Ichirō Arishima

Acting

Ichirō Arishima

Born — Died

1916-03-01 — 1987-07-20

Place of birth

Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

65 titles

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 3 titles

Grudge: Blood-sucking higanbana calls the spirits of the dead poster
NR

Kayo (Kimie Shingyoji), who married Jingoro (Jun Eto) of the small-time goods dealer Kagamishimaya, is unable to even hug each other seven days after the wedding. Kayo (Kimie Shingyoji), who married Jingoro (Jun Eto), a merchant in a small house in Kagamiya, is unable to even hug Kayo even seven days after the wedding ceremony. One day, Jingoro suddenly dies, but a monk (Ichiro Arishima) appears to the grieving family and tells them that his soul has simply slipped away, and the next morning Jingoro wakes up as if nothing had happened. A few days later, Kayo follows the spirit that escaped from Jingoro again and arrives at the grave of Araji, where she sees Jingoro meeting with the spirit of a young girl. In fact, three years earlier, Jingoro had been torn apart by the daughter (Keiko Suzuka) of Miuraya, a kimono wholesaler, and they had tied each other's fingers together with string, slit their wrists, and thrown themselves off a boat.

Grudge: Blood-sucking higanbana calls the spirits of the dead

1982

Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki poster
7.0

Seven raccoons with supernatural powers sneak into a freight train, disguise themselves as humans, and head to Tokyo with the intention to create a band. They become superstars "Checkers" but their true identity will be revealed very soon.

Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki

1985

Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy poster
5.7

Travel into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new apartment manager; Yusaku, the exam-addled college student; Mrs. Ichinose, the drunken gossip; Kentaro, her bratty son; Akemi, the boozy bar hostess; and the mooching and peeping Mr. Yotsuya.

Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy

1986

1970s · 7 titles

Outstanding High School Girl: Ecstasy of a 16-Year-Old poster
NR

Melodrama about high school students.

Outstanding High School Girl: Ecstasy of a 16-Year-Old

1970

Love in the Mud poster
7.3

This is a story of love between a society girl and a yakuza boy. Mami lives an ordinary life in Tokyo, being with her friends and studying. Her biggest interest is ladies hats. She is rather well off, as her father is the ambassador of Japan in Spain. One day when she is out driving, she is attacked by a group of yakuza, but is saved by the honorable yakuza Jiro. This will change her life forever.

Love in the Mud

1977

Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers poster
6.8

The Goddess Venus is jealous of the beautiful human girl Psyche and blames her pet unicorn, Unico, as Psyche's source of good luck that keeps her from the harm of the goddess' cruel intentions. Unico has the amazing power to make anyone he meets happy. Whether it's because of his personality or the powers of his horn, no one knows. Venus has Unico banished, and the West Wind now takes Unico from one place and time to the next. Taken to a heavily polluted city, Unico meets a sickly girl named Chiko who is suffering because of the pollution of a nearby factory that darkens the entire sky. Unico then is determined to cheer her up, cure her, and destroy the nearby factory.

Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers

1979

Miyamoto Musashi poster
7.3

In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Kojiro. Part II builds toward that great duel on Ganryu Island, with considerable focus on Musashi's planning & forethought as to how to gain an advantage.

Miyamoto Musashi

1973

The Fixer poster
6.0

Political fixer Homei Yamaoka's misdeeds come to light, throwing Japanese politics into deadly confusion. But he's not going down without a fight.

The Fixer

1979

The Surf poster
6.7

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo. Yasuo spreads unpleasant gossip about his rival, and Hatsue's father forbids her to see Shinji. But when the boy saves the passengers on a boat owned by Hatsue's father, his luck in love begins to change.

The Surf

1975

Incident at Blood Pass poster
6.9

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin's assignment becomes clear, to help the gang, he's ordered to kill the inn's residents, including a woman he's rescued from an abusive husband. He's reluctant to murder innocent people; then he learns that the gold shipment is a trap and he's part of a double cross. How he sorts through these divided loyalties tests of his samurai honor, and perhaps of his love for a woman.

Incident at Blood Pass

1970

1960s · 29 titles

King Kong vs. Godzilla poster
6.9

The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1962

King Kong vs. Godzilla poster
6.6

When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus.

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1963

Yoru no keisha poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Yoru no keisha

1962

You Can Succeed, Too poster
7.7

A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.

You Can Succeed, Too

1964

Chûshingura poster
7.1

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

Chûshingura

1962

Women Can't Be Beaten poster
7.5

An uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving his boorish older brother.

Women Can't Be Beaten

1969

The Lovable Tramp poster
7.7

Saotome is a white-collar worker on the brink of a burnout who one day strikes up a friendship with Gen, a boorish drifter who approaches life one day at a time.

The Lovable Tramp

1966

Yoru wa usotsuki poster
NR

A small restaurant tucked away in the back of Ginza is run by Keiko, the owner’s daughter. Writers, club owners, corporate executives, and others are drawn to her charm.

Yoru wa usotsuki

1960

Ironfinger poster
6.8

A silly yet skilled Interpol agent flies to Tokyo and gets mixed up in a war between two gangs intent on winning the favor of a notorious arms dealer.

Ironfinger

1965

In Broad Daylight poster
7.0

After his company goes bankrupt, Katsuji Watanabe resorts to pickpocketing again with his old swindler buddies. However, one by one, his friends start getting caught. Katsuji decides to play a high stakes game of robbing the proceeds of a department store.

In Broad Daylight

1968

Oshichi's Vegetable Store: The No.1 Girl at the Edo Festival poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Oshichi's Vegetable Store: The No.1 Girl at the Edo Festival

1960

Pachinko poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pachinko

1962

Shimizu Port Salaryman poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Shimizu Port Salaryman

1962

Adventure in Kigan Castle poster
6.2

Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in the Middle East, where they find intrigue and romance in the court of an evil king.

Adventure in Kigan Castle

1966

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success poster
NR

A beer salesman with a passion for fishmongering stumbles through mishaps, rivalries, and gangster trouble while chasing a big contract, winning the deal through quick thinking—then turns down a promotion to keep working his own way.

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success

1960

Heavenly Comic Story of a Gentleman poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Heavenly Comic Story of a Gentleman

1960

Samurai Pirate poster
5.9

An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the throne and marrying the king's beautiful daughter. Along the way, with the help of some courageous rebels and a lustful wizard, he must overcome the powers of a bewitching witch, a band of ruthless pirates, and the castle's Imperial guards. He must also free those kidnapped into slavery and restore the king's reputation.

Samurai Pirate

1963

Oh, Bomb! poster
7.8

During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb.

Oh, Bomb!

1964

Mount Hakone poster
7.0

Japanese drama.

Mount Hakone

1962

Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1 poster
NR

Salaryman comedy.

Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1

1960

Taming an Unruly Girl poster
NR

Masao Shinoda, an office worker at Tozai Trading, is feeling down because his colleague Hiraoka was promoted ahead of him, and when he gets home, his wife Sachiko treats him like a doormat.

Taming an Unruly Girl

1966

Swindler Meets Swindler poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Swindler Meets Swindler

1966

Pride of the Campus poster
8.3

Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant, singing in a band, and preparing for an important boxing tournament.

Pride of the Campus

1962

Finances in Front of the Train Station poster
NR

The 12th "Ekimae" feature.

Finances in Front of the Train Station

1965

The Shy Deceiver poster
7.0

A young thug wanna-be yakuza falls in love with a country girl.

The Shy Deceiver

1968

The Naked Executive poster
9.0

The executive director of the «Chuo Shoji» company, Hidaka Shiro, is called a "demon of work", but the hostess of the bar calls him "the loneliest person in Japan." He lost his wife ten years ago and has been living as a widower ever since. He plotted to marry off his 22-year-old daughter Keiko for political gain, but Keiko is in love with Okuda, who is her father's subordinate. A story full of sadness and joy, depicting a man gripped by different thoughts, as an employee of the company and a father.

The Naked Executive

1964

The Daphne poster
10.0

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their long-suffering mother. The mother and her brother try various schemes to find husbands for them.

The Daphne

1966

The Curio Master poster
NR

A contemporary comedy.

The Curio Master

1960

Young Guy in Hawaii poster
6.5

Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous screening with Matango. Filmed on location in Hawaii.

Young Guy in Hawaii

1963

1950s · 21 titles

Otora-san's Business is Booming poster
NR

The sixth and final "Otora-san" feature.

Otora-san's Business is Booming

1958

The Three Treasures poster
5.5

The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Emperor's vassal, prefers Ouso's stepbrother, and conspires to have Ouso die on a dangerous mission he has contrived. But Ouso prevails in the mission and returns to his father's castle under a new name, Prince Yamato Takeru. Otomo plots to have the Prince sent into even greater danger, but Otomo is unaware that the gods have favored the Prince and the outcome is far from what any of them expected.

The Three Treasures

1959

Otora-san's Ghostly Rascals poster
NR

The fourth "Otora-san" feature.

Otora-san's Ghostly Rascals

1958

The Rickshaw Man poster
7.2

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

The Rickshaw Man

1958

Otora-san poster
NR

The first of six "Otora-san" features.

Otora-san

1957

His Highness Surabaya poster
NR

Hisaya Morishige is Kyutaro, a nuclear physicist and his twin brother, Eiji, a con man. Eiji finally hits on his most elaborate scheme yet, to pretend to be a king of a remote, undiscovered island, and becomes a media sensation.

His Highness Surabaya

1955

Vampire Moth poster
4.7

After a successful fashion designer receives a disturbing package, a series of bizarre murders begins to claim the models around her. As rumours of a grotesque, fanged killer spread, detective Kōsuke Kindaichi investigates the secrets connecting the victims, their employer and a mysterious figure from the past.

Vampire Moth

1956

Stubborn Father and Musical Daughter poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Stubborn Father and Musical Daughter

1957

The More-You-Fall-In-Love Story poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The More-You-Fall-In-Love Story

1956

Management Apartment's Surprise Big Broadcast poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Management Apartment's Surprise Big Broadcast

1959

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Masurao Dispatchers Men's Group: Especially If You're a Man

1957

Stubborn Father and Stupid Son poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Stubborn Father and Stupid Son

1957

Chakkiri Kinta Sequel poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Chakkiri Kinta Sequel

1958

Management Apartment poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Management Apartment

1959

I Love You poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

I Love You

1959

Teenage Sazae poster
10.0

Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color.

Teenage Sazae

1957

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Story of a Detective's Assistant Sequel

1957

Masurao Dispatchers Men's Group: Take Your Best Shot poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Masurao Dispatchers Men's Group: Take Your Best Shot

1957

The Girl in the Target poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Girl in the Target

1957

Big Edo's 1,000 Ryo Festival poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Big Edo's 1,000 Ryo Festival

1958

Quick Change Tanuki Palace poster
7.0

This is a paradise of dream and illusion, a country of Raccoon Dogs. The Bat Tribe lives in a neighboring country took a young prince of Raccoon Dogs as a hostage, and try to take a Buddhist saint from the temple by force.

Quick Change Tanuki Palace

1954

Series credits

Yokomizo Seishi Series poster
7.0

TV series starring Ikko Furuya, based on the Kosuke Kindaichi mystery novel series by Seishi Yokomizo.

Yokomizo Seishi Series

1977

Epic Chushingura poster
9.0

Daichūshingura is a television dramatization of the events of the Forty-seven Ronin. The first episode aired on January 5, 1971, and the 52nd and final episode appeared on December 28 of the same year. The NET network broadcast it in the Tuesday evening 9:00–9:56 prime-time slot in Japan. The series featured an all-star cast. The central actor was Toshiro Mifune, who portrayed Ōishi Kuranosuke; Yoko Tsukasa his wife; and kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorō VII their son Chikara.

Epic Chushingura

1971

Dazzling Cops poster
NR

Action detective show

Dazzling Cops

1977

Fateful Mountain Pass poster
NR

Akizuki Rokurōta was born as a child of Tokugawa Ieyasu, but since he is a twin with Tokugawa Iemitsu he is not allowed an official place within the Tokugawa family. Sent away as an adopted son, he continues his wandering journey. One day, he accidentally encounters Toyotomi Hideyori's son Toyotomi Hideya, his mother Katsura-no-miya Renko and their maidservant Sasaka, survivors of the Shogunate attack on Osaka Castle years before who are now fleeing from their refuge in Kyoto. The Tokugawa Shogunate and Yagyū clan are trying to capture or kill them, while on the other hand villains want to use them. Akizuki Rokurōta decides to protect them from both sides.

Fateful Mountain Pass

1974

The Shingo Case Files poster
NR

Shingo is back! As an associate to magistrate’s office, Shingo rises up against evil to protect Edo’s modest people. Hard-boiled Jidaigeki staring Ryotaro Sugi.

The Shingo Case Files

1977