Acting
Torazo Hirosawa
Born — Died
1899-05-18 — 1964-12-29
Place of birth
Shirokane, Shiba, Tokyo, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
30 titles
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).
Known for
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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Hana no nijū hachinin shū
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Yobiko hoshi
1952
10.0Jirocho the gambler hits the road.
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953
8.0A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.
Last of the Wild Ones
1954
NR1957 Japanese movie
Utau yajikita kogane dōchū
1957
Film credits
1950s · 22 titles
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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Hana no nijū hachinin shū
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Yobiko hoshi
1952
10.0Jirocho the gambler hits the road.
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953
8.0A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.
Last of the Wild Ones
1954
NR1957 Japanese movie
Utau yajikita kogane dōchū
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tenpō suiko-den: Tone no himatsuri
1952
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tsuki no shussen
1950
NRA 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
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Her Captive Gamblers
1953
NREarly jidaigeki by Tai Kato.
Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil
1952
8.0Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province.
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1953
8.0A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.
Jirocho, the Hunted
1953
Hibari Misora musical.
Song Festival, Full Moon, and the Battle of the Raccoon Dogs
1955
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Jirocho in Disgrace
1954
NRBased on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.
Shimizu no Jirocho den
1952
7.0This 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
8.0A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows, and triumphs.
Pure-Hearted Unit
1957
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Jirocho's New Year
1954
10.0Jirocho'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
Japanese film.
Shimazu no sanshita yakko
1955
7.0The rise of the famed gambler.
Jirocho Rises in Fame
1952
1940s · 6 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Haha koiboshi
1949
A lost film by Masahiro Makino
Iki na fûraibô
1946
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Yakyukyō jidai
1948
An actor, hit on the head, dreams that he has become legendary one-eyed gangster Mori no Ishimatsu.
Zoku Shimizu Minato
1940
NRKotobuki-za is a story of the Naniwa-bushi singer Baichuken Tsurumaru.
Theater
1945
NRA narrative rakugo film depicting the struggles of people desperately living under wartime conditions.
Tatakau Otoko
1940
1930s · 2 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Entatsu, Achako and Torazo: Chuji Kunisada's First Smile of the New Year
1939
A typically modern take on the well-known Naniwabushi character (and real life 19th-century gangster) Mori no Ishimatsu, whose proverbial stupidity Enoken takes to farcical extremes.
Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu
1939