Yoshibumi Tajima
Acting
Biography
Yoshibumi Tajima was a Japanese actor.
Born: August 4, 1918
Place of Birth: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association.
High and Low
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Admiral Yamamoto
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.
Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
A powerful terrorist organization known as the Black Cross Army threatens to destroy the Earth, with only the defense organization EAGLE (EArth Guard LEague) able to oppose them. In retaliation, Black Cross Army destroys multiple EAGLE headquarters across Japan, killing all but five people. Now, these five remaining EAGLE members are called to form a secret, powerful team known as Gorenger, the only force left that has a chance to stop the Black Cross Army and their evil leader, Black Cross Führer.
Ultra Q
As supernatural events and monster attacks rock Japan, the military and government look to be overwhelmed. Three intrepid young investigators—two pilots and a reporter—take it upon themselves to study these unexplained phenomena in order to inform and protect the public. With allies and science aiding them on their journey, the trio must separate myth from history as they explore the greater mysteries of these occurrences: are they unrelated, or is this barrage somehow a portent of even worse things to come?
The Militarists
The Hidden Fortress
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.
The Bad Sleep Well
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.
Two in the Shadow
A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.
Filmography
as Environmental Director General Hidaka
as Masatoshi Kojima
as Sasaki
as Mayor
as Factory Manager Suzuki
as Seiichi Ito
as Detective
as Ijichi
as (uncredited)
as General
as Colonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment
as Henchman
as Adachi
as Officer Hirai
as Shozaemon Ube
as 関デスク，每日新闻报社会部的部长
as General
as Murata, Japanese Imperial Navy submarine captain
as Samurai
as Ship Captain
as Gangster
as Kumayama
as Tome 'Amano' Amanoshome
as Yasumoto
as Chief Prison Officer
as Sailor
as Captain of Uranami
as Yukichi Yamamoto captain of the Shinsei-Maru No. 2
as Detective Kojima
as Numajiri
as Tagami
as Military Advisor
as Detective Inspector
as Reporter B
as Electric Company Director
as Jiro's Vassal
as (uncredited)
as Slave Buyer (uncredited)
as Komakichi
as Captain of Uranami
as Detective Sakata
as Tsurukichi Togawa (Escaped convict)
as Teacher Tanaka
as Izeki
as Mr. Tanaka
as Yamaka
as Dai Gyō Chō
as Izeki
as Yoshioka samurai
as Shogo Aramaki
as Kokichi Yamamura
as Soga
as Tachikawa