Shingo Yamashiro — Actor (48)
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Pimp Heaven (1975) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
喜劇 特出しヒモ天国
director: Azuma Morisaki actor: Reiko Ike / Shingo Yamashiro …
other title: 喜劇 特出しヒモ天国
Class-A Kyoto, a strip joint in Kyoto, is raided by the police. Shohei, a salesman who happens to be there, gets caught in the middle of it and is fired from his job. Having nowhere else to go, Shohei reluctantly becomes the manager of the place... The film is a comedy full of pathos about the connection between strippers called "special delivery" and the "pimps" who hang on to them.
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Scoundrel (1968) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
極道
director: Kōsaku Yamashita actor: Tomisaburō Wakayama / Minoru Ōki …
other title: 極道
Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any sense of either duty or chivalry. When imprisoned, he is repeatedly transferred from one prison to another, because no one can handle him.
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Brothers of Capones (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
舶来仁義　カポネの舎弟
director: Takashi Harada actor: Tomisaburō Wakayama / Fumio Watanabe …
other title: 舶来仁義　カポネの舎弟
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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Drifting Clouds (1982) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
浮浪雲
director: Mori Masaki actor: Shingo Yamashiro / Chiyoko Kawashima …
other title: 하구레구모 / 浮浪雲 …
Retired samurai Kumosuke lives quietly, not to say idly, in Edo (old Tokyo) with his wife and two children, a young boy named Shinnosuke and an infant girl, Ohana. While he nominally runs a courier business to earn a living, he seems to spend most of his time smoking his pipe, drinking sake, and chasing women. The arrival of a Shinsengumi squad led by a young swordswman, Ichimonji Hyougo, disrupts this peaceful routine, forcing Kumosuke to defend himself.
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Lord of Steel Heart (1961) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
鉄火大名
director: Kokichi Uchide actor: Utaemon Ichikawa / Jūshirō Konoe …
other title: 鉄火大名 / 鐵火大名 …
A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a famous spear fighter and warrior, is a vassal of lord Honjo. One of Honjo's most trusted under-lords is Sanzaemon. He has designs on Matabei's fief, and he plots to kill Matabei. He finally convinces Lord Honjo of Matabei's guilt. Now Matabei must fight to survive.
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Eighteen Years in Prison (1967) [Movie] IMDb Douban
懲役十八年
director: 加藤泰 actor: 安藤升 / 樱町弘子 …
other title: 惩役十八年 / 懲役十八年
A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cross again as they both fall in love with the same woman.
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New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2 (1969) [Movie] IMDb Douban
新 網走番外地 流人岬の血斗
director: 降旗康男 actor: 高仓健 / 志村乔 …
other title: 新网走番外地：血斗流人岬 / 新 網走番外地 流人岬の血斗 …
Suehiro Katsuji, a prisoner of Abashiri, is sent to Shikoku to work at a dock where a fierce turf battle takes place between a local gang and the dock operator.
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Yagyu Chronicles 3: The Valley of Outlaws (1961) [Movie] TMDB
柳生一番勝負　無頼の谷
director: 松村昌治 actor: 近衛十四郎 / 山城新伍 …
other title: 柳生一番勝負　無頼の谷 / Yagyu Chronicles 3: The Valley of Outlaws …
This time, sword-saint Yagyu Jubei battles the evil corruption in Akizuki Village, with the help of his friend, a samurai named Matashichiro. This spaghetti western style action swordplay film is exciting and dynamic from start to finish! One-eyed master of martial arts, Yagyu Jubei visits Akizuki Village and meets with his former teacher Akizuki Hayato-no-Kami. Jubei is shocked to see Hayato's sickly appearance. An evil gang has plotted to murder Hayato, but a deadly Yagyu blade will unleash a rain of blood and disperse the evil plot! The breathtaking climax in a huge ravine called Okamidani is the ultimiate pay-off. Jubei confronts several hundred riflemen and warriors in a bloody battle to the death.
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Yagyu Chronicles 2: The Secret Sword (1961) [Movie] TMDB
柳生武芸帳　夜ざくら秘剣
director: 井沢雅彦 actor: 近衛十四郎 / 山城新伍 …
other title: 柳生武芸帳　夜ざくら秘剣 / 柳生武艺帐 夜樱秘剑
This is the second film in the popular black and white series about the master swordsman, Yagyu Jubei. When the Yagyu clan falls victim to rival Kasumi spies, Yagyu Jubei is called to action to protect them. But in performing his duty, he becomes the target of those who wish to destroy his clan.
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Yagyu Chronicles 1: Secret Scrolls (1961) [Movie] TMDB
柳生武芸帳
director: 井沢雅彦 actor: 近衛十四郎 / 山城新伍 …
other title: 柳生武芸帳 / Yagyu Chronicles 1: The Secret Scrolls …
Two groups are after the legendary Yagyu Secret Scrolls. A princess of a disgraced clan and her loyal servant want it to clear their family's name. And a rival clan wants it to destroy the Yagyu family. Only master swordsman, Yagyu Jubei stands in their way. What is the secret that is hidden away in the scrolls?
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Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return (1970) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
緋牡丹博徒　お竜参上
director: 加藤泰 actor: 富士澄子 / 安部彻 …
other title: 緋牡丹博徒　お竜参上 / Lady Yakuza 6 - Le retour d'Oryu …
Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes place in the Tokyo Theater.
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Yadonashi (1974) [Movie] Douban
無宿
director: 斋藤耕一 actor: 高仓健 / 胜新太郎 …
other title: 无宿 / 無宿 …
刑務所で知り合った旅廻り一座の駒玄と、粋な着流しのヤクザ・錠吉。性格は違うが、なぜか馬が合うふたりは、出所後、女郎屋から偶然助けた女・サキエと共に、宿無しの旅をすることに。
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人体鱼雷：啊！回天特攻队 (1968) [Movie] Douban
人間魚雷 あゝ回天特別攻撃隊
director: 小沢茂弘 actor: 鹤田浩二 / 松方弘树 …
other title: 人間魚雷 あゝ回天特別攻撃隊 / 人间鱼雷：回天特别攻击队 …
われ日本を愛したり！ただ一途、母なる国の栄光を願って散ったこの青春！
われ魚雷なり！母なる祖国の若桜
思い残すことはなかったのか!?“海ゆかば”を絶唱して、太平洋回天作戦に散った熱涙百三十二人の青春群像。昭和十八年十月から十九年末までの約一年。太平洋戦争の最も苛烈にして悲惨な時期、日本の戦局は日を追って悪化していた。その劣勢を挽回すべく、必死必殺の特攻兵器が考案された。それが“回天”と命名された人間魚雷。空の神風特攻隊に呼応するかのように出現し、敵艦に体当たりして海に散っていく若者たち。彼等がそのかけがえのない青春を断つまでの実話を、東映オールスター総動員でドラマティックに再現する超大作戦争映画。ひとたび発進すれば、二度と帰れぬ絶対死の兵器“人間魚雷”。祖国の為に散った青春レクイエム──。
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忍者狩猎 (1964) [Movie] Douban
忍者狩り
director: 山内铁也 actor: 近卫十四郎 / 河原崎长一郎 …
other title: 忍者狩り / Ninja gari …
時は三代将軍・家光の治世の頃。松山藩取り潰しの秘命を受けて、30余名の甲賀忍者たちが暗躍していた。彼らを迎え撃つ4人の浪人たちと、激烈な戦いを繰り広げていく甲賀忍者たち。『草の根を分けても探し出し、甲賀三十忍の命を奪え』という命のもと、執念と憎悪を燃やす浪人たち。敵味方相乱れ、やがて一人、また一人と姿を消していく…。
血の匂いも生々しい、忍者と浪人の凄絶な攻防戦を、スリルとサスペンス満点で描き出した時代劇ハード・サスペンス・アクション。山内鉄也監督が忍者の非情な世界をリアルに映し出し、手に汗を握る秀作に仕上げている。