Keisuke Sonoi

Acting

Keisuke Sonoi

Born March 27, 1932 · Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan (age 94)

No biography available.

Known For

Exploration in Front of the StationExploration in Front of the Station · 1967
Exploration in Front of the Station
1967
MovieComedy
Late entry "Ekimae" feature, about the hunt for lost treasure.
King of the HighwayKing of the Highway · 1965
King of the Highway
1965
Movie
The Shape of NightThe Shape of Night · 1964
The Shape of Night
6.81964
MovieCrimeDrama
Yoshie Nogami, a factory worker by day, works as a bar hostess at night. She begins a passionate affair with one of her regulars, but his changing demeanor and constant demands for money lead Yoshie down a dark path.
The X from Outer SpaceThe X from Outer Space · 1967
The X from Outer Space
5.21967
MovieScience FictionHorror
The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.
GenocideGenocide · 1968
Genocide
5.11968
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A group of military personnel transporting a hydrogen bomb are left to figure out how and why swarms of killer bugs took down their plane; the answer is more deliriously nihilistic, and convoluted, than they could imagine.
Double TroubleDouble Trouble · 1964
Double Trouble
9.01964
MovieComedyMusic
A 1963 Japanese musical drama directed by Kôzô Saeki
At the Side of the BridgeAt the Side of the Bridge · 1962
At the Side of the Bridge
1962
Movie
1962 Japanese movie
Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of ChanceWoman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance · 1970
Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
1970
MovieCrimeDrama
16th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

Filmography

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Professional KillersProfessional Killers · 1972
Professional Killers
8.01972
SeriesDramaCrime
A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...