Toru Minegishi
Acting
Biography
Tōru Minegishi was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1963 to 2008.
Born: July 17, 1943
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Known For
High School Teacher
Hamura entered a high school as a biology teacher. Unexpectedly, one of his students, Mayu, fell in love with him. The forbidden love between the teacher and the student began to sprout. Hamura was worried that his relationship with Mayu would be misunderstood, so he tried to escape. However, he later understood Mayu’s tragic life and that the two could not be separated…
Tokyo Noir
Three tales that center around sex and citizens of Tokyo: A repressed woman embraces her sexuality, ("Birthday"), an unexpected reunion disrupts a sex worker's routine ("Night Lovers"), and a sex blogger discovers connection in the depths of loneliness ("Girl's Life").
Onihei's Detective Records
A criminal syndicate wants detective Onihei dead, but the resolute hero proves to be hard to kill.
The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
A star tennis player takes revenge on the blackmailers out to ruin his athletic career.
Nekonade
Taro Onizuka is a 45-year-old businessman who is at the head of the human resources department. Highly disciplined at work and home, and tasked with cold-bloodedly laying off employees, his life changes when he finds a kitten.
His Motorbike, Her Island
Ko, a motorbike enthusiast from the city wandering the Japanese countryside, falls for the carefree local Miyo and teaches her how to ride. When Miyo proves herself a biker prodigy, Ko begins to fear she's destined to crash.
Departures
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
The Last Samurai
The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.
GARO
The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the task of watching over a district and eliminating any Horrors that manifest there. GARO follows the tales of the Knights bearing the title of ‘Golden Knight Garo’, and their duty to vanquish the Horrors and protect Humanity from the darkness.
Proof of the Man
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
Filmography
as Koichi Muranishi
as Yoshiki Kobayashi
as Ryuzaki Masataro
as Senior Managing Director Matsushima
as Anglay / Tasuke Taniyama
as Katsuyuki Akiyoshi
as Asama Zozo
as 中小路一夫
as Yoji's Father
as Iwao Fudoh
as Kenji Saotome（早乙女 賢次）
as Youji Nagao
as Seisaku Kouda
as Ichiro Mochizuki
as Colonel Goro Gondo (archival footage) (uncredited)
as Inoue
as Photographer
as Ninomiya Kosuke
as Iemitsu Tokugawa
as Kabe
as Hideo Yoshikawa
as Hideo Yoshikawa
as Dad
as Lieutenant Goro Gondo
as Dr. Muraki
as Teacher Tagawa
as TV Drama Actor
as Kudo
as Sakae's Father
as Ginji Ishigaki
as Tokuda, School Master
as Entertainment Reporter
as Onozato
as Kenichi Yuzuki
as Tetsuo Nozaki
as Kazuo's Father
as Boss Yoshida
as Yuuichi Fukaya
as Keiji Sasaki
as Naoyuki
as Mr. Tachihara
as Takeo Miki
as Ryūhei Ochi
as Makino
as Doctor
as Shiraki
as Kyogoku
as Visitor in "The Woman in the Eye"
as Soji Mawari
as Yasubei Horibe
as Yakuza
as Shiro Kazama
as Mineichi
as Tora no Hyôe
as Hachiro
as Kunisada Chuji
as Keisuke Ôta
as An Actor
as Junichi Sakai
as Ryuji Kitano
as Minato ("Printemps Cosmetics" Advertising Division Employee)
as Ebina Masaaki