
Yasunori Irikawa
Actor · 1939 – 2011 · Higashinada, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Movies21
Movie7.2DramaHistoryIn 17th-century Japan, two Portuguese Jesuit priests seek their mentor, who is rumoured to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
Movie6.4ActionDramaYears of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high-ranking spy named Tatewaki Koriyama defects from the shogun to a rival clan, however, the world of swordsmen is thrown into turmoil. After Sasuke is unwittingly drawn into the conflict, he tracks Tatewaki, while a mysterious, white-hooded figure seems to hunt them both. By tale’s end, no one is who they seemed to be, and the truth is far more personal than anyone suspected. Director Masahiro Shinoda’s Samurai Spy, filled with clan intrigue, ninja spies, and multiple double crosses, marks a bold stylistic departure from swordplay film convention.
Movie5.6HorrorCrimeA ship is attacked at sea for its cargo by a group of thieves who murder a newlywed doctor and rape his wife. Three years later her twin sister is kidnapped by the same pirates, who begin to die strange deaths...
MovieDramaFive female university students, Katsumi (Katsuko Kanai), Kaoru (Kaoru Yumi), Itsuko (Itoko Harada), Namiko (Etsuko Nami), and Yukigi (Sanae Emi), are all residents of the same Seiwa Dormitory. One night, three close friends, Namiko, Itsuko, and Kaoru, sneak out of the dormitory, avoiding the watchful eyes of their roommate, Katsumi, and the dormitory supervisor, Ms. Aikawa (Yuriko Hime), and head out to a go-go café. Like young girls, they are hoping to find their ideal man.
Movie6.3DramaStruggling with his true emotions, dreams, memories of the past and the reality Shizuo is about to marry, but is torn between his wife-to-be and the love to his mother.
MoviePinky and Yoko are about to graduate. Full of hope and uncertainties they embark on a tale of temptation.
Movie5.7DramaYuichiro is a college student whose sister went missing 15 years ago. That traumatic event hangs over him like a pall as he wanders Japan's S&M clubs. But his younger brother claims to be able to sense their sister with his "antenna".
Movie6.5RomanceDramaTwo former design school classmates, 21-year-old office worker Kyoko and illustrator Jiro, run into each other on the street and soon begin living together. With great care for their feelings, the two embark on a genuine love affair, expressed through their taboo and tension-filled cohabitation. Whilst hurting each other, they continue to explore the boundaries of their relationship in this boldly controversial film.
Movie6.5MysteryDramaIt was five years ago when Minako spent a night with Sozo, younger brother of her ex-husband. She now lives in a local town with a rich old man who owns a dry goods store. Minako travels to Tokyo on business every three months, during which time she continues to meet Sozo, who has married the daughter of his respected teacher.
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Movie9.0Drama
Movie5.2DramaCrimeA young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detective looking into the deaths does not suspect her.
Movie6.0DramaStory of love, jealousy and hatred among waitresses of a deluxe bar.
- Movie8.0Drama
Young and beautiful Matsuko lives alone with her father in old Kamakura. Matsuko experienced love once, with Munehiro, who married another girl. But now she is content to live an uneventful life with her father. That is until she meets Munehiro again.
Movie6.5AdventureDramaOichi 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...
Movie7.3ComedyAdventureBurned out butcher Hazama meets a woman at a restaurant and is asked to help her deliver a bag of diamonds.
Movie1967 Japanese movie
Movie8.0Sayuri Yoshinaga played the first appearance of the Shochiku film. Yufuko who was married from a lover who had been married for a year. However, she believes in true love without feeling the heart of her heart, she decides to visit her sister and go to Australia.
MovieMusicComedyLight comedy about three high-school girls on the campus.
MovieDramaThe story of a former police officer now retired to run a coffee shop called Bitter Coffee Life. In the long years of the past 20 years, he has been raising the daughter of one of the criminals he arrested as his own.
MovieDramaYouth movie set in Osaka about the trial and tribulations of growing up. Centered around three close friends, a bike racer, a yakuza thug and a spoiled rich boy - who meet a girl from Tokyo. Based on director Shinsuke Shimada's own book "Kaze, to Suzuka".
Series1
TV6.4Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyTakeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.