Hiroshi Minami

Acting

Hiroshi Minami

Born — Died

1928-03-15 — 1989-03-04

Place of birth

Tokyo, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 3 titles

1970s · 8 titles

Bodyguard Kiba 2 poster
6.4

Kiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the violent acts he has committed. Once he's out, he begins working as a bodyguard in a club that is crawling with gangsters.

Bodyguard Kiba 2

1973

Thugs of Shinjuku poster
9.0

Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he forms a rag-tag gang called “the Shinjuku Brothers.” The members of their gang are thugs who only wish they were traditional yakuza. When they turn up at the funeral for a gangster, they are not welcomed, but a senior boss intervenes to keep things calm. The boss of bosses invites them to join a respected local council of warlords. Katsumata is suspicious of why such powerful men would extend an invitation to lowlife like himself.

Thugs of Shinjuku

1970

Three Little Geisha poster
NR

A young girl works as a geisha to earn money for travel.

Three Little Geisha

1973

Yukyo-retsuden poster
7.5

A street vendor who eloped with his girlfriend and injured her brother loses her to illness, and now has to confront the brother and some dirty local yakuza.

Yukyo-retsuden

1970

300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations poster
9.0

In this retelling of an infamous unsolved heist, a couple tries to outlast the statute of limitations after successfully stealing 300 million yen.

300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations

1975

Brothers of Capones poster
5.8

Superbly entertaining action comedy with Tomisaburo Wakayama as Kuriyama Capone who learned his trade under Al Capone in Chicago. The film follows his first venture to Japan with gangster brothers Frank (Shingo Yamashiro) and Joe (Fumio Watanabe). And being chased by gangster and the FBI, including the granddaughter of Eliot Ness. The whole thing is a good amount of fun, the performances especially (Wakayama, Yamashiro, Watanabe in a rare heroic role), making this one of routine director Takashi Harada’s best pictures.

Brothers of Capones

1970

Secret Zone of Tokyo poster
NR

The third installment of the "Night front line" series. An erotic entertainment action in which two young men come to Tokyo and meet face-to-face with a nocturnal organization that controls women with sex and violence.

Secret Zone of Tokyo

1971

Order of the Salaryman poster
NR

A salaryman promoted against his will skips his first morning meeting and slips into a spiral of small rebellions—cafés, nightclubs, and a fleeting romance—while rejecting the rigid “medals” of corporate success. Torn between family and freedom, he plots a staged disappearance to reclaim a late-coming youth, in a bittersweet drama underscored by the haunting refrain of “Akita Ondo.”

Order of the Salaryman

1973

1960s · 41 titles

Branded to Kill poster
7.2

After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.

Branded to Kill

1967

O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo poster
6.8

After an American Navy base is annihilated by a secret weapon, Agent OSS 117 is sent to Japan to investigate the organization that's claiming responsibility, and threatening the US with another attack, if they don't pay.

O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo

1966

G-Men in the Pacific poster
6.3

G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama.

G-Men in the Pacific

1962

No artwork available
NR

A group of four chorus singers leave their hometown in Kyushu and go to Tokyo to become stars. It’s a musical comedy that shows Segawa’s talent.

The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy

1961

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style poster
6.9

In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission of learning; with the introduction of his arch-rival Sasaki Kojiro; and lastly the large cast of characters rendezvouses for a fateful finale.

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style

1963

Four Sisters poster
6.0

A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.

Four Sisters

1962

South Pacific Waves Are High poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

South Pacific Waves Are High

1962

Traveling in Party poster
6.0

A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.

Traveling in Party

1967

The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Eternity poster
NR

An upstanding young man who is popular with the ladies takes on a corrupt group of men in his company.

The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Eternity

1960

Duel of the Underworld poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Duel of the Underworld

1963

Hell's Kitchen poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Hell's Kitchen

1962

The Great Road poster
8.0

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .

The Great Road

1960

Tale of A Company Boss Pt.5 poster
7.0

Shimizu Jirocho, the president, manages two businesses: Izumo Kanko-sha and the group inn "Daikokuya." There is a system where customers from Izumo Kanko-sha are directly sent to Daikokuya. President Jirocho learns that the geishas he is fond of, including Mari Chiyotachi, are going to Izumo to participate in the Ankai-bushi Concours...

Tale of A Company Boss Pt.5

1963

An Impudent Man 2 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

An Impudent Man 2

1964

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights poster
7.3

The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle after three years of intense contemplation and philosophical study and starting on his epic quest to complete his skill in the Way.

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

1962

Police Precinct: Confession poster
NR

The corpse of a debt collector, Sakai, is found in the Dobu River in Tokyo. Kinoshita, a shoe shiner who was in debt to Sakai, was soon apprehended. During interrogation, Kinoshita said that he was the one who killed Sakai. However, after a while, he admitted that he lied, because he thought that in prison he could eat plenty of rice for free. The investigation established that Sakai was a repatriate from Manchuria, and after returning to Japan, he had a wife, Rie Kawai. The investigation begins the search for Rie... The 23rd work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.

Police Precinct: Confession

1964

Police Precinct Part 21 poster
NR

A burnt corpse of a man was found in Okutama. As a result of the investigation, it turns out that the criminal strangled the victim with a bandage, smashed his face with an oil canister and burned the body, trying to hide the identity of the victim. But the investigation establishes that the victim is a former criminal named Hisashi Sayama. According to Sayama's daughter-in-law, a man named Kitamura got him a job, so he left home with a copy of the family register. Trying to find the killer, the First Investigation Department is investigating all over the country, including Akita, Yokkaichi and Okinawa.

Police Precinct Part 21

1963

Police Precinct Part 22: Teenage Footsteps poster
NR

A 16-year-old high school student Midori Matsumoto was found dead on the banks of the Tama River. The only clue is shoe marks on rubber soles. From the interview of witnesses, it became clear that Midori was walking with a guy last night. In addition, it turned out that Midori was close to a college student Kimoto, and a high school student Miyazaki. According to his friends, Miyazaki had an alibi, but Kimoto did not. A unique work in which the problems of teenage sex are considered from the point of view of the murder of a girl. The 21nd work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.

Police Precinct Part 22: Teenage Footsteps

1963

新婚シリーズ 最初が肝心 poster
10.0

1962 Japanese movie

新婚シリーズ 最初が肝心

1962

The Second Bullet is Marked poster
8.0

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.

The Second Bullet is Marked

1960

Police Precinct: Missing Person poster
NR

Two people disappeared, engineers of the companies Yamato Matsui and Koyama. The two worked overtime, and it is proven that they consumed alcohol together. According to the sushi restaurant employee who delivered an order around 9 p.m., the two were arguing loudly. Traces of blood were found at the scene, and it looks like a murder occurred. The Investigative Department begins an investigation… The 24th work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.

Police Precinct: Missing Person

1964

Element of Surprise poster
NR

1963 Toei war / action film.

Element of Surprise

1963

Police Precinct Part 17 poster
8.0

The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night before, and the evidence, in addition to shoe horns and handkerchiefs, is soap with the name of the tavern. When detectives at Shiogama Station followed the man's tracks, it turned out that he had come from Ueno.

Police Precinct Part 17

1961

Police Precinct Part 17 poster
8.0

The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night before, and the evidence, in addition to shoe horns and handkerchiefs, is soap with the name of the tavern. When detectives at Shiogama Station followed the man's tracks, it turned out that he had come from Ueno.

Police Precinct Part 17

1961

Trapped, the Crimson Bat poster
6.5

Oichi may have met her match as she vies against the evil beauty that has set her sights on destroying her. She must face numerous other challenges before confronting her greatest rival. While longing to live and love like other women, she realizes that she can never have a normal life, her sword which she holds on to like a security blanket will always come between her and such a life...

Trapped, the Crimson Bat

1969

Cosmetic Sales Competition poster
6.0

A cosmetics saleswoman falls for a rival executive.

Cosmetic Sales Competition

1963

Police Precinct: Landfill No. 19 poster
NR

In the former landfill, where construction is currently underway, the corpse of a middle-aged man with an unusual rosary in his hand was dug up. An autopsy showed that the victim was about 40 years old, 170 cm tall, had bad teeth, and had been strangled about a month ago. The police department begins an investigation, Detectives Hayashi and Kitagawa set out to investigate the origin of the rosary, and Detectives Nagata and Watanabe begin interviewing construction workers. In the end, it turns out that the rosary belongs to some new religion... The 19th work from the series "Keishicho Monogatari".

Police Precinct: Landfill No. 19

1962

The Stragglers poster
8.0

The last Japanese soldier in 16 years who survived

The Stragglers

1960

Saga from Chichibu Mountains - Sword Cuts the Shadows poster
8.0

During the 1880's a young swordsman, Saotome Gengo, on his way to Tokyo stops at an inn in a small town. But he does not know that his prowess has already attracted envious attention and that Senzo, the boss of the local gang, plans to have him killed. Seiji, the disowned son of the innkeeper, has run up a big gambling bill and, to settle it, the hoodlums decide to kill him. He is saved, however, by Hanako, star of the dancing troupe also staying at the inn. Gengo meets Hanako and learns that the troupe cannot open their show because the local police corruptly demand too much of the receipts. After another fight, Gengo sees the police-chief on behalf of the troupe, but is refused. So he suspects that the police and the hoodlums are implicated with each other. There seems no way to open the show until they hear that the governor is coming to the town for a local banquet. They appeal to him and he promises to investigate. It is decided that a duel will settle the matter...

Saga from Chichibu Mountains - Sword Cuts the Shadows

1967

A Woman's Gamble poster
NR

Onna no Toba, is the first film in long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin, an honest dealer in the criminal underworld of yakuza-run gambling, as she sets out to become Japan's number one dealer.

A Woman's Gamble

1966

The Brass General poster
NR

Ammo scavengers make a living gathering the unexploded bombs and shell casings from the U.S. military training grounds. One of them, Zen, is their champion, a stingy but good-natured person. Based on the novel "Fuhatsudan" by Akae Yukio.

The Brass General

1960

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws poster
NR

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws

1964

Parole poster
9.0

Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.

Parole

1967

White Ball poster
NR

1963 Toei movie.

White Ball

1963

Homicide poster
NR

This film tells about the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Aikawa, the head of the Bureau of Military Affairs, about the beginning of the incident 2.26 and the execution of young officers.

Homicide

1964

Secret Information poster
9.0

A gangster named Sagara killed a broker at the request of a friend named Oba, was arrested and spent eight years in prison. Now released, he wants to find out who squealed on him.

Secret Information

1968

新婚シリーズ 月給日は嫌い poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

新婚シリーズ 月給日は嫌い

1962

Secret poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Secret

1960

Muteppō shain poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Muteppō shain

1961

Police Precinct: Mysterious Red Phone poster
NR

A young girl named Michiko is kidnapped and later found dead in a bag. But the kidnapper strikes again. The 18th work from the series "Keishicho Monogatari".

Police Precinct: Mysterious Red Phone

1962

Police Precinct: Backing Investigation poster
NR

A man confessed to killing a woman in a labyrinth 2 years ago. The detectives must now conduct a "backing investigation" to determine whether his confession is true, because the law states that a confession alone is not enough to make the case. The 20nd work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.

Police Precinct: Backing Investigation

1963

1950s · 8 titles

Points and Lines poster
6.2

Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the truth behind an apparent double suicide.

Points and Lines

1958

The Bastards of Lawless Town poster
NR

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

The Bastards of Lawless Town

1959

No artwork available
NR

1958 Toei movie.

The Nameless Man

1958

Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face poster
NR

A tragic drama - a dismembered torso of a woman rises up on the banks of the Arakawa River. The body is only the torso. Her legs were discovered on the opposite bank. The only clue, a man was trying to throw something in from a car with a license plate number three days ago at Shin-Arakawa Ohashi Bridge...

Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face

1959

The Deep Blue Sea poster
5.0

To fulfill a friend’s dying wish, a young sailor Kenji takes on the task of delivering an heirloom to his friend’s daughter, Harumi, who has been adopted by another family. When he arrives, Kenji soon discovers that Harumi and her adopted family are the targets of an evil gang boss. In an attempt to help them, he decides to take matters into his own hands.

The Deep Blue Sea

1957

The Big Scoop: The Third Woman poster
NR

A young woman's letter sent to the newspaper reveals the truth about the murder case two years ago. The first work depicting the fighting spirit of a talented young reporter.

The Big Scoop: The Third Woman

1959

Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene poster
7.0

A man who uses marriage as bait goes from woman to woman, and then a horrific murder is committed for money. Seven police man chase the vicious criminal who disappeared into the vortex of the big city.

Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene

1959

Police Precinct: Car 108 poster
NR

Patrol car 108 is on the prowl in Tokyo when it comes across a suspicious small truck. When the policeman investigates he is shot and the truck makes its getaway.

Police Precinct: Car 108

1959

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