Acting

Takashi Koshiba

Known for

Acting

Credits

49 titles

Known for

The Burmese Harp poster
7.8

In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW.

The Burmese Harp

1956

Gappa, the Triphibian Monster poster
5.6

An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.

Gappa, the Triphibian Monster

1967

Tokyo Knights poster
6.9

A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.

Tokyo Knights

1961

The Sands of Kurobe poster
7.0

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel crosses an earthquake fault and Kitagawa is beleaguered not only by cave-ins and flooding, but by strife between management and the workers's union. Adding to Kitagawa's stress is the knowledge that as his attention is pulled inexorably toward the tunnel construction, his youngest daughter is dying from leukemia.

The Sands of Kurobe

1968

Smashing the 0-Line poster
6.3

Katiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and the drug dealer he’s sleeping with—to get a scoop. But what happens when an even more ruthless female gang boss kidnaps his sister?

Smashing the 0-Line

1960

Danger Pays poster
7.0

Joe, Okita, and Serizawa hear of the armed robbery of a truck carrying one billion eighty million yen's worth of Mint paper. Knowing that the thugs will now need a counterfeiter to make the bogus bills, they each decide to cash in on it by selling them the idea that they need Sakamoto, the best counterfeiter in Japan. A seesaw game unfolds between the three men as each tries to outdo the other two in handing over Sakamoto for one million yen to Hijikata, the big boss, who intends to make counterfeit money with the stolen paper. A little belatedly, they realize it needs their combined forces to outwit Hijikata and they raid his place together. Outnumbered, however, they are thrown into a basement room and the gas is turned on. Certain death stares them in the face, but the three men are not ones to take things lying down....

Danger Pays

1962

Film credits

1960s · 39 titles

Gappa, the Triphibian Monster poster
5.6

An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.

Gappa, the Triphibian Monster

1967

Tokyo Knights poster
6.9

A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.

Tokyo Knights

1961

The Sands of Kurobe poster
7.0

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel crosses an earthquake fault and Kitagawa is beleaguered not only by cave-ins and flooding, but by strife between management and the workers's union. Adding to Kitagawa's stress is the knowledge that as his attention is pulled inexorably toward the tunnel construction, his youngest daughter is dying from leukemia.

The Sands of Kurobe

1968

Smashing the 0-Line poster
6.3

Katiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and the drug dealer he’s sleeping with—to get a scoop. But what happens when an even more ruthless female gang boss kidnaps his sister?

Smashing the 0-Line

1960

Danger Pays poster
7.0

Joe, Okita, and Serizawa hear of the armed robbery of a truck carrying one billion eighty million yen's worth of Mint paper. Knowing that the thugs will now need a counterfeiter to make the bogus bills, they each decide to cash in on it by selling them the idea that they need Sakamoto, the best counterfeiter in Japan. A seesaw game unfolds between the three men as each tries to outdo the other two in handing over Sakamoto for one million yen to Hijikata, the big boss, who intends to make counterfeit money with the stolen paper. A little belatedly, they realize it needs their combined forces to outwit Hijikata and they raid his place together. Outnumbered, however, they are thrown into a basement room and the gas is turned on. Certain death stares them in the face, but the three men are not ones to take things lying down....

Danger Pays

1962

Kill or Be Killed poster
NR

When Yakuza decides to take avenge his brother, the war shall begin.

Kill or Be Killed

1966

The Four Loves poster
NR

A father gives his four daughters his substantial retirement allowance on the stipulation that they leave him alone, as he wants some freedom. Each of the daughters has a romantic interest and it's noticeable that the father, too, has someone in mind.

The Four Loves

1965

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! poster
6.5

Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!

1963

Acacia no Ame ga Yamu Toki poster
NR

Hideo Ishizaki, who was painting on the shore of the lake, saves a woman named Keiko.

Acacia no Ame ga Yamu Toki

1963

Carmen from Kawachi poster
6.2

Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming a fashion model. Yoko tells her that she can move in to Yoko’s house to take lessons, while making a living at the same time.

Carmen from Kawachi

1966

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

Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi

1962

Lost Virgin poster
7.0

Story of a nineteen-year-old office girl who loses her virginity.

Lost Virgin

1968

The Guys Who Put Money on Me poster
7.5

An unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Match (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young energetic boxer. This story deals more with betting action surrounding a boxing match, concentrating mostly on the high-powered Yakuza gambling dens.

The Guys Who Put Money on Me

1962

The Call of Blood poster
5.8

Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.

The Call of Blood

1964

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

午前零時の出獄 poster
NR

This movie depicts the confrontation between a man entangled in a despicable trap and the shadow of murderous intent, and the efforts of a journalist chasing after the truth. Due to the passage of time since the film's release, some scenes may be marred by visual and audio distortions. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

午前零時の出獄

1963

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

Jūdai no kawa poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Jūdai no kawa

1962

Bastards Without Borders poster
9.0

Counterfeit Japanese dollars are connected to a large-scale underground drug organization. An action masterpiece with Akira Kobayashi, in the role of an international secret police officer who challenges organizations throughout the world.

Bastards Without Borders

1965

A Chain of Islands poster
6.8

When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation uncovers a black market scheme involving counterfeit money, murder, and conspiracy.

A Chain of Islands

1965

Aniki poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Aniki

1962

Gazing at Love and Death poster
7.0

A young girl knows that she is going to die and in this she is supported by the devotion of the boy who loves her. They originally met at the hospital. There it transpired that the only way to save her life was to sacrifice an eye and part of her face. The operation seems a success. Later, however, her other eye becomes affected. She feels she must let the boy go, and yet she depends so much upon his devotion.

Gazing at Love and Death

1964

Flora on the Sand poster
6.3

One evening, at the Marine Tower observatory, cosmetics salesman Ichiro Iki is drawn into conversation with an unfamiliar young lady Akiko. She invites Ichiro back to a hotel where they make love but part without even exchanging names. A week later, they have a second chance encounter at the observatory. This time, Ichiro is the one who pursues her. Back at the hotel, Akiko begs Ichiro to give her sister – Kyoko, a bar hostess – absolute hell. Akiko resents her sister for lecturing on chastity, while wantonly indulging in promiscuous activity. Ichiro takes an interest in Kyoko and sets out towards her bar…

Flora on the Sand

1964

Satsujin-sha o oe poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Satsujin-sha o oe

1962

The Plateau Man poster
NR

Japanese Western set at a mountain ranch in Kyushu.

The Plateau Man

1961

Hageshī kawa poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Hageshī kawa

1962

Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa

1962

Me o tsubutte tsuppashire poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Me o tsubutte tsuppashire

1962

Jiken kisha: Kenjû kashimasu poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Jiken kisha: Kenjû kashimasu

1962

Joe of Aces: Give and Take poster
NR

Against the bosses of the underworld that dominate Yokohama, Kobe, and Hong Kong, ace Joe, who plays an invincible gunman, shows off his transcendent gunplay! The third installment of the business series.

Joe of Aces: Give and Take

1961

Quick Draw Sanshiro poster
NR

Koji Wada, who is good at shooting, karate, judo and boxing, has a tough fight with the sea gangsters!

Quick Draw Sanshiro

1962

Kidō sōsahan Tōkyō bōryoku chizu poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Kidō sōsahan Tōkyō bōryoku chizu

1962

Hana no saigetsu poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Hana no saigetsu

1962

Man at the Bullfight poster
9.0

An unprecedented, extravagant, passionate film set in Spain and Southern Europe. It depicts the passionate Yujiro who risks his life to invite bullfighting.

Man at the Bullfight

1960

やくざ番外地 抹殺 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

やくざ番外地 抹殺

1969

The Spiders: Big Commotion! poster
10.0

The Spiders arrive back in Tokyo and end up in a car accident with a beautiful fan, Yuko, who the lead singers fall in love with while she convalesces at the Hospital.

The Spiders: Big Commotion!

1968

事件記者 影なき侵入者 poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

事件記者 影なき侵入者

1962

Season of Tears poster
8.0

Kyoichi Kageyama, a TV station reporter, is always getting into trouble. But when he gets his hands on a TV that shows the “news of the next day,” his reporting becomes a string of scoops, his love life blossoms, and everything starts going his way, until the news from tomorrow reports his aunt getting robbed and murdered!

Season of Tears

1969

1950s · 8 titles

The Burmese Harp poster
7.8

In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW.

The Burmese Harp

1956

The Eagle and the Hawk poster
6.1

In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. After the break of dawn, two seamen join the crew of a rusty cargo ship Kaiyo Maru. One is a troublemaker with bad attitudes, Senkichi Nomura, who pursues an enemy in order to take revenge for his father's death. The other is Keizo Sasaki, a buff, eagle-eyed man on board for a certain mission.

The Eagle and the Hawk

1957

Lunar Eclipse poster
NR

A unique and controversial film directed by Umeji Inoue, based on the original story by Shintaro Ishihara, which depicts the image of a group of young people in the agony of mistrust, love and hate with a powerful touch.

Lunar Eclipse

1956

Satan's Town poster
10.0

A yakuza boss and his right-hand, Hawasaki, escape from prison. the film concentrates on their relationship, emphasizing loyalty and thier eventual betrayal, enroute they get involved in money trafficking, a cop killing and horse racing scams before the inevitable tragic ending. A patch-work production.

Satan's Town

1956

Phoenix poster
6.5

Following the unexpected death of her father, stage actress Emi Ikushima has to navigate the pitfalls of her rising fame and her increasingly complicated love life.

Phoenix

1956

Pure Emotions of the Sea poster
9.0

A romantic adventure tale about a young guy working on a whale-hunting vessel and his love for a childhood sweetheart.

Pure Emotions of the Sea

1956

Tomorrow is Another Day poster
NR

The story of three brothers who struggle to shake free of the father's ties to the yakuza underworld. A star vehicle for the popular singer/actor Yūjirō Ishihara.

Tomorrow is Another Day

1958

Zesshou poster
NR

The story of the tender love between Junki, the son of a wealthy landowner, and Kayuki, the daughter of a forester, who decided to unite their destinies against their parents' wishes. Neither war nor years of separation could kill this love. It was only cut short by Kayuki's tragic death.

Zesshou

1958