Shingo Yamashiro
Acting
Biography
Japanese actor (known for the Battles Without Honor and Humanity film series) and director.
Born: November 10, 1938
Place of Birth: Kyoto, Japan
Known For
Sex and Life
Dr. Mikami is an elderly somewhat clumsy, very popular therapist, his patients turn to him with all possible and impossible questions. Because Dr. Mikami's specialty is sexual clarification... The world's best-selling sex literature was filmed here in a manner close to the original. And the openness of the image shows the shocking conflicts of young people in scenes that were never filmed. Shocking documents about sex life from the doctor's office.
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.
Furuhata Ninzaburo
Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of Columbo. The series is a police detective drama starring actor Masakazu Tamura as Furuhata Ninzaburo and Masahiko Nishimura as his stereotypically bumbling sidekick, Shintaro Imaizumi. The program aired weekly and featured a guest villain each time, usually a famous talent in Japan. Pop-stars like SMAP, television hosts like Sanma Akashiya and even sports figures like Ichiro Suzuki have been featured on this program. It was one of the most popular television dramas in the history of Japanese television, having spawned several seasons and TV specials.
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.
Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
Meiko Kaji reprises her role as Nami, a vengeful female gang leader, in the second installment of this high-action series that casts a new actor -- martial arts legend Sonny Chiba -- in the role of Nami's loyal friend Ryuji. This time around, Nami is looking for Hoshiden, the man who murdered her father and shattered her once-hopeful childhood. But living under an assumed name, Hoshiden could stay hidden forever.
Hachiko
The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.
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.
The Wild Trucker
The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help bring home the father of two young children in time to celebrate New Year’s together.
The Ninja Hunt
Four ninja are hired to fight against the Shogunate’s plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, the regional barons struggling to reinstate their young heir Tanemaru as their Lord.
The Homeless
Two inmates are simultaneously released from jail, but go their separate ways, only to cross paths again in the nearest brothel. There they make the acquaintance of a would-be prostitute. They help her escape and decide to guide her on her quest for sunken contraband somewhere off the coast.
Filmography
as Shinobu Sawada
as Tanioka
as Kinsu Clan Boss
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
as Dr. Watanabe
as Board of Education
as Tarō Inokozuchi
as Kazuo Hoshino
as Kumo (voice)
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
as Shoichi Eda
as Hiroshi Kamamoto
as Jinnosuke Okada
as Tsushima
as 彩子の婚約者・桐生一茂
as Shohei Matsushita
as Hiroshi Tamura
as Young Master
as Mihira
as Self-Defense Forces Member / Ministry of Defense Inspector
as TV Anchor
as Sanpei
as Mihira
as Shoichi Eda
as Shoichi Eda
as Sazare Kanbei
as Takamaro Môri
as Tosuke
as Masao Kaneda
as Burakin
as George
as Itachi no Heikichi
as George
as Takeo Ônuma , Landlord's Son
as Ichimura
as Tadanaga
as Minoru Satake
as Maki Koji
as Bunkichi
as Amamaki
as Shinzô Kakei
as Koyata Kiga
as Amano Jaki
as Eijiro Chiba
as Shimpachirô Suganuma
as Kaku-san