Koujiro Shimizu

Acting

Koujiro Shimizu

Born

1964-11-10 (61)

Place of birth

Toshima, Tokyo, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

62 titles

Japanese actor and singer.

Known for

Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie poster
7.1

Bison, the ruthless leader of the international terrorist organization Shadowlaw, has been desperately searching for the greatest fighter on the planet for years. He finds it in Ryu, a young wanderer who never stays in one place long enough for Bison to find him. He does, however, get a fix on Ken Masters, an American martial arts champion who studied with Ryu as a child under the same master. Meanwhile, Major Guile of the United States Army is forced to team up with Chun Li from China in hopes of apprehending Bison and putting a stop his international ring of crime.

Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie

1994

Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands poster
NR

The series tells The story of the 1609 invasion of Ryûkyû by forces from the Japanese domain of Satsuma, an event which changed the course of Ryukyuan history dramatically.

Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands

1993

Yakuza Ladies poster
5.5

When her crime boss husband is sent to prison, a woman assumes control of one of the most powerful gangs in Japan.

Yakuza Ladies

1986

The End of the World poster
7.0

Maria is in need of money. Because her day-time job doesn't pay enough, she works at night at a cabaret. She needs the money so that she can pay for her sister, Nana's eyes operation. When both Maria and Nana were younger, Maria burned down the home, causing her sister's blindness and killing their father (mother survived.) Shiro is a famous concert pianist. However, he isn't happy with his marriage or his life in general. Maria and Shiro are united through a traffic accident, causing Shiro to be hospitalized. Faking amnesia and his identity, he stays at Maria's place and eventually starts to work at the cabaret as a piano player. As you will find out later on, life was not meant for Maria and Shiro to find one another.

The End of the World

1994

Be-Bop High School poster
6.7

An upbeat, action-filled drama that depicts the lives of two obnoxious high school students, Koji and Toru, who are caught in exciting and dangerous adventures involving their fellow students. Based on the best selling comic series, “Be-Bop High School” has gained popularity among the young audience, and become an icon of Japan’s pop culture in the 1980’s.

Be-Bop High School

1985

Be-Bop High School: A Delinquent Student March poster
8.0

A sly prep school thug uses his girlfriend to lure Hiroshi and Toru to a fight, but the scheme escalates to an all-out war between everyone involved.

Be-Bop High School: A Delinquent Student March

1987

Film credits

2000s · 20 titles

The Murder Corps: Road to Kansai Domination poster
NR

After their desperate battle against a hundred men, the six members of the Tokuyama-kai complete their prison sentences and are released from the Osaka Detention Center. Meanwhile, back in Nishinari, Koyukai and Nakane-gumi have been fighting for dominance, and the Tokuyama-kai’s territory has been completely taken over. As the Tokuyama-kai attempts to reclaim its turf, the powerful Mizuta-gumi and Jinra-gumi, backing Nakane-gumi and Koyukai from behind the scenes, move to wipe out the Tokuyama-kai entirely. Facing threats from Osaka’s strongest Mizuta-gumi and Kobe’s largest Jinra-gumi, Katsuhiro Tokuyama realizes the gang’s survival is at stake. He makes a decisive choice—to take on the yakuza crest. The Tokuyama-kai becomes a subordinate organization of the Jinra-gumi. Then, Jinra-gumi boss Chujiro Jinra (Sonny Chiba) issues his command: as the first step toward nationwide unification, the Tokuyama-kai is ordered to conquer Wakayama.

The Murder Corps: Road to Kansai Domination

2001

Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio poster
NR

With the help of the real-life pachislot gambling group "Capone," the film depicts the friendship between a man who gambles and a man who lives in the underworld.

Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio

2004

Kanto Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura poster
NR

In this gritty Yakuza drama about the struggles between the Kanto Yakuza forces and Tohoku forces, a newcomer of the Kishimori Group takes on the dangerous task of launching a new office in rival territory.

Kanto Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura

2003

Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North Sea poster
NR

Ryuji Hoshikawa (played by Ken'ichi Endô), the leader of the Hoshikawa group and an executive of the Saito group, a branch of the Asahikawa Sekine Association, grew increasingly distrustful of the group's leader, Shigezo Saito (played by Johnny Okura), after being removed from his role as acting head of the Saito group. As a result, he abandoned his parent organization and his family, ultimately accepting the ceremonial sake cup from Tetsuya Kishimori (played by Kentaro Shimizu), the leader of the Kishimori group, which belongs to the massive Kinjokai organization based in the Kanto region.

Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North Sea

2003

修羅のみち8 大阪最終血戦 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

修羅のみち8 大阪最終血戦

2003

Incessant Hell: The Vile Road of Finance 2 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Incessant Hell: The Vile Road of Finance 2

2003

No artwork available
NR

A young girl possesses the power to restore the dead to life as zombies. She must also against the forces of evil and wicked zombies. A modern witch who can control zombies faces off against a high school necromancer!?!?

Reiko The Zombie Shop, Vol. 1

2004

Otoko Michi 3 poster
NR

A lone wolf hits the sneaky plot of a lone organization that is aiming to expand it's power over traces of Ninryukai!

Otoko Michi 3

2000

Proud Ambition 3 poster
NR

Cheating by Kageyama, a member of the Amagasaki Daimon-gumi, is discovered at the gambling den of the Matsuura family. The Matsuura family is subordinate to the Morita family, which is run by underboss Tatsusaburo Sunagawa. Sunagawa and his men plan to use this incident as a foothold to expand into Amagasaki, which quickly turns into an all-out war.

Proud Ambition 3

2005

Proud Ambition 2 poster
NR

Tatsusaburo Sunagawa, the assistant underboss of the Morita Family, ousts Yukichi Matsuura, Matsuura Family head, from his position as underboss of the main Morita Family and took his position. This was due to the incident in which Kenji Kano, the underboss of the Matsuura Family, beat to death the civilian Takatsu. At the same time, Sunagawa restarts the "Commercial Mutual Aid Association," which had stalled due to Matsuura's opposition, and intensifies efforts to recruit members. In response, Tojo, the deputy leader of the Domoto-gumi, who is Kano's sworn brother, becomes furious when he learns of the methods Sunagawa and others are using to force members into their association plans.

Proud Ambition 2

2006

Proud Ambition poster
NR

Osaka, 1993. Sunagawa, assistant to the Morita Family underboss, proposes the establishment of a "Commercial Mutual Aid Association" as a future source of funding for the group, stating his great desire to make it a success. However, Matsuura Yukichi, the Morita Family's underboss and boss of Kano Kenji, does not approve of the proposal, putting him and Sunagawa at deadly odds.

Proud Ambition

2006

Gunball poster
NR

1990. Takizawa, the head of the Hayama group's Takizawa group, ordered the members to shoot and kill Sasamoto, who betrayed the group and tried to join the fifth Sannokai-affiliated Minamiyama group. This triggered the interruption of the "Yamaha War" by Sannokai and Hayama-gumi.

Gunball

2001

修羅のみち7 暴力金融列島 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

修羅のみち7 暴力金融列島

2003

Gedo Otoko Uta poster
NR

2002 Original Video.

Gedo Otoko Uta

2002

Fighting Knife Yoshi 2 poster
NR

Sequel to 'Fighting Knife Yoshi'

Fighting Knife Yoshi 2

2000

Proud Ambition 6 poster
NR

Kano, who has been appointed chairman of the Matsuura Rengo-kai, swears an oath of brotherhood with Kikuchi, a former member of the Kinosaki-gumi, but Kikuchi dies in Kano's place. This incident further intensifies the conflict between Kano and Sunagawa.

Proud Ambition 6

2006

The Yakuza Constitution: Expulsion for Running a Deficit poster
NR

Film directed by Masaru Tsushima and starring Hakuryu.

The Yakuza Constitution: Expulsion for Running a Deficit

2003

Jitsuroku Shinsengumi 2 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jitsuroku Shinsengumi 2

2006

最後の神農 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

最後の神農

2004

The Successful Businessmen Handbook II: Leadership Skills You Can Learn from the Yakuza poster
NR

The strength or weakness of an organization lies in the hands of its boss. In the unforgiving world of the yakuza, where leadership is relentlessly tested, what is the role and significance of a leader? This film delves deep into the unique leadership methods of the yakuza—methods that cultivate loyal subordinates willing to risk their lives for their leader and organization!

The Successful Businessmen Handbook II: Leadership Skills You Can Learn from the Yakuza

2007

1990s · 28 titles

Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie poster
7.1

Bison, the ruthless leader of the international terrorist organization Shadowlaw, has been desperately searching for the greatest fighter on the planet for years. He finds it in Ryu, a young wanderer who never stays in one place long enough for Bison to find him. He does, however, get a fix on Ken Masters, an American martial arts champion who studied with Ryu as a child under the same master. Meanwhile, Major Guile of the United States Army is forced to team up with Chun Li from China in hopes of apprehending Bison and putting a stop his international ring of crime.

Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie

1994

No artwork available
7.0

Tetsuya, a young yakuza, returns to his family after his adoptive father is wounded in an attack from a rival gang. In his battle against dishonorable enemies and corrupt yakuza politics, he makes an unlikely ally in a rebel cop.

Ambition Without Honor 2

1997

No Mercy Dog poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

No Mercy Dog

1998

Shura ga Yuku 5 poster
NR

The 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

Yan Mama Rock 'N Roll poster
NR

Miyako Amano, the first president of the ladies "Haruya". Nowadays, she lives her life as the bride of "Matsumidoriyu". She vowed that she would be gracefully out of the office until the day her dad returned with her belly-bearing son Kentaro on the verge of her month, even when her beloved husband disappeared. However, the store was spotted by Sakamaki Kosan, which aims for local redevelopment! She obstructed a lot of business, and even Kentaro was kidnapped and once let go of the store's title, but Miyako finally got rid of the unstoppable harassment! She put an iron pipe in the 750cc and headed for a strange group of employees and a recapture of the title!

Yan Mama Rock 'N Roll

1995

Ijiriya President Age poster
NR

Eiji, who used to be the head of a motorcycle gang, now runs a car factory. He was famous for being the best when it came to remodeling. When the police and Eiji's henchmen who became yakuza gathered and had a good time, Kimura came to the Tokorozawa police station as the head of the headquarters and began to confiscate the modified cars without saying anything. It's a Yankee movie.

Ijiriya President Age

1996

The Fighting King 2 poster
NR

An even more radical battle takes place!

The Fighting King 2

1994

Heisei Zankeiden: Battered Slash! poster
NR

A man who was trapped by a gangster who was taken over by a sneaky means of life, such as a gangster and a gangster who disappeared from the screen with the era of his work. With the trampled step-in-law and streaks as shields, the last princes of Heisei who sought a place to die at the end show a fierce way of life!

Heisei Zankeiden: Battered Slash!

1996

The Metropolitan Police Branch 82 poster
NR

New film adaptation of the manga "Police Branch 82".

The Metropolitan Police Branch 82

1995

Gokudo Otoko Juku poster
NR

A rough man who has been hit by the times hits an established organization!

Gokudo Otoko Juku

1995

Ambition Without Honor 3 poster
NR

Third part in the yakuza series.

Ambition Without Honor 3

1998

Gokudo Steak II poster
NR

The second in the popular series that fully incorporates martial arts action!

Gokudo Steak II

1992

A Weapon in My Heart poster
7.0

A detective and his partner track down a call girl with information about a drug cartel. After taking her into custody, they are attacked by cartel members. The detective and the woman manage to escape, but they are soon hounded by a professional hitman hired to eliminate them and recover the heroin stolen by the woman.

A Weapon in My Heart

1996

Gokudo Steak III poster
NR

A deadly battle with mercenaries and a confrontation with big brother Yazaki!

Gokudo Steak III

1992

Adiós Desperado poster
NR

Set in Spain, two Japanese people, Tatsumi, a karate fighter, and Kumi, who is being chased by the mafia, meet and confront the mafia together with an old Spanish detective! Why is Kumi being chased?

Adiós Desperado

1996

Like a Beast poster
NR

Toei V-Cinema

Like a Beast

1990

Mad Dog poster
NR

A beast awakens within ordinary office worker Hirose when his wife is abducted by yakuza. Full of wild charm and full-scale martial arts action!

Mad Dog

1994

Let's Shoot Ridiculously poster
NR

Takashi Kashiwagi, who once participated in Koshien as a high school baseball player, is now a member of the Mutsumi Imai Federation

Let's Shoot Ridiculously

1991

Kudokiya Joe poster
NR

The comical battles between a handsome hoodllum, part-time handyman/problem solver and an ugly yakuza. (From a George Akiyama manga.)

Kudokiya Joe

1994

Heisei Gokudoden Yasha Tears! poster
NR

Seven years have passed since the incident of the previous work. Yakuza Seiji, who was called a "Bodhisattva" and was afraid of being a "Yaksha" if he had a dos, started working at a hunting station and a town factory. There, I met Keiko, a clerk. Keiko lived with her son, who was born to a yakuza. Seiji's former group was crushed by the Ryujinkai, and Akamatsu, who had a grudge against Seiji, was at the top. Knowing the source of Seiji, Akamatsu begins revenge using bodyguards Kobiki and others. Seiji lived in peace, but the people around him were harmed and his heart returned to "Yaksha" ...

Heisei Gokudoden Yasha Tears!

1999

JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet poster
NR

Kojiro Shimizu challenges the work of Kenzo Kitakata, a popular writer who depicts romance, violence and friendships between men! Hard Boiled action with all the famous Jazz songs!

JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet

1993

Gokudo Steak poster
NR

Toei V-Cinema

Gokudo Steak

1991

Moon Angel poster
9.0

Two female truck drivers detest each other, and try to steal each other's business. Their rigs are both painted with elaborate large pictures of beautiful naked women. One day, whilst hauling loads of fish in Hokkaido, they are separately stopped by traffic police, who impound their trucks for various violations. About this time, one of the women meets a handsome man, with whom romance is a possibility. Then, the women discover they have been tricked. The cops were connected with the Russian mafia, who intend to ship their trucks offshore and sell them.

Moon Angel

1996

Completed Like a Beast poster
NR

Kenji Takeda is back after five years in prison. In the meantime, the yakuza society has disappeared and has been transformed into a world of betrayal!

Completed Like a Beast

1992

The Last Loyalty Offering poster
NR

The Umezu-gumi stands in opposition to the Iwasa-gumi, which rules the streets. In this city where tensions remain on the brink of explosion, Hideki Minashima is released from Osaka Prison. He visits Iwasa to convey the final words of Shimizu, with whom he had shared a cup of sake as brothers whilst in prison. Meanwhile, Umezu’s expression changes upon meeting Minashima. For he was none other than the former boss of the Kobe Kazama-gumi—the parent organisation of the Umezu-gumi. Twelve years earlier, the boss had been stabbed to death, leading to the dissolution of the group; senior members Hirokawa, Kurahashi and Kudo had each gone their separate ways. Iwasa, who had become enamoured with Minashima—who was devoting himself to training with the aim of one day rebuilding the group—proposed handing over the position of second-in-command to him. Umezu, however, betrayed the code of honour of the underworld and turned his blade against Minashima...

The Last Loyalty Offering

1995

Shin Peanuts 2 poster
NR

Two small-time crooks, Yusuke Shura (Kojiro Shimizu) and Ken Hayami (Yuji Kishimoto), return to Japan from the US for the first time in ten years. This time, they rise to the challenge to help the victims of the unscrupulous business practices of Marie Mizutani, one of Japan’s leading jewellery chains. The president of Marie Mizutani had colluded with a member of parliament to misuse sales revenue as slush funds...

Shin Peanuts 2

1997

Like a Beast poster
NR

The second popular explosion! The man who aims at the top of the organization with indomitable fighting spirit has transformed into a ferocious beast! A powerful hero that shines like a comet!

Like a Beast

1990

Ambition Without Honor poster
7.2

Seventeen year old Tetsuya kills the boss of a rival gang with the promise of being made. After seven years of prison, he discovers that he is all but forgotten by his Family. The two rival Families have reconciled and Tetsuya was been discarded to keep the peace. Wanted what he was promised, Tetsuya becomes a one-man path of destruction, only to be betrayed once again…

Ambition Without Honor

1996

1980s · 9 titles

Yakuza Ladies poster
5.5

When her crime boss husband is sent to prison, a woman assumes control of one of the most powerful gangs in Japan.

Yakuza Ladies

1986

Be-Bop High School poster
6.7

An upbeat, action-filled drama that depicts the lives of two obnoxious high school students, Koji and Toru, who are caught in exciting and dangerous adventures involving their fellow students. Based on the best selling comic series, “Be-Bop High School” has gained popularity among the young audience, and become an icon of Japan’s pop culture in the 1980’s.

Be-Bop High School

1985

Be-Bop High School: A Delinquent Student March poster
8.0

A sly prep school thug uses his girlfriend to lure Hiroshi and Toru to a fight, but the scheme escalates to an all-out war between everyone involved.

Be-Bop High School: A Delinquent Student March

1987

The West Tako Cheerleaders poster
NR

A boy seeks manhood in joining his school’s militaristic cheer squad.

The West Tako Cheerleaders

1987

Be-Bop Highschool: The Power poster
9.0

A heated argument between middle school thugs leads to a fierce war between two rival high schools when Toru's girlfriend, Shoko, gets involved.

Be-Bop Highschool: The Power

1988

Be-Bop High School 2 poster
6.5

Teen thugs Hiroshi and Toru get caught in a street war when their prized school trousers are forcefully taken from them by punks from a rival school.

Be-Bop High School 2

1986

Roppongi Banana Boys poster
9.0

A stylish light comedy about the “Banana boys”— two boys who were born and raised in Roppongi who are still growing up. It is based on the light novel of the same name written by Takashi Kitajima

Roppongi Banana Boys

1989

Be-Bop High School: A Dunce Rhapsody poster
10.0

College student Mayumi takes a mutual interest in Hiroshi, but their happiness is cut short when two thugs expelled from school eye the new couple.

Be-Bop High School: A Dunce Rhapsody

1987

Be-Bop Highschool Pt. 5 poster
NR

With thugs under gang leader Shingo attempting to make a name for themselves, Toru and crew must brace for an all-out war between their two schools.

Be-Bop Highschool Pt. 5

1988

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