorities’ noses as they desperately pursue the culprits. Could the typewritten ransom note reveal the culprit?

Kidnapper

1955

Ganbare! Kenta poster
NR

Kenta, an orphan, heads to Tokyo to find his father.

Ganbare! Kenta

1957

Horeruna Yanpachi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Horeruna Yanpachi

1956

The Birth of Judo poster
NR

Centered on a young college student who puts his youthful passion into developing true judo and the fiery mentor he admires and studies under.

The Birth of Judo

1955

Dawn Chorus poster
NR

An innocent bus girl who gave up on getting into a women’s college and is now filled with new hope and the cheerful, slightly flirtatious young man who loves her, inside the car on a stormy night...

Dawn Chorus

1955

The Big Four of the Kodokan poster
NR

A passionate young man who risks his life for love and judo and the innocent young woman who adores him face off against an evil judoka at Chidorigafuchi.

The Big Four of the Kodokan

1955

Night Butterflies poster
6.5

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

Night Butterflies

1957

Woman of Fire poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Woman of Fire

1954

Naki warai jigoku gokuraku poster
NR

A rakugo storyteller who makes people laugh falls in love with his master’s daughter.

Naki warai jigoku gokuraku

1955

Dare ka ga korosareru poster
NR

A poisoned mandarin orange goes missing from a murder scene and suspicion falls on a pair of beautiful sisters.

Dare ka ga korosareru

1957

No artwork available
NR

A romantic action drama set in early Meiji-era Hokkaido, centered on a passionate, justice-seeking newspaper reporter who takes on an official seeking to line his own pockets, alongside an ill-fated brother and sister harboring a desire for revenge.

Eki basha osowaru

1957

Rakka no mon poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rakka no mon

1954

Shabondama oyaji poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shabondama oyaji

1956

Sabakareru jūdai poster
NR

A high school girl kills her father's mistress.

Sabakareru jūdai

1956

Giants and Toys poster
7.1

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

Giants and Toys

1958

Midori no nakama poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Midori no nakama

1954

The Aristocrat's Stairs poster
NR

A romantic tale depicting the beautiful and tragic love between a young man and woman from aristocratic families who are caught in the crossfire of the February 26 Incident.

The Aristocrat's Stairs

1959

Made in Japan poster
NR

A love affair between a beautiful fashion designer returning from France and a naïve young judo player against the backdrop of Japan in the early post-war period, where new customs and old traditions mix.

Made in Japan

1953

Duel poster
NR

A social columnist and a rookie photographer are sent to cover a bank armed robbery, but a woman gets them involved with the gang of thieves. Shochiku's first 3D film.

Duel

1953

The Phantom Horse poster
6.5

Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.

The Phantom Horse

1955