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Akira Yamada
Born: 13th Sep 1932 Taipei, Taiwan - Died 27th Feb 2003
Dept: Acting
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 36
Film: 36 (100%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Fantasy
Filmography
Original title: コント55号 人類の大弱点
1969
A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami. ... view
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Original title: 昭和残侠伝 唐獅子仁義
1969
Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken ... view
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Original title: 女は幾万ありとても
1966
A newlywed couple moves into an apartment complex where each family faces everyday problems. ... view
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Nozaki (Hamano’s Colleague)
Original title: 太平洋奇跡の作戦 キスカ
1965
In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhe ... view
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Officer
Original title: 国際秘密警察 指令第８号
1963
Agent Jiro Kitami attempts to stop a smuggling ring from shipping arms to Vietcong guerrillas. ... view
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Police Officer
Original title: ハワイの若大将
1963
Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous screening with Matango. Filmed on location in Hawaii. ... view
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京南ヨット部員
1962
In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where ... view
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Issaku
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Original title: 忠臣蔵 花の巻・雪の巻
1962
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their hon ... view
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Original title: 日本一の若大将
1962
Yuuichi Tanuma, our young hero, is a senior at Kyonan University and captain of the marathon team. His parents run a sukiyaki restaurant back in his h ... view
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Original title: 妖星ゴラス
1962
In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is en ... view
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Hayabusa Engineer
Original title: 銀座の若大将
1962
Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant, singing in a band, and preparing for an important boxing t ... view
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Original title: モスラ
1961
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population al ... view
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Island Worshipper
Original title: 大学の若大将
1961
The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series. ... view
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Original title: 守屋浩の三度笠シリーズ 泣きとうござんす
1961
A wandering swordsman helps a doll maker and his fiancée fight against a ruthless gang in a small town. As tensions escalate, epic duels and betrayal ... view
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Original title: ガス人間第一号
1960
A failed science experiment gives a librarian the ability to turn into a gaseous substance. He goes on to rob banks to fund his dancer girlfriend's ca ... view
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(uncredited)
Original title: 夜の流れ
1960
A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in hi ... view
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Original title: 国定忠治
1960
Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's ... view
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Gorozo
Original title: 銀座退屈娘
1960
A rebellious heiress clashes with gangsters, dodges an arranged marriage, and unexpectedly falls for a principled lawyer as her father confronts past ... view
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Original title: 独立愚連隊
1959
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 ... view
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Original title: 狐と狸
1959
A group of hustling peddlers swindle rural towns with fake goods, facing betrayals, close calls, and constant setbacks as they chase survival and drea ... view
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Original title: 若旦那大いに頑張る
1959
A college football star gets caught in a scandal involving a geisha teacher, endangering his team’s season and his family’s honor—until a last-m ... view
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Saburō
Original title: 大怪獣バラン
1958
When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Vara ... view
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Issaku
Original title: 美女と液体人間
1958
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where s ... view
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Policeman Wakasugi - Witness on rainy day (uncredited)
Original title: 昭和刑事物語 俺にまかせろ
1958
A young detective tries to determine whether a mysterious death was the result of murder or self-defense. ... view
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Original title: 大番
1957
A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku S ... view
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Matsumoto
Original title: 空の大怪獸 ラドン
1956
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mine ... view
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Radio operator on jeep (uncredited)
Original title: 獣人雪男
1955
Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman. ... view
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Kaji
Original title: 雪の炎
1955
During a winter visit to her grandfather’s mountain home, a young saleswoman becomes entangled in love and jealousy among visiting skiers. After hea ... view
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Original title: かくて自由の鐘はなる
1954
Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who defies societal norms to study Dutch and English. Des ... view
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Satoshi Nomura
Original title: 七人の侍
1954
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six ... view
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Farmer
Original title: 赤線基地
1953
Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution. ... view
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Original title: 太平洋の鷲
1953
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war w ... view
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(uncredited)