Akira Ishihama

Akira Ishihama

Born: January 29, 1935
Died: July 26, 2022
in Tokyo, Japan
Akira Ishihama, born on January 29, 1935, in Tokyo, Japan, was a distinguished actor known for his roles in Harakiri, Mobile Sheriff Jiban,"and Kamen Rider Black: Terrifying! The Phantom House of Devil Pass. He sadly passed away of natural causes on July 26, 2022 at the age of 87 in Saitama, Japan.

Movies for Akira Ishihama...

Title: AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Released: October 9, 2002
Type: TV
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.
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Ayamariya Business
Title: Ayamariya Business
Released: June 29, 1997
Type: Movie
1997 V-Cinema film.
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Abduction
Title: Abduction
Released: June 7, 1997
Type: Movie
The film opens with kidnappers of a corporate executive making an unusual ransom demand: that a wizened executive from another company haul large bags of money through downtown Tokyo as the media documents his every move. When the first old man almost dies from exhaustion, a second, and eventually a third elderly corporate fat cat is ordered to do the same. The police detective assigned to the case (Tetsuya Watari) and his younger partner (Masatoshi Nagase) are livid with indignation at this sorry spectacle. They learn that these four men were involved in a massive industrial spill that poisoned an entire rural hamlet 20 years previous. Suddenly, the detective -- who studied in the States and apparently absorbed some John Wayne-like mannerisms in the process -- isn't sure who are the victims and who are the villains.
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Henshin Mou Hitori No Watashi
Title: Henshin Mou Hitori No Watashi
Released: June 7, 1993
Type: Movie
A suspense drama based on Miyuki Miyabe. In contrast to herself, she and two women lived a free-spirited life, forcing a restaurant owner to raise funds because of the Shinjuku incident. An office lady who impulsively jumps out of the company because she can't stand the sarcasm of girls at the company witnesses a motorboat accident. However, the accident was treated as suicide...
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Hold Me and Kiss Me
Title: Hold Me and Kiss Me
Released: November 14, 1992
Type: Movie
Keiko’s life is turned upside down when she discovers that she has been infected with HIV. As she struggles to cope with the situation and resist the infection, she finds new friendship and companionship with a journalist named Miyuki and a man named Akira.
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Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue
Title: Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue
Character: Daimon Kazamatsuri
Released: February 20, 1992
Type: Movie
Doctors Kazamatsuri and Onizuka are geneticists researching cures on diseases such as AIDS and cancer by performing experiments to strengthen the human body. The test subject is Shin Kazamatsuri, motorcycle racer son of Doctor Kazamatsuri. Unknown to them, their operation is funded by a syndicate group, who plan to use this research to have the bodies of men strengthened for their own gain—they have already been experimenting in the field of cyborg soldiers, to a less-than-successful attempt. However, they did not count on Onizuka's own secret ambitions; the mad Onizuka wanted to create a new species, by fusing a grasshopper's DNA with the test subject's, in order to start a new civilization and be their god. He has tested on himself, but seems to be having greater success with Shin.
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Title: Super Rescue Solbrain
Character: Eizo Kansaki
Released: January 20, 1991
Type: TV
After the Winspector police team leaves Japan to fight crime in France, Chief Shunsuke Masaki realizes he must create a new police team to defend Tokyo from crime. He creates Solbrain – a high-tech special rescue force, expert in missions requiring rescue and firepower. Its leader is Daiki Nishio, a rookie detective who can use the Plus Up command in his car to transform into SolBraver. Other members are Reiko Higuchi, also able to use the Plus Up command to transform into SolJeanne, SolBraver's female counterpart; and SolDozer, a yellow bulldozer robot.
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Title: Onihei Hankachō
Character: 中山茂兵衛
Released: July 12, 1989
Type: TV
Hasegawa is a chief police of big heart who leads a band of samurai police and cultivates reformed criminals as informants to solve difficult crimes.
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Title: Mobile Cop Jiban
Character: Yanagida
Released: January 29, 1989
Type: TV
Mobile Cop Jiban is a Japanese tokusatsu television series which serves as the 8th entry in the Metal Hero franchise, and the first series to have toy commercials that were filmed on Videotape. Produced by Toei and aired by TV Asahi in Japan from January 29, 1989 to January 28, 1990, it ran for 52 episodes and a feature movie aired on July 17, 1989. According to Toei's International Sales & Promotion Department, the series' English title can be referred to as Jiban. Created by Keita Amemiya, the premise for the series combines elements from the American film Robocop and the 1970s tokusatsu Robot Detective.
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Kamen Rider Black: Terror! Demon Mansion at Devil's Pass
Title: Kamen Rider Black: Terror! Demon Mansion at Devil's Pass
Character: Dr. Makino
Released: July 9, 1988
Type: Movie
The city of Yūbari in the Hokkaido prefecture has become a ghost town following the presence of Shadow Moon and his minions of Gorgom. Makino, a scientist working on Gorgom's top-secret robot experiment, escapes from the evil organization and returns to Tokyo, only to find out that his wife and daughter have been abducted. As Kamen Rider Black, Kotaro travels to Yubari to save Makino's family and liberate the town from Shadow Moon's evil grasp.
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Deluxe Salon Car Engagement Tour Murders
Title: Deluxe Salon Car Engagement Tour Murders
Character: Detective
Released: September 12, 1987
Type: Movie
Fukami, a secretary engaged to company president Kaido, her employer, is invited by his close friends, the Nogis, to a three-day-two-night tour. The tour group is traveling in a luxurious coach to Lake Megami in the Tateshina Plains. On the way, they are disturbed to hear that Shirai, a hostess who was supposed to come along on the tour, has been murdered. And the next day, the body of Hasegawa, another tour member, is floating in Lake Megami...
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Title: Choushinsei Flashman
Character: Doctor Tokimura
Released: March 1, 1986
Type: TV
Five soldiers were given special abilities by the Alien Flash Race. They fight using energy of the Prism.
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Danchizuma no sakebi
Title: Danchizuma no sakebi
Character: Yuhei Mizoguchi
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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Title: 古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Hidesuke Tsubaki
Released: February 19, 1983
Type: TV
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Onna no naka no akuma
Title: Onna no naka no akuma
Released: July 17, 1982
Type: Movie
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Devil's Flute
Title: Devil's Flute
Character: Toshihiko Shingu
Released: January 20, 1979
Type: Movie
Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent blend of intrigue and betrayal, set against the backdrop of wealth, this film is loaded with twists and turns and surprises at every corner.
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Title: Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
Released: August 20, 1977
Type: TV
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Suddenly, Like a Storm
Title: Suddenly, Like a Storm
Character: Dr. Yoshikawa
Released: April 29, 1977
Type: Movie
21-year-old Hideo Ishida is a reckless young man. Today again, he took part in a car race with a stolen driver's license and a car belonging to the junkyard. But unfortunately, things go wrong and after a collision with another car, the seriously injured Hideo is taken to the hospital. Here he meets the nurse Yuki Kobayashi. Yuki is the opposite of Hideo. During the day she works as a nurse and in the evening she studies hard. However, Hideo's behavior leaves an unforgettable impression on Yuki and the two soon develop an intimate friendship ...
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Case of the Disjointed Murder
Title: Case of the Disjointed Murder
Character: Mokubei Miyake
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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Hanzaki Daimyojin, Gorosuke no uta
Title: Hanzaki Daimyojin, Gorosuke no uta
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
1972 Japanese film directed by Tengo Yamada.
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Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 8 - The Mysterious Cat Beauty Mansion
Title: Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 8 - The Mysterious Cat Beauty Mansion
Released: August 29, 1971
Type: Movie
Eighth film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.
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Orgies of Edo
Title: Orgies of Edo
Character: Chokichi
Released: January 9, 1969
Type: Movie
Three stories of moral sickness set during Japan’s prosperous Genroku era are told in this bloody follow-up to the sexploitation classic Shogun’s Joy of Torture, the politically incorrect moral lessons paint a trio of tales of tragic heroines caught up in violence, sadomasochism, incest and torture.
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The Snow Woman
Title: The Snow Woman
Character: Yosaku
Released: April 20, 1968
Type: Movie
A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a bad snow storm after finding a special tree for carving a statue for the local temple. Finding refuge in an abandoned hut they celebrate their luck in finding the tree but soon they are visited by the Snow Witch who freezes the sculptor to death but takes pity on the apprentice. He must promise to never speak of this or she'll return and kill him.
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Day-Dream
Title: Day-Dream
Character: Kurahashi
Released: December 4, 1964
Type: Movie
While under sedation in a dentist's office, a young art student has sex fantasies about naked women, vampires and a beautiful patient he saw in the office.
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Daigaku kazoe uta senpai kōhai
Title: Daigaku kazoe uta senpai kōhai
Released: December 5, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Harakiri
Title: Harakiri
Character: Motome Chijiiwa
Released: September 15, 1962
Type: Movie
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and integrity, suspecting Hanshirō of seeking charity rather than an honorable end. What follows is a pair of interlocking stories which lay bare the difference between honor and respect, and promises to examine the legendary foundations of the Samurai code.
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Mother Country
Title: Mother Country
Released: April 29, 1962
Type: Movie
In 1919, a group of Japanese immigrants arrives in Hawaii. Among them Yoshio Inoue and his wife Kishimo and Sumi, a young woman ready to get married soon. With the soil that is hard to work and the subtroipical climate, the immigrants have to cope with a hard life. But after years of hard work, Yoshio finds work as a teacher while his wife manages to open a small grocery store. But with the war around the corner, life becomes more and more complicated for the Japanese immigrants in a foreign country.
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Drunkard's Paradise
Title: Drunkard's Paradise
Released: February 4, 1962
Type: Movie
A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving behind a fiance…. A unique social satire that focuses on why people drink alcohol.
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Immortal Love
Title: Immortal Love
Character: Yutaka, Takashi's son
Released: September 16, 1961
Type: Movie
The year is 1932, and a woman, whose tenant-farmer fiancé is fighting in China, is raped by the landowner's son, who has returned from the war with a crippling injury, and then forced into marriage with him. In four more chapters, presented over three decades, their children undertake their own searches for love, while the parents try to make each other as miserable as possible.
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Towering Waves
Title: Towering Waves
Character: Henmi - a journalist
Released: October 30, 1960
Type: Movie
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
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Storm on the Silvery Peaks
Title: Storm on the Silvery Peaks
Character: Shigeru Ôta
Released: April 29, 1960
Type: Movie
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Farewell to Spring
Title: Farewell to Spring
Character: Kôzô Teshirogi
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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Kaze no uchi so to
Title: Kaze no uchi so to
Released: March 24, 1959
Type: Movie
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Bridge
Title: Bridge
Released: March 4, 1959
Type: Movie
A 1959 Yoshiaki Bansho adaptation of an Osaragi Jiro story.
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Flower Shop Curtain
Title: Flower Shop Curtain
Released: January 27, 1959
Type: Movie
The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Title: The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Character: Chin
Released: January 15, 1959
Type: Movie
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
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Aozora yoitsu mademo
Title: Aozora yoitsu mademo
Released: May 5, 1958
Type: Movie
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Woman Unveiled
Title: Woman Unveiled
Released: January 15, 1958
Type: Movie
Story of a family torn apart when Teiji (Mori), the father, develops intimate feelings for a runaway (Kuga) the family has taken into their home.
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Elegy of the North
Title: Elegy of the North
Character: Mikio Hisada
Released: September 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A sensitive young woman aged 22 fell in love with a middle aged man who was troubled by his unfaithful wife.
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The Unbalanced Wheel
Title: The Unbalanced Wheel
Released: July 3, 1957
Type: Movie
A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.
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Young Lovers
Title: Young Lovers
Released: January 3, 1957
Type: Movie
The story of a young couple deeply in love with each other but, because of complications and misunderstandings created by the people surrounding them, they find it very difficult to achieve happiness.
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The Rose on His Arm
Title: The Rose on His Arm
Character: Masahiro Hase
Released: November 14, 1956
Type: Movie
Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.
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Tears
Title: Tears
Released: September 26, 1956
Type: Movie
A young woman marries someone else, but cannot forget her first lover.
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Christ in Bronze
Title: Christ in Bronze
Character: Kichisaburo
Released: October 11, 1955
Type: Movie
Christ in Bronze is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Minoru Shibuya. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.
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Next Door to Happiness
Title: Next Door to Happiness
Released: September 7, 1955
Type: Movie
The Nakata family, father, mother, son Hideo, and daughters Taeko and Akiko live in the poorer section of modern Tokyo. Their troubles start when the father leaves with another woman, returns after he is rejected, and leaves again with the family's money.
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The Tattered Wings
Title: The Tattered Wings
Character: Ryo
Released: August 31, 1955
Type: Movie
A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she's seen with her intense, no-nonsense childhood sweetheart.
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Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Title: Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Character: Noboru, Ryoichi's brother
Released: November 23, 1954
Type: Movie
This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the city of Kawasaki, and their troubles and travails.
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Dancing Girls of Izu
Title: Dancing Girls of Izu
Released: March 31, 1954
Type: Movie
A dancer girl in a touring company met a high school boy in a port town. The story is about their first love that is very touching and sorrowful. An adaptation of the Kawabata Yasunari short story.
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Sincere Heart
Title: Sincere Heart
Character: Hiroshi
Released: January 29, 1953
Type: Movie
A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from afar.
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Youth of the Son
Title: Youth of the Son
Character: Haruhiko
Released: June 25, 1952
Type: Movie
The story of a father and two teenaged sons, and the rivalry between the two siblings as they begin to discover the attraction of girls.
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The Waves
Title: The Waves
Released: April 3, 1952
Type: Movie
Nami (波 Nami) is a Japanese film directed by Noboru Nakamura. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.
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Fireworks Over the Sea
Title: Fireworks Over the Sea
Character: Ippei Nagisa
Released: October 25, 1951
Type: Movie
A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.
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Boyhood
Title: Boyhood
Character: First son
Released: May 12, 1951
Type: Movie
When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.