Kōji Wada
Acting
Biography
Actor.
Born: January 28, 1944
Place of Birth: Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Lord Mito
One of Japan’s most popular historical characters, former Vice-Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni, whose travels around the nation are legendary has made it to the silver screen in a dynamic and exciting tale featuring megastar Toshiro Mifune as an expert swordsman drawn into the action to fight injustice. The Elder Lord travels about disguised as a retired merchant with his two trusty bodyguards Sukesaburo and Kakunoshin by his side and secret agent Yashichi close by. After a chance meeting with a dying man and young woman who had been brutally attacked, they set out for Kaga Province to wreak vengeance on the responsible parties. Don’t miss this exciting journey into Japanese history!
Proof of the Man
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
We Sell It Because It Sells
Young bartender operates secret sex club as a profitable side business.
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constantly bullied by the upper organization and “bleed in vain” in gang wars.
Tokyo Knights
A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.
Outlaw: Heartless
Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) was indebted to Mitsugimoto. Sawada, a low rank yakuza with a gambling problem owed Mitsugimoto three million yen. This equation can only lead to one answer. Mitsugimoto needs to pay and Goro's coming to collect.
Outlaw: Kill!
Goro has always been a lone wolf. When he arrives at an industrial city in Keihin, there is certain restlessness in the air. The Iriezaki family and the Kanto Touyu-kai were in the midst of a territorial dispute. Goro was quick to notice, but had no intent to take sides. At a department store nearby, he sees an elevator lady being harassed by a couple of hoodlums. Goro decides to intervene. Unbeknownst to him, the hoodlums are Touyu-kai members – and the girl has strong ties with the opposing family.
Gate of Flesh
In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining tenuous friendships and a semblance of order in a world of chaos. But when a renegade ex-soldier stumbles into their midst, lusts and loyalties clash, with tragic results. With Gate of Flesh, visionary director Seijun Suzuki delivers a whirlwind of social critique and pulp drama, shot through with brilliant colors and raw emotions.
Burst City
Set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo of highways and wastelands, a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest slow, boring, Japanese living.
Carmen from Kawachi
Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming a fashion model. Yoko tells her that she can move in to Yoko’s house to take lessons, while making a living at the same time.
Filmography
as Kikukawa's Subordinate
as Shogun Ieshige
as Genpachiro Tsurugi
as Masahiko Tate
as Furusawa
as Tsutomu Nakamichi
as Tamotsu Maehara
as Takera Kunigami
as Michio Yagami
as Jun Nakata
as Isao Uno
as Junzô Miki
as Second Lieutenant Ohta
as Kenji Sawada
as Heiji
as Portrait artist
as Hideo Shinjo
as Mashida
as Hideo Kurata
as Hiroshi Masuda
as Akira Sakata
as Chujo Tono
as Keiichi Nozawa
as Masamitsu Aoki
as Abe
as Ichiro Asanuma
as Ken
as Seiji Fujikura
as Toshio Matsumura
as Kinji Mitsui
as Yosuke Funakoshi
as 春山浩一
as Eiji Kaizu
as Koji
as Sadao Matsudaira
as Saburō Chishima