Yoshito Yamaji
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Yoshito Yamaji.
Born: September 28, 1904
Place of Birth: Wakayama prefecture, Japan
Known For
Rabble Tactics
The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to keep the wolf from the door. The farmers are recruited in groups of fifteen. In Yaju's village, there are only twelve men, so they press Oto, who looks more like a boy than a girl, to join, disguised as a man.
Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp
Nishina Saburouta is powerful but corrupted priest. One night, an old samurai who couldn't bear him any more, attempts to kill him, but without success. Saburouta is rescued by his niece, Keisuke at the last moment. Keisuke is a a good-for-nothing. Since that event, he always turns to his uncle when he needs money. Recently Keisuke feels his uncle isn't as generous as he used to be, he suspects that Saburouta has found out the illicit relation between Keisuke and his uncle's young mistress, Ohasu.
The Third Will
A story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives, after the passing of their old father.
The Tale of Zatoichi
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.
Assassination
In 1863, when American warships approach Japan, an enigmatic ronin becomes an important figure in a complex game of power between the Shogunate and the empire.
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.
Tsukigata Hanpeita
During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt government and end the bloodshed between the Choshu and Satsuma clans which would ultimately lead to the alliance of these 2 clans and restoration of the emperor to full power. Based on the play that made Sawada Shojiro famous, this is the story of Tsukigata Hanpeita, a forward looking samurai from Choshu, who along with Katsura Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma of Tosa worked to bring their dream of a new era in Japan.
The 47 Ronin
In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Lord Asano to commit suppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Lord Kira. Lord Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the dishonor of their Lord. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi asks the Shogun to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses his request and Oishi and forty-six ronin revenge their Lord.
Bronze Magician
Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1952) & the milestone silent surrealist masterpiece A Page of Madness (Kurutta Ippeji, 1926).
Satan's Sword
The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Ryunosuke Tsukue, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesn't hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good.
Filmography
as Higuruma
as Detective Yoshikichi
as раб
as 松下総務部長
as Yahei
as Yahei
as Kotetsu
as Yasuzo Iinuma
as Onogawa
as Nagayoshi Tanigawa
as Squad leader Nanba
as 蝮の大八
as 勘十
as 七五郎
as 米山半助
as 伊藤軍兵衛
as 谷口新平
as Yoriki
as 比企田頼三
as 仲間鬼松
as 成田の甚蔵
as Tarobei
as 斧定九郎
as 海老名軍蔵
as 岩間八兵衛
as 岡本半介
as 時田安之丞
as Komiyama Jizaemon
as Toshizo Hijikata
as 朝比奈
as Tsunaemon Watanabe
as Village youth
as Yahei Moriyama
as 横地虎十郎
as Yasuda
as Tatsugoro
as Tatsugoro
as Yoshizô
as Teacher (uncredited)
as Tokuji Ogata
as Yosôemon Kajikawa
as Kadokura
as prince Edokko