Acting

Toshiyasu Hiyoshi

Born

1948-05-19 (78)

Place of birth

Tokyo, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

25 titles

Known for

Himitsu Sentai Gorenger poster
8.3

A powerful terrorist organization known as the Black Cross Army threatens to destroy the Earth, with only the defense organization EAGLE (EArth Guard LEague) able to oppose them. In retaliation, Black Cross Army destroys multiple EAGLE headquarters across Japan, killing all but five people. Now, these five remaining EAGLE members are called to form a secret, powerful team known as Gorenger, the only force left that has a chance to stop the Black Cross Army and their evil leader, Black Cross Führer.

Himitsu Sentai Gorenger

1975

Battle Fever J poster
7.8

Five agents stand against the evil organization Egos. They fight incorporating dance moves from all around the world! This was the first time giant robots appeared on the Sentai series.

Battle Fever J

1979

Denshi Sentai Denziman poster
8.8

Denzimen are warriors who fight against the Vader Clan, a clan that tries to pollute the Earth with sludge. Denzimen fight using the Super Science of the Denzi people.

Denshi Sentai Denziman

1980

Choudenshi Bioman poster
7.8

Five descendants of the people showered with Bio Particles by Bio Robots five centuries in the past have become Biomen. They transform with the Bio Brace and fight using their Super Electronic Brains on their masks. Their Bioswords are equipped with sword and gun modes.

Choudenshi Bioman

1984

Moonlight Mask poster
7.0

Moonlight Mask (aka Gekko Kamen), is a black and white tokusatsu TV drama series, produced by the advertising agency Senkosha and was aired on KRTV (now TBS) from February 24, 1958 to July 5, 1959, with a total of 130 (or 131) episodes, divided into 5 segments. Since the original show, Gekko Kamen has gained the popularity of being the first Japanese live action television superhero, appearing in films and TV shows well past the length of the original series.

Moonlight Mask

1958

Floating Clouds poster
7.7

A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes.

Floating Clouds

1955

Film credits

1970s · 3 titles

1950s · 16 titles

Floating Clouds poster
7.7

A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes.

Floating Clouds

1955

Otora-san's Business is Booming poster
NR

The sixth and final "Otora-san" feature.

Otora-san's Business is Booming

1958

Sanpei Mejiro Story: My Wife poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sanpei Mejiro Story: My Wife

1957

Otora-san's Ghostly Rascals poster
NR

The fourth "Otora-san" feature.

Otora-san's Ghostly Rascals

1958

Otora-san's Legal Holiday poster
NR

The fifth "Otora-san" feature.

Otora-san's Legal Holiday

1958

I Saw the Killer poster
NR

A man running a small radio repair shop becomes a key witness in a murder case.

I Saw the Killer

1956

Goblin in Stirrups Pt.2 poster
NR

A fake “Kurama Tengu” causes chaos in Kyoto. The real masked swordsman rescues street child-lion dancers, steals an assassination ledger from the Shoshidai, and clashes with the Shinsengumi and Kondo Isami.

Goblin in Stirrups Pt.2

1957

Haha tokidori poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Haha tokidori

1954

Otora-san poster
NR

The first of six "Otora-san" features.

Otora-san

1957

Masura no Hashitsu Sequel: It's Hard to Be a Company poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Masura no Hashitsu Sequel: It's Hard to Be a Company

1956

No artwork available
NR

One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.

Murder on the Last Train

1955

Otora-san at His Best poster
NR

The third "Otora-san" feature.

Otora-san at His Best

1958

Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei poster
NR

A masterpiece of life sketches overflowing with heartwarming affection and laughter that portrays the modern common people with humor and pathos, focusing on the daily life of Sanpei Mejiro, a salaryman for over twenty years who finds a little happiness in life in his poor but joyful home.

Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei

1955

Tora-san's Home Run poster
7.0

The second Tora-San feature.

Tora-san's Home Run

1958

Kurama Tengu: The Tale of a Government Thief poster
NR

The third film in the "Kurama Tengu" series starring Azuma Chiyonosuke, based on the original work by Osaragi Jiro. The staff remains the same as in the previous film, "Kurama Tengu Kakubei Shishi" (1951), and the cast is the same, including the lead actors Azuma Chiyonosuke, Hiyoshi Toshiyasu, and Chihara Shinobu.

Kurama Tengu: The Tale of a Government Thief

1957

Mother and Child poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mother and Child

1956

Series credits

Himitsu Sentai Gorenger poster
8.3

A powerful terrorist organization known as the Black Cross Army threatens to destroy the Earth, with only the defense organization EAGLE (EArth Guard LEague) able to oppose them. In retaliation, Black Cross Army destroys multiple EAGLE headquarters across Japan, killing all but five people. Now, these five remaining EAGLE members are called to form a secret, powerful team known as Gorenger, the only force left that has a chance to stop the Black Cross Army and their evil leader, Black Cross Führer.

Himitsu Sentai Gorenger

1975

Battle Fever J poster
7.8

Five agents stand against the evil organization Egos. They fight incorporating dance moves from all around the world! This was the first time giant robots appeared on the Sentai series.

Battle Fever J

1979

Denshi Sentai Denziman poster
8.8

Denzimen are warriors who fight against the Vader Clan, a clan that tries to pollute the Earth with sludge. Denzimen fight using the Super Science of the Denzi people.

Denshi Sentai Denziman

1980

Choudenshi Bioman poster
7.8

Five descendants of the people showered with Bio Particles by Bio Robots five centuries in the past have become Biomen. They transform with the Bio Brace and fight using their Super Electronic Brains on their masks. Their Bioswords are equipped with sword and gun modes.

Choudenshi Bioman

1984

Moonlight Mask poster
7.0

Moonlight Mask (aka Gekko Kamen), is a black and white tokusatsu TV drama series, produced by the advertising agency Senkosha and was aired on KRTV (now TBS) from February 24, 1958 to July 5, 1959, with a total of 130 (or 131) episodes, divided into 5 segments. Since the original show, Gekko Kamen has gained the popularity of being the first Japanese live action television superhero, appearing in films and TV shows well past the length of the original series.

Moonlight Mask

1958