Acting

Torazo Hirosawa

Born 1899-05-18 · Shirokane, Shiba, Tokyo, Japan

Torazo Hirosawa II (二代 目広沢 虎造, Nidaime Hirosawa Torazō, May 18, 1899 – December 29, 1964 ) was a rokyoku singer and actor in the Showa period. He was born in Shirokane, Shiba-ku, Tokyo (currently Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo). His real name was Shinichi Yamada (山田 信一, Yamada Shin'ichi).

Acting credits

Yobiko hoshi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yobiko hoshi

1952

Jirocho, the Hunted poster
8.0

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.

Jirocho, the Hunted

1953

Quick Change Tanuki Palace poster
7.0

This is a paradise of dream and illusion, a country of Raccoon Dogs. The Bat Tribe lives in a neighboring country took a young prince of Raccoon Dogs as a hostage, and try to take a Buddhist saint from the temple by force.

Quick Change Tanuki Palace

1954

Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow poster
8.0

Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province.

Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow

1953

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Koibumi dōchū poster
NR

A murder case tied to a missing love letter… Heiji heads west along the Tōkaidō in pursuit of thirteen suspicious individuals.

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Koibumi dōchū

1951

Her Captive Gamblers poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Her Captive Gamblers

1953

Jirocho's New Year poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jirocho's New Year

1954

Haha koiboshi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Haha koiboshi

1949

Jirocho's Home-Coming poster
10.0

Jirocho's Tale of Three Provinces IV: All Gathered at Shimizu Harbor is the forth installment in the Jirocho's Tale of Three Provinces series.

Jirocho's Home-Coming

1953

No artwork available
NR

Yoshio Kawai is a lowly singer at the Bonbon-za, a third-rate theater in Asakusa. Together with fellow low-ranking actors Tokuri, Kameda, and Hanayama—and centered around Yumi, the beautiful dancer who serves as their mascot—they form a poor but cheerful group of five.

Warau chikyū ni asa ga kuru

1950

Theater poster
NR

Kotobuki-za is a story of the Naniwa-bushi singer Baichuken Tsurumaru.

Theater

1945

Tatakau Otoko poster
NR

A narrative rakugo film depicting the struggles of people desperately living under wartime conditions

Tatakau Otoko

1940

Jirocho Begins His Roving Life poster
10.0

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.

Jirocho Begins His Roving Life

1953

Tenpō suiko-den: Tone no himatsuri poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tenpō suiko-den: Tone no himatsuri

1952

Pure-Hearted Unit poster
8.0

A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows, and triumphs.

Pure-Hearted Unit

1957

Tsuki no shussen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tsuki no shussen

1950

Jirocho in Disgrace poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jirocho in Disgrace

1954

Last of the Wild Ones poster
8.0

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

Last of the Wild Ones

1954

No artwork available
9.0

Hibari Misora musical.

Song Festival, Full Moon, and the Battle of the Raccoon Dogs

1955

Yakyukyō jidai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yakyukyō jidai

1948

Shimizu no Jirocho den poster
NR

Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.

Shimizu no Jirocho den

1952

Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil poster
NR

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato.

Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil

1952

Utau yajikita kogane dōchū poster
NR

1957 Japanese movie

Utau yajikita kogane dōchū

1957

No artwork available
NR

A lost film by Masahiro Makino

Iki na fûraibô

1946