Takashi Kanda
Acting
Biography
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Born: April 14, 1918
Place of Birth: Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Known For
The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil
The fictional land "Pandora" sends three (numbered) graduates of the "National Gambling University" to Japan. You should defeat the master player Kôji, control the international casino empire and use the profits to achieve world domination. But Japan's most famous left hand knows what to do.
Tange Sazen: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon
This movie depicts a familiar samurai Tange Sazen story realistically. Tange loses one of his eyes and arms in an attempt to recover a masterpiece sword for his lord. However, his efforts are not appreciated and he becomes a man of hatred.
Professional Killers
A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...
Japan's Don
A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.
Run, Genta, Run!
A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.
Hiroshima
Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, and its effects on various civilians, especially children, of that city.
Massacre Gun
Kuroda is a mob hitman who turns on his employers after being forced to execute his lover. Joining forces with his similarly wronged brothers, hot-headed Eiji and aspiring boxer Saburo, the trio escalate their mob retaliation to all-out turf war where no one will stop until one faction emerges victorious.
The Eleventh Hour
Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to rescue a group of trapped miners. The title is a figure of speech — (essentially “last minute” or “eleventh hour”) — that refers to a situation of peril. The film boasts a script co-written by Uchida and Akira Kurosawa’s frequent screenwriter, Shinobu Hashimoto, and stars Kurosawa’s frequent star Takashi Shimura.
Vacuum Zone
Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his term for theft. Told in flashback, viewers learn about Kitani's past and reasons behind his prison sentence.
The Desperate
A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its depths. Ace detective Sugai pursues Chiyo, the mistress of a man who was arrested for extortion, and takes advantage of her weakness. However, as his colleague Tokumochi and others regard him with suspicion, he is tormented by remorse.
Filmography
as Shunsuke Ebara
as Hitoshi Tsuburaya, director
as Lawyer Daiji Hanaoka
as Tadao Ohasa
as Mine
as Toyo Kamiyama
as Leader of the next Administration
as Gozo Matsubara
as Hyogo Isobe
as Reimon Tajimaya
as Takashima
as Akazawa
as Lord Danjô Mikoshiba
as Eiji Uzuki
as Yusaku Amemiya
as Niwa Nagahide
as Chief Detective
as Chiba
as Chief Detective
as Bun Okawara
as Chief Detective
as Chief Detective
as Chief Detective
as Police Department Fujikawa
as Army Minister
as Chief Detective
as Chief Detective
as Gamo Taiken
as Inspector Isokawa
as Kyozo Tajima
as Chief Detective
as Todoroki
as Kito Daisaku
as 大塚先生
as Mayor
as Chief Investigator
as Chief Investigator
as Inspector Takeda
as President Sekiguchi
as Sayama's brother
as Ono
as Tachibana
as Chief Investigator
as Chief Investigator
as Chief Investigator
as Major Nakayama
as Chief Investigator
as Chief Investigator
as Higa Saburo (Gisen's Disciple)
as Oka
as Kondo Isami
as Master (segment 1)
as Matsudaira Mondonosho
as Man with glasses
as Yasugorô Inoue
as Senda
as Troop Commander Mine
as Kenji Takase
as Masuyama
as Yamaguchi
as Suzuki
as Tooyama