Shōhei Yamamoto

Acting

Shōhei Yamamoto

Born January 17, 1938 · Penghu, Taiwan

Died October 30, 2019 · aged 81

No biography available.

Known For

Star of David: Beauty HuntingStar of David: Beauty Hunting · 1979
Star of David: Beauty Hunting
6.31979
MovieHorrorThriller
The life of Tatsuya, a young man of proper yet mysterious descent, whose outward respectability hides his urges for rape and torture.
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the BulletNeo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet · 1990
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
6.61990
MovieCrimeAction
Junko pretends to be a yakuza and gets more than he bargained for when he is tasked with avenging the murder of a fellow gang member. If he turns the task down, he will face the consequences for betrayal.
Orgies of EdoOrgies of Edo · 1969
Orgies of Edo
5.91969
MovieDramaThriller
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.
Kekko KamenKekko Kamen · 1991
Kekko Kamen
5.21991
MovieActionComedy
Kekko Kamen, the fearless heroine who wears red boots, a red mask, and nothing else, she has an uncanny way of destroying her opponents by stunning them with her private parts and proceeding to kick their butts.
Nagumade MatteNagumade Matte · 1971
Nagumade Matte
1971
Movie
Pinku from 1971.
A Fancy Man and a Fancy WomanA Fancy Man and a Fancy Woman · 1967
A Fancy Man and a Fancy Woman
1967
Movie
A woman joins with an insurance clerk in trying to kill her husband and thus secure a big insurance pay-out.
Sister Street FighterSister Street Fighter · 1974
Sister Street Fighter
6.61974
MovieActionCrime
Li Mansei is a martial-arts champion turned undercover agent. When he is captured by a drug lord, his sister Li Koryu turns to his former martial-arts school, including the powerful Sonny Kawasaka, for help in the inevitable battle royale.
Rope and SkinRope and Skin · 1979
Rope and Skin
5.81979
MovieDrama
Okoma (Red Cherry) was a woman gambler until she retired from the yakuza world. Two years later, she returns home, and finds that the big boss has been assassinated and his daughter is having trouble keeping things in line against the rival gang headed by the men who killed her father. Okoma decides to avenge her former boss and help his daughter, a former friend of hers. She recruits her own gang, starting with an expert knife-fighter, her former lover. After a fight, the new Gang Leader captures and tortures Okoma sadistically.

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The Murder CorpsThe Murder Corps · 2001
The Murder Corps
2001
Movie
Nishinari, Osaka— Katsuhiro Tokuyama (Ryu Gan), who had been living as a civilian, gives in to repeated pleas from his former comrades and revives the delinquent gang Tokuyama-kai. The Tokuyama-kai begins seizing territory one after another from local yakuza groups. However, a clash with Nishinari’s largest prostitution syndicate, Shiraku-kai, becomes inevitable. Shiraku-kai retaliates by murdering one of Tokuyama-kai’s members, Shinjiro Nakanishi (Kyosuke Yabe), and kidnapping Katsuhiro’s only son, Nishiki. Swearing vengeance for Shinjiro and the rescue of Nishiki, six men arm themselves with Japanese swords and head for the Shiraku-kai headquarters. Waiting for them are 100 elite swordsmen, the Shiraku-kai’s fearsome “Batto-tai.” Six against one hundred. The curtain rises on a brutal, fearless battle where death holds no meaning.