Joe Yamanaka

Acting

Joe Yamanaka

Born 1946-09-02 · Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Japanese singer and actor. Best known as the Flower Travellin' Band singer.

Acting credits

Door II: Tokyo Diary poster
6.2

Ai is a call girl that makes good money for what she does but there’s always at risk no matter how good the money is.

Door II: Tokyo Diary

1991

Proof of the Man poster
7.8

When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.

Proof of the Man

1977

Never Give Up poster
6.4

Special forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted daughter, Yoriko: the sole survival of a bloodbath for which he is responsible. Years later, Ajisawa is forced to return to the scene of the tragedy for his new job as a claims adjuster where he is subsequently arrested for his suspected involvement. But the threat of jail time is the least of his worries as his former organization comes gunning for him.

Never Give Up

1978

Izo poster
6.1

Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.

Izo

2004

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally poster
6.5

Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

1989

Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie poster
7.7

It has been six months since the tragic accident in Joe and Rikiishi's fight. Joe believes he has overcome Rikiishi's death and decides to make a comeback. Joe does make a successful comeback by scoring 5 KO's by body blows. Joe is then given a shot at the national title as a means by the boxing commission to put him down. The champion, Tiger Ozaki makes use of Joe's habits and ends up making Joe's corner throw in the towel. Joe is afraid to throw punches at the face because of what happened to Rikiishi. Youko, Joe's love interest and the owner of the gym where Rikiishi trained at recruits a world ranked boxer from Venezuela, Carlos Rivera, to get Joe back on his feet and pursue his boxing career to the regional and world ranks.

Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie

1981

Manji Dance 2 : Three Erotic Women poster
1.0

Story of Japanese women.

Manji Dance 2 : Three Erotic Women

1995

Deadly Outlaw: Rekka poster
6.6

After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing other Yakuza leaders leading to a final confrontation by the old man's killers.

Deadly Outlaw: Rekka

2002

The Dump Truck Rascal poster
7.5

Depicting the turbulent life of truck driver Takashi, his fellow drivers, and the women he meets.

The Dump Truck Rascal

1981

Erotic Liaisons poster
4.6

A low-key private detective agency in Paris is run by Rie and her partner Kishin, two ex-pats who tick along between cases by giving guided tours of the city to busloads of Japanese tourists.

Erotic Liaisons

1992

Ulterior Motives poster
4.2

A private eye becomes the bodyguard of a beautiful reporter being pursued by a Japanese mob.

Ulterior Motives

1993

It's Easier Than Kissing poster
4.5

After the death of her mother a young woman wants to meet her real father

It's Easier Than Kissing

1989

The Story of PuPu poster
5.0

Fu and Suzu are two hedonist girls who decide to take to the road. They set off on a journey to visit the tomb of a small pig by name Pupu. On the way, they meet Suzu's ex-lover, a gay couple, and a golf player; always getting in trouble. But whenever trouble comes, 'Trunk Man' the hero appears to save them.

The Story of PuPu

1998

Fukushu no Teio poster
6.0

Tatsuya Shijo was leading a blissful life with her wife and daughter. But all hell came down when a madman murdered his wife and daughter and bizarrely his sister, who was about to get married, killed in a hit and run incident. Vying for revenge, Tatsuya became a professional killer.

Fukushu no Teio

1995

前科・仮釈放 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

前科・仮釈放

1969

0 & 1 poster
NR

A girl called Zero stands in a crowded street, her occupation an assassin. As she completes her tasks one after another, Zero has been feeling uneasy lately. As her code name suggests, she has nothing to prove her existence. She overlaps herself with the vanishing landscape and begins to wander in search of the meaning of her own existence. At the same time, a young man named One is also wandering the streets, and like Zero, he is an assassin. Surrounded by a sense of emptiness, he is unable to find the value of his own existence. One day, the two of them meet as if they were led together. They sense each other, and by touching each other, they regain their existence and humanity. However, the organization feels that contact between assassins is dangerous, and decides to dispose of them. They call in a highly skilled assassin. Their battle for their own existence begins now!

0 & 1

2002

Protect the President poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Protect the President

2010

Car Thieves poster
NR

Mixed-race children in Japan become involved in the petty theft of car parts.

Car Thieves

1964

Flying poster
NR

A young woman aspires to be a motorboat racing champion.

Flying

1988