Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Acting
Biography
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Born: August 22, 1936
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Known For
Floating Weeds
When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.
The Most Valuable Wife
Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daughter, is married to Ichiro, the president of Mihara Shoji, and Riko, the second daughter, is married to Jiro, the managing director, and they plot to marry Kyoko to Saburo, the third son of the Mihara family. Kyoko is angry at the marriage talk that is being pushed forward without her permission, and declares that she "definitely won't get married," but before she knows it, she begins to become aware of the other person...
Gateway to Glory
A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese navy.
Bridge of Japan
Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic melodramas—and re-evaluate it as a tanbi-ha work of decadence, aestheticism, and intrigue. Ichikawa's film presents the tragic plot of the young geisha who is unable to enact her love for a man publicly in any way other than a histrionic story of torment, a heart-rending tale of lovers being crushed by fate. Instead, Ichikawa shows the contest of wills that transpires as two geisha, Oko and Kiyoha fight for the top spot in Nihonbashi, the pinnacle of the Tokyo geisha world. Nihonbashi is an elegant, if steely, exposition of manners. The young doctor, Shinzo Katsuragi, is the object of affection for both women, but appears to be more the choice reward for the plotting and thieving of these two early modern superwomen, than a lover they swoon over.
Black Lizard
The cunning detective Akeichi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief known as Black Lizard.
Tsukigata Hanpeita
During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the Choshu and Satsuma clans. This is the story of Tsukigat Khanpayit, the sword maker of the Choshu clan, who, along with Katsuro Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma, sought to fulfill the dream of a new peaceful era in Japan. Can he realize his ideals or will he die in the chaos of internecine fights...
Giants and Toys
Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.
Her Brother
Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother.
Punishment Room
Shimada is a student of U College. When the college's baseball team wins the day, he and his friend Ito drug two girls they met at the game.
The Crowded Train
Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is told to send money for medical research into the condition. This prompts him to pay his father a visit, leading to a series of mishaps that leaves him at the bottom of the heap in what he once expected to be a promising lifetime career.
Filmography
as Tao
as 吹雪一郎
as Hsi Liang
as Makoto Ubukata
as Jun Amemiya
as Kenji
as Ajashartu
as Osamu Kôda
as Gorô Shirai
as Keiichi Sawai
as Yûji Takarai
as Hekiro
as Muneo Yamanaka
as Akira Kuji
as Kunio Ishizuka
as Kiyoshi
as Tadao Shimizu
as Saburo Mihara
as Kataoka
as Katsuya Sotozaki
as Saburô Tateno
as Yousuke Nishi
as Chikara Ôishi
as Eizô Yuasa
as Takeshi Koyanagi
as Heiichiro Okawa
as Kinichi Miyamoto
as Tamio Moroi
as Sango Atobe
as Katsumi Shimada