Acting

Tetsuo Ashida

Born June 29, 1930

Died November 3, 2005 · aged 75

No biography available.

Known For

Yakuza GraveyardYakuza Graveyard · 1976
Yakuza Graveyard
★ 6.61976
MovieActionCrime
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics · 1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
★ 7.01974
MovieCrimeDrama
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic Games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.
Yakuza on FootYakuza on Foot · 1969
Yakuza on Foot
★ 7.51969
MovieCrimeComedy
An Osaka gangster Shimamura just got married. His new bride, Mineko is also involved in drug trafficking. When she goes to China to make a deal, things get botched pretty badly. Shimamura must travel to save her and recoup his employers’ losses.
Japanese Summer: Double SuicideJapanese Summer: Double Suicide · 1967
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
★ 5.71967
MovieCrimeDrama
A sex-obsessed woman, a suicidal man she meets on the street, and a gun-crazy wannabe gangster become trapped in an underground hideaway.
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill YouRed Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You · 1971
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
★ 7.81971
MovieDramaAction
The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red Peony began her soul-searching journey after her father was killed. In her travels, she meets villagers whose crops and livelihoods are being destroyed by pollution from a local factory. They seem to work out an agreement, but Oryu must help the poor villagers when the greedy factory owner and corrupt politicians betray them…
Kanto Street PeddlersKanto Street Peddlers · 1969
Kanto Street Peddlers
1969
MovieActionDrama
Kokubu Masaru (Bunta Sugawara) is a hard-headed, hot-tempered member of a street vendor clan run by an elderly boss (Kanjuro Arashi). They come into conflict with an unholy alliance of evil Yakuza bosses (Watanabe, Amatsu and Kawazu).
Third Generation BossThird Generation Boss · 1974
Third Generation Boss
★ 8.01974
MovieCrime
Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan's largest criminal clan.
Eighteen Years in PrisonEighteen Years in Prison · 1967
Eighteen Years in Prison
★ 8.01967
MovieDramaCrime
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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