Hiroshi Minami

Hiroshi Minami

Born: March 15, 1928
Died: March 4, 1989
in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Hiroshi Minami...

Mighty Jack
Title: Mighty Jack
Released: December 29, 1987
Type: Movie
The organization Mighty Jack is formed to combat the criminal syndicate known as "Q", and are given a large array of advanced weapons, chief among them being a high-tech submarine. Harold Hatari is abducted by Q, and Mighty Jack is dispatched to rescue him. Hatari is interrogated and threatened with blinding lights, but the Mighty Jack crew rescue him in the nick of time. Later, Q is discovered to be using "hot ice" (water that remains solid at room temperature) to create weapons and a secret ocean base disguised as an iceberg (though it's not precisely clear how hot ice could be a major world threat). Q then attempts to take over the Mighty Jack sub.
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Surgical Designs in Flames
Title: Surgical Designs in Flames
Released: May 24, 1986
Type: Movie
A story of the skilled brain surgeon, Todo, whose talent and ambition are put to test through a series of high risk surgical procedures.
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Port Arthur
Title: Port Arthur
Character: Sergeant
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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300 Million Thief Immune to Charges Begins
Title: 300 Million Thief Immune to Charges Begins
Released: November 22, 1975
Type: Movie
In this retelling of an infamous unsolved heist, a couple tries to outlast the statute of limitations after successfully stealing 300 million yen.
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Karate Killer
Title: Karate Killer
Released: October 13, 1973
Type: Movie
Kiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the violent acts he has committed. Once he's out, he begins working as a bodyguard in a club that is crawling with gangsters.
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Three Little Geisha
Title: Three Little Geisha
Released: July 4, 1973
Type: Movie
A young girl works as a geisha to earn money for travel.
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Secret Zone of Tokyo
Title: Secret Zone of Tokyo
Released: February 6, 1971
Type: Movie
The third installment of the "Night front line" series. An erotic entertainment action in which two young men come to Tokyo and meet face-to-face with a nocturnal organization that controls women with sex and violence.
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Thugs of Shinjuku
Title: Thugs of Shinjuku
Released: December 18, 1970
Type: Movie
Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he forms a rag-tag gang called “the Shinjuku Brothers.” The members of their gang are thugs who only wish they were traditional yakuza. When they turn up at the funeral for a gangster, they are not welcomed, but a senior boss intervenes to keep things calm. The boss of bosses invites them to join a respected local council of warlords. Katsumata is suspicious of why such powerful men would extend an invitation to lowlife like himself.
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Yukyo-retsuden
Title: Yukyo-retsuden
Released: July 4, 1970
Type: Movie
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Brothers of Capones
Title: Brothers of Capones
Released: May 23, 1970
Type: Movie
Superbly entertaining action comedy with Tomisaburo Wakayama as Kuriyama Capone who learned his trade under Al Capone in Chicago. The film follows his first venture to Japan with gangster brothers Frank (Shingo Yamashiro) and Joe (Fumio Watanabe). And being chased by gangster and the FBI, including the granddaughter of Eliot Ness. The whole thing is a good amount of fun, the performances especially (Wakayama, Yamashiro, Watanabe in a rare heroic role), making this one of routine director Takashi Harada’s best pictures.
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Trapped, the Crimson Bat
Title: Trapped, the Crimson Bat
Character: Yasugoro
Released: June 21, 1969
Type: Movie
Oichi may have met her match as she vies against the evil beauty that has set her sights on destroying her. She must face numerous other challenges before confronting her greatest rival. While longing to live and love like other women, she realizes that she can never have a normal life, her sword which she holds on to like a security blanket will always come between her and such a life...
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Secret Information
Title: Secret Information
Character: Keiichi Hanamura
Released: May 14, 1968
Type: Movie
A gangster named Sagara killed a broker at the request of a friend named Oba, was arrested and spent eight years in prison. Now released, he wants to find out who squealed on him.
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Title: Mighty Jack
Released: April 6, 1968
Type: TV
Mighty Jack was a tokusatsu SF/espionage/action TV series. Created by Japanese effects wizard Eiji Tsuburaya, the show was produced by Tsuburaya Productions and was broadcast on Fuji TV from April 6, 1968 to June 29, 1968, with a total of 13 one-hour episodes. The music for the episodes was done by Isao Tomita and Kunio Miyauchi. Reportedly, Eiji Tsuburaya considered this series his masterwork because the focus was on the people rather than on the vehicles and special effects This focus on the people was similar to the works of Gerry Anderson, of which Eiji was a big fan. The Mighty Jack mecha/HQ featured in this series also has some similarities to Eiji's previous TV masterpiece, Ultra Seven. Even for the original series of 13 one hour-long episodes, the ratings were low. The follow-up series, Fight! Mighty Jack, fared better in the ratings, perhaps because of its inclusion of monsters and aliens rather than purely human evil-doers like Q.
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Traveling in Party
Title: Traveling in Party
Released: November 12, 1967
Type: Movie
A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.
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Parole
Title: Parole
Released: October 21, 1967
Type: Movie
Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.
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Branded to Kill
Title: Branded to Kill
Character: Gihei Kasuga
Released: June 15, 1967
Type: Movie
After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
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Saga from Chichibu Mountains - Sword Cuts the Shadows
Title: Saga from Chichibu Mountains - Sword Cuts the Shadows
Character: Keijirô Ichinose
Released: April 8, 1967
Type: Movie
During the 1880's a young swordsman, Saotome Gengo, on his way to Tokyo stops at an inn in a small town. But he does not know that his prowess has already attracted envious attention and that Senzo, the boss of the local gang, plans to have him killed. Seiji, the disowned son of the innkeeper, has run up a big gambling bill and, to settle it, the hoodlums decide to kill him. He is saved, however, by Hanako, star of the dancing troupe also staying at the inn. Gengo meets Hanako and learns that the troupe cannot open their show because the local police corruptly demand too much of the receipts. After another fight, Gengo sees the police-chief on behalf of the troupe, but is refused. So he suspects that the police and the hoodlums are implicated with each other. There seems no way to open the show until they hear that the governor is coming to the town for a local banquet. They appeal to him and he promises to investigate. It is decided that a duel will settle the matter...
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A Woman's Gamble
Title: A Woman's Gamble
Released: November 26, 1966
Type: Movie
Onna no Toba, is the first film in long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin. The series gets cited on lists of action yakuza films or woman avenger films, but once the films are actually viewed, it is quickly obvious they are not generally about action except in the nominal sense of acts of gambling. And while Ogin is in fact sometimes motivated by revenge, she is not as a rule a martial artist or a killer, & this series tends to place its female hero as far away from the "action babe" method as she can get. Ogin is an honest dealer in the criminal underworld of yakuza-run gambling. She is samurai-like in that she sets out to become Japan's number one dealer, much as a samurai might go on his "warrior's pilgrimage" to become Japan's number one swordsman.
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O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo
Title: O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo
Released: October 28, 1966
Type: Movie
After an American Navy base is annihilated by a secret weapon, Agent OSS 117 is sent to Japan to investigate the organization that's claiming responsibility, and threatening the US with another attack, if they don't pay.
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Police Department Story Pt.24: Missing
Title: Police Department Story Pt.24: Missing
Character: Detective Azuma
Released: December 5, 1964
Type: Movie
Two people disappeared, engineers of the company Yamato Matsui and Koyama. The two worked overtime, and it is proven that they consumed alcohol together. According to the sushi restaurant employee who delivered the order around 9 p.m., the two were arguing loudly. Traces of blood were found at the scene, and it looks like a murder occurred. The Investigative Department begins an investigation… The 24nd work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.
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Homicide
Title: Homicide
Character: Koichi Murayama
Released: June 20, 1964
Type: Movie
This film tells about the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Aikawa, the head of the Bureau of Military Affairs, about the beginning of the incident 2.26 and the execution of young officers.
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Police Department Story Pt.23: Confession
Title: Police Department Story Pt.23: Confession
Character: Detective Azuma
Released: February 23, 1964
Type: Movie
The corpse of a man is found in the Dobu River in Tokyo, the victim was a man named Genzaburo Sakai, who was engaged in debt collection. The shoe shiner Kinoshita, who was in debt to Sakai, was soon apprehended. During interrogation, Kinoshita said that he was the one who killed Sakai. However, after a while, he admitted that he lied, because he thought that in prison he could eat plenty of rice for free. The investigation established that Sakai was a repatriate from Manchuria, and after returning to Japan, he had a wife, Rie Kawai. The investigation begins the search for Rie... The 23nd work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.
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A Life of Intimidation
Title: A Life of Intimidation
Released: December 7, 1963
Type: Movie
Japanese action film.
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Element of Surprise
Title: Element of Surprise
Released: September 21, 1963
Type: Movie
1963 Toei war / action film.
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Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
Title: Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
Character: Toji - Gion Fujitsugu
Released: August 14, 1963
Type: Movie
In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission of learning; with the introduction of his arch-rival Sasaki Kojiro; and lastly the large cast of characters rendezvouses for a fateful finale.
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The Revenge and the Death
Title: The Revenge and the Death
Character: Tomishima
Released: August 7, 1963
Type: Movie
A gritty, noirish gangster saga.
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Duel of the Underworld
Title: Duel of the Underworld
Released: July 13, 1963
Type: Movie
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Police Department Story Pt.22: Teenage Footsteps
Title: Police Department Story Pt.22: Teenage Footsteps
Character: Detective Azuma
Released: July 7, 1963
Type: Movie
A 16-year-old high school student Midori Matsumoto was found dead on the banks of the Tama River. The only clue is shoe marks on rubber soles. From the interview of witnesses, it became clear that Midori was walking with a guy last night. In addition, it turned out that Midori was close to a college student Kimoto, and a high school student Miyazaki. According to his friends, Miyazaki had an alibi, but Kimoto did not. A unique work in which the problems of teenage sex are considered from the point of view of the murder of a girl. The 21nd work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.
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Police Precinct Part 21
Title: Police Precinct Part 21
Character: Detective Azuma
Released: June 14, 1963
Type: Movie
A burnt corpse of a man was found in Okutama. As a result of the investigation, it turns out that the criminal strangled the victim with a bandage, smashed his face with an oil canister and burned the body, trying to hide the identity of the victim. But the investigation establishes that the victim is a former criminal named Hisashi Sayama. According to the daughter-in-law of the Sayama, a man named Kitamura got him a job, so he left home with a copy of the family register. Trying to find the killer, the First Investigation Department is investigating all over the country, including Akita, Yokkaichi and Okinawa.
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Cosmetic Sales Competition
Title: Cosmetic Sales Competition
Character: Gonpachiro Shirai
Released: June 9, 1963
Type: Movie
A cosmetics saleswoman falls for a rival executive.
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The Life of Rikisha-Man
Title: The Life of Rikisha-Man
Released: April 28, 1963
Type: Movie
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Police Department Story Pt.20: Backing Investigation
Title: Police Department Story Pt.20: Backing Investigation
Character: Detective Azuma
Released: February 10, 1963
Type: Movie
This time, the investigation division is investigating the case of a man who confessed to killing a woman in a labyrinth 2 years ago, adhering to the constitutional provision that "confessing a suspect is not a crime." The 20nd work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.
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Fearful Witch
Title: Fearful Witch
Released: December 16, 1962
Type: Movie
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Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Title: Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Character: Fujitsugu Gion
Released: November 17, 1962
Type: Movie
The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle after three years of intense contemplation and philosophical study and starting on his epic quest to complete his skill in the Way.
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Hell's Kitchen
Title: Hell's Kitchen
Released: October 12, 1962
Type: Movie
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Police Department Story Pt.19: Landfill
Title: Police Department Story Pt.19: Landfill
Character: Detective Azuma
Released: July 29, 1962
Type: Movie
In the former landfill, where construction is currently underway, the corpse of a middle-aged man with an unusual rosary in his hand was dug up. An autopsy showed that the victim was about 40 years old, 170 cm tall, had bad teeth, and had been strangled about a month ago. The police department begins an investigation, Detectives Hayashi and Kitagawa set out to investigate the origin of the rosary, and Detectives Nagata and Watanabe begin interviewing construction workers. In the end, it turns out that the rosary belongs to some new religion... The 19th work from the series "Keishicho Monogatari".
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Four Sisters
Title: Four Sisters
Character: Sankichi Asayama
Released: July 1, 1962
Type: Movie
A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.
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Police Department Story Pt.18: Mysterious Red Phone
Title: Police Department Story Pt.18: Mysterious Red Phone
Character: Detective Azuma
Released: June 24, 1962
Type: Movie
The investigation team of the police department is chasing a vicious criminal who kidnaps children, the key to catching the villain this time is the phone. The 18th work from the series "Keishicho Monogatari".
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G-Men in the Pacific
Title: G-Men in the Pacific
Character: Hyodo
Released: April 22, 1962
Type: Movie
G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama.
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新婚シリーズ 最初が肝心
Title: 新婚シリーズ 最初が肝心
Released: February 7, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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新婚シリーズ 月給日は嫌い
Title: 新婚シリーズ 月給日は嫌い
Released: January 23, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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South Pacific Waves Are High
Title: South Pacific Waves Are High
Released: January 9, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Rascals! Go to Hell
Title: Rascals! Go to Hell
Released: December 24, 1961
Type: Movie
A boss of underworld helps the police crush an evil gang.
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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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City
Title: City
Released: October 14, 1961
Type: Movie
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Police Precinct Part 17
Title: Police Precinct Part 17
Character: Detective Azuma
Released: September 13, 1961
Type: Movie
The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night before, and the evidence, in addition to shoe horns and handkerchiefs, is soap with the name of the tavern. When detectives at Shiogama Station followed the man's tracks, it turned out that he had come from Ueno.
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The Stragglers
Title: The Stragglers
Released: October 5, 1960
Type: Movie
The last Japanese soldier in 16 years who survived
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Secret
Title: Secret
Released: April 5, 1960
Type: Movie
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The Great Road
Title: The Great Road
Released: March 8, 1960
Type: Movie
The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .
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The Second Bullet is Marked
Title: The Second Bullet is Marked
Released: January 27, 1960
Type: Movie
Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.
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Man of the World
Title: Man of the World
Released: January 21, 1960
Type: Movie
An upstanding young man who is popular with the ladies takes on a corrupt group of men in his company.
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Keishichō monogatari iryū-hin nashi
Title: Keishichō monogatari iryū-hin nashi
Released: September 15, 1959
Type: Movie
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Keishichō monogatari 108 gōsha
Title: Keishichō monogatari 108 gōsha
Released: June 9, 1959
Type: Movie
1959 Japanese movie
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Keishichō monogatari gao no nai on'na
Title: Keishichō monogatari gao no nai on'na
Released: February 18, 1959
Type: Movie
1959 Japanese movie
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Men in a Rough Town
Title: Men in a Rough Town
Released: January 28, 1959
Type: Movie
An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.
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Points and Lines
Title: Points and Lines
Character: Kiichi Mihara
Released: November 11, 1958
Type: Movie
Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the truth behind an apparent double suicide.
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The Deep Blue Sea
Title: The Deep Blue Sea
Released: July 30, 1957
Type: Movie
To fulfill a friend’s dying wish, a young sailor Kenji takes on the task of delivering an heirloom to his friend’s daughter, Harumi, who has been adopted by another family. When he arrives, Kenji soon discovers that Harumi and her adopted family are the targets of an evil gang boss. In an attempt to help them, he decides to take matters into his own hands.