Acting
Yūsuke Kawazu
Born May 12, 1935 · Tokyo, Japan
Died February 26, 2022 · aged 86
No biography available.
Known For
Twinkle · 1992Twinkle
★ 4.41992
MovieComedyDrama
Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at which a ‘good’ Japanese woman should marry, and he is in love with a young male college student.
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II · 1993Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
★ 7.31993
MovieActionAdventure
The U.N.G.C.C. (United Nations Godzilla Countermeasure Center) recovers the remains of Mecha-King Ghidorah and construct Mechagodzilla as a countermeasure against Godzilla. Meanwhile, a giant egg is discovered along with a new monster called Rodan. The egg is soon found to be none other than an infant Godzillasaurus.
Epitaph to My Love · 1961Epitaph to My Love
★ 7.81961
MovieDrama
Ishihara Kiyoshi plans to marry the woman he loves, Chiee, a coffee shop girl. After an accident, Chiee loses her memory. A romance movie whose original work by Ayako Sono was made into a melodrama by a combination of Shinoda Masahiro and Terayama Shuji.
Flames of Blood · 1981Flames of Blood
★ 8.01981
MovieActionDrama
The story follows the chance meeting between Senkichi, a wandering gambler on the run, and Orin, a blind musician who offers him kindness and shelter. As their lives become intertwined, they attempt to find a sense of peace and domesticity while caught in the crossfire of the violent Bakumatsu revolution.
Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly · 2009Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly
2009
MovieDrama
Nursing home "Yuyoso". Many lonely old people live there, including botanist Taro Makiso, a physicist, an actor, a bar mom, and a chef. Maki has spent most of his life studying botany, and has lived without regard for entertainment, drinking, women, or everything else in the world. Then came my 80th birthday. He and a young staff member go digging for wild yam and find a mysterious golden flower. It was the flower of immortality, the "Golden Flower", which was said to bloom beside the Himalayan Virgin, which he had been looking for for many years. From that day onwards, fragments of memories from his youth, which he had intentionally sealed off in order to immerse himself in botany, surged into Maki in a whirlpool.
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity · 1959The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
★ 8.21959
MovieWarDrama
Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against a fellow recruit. He also sees his friend Shinjô defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer · 1961The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
★ 8.41961
MovieWarDrama
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his old life, he faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his men sneak behind enemy lines.
Donto ikōze · 1959Donto ikōze
1959
Movie
Comedy about the trials and tribulations of youth.
Movies
Twinkle · 1992Twinkle
★ 4.41992
MovieComedyDrama
Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at which a ‘good’ Japanese woman should marry, and he is in love with a young male college student.
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II · 1993Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
★ 7.31993
MovieActionAdventure
The U.N.G.C.C. (United Nations Godzilla Countermeasure Center) recovers the remains of Mecha-King Ghidorah and construct Mechagodzilla as a countermeasure against Godzilla. Meanwhile, a giant egg is discovered along with a new monster called Rodan. The egg is soon found to be none other than an infant Godzillasaurus.
Epitaph to My Love · 1961Epitaph to My Love
★ 7.81961
MovieDrama
Ishihara Kiyoshi plans to marry the woman he loves, Chiee, a coffee shop girl. After an accident, Chiee loses her memory. A romance movie whose original work by Ayako Sono was made into a melodrama by a combination of Shinoda Masahiro and Terayama Shuji.
Flames of Blood · 1981Flames of Blood
★ 8.01981
MovieActionDrama
The story follows the chance meeting between Senkichi, a wandering gambler on the run, and Orin, a blind musician who offers him kindness and shelter. As their lives become intertwined, they attempt to find a sense of peace and domesticity while caught in the crossfire of the violent Bakumatsu revolution.
Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly · 2009Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly
2009
MovieDrama
Nursing home "Yuyoso". Many lonely old people live there, including botanist Taro Makiso, a physicist, an actor, a bar mom, and a chef. Maki has spent most of his life studying botany, and has lived without regard for entertainment, drinking, women, or everything else in the world. Then came my 80th birthday. He and a young staff member go digging for wild yam and find a mysterious golden flower. It was the flower of immortality, the "Golden Flower", which was said to bloom beside the Himalayan Virgin, which he had been looking for for many years. From that day onwards, fragments of memories from his youth, which he had intentionally sealed off in order to immerse himself in botany, surged into Maki in a whirlpool.
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity · 1959The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
★ 8.21959
MovieWarDrama
Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against a fellow recruit. He also sees his friend Shinjô defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer · 1961The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
★ 8.41961
MovieWarDrama
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his old life, he faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his men sneak behind enemy lines.
Donto ikōze · 1959Donto ikōze
1959
Movie
Comedy about the trials and tribulations of youth.
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris · 1999Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
★ 7.41999
MovieFantasyScience Fiction
With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion · 1996Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
★ 7.51996
MovieFantasyScience Fiction
A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary. However the battle may result in Gamera losing his bond with both Asagi and humanity.
Curse of the Blood · 1968Curse of the Blood
★ 6.71968
MovieHorror
A samurai kills a blind man who tells him to repay his debts. Because of the samurai's actions his entire family is to bear a terrible curse.
The Shrikes · 1961The Shrikes
1961
MovieDrama
Cruel Story of Youth · 1960Cruel Story of Youth
★ 6.61960
MovieRomanceDrama
A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum · 1966She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1966
Movie
Acacia · 2010Acacia
★ 3.92010
Movie
"Acacia" revolves around Sekiji Ishida (Antonio Inoki) a former professional wrestler now a lonely retired man. Sekiji then strikes up a friendship with a reserved young boy.
Red Angel · 1966Red Angel
★ 7.71966
MovieWarDrama
In 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during the Sino-Japanese war. She has to assist the surgeon Dr. Okabe with an incredible number of amputations. In the crowded wards, she gives sympathy to some of the soldiers, including sexually servicing one who has lost both arms and has no hope of returning home. She falls in love with Dr. Okabe, and follows him to the front, even though he is impotent from his morphine addiction.
Student Executive · 1961Student Executive
1961
MovieComedy
The Battle of Okinawa · 1971The Battle of Okinawa
★ 7.81971
MovieWarHistory
The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army divisions to defend it at all costs. The mission quickly degenerates as vital resources and troops are diverted to other islands. After a civilian evacuation ends in tragedy most of non-combatants are forced to remain on the island. Many convert to soldier status. Tokyo sends mixed messages that squander time and resources, as when they order the defenders to build an airstrip for aircraft that never come. The truth soon becomes obvious: the high command decides that the island cannot be held and effectively abandons the Okinawan defenders. When the Americans land many troops are deployed in the wrong places. As the slaughter mounts, a suicidal attitude takes hold. Okinawa becomes a death trap, for civilian volunteers and non-combatants as well.
Raised on an Island · 1963Raised on an Island
1963
MovieRomanceDrama
A melodrama based on a hit song by Yoshio Tabata. Set on Kikaijima Island, the story depicts the love between a simple-hearted island girl and a down-to-earth island man.
Vixen · 1969Vixen
★ 6.71969
MovieDrama
Michi's first encounter with Nobuyuki Ishida, secretary to the chairman of a private school, takes place in the drawing room, when she attempts to swindle him out of two million yen for alleged rape by his son. Akie, Ishida's wife and the chairman's daughter, offers her a million, but he gives her what she demands. Now Michi is not only satisfied, but she has a mad desire for Ishida and calls him every day asking for a date. His sympathy for her gradually evolves into love, and he soon allows her insatiable passion to strip him of his decency.
Fighting Elegy · 1966Fighting Elegy
★ 7.01966
MovieComedyDrama
Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.
The Sun's Burial · 1960The Sun's Burial
★ 6.41960
MovieDramaCrime
In Osaka's slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the trading of ID cards and blood.
Manji · 1964Manji
★ 6.51964
MovieDrama
The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.
The Inheritance · 1962The Inheritance
★ 7.31962
MovieDrama
A dying businessman intends to will ¥200 million to his three illegitimate children, but his associates scheme to take advantage of the situation.
TV Shows
Jun-chan's Cheering Song · 1988Jun-chan's Cheering Song
★ 7.01988
SeriesDramaFamily
The year is 1947, August. Ono Junko's family is being evacuated to Wakayama and the father is going to war. A few years later, the father has returned from Manchuria but he also brought a boy that had been abandoned by his mother. The boy is Yuta and the family will adopt him.
Kasuga the Court Lady · 1989Kasuga the Court Lady
1989
SeriesDrama
This is the story about the a very powerful Lady Kasuga who established Ooku the inner palace.
犬笛・ 娘よ · 1978犬笛・娘よ
1978
Series