Minoru Ōki
Acting
Biography
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Born: December 16, 1923
Place of Birth: Osaka, Japan
Known For
Prison Gambler
A film about the confrontation between two yakuza groups in the brutal Miike prison, which contained 1,500 inmates. The second film in the series Gambler / Bakuto directed by Shigehiro Ozawa.
The Tattooed Lord
The Red Silk Gambler
With her first love that unfolded in the battlefield in her heart, and with a short sword and a pillbox as her weapons, female gambler Okatsu the Tiger Lily travels from gambling site to gambling site. Surrounding her are Omon, an outlaw star blind lone gambler; Onaka, a thief who’s after Okatsu to avenge her father’s death; Ohide, a tattoo artist whose back is covered by a dragon tattoo; and Oryu, a young girl sold as a prostitute to a gambling family.
Internal Sleuth
When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective criminal tries to find out the truth.
The Great Killing
A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th century. A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, the next Shogun. The best strategist in Japan, Yamaga, leads a plot to stop the Elder, but his cabal is betrayed and most of the conspirators are captured and tortured.
Seventeen Ninja 2: The Great Battle
In a Toei all-star effort, Matsukata Hiroki, Otomo Ryutaro, and Konoe Jushiro combine to create an exciting black and white sequel to the classic story of 17 Ninja, one of the most famous films from that noted studio. In the year 1651 the Kishu clan is about to rise against the Tokugawa shogunate using a stash of muskets being guarded by Jinza the leader of the Koga ninja. The Iga ninja are called upon to stop the revolt under the leadership of Hattori Hanzo setting off a spy versus spy battle of silent ninja stealth. Through all the turmoil, Shizaburo and Yuka have broken the taboo of ninja falling in love and strive to achieve the forbidden life of happiness that is denied to all members of the ninja class.
The Hard Core Criminal
In the 20th century, the Japanese government exploits prisoners as expendable slave laborers in a coal mine, which results in conflict between the prisoners and the warden to escalate.
Red Peony Gambler
Ryuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother died when she was little. When she turned 18 years old, her father was attacked and killed by a stranger in alley. Ryuko then dissolves her yakuza family, and, carrying the wallet left by the killer, she sets out on a journey to avenge her father’s death. Five years later, she wanders the nation, known only as! Red Peony Oryu who has a red peony tattooed on her shoulder and has the defiance and courage of a man. She meets Katagiri - a loner gambler, Kumatora - boss of a family in Shikoku, and Otaka - female boss of the Doman Family in Osaka. With their help, she finally catches up with the man who murdered her father.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red Peony began her soul-searching journey after her father was killed. In her travels, she meets villagers whose crops and livelihoods are being destroyed by pollution from a local factory. They seem to work out an agreement, but Oryu must help the poor villagers when the greedy factory owner and corrupt politicians betray them…
Filmography
as Yamashiro Clan Boss
as Yagyu Tajima
as Master of Death
as Aochi
as Mochizuki Yataro
as Yagyu Retsudo
as Yagyu Retsudo
as Kanoke Tatsu
as Minokichi Shimotaki
as Benma Hidari
as Tatsutaro
as Banri
as Sanjiro
as Jiro Fukami
as Senzo
as Mochizuki Yataro
as Shojiro Oshima
as Kogorô Akechi / Manservant
as Shinnosuke Date
as Tokujin Ko
as Osamu Kawada
as Kenzo Sawada
as Nakanishi
as Koike
as Risaburo Umehara
as Izo Tahara
as Mr. Kitazawa
as Teizo Okabe
as Sekiguchi
as Shinjiro Murakami
as Kumagaya
as Tsuzumi Hayato
as Chief Detective Sugai
as Koriki Denjiro
as Lord Hayatonosho
as Gohei
as Tsuruoka
as Kogoro Akechi
as Saburota Henmi
as Tadashi Yamaji
as Takao Yuki, the police detective
as Shinsaku Tani
as Sakuji
as Saburo Ishioka
as Gorô Kurita
as 新三
as Matsuo Yoshiue
as 河合又五郎
as Kuroda
as Shun-don
as 三浦小次郎
as 多田帯刀
as 郷土弥平
as Katsura Kogoro
as 宮本小次郎
as Takahashi Akimoto