Kazuya Kosaka

Kazuya Kosaka

Born: May 30, 1935
Died: November 1, 1997
in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Kazuya Kosaka...

OL忠臣蔵 Chu〜Shin Gura
Title: OL忠臣蔵 Chu〜Shin Gura
Released: September 13, 1997
Type: Movie
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Lost Paradise
Title: Lost Paradise
Character: Suzuki
Released: May 10, 1997
Type: Movie
Kuki is a veteran newspaper reporter who has been shuffled off to a book-development branch and finds escape in an illicit relationship with Rinko. Together they find the passion no longer present in their marriages.
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See You at the Campground
Title: See You at the Campground
Released: October 7, 1995
Type: Movie
Japanese romantic comedy film.
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Lifetime Insecurity
Title: Lifetime Insecurity
Character: Kohei Hanazawa
Released: October 29, 1994
Type: Movie
In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees are segregated into a special assignment division and given an ultimatum: meet a sales goal of 1.5 billion yen within three months or be fired. Spiteful of their unjust treatment, two men, Shinoda and Takigawa, take up the battle against the ruthless Yokoyama.
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Title: The 101st Proposal
Character: 矢吹孝夫
Released: June 30, 1991
Type: TV
101st Marriage Proposal is a "Beauty and the Beast" story starring Takeda Tetsuya (Virgin Road, 3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi Sensei) as a down-on-his-luck man who has gone through 99 omiai (arranged dates with the intention of marriage if the date goes well). Not particularly smart, nor handsome, nor rich, he is a man who cannot lie and of course, has a heart of pure gold. On the 100th omiai, he meets Kaoru (Asano Atsuko), an extremely beautiful and talented cellist who can't forget her dead fiancee.
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The Men Who Made Ultraman
Title: The Men Who Made Ultraman
Released: March 21, 1989
Type: Movie
A biographical dramatization about the production of the original Ultraman, the beloved classic special effects fantasy series from Eiji Tsuburaya.
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Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
Title: Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
Character: Genkichi Karuma (Episode 2)
Released: September 15, 1988
Type: Movie
Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's, Atsugi Shizuka, body shape. Because of that Shizuka tries her best to restrict her diet and please Kazuki. "It's So Far Away!" Karuma Sae is an office lady who works in the city center but lives with her family in a house far away from her work. Because she is always rushing to catch the last train, she can never enjoy a decent date with her boyfriend, Oishi Mamoru. Her father is also always interfering in her life, so she can't appreciate the city life and isn't happy. "Get Ready to Drive!" Masuko is a new taxi driver in Tokyo who is very stressed from dealing with the behavior of some passengers. One night he drives a very beautiful drunk hostess home. "What Is English?" Kosaka Shigeru, a businessman, was transferred to a Chicago branch factory. He tried hard to learn English, practicing day and night, but couldn't improve as much as he expected.
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松田聖子のスイート・メモリーズ
Title: 松田聖子のスイート・メモリーズ
Released: September 30, 1987
Type: Movie
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Makeup
Title: Makeup
Released: April 25, 1987
Type: Movie
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A Taxing Woman
Title: A Taxing Woman
Character: Middle-aged Man
Released: February 7, 1987
Type: Movie
Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities. Itakura and Gondo soon find themselves engaged in a complicated, satirical battle of wits.
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Kids
Title: Kids
Released: September 14, 1985
Type: Movie
A girl whose younger brother as well as her lover were killed is drawn with a pistol in her hand.
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The Detective
Title: The Detective
Character: Fumiaki Nishizawa
Released: September 22, 1984
Type: Movie
Detective Muramatsu's wife, Fusae, is killed by a drug addict. After the criminal climbs to the roof of the house with a hostage, Muramatsu shoots him dead in order to rescue the hostage, but the public denounces his actions as stemming from the personal grudge of a detective whose wife was just murdered, and he is demoted.
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Futari no onna
Title: Futari no onna
Released: December 27, 1983
Type: Movie
After Emiko, a bookstore owner, is driven to suicide by loan sharks, her orphaned son Eisuke decides to take his revenge on them. As Eisuke has no relatives, he is taken in by Keiko, who keeps an eye out for him due to his unusual behavior. One day, Eisuke breaks into the loan company with an improvised gun. In the moment, Keiko ends up becoming Eisuke's accomplice and helps him succeed in the robbery. However, the two are surprised when they hear something on the TV news that differs from the truth.
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Danchizuma no sakebi
Title: Danchizuma no sakebi
Character: Kenzo Hiranuma
Released: July 23, 1983
Type: Movie
A man she was once in a relationship with has been killed. A wife keeping a secret from her husband gets involved in a strange case.
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The Makioka Sisters
Title: The Makioka Sisters
Character: Nomura
Released: May 21, 1983
Type: Movie
This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.
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Title: 古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Naoe Takigawa
Released: February 19, 1983
Type: TV
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Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
Title: Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake
Released: October 23, 1982
Type: Movie
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The Unspoiled Diamond
Title: The Unspoiled Diamond
Released: May 15, 1982
Type: Movie
A college student has an affair with a married, middle-aged teacher.
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Oh, My Son!
Title: Oh, My Son!
Released: September 15, 1979
Type: Movie
A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.
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Gem Beauty
Title: Gem Beauty
Released: January 2, 1979
Type: Movie
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Title: Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
Released: August 20, 1977
Type: TV
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Case of the Disjointed Murder
Title: Case of the Disjointed Murder
Released: March 14, 1977
Type: Movie
In the summer of 1947, various men and women gather at a mansion in the countryside at the invitation of Kazuma Utagawa. They are artists, novelists, poets, painters, playwrights, actresses, etc. Then the murders begin, one after another. The incident seemed to have no continuity...
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Daigoro vs. Goliath
Title: Daigoro vs. Goliath
Character: Saito, zookeeper
Released: December 17, 1972
Type: Movie
An inventor and his family try to raise funds to feed a giant monster named Daigoro so that he doesn't shrink. Meanwhile, a meteor lands into the sea bringing with it another giant monster named Goliath. Will Daigoro be able to stop Goliath?
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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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Title: Ai yori aoku
Character: 岩井(コック)
Released: April 3, 1972
Type: TV
The 12th NHK Asadora. Set in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, at the end of the Pacific War. Maki is the heroine, married to Shuichi who must go to war. She stays home and takes on the role of other war widows, managing business and a Chinese restaurant.
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Title: Ashita Kara no Koi
Released: April 21, 1970
Type: TV
Set in a neighborhood near a private railway station in the suburbs of Tokyo, this cheerful home drama depicts various events that occur in the homes of merchants and businessmen, as well as love affairs between men and women of all ages. It is a story of people of goodwill and kindness.
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Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
Title: Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
Released: October 3, 1968
Type: Movie
A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.
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That Cute Girl
Title: That Cute Girl
Released: March 31, 1965
Type: Movie
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The Strangers Upstairs
Title: The Strangers Upstairs
Character: Masami Hamuro
Released: December 15, 1961
Type: Movie
After moving in to their dream home, newlyweds decide to rent out their second floor to save money. They soon discover the woe of being landlords.
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Furimuita hanayome
Title: Furimuita hanayome
Character: Shinichi
Released: September 16, 1961
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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Love and the Shop Curtain
Title: Love and the Shop Curtain
Released: April 28, 1961
Type: Movie
Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan to renovate into a modern hotel before the ‘64 Tokyo Olympics. Maki, the son of the owner of the Benten Hotel, likes Yuri and wants to get closer to her. So, he asks Milton, an American exchange student, to stay at her inn so he can get closer to her. But Yuri is in love with Shin, a cook at her inn. And although Shin likes her too, the two are constantly bickering. Complicating matters more, is that every other available girl also likes Shin including Chikako, who lives at his boarding house, and Chikoma, who is a geisha. One day when Yuri gets a phone call, she suspects that her mother might be having an affair. But it turns out that Otami reunited with her old flame Tomo, who also used to work as a chef at the inn but left because he feared that their class backgrounds were too different. When Shin learns that Yuri is going to marry...will history repeat itself?
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Killers on Parade
Title: Killers on Parade
Released: February 19, 1961
Type: Movie
A vengeful contractor hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews when an amateur marksman shows up his eclectic competition.
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Youth in Fury
Title: Youth in Fury
Character: Seiichi Mizushima
Released: August 30, 1960
Type: Movie
A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku’s iconoclastic New Wave. At the height of student protests, Shimojo (Shinichiro Mikami) takes his aggressions to another level, beset by seemingly insoluble feelings of alienation.
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One Way Ticket to Love
Title: One Way Ticket to Love
Character: Kenji Shirai
Released: April 15, 1960
Type: Movie
The backstage romances of an egotistical singer and his under-valued manager, a lovelorn bandman and a nude dancer.
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Spring Dreams
Title: Spring Dreams
Character: Yukio
Released: January 3, 1960
Type: Movie
When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous friends.
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Pineapple Butai
Title: Pineapple Butai
Character: Yogi
Released: December 27, 1959
Type: Movie
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Tokyo Omnibus
Title: Tokyo Omnibus
Released: October 30, 1959
Type: Movie
The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love with a runaway girl who turns out to be the leader of a religious sect. Kusano is the henpecked proprietor of a rice biscuit shop who dreams of owning a bird and dog shop and his daughter is in love with a boarder, employed by the private detective agency searching for the runaway girl. The agency head has his own dream of arranging thirty marriages and has already accomplished twenty-seven. Tatsumi is a newspaper reporter who dreams of a big scoop to enable him to marry a girl TV producer and his friend a mountain climbing enthusiast who dreams of joining a Himalayan expedition but is opposed by his wife. His love of the mountains is shared by a boarder in their home and by a fishmonger's son.
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Thus Another Day
Title: Thus Another Day
Character: Gorô Mori
Released: September 27, 1959
Type: Movie
A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out their house during the summer to pay off their mortgage, and there she meets a lonely old man...
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Donto ikōze
Title: Donto ikōze
Released: June 8, 1959
Type: Movie
Comedy about the trials and tribulations of youth.
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Farewell to Spring
Title: Farewell to Spring
Character: Takuya Minemura
Released: April 28, 1959
Type: Movie
Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were.
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Tomorrow's Sun
Title: Tomorrow's Sun
Released: March 13, 1959
Type: Movie
A playful short film made in the style of a trailer for a fictional feature film that seems to be a spoof of films that were popular in Japan at the time.
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The Eternal Rainbow
Title: The Eternal Rainbow
Character: Minoru
Released: October 28, 1958
Type: Movie
Two men at an ironworks encounter roadblocks: the first does not have the grades to get a job, while the other finds himself falling for a co-worker.
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Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Title: Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Character: Komura
Released: April 20, 1958
Type: Movie
Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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Don't get in your hands
Title: Don't get in your hands
Released: February 16, 1958
Type: Movie
A woman in a bar was killed at a new construction site in an apartment building, and a handbag containing the value of five million yen was taken away. Detective Kuribayashi, who was involved in the investigation, turned his eyes to Kishida Ryohei, a cabaret musician who lives in a nearby apartment. He had a criminal record for stabbing his wife, who had betrayed him, and a match he worked for had fallen at the scene of the murder. However, Kishida, who appeared at the police station, stubbornly denied the crime, and he returned to his apartment without physical evidence.However, the residents of the apartment who learned of this had been cold-blooded and rumored to be a murderer. Kishida has a secret crush on the stripper Tachibana Yumi, who lives in the apartment directly opposite.However, Yumi has a lover of a plumber named Maki Shinji.
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Hobo Village
Title: Hobo Village
Released: January 29, 1958
Type: Movie
Live-action adaptation of Yoshiro Kato’s manga.
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Birth of Romance
Title: Birth of Romance
Character: Self - Singer
Released: May 15, 1957
Type: Movie
The cabaret «Romance», run by Masami Daisaku's father, is experiencing financial difficulties, and Masami is betting on changes and asks singer Hibari Misora to perform. Musical youth comedy with young actors, passion, funny songs and laughter. Hibari Misora appears as herself.
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Utau yajikita kogane dōchū
Title: Utau yajikita kogane dōchū
Released: January 3, 1957
Type: Movie
1957 Japanese movie