Michirō Minami

Michirō Minami

Born: September 25, 1926
Died: November 13, 2007
in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Movies for Michirō Minami...

The Imperial Navy
Title: The Imperial Navy
Character: Kameto Kuroshima
Released: August 8, 1981
Type: Movie
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.
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Port Arthur
Title: Port Arthur
Released: August 2, 1980
Type: Movie
Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.
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Title: Special Crime Investigation Front
Released: April 6, 1977
Type: TV
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The Yakuza Code Still Lives
Title: The Yakuza Code Still Lives
Released: December 4, 1976
Type: Movie
After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new life as a labor racketeer.
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
Title: New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
Character: Genji Kawahara
Released: April 24, 1976
Type: Movie
The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constantly bullied by the upper organization and “bleed in vain” in gang wars.
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Shimane Prison Riot
Title: Shimane Prison Riot
Released: June 7, 1975
Type: Movie
Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisoners of Shimane Prison to the biggest riot in jail history. A fighter by heart, he sees a way out of any situation, but will he survive this, the gutsiest assault ever attempted?
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Code of Wolves
Title: Code of Wolves
Released: October 5, 1974
Type: Movie
In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake.
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Third Generation Boss
Title: Third Generation Boss
Released: August 10, 1974
Type: Movie
Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan's largest criminal clan.
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Hot Springs Geisha
Title: Hot Springs Geisha
Character: Takeshi
Released: June 28, 1968
Type: Movie
A look at the lives of a troupe of geishas working in a small seaside resort town. For the most part, their lives consist of greeting boatloads of oversexed businessmen and providing bawdy entertainment through the evening followed by private companionship at night, interspersed with occasional catfights with the rival geisha house. Their routine is suddenly thrown off by the appearance of an abandoned baby in the geishas' dormitory, followed by its disappearance only a short time later. Who could be responsible for such a thing?
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The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Title: The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Released: June 1, 1968
Type: Movie
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schools. However, the flight schools have extremely demanding, harsh training, and once they finally become pilots, they must become suicide bombers and give their lives for their homeland.
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Make Way for the Jaguars
Title: Make Way for the Jaguars
Character: Sgt. Tachibana
Released: March 30, 1968
Type: Movie
A plot by an evil mastermind to eliminate the lead singer of the Japanese "Group Sounds" rock band, The Jaguars, leads the group through a series of psychedelic, comedic escapades.
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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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The Aftermath of War
Title: The Aftermath of War
Released: November 18, 1967
Type: Movie
After World War II life in Japan was hard. There was lawlessness, rapine, never enough food or money. One girl, raped by three men, called out the name of Kentaro before she died and this was something that people in this small section of downtown Tokyo remembered. Life went on, however, and local boss Hiramatsu Daizo decided to build a market, aided by his daughter Aya. They met opposition until one day a young man named Kentaro appears who it is rumored he was the vengeful lover of the murdered girl. He lives with Sabu and Yukari, the children the girl looked after before she died, and helps with the market, coming to the rescue with a bulldozer when Daizo is threatened by a rival group. When Daizo is finally killed, Kentaro carries on the work. Finally the market is completed, the rival group makes a last stand but is machine-gunned down by Kentaro who, after saying that he was not the one whose name the dying girl called out, leaves town for good.
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Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack
Title: Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack
Released: September 15, 1967
Type: Movie
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Nerves for Victory
Title: Nerves for Victory
Released: August 26, 1966
Type: Movie
A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading to a fight to the death with his own brother.
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The Abalone Gals
Title: The Abalone Gals
Released: June 26, 1965
Type: Movie
South of Tokyo is a small island until quite recently relatively unchanged since feudal times. Now, however, it is being made into a tourist's playland and the girls, who had been abalone divers, now become geisha, and the old ways of the island are all topsy-turvy. One of the girls, more sensitive than the rest, sees that here, too, people are motivated only by greed and decides to leave and try to find a better life elsewhere.
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Main Street in the Underworld
Title: Main Street in the Underworld
Released: April 25, 1964
Type: Movie
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Title: Akō Rōshi
Character: Fuji Kuro of the Karashishi
Released: January 5, 1964
Type: TV
"Ako Roshi" is a group of 47 former retainers of Lord Asano. Lord Asano was forced to commit suicide after attempting to kill Lord Kira. Once the retainers hear about their Lord's death, they sacrifice their lives to regain the honor of their former master.
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The Coin Thrower Zenigata
Title: The Coin Thrower Zenigata
Released: October 13, 1963
Type: Movie
The film tells about a young detective Zenigata Heiji who successfully solves a disgusting and unusual case involving the manufacture of counterfeit money.
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Tale of Army Brutality
Title: Tale of Army Brutality
Character: Oshikawa
Released: June 14, 1963
Type: Movie
Director Jun'ya Satô's debut film focuses on the inhuman training of recruits, the brutal drill system that reigned in the Japanese army during World War II, where in the first two years of training, ordinary people were turned into inhuman killers. For his first film, the director was awarded the Blue Ribbon Awards in the Debutant of the Year nomination.
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An Actor's Revenge
Title: An Actor's Revenge
Released: January 13, 1963
Type: Movie
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
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Bad Reputation of the Big Three
Title: Bad Reputation of the Big Three
Released: January 3, 1963
Type: Movie
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Wakasama samurai torimonochō o keshō kumo
Title: Wakasama samurai torimonochō o keshō kumo
Released: December 23, 1962
Type: Movie
Movie directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda
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Mid-August Commotion
Title: Mid-August Commotion
Released: August 22, 1962
Type: Movie
A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General Staff of the Konoe Division on the eve of the end of the Pacific War.
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The Phantom Goblin
Title: The Phantom Goblin
Released: August 12, 1962
Type: Movie
An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his behalf.
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Hoero Datsugoku-shu
Title: Hoero Datsugoku-shu
Character: Hayakawa
Released: May 15, 1962
Type: Movie
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The Tale of Zatoichi
Title: The Tale of Zatoichi
Character: Tatekichi
Released: April 18, 1962
Type: Movie
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.
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Tales of President Mito
Title: Tales of President Mito
Character: Sorori
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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The Princess and the Bearded Lord
Title: The Princess and the Bearded Lord
Released: March 14, 1962
Type: Movie
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The Eve of the Chinese Festival
Title: The Eve of the Chinese Festival
Released: January 28, 1962
Type: Movie
A kabuki actor is assassinated during a New Year celebration show, in front of everyone, fortunately the great detective Umon is among the audience. Along with his quirky assistant they set on the trail of revenge killing. Revenge for what? Who and where is the killer? And what does a treasure and swastika spider tattoos have to do with the case?
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Boss Takes to the Road
Title: Boss Takes to the Road
Character: Hanada
Released: September 23, 1961
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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Happiness of Us Alone
Title: Happiness of Us Alone
Released: January 15, 1961
Type: Movie
The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a school reunion, and the film follows their trials and tribulations ... and joys.
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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Title: The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Character: Yoshida Jôtôhei
Released: November 20, 1959
Type: Movie
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
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Pfc. Story - The Divine Tempest
Title: Pfc. Story - The Divine Tempest
Character: Second Lieutenant Koshiba
Released: October 9, 1959
Type: Movie
First installment of the "Pfc. Story" series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku, and seventh overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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Desperado Outpost
Title: Desperado Outpost
Character: Sakai Sôchô
Released: October 6, 1959
Type: Movie
When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother's killer.
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Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
Title: Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
Released: July 4, 1959
Type: Movie
In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplomats, to take them to the Canaries and arrange an armistice. When they get there, peace has been declared, but the sub's crew don't know as their radio has failed. They send their passengers ashore and go out to face a final battle...
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The Forbidden Castle
Title: The Forbidden Castle
Released: February 24, 1959
Type: Movie
From an original story by Shibata Renzaburo, the novelist who created such classics as: the "Nemuri Kyoshiro" series (Son of the Black Mass), "Destiny’s Son" etc. comes the complex story exploring the mystery behind why Ino Morimasa betrayed his sworn brother Ishida Mitsunari, thus leading to the defeat of the Toyotomi at the Battle of Sekigahara. Starring Nakamura Kinnosuke in one of the strongest performances of his career as Ino's estranged son seeking justice. Originally known as "The Forbidden Castle".
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Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Title: Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Released: December 7, 1958
Type: Movie
1958 Japanese movie
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A Texan in Tokyo
Title: A Texan in Tokyo
Released: March 20, 1957
Type: Movie
A Texan visiting Tokyo takes medicine that gives him strength.