Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Acting
Biography
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi (二本柳寛) was a Japanese actor.
Born: November 20, 1917
Place of Birth: Hokkaido, Japan
Known For
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.
Early Summer
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
The Eagle of the Pacific
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.
Repast
Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.
Japan's Longest Day
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
Tora! Tora! Tora!
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo
After an American Navy base is annihilated by a secret weapon, Agent OSS 117 is sent to Japan to investigate the organization that's claiming responsibility, and threatening the US with another attack, if they don't pay.
The Love of the Actress Sumako
The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outspoken actress Sumako Matsui, and leaves his family to be with her, while trying to keep his Art Theatre solvent.
Black Tight Killers
Daisuke Honda, a war photographer in Vietnam, meets Yuriko Sawanouchi, a stewardess on his plane back to Japan. After drinking with her at a Tokyo bar, he becomes involved in saving Yuriko from assassination by stylish, female ninjas. When trying to rescue Yuriko from kidnappers, Daisuke discovers a group of foreigners are hunting for a WWII-era treasure hidden on an island by Yuriko's father.
Cruel Gun Story
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their leverage is to promise him money for surgery for Rie. Togawa consents and plans the heist with three others. The plan is solid, but it doesn't go smoothly. Togawa must improvise, there are traitors somewhere, and double-crosses mount. Can Togawa escape with enough money to help his sister and ensure a passage out of Japan?
Filmography
as Rear Adm. Chuichi Hara
as Iwai
as Admiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff
as Saeki
as Colonel Kawachi
as Okada
as Hinotama gang boss
as Matsumoto
as Nishiwatari
as Kisuke
as Gō Kasamatsu
as Torai Tei
as Noge Shôsa
as Tazawa - Wakako's father
as Funaba
as Keizo Horio
as Juzaburo Hotta
as Detective Numata
as Matsunaga
as Matsuda
as Onizame
as Yutaka Katô
as Coach Fujimoto
as Izu
as Shintaro Yazawa
as Masataka Tsuzuki
as Ryûsaku Hata
as Hagimura
as Masujiro Ohmura
as Yukihiko Kumazaka
as Commander Furukawa
as Iwatani
as Ding Shitun (Nanjing goverment's spy leader)
as Genba Tawaraboshi
as Kazuo Takenaka
as Kenkichi Yabe
as Takehara
as Tetsuya Ohara
as Shunji Minagawa
as Sumida