Kazuya Kosaka

Acting

Kazuya Kosaka

Born — Died

1935-05-30 — 1997-11-01

Place of birth

Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Known for

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

1983

Ai yori aoku poster
9.0

The 12th NHK Asadora. Set in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, at the end of the Pacific War. Maki is the heroine, married to Shuichi who must go to war. She stays home and takes on the role of other war widows, managing business and a Chinese restaurant.

Ai yori aoku

1972

Professional Killers poster
8.0

A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...

Professional Killers

1972

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

1977

The 101st Proposal poster
7.8

After 99 failed dates, an earnest bachelor meets a guarded classical musician. He's all in — she's not so sure. Can his persistence lead to love?

The 101st Proposal

1991

時間ですよ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

時間ですよ

1970

Film credits

1990s · 4 titles

1980s · 15 titles

The Makioka Sisters poster
7.4

This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.

The Makioka Sisters

1983

A Taxing Woman poster
6.7

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities. Itakura and Gondo soon find themselves engaged in a complicated, satirical battle of wits.

A Taxing Woman

1987

The Unspoiled Diamond poster
4.5

A college student has an affair with a married, middle-aged teacher.

The Unspoiled Diamond

1982

You're My Destiny poster
7.5

Naomi, a corporate heiress from Japan, vacations to Hong Kong with her two colleagues. Bored, she sneaks out to visit the city and befriends a local rock band and, appreciative of the company, later helps the members with their debit issues. Meanwhile, Naomi's colleagues received news that the big boss of their company succumbed to a heart attack and that Naomi must sign a document to prevent the company from being turned over to a corrupt executive. The colleagues try to locate Naomi, just as a relationship develops between her and the band leader.

You're My Destiny

1987

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad poster
8.0

Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's, Atsugi Shizuka, body shape. Because of that Shizuka tries her best to restrict her diet and please Kazuki. "It's So Far Away!" Karuma Sae is an office lady who works in the city center but lives with her family in a house far away from her work. Because she is always rushing to catch the last train, she can never enjoy a decent date with her boyfriend, Oishi Mamoru. Her father is also always interfering in her life, so she can't appreciate the city life and isn't happy. "Get Ready to Drive!" Masuko is a new taxi driver in Tokyo who is very stressed from dealing with the behavior of some passengers. One night he drives a very beautiful drunk hostess home. "What Is English?" Kosaka Shigeru, a businessman, was transferred to a Chicago branch factory. He tried hard to learn English, practicing day and night, but couldn't improve as much as he expected.

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

1988

Makeup poster
NR

1987film

Makeup

1987

Kids poster
7.5

In the basement of a pornographic shop in the port town, there was a secret handgun manufacturing factory. Three guns were stolen from there. His younger brother Tomo (Tsunoda) and Saki (Hayami), who lives together, dream of working at a jazz club and singing at this restaurant one day like his mother, who passed away. In her house, Tomo's friend Ryuichi (Sato) was in and out. Ryuichi takes on the task of finding three guns from a man in the world behind the scenes.

Kids

1985

Futari no onna poster
NR

After Emiko, a bookstore owner, is driven to suicide by loan sharks, her orphaned son Eisuke decides to take his revenge on them. As Eisuke has no relatives, he is taken in by Keiko, who keeps an eye out for him due to his unusual behavior. One day, Eisuke breaks into the loan company with an improvised gun. In the moment, Keiko ends up becoming Eisuke's accomplice and helps him succeed in the robbery. However, the two are surprised when they hear something on the TV news that differs from the truth.

Futari no onna

1983

Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake

1982

Seiko Matsuda's Sweet Memories poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Seiko Matsuda's Sweet Memories

1987

The Men Who Made Ultraman poster
10.0

A biographical dramatization about the production of the original Ultraman, the beloved classic special effects fantasy series from Eiji Tsuburaya.

The Men Who Made Ultraman

1989

Danchizuma no sakebi poster
NR

A man she was once in a relationship with has been killed. A wife keeping a secret from her husband gets involved in a strange case.

Danchizuma no sakebi

1983

Lovely Days poster
10.0

The film depicts the life of a man who works at a crematorium he inherited from his father. An adaptation of Yoshiko Shigekane's novel Smoke of Mountain Air.

Lovely Days

1984

Lover, Come Back to Me poster
NR

Ken Ota is a Japanese-American GI. He comes to Hiroshima after WW2 looking for his big sister, but finds Keiko, a bomb victim with a keloid scar on her shoulder.

Lover, Come Back to Me

1983

The Detective poster
NR

Detective Muramatsu's wife, Fusae, is killed by a drug addict. After the criminal climbs to the roof of the house with a hostage, Muramatsu shoots him dead in order to rescue the hostage, but the public denounces his actions as stemming from the personal grudge of a detective whose wife was just murdered, and he is demoted.

The Detective

1984

1970s · 5 titles

1960s · 15 titles

Spring Dreams poster
6.0

When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous friends.

Spring Dreams

1960

One-Way Ticket to Love poster
6.0

The backstage romances of an egotistical singer and his under-valued manager, a lovelorn bandman and a nude dancer.

One-Way Ticket to Love

1960

Youth in Fury poster
7.0

Amidst the 1960 Japanese-American mutual security treaty, alienated young nihilist Takuya struggles to find his footing between his do-nothing wealth and the outer Western extremism as major student protests take place.

Youth in Fury

1960

Killers on Parade poster
6.5

A vengeful contractor hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews when an amateur marksman shows up his eclectic competition.

Killers on Parade

1961

That Cute Girl poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

That Cute Girl

1965

Love and the Shop Curtain poster
NR

Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan to renovate into a modern hotel before the ‘64 Tokyo Olympics. Maki, the son of the owner of the Benten Hotel, likes Yuri and wants to get closer to her. So, he asks Milton, an American exchange student, to stay at her inn so he can get closer to her. But Yuri is in love with Shin, a cook at her inn. And although Shin likes her too, the two are constantly bickering. Complicating matters more, is that every other available girl also likes Shin including Chikako, who lives at his boarding house, and Chikoma, who is a geisha. One day when Yuri gets a phone call, she suspects that her mother might be having an affair. But it turns out that Otami reunited with her old flame Tomo, who also used to work as a chef at the inn but left because he feared that their class backgrounds were too different. When Shin learns that Yuri is going to marry...will history repeat itself?

Love and the Shop Curtain

1961

Hijō no otoko poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Hijō no otoko

1961

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film.

Furimuita hanayome

1961

No artwork available
NR

A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.

Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi

1968

Yellow Cherries poster
NR

The film is based on the 1959 hit song of the same name by the Three Cats.

Yellow Cherries

1960

I Will Never Forget poster
NR

A melodrama set in Kuroshima.

I Will Never Forget

1960

The Strangers Upstairs poster
6.0

After moving in to their dream home, newlyweds decide to rent out their second floor to save money. They soon discover the woe of being landlords.

The Strangers Upstairs

1961

Noren to hanayome poster
NR

The Nagasaki flagship store of a long-established castella bakery versus its Tokyo branch. Amid a sudden clash between the old and the new, a young chorus group finds itself caught up in the twists and turns of romance… Set against the exotic backdrop of Nagasaki, Yoshiaki Bansho skilfully weaves together the lively romantic adventures of these young people.

Noren to hanayome

1961

Eyes, the Sea and a Ball poster
7.5

A teacher in a poor island community tries to improve his students' spirits by entering them in a volleyball tournament as long-shot underdogs.

Eyes, the Sea and a Ball

1967

Wakai yatsu poster
NR

Tetsuo Asakura, the son of a bus company president, was planning to take it easy as he neared graduation from college, but due to a series of unexpected events, he ended up taking a part-time job at his father’s company. Working undercover as a trainee bus conductor at a ski resort, Tetsuo found that the locals weren’t always kind to him. Amidst this, only Hisako, who worked at a hot spring inn, treated him with warmth.

Wakai yatsu

1963

1950s · 15 titles

The Eternal Rainbow poster
7.2

Two men at an ironworks encounter roadblocks: the first does not have the grades to get a job, while the other finds himself falling for a co-worker.

The Eternal Rainbow

1958

Tokyo Omnibus poster
NR

The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love with a runaway girl who turns out to be the leader of a religious sect. Kusano is the henpecked proprietor of a rice biscuit shop who dreams of owning a bird and dog shop and his daughter is in love with a boarder, employed by the private detective agency searching for the runaway girl. The agency head has his own dream of arranging thirty marriages and has already accomplished twenty-seven. Tatsumi is a newspaper reporter who dreams of a big scoop to enable him to marry a girl TV producer and his friend a mountain climbing enthusiast who dreams of joining a Himalayan expedition but is opposed by his wife. His love of the mountains is shared by a boarder in their home and by a fishmonger's son.

Tokyo Omnibus

1959

Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki poster
NR

Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki

1958

Farewell to Spring poster
6.3

Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were.

Farewell to Spring

1959

Utau yajikita kogane dōchū poster
NR

1957 Japanese movie

Utau yajikita kogane dōchū

1957

A Town of the Starry Skies poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Town of the Starry Skies

1957

Pineapple Butai poster
10.0

The story of the role played by Japanese-American soldiers from Hawaii in the Korean War of the 1950s.

Pineapple Butai

1959

Birth of Romance poster
NR

The cabaret «Romance», run by Masami Daisaku's father, is experiencing financial difficulties, and Masami is betting on changes and asks singer Hibari Misora to perform. Musical youth comedy with young actors, passion, funny songs and laughter. Hibari Misora appears as herself.

Birth of Romance

1957

No artwork available
NR

Live-action adaptation of Yoshiro Kato’s manga.

Hobo Village

1958

Thus Another Day poster
5.7

A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out their house during the summer to pay off their mortgage, and there she meets a lonely old man...

Thus Another Day

1959

Tomorrow's Sun poster
6.2

Shochiku's up-and-coming stars take the stage in a series of short skits parodying popular films of the time.

Tomorrow's Sun

1959

Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen poster
NR

Set in a rubber company in Tokyo, this comedy depicts the sorrows of salarymen in a humorous way, centering on the commotion caused by the passionate salaryman Goro Mutsu, who is transferred from Kyushu.

Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen

1958

その手にのるな poster
NR

A woman in a bar was killed at a new construction site in an apartment building, and a handbag containing the value of five million yen was taken away. Detective Kuribayashi, who was involved in the investigation, turned his eyes to Kishida Ryohei, a cabaret musician who lives in a nearby apartment. He had a criminal record for stabbing his wife, who had betrayed him, and a match he worked for had fallen at the scene of the murder. However, Kishida, who appeared at the police station, stubbornly denied the crime, and he returned to his apartment without physical evidence.However, the residents of the apartment who learned of this had been cold-blooded and rumored to be a murderer. Kishida has a secret crush on the stripper Tachibana Yumi, who lives in the apartment directly opposite.However, Yumi has a lover of a plumber named Maki Shinji.

その手にのるな

1958

Donto ikōze poster
NR

Comedy about the trials and tribulations of youth.

Donto ikōze

1959

The Singing Tireless Town poster
NR

Backstage friendships and rivalries flare as dancers Akiko and Haruko compete for roles, clash with disapproving parents, and juggle new romances. A failed scheme to push Haruko out forces truths into the open, bringing the troupe back together as they head toward their next show.

The Singing Tireless Town

1957

Series credits

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

1983

Ai yori aoku poster
9.0

The 12th NHK Asadora. Set in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, at the end of the Pacific War. Maki is the heroine, married to Shuichi who must go to war. She stays home and takes on the role of other war widows, managing business and a Chinese restaurant.

Ai yori aoku

1972

Professional Killers poster
8.0

A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...

Professional Killers

1972

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

1977

The 101st Proposal poster
7.8

After 99 failed dates, an earnest bachelor meets a guarded classical musician. He's all in — she's not so sure. Can his persistence lead to love?

The 101st Proposal

1991

時間ですよ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

時間ですよ

1970

No artwork available
NR

Set in a neighborhood near a private railway station in the suburbs of Tokyo, this cheerful home drama depicts various events that occur in the homes of merchants and businessmen, as well as love affairs between men and women of all ages. It is a story of people of goodwill and kindness.

Ashita Kara no Koi

1970