Junichiro Yamashita
Acting
Biography
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Born: February 19, 1939
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Known For
The Tragedy of Bushido
A 16-year-old youth is ordered to commit ritual suicide to follow his deceased lord into death and preserve the honor of his clan. His elder brother's wife, who has raised him as if he were her own child, asks her husband for permission to spend a single night with the young man and teach him the pleasures of the flesh, out of motherly mercy. However, the following day, an official decree is issued to ban suicide through fidelity...
Secret Assignment
In the fourth film of series, Secret Assignment, Raizo again plays the Jiro Shiina. This time he's out to discover who is spying for the British in the Foreign Ministry, under the code name “Cat's Eye”.
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Kisuke, a young bamboo worker marries Tomoe, a geisha who was once involved with Kisuke's late father.
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged gambling game. Of course, the local gangsters attempt to kill him, and the adventure begins. It turns out a blacksmith named Senzo examines Zatoichi's cane sword, and discovers it to be forged by his old mentor. Senzo discovers the sword is at the end of its usefulness and will break when it is used next.
Pink Tush Girl: Love Attack
Rena and Yuko, the two sexually-adventurous high school girl friends from Pink Tush Girl (1978) get part-time jobs at a hostess bar in order to earn money for an abortion for Yuko. At the end of the school year the two must part as Yuko prepares to depart for acting school in Hokkaido, and Rena gets ready for college.
Young Boss
After a yakuza boss is assassinated by a rival, his naval officer son returns home to take over the gang.
Clamouring Canines
The second film in the "Inu" series.
Youth in Fury
A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku's iconoclastic New Wave. At the height of student protests, Shimojo takes his aggressions to another level, beset by seemingly insoluble feelings of alienation.
Good-for-Nothing
Yoshida's first feature follows the lives of young students against a background of jazz, emptiness and boredom. The plot is fairly simple: a "good-for-nothing" from a poor background falls in love with the young secretary of his rich friend's father. The woman senses good in him and tries to lead him on the right path.
Wrath of Daimajin
In a mountainous region of Japan, Lord Arakawa kidnaps the men of nearby villages to use as slave labor, producing gunpowder from his sulfur pits. A band of young boys decide to rescue their enslaved fathers on their own.
Filmography
as Tatsuo Iwabuchi
as Reporter
as Susumu Nikaidō
as Taisuke Makimura
as Takizawa
as Yamashita
as Junichiro Goto
as Mr. Yoshida
as Gengo
as Kotani
as Isamu
as Shinnosuke
as Syôhachi
as Yoichi Tajima
as Kazuo Kodama
as Shunsuke Takase
as Kisuke
as Joji Takada
as Michihiko Kihara
as Morishita
as Kazuhiko Fukunaga