Ichiro Araki

Acting

Ichiro Araki

Born

1944-01-08 (82)

Place of birth

Tokyo, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

39 titles

Japanese actor, singer, music producer, novelist and card magic expert.

Known for

Kogarashi Monjiro poster
8.0

Monjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned his hometown when he was 10 years old. He has been traveling aimlessly with a long toothpick in his mouth. Monjiro avoided getting involved in anything, but wherever he went, he ended up getting involved in incidents

Kogarashi Monjiro

1972

Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs poster
6.4

Agent Zero is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills a rapist in a violent fashion, she is sent to prison and stripped of her badge. But very soon after, a rich politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang. Agent Zero is let out of prison with the mission of going undercover to find the politician's daughter and return her safely. Using her deadly red handcuffs, she disposes of the criminals one by one.

Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs

1974

He's Like a Devil poster
3.7

Kamon Ryou, a guitar-playing male prostitute in a decadent downtown bar of Yokohama, is a man of many secrets: he was the culprit of the unsolved "300 Million Yen Robbery" of 1968, he has a lot of nasty friends that are trying to steal the money away from him, and he is dying of a malignant brain tumor...

He's Like a Devil

1975

The Kyoto Connection poster
5.0

Christina, on arriving in Japan, acquaints a Japanese man at the airport who looks like a sap. He takes her to his apartment where he brutally rapes her and keeps her hostage and bound in chains. Christina's alluring beauty eventually enchants the rapist and he is soon consulting his 'How to Stimulate a Woman' sex book in an effort to please her...

The Kyoto Connection

1973

Sing a Song of Sex poster
6.0

Four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with an inebriated teacher singing bawdy drinking songs. This encounter sets them on a less than academic path.

Sing a Song of Sex

1967

The Revelation of a Geisha poster
4.7

After the bankruptcy of her foster-father's condom factory, Tamae sets out to make a living on her own and ends up working as a geisha at a hot spring resort. After rising in popularity, a climactic sex battle is held to decide who gets to lay claim to her.

The Revelation of a Geisha

1970

Film credits

1970s · 17 titles

Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs poster
6.4

Agent Zero is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills a rapist in a violent fashion, she is sent to prison and stripped of her badge. But very soon after, a rich politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang. Agent Zero is let out of prison with the mission of going undercover to find the politician's daughter and return her safely. Using her deadly red handcuffs, she disposes of the criminals one by one.

Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs

1974

The Kyoto Connection poster
5.0

Christina, on arriving in Japan, acquaints a Japanese man at the airport who looks like a sap. He takes her to his apartment where he brutally rapes her and keeps her hostage and bound in chains. Christina's alluring beauty eventually enchants the rapist and he is soon consulting his 'How to Stimulate a Woman' sex book in an effort to please her...

The Kyoto Connection

1973

The Revelation of a Geisha poster
4.7

After the bankruptcy of her foster-father's condom factory, Tamae sets out to make a living on her own and ends up working as a geisha at a hot spring resort. After rising in popularity, a climactic sex battle is held to decide who gets to lay claim to her.

The Revelation of a Geisha

1970

Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban poster
5.5

The Kanto Gypsies, a tough girl gang, hide out from the law in the middle of a disputed gang territory, where they end up getting kidnapped by sinister underworld thugs. After breaking free, the girls set their sights on one thing: revenge. Miki Sugimoto stars as girl boss Komasa, the ruthless and sadistic leader of the Kanto Gypsies who possesses more than enough brains to match her killer looks.

Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban

1973

A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers poster
9.0

When a large crime syndicate seeks to invade Gifu's underworld, three brothers and their yakuza family are the only ones that stand in their way.

A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers

1971

Aesthetics of a Bullet poster
7.0

A small time crook who sells rabbits for a living frequently gets himself into trouble with loan sharks and the yakuza. He dreams of becoming a successful big-shot and embarks on the life of a yakuza hitman.

Aesthetics of a Bullet

1973

The Most Dangerous Game poster
6.3

The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in a vicious power struggle between two large corporations over a sizable government defence contract.

The Most Dangerous Game

1978

Girl Boss Blues - Queen Bee's Challenge poster
6.0

When two Girl Bosses fight each other over territory, their enmity is difficult to solve - they are equals in looks, strength, determination, and power of their respective girl gangs. So, the way is open to a mischievous Yakuza Boss who invites them for a peaceful way to decide their feud: a sexual challenge for him to decide who is the better Girl Boss. Trapped, both are subject to the man's lust and sadistic assaults. They escape by joining forces against the yakuza gang, though it costs one of the young women her life - when she was friends already with her former enemy.

Girl Boss Blues - Queen Bee's Challenge

1972

Playful White Fingers poster
4.7

A girl falls for a pickpocketer who gets arrested, so she hooks up with his ex-girlfriend and his ex-cellmate.

Playful White Fingers

1972

The Viper Brothers and the Young General poster
9.0

The last in the series. Sugawara runs into two mahjong cheaters (Ichiro Araki and Mako Midori + sidekick Takuzo Kawatani) whom he takes for friends in need as his naivety prevents him from seeing their true nature.

The Viper Brothers and the Young General

1975

A Woman’s Road poster
NR

Poor Yoko knows she is getting played and used by a playboy, but she loves him with all her heart and soul.

A Woman’s Road

1973

The Last Swordsman poster
6.0

Personal tale of Okita Soji who fights to survive in a world without pity in the merciless era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

The Last Swordsman

1974

Prison Tales poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Prison Tales

1970

Ambition in The Mirror poster
NR

Kaori, the principal of Tanimoto Gakuen, a major player in the beauty industry, is aiming to expand into Shinjuku in order to make further progress. However, she is overtaken by the president of the Beauty Association and others. Then, a mysterious man, Segiyama, appears before her. He tells Kaori that he will take back the rights to the salon in Shinjuku in exchange for campaign expenses.

Ambition in The Mirror

1972

A Flower in a Neon Jungle poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Flower in a Neon Jungle

1973

Dasshutsu poster
NR

1972 Japanese movie

Dasshutsu

1972

No artwork available
NR

Pinku from 1973.

Madame Scandal

1973

1960s · 11 titles

Sing a Song of Sex poster
6.0

Four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with an inebriated teacher singing bawdy drinking songs. This encounter sets them on a less than academic path.

Sing a Song of Sex

1967

Pretty Devil Yoko poster
3.3

Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza-to-be is an acquaintance who tries to rape her, and the typically bland but very-good-here the first boyfriend.

Pretty Devil Yoko

1966

Yakuza Hooligans poster
7.0

A bunch of young, angry and penniless misfits are full of great vitality. They aren’t quite up to joining the yakuza and execute a variety of petty scams. After being approached by a yakuza and asked to become a spy for them, they are now planning to take 10 million yen from the yakuza.

Yakuza Hooligans

1966

Dianas of the Campus poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dianas of the Campus

1966

My Sweetheart poster
NR

It had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by director Ishizaki and his film crew, Mitsuo is excited to star as the lead in "My Sweetheart". One day, half way through production, he meets his friends from a popular rock group, "The Spiders". Through their discussion regarding the climax scene, they criticize that the script is too grim. In a notion to protect their friend's career, they decide to pay the scriptwriter a little visit.

My Sweetheart

1967

Kaze to Ki to Sora to poster
NR

A nanny, played by Sayuri Yoshinaga, who lives and works in a Tokyo family, causes all kinds of waves with her outspoken personality and behavior in this charming coming-of-age blockbuster.

Kaze to Ki to Sora to

1964

Secret Club 000 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Secret Club 000

1965

Dynamite Doctor Returns poster
NR

Second movie in the yoidore hakase serie

Dynamite Doctor Returns

1966

おゝい雲! poster
NR

1965 Toei Drama / Comedy

おゝい雲!

1965

Let's Dance Tonight poster
9.0

A drama about the sex industry.

Let's Dance Tonight

1967

Underworld Code poster
NR

A big American boss landed in Japan in search of funding sources. A lone wolf trying to stop it ends up fighting against his big brother's organization and emerging powers. A huge gangster story depicting a three-way turf war on a large scale.

Underworld Code

1965

Series credits

Behind the camera