
Acting
Goro Kataoka
Born 1944-01-24 · Tokyo, Japan
Acting credits
7.5A bored accountant spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.
Shall We Dance?
1996
6.9A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb.
The Bullet Train
1975
5.8A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.
G.I. Samurai
1979
7.8When 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
5.0Two delinquents and a pervy bus station janitor hijack a bus full of upper class high school students and a female teacher. They proceed to rape and terrorize the ones they find attractive.
White Rose Campus
1982
6.2A barkeeper saves a yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
Graveyard of Honor
2002
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Tragedy of Geisha
2007
7.0Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He believes that what is really necessary for Japan to regain momentum in the war is for the air force to gather its most brilliant pilots into an elite squadron and use the unit to pinpoint attacks on the Americans. Disrespected by the kamikaze pilots who think the "non-suicidal" pilots are afraid, the unit redeems itself by stunning victories. But success leads the military leaders to expect too much of the unit, and new orders portend disaster.
Attack Squadron
1963
4.0The owner of a small roadside restaurant tries to arrange a marriage to a young woman who she adopted. But the woman falls for a truck driver who is in trouble with the yakuza.
Climax! Okasareru hanayome
1980
6.4A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Station
1981
NRA man becomes entangled in a world of corruption and violence where powerful businessmen and politicians operate from the shadows. After being betrayed and pushed to the brink, he finds himself caught in a ruthless struggle involving organized crime and backroom power deals. As conspiracies unfold and danger closes in, he realizes that survival will require more than courage — it will demand retaliation. Facing armed confrontations and life-or-death situations, he takes matters into his own hands and sets out to settle the score.
Retaliation
1998
6.8A college senior, Shuhei, is blackmailed by a professor into joining the school's sumo team. He is aided by a group of misfits who must team together to defeat their rivals or face disgrace and the disbandment of the sumo club.
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
1992
4.8No synopsis available yet.
Uno Koichiro no joi mo nureruno
1982
10.0Team DANKAI are set to compete in the Paris-Dakar Rally, an off-road endurance race spanning thousands of miles and multiple continents. Prior to the event, DANKAI leader Mizuki is ordered by their sponsor to add popular celebrity Ryuichi Yoshii to the roster for publicity. This exacerbates DANKAI's resentments and baggage. Needing a steady hand to mediate dispute and navigate their support vehicle, Mizuki recruits legendary retired mechanic/driver Eiji Honma to the team. Soon Honma discovers his ex-wife Kei is also participating in the rally, alongside her current husband, the bullfighter Antonio Vázquez. Honma's truck also comes to include stowaway passenger Yuko Takei, Yoshii's pop star girlfriend who is trying to salvage their relationship.
Umi e, See You
1988
3.3An office lady, heartbroken after a failed romance with her boss, visits her favorite villa to try and heal her wounds, attempting suicide. Suddenly, bank robbers, escaping their pursuers, break into the villa. She is assaulted by one of the three men, but her hatred for him eventually transforms into love, and she experiences the ultimate physical pleasure.
Akuma no hitojichi
1983
4.4Muraki is a failure in his job as a salesman and has to deal with his wife's disappointment and criticism at home. One day, after sleeping in a park, he happens upon two women who look like they've been victims of a sexual assault. He helps them but as night comes an increasingly twisted mindgame unfolds between the involved parties and it is no longer certain who's the victim and who's the perpetrator.
Rope Sisters: Strange Fruit
1984
NRA complete film adaptation of Haruhiko Oyabu's early masterpiece. The comical yet hard-hitting action, perfectly synchronized between undercover detective Masao Kusakari and gangster Kazuhiko Kanayama, is a must-see.
The Man With No Name
1991
2.5Confusingly, this is actually the first “Stop the…” movie of what (to date) has been a trilogy. Kuni (Kenichi Endo) runs a Phone Sex service, where middle-aged men talk too, and arrange to meet, schoolgirls for “Compensated Dating” (enjo kosai) – the men provide gifts in return for “dating” the schoolgirl (although no money changes hands, this is effectively teenage prostitution). Kuni discovers that one group of schoolgirls are using his service to ambush (and then blackmail) his clients and decides to embark on a moral crusade against them (hence the title, Stop the Bitch…). Unfortunately, this crusade takes the form of arranging to meet the schoolgirls, having (kinky and degrading) sex with them and then running off without paying. The logic goes that if these girls are not making money from their “dating”, they will give it up, making the world a safer place for everyone. Unfortunately for Kuni, these schoolgirls decide to fight back….
Stop the Bitch Campaign Version 2.0
2009
NRThe fifth installment of the Gokudo Action Series, which depicts the process of the yakuza organization walking on the path to national domination, centered on the confrontation between the two gangsters who became their nemesis. This work is set in a certain area of Hiroshima, which is shaken by the construction problem of an industrial waste treatment plant.
Shura ga Yuku 5
1997
4.3A river crossing is blocked and various traveling couples are stranded at an inn. Everybody has their secrets and the police are looking for a suspect in their midst.
Iro zange
1983
NRA film about an armoured truck, a bomb, a man and his girlfriend.
Baku
1992