Acting

Kin Ishii

Born — Died

1927-11-30 — 1997-12-31

Place of birth

Bungotakada, Ōita Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

18 titles

Known for

Tora-san, My Uncle poster
8.2

Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.

Tora-san, My Uncle

1989

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies poster
6.6

Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player. After the studio's top leading lady is embroiled in a scandal, Koharu is suddenly thrust into the limelight when she replaces her in a film and gains instant fame and fortune. But the going is not always easy, and she soon seeks help from unexpected quarters.

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

1986

Hotsprings Holiday poster
10.0

Two rival groups of gangsters vie for control of a tiny port town in northern Japan. Daisuke, a member of the older of the two gangs, and Kosuke, a hoodlum in the newer gang, both fall in love with the daughter of an inn proprietor, even though she evinces more interest in improving the town than in their romantic advances. Eventually, the two hoodlums come to respect her efforts and decide to join forces in ridding the town of all gangsters. The two men succeed in restoring peace to the town and, rejected by the innkeeper's daughter, they leave town as friends.

Hotsprings Holiday

1968

Summer Days Across the River poster
NR

Set in Tsukuda Island, Tokyo, this drama SP depicts a misunderstanding between an old man with old-fashioned spirit and a young tenant.

Summer Days Across the River

1973

I, the Executioner poster
7.4

Police detectives investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide.

I, the Executioner

1968

Shameless School poster
5.0

Comedy of high school where students and teachers run wild, based on a popular comic strip.

Shameless School

1970

Film credits

1970s · 4 titles

1960s · 12 titles

Hotsprings Holiday poster
10.0

Two rival groups of gangsters vie for control of a tiny port town in northern Japan. Daisuke, a member of the older of the two gangs, and Kosuke, a hoodlum in the newer gang, both fall in love with the daughter of an inn proprietor, even though she evinces more interest in improving the town than in their romantic advances. Eventually, the two hoodlums come to respect her efforts and decide to join forces in ridding the town of all gangsters. The two men succeed in restoring peace to the town and, rejected by the innkeeper's daughter, they leave town as friends.

Hotsprings Holiday

1968

I, the Executioner poster
7.4

Police detectives investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide.

I, the Executioner

1968

The Shy Deceiver poster
7.0

A young thug wanna-be yakuza falls in love with a country girl.

The Shy Deceiver

1968

The Million Dollar Pursuit poster
7.3

Burned out butcher Hazama meets a woman at a restaurant and is asked to help her deliver a bag of diamonds.

The Million Dollar Pursuit

1968

Get Married, Mother poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Get Married, Mother

1962

The Greatest Challenge of All poster
7.0

After an argument with his father a son leaves his home and comes back only, as an adult, many years later just to cause them problem after problem.

The Greatest Challenge of All

1967

Miniskirt Corps poster
NR

Five female university students, Katsumi (Katsuko Kanai), Kaoru (Kaoru Yumi), Itsuko (Itoko Harada), Namiko (Etsuko Nami), and Yukigi (Sanae Emi), are all residents of the same Seiwa Dormitory. One night, three close friends, Namiko, Itsuko, and Kaoru, sneak out of the dormitory, avoiding the watchful eyes of their roommate, Katsumi, and the dormitory supervisor, Ms. Aikawa (Yuriko Hime), and head out to a go-go café. Like young girls, they are hoping to find their ideal man.

Miniskirt Corps

1968

The Irresponsible Fool poster
7.0

Picked up and raised on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Yasukichi's only trait is his innate mischievousness. However, because his love for his hometown is exceptionally stronger than anybody's, he is trying everything he can to somehow help the inhabitants of the island which are going through a recession. He saddles himself with a debt to bring a cheap band onto the island and tries to market the underwater sightseeing ship on the island without regards for the Marine Act.

The Irresponsible Fool

1964

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

For Love and Money

1963

Big, Big Fellow poster
NR

The golden duo of Yoshitaro Mura and Kiyoshi Atsumi brings you a full-on comedy filled with laughter and melancholy set in Kitakyushu. Matsujiro Minamida (Atsumi) plays an uneducated and uncouth local troublemaker who becomes the talk of the town following an unexpected incident.

Big, Big Fellow

1969

Showa Genroku Shameless Festival poster
8.0

Sales staff from a pharmaceutical company who love drinking, fighting, and shopping, along with employees from a rival company, develop a competitive rivalry while approaching the daughter of a researcher at the institute.

Showa Genroku Shameless Festival

1968

Mappira shain yūkyōden poster
NR

1968 Japanese movie

Mappira shain yūkyōden

1968