Shinichi Yanagisawa

Shinichi Yanagisawa

Born: December 19, 1932
Died: March 24, 2022
in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Shinichi Yanagisawa...

The Magic Hour
Title: The Magic Hour
Character: Takase Makoto
Released: June 7, 2008
Type: Movie
A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.
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House of Himiko
Title: House of Himiko
Character: Masaki
Released: August 27, 2005
Type: Movie
Saori is a young woman struggling to make her way in life. Her gay father, Himiko, had abandoned Saori and her mother years before. Now her father's young lover Haruhiko shows up to tell Saori that her father is dying of cancer. Still angry with her father but in need of money, Saori travels to the House of Himiko, a nursing home established by her father for gay men. Over time, a tenuous relationship begins to develop between Saori, her father, and Haruhiko.
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Makoto-chan
Title: Makoto-chan
Character: Dad (voice)
Released: July 26, 1980
Type: Movie
The series follows the odd life of kindergartener Makoto Sawada and his family. Makoto gets into all sorts of toilet and adult humor. He sometimes dresses in his mother's and sister's clothing, and often has a long strand of mucus dangling from his nose.
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Visitor After Dark
Title: Visitor After Dark
Character: Master Makino
Released: October 10, 1975
Type: Movie
Suspense film about a beautiful photographer who becomes involved in a murder case.
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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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Human Target
Title: Human Target
Character: Presenter
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: Movie
At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was being arrested by detective Negoro, the detective's bullet struck Sakuko, Yamabe's girl friend who attempted to protect him, and crippled her. When Yamabe was sent to prison, Negoro cared for her and they fell in love. Sakuko asked him to marry her, but Negoro was reluctant to take the killer's sweetheart from him. Learning of the relationship of his girl friend and the detective, Yamabe had pledged revenge.
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Fun on the Run
Title: Fun on the Run
Character: President
Released: December 30, 1970
Type: Movie
Comedy about five good-for-nothings who run a phony exercise-hall.
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The Performers
Title: The Performers
Character: Ichiro Natsukawa
Released: January 15, 1970
Type: Movie
Seijuro Fujihana, head master of the Fujihana dance school, is a proud and lonely artist. And because of his character, his group lacks the prosperity of others. He wishes his daughter Kasumi, gifted like himself, to take over and develop the Fujihana, but she wishes to marry Hiroshi, head of a jazz band which her father opposes. Kisaburo, Seijuro's No.1 disciple, wants to marry Kasumi and take over the Fujihana with the backing of the chairman of the supporters' association.
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Watch Out, Crimson Bat!
Title: Watch Out, Crimson Bat!
Released: October 1, 1969
Type: Movie
A young female samurai comes upon a dying messenger and agrees to deliver the scroll he was carrying to its destination. However, unbeknownst to her, the scroll is actually a formula for a new kind of gunpowder. An evil clan that is planning to overthrow the Emperor is also after the scroll, and they try to take it from her.
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Fallen Leaves and Sweet Memories
Title: Fallen Leaves and Sweet Memories
Character: Kumaki
Released: March 29, 1969
Type: Movie
Nobuko and five male friends graduate from a high school, promising to remain friends forever. One year later, Nobuko is working as a mediocre actress for TV commercials, and the five men are wearing beards and have formed a psychedelic rock band. One day, Nobuko meets Jun, who draws cartoons based on his experiences.
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Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
Title: Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
Character: Hanji
Released: March 15, 1969
Type: Movie
A young girl named Oichi is abandoned by her mother and blinded by a lightning strike. When her guardian is killed, she learns to wield a sword from a traveling ronin. As she develops into a master swordsman, her profession becomes that of a bounty hunter. Many test her sword and many die by her skills. She travels throughout the countryside to seek her mother and her revenge.
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Season of Love
Title: Season of Love
Character: Ota
Released: February 21, 1969
Type: Movie
Pinky and Yoko are about to graduate. Full of hope and uncertainties they embark on a tale of temptation.
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Hotsprings Holiday
Title: Hotsprings Holiday
Released: February 14, 1968
Type: Movie
Two rival groups of gangsters vie for control of a tiny port town in northern Japan. Daisuke, a member of the older of the two gangs, and Kosuke, a hoodlum in the newer gang, both fall in love with the daughter of an inn proprietor, even though she evinces more interest in improving the town than in their romantic advances. Eventually, the two hoodlums come to respect her efforts and decide to join forces in ridding the town of all gangsters. The two men succeed in restoring peace to the town and, rejected by the innkeeper's daughter, they leave town as friends.
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New Year Trip
Title: New Year Trip
Released: January 3, 1968
Type: Movie
A comedy about a good-natured train conductor Shinsaku helping his old friend Miwako find her missing brother.
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The X from Outer Space
Title: The X from Outer Space
Character: Miyamoto
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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Our Young World of Music
Title: Our Young World of Music
Character: Keisuke Sakai
Released: November 26, 1966
Type: Movie
Japanese youth film.
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The Sun of Love and Tears
Title: The Sun of Love and Tears
Character: Yoshitaro Mizoguchi
Released: July 30, 1966
Type: Movie
The golden duo of Yukio Hashi and Chieko Baisho. A film rich in a variety of songs, dances and falling in love to the rhythm of Yukio Hashi's song of the same name.
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The Kii River
Title: The Kii River
Character: Kanoda
Released: June 11, 1966
Type: Movie
Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.
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By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Title: By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Character: Nakajima
Released: March 23, 1966
Type: Movie
Also known as "History of a Man’s Face" and "By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him" . Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz, and tasteless fashion sense, and only the tough but suave Dr. Amamiya (Ando) can stop them, as long as he gets rid of his silly peace-loving ideals.
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Flame and the Code
Title: Flame and the Code
Character: Tsunekichi Matsuyama
Released: March 5, 1966
Type: Movie
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Snow Country
Title: Snow Country
Character: Inn clerk
Released: April 10, 1965
Type: Movie
This movie is based on an immortal literary work "The Snow Country," a story about a life of geisha Komako who lives in a region with heavy snowfalls.
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The Scarlet Camellia
Title: The Scarlet Camellia
Released: November 21, 1964
Type: Movie
A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detective looking into the deaths does not suspect her.
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Nippon Paradise
Title: Nippon Paradise
Released: October 4, 1964
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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For Love and Money
Title: For Love and Money
Released: December 24, 1963
Type: Movie
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Hibari's Tale of Pathos
Title: Hibari's Tale of Pathos
Released: October 6, 1962
Type: Movie
Hibari Misora plays a singing guide, who is secretly in love, her fortunes turn for the worse when a gangster’s henchman hears her singing and takes a liking to her beautiful voice. The trouble starts when her family borrows money from the gangsters, setting off a series of incidents which lead to tragedy.
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Ōwarai Jiro chō ikka: Sanshita nitei kenjū
Title: Ōwarai Jiro chō ikka: Sanshita nitei kenjū
Released: May 15, 1962
Type: Movie
Comedy movie
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Tales of President Mito
Title: Tales of President Mito
Character: Iemichi Tokuyama
Released: April 4, 1962
Type: Movie
Mr. Mito, a former president of an instant food company, with two young men’s help, solves the quality problems and wins a big ramen contract with a large Chinese company.
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Pleasant Company
Title: Pleasant Company
Released: March 7, 1962
Type: Movie
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Love School
Title: Love School
Released: February 28, 1962
Type: Movie
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次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
Title: 次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
Released: January 9, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
Title: The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
Released: December 6, 1961
Type: Movie
A group of four chorus singers leave their hometown in Kyushu and go to Tokyo to become stars. It’s a musical comedy that shows Segawa’s talent.
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Boss Takes to the Road
Title: Boss Takes to the Road
Released: September 23, 1961
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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Tale of A Company Boss Pt.2
Title: Tale of A Company Boss Pt.2
Released: July 8, 1961
Type: Movie
1961 Toei comedy
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Tale of a Company Boss
Title: Tale of a Company Boss
Released: May 21, 1961
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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誰よりも金を愛す
Title: 誰よりも金を愛す
Released: February 2, 1961
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
Title: The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
Released: November 20, 1960
Type: Movie
Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.
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Deep River Melody
Title: Deep River Melody
Released: September 13, 1960
Type: Movie
A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.
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Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
Title: Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
Released: December 26, 1959
Type: Movie
Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. Masuo's colleague is invited to thank him for the newlyweds, but Masuo has been told by Managing Director Hanamura to go on a business trip to Kansai. Before long, Masuo contacted Sazae to come to Osaka.
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おヤエのママさん女中
Title: おヤエのママさん女中
Released: March 10, 1959
Type: Movie
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The Most Valuable Madam
Title: The Most Valuable Madam
Released: February 11, 1959
Type: Movie
lchiro, the president of Mihara & Co., is henpecked by his wife Momoko, a clever and beautiful woman, but prattling and intrusive. She makes her younger sister Nashiko marry lchiro's younger brother, Jiro, manager of his company and now plans to marry her youngest sister Kyoko to her husband's youngest brother, Saburo. This means her domination of the Miharas and their business, a fine triple play which would gain her the title of "The Most Valuable Madam." However, in opposition to Momoko, Kyoko boldly declares that she will never marry Saburo. However Saburo is a most attractive young man and attracts Kyoko. Will she or her elder sister be able to win the title of "The Most Valuable Madam"?
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Immoral Lecture
Title: Immoral Lecture
Released: January 9, 1959
Type: Movie
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Endless Desire
Title: Endless Desire
Released: November 18, 1958
Type: Movie
Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during the war. A grimly humorous tale of twisted relationships as one by one each of the group is eliminated.
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Red Pier
Title: Red Pier
Character: Shiraishi Paku-san
Released: September 23, 1958
Type: Movie
Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop.
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Nishi Ginza Station
Title: Nishi Ginza Station
Character: Jutaro Oyama
Released: July 29, 1958
Type: Movie
This short comedy concerns the extramarital affair of a drugstore owner. It is based on a popular song by the star of the film, Frank Nagai.
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The Girl from Osaka
Title: The Girl from Osaka
Released: June 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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Stolen Desire
Title: Stolen Desire
Character: Ezaburo Yamamura
Released: May 20, 1958
Type: Movie
A rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows.
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Tora-san's Home Run
Title: Tora-san's Home Run
Released: March 18, 1958
Type: Movie
The second Tora-San feature.
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Forbidden Lips
Title: Forbidden Lips
Released: January 3, 1958
Type: Movie
A youth lyrical story of pure love of a girl who grew up in the Kyoto Gion quarter, with a geisha mother and sisters Maiko and a college student.
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The Eagle and the Hawk
Title: The Eagle and the Hawk
Character: "Mom"
Released: September 29, 1957
Type: Movie
In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. After the break of dawn, two seamen join the crew of a rusty cargo ship Kaiyo Maru. One is a troublemaker with bad attitudes, Senkichi Nomura, who pursues an enemy in order to take revenge for his father's death. The other is Keizo Sasaki, a buff, eagle-eyed man on board for a certain mission.
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Dancing Sisters
Title: Dancing Sisters
Released: January 3, 1957
Type: Movie
It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daughters. Haruko, the eldest, is the lead vocalist in a band. Natsuko is the conscientious type, who spends her days in ballet classes beautifying herself. The youngest of the three, Akiko is a bookworm who found her niche in philosophy. Although the sisters may appear to have nothing in common, there is one thing they all agree on; "Mom needs a new husband".
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Diary of the First Incredible Laughing Trip
Title: Diary of the First Incredible Laughing Trip
Character: Gonpachi
Released: January 3, 1955
Type: Movie