Keisuke Sonoi

Keisuke Sonoi

Born: March 27, 1932
in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

Movies for Keisuke Sonoi...

Title: Professional Killers
Released: September 2, 1972
Type: TV
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...
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The Big Chase
Title: The Big Chase
Released: June 25, 1971
Type: Movie
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Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
Title: Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
Released: February 21, 1970
Type: Movie
16th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
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Genocide
Title: Genocide
Character: Yoshito Nagumo
Released: November 9, 1968
Type: Movie
A group of military personnel transporting a hydrogen bomb are left to figure out how and why swarms of killer bugs took down their plane; the answer is more deliriously nihilistic, and convoluted, than you could imagine. Also known as War of the Insects, GENOCIDE enacts a cracked doomsday scenario like no other.
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Devil in My Flesh
Title: Devil in My Flesh
Released: May 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Modern sex and thrill film about tattooed prostitute.
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Title: Oyaji Daiko
Released: January 16, 1968
Type: TV
The Tsuru family is a family of nine, headed by Kamejiro. Kamejiro is the president of a construction company that has made a fortune in its first generation, but he is a one-man family. His wife, Aiko, is a typical good wife and wise mother type. Kamejiro gets angry and thunders down every week, and the children are afraid of him, calling him "Oyaji Daiko", but he also takes advantage of this.
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The X from Outer Space
Title: The X from Outer Space
Character: Dr. Shioda
Released: March 25, 1967
Type: Movie
The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.
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King of the Highway
Title: King of the Highway
Released: December 18, 1965
Type: Movie
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Twilight of Tokyo
Title: Twilight of Tokyo
Character: Shunsuke Fujioka
Released: April 2, 1965
Type: Movie
A romance that follows the men in the life of Kyoko a Travel Agent working for New Japan Travel Service.
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The Soundless Cry
Title: The Soundless Cry
Character: Koga
Released: January 30, 1965
Type: Movie
Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one happiness is his friendship with a girl who works in a bar nearby. Then, one day, his mother dies after drinking the medicine that Shinichi himself gave her. It is discovered that the pills contained poison. He is apprehended on suspicion of murder and taken away for interrogation, unable to defend himself - being deaf and dumb - or even to proclaim his innocence.
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The Forest of No Escape
Title: The Forest of No Escape
Released: January 23, 1965
Type: Movie
Adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same name.
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The Shape of Night
Title: The Shape of Night
Character: Hiroshi Fujii
Released: November 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Yoshie Nogami, a factory worker by day, works as a bar hostess at night. She begins a passionate affair with one of her regulars, but his changing demeanor and constant demands for money lead Yoshie down a dark path.
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Tange Sazen
Title: Tange Sazen
Released: November 17, 1963
Type: Movie
In 1730, the Tokugawa Shogunate orders the Yagyu Clan to repair a huge shrine. Since it cannot refuse the Shogunate's request, the impoverished Yagyu Clan tries to raise funds by obtaining a sword which holds the key to a wondrous, hidden treasure. After learning the sword's secret, Tange Sazen sides with the Yagyu Clan, but his motive seems to be more than just pure interest in the treasure...
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The Hidden Profile
Title: The Hidden Profile
Released: February 17, 1963
Type: Movie
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
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Rush to Our Sweetheart
Title: Rush to Our Sweetheart
Released: February 9, 1963
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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Shichinin no keiji
Title: Shichinin no keiji
Released: January 27, 1963
Type: Movie
Miyoko Sekiguchi, who works at a second-rate trading company, and car mechanic Koji Fukumoto are in love. The morning after Koji and Miyoko went out for a drive, the strangled corpse of a call girl is discovered in Toyamagahara. Chief Akagi, Detective Sergeant Sawada, and the other detectives begin to suspect Koji during their investigation. Koji insists he's innocent, but has no evidence to prove it. Even when detectives come to Miyoko's home and workplace and her coworkers begin to look down on her, Miyoko continues to trust and love Koji...
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Ano hashi no hotori de dai 2-bu
Title: Ano hashi no hotori de dai 2-bu
Released: September 30, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Ano hashi no hotori de
Title: Ano hashi no hotori de
Released: July 1, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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This Madding Crowd
Title: This Madding Crowd
Released: June 28, 1962
Type: Movie
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事件記者 影なき侵入者
Title: 事件記者 影なき侵入者
Released: April 2, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Kawa wa nagareru
Title: Kawa wa nagareru
Released: March 3, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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事件記者 拳銃貸します
Title: 事件記者 拳銃貸します
Released: February 18, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Love's Family Tree
Title: Love's Family Tree
Released: November 22, 1961
Type: Movie