Kokinji Katsura
Acting
Biography
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Born: October 6, 1926
Place of Birth: Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Known For
Swordsman With the Torn Umbrella
Set in the Edo period, Kanou Toshu studied medicine in Nagasaki and lives on the outskirts of Senju-juku . He is also a master of the Mugai Ryu sword style. Although he has skills in medicine, he is also a big drinker and often drinks all day and falls asleep, or drinks at night and does not go home. He does not charge for treatment and medicine costs from poor patients such as tradesmen and farmers, but occasionally he'll buy their produce or drink with them. When he senses injustice by the rich and powerful, he takes matters into his own hands and doles out justice as he sees fit.
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
Little Adventurer
Mickey, a smart student from England, is on his trip to Japan for vacation. He meets with a Chinese girl Lin Fang on the way. They each have the same model of camera. But they have their cameras exchanged without their knowing it prior to their departure.
Free and Easy 18
Hama-chan goes to Okayama to look for Su-san when he goes missing a few days after freezing up during his inaugural speech as the company chairman.
The Scent of Incense
After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life deeply gets in trouble.
Tales of Young Genji Kuro
Genji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the Otsubo family.
Always in My Heart Part 2
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.
Mother Country
In 1919, a group of Japanese immigrants arrives in Hawaii. Among them Yoshio Inoue and his wife Kishimo and Sumi, a young woman ready to get married soon. With the soil that is hard to work and the subtropical climate, the immigrants have to cope with a hard life. But after years of hard work, Yoshio finds work as a teacher while his wife manages to open a small grocery store. But with the war around the corner, life becomes more and more complicated for the Japanese immigrants in a foreign country.
Girls of the Night
In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to build a new life.
Temptation on Glamour Island
Comedy about three soldiers, two female reporters, six prostitutes, and the wife of an officer, all stranded on a South Seas island at the end of World War II.
Filmography
as Shozo Tsubakiyama
as Honda Yahachi
as 仏の半兵衛
as Date Hanroku
as Director Tadano
as Terada's father
as Kimono store clerk
as Kikuji Miyoshi
as Furuyama's father
as Motakusan
as Ryukichi Ishioka
as Mr. Takagi
as Tobei Kinoshita
as Sasa Nitôhei
as Yokichi Tani
as Sogoro Hyodo
as Hyodo Sogoro (Army Lieutenant)
as Takechi
as Kanô-ya's Son
as ドモリの又六
as Detective Kogoro Akechi
as 金太
as 下っ引千太
as Kinzô