Yōichi Numata
Acting
Biography
Yōichi Numata (沼田 曜一 Numata Yōichi) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 27 films between 1949 and 2001.
Born: July 19, 1924
Place of Birth: Okayama, 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.
Happiness of Us Alone
The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a school reunion, and the film follows their trials and tribulations ... and joys.
Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.
Haunted Cave
The treasures of the Aoyamas were buried at the bottom of the sea when a large earthquake occurred years before. Yumi Aoyama is the only person who knows the location, but her family dies one after another through curious incidents, as if the family were under a curse. Yumi is surprised by the ghost of a dead sister who looks the same as the grim figure who jumped into the old well alter stabbing herself with a sword. Fearful that a similar fate awaits her, Yumi seeks the help of her friend Kyoko. Later the ghost appears before Kyoko and her fiancé, Detective Nonomiya. In a haunted cave, Kyoko and Yumi are in deadly peril from those who seek treasures of the Aoyamas.
The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin
In the northern province, two waitresses Mieko and Hanako from Tokyo, are missing somewhere near the River Kitakami. At night, the villagers of Shirayama gather round a blazing fire, and utter incantations while an old headman tempers a sword...
The Ghost Cat of Otama Pond
Two lovers lost in the mountains. In what direction do not go, they find themselves in a mysterious forest pond, as if some kind of force does not want to let them go. Once upon a time, over a century ago, there had been a crime, whose shadow still hovers over these places.
Miniature
Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate.
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.
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…
Big Time Gambling Boss
Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer.
Filmography
as Kuka
as Takashi Yamamura
as Takashi Yamamura
as Kiguchi
as Commander of the Guard Chou
as Giichi Motoyashiki
as Yasuharu Akaiwa
as Niho No Junkichi
as Kasuke
as Torakichi
as Susumu Noguchi
as Keloid
as Detective Horii
as Koichi, Akiko's brother
as Chief Inspector Fuji
as Tamura
as Newspaper editor
as Captain Hirano
as Inspector Miyata
as Ryûtarô Tachibana
as General Kodama Gentarô
as Muneharu Yugebe
as Prof. Mizuki
as Counsel Hayashi
as Nobuhiko Kasahara
as Gonnohyoei Yamamoto
as Tonomo Shirakawa
as Vice-Admiral Ijuin
as Inue Shinbee
as Shôgun Iemitsu
as (uncredited)
as Lieutenant Sekiya
as Yoshio Oka
as Kurisu
as Numazawa
as Keiichi Ogata
as Takeshi Minami
as Senmanta