Acting
Toshio Kurosawa
Born February 4, 1944 · Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan (age 82)
Toshio Kurosawa (黒沢年雄) was born on February 4, 1944 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He is an actor, known for Lady Snowblood (1973), Urutora Q (1965) and Samurai Assassin (1965).
Known For
Lady Snowblood · 1973Lady Snowblood
★ 7.51973
MovieActionCrime
A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
The Last Days of Planet Earth · 1981The Last Days of Planet Earth
1981
MovieScience FictionFantasy
Dr. Nishiyama has to combat increasingly bizarre events on which seem all too familiar to the French prophet Nostradamus's predictions.
The Water Margin · 1972The Water Margin
★ 6.81972
MovieActionDrama
The corruption in the Sung Dynasty of 11th century China is so rampant that it inspires a band of Oriental Robin Hoods - the Honorable 108. Mountain bandits who nevertheless live by a scrupulous code of conduct, the Honorable 108 pledge to end the repression of the brutal overlords.
Battle of the Japan Sea · 1969Battle of the Japan Sea
★ 6.41969
MovieWarHistory
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, with results which stun both nations. Meanwhile, Major Genjiro Akashi makes secret negotiations with the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia, negotiations that have repercussions far beyond the conflict at hand.
Prophecies of Nostradamus · 1974Prophecies of Nostradamus
★ 5.71974
MovieDramaScience Fiction
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.
The Beast Shall Die · 1974The Beast Shall Die
★ 7.01974
MovieThrillerCrime
Kunihiko Date, a young criminal genius, puts a perfect crime plan into action to take revenge on the men who once drove his father to ruin.
Karafuto 1945 Summer · 1974Karafuto 1945 Summer
★ 7.21974
MovieDramaWar
The film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War. On August 15, 1945, Soviet forces invaded Karafuto. On August 20, the postal telegraph office in Maoka suspended operations and nine of the twelve telephone operators committed suicide by taking potassium cyanide while the city was being invaded.
Samurai Assassin · 1965Samurai Assassin
★ 7.31965
MovieDramaAction
Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.
Filmography
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Five Gents and Karate Grandpa · 1968Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
★ 9.01968
MovieComedyDrama
"Shacho" comedy about the president of a salt manufacturing company.
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