Joe Yamanaka

Acting

Joe Yamanaka

Born — Died

1946-09-02 — 2011-08-07

Place of birth

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

20 titles

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

Known for

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Pro Hunter

1981

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

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

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally poster
6.4

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

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

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

Film credits

2000s · 3 titles

1990s · 6 titles

1980s · 5 titles

Series credits