Toru Minegishi

Acting

Toru Minegishi

Born 1943-07-17 · Tokyo, Japan

Tōru Minegishi was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1963 to 2008.

Acting credits

Door II: Tokyo Diary poster
6.2

Ai is a call girl that makes good money for what she does but there’s always at risk no matter how good the money is.

Door II: Tokyo Diary

1991

Shinjuku Incident poster
6.7

A simple Chinese immigrant wages a perilous war against one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the planet.

Shinjuku Incident

2009

Departures poster
7.9

Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.

Departures

2008

Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet poster
NR

In the sequel to 1990's classic Neo Chinpira, Junko (Sho Aikawa) attempts to take out Kazama and then goes on the run. However, he quickly begins to feel homesick, and returns home to find that almost everything has changed. Noriko is now a bar mama with a lavish lifestyle, Yumeko is nowhere to be found, and his boss (Toru Minegishi) seems to have sinister plans involving Junko and his uncle (Jo Shishido).

Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet

1991

Tokyo Noir poster
9.0

Three tales that center around sex and citizens of Tokyo: A repressed woman embraces her sexuality, ("Birthday"), an unexpected reunion disrupts a sex worker's routine ("Night Lovers"), and a sex blogger discovers connection in the depths of loneliness ("Girl's Life").

Tokyo Noir

2004

Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet poster
6.6

Junko pretends to be a yakuza and gets more than he bargained for when he is tasked with avenging the murder of a fellow gang member. If he turns the task down, he will face the consequences for betrayal.

Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet

1990

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla poster
6.8

A mysterious extraterrestrial being resembling Godzilla rapidly approaches Earth. The monster, dubbed SpaceGodzilla, lands to challenge the King of the Monsters.

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

1994

Godzilla vs. Biollante poster
7.4

After the previous Godzilla attack, a miniature arms race ensues to collect his cells. Concerned over Godzilla's possible return, the Japanese government uses the cells to create a new bio-weapon, ANEB (Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria). They seeks the aid of geneticist Genshiro Shiragami, who's experiments result in a new mutation.

Godzilla vs. Biollante

1989

XX: Beautiful Target poster
4.9

When beautiful forensic scientist Kyoko and her colleagues fail to uncover clues to the identity of a man who brutally attacks and kills women, she agrees to become the bait to lure the killer into a police snare. But as the murderer remains frustratingly aloof, Kyoko discovers that she will have to risk everything in order to apprehend him. Naosuke Kurosawa directs this steamy thriller.

XX: Beautiful Target

1995

Proof of the Man poster
7.8

When 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

Koya Choken-bou oboegaki poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Koya Choken-bou oboegaki

1993

His Motorbike, Her Island poster
7.8

Ko, a motorbike enthusiast from the city wandering the Japanese countryside, falls for the carefree local Miyo and teaches her how to ride. When Miyo proves herself a biker prodigy, Ko begins to fear she's destined to crash.

His Motorbike, Her Island

1986

The Motive poster
6.9

Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation deepens it is discovered that one of the victims isn't related to the family.

The Motive

2004

Song of Goodbye poster
5.0

It is the second work of the Oita trilogy of Obayashi . Following " Nigori Snow ", Ise Masazo draws a song written by composers and songwriter "Farewell of 22 years old " as a motif and draws a story of love that spans two generations of mother and daughter.

Song of Goodbye

2007

Kanashiki Tenshi poster
NR

The body of a 59-year-old male is found on the banks of a river. The stepson, Kazuo, confesses to his involvement but also implicates his estranged sister Nami. Two detectives, Okishima Keisuke and Kono Kaoru, then travel to the resort district of Beppu to stake out the house of Nami's ex-lover. They feel he may also be implicated in the murder and are certain that Nami will make contact. The detectives now wait.

Kanashiki Tenshi

2006

The Legend of Sayo poster
7.0

Sayo has just celebrated her sixteenth birthday when she attends a temple festival. On her way back she sees a large cherry tree which is infamous for the legend of dead white horse. When her fiancé returns from war and visits her he comes across a white horse which he takes in. The man also does not see himself engaged anymore as his family has lost its wealth.

The Legend of Sayo

1982

The Fall of Ako Castle poster
6.8

This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.

The Fall of Ako Castle

1978

SEXY COP 348 poster
NR

Asuka Hanyu, a lone wolf who will stop at nothing to investigate, is a cool beauty who throws away her voluptuous body and strikes her enemies right between the eyes. This female detective infiltrates the Taiwanese mafia. However, her identity is compromised when someone tips her off!

SEXY COP 348

1996

Four Sisters poster
7.4

Four sisters with no consanguinity are living together since childhood. When facing misfortune and grievances in lives, they give support and encouragement to each other, even sacrifice oneself to help others.

Four Sisters

1985

The Discarnates poster
6.6

A recently divorced writer is reunited with the ghosts of his parents who died when he was a boy. However, every time he sees them he loses more life energy. Now, he must choose between starting a new life or staying forever in the past.

The Discarnates

1988

After the Wind Has Gone poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

After the Wind Has Gone

1996

The Killer's Killer poster
NR

Takeshi Ijuin leaves for Chicago to be a cameraman, and a few years later returns to Japan. But he only learned the technique of homicide in Chicago. When he visits the graveyard with his father to pray at his mother's tomb, his father is shot by someone. Now he thirsts for revenge.

The Killer's Killer

1970

Manji Dance 2 : Three Erotic Women poster
1.0

Story of Japanese women.

Manji Dance 2 : Three Erotic Women

1995

Fudoh: The New Generation poster
6.6

In order to settle a business dispute, a mob leader murders one of his own teenage sons. The surviving son vows to avenge his brother's death, and organizes his own gang of teenage killers to destroy his father's organization.

Fudoh: The New Generation

1996