Hōsei Komatsu
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Hōsei Komatsu.
Born: November 4, 1926
Place of Birth: Nagano, Nagano, Japan
Known For
Postwar Secrets
Everybody's chasing a diamond in Sadao Nakajima's crime/action/drama. It was a based on a novel by Tsusai Sugawara, who was a Japanese writer and political figure campaigning against drugs, prostitution and sexually transmitted diseases.
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder. According to the accusation by GHQ, Toyomatsu "attemped to kill a US prisoner", which was nothing but an order by his superior and failed after all with hurting the prisoner by weak Toyomatsu. Also, Toyomatsu was driven to corner at the trial by the fact that he fed the US prisoner some burdock roots to nourish him. Toyomatsu believes nothing but being not guilty, but he is sentenced to death by hanging. Prior to the execution, Toyomatsu writes a long farewell letter to his family, the wife and the only son: "If I ever incarnate, I hate to be a human being any more.... Oh yes, I would like to be...a shellfish living on the rock-bottom of the sea."
Kidnapping Blues
A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man does not intend to be a kidnapper – he asks the girl to phone her mother and tell her she's with him. During their trip they meet various people, but they always must continue on, lest the man be arrested.
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association.
Eighteen Years in Prison
A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cross again as they both fall in love with the same woman.
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
Three Gamblers
Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family.
The Gate of Youth Part 2
Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.
Kogarashi Monjiro
Monjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned his hometown when he was 10 years old. He has been traveling aimlessly with a long toothpick in his mouth. Monjiro avoided getting involved in anything, but wherever he went, he ended up getting involved in incidents
The Life of Chikuzan
After over 50 years of wandering up and down Japan, finally in the 1970s, the rough-hewn blind shamisen player and folk-song collector named Takahashi Chikuzan became a musical sensation. This biographical drama chronicles his wanderings and his life, with a particular focus on his humble beginnings as a peasant on a remote and arid island.
Filmography
as Kajiyama
as Grandfather
as Ishiyama
as Suekichi Maruko
as Rhisley (voice)
as Katsuo
as Detective
as Jinzo Iguchi
as Saruwatari
as Show Host
as Shimotsuka
as Matsumoto
as Pawn Shop Guy
as Sergeant Major Yabe
as Takeo Miyamoto(宮本威夫)
as Ishimoto
as Oyakata (voice)
as Frankenstein's Monster (voice)
as Hiraiwa
as Misaki
as Middle-aged Man
as Loan Officer
as Narrator
as Actor
as Tadashi Takino
as Kôhei Kikawada
as Kurazo Utagawa
as Shigemitsu Sanada
as Gonjiro Kuroda
as Iwaki's father
as Goto
as Right wing / Ishii, the strip theatre owner
as Ichizo(市蔵)
as Genzo Fujita
as Bunkichi Yoshioka
as Sakai Osa
as Serizawa Kamo
as Narrator
as Yusuke Yajima
as Genzô Shibayama
as Shinji
as Sakube
as Makoto Narasaka
as Miyoshi
as Kôsuke Kikuchi
as Kiyozo
as Sakurada Isamu
as Aihara
as Iwano
as Matagoro Araki
as Kojiro Numazawa
as Gigolo
as Kakusuke Hirao
as Tahei
as Officer Song
as Yasukura
as Shimajiri
as Ichizo Soga
as Matsugoro
as Ba Tôten
as Fisherman
as District attorney
as Narrator (voice)
as Hebiguma
as Onkichi
as Denpo Cho
as Shino's father
as Shindo
as Narrator
as Yamano Senkichi
as Egi
as Maki
as He Zi-qui
as (voice)
as Beggar