Eiji Bandō

Acting

Eiji Bandō

Born

1940-04-05 (86)

Place of birth

Manchukuo, China

Known for

Acting

Credits

17 titles

Eiji Bandō is a Japanese television entertainer, former baseball player and actor. Eiji Bandō professionally played for the Chunicihi Dragons until his retirement in 1970 when he became a baseball commentator for Chubu Nippon Broadcasting Corporation. He made a break-out in Television in 1985 in To Kinyobi no Tsumatachi on Tokyo Broadcasting System Television. From there he had roles in several films, including Buddies, 47 Ronin, and Poppoya, all co-starring Ken Takakura.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 2 titles

1990s · 5 titles

Madadayo poster
7.3

In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who honor him each year with a raucous “Not yet!” birthday toast. Told in warm, gently comic vignettes, Kurosawa’s farewell celebrates aging, friendship, and the sustaining ritual of teacher and pupils refusing to say goodbye.

Madadayo

1993

Railroad Man poster
7.0

A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his career as a railroader. His life takes a turn when he meets a young woman with an interest in trains who resembles his daughter.

Railroad Man

1999

47 Ronin poster
7.4

Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death.

47 Ronin

1994

Yukon poster
NR

Takayuki Iwabuchi, a former yakuza member with a tattoo of Kisshoten on his back. Although he has a criminal record, he is currently working as a driver at a hearse transportation company. One day, a young man visits the company and asks Takayuki to transport the body of his fiancé, Sawa, who had unexpectedly passed away, to her hometown in a rural area of Takamatsu, Shikoku. Takayuki decides to go to Shikoku with the young man, However, the man disappears when leaving to take a call while they are stopped at a rest area near Setoo Bridge. Left alone, Takayuki arrives at Sawa's home village after much searching. He then tells Sawa's bereaved family about the situation at her parents' house. There, he learns of the tradition of posthumous marriage, or 'Yukon', from the village elder...

Yukon

1998

The man who became a billionaire. poster
NR

Everyone has the potential to become a millionaire! A super success story based on a true story! Childhood friends Tetsuya (Yakumaru), Akio (Sakaue) and Kazumi (Ikuta). Tetsuya marries Saori (Watanabe), the daughter of a wealthy family, in order to realise his big ambition of becoming a billionaire. His successes and achievements are actually guided by Saori's lover, the tycoon financier Sendo (Takarada). Sendo crushes every attempt by Tetsuya to break up with Saori and make a fresh start. Devastated, Tetsuya attempts suicide...

The man who became a billionaire.

1994

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