Shirō Ōsaka
Acting
Biography
Shirō Ōsaka (大坂志郎 ; 14 February 1920 - 3 March 1989) was a Japanese actor.
Born: February 14, 1920
Place of Birth: Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young sweetheart, but despite their mutual poverty, her status as the daughter of a samurai blocked their path to happiness. A chance opportunity to achieve samurai status would come one day, but Gonza will regret trusting the so-called honorable samurai who extended this fateful offer, and the terrible price he'd pay, fighting for his life in one of the most blood-spattered samurai battles ever filmed.
Yakuza of Seki
A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito. While traveling, he rescues a young girl, Osayo, whose father entrusts her to him with his dying wish. To honor his promise to Osayo's deceased father, Yatappe brings her to safety, and from a distance keeps a watchful eye on her well being.
Tokyo Story
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
Forever a Woman
Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and her breast cancer diagnosis. In the last stage of her life, she meets a young journalist from Tokyo who wants to write a story on her life.
Brand of Evil
A Jonan Station detective, Kikuchi, is framed for smuggling drugs and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency, where he is asked to investigate Mitsue Takazawa, the wife of a local trading firm president. While secretly conducting his own research, he finds out that Takazawa's husband is the one, responsible for Kikuchi's imprisonment, who also have set sights on Setsuko, a woman Kikuchi becomes romantically involved with.
Black Thief
Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.
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.
Time and Tide
An antique shop "Jidaiya" sells time not antiques. One day a lady run into this shop with a cat.
Pigs and Battleships
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
Rampaging Dog
Abare inu is a 1965 action-comedy film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is the fourth film in the series.
Filmography
as Ittetsu Inaba
as Kudo Seikichi
as Tamiko's Father
as Machimura
as Kiyama
as Chuzo Okai
as Shoichiro Yabe
as Yabuki
as Michiko's Husband
as Matsuno
as Sotaro
as Wakichi of Sakai
as Kanzo
as 王哲文
as Dr. Yamaka
as Hoshino
as Akira Kimoto
as Ichimatsu
as Bunpei Sagara / Ryosuke Fujimura
as Detective Noro
as Daishirô Shirafuji
as Ichirō
as Masaharu Shimotsuma
as Masaharu Shimotsuma
as Shintaro
as Yoshio
as Koji Sugimoto
as Santarô Mochizuki
as Kentaro Sakurai
as 桜川小善平
as Keizo Hirayama
as Suzumoto
as Matsu-chan
as Sabakichi
as 啓吉/Keikichi
as Student
as Takashi Osone
as Eikichi