Acting

Yoshiaki Taniguchi

Japan

Acting credits

The Imperial Navy poster
6.6

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.

The Imperial Navy

1981

The Naked Seven poster
6.3

Scantily clad female warriors battle thieves to save a small village. Director Yasuharu Hasebe crossed the Seven Samurai legends of Shichinin No Samurai with his own popular Naraneko Rokku series and dressed it up with some of the most popular softcore pinup queens of the day.

The Naked Seven

1972

New Eros Schedule Book Concubine Secrets: Sexual Technique Education poster
8.0

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

New Eros Schedule Book Concubine Secrets: Sexual Technique Education

1973

Lustful Life: Night Make Me Wet! poster
3.8

A woman endures the life of a prostitute for a yakuza pimp.

Lustful Life: Night Make Me Wet!

1981

Women Smell of Night poster
7.0

A 1970 crime film.

Women Smell of Night

1970

Secret Chronicle: Prostitution Market poster
6.0

Sold into prostitution by her "uncle", a young girl is so innocent and naive that she doesn't know what she has to do.

Secret Chronicle: Prostitution Market

1972

Love and Death at Fuji Speedway poster
4.5

The movie was inspired by real life test driver Yukio Fukuzawa, who on 12 February 1969 lost control of his Toyota 7 at Fuji Speedway near Nakahinata, Japan and fatally smashed into a signpost. In the movie Kei Kiyama’s pop singer character meets Tôru Minegishi’s doomed racer when he happens along as she’s throwing her own records into the sea. From there things get even cheerier.

Love and Death at Fuji Speedway

1972

Thirteen Times a Loser poster
NR

Mineoka Group executive Okitsu Seiji is imprisoned for the 13th time for attacking rival Kuronuma. While in prison, he learns that the Kuronuma Group has retaliated by killing its leader and seizing territory. Upon his release, he embarks on a revenge campaign.

Thirteen Times a Loser

1969

Outlaw: Kill! poster
6.9

Goro has always been a lone wolf. When he arrives at an industrial city in Keihin, there is certain restlessness in the air. The Iriezaki family and the Kanto Touyu-kai were in the midst of a territorial dispute. Goro was quick to notice, but had no intent to take sides. At a department store nearby, he sees an elevator lady being harassed by a couple of hoodlums. Goro decides to intervene. Unbeknownst to him, the hoodlums are Touyu-kai members – and the girl has strong ties with the opposing family.

Outlaw: Kill!

1969

Burning Desire poster
10.0

Oshichi (Setsuko Ogawa), the daughter of a green grocer, is only seventeen years old but is known as one of the most beautiful girls in Edo. She is betrothed to Sakubei (Tatsuya Hamaguchi) but does not love him. One day, the whole city is flooded by one of the worst rain storm in its history. Oshichi, and her parents are given shelter at a temple where she meets Kichisaburo (Ryuji Mori), a young priest. It is love at first sight for both of them. The storm finally abates. Oshichi's parents decide to return to their home on the following day. That night, Oshichi gladly gives herself to Kichisaburo but they are found by her mother who warns them never to divulge their secret. Learning that her plan to move up the date of her marriage to the rich pawnbroker's son, Oshichi feels that she can never be united with Kichisaburo unless she takes things into her own hands.

Burning Desire

1972

Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland poster
4.4

A group of corrupt police detectives go on a manhunt for an ex-collogue who they believe could blow their whole rotten operation wide open.

Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland

1973

Ex Convict: Sword Storm poster
NR

1969 yakuza movie.

Ex Convict: Sword Storm

1969

Step on the Gas! poster
8.5

Yūji, fresh out of prison on parole, meets a stranger named Nao that asks for his assistance...

Step on the Gas!

1970