Johnny Ohkura

Acting

Johnny Ohkura

Born 1952-09-03 · Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Actor and musician. Founded the band CAROL with Eikichi Yazawa in 1971. After disbanding CAROL in 1975, he became a solo artist and expanded his acting career.

Acting credits

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence poster
7.3

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

1983

Like a Savage poster
6.7

Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble.

Like a Savage

1985

Boiling Point poster
6.9

Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.

Boiling Point

1990

XX: Beautiful Hunter poster
5.5

Shion, ruthless assassin for the Magnificat crime syndicate, is as sexy as she is deadly. But when her latest target turns out to be the man she loves, Shion is torn between duty and her heart. Her reluctance marks her for death by Magnificat, and her decision forces her into a life on the run, with her fellow assassins always a step behind.

XX: Beautiful Hunter

1994

Cabaret poster
4.8

A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist starts playing at a particular nightspot, a thug from the Yakuza adopts him as a special friend for no greater reason than he plays one of his favorite songs well. As the dangerous life of the gangster intertwines with that of the musician, it brings harm to the musician's girlfriend, who is raped. This changes the young saxophonist's attitude about his patron, but his Yakuza "friend" is still too embroiled in his own problems to worry about anything else.

Cabaret

1986

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

Distant Thunder poster
6.8

A young man living on growing tomatoes in a greenhouse in a residential area. Tomato cultivation is as doomed as his personal life where he tries to keep alive his romance with the eccentric Kaede and parents selected fiancee Ayako.

Distant Thunder

1981

Kizu poster
10.0

Once again, director Shunichi Kajima and star Takanori Jinnai are teaming up to create a new type of yakuza film that stylishly depicts the short but vibrant life of legendary urban yakuza Takashi Hanagata.

Kizu

1988

Down with The Big Boss poster
8.0

In pre-war Japan, two members of a large yakuza syndicate instigate a turf war that embroils the highest echelons of Tokyo's underworld.

Down with The Big Boss

1979

Scent of a Spell poster
6.0

A young man saves a woman who is trying to commit suicide, gradually discovering more about her troubled past.

Scent of a Spell

1985

A Legend of Turmoil poster
7.5

A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza family. When his boss gets shot, he decides to go after the plotters.

A Legend of Turmoil

1992

Yakuza Warfare poster
7.5

Two childhood friends find themselves caught in the midst of an all-out turf war between rival factions in the yakuza-stained region of Kyushu.

Yakuza Warfare

1991

No artwork available
NR

TV movie adapation of "Three Sisters Detective Agency" mystery novels.

三姉妹探偵団

1986

"Guys Who Never Learn" Part 2 poster
7.5

Sequel to "Guys Who Never Learn".

"Guys Who Never Learn" Part 2

1987

Hawaiian Dream poster
10.0

Tatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, having flown out of Japan and entered the country illegally for a reason. The two make a living by trafficking pakalolo – marijuana – under the pretext of selling tea leaves, but they are in a foreign land where they don't speak the language well. When they get busted by the chief of police, they're forced to make a deal and and help get a local crime boss masquerading as a benevolent celebrity arrested.

Hawaiian Dream

1987

Demon's Room poster
4.3

A wife gets a call from a man claiming to be from her husband's company. He tells her that he will come to pick her up on his behalf. But when he takes her to the hotel he locks her in a room and rapes her. The kidnapper then calls her husband but he doesn’t want a ransom. For reasons not yet known all he wants to do is to sexually humiliate her and to make sure the husband knows it.

Demon's Room

1982

Firefly poster
3.7

A young outlaw racing through the streets of Yokohama. Will the love that slipped through his fingers like sand come back to him once again?

Firefly

1989

Chi-n-pi-ra poster
7.9

Shibuya, Tokyo. Yoichi and Michio are a pair of hoodlums who make their living as bookies at horse races. One day, Yoichi's companion commits a crime, which leads him to become a real yakuza. In this way Yoichi wishes to put an end to his hoodlum days, but on the other hand he has to leave his brother Michio behind...

Chi-n-pi-ra

1984

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 4 poster
NR

The second of three V-Cinema sequels.

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 4

2000

Waru: The End poster
NR

Youji Himuro comes out of hiding and faces off against a powerful new foe from a rival dojo.

Waru: The End

2006

Curtain Call poster
6.0

Miho Nakamichi, an orphan adopted by Haruko, dreams to star in a musical. One day, Haruko promised Miho that she could go on a journey to find her real father, "Daddy-Long-Legs", who sends a bouquet of flowers every birthday, once she can wear a special pair of pointe shoes. The day finally arrives and Miho's small adventure begins.

Curtain Call

1984

Yakuza Wolves: The Yanagawa Gang poster
6.5

Based on a novel "The Battle Of The Yanagawa-Gumi" by Koichi Iiboshi, it tells the story of criminal Jiro Yanagawa. Released from prison, Jiro joins the notorious Yoshimizu Yakuza family as a member. Not long after however, he sets out to form his own Yakuza clan in Osaka. This sparks a bloody territory war with the Devils Dragons.

Yakuza Wolves: The Yanagawa Gang

2002

The Successful Businessmen Handbook IV: Charisma You Can Learn from the Yakuza poster
NR

In the yakuza world, where 'conflict,' 'prison sentences,' and 'death' are ever-present threats, the leader’s responsibility is immense, and their leadership skills are honed to perfection. To develop motivated subordinates and unite the organization, the key ingredient is undeniably 'charisma!' How do these bosses acquire their 'charisma'!? The highly popular 'Learn from the Yakuza' series continues with its fourth installment!!

The Successful Businessmen Handbook IV: Charisma You Can Learn from the Yakuza

2008

The River of the Stranger poster
NR

A rare film about the Zainichi and the relations between Japan and South Korea. It is the first feature film ever directed by a zainichi director to explore these issues.

The River of the Stranger

1975