Acting

Minoru Shikata

Acting credits

Night of Bloody Hell poster
NR

A motorcycle daredevil is murdered by a gang that wants to take over the circus to become the cover for their drug operation, but his replacement (Akira Kobayashi) has other ideas.

Night of Bloody Hell

1962

Song of a Traveller poster
NR

A crime film released in 1962

Song of a Traveller

1962

A Man with Dragon Tattoos poster
8.0

In the late 1890s, coal is a precious new natural resource. During an era of rapid economic growth, dreams are instilled into the lives of many across Japan. A vigorous young man with a look of fearless determination, sets foot on the northern part of Kyushu, an area where Yakuza thrived. His name is Kingoro Tamai (Yujiro Ishihara). With plans to travel the world, Kingoro worked diligently at a coal mine. His loyalty and hard work earned the respect of his peers, his courage won the heart of the beautiful Mon (Ruriko Asaoka), and his success evoked jealousy in his enemies.

A Man with Dragon Tattoos

1962

Black Strait poster
10.0

Newly out of prison after killing his boss' rival, Akio Maki is eager to move on and start a new life with the boss' daughter. However, the chains of the past are not so easily broken and Maki is soon ordered to kill again.

Black Strait

1964

Ore wa toppu-yada: kao no nai bijo poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Ore wa toppu-yada: kao no nai bijo

1961

Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary poster
NR

A kidnapping occurred over a seven-million-dollar diamond that was sewn into his stomach. Takuya Nikaido, the hero of Kamideki, challenges the underground organization of fear. The final work of Asahi Kobayashi's "Ginza Whirlpool Child (Mitsugai)" series.

Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary

1963

I'll Kill the Women poster
NR

A unique action-packed drama that tells the story of a Yakuza man who craves blood like crazy, unaware that he has fallen into a trap set by his younger brother.

I'll Kill the Women

1958

Yoru no chōsen-sha poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Yoru no chōsen-sha

1961

Bet on a Seaside Romance poster
9.0

1960 action film.

Bet on a Seaside Romance

1960

Satsujin-sha o oe poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Satsujin-sha o oe

1962

He's the Witness poster
NR

Takuya witnesses the homicide of the detective leading an investigation into the murder of the chairman of the People’s Economic Association, and he disguises himself.

He's the Witness

1960

Ningen ni kakeruna poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ningen ni kakeruna

1964

The Human Cyclone poster
NR

The "Ginza Whirlwind" (Akira Kobayashi) uncovers a diamond smuggling operation led by a Chinese man behind the opening of the new nightclub "Monaco", and teams up with the daughter (Ruriko Asaoka) of a man the smuggler killed during the war. First in the "Ginza Whirlwind" series.

The Human Cyclone

1959

Covered Wagon poster
NR

A Western-inspired film where a pair of traveling beekeepers odyssey by covered wagon from Kyushu, the southernmost of the Japanese archipelago's major islands, to Hokkaido, it's northernmost.

Covered Wagon

1960

Fight of the Gamblers poster
6.0

Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his misdeeds. At home, when his mother, the boss of a construction gang, bids for and gets the job of building the Town Hall, other gangs set out to disrupt her business and try to kill her.

Fight of the Gamblers

1963

Who is in the Background? poster
NR

The "Ginza Whirlwind" (Akira Kobayahsi) smashes a counterfeiting ring. Second in the "Ginza Whirlwind" series.

Who is in the Background?

1959

Merciless Bullet poster
NR

Killer Kenji Sasagawa (Odaka) enters the room of a luxurious apartment in the silence of the night and, finding himself in front of the boss of the Sawamura clan (Kaneko), who is with his mistress, impassively pulls the trigger of a pistol with a silencer. Kenji was hired by Sawamura's advisor, Matsumoto (Ashida). It was a cunning plan: eliminate Sawamura, sell the smuggling rights to the Hamasaki clan and make a profit. And for Kenji, the motive did not matter, as long as he was paid, his job was to kill opponents without a miss.…

Merciless Bullet

1959

The Devil's Sigh poster
NR

Japanese crime film

The Devil's Sigh

1960