Kei Taguchi

Kei Taguchi

Born: January 10, 1933
in Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Kei Taguchi...

1750 Days of Turbulence
Title: 1750 Days of Turbulence
Released: September 15, 1990
Type: Movie
After the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years.
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Ana
Title: Ana
Character: Joji Ikoma
Released: March 13, 1984
Type: Movie
A double suicide happens in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture. The two were employees of rival real estate companies. A prosecutor who senses a setup exposes the truth.
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A Madcap Corporation
Title: A Madcap Corporation
Released: December 17, 1983
Type: Movie
A comedy of a yakuza family that goes into show business.
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Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl
Title: Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl
Released: April 8, 1983
Type: Movie
When the 'Lowly Ronin' helps an orphaned teenage girl avoid being turned into a prostitute, she then claims he is her father and they start a farm as father and daughter until fate steps in and he must draw his sword.
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Shi no dangai
Title: Shi no dangai
Released: January 26, 1982
Type: Movie
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Dead Angle
Title: Dead Angle
Released: July 4, 1979
Type: Movie
Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.
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Proof of the Man
Title: Proof of the Man
Character: Lawyer Imamura
Released: October 8, 1977
Type: Movie
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
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Ore no sora
Title: Ore no sora
Character: Masayuki Yasuda
Released: May 28, 1977
Type: Movie
Based on the manga of the same name. Originally published in the Japanese magazine Weekly Playboy. It follows Ippei Yasuda, son of a prominent family, who is immensely gifted in nearly everything he does.
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Reformatory Buddies
Title: Reformatory Buddies
Released: March 30, 1974
Type: Movie
Third film in the series.
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A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
Title: A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
Released: July 4, 1973
Type: Movie
After a desperate gang of ex-soldiers and gamblers meet in a fistfight in occupied Ginza they decide to make the neighborhood their own.
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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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The Armed Organization
Title: The Armed Organization
Released: November 10, 1971
Type: Movie
Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsurata as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union. He finds himself between a rock and a hard place, at odds with both the dockworkers' leader (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and sadistic, unprincipled bosses (Fumio Watanabe and Tetsuro Tamba).
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
Title: Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
Released: October 27, 1971
Type: Movie
A story of lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty.
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Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
Title: Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
Released: November 20, 1969
Type: Movie
An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence.
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The Private Police
Title: The Private Police
Released: September 6, 1969
Type: Movie
After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an Ex-Kamikaze pilot, and the two ruffians gather hooligans to join their group. In Ginza, the Togawa gang have taken over Sakurada's territory. After several fights Kijima and Ôba gain control of the territory by chasing out the notorious Togawa Group in the name of Sakurada. But Kijima is arrested for assaulting an American soldier. A few years pass. Kijima has served his prison term and the sears of war have been erased from Ginza. Ôba is now president of a company specializing in collection of bad debts, cheque frauds and everything that means money. People call their organization the “Private Police,” and Kijima begins to work for Ôba. Now the Takegami gang waits a chance to seize the Ginza territory.
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Title: Operation: Mystery
Released: September 15, 1968
Type: TV
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King Kong Escapes
Title: King Kong Escapes
Character: (voice)
Released: July 22, 1967
Type: Movie
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle atop Tokyo Tower.
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Title: Astro Boy
Character: Lamp
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: TV
In the year 2000, Dr. Boyton creates a super-robot in his deceased son's image. He calls the robot Astro Boy. Astro Boy can swim oceans, leap over mountains, even fly into space on his own power. However, Astro Boy can't replace his son. Dr. Boyton becomes dissatisfied with the boy robot and disowns him. Astro Boy is befriended by Dr. Packadermus J. Elefun of the Institute of Science, who guides him through his adventures. Endowed with super strength, rocket-powered flight, a selfless heart and a kind demeanor, Astro Boy fights a never-ending crusade against the forces of evil!
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Akitsu Hot Springs
Title: Akitsu Hot Springs
Character: Soldier C
Released: June 15, 1962
Type: Movie
Yoshida’s first big-budget production and colour film is a haunting tale of unrequited love and postwar disillusion. The story of the fatal attraction between a spineless intellectual and a strong woman is conventional, but its enactment is radically new.
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Actress
Title: Actress
Released: November 27, 1956
Type: Movie
Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.
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Ai Sureba Koso
Title: Ai Sureba Koso
Character: Shigeru (segment 3)
Released: July 5, 1955
Type: Movie