
Acting
Midori Takei
Born 1959-03-14 · Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Acting credits
2.7No synopsis available yet.
Ooku: Empress of the Tokugawa
1988
7.0Horror director Toshiharu Ikeda adapts a story by Baku Akae about a high-school student who falls in love with a woman on a school trip.
Red Foliage
1992
6.8A professor takes up a new post at an all-girls school only to discover the principal concealing a dark secret.
Evil of Dracula
1974
7.5Brain is the world's greatest computer, and also the most intelligent being on planet Earth. One day, Brain decides to abandon its terrestrial moorings, and it's up to The Defenders to track it down. Unfortunately, Brain has developed an amazing army of deadly giant robots, including one with a huge "17" emblazoned on its chest-plate, with which it plans to subjugate its creators. A young boy whose family was killed by Brain's followers manages to activate Daitetsujin 17, which thereafter comes to his rescue whenever he is in danger from Brain's minions.
Brain 17
1982
NR#25 in the King of Minami series. A trans dancer named Rio is in debt to Manda after trying to finance a trip to the US for gender reassignment surgery, still illegal in Japan. The owner of a prestigious nightclub recruits her, introduces her to a doctor in Osaka who performs the illicit surgery and even agrees to foot the bill. But when the club owner turns out to have ulterior motives, Rio turns to Manda for help.
The King of Minami: Trans Woman Blues
1998
NR#11 in the series, after "Sweet Trap."
The King of Minami: Sham Marriage
1995
8.0Keiko’s life is turned upside down when she discovers that she has been infected with HIV. As she struggles to cope with the situation and resist the infection, she finds new friendship and companionship with a journalist named Miyuki and a man named Akira.
Hold Me and Kiss Me
1992
2.5A beautiful psychiatrist, Saori, is plotting revenge against a man using one of her patients. The patient dreams of raping a young girl. She throws the patient and the man's daughter in the room and has him murder the girl. The patient carries out the plan as instructed in the dream, but a mysterious man in camouflage uniform blocks her path.
Confinement Escape: Forbidden Humiliation
1994
7.0Captain Gomes uses a flying battleship to battle the giant robot Daitetsujin 17. Theatrically-released abridgement of Episode 15 of the TV series.
Daitetsujin 17: Aerial Battleship
1977
3.9A policewoman investigates the apparent suicide of a college coed. The prime suspects include the girl's professor, who may have been having an affair with her, and the professor's wife, who frequents lesbian bars. Gruesome axe murders and mutilations ensue, leading Yokoyama to a shocking discovery.
The Brutal Insanity of Love
1993
NR#16 in the series, after "Futures Trading Hell."
The King of Minami: Con Man's Fate
1996
NR#4 in the King of Minami series, featuring two stories from the manga. In "High Interest Marriage," Manda helps a woman pull a reverse marital fraud on the man who took advantage of her. Then, in "Ten Million Yen Woman," a man agrees to pay 10 million yen for a one night stand, but ends up seeking Manda's help to avoid paying his debt.
The King of Minami: First & Second Yen
1993
4.3The story of lovers in "Miss Nippon" cabaret in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, where a strict, almost martial, code is followed among employees to bring the business to the top. Workers must follow the rules and a "no relations between workers" policy that's tightly enforced.
Cabaret Diary
1982
8.0Detective Nishina Sosuke, the director of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division 1, is suddenly attacked by a trio of men at his apartment at midnight. When he regains consciousness, the corpse of a foreigner shot with his pistol lies in front of him. Nishina, with the help of his friend and newspaper reporter Mineshima, who believes in his innocence and vows to cooperate, pursues the incident and reveals a conspiracy related with 5,000 kilograms of gold that disappeared at the end of the WW2.
Fossilized Wilderness
1982
NR#20 in the series, after "Insurance Embezzler."
The King of Minami: Waiting Woman
1997
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 3
1998
NR#34 in the series, following "Business Loans - The Guarantor's Trap." Manda teams up with a seasoned con man and an elementary school girl to take on a corrupt lawyer who preys on people unable to pay back their debts.
The King of Minami: Toichi Ransom
2000
NRNoboru and Junko continue to play honey traps on amateurs. One day, unaware of the danger involved, they accept a job to "receive an attaché case from a woman and hand it over to a customer." The moment they receive the suitcase from the woman on the terrace on the designated day, a dangerous story begins. The second film in the series starring Abe Hiroshi.
Villain Encyclopedia 2
1994
7.0Young orphan Saburo uses a special helmet to command the Iron Robot 17 against the forces of the renegade computer Brain. Theatrical release re-edited from the first two episodes of the TV series, which actually preceded the original broadcast of the second episode.
Daitetsujin 17
1977
8.5On her wedding day, Makiko is stabbed by a woman in wedding dress. The wound isn't serious but the attacker blows herself up and can't be identified. The attacker is thought to be an ex-girlfriend of Tsutomu, the groom. He gives two names to the police but these two are still alive. But there is still one woman in Tsutomu's mind...
Our Wedding
1983
NR#32 in the King of Minami series. When the failed president of a recruitment company turns to offering fake job titles for a fee, he is targeted by the yakuza and forced to borrow money from Ginjiro Manda. Despite his attempts to escape his debts by declaring bankruptcy, Manda has other plans.
The King of Minami: Certified Alibi Trap
2000
The second installment of the special drama "Kawaiteshimau" features Masakazu Tamura playing the role of "Udege Shujo," the official taster for the shogunate. Tamura's unmatched charm in portraying cynical characters is fully showcased in this exhilarating period drama. Audiences can thoroughly enjoy the familiar "Ten'ichibō Incident" in this lively historical play.
A Samurai's Sorrow: The Deadly Sword
1984
NRWhen aspiring businessman Chiwaki borrows money from the LA mafia and flees to Japan to escape his debt, he soon finds himself being chased throughout Osaka by the local yakuza and a mafia loan shark. Chiwaki plans to get out of debt by investing in a high-end beauty salon, with a loan from Ginjiro Manda. Soon, Chiwaki finds himself pursued by Manda as well, who is willing to go up against the mafia to get his money back.
The King of Minami: The Special Movie
1995
NR#24 in the series, following "Recollection."
The King of Minami: Fallen Women
1998